1A Personality

A Check the meanings of the personality adjectives in B Think of four famous people, but don’t tell anyone!
the box and then complete the sentences, using each In the boxes, write the person’s name, four
adjective only once. personality adjectives to describe him / her and
three or four pieces of extra information. Look at the
brave creative decisive energetic example before you start. Don’t show anyone!
greedy laid-back likeable moody
romantic selfish sociable stubborn
Name Jamie Oliver
1 My boyfriend took me out for dinner and gave me Adjectives hard-working,
roses. He’s . talkative, likeable,
sociable
2 My neighbour’s son never sits still. He’s always
Extra information
running around the garden. TV chef, English,
He’s . writes books, 4 children
3 Sue always has lots of unusual ideas.
She’s .
4 Jane’s a firefighter and rescues people. She never
gets scared. She’s .
5 My teenage son is different from one minute to
the next. I never know if he’s going to be happy or
Name Name
angry! He’s .
Adjectives Adjectives
6 My boss is very quick and good at making choices.
She’s .
Extra information Extra information
7 My grandmother only thinks about herself. She
doesn’t care much about my poor granddad.
She’s .
8 My dog eats and eats until he makes himself sick!
Name Name
He’s .
Adjectives Adjectives
9 My friend Jake never worries about anything or gets
stressed. He’s .
Extra information Extra information
10 My cousin loves going out to parties and meeting
new people. She’s .
11 Terry is so easy to get on with. Everybody loves him!
He’s . C Describe your four famous people, using the
12 My dad never changes his opinion on anything, information from your boxes. Do not say the person’s
name! Who can guess the most people in your group?
even if he’s wrong and everyone disagrees with him.
He’s . This person is really talkative and very likeable. I
think he’s sociable and hard-working. He’s English.
He works as a chef and is often on TV. He also writes
cook books. He has four children!

I think it’s Jamie Oliver!

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 1A Personality
Aims  To extend personality adjectives and use the target
language to describe famous people
Time  15−20 minutes
Materials  1 handout for each student
• Give each student a copy of the handout and ask them
to do task A. Students may know some of the adjectives,
but they do not appear in the Student’s Book Lesson A or
Vocabulary Builder. Give them time to read the sentences
and choose the best adjective for each.
• Check answers and focus on correct word stress.
ANSWER KEY (WITH STRESS PATTERNS)
1 romantic ●●● 7 selfish ●●
2 energetic ●●●● 8 greedy ●●
3 creative ●●● 9 laid-back ●●
4 brave ● 10 sociable ●●●
5 moody ●● 11 likeable ●●●
6 decisive ●●● 12 stubborn ●●
• For task B, students need to think of four famous people,
whom they then describe to their classmates. Students
write the names of the famous people in the boxes as well
as four personality adjectives to describe each one and
some extra details, to help their descriptions.
• In groups of four or five, students take it in turns to
describe one of their famous people to the rest of the
group, following the example given in task C.
• As a follow-on task, you could get your students to write a
short description of each of their famous people.

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 1B Present simple and continuous

A Complete the sentences with the present simple or B Read the sentences again and find all the time
present continuous form of the verb in brackets. phrases. Are they usually used with the present
simple or present continuous forms? Write them in the
1 ‘What (you / do) after
correct box. Can you add any other time phrases to
school today?’ your lists?
‘I (meet) my mates at the Present simple Present continuous
skate park. (you / want) to at weekends after school today
come with me?’
2 The day after tomorrow my boyfriend
(take) his driving test.
I hope he passes!
3 ‘ (I / need) to take my
umbrella?’
‘Yes. Look out of the window. It
C Put the words in the correct order to make present
(pour) with rain right now!’ continuous questions.
4 At weekends, Al and Ann often 1 next / on / you / summer / Where / holiday / going
/ are ?
(look after) their grandchildren, but this weekend

they (go) on a trip to
2 Are / weekend / shopping / going / next / you ?
London.

