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1A Vocabulary
Countries and nationalities
Card 1
Brazil Spain
Mexican Chinese
Iran Saudi
Card 2
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Australian New Zealand the USA
Nigeria Argentinian
Turkish
Card 3
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American Canada
Polish Iranian
Germany Colombia
Card 4
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China Britain
France Russian
Brazilian Pakistan
Card 5
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Poland Italy Australia
Argentina Japanese
French
Card 6
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South African
Japan Turkey
German British Russia
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1B Vocabulary
Adjectives
Think of an example for ten of the people, things and places in the squares. Write the examples in
circles 1–10. Exchange sheets and match other students’ examples with the ideas in the squares.
a famous, a friendly
a brilliant a famous,
sportsperson
modern student in the
old building
building class
an a terrible a popular a well-

amazing a great
film
place to food / drink in known
song live your country person on TV
something a wonderful
horrible to a fantastic a quiet place
place for a
eat or drink book to study
holiday
1 2 3
4 5 6 7
8 9 10
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2A Vocabulary
Jobs
Activity A
Add vowels to make eight jobs. Write them on the lines.
1 ngnr
2 bsnssmn
3 trgd
4 clnr
5 nrs
6 rcptnst
7 ctr
8 phtgrphr
Activity B
Find ten more jobs in the word search, across or down .
m n a p s e t c o g s u t
e h l i p t i h e t e r a
c e d l b a k e i m c l x
h k r o n d p f o g r s i
a e a t h m a n a g e r d
n v u r s u o d x n t a r
i d e n t i s t a u a c i
c n c s p h i g e u r f v
f i f a r m e r o g y z e
w v o a y f a l t e m r r
s h o p a s s i s t a n t
p o l i c e o f f i c e r
Activity C
Mime jobs from A and B for other students to guess.
2B Vocabulary
Studying; Time
Activity A
Circle ten words in the word snake.
m a r kti m st udies
ss et ak fa i l
tes
pa ab re t
lee sb
t erm xa mnote
Activity B
Complete the sentences with the words from A.
1 Have you got a for our English classes? I need to look at the days.
2 I have a notebook to make during the lesson.
3 I don’t want a low – I need 60% or more.
4 I really want to the exam; it’s very important for me.
5 My brother studies a lot for the maths at the end of the year.
6 I think the is 12 weeks.
7 Do you have a study in the afternoon? Do you go for a walk?
8 I’d like to continue my English next year.
9 If you an exam, you can do it again in the summer.
10 We have a ten-minute in class every two weeks.
Activity C
Draw different times in the first six clocks.
YOUR CLOCKS
1 2 3 4 5 6
YOUR PARTNER’S CLOCKS

1 2 3 4 5 6
Activity D
Take turns to say the times on your clocks. Draw your partner’s times in the clocks.
3A Vocabulary
Time expressions
How often do you …

Student 1 Student 2 Student 3
text ?
write ?
go on holiday?
watch on TV?
drive to ?
meet friends for ?
buy ?
wash your ?
drink tea or coffee?
cook?
go to a(n) lesson?
listen to ?
}
every ...
once a ...
day
week
twice a ...
month
three/four/five times a ...
I don’t! year
3B Vocabulary
Technology
Activity A
Match 1–6 with a–f to make six technology words.
1 head a board
2 sat b reader
3 smart c phones
4 lap d nav
5 e- e phone
6 key f top
Activity B
Complete the statements with the words in A.
That’s me! 1 I always listen to music with

. I don’t want to annoy
other people.
2 I never want to buy an .

Real books for me, please.
3 Now that I have a tablet, I never turn on my

.
4 I use only two fingers to type on the

. I’m really slow.
5 Travelling with a in the car

is really dangerous!
6 I’ve got a , so I don’t need a

camera.
Activity C
Put a tick (✓) next to the sentences in B that you agree with.
Compare your answers in small groups and explain.
4A Vocabulary
Food
Activity A
Complete the crossword.
1 2
Down 3 4
5 6 7
1 8
9 10 11
12
2
13
14 15
3
16
17
6 18 19
20
Across
7
4
11
14
5
12
16
8
15
9 17
19 10 18
13 20
Activity B
Think of definitions for five of the words in A. Test other students.
4B Vocabulary
Talking about food
Activity A
Label the pictures with the words in the box.
fried boiled baked grilled roast
1 2 3
4 5
Activity B
How can you eat these different types of food? Add ticks (✓) and crosses (✗) in the table.
tomatoes rice potatoes chicken eggs steak onion pasta bread

fried
boiled
baked
grilled
roast
Activity C
Tick (✓) the correct sentences. Correct the mistakes.
1 Could you get me a jar of cola?
2 Do you want a bar of oil?
3 I’d like a packet of crisps.
4 I need to buy a tin of rice.
5 We can get a bottle of milk.
6 There’s a jar of strawberry jam in the cupboard.
7 Is that a bottle of cereal?
8 I’ve got a bottle of apples in the car.
5A Vocabulary
Places in a city
Activity A
Add vowels to make places in a city.
1 c nc_rt h ll 9 sq r
2 p st ff c 10 p rtm nts
3 sp rts c ntr 11 old b ld ngs
4 th tr 12 br dg
5 r v r 13 st d m
6 beautiful p rk 14 p l c st t n
7r st r nt 15 w ndm ll
8 m tr st t n 16 c f
Activity B
Write ten places on the diagram.
Share your diagram with other students.
river
I live here
1 kilometre
5 kilometres
5B Vocabulary
Furniture
Student A
Label your own furniture and then describe it to your partner. Draw and label your partner’s furniture.
Your furniture
1 2 3 4 5 6
Your partner’s furniture

