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Opportunities Elementary Students’ Book Michael Harris David Mower Anna Sikorzynska Pearson Education Limited Ezinburgh Gate, Harlow, Essex CM20 2JE England and Associated companies throughout the world. wwwslongman.com © Pearson Education Limited 2001 All rights reserved; no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright holders First published 2001 Third impression 2001 Printed in Spain by Mateu Cromo, S. A. Pinto (Madrid) ISBN 0 582 42129 2 Set in ITC Offcina Sans 10.5/12.5pt Designed by Olver Design Illustrators Joanna Clinton, Paul B Davies, Mark Duffin, Tim Kahane, Brian Lee, Peter Lubach, Jeremy Oliver, Jane Spencer, Josephine Sumner, Ron Tiner, Derek West, Andrew Whiteley (Inkshed), Gary Wing Acknowledgements The authors would lke to thank the following people for their Lntaling enthusiasm, encouragement and hard work Robyn Alton, Paul Katumba, Elana Katz, Gilay Kira Hilary Morgan, Claire Nielsen-Marsh, Teresa Pelc, Lisa Rosamond, Naomi Tasker, Ann Thomson and Linda Ward. The authors and publishers would like to thank the following people for their help in the development of this course: ‘Argentina: Graciela Maria Cervera, Ménica Chiappero, Elsa Pomi, Monica Cétola de Simez; Brazil: Cleide da Silva Colombia: Gina Francesconi, Santiago Gonzalez, Lina Manzur, Ménica Perdomo; Hungary: Reka Medayes; Poland: Tomasz Biesiadecki, Magdalena Bukowiecka, Ewa Dabrowska, Monika Galbarczyk, Dagmara Kochanowicz, Jerzy Laskus, Eldbieta Witkowska, Ewa Zbroja; Russia: Valentina Vladimirovna Astapova, Irina Viadimirovna Danilova, Natalia Viktorovna Maiorova, Natalia Mikhailov Vote: Turkey: Guisime Afgar, Hiya Akaslan, Nigiin Asparuk, Gilay Kitati; Ukraine: Tatiana Ivanova, Natalia Muratova; United Kingdom: Claire Thacker. 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Function: describing the weather Prepositions: next fo; opposite 4 Going Places Vocabulary: months; holidays: souvenirs; (page 31) ‘international words: get Grammar: Possessive Pronouns; Apostrophes Function: atthe travel agent's Prepositions: time ~ at; on Review (page 37}: Grammar and vocabulary revision Language Problem-Solving 2 (page 38): Genitives 5 History Vocabulary: areas of study; jobs: (page 38) feminine/mascutine words; homonyms ‘Grammar; Past Simple (affirmative) Function: classroom questions Prepositions: time - in; from: to Vocabulary: story types: legend words; multi-part verbs Grammar: Past Simple (negatives; questions) Function: telingstening to stories Prepositions: pace direction ~ to: a: in: int: ut; out of 6 Legends (page 45) Review (page 51): Grammar and vocabulary revision Language Problem-Solving 3 (page 52): Questions A Song: Tine Macine Vocabulary: rooms Grammar: have got/has got Learner development: classroom language Learner development: classroom language Grammar: Imperatives Vocabulary: languages; spots; abilities Grammar: can for ability Learner development: self-assessment Listening: descriptions Speaking: roleplay Writing: e-mail inking: and) Reading: questionnaire: picture story Listening: interview: story Listening Strategies: prediction Speaking: survey Writing: questionnaire (jinking: when) Pronunciation: word stress; sounds /d/ and /s/ Reading: leafet: newspaper article Listening: monologue; dialogues Speaking: phone cals Writing: informal letter (Kinking; but) Writing Strategies: geting ideas Reading: CO game cover Listening: quiz; dialogue Speaking: roleplay: presentation Speaking Strategies: preparation Writing: brochure (inking: also) Pronunciation: dates and ordinal numbers; /0/ and /0/ Culture Corner 1: Going Places in Britain! Reading: biographical data; textbook Reading Strategies: unkrown words Listening: history lesson Speaking: information gap Writing: biography (inking: when; and) Reading: salogue; a legend Lstening: dialogue: a story ‘Speaking: telling stories. Speaking strategies: hesitation Waiting: guided story (inking: time tinker) Pronunciation: sounds /1/ Reading: factfile; newpspaper article Listening: interview; sports results; dialogue 7 Fitness Vocabulary fod and dink; healthy activites (page 53) adjectives; containers Listening: interview: racio 02 Grammar: Countable/Uncountable Nouns ~ Listening Strategies: sist some; any; 0 ot of Speaking: health survey Function: giving advice (imperatives) Writing report (Linking: however) Prepositions: place ~ in: on 8 Sport Vocabulary sports and equipment: Reading: factfile; magazine article (pase 59) parts ofthe body: adverbs ‘Grammar: have to/don't have to; can/can’t Speaking: pesertation to class Funetion: talking about sport Writing: description ofa spor Prepositions in into: on ove: te: (inking: before: during: afte) with (+ verbs) Writing Strategies: preparation Review (page 65): Grammar and vocabulary revision Pronunciation: silent letters /s/ // /f/ /ts/ Language Problem-Solving 4 (page 66): how much/how many Culture Corner 2 : Sport in the UK MoDULE ToPIC LANGUAGE SKILLS 9 On Holiday Vocabulary: places; types of holiday: Reading: 2 letter (page 67) adjectives; collocation; homophones Reading Strategies: when to use the Mini-ictionary Grammar: Present Continuous phone cal; dialogues Function: checking into a hotel: roleplays postcard (linking: fo) Prepositions: down: through; on; next to 10 Cultures Vocabulary: countries; nationalities; animals; Reading: magazine article; website (page 73) food and drink: wordbuilding Listening: musical extracts; school lesson; dialogue Grammar: Present Simple vs. Present Listening Strategies: listening for specific information Continuous ‘Speaking: rleplays Function: Writing: a menu Review (page 79): Grammar and vocabulary revision Pronunciation: sounds go/gat/saw: /a /and /y / Language Problem-Solving 5 (page 80): Indefinite Pronouns A Song: The Dark-Eyed Sailor 11 Image Vocabulary: clothes; physical appearance; Reading: magazine articles (age #1) collocation Listening: descriptions; dialogue Grammar: Comparative Adjectives Speaking: describing people Function: describing people Speaking Strategies: preparation Prepositions: with (different uses) Writing: description ofa person (linking: for example) 12 Celebrities Vocabulary: jobs: adjectives; wordbuilding Reading: factfile; magazine article (page 87) Grammar: Superiative Adjectives Listening: quiz; dialogue Function: making suggestions ‘Speaking: questionnaire: roleplay; information gap reposition: verbs with prepositions Writing: star profile (Linking review) Writing Strategies: orgaising ideas Review (page 93): Grammar and vocabulary revision Pronunciation: difficult words: sounds // /e/ /s/ Language Problem-Solving 6 (page 94): itis vs there is Culture Corner 3: Around Britain Quiz 13 Volunteers Vocabulary: voluntary activities; Reading: newspaper article (pase 95) ood causes; colocation Listening: monologues; phone cll Grammar: Intentions ~ going to Speaking: rleplays Function: telephoni Speaking Strategies: checking Prepositions: duration - for Writing: a leaflet (inking ~ purpose: to: for) 14 Shopping Vocabulary: shops and prices: Reading: magazine article; website (page 101) clothes and sies:singular/plural nouns Reading Strategies: using pronouns Grammar: Predictions ~ wil/won't Listening: dialogues Function: shopping for clathes Speaking: rleplays Prepositions: with verbs Writing: an e-mail Review (page 107): Grammar and vocabulary revision Pronunciation: word stress: pronunciation and speling Language Problem-Solving 7 (page 108): Zero Conditional Culture Comer 4: Shopping inthe UK 15 Computers Vocabulary: computers; the senses: Reading: newspaper article (age 109) multi-part verbs; collocation Listening: interview; dialogue Grammar: Present Perfect (1); ever, never _Listening Strategies: stressed words Function: giving instructions ‘Speaking: questionnaire; giving instructions; explaining Prepositions with verbs Writing: instructions (Linking review) 16 Flying Saucers Vocabulary: space; multi-part verbs Reading: interview; newspaper article (page 115) Grammar: Present Perfect (2); just Listening: radio quiz; dialogue Function: expressing opinions Speaking: discussion: roleplay Prepositions: review Writing: opinions (linking: therefore) Review (pagew 121): Grammar and vocabulary revision Pronunciation: sounds review Language Problem-Solving 8 (page 122): Auxiliaries A Song: Gat On The Net Pairwork tasks (page 123) Grammar Summary (page 124) 3. Find the following things: pictures of food and drink words that start with the letter A the Wordbuilder pictures of a family words that start with the letter S Read dialogues and a questionnaire. * Listen to dialogues and classroom language. * Ask for and give personal information and use classroom language. * Learn about or revise the verb to be; the pronouns I, you, he/she/it, ... ; my, your, hris/herfits ...; this/that, these/th have/has got; imperatives and can, 4. Read the example sentences (ai). Match the * Learn how to use the Mini-dictionary and underlined words with the grammar words 1-9. organise your vocabulary. Warm-up 1 Learn about Opportunities Elementary. Find these things in yur book, Example 4 = page 84 A picture of a computers The name of the persomgin Lesson.9, The title of Lesson 16. A photo of Christina Ricci. x The title of Lesson 2. A photo of a tennis game. The name of the person in. Lesson 10. A picture of New York. ewomnune 2. Write down five more things in the book: ictures, names, titles. ‘Now work in pairs, Your partner finds the things. Qiritticionsy pages 2~: @ Look at Countries in the Mini: ® dictionary. Find the Key Words. | Introductions Key Worps: Countr z= Argentina, Brazil, Britain, Hungary, Italy, s ‘Dialogue 2 Russia, the USA, Turkey fz Hi, I'm Chris, I'm a teacher. What's your name? 2 |B: My name's Maria. Where are you from? 2 A: T'm from 1) . And you? 2] Listen and repeat the Key Words, B: Well, I'm from Cordoba in (2) Example Dialogue & Britain : What are their names? B: He's Roberto and she's Cristina. They're new @ Match the countries with the flags. students from (5) ©: No, they aren't. They're from (4) " Dialogue 3 @ © Listen. complete the dialogues Wat iaad yo aE in the Function File on the right. Use See ae stheseisronds. ‘A: And are you from Britain? the USA, Argentina, London, Spain, B: No, I'm not. I'm from (6) ___ 4: And your boyfriend, Chris? Is he from the USA? Italy, Britain B: No, he isn’t. He's from (6) _ to be @ Complete the table with words from the dialogues. Read the Function File again. Correct this inform ‘Affirmative Example I a 1 Chris isn’t a student. He's a teacher. See eae. en ee 1 Chris is a student. = 2. Maria is from Buenos Aires. Negative 3. Roberto and Cristina are from Spain. I am not “('m not) 4 Maria, Roberto and Cristina are teachers. ‘You/We/They @) from New York. 5 Judy is from Britain. He/She/It 6) Oaslisee: G Write six sentences about your class. Am I Example Oa you/we/they from Britain? Tam a student. My name is Sonia. I am from. 8 O) he/she/it My friend is Tina. She is from 3 a EaEeS Miss Smart is from : Yes, Lam. No, (7) aw ; ‘ fork in pairs. Look at Dialogue 1 in the. Tes): you/we/they ate: to;-you/ we/ tag arent: Function File. Act the dialogue with information Yes, he/she/it is. No, (8) about you. > Mini-Grammar in the Language Powerbook. B Youre ©. Choose your three favourite English class activities. Tell the class. a) grammar b) listening to the cassette ©) pronunciation exercises d) reading e) speaking f) vocabulary exercises g) tests h) writing 4) watching videos (2 Work in groups. What are th three favourite activities in your group? Tell the class. @ © Listen to the results of a class survey. Complete the table. SuBJECT PRONOUNS AND PossessIve ADJECTIVES @ Complete the table with these words. it, your, our, their, her, his, you, my Subject pronouns —Possessive adjectives I you he she its we your they > Mini-Grammar in the Language Powerbook. GS Complete the text with words from Exercise 4. (1) _My_ name is Sam and (2) __am ina group with Tania, Jack and Rose. (3) are in Class 40. (4) isn’t very big - only twenty students. (5) English teacher is Mrs Williams. (6) is from Cardiff and (7) favourite actor is Anthony Hopkins. I'm from Cambridge and (8) favourite actor is Pierce Brosnan. Tania is from London and ) favourite film star is Nicolas Cage. Jack and Rose are from Manchester and (10) favourite stars are Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant. © write sentences about these people. Use possessive adjectives, Example Her favourite actor is George Clooney. your partner (favourite actor) you (favourite actress) you and your partner (favourite sports star) your friends (favourite pop star) your teacher (favourite writer) © Work in groups. Ask and answer questions to find out the favourite film star, pop star and sports star in your group. Tell the class your results. Example Our favourite sports star is Venus Wiliams. SF C Your CLASSI 00K e \Mini=dictionary page 20 Check you understand the Key Words. GA res bag, coursebook, dictionary, file, notebook, pen, pencil, piece of paper, rubber, ruler, workbook this/that/these/those (S Look at the pictures and read the dialogue. Complete the table with these words: that, these, those, this Singular Plural Is this your book? = (=) @ listen and write down the words you hear ~ this, that, these or those. Example 1 = this > Mini-Grammar in the Language Powerbook. Yes, those are my pencils. REVISION @ Use the Key Words to write sentences about things in the classroom. Key Worps: Colours black blue brown green purple OK grey 3 ‘orange yellow a ted white Example That book is red. This bag is black. (© Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about things in the classroom. Example ‘A: Is this your coursebook? B: No, it isn’t. That's my coursebook. © Work in pairs. Close your books and test your partner's vocabulary. Example What's that? : It’s a ruler. @ List consonants (e.g. B, C) and vowels (eg. A) in alphabetical order. BIEYZFGIKLMVNCD PQRHSOTUWAX (2) Now listen and check your answers. Listen again and repeat the letters. G Work in pairs. Test your partner's spelling. Example ‘A: Can you spell ‘dictionary’? B: Yes. D-I-C-T-0 A: No, its ©@ Write down new words from Lessons A~C in your vocabulary book. Include this information. the word, a translation in your language, an example sentence Example ratebock... Ady notebook is onmy desks D Your