5 I (not believe) in the
3 tomorrow / after / to / you / coming / the / school /
supernatural, but I (read) a day / Are ?
ghost story at the moment and it’s very scary!
6 My granddad is incredibly generous. Every 4 going / early / Are / to / tonight / you / bed ?
Christmas he (buy) sweets
for all the kids in his street. 5 birthday / you / celebrating / are / your / How /
next ?
7 I can’t believe my brother only

(clean) his teeth once a
day. He (not brush) them D Now find out about
your partner’s future
before he goes to bed. Yuk! arrangements by asking
8 Tom (feel) very excited, the questions above.
Make notes on what he
because he (have) a
/ she tells you, so you
massive party for his 18th birthday in three days. don’t forget!
9 I (go) to the dentist at least
twice a year, even though I
(hate) it.
10 My ex-girlfriend
(get) married a fortnight from now. I
(not go) to the wedding,
because she didn’t invite me.

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 1B Present simple and
continuous
Aims  To practise present simple and continuous forms. To
review and extend time phrases.
Time  10–15 minutes
Materials  1 handout for each student
• Give each student a copy of the handout and ask them to
do task A. During feedback, review the rules for uses of the
two tenses.
• You may want to pre-teach these items of vocabulary and
expressions, e.g. mates, fingers crossed, pour with rain, look
after, supernatural, kids, massive, fortnight, and wedding.
ANSWER KEY
1 are you doing, am / ’m meeting, Do you want
2 is taking
3 Do I need, is / ’s pouring
4 look after, are / ’re going
5 don’t believe, am / ’m reading
6 buys
7 cleans, doesn’t brush
8 is feeling, is / ’s having
9 go, hate
10 is getting, am / ’m not going
• In task B students write expressions from task A in the
correct column, depending on whether they are normally
used with the present simple or continuous. They will
know some of the expressions from the lesson in the
Student’s Book, but there are some additional ones too.
See if students can add other time phrases to the lists.
ANSWER KEY

Present Simple
at weekends, often, every Christmas, once a day, before,
twice a year
Present Continuous
after school today, the day after tomorrow, right now,
this weekend, at the moment, in three days, a fortnight
from now

• Task C focuses on the use of the present continuous for

future arrangements.
ANSWER KEY
1 Where are you going on holiday next summer?
2 Are you going shopping next weekend?
3 Are you coming to school the day after tomorrow?
4 Are you going to bed early tonight?
5 How are you celebrating your next birthday?
• Working in pairs, students ask and answer the questions,
using the present continuous. Once everyone has
finished, swap the pairs and ask students to tell their new
partner about the person they just interviewed.

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 1C Going for gold!

You are a group of English students who are working towards your Duke of Edinburgh
(DofE) Gold Award. You are planning an expedition, but unfortunately one member of
your group broke her leg yesterday and can’t take part. You now need to find one more
person to join your team!
Your group task is to create an attractive advertisement to encourage someone to
take part in the expedition with you. Use the table below to help you organise your
information and make notes before you create your advert.

You will need to find out some details from the DofE website. Go to www.dofe.org

Your advert needs to include answers to the following questions:

Who are the people in your group? (e.g. names, ages, personalities)

When and for how long are you going on your expedition?
(Have a look at one of the sections on the DofE website under ‘Doing your D of E’.)

Where are you going on your expedition?

Choose from one of the sections listed on the DofE website under ‘Doing your D of E’.)

How are you travelling? (Have a look on the DofE website for possible ways to travel.)

What is some of the important equipment the person would need to bring?
(See the ‘Expedition Kit List’ on the DofE website under ‘Doing your D of E’.)

How should the person contact you if they are interested or want more information? (e.g. by email, by phone, at
school)

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 1C Going for gold!
Aims  To give students the opportunity to work on a group
project to research further The Duke of Edinburgh Award
scheme and create an advertisement
Time  20 minutes for research and planning + extra time to
create an advertisement
Materials  1 handout for each group of three students;
students will require Internet access and computers to
produce their advert
• Divide your class into groups of three and give each group
a copy of the handout. Now read the information and
task. Students plan the content of their advertisement in
their groups, referring to the DofE website (www.dofe.org)
when appropriate.
• Students work together to create the advertisement,
ideally on a computer. Encourage them to make their
advertisement as eye-catching as possible and perhaps to
add a photo or two (e.g. of themselves, the place they are
going on the expedition, to show some of the kit).
• If you do not have enough time during class, the groups
can work on the project for homework. When the
advertisements are complete, print them out and display
them on the classroom walls.

