Grammar and Vocabulary 1A

1A Things I can do Maybank Secondary School

1 Look at the pictures and complete the dialogues

about each student. Use can or can’t.
‘Student of the Year’ Award

1
Jordan

1 A: Look at Jordan. He dance very well.

B: Oh dear. No, he . 3

2 A: Jordan swim?
B: Yes, he loves swimming. He do
butterfly very well. 2

3 A: Jordan plays football for the school team.

B: Yes, he play very well.

22
Kasey

1 A: Kasey is a great dancer.

B: Yes, she dance very well.
1
She goes to ballet classes on Saturdays.
2 A: Kasey play basketball?
B: Yes, she . It’s her favourite sport. 3

3 A: Kasey dive?
B: No, she .

Alice 1

1 A: Alice do magic?
B: No, she do magic very well.
3
2 A: Look at Alice. She play the
guitar very well.
B: Yes, she . She goes to guitar 2
classes after school.
3 A: Alice dive?
B: Yes, she , and she
swim very well too.

2 Which student do you think is ‘Student of the Year’? Why?

1 Jordan 2 Kasey 3 Alice

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Communication 1A
1A Things I can do
Find someone in your class who… Name More information
can dance very well.

can’t play the

guitar.

can do gymnastics.

can play the piano.

can’t play basketball.

can’t swim very well.

can dive.

can do butterfly.

can’t do sudoku. 3 1
4
2

can do magic.

can play computer

games very well.

can play football.

can’t speak Spanish.

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 Grammar and Vocabulary 1B
1B Families
1 Find eleven family words.
G R A N D F A T H E R M
U C O U S I N I E C E O
N I A B R O T H E R N T
C F U N E P H E W O J H
L Z N E H U S B A N D E
E S T E P S I S T E R R
G R A N D M O T H E R H
U S T E P F A T H E R F

2 This is Johnny and his family. Follow the lines to find out what his family love, really like, like, don’t like, hate
and can’t stand. Complete the sentences.

Johnny

Johnny’s
uncle

Johnny’s
aunt

Johnny’s
stepbrother

Johnny’s
sister

Johnny’s
cousins

Johnny’s
father

Johnny’s
stepmother

Johnny’s
grandparents

1 Johnny loves playing the piano. 6 Johnny’s shopping.

2 Johnny’s doing gymnastics. 7 Johnny’s doing magic.
3 Johnny’s dancing. 8 Johnny’s swimming.
4 Johnny’s watching TV. 9 Johnny’s doing sudoku.
5 Johnny’s cooking.

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Communication 1B
1B Families
Student A
Work with a partner. Write names for the people in your family tree. Imagine that YOU are the person in the circle!
Describe your family tree to Student B. Then draw Student B’s family tree.
My mum’s name is…

Family tree 1 Family tree 2

Student B
Work with a partner. Write names for the people in your family tree. Imagine that YOU are the person in the circle!
Describe your family tree to Student A. Then draw Student A’s family tree.
My dad’s name is…

Family tree 1 Family tree 2

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 Grammar and Vocabulary 1C
1C My friends
1 Complete the crossword with words to describe character. Use the clues to help you.
1
N 2 Down
A 1 He doesn’t do what the teachers want him to do.
3
U 2 She is smart and she can do school work easily.
4 5
G 4 She enjoys playing basketball, football and going
swimming.
H
5 He has got a lot of energy and doesn’t like sitting down.
T
8 He doesn’t like meeting new people because it’s difficult
6
Y for him.

7 8 Across
3 She doesn’t like being loud and doesn’t talk a lot.
6 She knows a lot of people and likes talking with them.
7 He likes being loud. He shouts, sings, and plays loud music.

2 Look at the pictures. Complete the texts with the words in the boxes.
big ​long ​naughty ​noisy ​pony tail ​sporty

Charlotte is in my class. She’s got 1 big eyes and 2 hair. She’s usually got a
3
because she plays football and hockey a lot. What’s she like? She’s very 4 . I think
football is her favourite. She’s also 5 - she talks a lot, sings and plays loud music. The teacher thinks
she’s 6 because she doesn’t listen in the lessons and she doesn’t do her homework.

beard ​big ​clever ​friendly ​quiet  short

Mr Gavin is my brother’s Maths teacher. What does he look like? He’s got 7 short , brown hair and a
8
. He’s also got a 9 nose. What’s he like? He isn’t shy. He likes new people. He’s very
10
. But he doesn’t like a lot of noise. He’s 11 . I think he’s very 12
because Maths is difficult and my brother doesn’t like it, but he understands Mr Gavin. My brother likes Mr Gavin
and says that he’s a good teacher.