Horrenore Geet page 13 (@ Check you understand the Key Words. CSar bathroom, bedroom, sitting room, kitchen, toilet ‘What are good places to do homework in your house? (@ What things are useful for your English homework? Example aan encyclopedia, a dictionary @ [=I Listen to two sisters, Katy and Fiona, doing their homework. What things have people in their family got? dictionary, calculator, encyclopedia, ruler, red pen Katy Fiona Dad | Tom (brother) REVISION have got/has got ‘@ [© Listen to the dialogue again. Complete the table with these words, have not (haven't) got, have, has, has ('s) got, has not (hasn't) got Affirmative 1/You/We/They have('ve) got a dictionary. He/She/It Q) Negative 1/You/We/They (2) a calculator. He/She/It @2cne Questions ()____I/you/we/they got a ruler? (5) he/she/it Short ‘Yes, I/you/we/they (6) ‘Answers No, I/you/we/they haven't. Yes, he/she/it has. No, he/she/it (7) > Mini-Grammar in the Language Powerbook. ‘Complete the description with the correct form of have got. Our family (1) Aas got a flat with a sitting room, three bedrooms, a kitchen and a bathroom. My sister (2) a small bedroom and my brother and I (3) a big bedroom. We (4) a television in the sitting room - we (5) (not) a video. In ‘our bedroom we (6) two desks and a computer. The computer (7) (not) the Internet! My brother (8) (not) a stereo. I (9) a new personal stereo - it’s fantastic for my homework! (© Use the cues to write questions with have got or has got. Example 1 Have you got a good English dictionary? 1 you/a good English dictionary? 4 your parents/a mobile phone? 2 you/a vocabulary book? 5 your school/computers? 3 you/a personal stereo? Now answer the questions Example Yes, I have,/No, I haven't. short answers. (@ Work in pairs. Ask your partner for things. Example ‘A: Jan, have you got a piece-of paper? B: Yes, I have. Here you are. ‘A: Thanks. And have you got 0 ... E Classroom Language, Qiveraicioney Az @ Complete the instructions with the Key Words. answer, complete, list, match, read, use, work, write in pairs. Ask and questions. five sentences about your house. the table with these words. the text and check your guesses. your favourite films. the words with the pictures. the Mini-dictionary. Nounune [2] Now listen and check your answers. ‘& [2 Listen to the teacher. Put her instructions in the correct order. Now read the text quickly. Answer the questions. Write five sentences in your notebooks. Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about your family. Don’t look at your books. (5 For homework, do Exercises 2 and 4 in the Language Powerbook. Don't do Exercise 3. (1) Do Exercise 1. Don't use the Mini-dictionary. [open your books on page 24. ooo REVISION IMPERATIVES S Add more examples of instructions from Exercise 2 to the table. Affirmative Negative Read the text quickly. Don’t use the Mini-dictionary. [> Mini-Grammar in the Language Powerbook. @ Complete the instructions with these words. don't write, answer, work (x2), do (x2), speak, use, take out, don't work, write, open, don't read, ask a) your vacabulary books. Now, (2) your coursebook on page 76. (3) Exercise 1. (4) individually ~ (5) in pairs for this exercise. (6) the Mini-dictionary and (7) new words in your vocabulary books. (8) the words in pencil - use a pen! ‘Now (9) Exercise 2. (10) in pairs. (ua) in English! (12) and (13) questions about your family. (14) the sentences from your notebook’ [53] Now listen and check your answers. © Work in groups. One student turns to page 123 and reads instructions to the others, The last student to do something is out of the game. © © Listen and match the questions (1~4) with answers (a-d). [£3] Listen again and repeat the questions. @ Work in pairs. Test your partner on the words in this module, Use questions 3 and 4 from the Function File F Check your EXGISh REVISION GP imieicionay page 2 @ [2 Listen and repeat the Key Words. What countries are these languages from? Example English ~ England CSc cs English, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Turkish (@ [E2) Listen, which languages from the Key Words can Tim: a) read and write? b)_speak? can @ Use the dialogue in Exercise 2 to complete the table, Affirmative 1/You/He/She/We/They (1) speak French. Negative Y/You/He/She/We/They (2) speak Russian. Question Gy fer 1/you/he/she/we/they speak German? Short Answers Yes, T/you/he/she/we/they (4). No, ass > Mini-Grammar in the Language Powerbook. ‘@ Look at the Key Words. Write sentences about what you can or can't do. Example T-can play football. I can’t play tennis, play tennis/chess/basketball, etc play the piano/violin/guitar, ete say the alphabet/the alphabet backwards! oes swim 100 metres use a computer/a calculator ‘count to 100 in English (© Work in pairs, Ask and answer questions about the activities in Exercise 4. Example A: Can you play chess? B: Yes, can. Can you ... ? A: No, I can't © Read the questionnaire and answer it. 1 Can you use these structures? a)theverbtobe (ciiomettye nee questions) b) have/has got s (affirmative negate gestions) ‘© imperatives © d) can “Listening 2 Canyou understand your English teact 3 Can) eH stand the ca ae in you say your name/where you re from/yout poraaiest . in you ask | ler s ? (e.g. 6 cn yo washout er bot the “= a 7 Can you use the! aionary? @ Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions in the questionnaire, Tell the class two things you can do and two things you can’t do. In this module Yet ee Listen to the people and check your * Talk about you and your friends, : f © Listen todiouiss andimorciomies 4. Invent a friend. Think about: name, age, * Read about a TV show and e-mail penfriends. isa ogesit}- Sonate morta 2poKs * Write an e-mail message. * Learn about the Present Simple. 5_ Tell the class about your friend. Example Warm-up His name is Roberto. He is sixteen. He is Brazilian. He is from Rio de Janeiro. His favourite sport is $ pigs 4s Sel pane football. His hobby is playing computer games. 1. Check you understand the Key Words. [SRT ing basketball/football/ tennis, computer games/the piano reading, s collecting things , gymnastics, listening to music, 2] Listen and repeat the Key Words. 2. Guess information about the people in the photos. Ages: fifteen, sixteen, seventeen Nationalities: American, Hungarian, Argentinian, Turkish Gities: Budapest, Istanbul, Buenos Aires, Miami laying computer games, playing the piano Sports: swimming, tennis Example Kemal — fifteen/Turkish/Istanbul/tennis GRAMMAR Focus @ Check you understand the Key Words, [arr café, museum, office, restaurant, shop, theatre Ross and | are friends from university. He works in a museum and | work with ‘computers in an office. 