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 1D Verb + infinitive or -ing form

A Read the sentences and choose the correct verb form. B Read the sentences below and put the verb in
Check in a dictionary if necessary. Then match each brackets into either the infinitive or -ing form.
sentence with a picture A–H. Find someone who …
1 He denied to break / breaking the window with the
1 wants (become) famous
ball.
2 The waiter recommends to try / trying the tomato in the future. 
soup. 2 can’t stand (fly).
3 She can’t give up to smoke / smoking, although her
husband really wants her to.
4 She can’t afford to buy / buying the trainers. 3 spends a lots of time
5 He often imagines to be / being a rich, successful (get) ready for school in the morning.
businessman.
6 She’s planning to visit / visiting Paris next
summer. 4 is looking forward to
7 She arranged to meet / meeting her friend at (leave) school. 
3 o’clock.
5 sometimes pretends (be)
8 She admitted to drive / driving too fast when the
accident happened. ill to avoid (come) to
school. 
6 expects (get) a good
score in his / her next English test. 

7 would agree (marry)

someone just for his / her money.
A B

8 fancies (start) his

/ her own business in the future. 

9 is planning (do) some

sport this week. 
C D
10 hopes (live) abroad in the
future. 
11 could give up (eat)
chocolate. 
12 will carry on (work) until
he /she is 70. 
E F
C Ask your classmates the questions and find
at least one person who answers yes for each
question. Write his / her name on the dotted
line. Give as much information as possible in
your answers.

Do you want to become

G H famous in the future?

Yes, I’d love to be a famous singer

and make lots of money …

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 1D Verb + infinitive or ing
Aims  To review and extend verbs with infinitive and -ing
Time  20 minutes
Materials  1 handout for each student
• Students work alone or in pairs to do task A. Some of the
verbs used in this task do not appear in the Student’s Book,
so your students may need dictionaries.
ANSWER KEY
1 breaking, F 4 to buy, H 7 to meet, B
2 trying, A 5 being, E 8 driving, C
3 smoking, G 6 to visit, D
• Task B.
ANSWER KEY
1 to become 5 to be, coming 9 to do
2 flying 6 to get 10 to live
3 getting 7 to marry 11 eating
4 leaving 8 starting 12 working
• Before students start interviewing each other in task C, give
them time in pairs to think of a question for each item.
• Students now mingle and find someone for each item.

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 1E Zodiac personality

A Look at the personality adjectives in the table. If B Look at the photos of the famous artists and discuss with
the adjective is positive, put a + next to it. If the your partner what kind of personalities you think they
adjective is negative, put a – next to it. have.

Zodiac Sign Personality

Aries impatient selfish
21 March – confident brave
20 April
Taurus greedy lazy
21 April – patient loyal
20 May
Gemini outgoing moody
21 May – lazy funny
21 June
Justin Bieber Lady Gaga
Cancer oversensitive 1 March 1994 28 March 1986
22 June – romantic
22 July moody kind

generous  
Leo
intolerant  
23 July –
creative
22 August
arrogant

gentle
Virgo
modest
23 August –
fussy
22 September
conservative

easy-going
Libra
outgoing
23 September
indecisive Kylie Minogue Beyoncé Knowles
– 22 October
impatient 28 May 1968 4 September 1981

stubborn
Scorpio
passionate
23 October –
unkind  
21 November
patient

honest  
Sagittarius
impatient
22 November –
immature
21 December
generous

ambitious
Capricorn
conservative
22 December –
modest
19 January
mean
Justin Timberlake Enrique Iglesias
Aquarius 31 January 1981 8 May 1975
creative loyal
20 January –
rebellious cold
18 February C Now find out which zodiac sign each artist is. How well
do you think the adjectives describe them?
kind  
Pisces
weak
19 February –
gentle
20 March
oversensitive  