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Communication 1C
1C My friends
Work in groups of three. Choose one picture. Describe it to your group. The first person to find your picture
wins a point.

This girl has got big eyes and a pony tail. Is it number 6?

Yes, it is. / No, it isn’t.

1 2 3

4 5 6

7 8 9

10 11 12

13 14 15

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Everyday English  Questions and answers 1
Student A Student B

✁
1 e 001 Complete the mini-dialogues with the 1 e 001 Complete the mini-dialogues with the
words in the box. Listen and check your answers. words in the box. Listen and check your answers.

can mean say Sorry understand What you again can does don’t explain saying Sorry

1 1
Can you pass me the remote, please? Can you pass me the remote, please?

The remote? 1 What The remote? What 1 does
does ‘remote’ 2 ? ‘remote’ mean?

2 2
Look, the teacher is writing the words on the Look, the teacher is writing the words on the
board and we are copying them into our books. board and we are copying them into our books.

What are we doing? 3 , What are we doing? Sorry, 2

can 4 explain, please? you 3  , please?

3 3
Go to this website and download the app. Go to this website and download the app.

What’s he saying? I don’t 5 . What’s he 4 ?

I5 understand.

4 4
You can choose which colour you want to use. You can choose which colour you want to use.

Sorry, 6 you
 , can you say that
6
7
that again, please? 7
 , please?

2 Practise the mini-dialogues with Student B.
3 Work with Student B. Change the highlighted
words and phrases in the mini-dialogues in
exercise 1 with the phrases in the box. Practise
your new dialogues.
2 Practise the mini-dialogues with Student A.
3 Work with Student A. Change the highlighted
words and phrases in the mini-dialogues in
exercise 1 with the phrases in the box. Practise
your new dialogues.

Look, we’re matching the sentence halves. Look, we’re matching the sentence halves.
You can choose which cream to put on. You can choose which cream to put on.
Can you pass me the sharpener, please? Can you pass me the sharpener, please?
Put your bag over there and sit down here. Put your bag over there and sit down here.

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Pronunciation 1
P
ronunciation /æ/ /ɑː/ /ə/
1 Work with a partner. Take turns to read the sentences with the correct pronunciation of can / can’t.
1 I can’t dance. 3 I can’t do gymnastics. 5 Can you play the piano?
2 Can you do magic? 4 I can speak Chinese. 6 I can dive.

2 e 002 Listen and repeat.

✁
P
ronunciation /æ/ /ɑː/ /ə/
1 Work with a partner. Take turns to read the sentences with the correct pronunciation of can / can’t.
1 I can’t dance. 3 I can’t do gymnastics. 5 Can you play the piano?
2 Can you do magic? 4 I can speak Chinese. 6 I can dive.

2 e 002 Listen and repeat.

✁
P
ronunciation /æ/ /ɑː/ /ə/
1 Work with a partner. Take turns to read the sentences with the correct pronunciation of can / can’t.
1 I can’t dance. 3 I can’t do gymnastics. 5 Can you play the piano?
2 Can you do magic? 4 I can speak Chinese. 6 I can dive.

2 e 002 Listen and repeat.

✁
P
ronunciation /æ/ /ɑː/ /ə/
1 Work with a partner. Take turns to read the sentences with the correct pronunciation of can / can’t.
1 I can’t dance. 3 I can’t do gymnastics. 5 Can you play the piano?
2 Can you do magic? 4 I can speak Chinese. 6 I can dive.

2 e 002 Listen and repeat.

✁
P
ronunciation /æ/ /ɑː/ /ə/
1 Work with a partner. Take turns to read the sentences with the correct pronunciation of can / can’t.
1 I can’t dance. 3 I can’t do gymnastics. 5 Can you play the piano?
2 Can you do magic? 4 I can speak Chinese. 6 I can dive.

2 e 002 Listen and repeat.