1 live ina flat with Joey. He Is an Jactor. We live next to Monica and Rachel. (@ Read the texts on this page. Match the six people from the show with the places they work in. Example Rachel - shop {live ina flat with Rachel, She is an old friend from school. She works ina clothes shop. Im a cook and 1 work ina restaurant, My brother, Ross, is married 10 a British girl and they visit our flat PRESENT SIMPLE (1): AFFIRMATIVE Presentation '@ Complete these sentences from the text. I ‘in cafés. You work in a café. © [alisten and put the verbs in the correct groups. We next to Monica and Rachel. They cour flat. collects, dances, goes, likes, lives, loves, makes, z i reads, speaks, uses le in a museum. She in a clothes shop. Group 1:/z/ Group 2:/s/ Group 3: /1z / z pene Sn come, comes work, works watch, watches When does the verb have -s at the end? @ Read the rule. Match the example sentences (a and b) with the uses (1 and 2). We use the Present Simple to talk about: (1) things that we do regularly (2) things that are true in general. a) I like music. ») He visits our flat. > Grammar Summary 1, on page 124. (2) Now listen again and repeat the words. Practice © Complete the sentences with these verbs in the correct form, speak, study, use, visit, work My mother in an office. I my grandmother on Saturdays. My brother German and Russian, He ___ languages at university. We ‘computers in mathematics. @ Read and complete the texts below with these adjectives™ funny, good, great, old, serious © ©) Now listen and check your answers. \ Phoebe is a good friend, ‘but she doesnt live In ‘our flat. Ross is an a boyfriend, but 1 dont go out with him now. Chandler and 1 are (2) __ friends, but we dont live Im an actor. but people dont think 1am very PRESENT SIMPLE (2): NEGATIVE Presentation @ Read the texts again and complete the sentences with don't or doesn't I go out with him now. You learn serious things when you watch Friends. We ive together. They think I’m very good. He think Joey is a good actor. She live in our flat. It teach you. Now circle the correct forms i a) We use don't/doesn't with he/she /it. b) We use don't/doesn't with 1/you/we/they. the rules. > Grammar Summary 1, on page 124. 4© Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Sue (1) _lives_ (live) in Edinburgh. She (2) (study) medicine at university. She (3) (read) books and (4) (use) @ computer. Sue (5) (love) cats but she (6) (not like) dogs. She (7) (play) tennis with her friends. They (8) (go out) on Saturdays, but they (9) (not like) discos. Sue (10) and German. (speak) French 44 Complete the sentences about you and people you know. Use affirmative and negative forms. Example 1 I don't like cats. 11 cats. (like) 2. My English teacher football. (play) 3. My friends Friends on TV. (watch) 41 in a big town. (live) 5 My best friend from Cracow. (come) 6 In my school we German. (learn) 71 jazz. (like) 8 My parents French. (speak) ee 2 Match the Key Words with the words below. get up, go, goto, have, listen to, play, read, watch television, bed, early/late, home, school, breakfast/lunch/dinner the radio, 2 shower, a book, a CD, chess/tennis/a computer game 43 Use the words to write about a typical Saturday or Sunday. Write one false thing, Example T get up eorly. I have a shower and I have breakfast. Then I... Read your sentences. The others try to guess the false information. ae 2Making Friends seus tous Before you start t pages 4-5 and page 6 ‘2, [2] Listen and repeat the Key Words. Cea diving, volleyball, windsurfing, painting, photography, playing the guitar Now make a list of your interests. Tell the class. Example I like ice hockey, swimming and listening to music. Reading (2 Read the Strategies. READING STRATEGIES: Prediction ‘* Before you read, look at the pictures and the title. Try to guess what the text is about. ‘* Read the questions and try to ‘guess the answers before you read. Use the Strategies to guess the answers to the questions about the people in the photos. Example I think he's sixteen. 1 How old are they? 2 Where are they from? 3 What are their favourite hobbies or sports? @ Read the text and check your guesses from Exercise 2. @ Choose a good penfriend for Colin ~ Teresa or Lena? « c @ oS @ dF A « BY ox eee > avartes Matry Sere ASSP Linge Sie Prat Fal Hi! My name's Teresa and I'm from Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. I'm eighteen. I've got two sisters. I love sport. My favourite football team is Vasco da Gama. I play tennis and volleyball and I go diving and windsurfing. Please write to me! of people and s. | have briT1 fant. photographs of koala bears! I love music and I collect rock magazines. I don't play sport and I don't watch ‘TV! E-mail me soon! a Vocabulary: Words that go together {© Match the verbs (1-7) with the nouns (a-g) from the text. 1 collect a) pictures { 2 go b) magazines 3 paint c) tennis % play 4) diving 5 play e) music 6 take f) the guitar 7 love g) photos fa O Listening © 2 Listen to the people talking and read their e-mails. Find seven mistakes. © [I Listen to the dialogue and complete the Function File with these words. great, hello, nice, really, well 2 ! me ting People © | poy: )___, Ym Colin. What's your 3 name? & | cin: rm Lena. rm from Durban. 5 Boy: (2) ? I'm from Sydney. What are = your hobbies? Girk (3) , paint pictures of the countryside and i play the guitar. Boy: (4) - Tove music. I collect rook magazines. And I take photos. Gini: That's (6) ‘What's your favourite sport? Boy: Oh, I don’t play sport. Hello! My name's Lena and Speaking I'm from Durban in South | ‘© Work in pairs. imagine you meet your partner at Africa. I'm sixteen and a party. Ask and answer questions. I'm at school. I've got Example one brother and my grandmother lives with us. I like painting. I paint pictures of the countryside. I love music, Qe pages 2-3 and I sing and play the Guitar tn a rock group © Complete the sentences with in and from. with two friends. My favourite pop star is Beet ear eeslmes 1. Kathy comes Manchester and she lives ___ Bristol. 2 My French friend is Bordeaux. 3. My sister works a shop. I am a cook a restaurant, 4 Hels Los Angeles. He lives a flat with John and Tim. i, T'm Sue. What's your name? B: I'm Rick. I'm from Australia. Example I'm from Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. QUOTE ... UNQUOTE ‘Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes.’ Anonymous ae Communication Workshop Writing: An e-mail Before you start @ Read the e-mail. Match these topics with the paragraphs (1-4). family C sports and hobbies [_] ending O introduction join these sentences. 1 I'm sixteen. I live in Bristol. 2 I play football. I play basketball. Linking. Look at the e-mail and find examples of and, Now SCHOOL ONLINE PROJE Modern Languages Page (1) Hil My name's Tina Richards. I'm fifteen and I live in Malvern in Britain. I'm at Malvern Secondary School. I'm interested in e-mail penfriends of my age. (2) I've got two brothers ~ James and Tony. James is at university and Tony works in a restaurant. My mum is a nurse and my dad works in a bank. (3) | play tennis and hockey at school. | collect postcards and I've got a collection from twenty different countries. | like the cinema. My favourite stars are Matthew Perry and Jennifer Lopez. (4) Please e-mail me! | speak English and French. richards@quest.uk Speaking: A Roleplay In groups, imagine you are at a party, Follow the stages. 