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 1E Zodiac personality
Aims  To recycle adjectives of personality from Lesson E and
the unit. To encourage students to express their opinion.
Time  15 minutes
Materials  1 handout for each student
• Before distributing the handout, ask students if they think
personalities can be determined by date of birth and what
they know about zodiac signs and personality.
• Give each student a copy of the handout and focus on
the adjectives of personality in the right-hand column.
Almost all of these appeared in Lesson E, earlier in the
Student’s Book unit or in the photocopiable for Lesson A.
The only new adjectives are fussy, conservative, cold and
oversensitive.
• Students now complete task A by reading the adjectives
and marking each one with + (positive) or – (negative).
ANSWER KEY

Zodiac Sign Positive meaning Negative meaning

Aries brave, confident selfish, impatient
Taurus patient, loyal greedy, lazy
Gemini outgoing, funny moody, lazy
Cancer kind, romantic moody, oversensitive
Leo generous, creative intolerant, arrogant
Virgo gentle, modest fussy, conservative
Libra easy-going, indecisive, impatient
outgoing
Scorpio passionate, patient stubborn, unkind
Sagittarius honest, generous impatient, immature
Capricorn ambitious, modest conservative, mean
Aquarius loyal, creative rebellious, cold
Pisces gentle, kind weak, oversensitive

• In task B, working in pairs, students discuss the

personalities of the artists in the photos.
• For task C, students look at the photos again, determine
the zodiac signs and look in the table for the list of
adjectives which describe the signs. They should then
discuss with a partner, or in a small group, to what extent
they agree.
ANSWER KEY
Justin Bieber Pisces
Lady Gaga Aries
Kylie Minogue Gemini
Beyoncé Knowles Virgo
Justin Timberlake Aquarius
Enrique Iglesias Taurus
• Ask students how accurate they think the zodiac
personalities are.

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 1F What are you into?

What are you into? Student A

Same

Different

What are you into? Student B

Same

Different

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 1F What are you into?
Aims  To practise asking for / giving opinion and talking
about likes / dislikes
Time  10 minutes
Materials  Student A handout for half the class and Student
B handout for the rest
• Elicit expressions to ask for opinion, talk about likes /
dislikes and react to what’s been said.
• Divide students into A/B pairs and give each the
appropriate part of the handout. Remind them not to let
their partner see it. Explain that they need to pretend to
be the person in the pictures and the expression (happy /
bored) shows whether they like or dislike the activity.
They need to find what they have in common with their
partner and make a note in the boxes on the right, i.e. if
they both like or dislike an activity, it should be written in
the Same box, but if only one of them likes the activity, it
should go in the Different box. They should use a variety
of language to ask for / give their opinions and agree /
disagree.
• Get feedback, encouraging students to use the following
structures: We both like / dislike …, I enjoy … but my partner
doesn’t., My partner loves … but I don’t.
ANSWER KEY
Same  Both like watching TV and surfing the Internet.
Both dislike playing chess and reading newspapers.
Different  A likes drawing and dancing, but B doesn’t. B
likes listening to heavy metal music and clothes shopping,
but A doesn’t.

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 1G It’s personal!

1  What’s your name?

fold here

2  What nationality are you?

3  How old are you?

4  Who are you looking for? (Male or female? What age?)

5  What are two positive adjectives to describe your personality?

6  What are two negative adjectives to describe your personality?

7  What type of people do you like? (Write 3 personality adjectives.)

8  What are two things that you love doing?

9  What are two things that you can’t stand doing?

10  What is your ambition for the future?

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 1G It’s personal!
Aims  To give further practice in writing a personal profile
message. To recycle language and vocabulary from the unit.
Time  10 minutes for activity + additional time to write
profile
Materials  1 handout for each student
• Give each student a copy of the handout and explain that
they are going to create some personal profiles, stressing
that they are not writing about themselves and must
invent the answers. Each of the ten sections on the profile
should be completed by a different student in the class.
• To begin, each student writes a name in the box at the
top and then folds the sheet over, so their answer is
hidden. Make sure they do not write their name. When
everyone has done that, tell them to pass their sheet to
their left. This continues until all of the questions have
been answered.
• Make it clear that students must write legibly, they must
not look at the previous answers and they must wait for
you to tell them to pass on their sheet to the next person.
• Once students have answered the last question, they pass
their paper to the left for the last time. Each student now
opens up the sheet and reads the completed profile.
• Students now use the information to write a personal
profile message, using the first person.

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