✁
P
ronunciation /æ/ /ɑː/ /ə/
1 Work with a partner. Take turns to read the sentences with the correct pronunciation of can / can’t.
1 I can’t dance. 3 I can’t do gymnastics. 5 Can you play the piano?
2 Can you do magic? 4 I can speak Chinese. 6 I can dive.

2 e 002 Listen and repeat.

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Culture 1
1 Autumn celebrations
1 Put the words and phrases in the box in the correct festivals.
best clothes ​bonfire dress up ​ fireworks (x2) ​
hot dogs ​Indian ​mummies ​
October or November ​ prayers ​ processions ​ pumpkins rangoli patterns ​skeletons special lamps ​
sweets ​toffee apples ​trick or treat ​vampires ​warm clothes ​5th November ​31st October

pumpkins
special lamps
bonfire

2 e 003   Listen to Tina and her friend, Karl. Which of the three
festivals from exercise 1 are they at? Which things from the box
above do they talk about?

3 e 003   Listen again and choose the correct answers, a, b or c.

1 Who is Tina with? 4 What does Karl say about the fireworks?
a Her mum and dad a They’re great.
b Her aunt and uncle b They’re noisy.
c Her grandparents c They’re hot.

2 What is Tina’s brother doing? 5 What does Tina want to eat?

a Playing with a football a A hot dog
b Eating a hot dog b A hamburger
c Eating a hamburger c An ice cream

3 What time are the fireworks? 6 What do Tina and Karl think about Bonfire Night?
a Seven o’clock a It’s nice.
b Quarter past seven b It’s boring.
c Half past seven c It’s brilliant.

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Culture video 1
Autumn Celebrations 5 In Oxford, there’s a big Bonfire Night celebration
in North Park.
1 Label the photos with the correct festival.

Bonfire Night  Diwali 6 People arrive at the Bonfire Night celebrations

at 6 p.m.

4 Label the photos with the words in the box.

decorations  fairground rides  Guy Fawkes 
hot chocolate  Indian music  King James I
1 2

1 2
3 4

2 Watch the video. Complete the sentences with

the words in the box.

city fireworks King lights November

1 In the of Leicester, there’s a big 3 4

Diwali celebration.

2 Diwali is the festival of .

3 On 5th  , people in towns across

the UK celebrate Bonfire Night.

4 The is James I.
5 6
5 People work all day on the bonfire and the
 . 5 Do you like fireworks? Why? / Why not? What
things from exercise 4 do celebrations in your
3 Mark the sentences true (T) or false (F). country have?
Correct the false sentences. Watch the video
and check your answers.
1 In Leicester, there’s a big Diwali celebration
every summer. F

There’s a big Diwali celebration every autumn.

2 Diwali celebrations start with a big fireworks
display.

3 Guy Fawkes doesn’t like the King.

4 People put a model of Guy Fawkes on top of
the bonfire.

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Song  Let’s talk about your family 1
1 Look at the song and underline all the family members. How many are there?
2 e 004 Listen and complete the song with the words in the box.

clever friendly funny lively (x2) naughty shy (x2)  sporty (x2)

Let’s talk about your family

Chorus
What activities do your family like?
Do they like dancing or riding a bike?
What are they like? Are they 1 shy or 2 ?
Let’s talk about your family.

My grandmother loves doing Sudoku.

She is very 3 and she’s 4  , too.
My sister is 5
and she plays the guitar,
She’s got long hair and she looks like a star.

My mother can’t stand diving in a pool.

But she likes doing gymnastics and I think it’s cool.
My brother’s very 6  , he can do butterfly.
My aunt doesn’t like dancing, she’s very 7  .
Chorus

My uncle has blue eyes and he is tall,

But he hates playing basketball.
My brother is 8  , he stays awake all night.
My stepsister is 9
and we never fight.

My cousin loves languages and magic too.

My sister speaks Spanish and her eyes are blue.
My father has short hair and a very big nose.
He loves tennis and he wears 10 clothes.

3 Match the family members from the song (1-6) to 4 What activities does your family like? Write some
the descriptions (a-f). sentences then compare your sentences with a
partner.
1 uncle a has a big nose
2 sister b is tall
3 mother c doesn’t like dancing
4 aunt d loves magic
5 cousin e likes gymnastics
6 father f speaks Spanish

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