3. I like Tom Cruise. I like Nicole kidman, 4 My dad is a doctor. My mum is a teacher. Write an e-mail to find a penfriend. Follow the stages. Stage 1 Use the plan to write notes about you. Paragraph 1: introduction: name, age, Paragraph 2: family Paragraph 3: Paragraph 4: Stage 2 ending Use your plan to write your e-mail, Join information with and. Stage 3 Check your e-mail for spelling % Present Simple 7 capital letters and full stops W use of and Talkback sports, hobbies, favourite stars Stage 1 Look at your personal information from your e-niail. Add two things that are not true. Stage 2 Practise saying the expressions from from city/country the Function File on page 15. Stage 3 Work in groups. Imagine you are at a party, Meet new people and talk about your interests. Talkback Try to guess the false information. Tell the class. Example Adam doesn’t play the guitar and his gidfriend isn't Claudia Schiffer! In groups or the class, read out your e-mails. Choose one student and write a reply. In-this module you .. Talk about personalities and interests. Listen to dialogues and a story. Read a questionnaire and a picture story. Write a questionnaire. Learn about Present Simple questions. Warm-up page 14 and A-Z 4 [2] Listen and repeat the Key Words. active, friendly, hard-workin elpful, honest quiet, romantic, shy 2, Imagine the personality of the girl in the photo. Tell the class. Example T think she’s ... She isn’t @ (2) Listen to descriptions of four people. Write the number of the person who uses each adjective. active friendly | hard-working helpful lazy outgoing quiet romantic shy honest _ 4 Choose adjectives to describe three of your family or friends. aunt, brother, father, grandfather, grandmother, mother, sister, uncle Example My father — # {friendly/outgoing. ' [£2] Listen to the sound. fof » Now listen to the Key Words. Which words end in /o/? 5. Work in pairs. Tell your partner about your family and friends. Example A: My father is friendly and ‘outgoing. B: Really? My father is shy. Before you start @ Pl Listen and repeat the Key Words. gr . ‘ ‘Tuesday, Saturday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, Friday, Monday 7 a 1 De you werk a let a¢ school? Now order the days of the week a) Yes, Ide. b) I’m quite hard-working. ) Ne, I don’t. @ Write down activites for a typical week in your life. 2 Dees your teacher call you ‘lay’? a) Yes, he/she does. b) Nog really! Example ) No, he/she deesn’t. ‘Monday - go to the gym; Tuesday ... comms 3 What de you de after school? @ [2e] Read the questionnaire a) L watch EV. b) 1 de my hemework. on the right. Ai goles. Listen to the interview with Kate and write her answers. 4 Why de your parents get angry Do you think Kate is lazy? with yea? a) I sleep a lot. b) I go out a lot. PRESENT SIMPLE (3): chi dant hee aghew Questions \ cote _ gene Presentation 2 @ Look at the questionnaire and complete the table with do, does, don't or doesn't. Yes/No Questions 2) you ‘work alot at school? Yes, 1 (2). No, 1(3)__. (4) your teacher call you lazy? Yes, she (5) _. No, she (6)_. Whe Questions What (7) you do after school? Why (8) your parents get angry with you? > Grammar Summary 1, on page 124. GS [| Listen and repeat the questions. © Circle the correct word to complete the rule, 1 Do you work a lot at schol? 5 What do you do on Saturdays? tg 2 Does your teacher call you lazy? 6 Why do your parents get angry with you? The intonation goes 24 3 What do you do after school? 7 Do you sleep a lot? up/down at the end of 4 Do you go out a lof? 8 Do you help at Home? yey/ne questions ard! up/down at the end of Wh- questions. @ Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions in the questionnaire. Is your partner lazy? © Use the words to write questions. 1 get up/you/early/do ? your/does/like/teacher/pop music ? sport/do/Saturday/you/on/play ? Saturday/work/parents/do/your/on ? mother/your/French/speak/does ? cinema/you/to/the/go/do/often ? Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions. © Tick (V) the activities that you do. aH Your Activities You | partner play the piano take photos like dancing learn German watch sport on TV listen to jazz Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about the activities. Tick your partner's activities in the table. Sample ‘Az Do you play the piano? B: Yes, Ido. 10 Work with a different partner. Ask questions about his/her first partner. Example You: Does Peter play the piano? New partner: Yes, he does. ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY © go to bed early * write postcards have breakfast be late © go swimming after school © use a computer at school ‘watch TV in the evening * be tired after school Now work in pairs. Ask questions with How often do ..? Example ‘A: How often do you get homework? B: Every day. QUOTE... UNQUOTE "We are what we pretend to be.” Kurt Vonnegut, Jr, American writer Presentation 2 44, Look at the calendar on the right and read these sentences, Wed | 3. | gy How often... ? \ thu fa T usually go swimming on Fridays. | Y'm usually late for dinner. j| Fri | 5 1 always play basketball on Sundays. Sat || Tim always early. aa E T often go out with my girlfriend, Ann. sun | 7 |o. She's often late. | I sometimes go to the gym. Mon} 8 T’'m sometimes tired after that. | I never go to discos. Tue | 9 Tm never bored at home. | |Wed|10 Put the adverbs in the correct place on Thu 111) A this diagram. | alos Fri [12] 2% 0%. 100% || Sat |13) 4 I Now complete the rules about adverbs Sun | 14 | ba of frequency. Monl15 They go before/after the verb to be. + They go before/after other verbs. Tue |16 Wed!17) Av > Grammar Summary 1, on page 124, Practice / 2. Use the adverbs and the expressions to write sentences about you, always, usually, often, sometimes, never ‘+ do homework —_* play football on Sunday ‘a AYour Interests seus recs ‘A. One day Brian goes to a school basketball Before you start game. Judy is very good at baskatball After the game Brian talks to Judy. Grrr page 6 @ Look at the example. Write three sentences about your interests and abilities. Example T'm good at chess. I'm interested in films. I'm bad at gymnastics. “Er. Judy, Do you want togo to the school party with me on Saturday?” =) (@ Work in groups. Tell the others about your interests and ‘She doesn’t want to go abilities. with you : Reading B At the school dance Brian is very eet okie nervous. His friend Tim introduces him. cue eee as @ Read the picture story. Put Brian starts to sing. The people don't she's my git. She's my baby! the story in the correct order. dance - they listen to Bran. Judy looks at Brian. She listens to the song @ [2 Listen to the story. Check the order of the pictures. € Brian loves music. He can sing and play the guitar. But he isn't very good at school. He sits next to Judy. She always answers questions in class. She is very hard-working. Brian loves Judy, but he is very shy .. D Brian is relaxed. He dances with Judy. They talk ‘What is the answer to ‘about music, about their interests, about their question 4, Brian?” lives. They are in love ‘Tm sony 1 don't know the answer, Jag i th “The capital E Brian sings. His song is briliant. Judy loves his song. It is her song. She goes up to him and she asks him to dance ... Tie. Brian, Tha’ fantastic SF “do you want to dance” F Brian is very sad. He sits in his bedroom. He writes @ song about Judy. Brian wants to sing the song at the school party. He asks his friend Tim. Tim is the singer in the school pop group. © Read the story again. Answer the questions. 1. What is Brian interested'in? 2 What is he good at? 3. What is Judy interested in? 4 What is she good at? Do you think the story is a) romantic, b) brilliant, c) boring, d) funny? Vocabulary: Adjectives G Match the opposites. 1 happy a) lazy 2 hard-working b) shy 3> nervous c) sad % outgoing —d) relaxed Parsorality Listening © Read the Strategies. [2] Follow the Strategies and quess answers to these questions. Then listen and check your answers. What music does Judy like? What does Brian hate? Does Judy hate school? What things do Brian and Judy like? Rune © Complete the Function File with these words. don't like, don’t mind, hate, like (x3), love, OK aay = Preferences | | tases rns coy cS! aay 2 Dom GD tana S) ieee resales acs mee Te = eer aoe one ‘Dislikes: 1 (5) ____ mathematics and | geography. 1 (6) ____ school. ) Decteal: Bhool 12 = 1 ile | [Ga] Listen and check your answers. @ Write sentences about your preferences. Use the expressions from the Function File. Example T hate cooking. (40 Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about preferences. Example ‘A: Do you like chess? B: No, I don’t. B ‘a Communication Workshop Writing: A Questionnaire Before you start (@ Read the questionnaire and think about your answers. ae How friendly are yo? 1 Do you help your frie 2 When 4 friend is sad, do You a) talk fo hin! her? (] ¢) ob nothing? () 5 when you are on belies oo you q) write @ posteard to your frie (@ Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions. Is your partner a good friend? @ Linking. Look at when in the questionnaire. Use the words below to write sentences about you. on holiday, in class, bored, tired, sad Example When I am on holiday, I swim in the sea. When I am bored, I phone a friend. Write a questionnaire. Follow the stages. Stage 1 Choose three interests, sports or hobbies from the Mini- dictionary. Write three questions about each one. Example Interests: basketball/photography/chess Questions: Do you like basketball?/How often do you play?/ Are you good at it? Stage 2 Write options for the answers (a, b or c). Example Do you like basketball? a) Yes. 6) It’s OK. ¢) No. How often do you play? a) Once a month. 6) Every Saturday. c) Never. sats with their hemenert? 4) Always. | &) Sometimes. Do) ever. b) ask anuther frieno’ ‘abot the Problem? Speaking: Group Survey In groups, find out your partner's interests, Follow the stages. Stage 1 Work in groups. Ask and answer the questions from your questionnaire. Write down the answers. Stage 2 Organise the answers. Example love basketball - Adam, Renata Talkback Tell the class information about the people in your group. Example ‘Adam and Renata love basketball. They often play it. Adam is good at basketball. Karol and ‘Ada don't like it. They don't play it. Review Grammar @ Complete the dialogue with these words. play, plays, like, love, do(x2), does(x2), don't, doesn't ‘A: What (1) you do on holiday? B: Well, I like swimming. ‘A: And (2) your boyfriend like swimming? B: No, he (3) = He can't swim! He doesn’t (4) the sea. ‘A: So what (5) he do? B: He reads or takes photos. ‘A: What other things (6) you like? B: We (7) music and dancing. ‘A: Do you (8) a musical instrument? B: No, I (9) - But my boyfriend (10) the guitar. @ Complete the questions (1-6) with these words. Then match them with the answers (a-f). how, what (x2), when, where, why 1 often do you play a) T go out with my sport? friends. 2 _____do you come from? b) Every day. 3 do you do at ©) Ido my weekends? homework. 4 do you use a d) Turkey. dictionary? e) To learn new 5 do you go out words. with your friends? f) After school and 6 do you do after at weekends. school? @ Use these words to write sentences. makes/things/my dad/often sometimes/watch/I/television always/my teacher/difficult questions/asks in the sea/never/go/1/swimming doesn’t/my mum/go/to the cinema/often Vocabulary @ Write the opposites of these adjectives 1 long 6 friendly 2 bad___ T outgoing 3 small 8 happy 4 tidy 9 true 5 lazy 10 attractive Pasovality © Match the adjectives from Exercise 4 with these nouns and write sentences, person, story, bedroom Example Tom is a friendly person. “ © Complete the text with the correct form of these verbs. meet, go, take, play (x2), go out, answer, go to (x2), do My sister is very active. She has got different hobbies. She (1) photos of animals and she's got a very good camera. She often (2) the z00 with my dad. And she loves sport. She (3) tennis and basketball and she often (4) swimming and diving. She (5) the piano and can sing very well. At school she is very hard-working. She (6) questions in class and she always (7) her homework. She is very outgoing. She often (8) with her friends - they (9) the cinema or to parties. I sometimes (10) her friends and they are always very friendly to me, Pronunciation ‘& [2 Listen to the final sound in these words. paint // 2 friend /d/ Now listen to the words. Which final sound do you hear, /d/ or /t/? [2] Listen again and repeat the words. © ©) Word stress. Listen and repeat these words, ° o. ces 1chess 2 football 3 gymnastics © El classify these words (1, 2 o 3). Then listen and check your answers. Monday, friendly, computer, shy, school, swimming, lesson, British, sport, dance, untidy, romantic, cooking, fantastic, film, answer, attractive, people, Wednesday, lazy, homework, party, house, bedroom, often, unhappy, piano Grats eas a r | m-Solving | ARTICLES a/an @ Read the examples. Then circle the correct words to complete the rule. a book an actress a desk an encyclopedia a pen an orange We use a in front of a vowel/ consonant and we use an in front of a vowel/consonant, © Complete the gaps with a or an. 1 Gerard Depardieu is French actor and Julia Roberts is __ American actress. 2 My father works in __ bank and my mother works in __ office. 3. For my projects I use __ encyclopedia and __ dictionary. 4 CanThave apple and __ banana, please? 5 Joey is __ actor and Ross works in __ museum, @ Read the lines from the song and try to complete the gaps. I sit nexe to her, she sits next to (1) She uses my pens, my dictionary. But she doesn't see me, doesn’t (2) Monday, Tuesday, five days a wee! teacher says I'm ne good, I'm (3) She's goed at maths and history. She answers the questions, she (4) But after class she doesn’t talk, she goes. When she hears me sing, hears me (3)__ She can understand what 1 say. New it’s net a problem. Now it’s (6) We can meet every day, every day. © [2 Listen and check your answers. a/an/the © Read the sentences (1-4). Which sentences are about: a) one of many people/things? b) a specific person/thing? 1 Ina bookshop/library: ‘Td like an English dictionary, please! 2 At home: ‘Mum, where's the English dictionary? T need it! 3 At the shops: ‘Mum, can we get a dog? I want a dog’ 4 At home: ‘Peter, the dog is hungry. His dinner is in the kitchen’ © Complete the gaps with a/an or the. 1 We always have breakfast in __ kitchen, 2 They have new house and ___old car. 3 I love history - ___ teacher always tells interesting stories. 4 Rock City is __ small town; _ airport is only open on Mondays and Wednesdays. 5 This is my favourite classroom - __ walls are green. oy Read a leaflet, a newspaper article and a letter, 0 a dialogue, an interview and a phone call. ut places and the weather. letter to a penfriend. ut there is and there are. seum, newsagent’s, park, restaurant, school [e) Listen and repeat the Key Words. 2] Listen to four dialogues. Where are the people? & Work in pairs. Tell your partner about the places you go to. Example I go to the cinema on Saturday with my friends. 5. Look at the picture, Complete the sentences with next to or opposite. 1 The church is the railway station, 2 The supermarket is the church. 3. The newsagent's is the bank. 4 The cinema is the railway station, Before you start Gr 14-15 @ Check the meaning of the Key Words. Lied bakery, canal, castle, chemist’s, factory, fish and chip shop, pub, supermarket Which of these places have you got in your area? @ Read the leaflet. Are these sentences true (1) or false (F)? 1. The Black Country is a new industrial area. 2 You can see people working in the factories. 3 The Black Country is near to London. 4 The museum is next to Dudley Castle. @ [5] Listen and complete the dialogue with these words. cinema, supermarket, bakery, museum, chemist’s, shops, restaurant, factories Mark: Is it a good place to visit, then? Lucy: Yes, it Mark: Mmm. I don’t usually like museums. Are there people in it? Lucy: Yes, there are. You can see real people in the (2)___ and shops. And you can buy things in the (3)__! Mark: Is there an old (4)__? Lucy: Don't be silly! No, there isn't. And there isn’t a disco! There's an old (5)__ and a (6). And sometimes people live in the old houses. There aren't computers or televisions in the houses! Mark: Is there an old (7)___? = — Lucy: Yes, there is. You can watch old films. Come and see life in the old industrial area of It’s great! the Black Country. Watch people live and work Mark: And are there old cars in the village? ina Old Indinstclall community. Lucy: No, there aren’t. But you can go on an old electric tram or a canal boat. . Mark: And how many restaurants are there? Next to Dudley Castle. Near Birmingham. Lucy: There are three places to eat. There's a ‘Open 10 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. (8)____ - a fish and chip shop and an old Adults: £7.50; children £4.50. pub. there is/there are Presentation @ Read the dialogue again and complete the table with these words. is (5), are (‘re), isn’t, aren't Affirmative There (1) |___ an old chemist’s. There (2) 1 three places. Negative There (3) “a disco! There (4)! computers or televisions. Question Short Answers (5) ___there an old cinema? Yes, there (10) |_. (6) __ there an old supermarket? No, there (11) __ (7) = there people in it? Yes, there (12) (8) ___ there old cars? No, there (13) (9) How many restaurants = there? There (14) 4 three. Which verb forms are singular and which are plural? How do you say the sentences in your language? > Grammar Summary 2, on page 124. © © Listen to five sentences. Write them in your notebook. How many words are there in each sentence? » Example There's a small supermarket. = five words [£2] Listen again and repeat the sentences. Practice © Write sentences about what there is and what there isn't in an old house in The Black Country Living Museum. ise these words: table, a TV set, a bed, a shower, a computer, feo, a piano, a radio, a toilet Communities, V@ Complete the letter with the correct form of the verb to be. Dear Eva My name is Kelly ana lm your new rentriend. | live in Sutton. It’s a very small village. There (1) __ one shep and there @ —_ Five streets! Theve (3) ___ a post office opposite our house. My mum works. there. My daa goes to work ix Leeds. “There (4) ___ offices or factories here. What ave your intevests? I love Aancing. Ak weekends | go inte Leeds because theve (5) a disco in our village. (6) __ there discos where yeu live? (1) __ there a let to Ao? Write back soon, kelly. ‘© Use the cues to write questions about _ The Black Country Living Museum. Example 1 Is there a restaurant? 1a restaurant? 2a supermarket? 3 a school? 4 adisco? 5 acinema? Work in pairs. Use the map to answer the questions with short answers. Example 1 Is there a restaurant? Yes, there is. (@ Work in pairs. Take turns to find out about your partner's area. Answer in short sentences. Example A Is there a school? B: Yes, there is. A: How many shops are there? There are five or si. 40 Imagine the house of your dreams. Write sentences about the things there are and the things there aren't. Use the Mini-dictionary to help you. Example There are five rooms, a sauna and a swimming pool. There isn't a television, Describe the house to your partner. | the Key Words. CS changeable, cloudy, cold, hot, icy, rainy, snowy, sunny, warm, windy Write sentences about the B) weather in your area in each season. spring summer autumn winter Example In the spring, it is usually warm, but it is often cloudy and rainy. Reading @ Look at the photo. Guess the weather on the island, Then read the first paragraph of the text and check your answers. ODosert sland —— seusroas Island Experiment CHRIS MORRIS MEETS TWO PEOPLE FROM THE TELEVISION PROGRAMME ‘DESERT ISLAND’. (1) Rothsay is a deserted island in the north of Scotland. It is cold and rainy. The sea is icy and there are 250 k.p.h. winds. Eighty men, women and children from different places in Britain now live there. They are part of an experiment for one year. Television cameras film their lives and they appear on TV. (2) Karen and David Lloyd are two of these people. They usually live in a flat in Cardiff in Wales. Karen, 15, and Dave, 17, now live in a small house on the island with their parents. There are three teachers on the island, so Karen and Dave can continue their studies. (3) Why do the Lloyd family want to live on this island? ‘Well, we always come to the Scottish islands on holiday,’ says Karen. ‘I love photography and the island is fantastic for that.” Her brother likes diving. and ‘sailing. ‘The island is great. The only problem is the weather!" (4) What do they miss? ‘Well, don’t miss the cars and pollution,’ says David. ‘I miss my friends, but | can use e-mail to talk to them. The young people on the island aré friendly and we have a great time!” Do they like being in the television programme? ‘Well,’ says Karen, ‘the programme is interesting. And now we're famous!” © Read the text and the questions below. Choose the correct answer ~ a, b or c 1. What is the usual population of the island? a) 36 b) 2000 c)O 2 How is the community different from other communities? a) The people live on an island. b) The people are on TV. ©) There is no pollution. 3. Why does Karen like living on the island? a) It is a good place for diving. b) It is good for photography. ) The weather is good. ” 4 How can they contact their friends? a) By telephone. b) By e-mail. c) By post. 5 What does David sometimes miss? * a) His friends. b) The television. ©) Ginemas and shops. @ Work in pairs. Imagine you are on the island with your family. Write two lists. Example Things I miss: playing football with my friends, going to a café Things I don’t miss: the cars, going to school in the _ morning Tell the class the things on your lists. Vocabulary: Wordbuilding ‘© Look at the underlined words in these sentences. ‘Are they nouns or adjectives? The sea is icy. In winter, there is ice in the sea. The wind is strong today. It's a very windy day. "Make adjectives from these nouns. difference, ice, wind, desert, friend, tain, sun, interest, fame, snow ~~ Bample _ __ different Check your answers in the text and the Key Words in ‘Exercise 6 Write sentences about Rothsay with the from Exercise 5, Do not look at the text. Communities Listening @ [2 Listen to a man talking about the weather in Scotland. Complete the table. Season | Scotland London/Cape Town winter | very cold. spring ‘summer autumn @ [2 Listen again and complete the Function File with these words. changeable, rainy, dark, degrees, like, hot, weather, zero Speaking © Work in pairs. Student A and Student B turn to page 123. Ask and answer questions and complete the table for London or Cape Town in Exercise 7, QUOTE ... UNQUOTE "The world ig now a glebal village.’ Marshall McLuhan Communication Workshop = Writing: A Description of a Place here yu? e's SURMY Before you start pear Patty Se weather vie vith ye a what a @ Read the letter to a penfriend. (A) How one oe a. agit my rows melt @, ‘roi In which paragraph can you find 0) LE ans Bor Your OE oe. | une YO we eve is information about: (B) te buen Taree good tinct ve yreste He eens wo a a here your 36 sting rneres ie ar places to see, an uch ead ee Fowl got mY ase OTe @% Linking. Complete the letter with and and but. Write a letter to a penfriend about his/her visit. Follow the stages below. Stage 1 Speaking: A Rolepla: Read the Strategies and look at,the diagram. vy Before you start [Listen to the phone call and choose the correct answers. 1 What is the weather like? a) It's brilliant. b) It’s OK. c) It's terrible. 2 Are there interesting places to visit? a) Yes, there are. b) No, not really. 3 Is it a good place to have fun? a) Yes, it's great. b) No, it isn’t. €) It’s not bad. Imagine your penfriend phones you before you send your letter. Follow the stages below. Stage 1 Stage 2 Use your letter to prepare answers to the Write your letter. Include a paragraph for each topic in your questions. diagram. Use the linking words from Exercise 2. Stage 2 Stage 3 Work in pairs. Take turns to ask and answer Check your letter for: grammar / spelling the questions on the phone. Talkback Talkback ‘Send’ your letter to another student in your class, Read the letter you get. Choose a place to visit and an activity to do. g Are the places your partner talks about: very interesting? OK? not very interesting? re Eis coco sore ciec avs achat . bie 1 to a quiz, monologues and dialogues. * Talk about travel, and give a talk. * Write a page of a brochure. * Learn about possessive pronouns and apostrophes. Warm-up O-- 18-19 and page 26 ‘1 Look at the photos and read the captions. Which places do you want to go to? [SM eee ed Things to do: (go) backpacking, camping, climbing, diving, sailing, sightseeing, skiing, surfing, travelling, walking Months: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December Australia on the 25th of December Canada in October ‘2 [22] Listen and repeat the Key Words. Notice the main stress. Example backpacking/February ‘3. C=] Listen to four people. Write down the activities and months they mention. <@ What do you want to do? Choose an activity, a place and a time to go. Tell the class. I want to go surfing in California in July. D rectors pages 2 <5. Look at the prepositions in and on in the captions. Choose the correct preposition in these sentences. 27 1. Our school holidays start (in/on) the twenty- third of July this year. 2 We usually go backpacking (in/on) summer. 3. We always go skiing (on/in) winter. 4 My dream is to go to the carnival in Rio de Janeiro (in/on) February. “él é& 7 Souvenirs GRAMMAR Focus | “My ster, Jans, trasels a. lot for her work. The bars , Before’you' start Po efteas are hers she collechs Wanton hele (eae e you can see the names of the hotels.” Claire @& Match the Key Words “our son, vike, loves Footbal. The Argentivian FeoHoal shit with the photos. is Mike's and the watch programmes ave alse his." Tony CD ys | ove football These match tickets are mine, too. Those bar of soap, box, doll, football anaes | are my parents’ tickets. They collect them when they go programme, football shirt, glass, travelling." Mike plate, ticket “Tony and | travel « lot and we collect souvenits. Ans, (2 Do you collect holiday Po % suuvenl? Tell the cass. ee. ave ows. | abo collct bes - these are from nds.” Te § A ' Example T've got a beautiful doll from pe ot “Whose are those football programmes? You dont like football, do you, Tony?” ¢ @ Read what Mike, Claire, Tony and Chris say about collecting souvenirs. Then match the souvenirs (A-H) with the people. Ss. “our neighbetws, Sally ana Chis, often vent a house in Turkey in the summer. Its garden is Pantastic amma it's get a swimming pool. The Turkish Aells ana the plate ave theivs. Chvis's collection of plates is fantastic!” Example D- Claire Possessive Forms Presentation @ Look at the text again. Complete the table with possessive pronouns. Possessive pronoun yours their © Look at these examples and complete , the rule with singular and plural. Mike's T-shirt Chris's collection ‘my parents’ tickets the children’s ball ‘We add an apostrophe to nouns ending in s. We add apostrophe + s to all nouns and nouns that don’t end in s. , © Complete the sentences with Who or Whose. 1 ¢ is Jane?" ‘She is my sister! 20 is this football shirt? Tes Mike's. &> Grammar Summary 3, on page 124. Goteg Maces ‘Z [22] Listen to the sounds at the end of the names. Group 1: Mike ~ Mike's /s/ Group 2: Claire - Claire's /2/ Group 3: Charles ~ Charles's /1z/ (2) Listen again and put these names into the correct group according to the final sound. Pat’s, John’s, Keith’s, Anna's, Chris's, Sue's, Gary's, James's, Kate's, Tony's Practice @ Underline the correct words. 1. (My/Mine) car is broken, let's go in (your/yours). 2 Anna loves dogs - this black dog is (her/hers) but the brown dog is (my/mine). 3. (Our/Ours) friends often take (their/theirs) dog for a walk. 4 This book is (my/mine), it's not (your/yours). 5 She likes (her/hers) car, and we like (our/ours). © Complete the sentences with possessive adjectives and pronouns 1 This stereo is Peter's. The CDs are , too. 2 Our car is terrible. _often breaks down. 3. We are going on holiday with friends and baby. 4 collect hats ~ these two are and the black hat is mother's, 5 Susan hasn't got a bike ~ this bike isn’t__, but its sister's. 0 Put in apostrophes where necessary. Peters dogs stay with his friends when he is on holiday. These T-shirts are Johns and that is his sisters. My English teachers husband works with my parents. The Browns like my parents garden and trees. Jamess computer is great. 41, Work in groups. Each student puts two objects into a bag. Then put the objects on the table and guess whose they are. Example ‘A: Whose is this? B: Is it Ricky's? A: No, it isn’t, It's Rosa's. : Yes, it’s mine!

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