1 2 3 4 5 6
Student B
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Label your own furniture and then describe it to your partner. Draw and label your partner’s furniture.
Your furniture
1 2 3 4 5 6
Your partner’s furniture

1 2 3 4 5 6
6A Vocabulary
Years and dates
Student A
YEARS AND
DATES QUIZ Student B’s answers
1 the first of
February
Example Today is 2/11. What’s tomorrow’s date? the third of November
2 April
1 What is the tenth month of the year? 3 (in) 2022 (two
thousand and
2 What month comes between February and April? twenty-two)
4 the twenty-fifth
3 When is New Year’s Day?
of June
4 Today is 14/7. What’s tomorrow’s date? 5 the first of May
6 (in) 2012 (two
5 What month does Wimbledon start? thousand and
twelve)
6 What month comes before September?
7 the eleventh of
7 Today is 1/12. What was yesterday’s date? October
8 July
8 When was the World Cup in Brazil? 9 the thirteenth of
November
9 Yesterday was 20/2. What’s today’s date?
10 the twenty-third
10 Today is Monday, 30/4. What’s the date on Thursday? of September
Student B
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YEARS AND
DATES QUIZ Student A’s answers
1 October
2 March
Example Today is 2/11. What’s tomorrow’s date? the third of November
3 the first of January
1 What date comes after 31/1? 4 the fifteenth of
July
2 What month comes after March? 5 (in) June
6 August
3 When is the World Cup in Qatar?
7 the thirtieth of
4 Today is 26/6. What was yesterday’s date? November
8 (in) 2014 (two
5 When is May Day? thousand and
fourteen)
6 When were the London Olympics?
9 the twenty-first
7 Today is Friday, 9/10. What’s the date on Sunday? of February
10 the third of May
8 What month comes before August?
9 Yesterday was 12/11. What’s today’s date?
10 Today is 22/9. What’s the date tomorrow?
6B Vocabulary
Past simple irregular verbs
Student A
Student B’s answers
Play the board game on page 203 by completing these sentences
with the correct past simple irregular verb. 1 came
2 made
1 Last week I some new shoes. 3 cost
4 ate
2 I last Saturday at home watching films.
5 gave
3 Last night I my sister about my new girlfriend. 6 did
7 brought
4 I to the theatre last Saturday. 8 lost
9 got/took
5 I a very good book last night.
10 spent/had
6 Gigi’s from Argentina, but I she was Spanish. 11 cut
12 read
7 I’m happy because my team the match.
8 My brother went to university and a doctor.
9 I my car to a friend for €1,000.
10 I my shopping at the supermarket yesterday evening.
11 Last week I out that my grandmother was Russian.
12 My father me €100 for my birthday this morning.
Student B
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Student A’s answers
Play the board game on page 203 by completing these sentences
with the correct past simple irregular verb. 1 bought
2 spent
1 Yesterday my friend to my house for dinner. 3 told
4 went
2 I lunch for my family last Sunday. 5 read
3 The train ticket was very expensive; it me $85. 6 thought
7 won
4 The burger was horrible but I it. 8 became
9 sold
5 I that book to a friend; he really liked it.
10 did
6 I my homework on the bus this morning. 11 found
12 gave
7 I my dictionary with me to class today.
8 I my phone yesterday. I think it’s probably in my office.
9 I was late, so I a bus to the station.
10 I a week in Greece last summer.
11 I my brother’s hair. It looks terrible!
12 I about the new school in the newspaper yesterday.
7A Vocabulary
Transport
1 2
Activity A
3
Complete the crossword.
Across 4 5
1
7 8 9
10
3 Do you want to the train?

11 12
5
13
6 Down
1 We have to trains in Paris.
7
2
10 4 Hurry! I don’t want to the bus.
8
11 Let’s the bus now.
13
12
Activity B
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Are the sentences true or false?
1 When you miss a plane, you have to take a different one. 5 When a bus arrives, you can get on it.
2 When you change trains, you get off one train and get on a 6 When a bus arrives, you can get off it.
different one.
7 You can take a train, a bus, a plane or a taxi.
3 When you catch a train, you have to wait for the next one.
8 You can miss a bus, a train, a plane or a taxi.
4 When you miss a train, you can get a taxi.
7B Vocabulary
Transport adjectives
Activity A
Do you agree or disagree with sentences 1–8? If you disagree, change them to make them true for you.
fast
Example: Travelling by plane is usually very slow.
1 Motorbikes are quite comfortable.
2 Trams are a very safe form of transport.

3 Buses are expensive in my country.
4 In my city, many streets are empty at night.

5 Motorbikes are a fast way to travel.
6 Stadiums are usually clean after a football match.
7 Metro stations are crowded in the mornings.
8 Trains with air conditioning are uncomfortable.
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Activity B: Student 1
Complete the dialogue with adjectives Activity B: Student 2
and then check with your partner. Practise the Complete the dialogue with adjectives
questions and answers together. and then check with your partner. Practise the
1 Is your computer quite ? questions and answers together.
No, it’s very slow. 1 Is your computer quite fast?

2 Was that dress ? No, it’s very .
No, it was quite cheap. 2 Was that dress expensive?
3 Was the room ? No, it was quite .
No, it was very clean. 3 Was the room dirty?
4 Are those shoes ? No, it was very .
No, actually they’re very comfortable. 4 Are those shoes uncomfortable?
5 Is this bike ? No, actually they’re very .
No, it’s quite safe. 5 Is this bike dangerous?
6 Was the theatre ? No, it’s quite .
No, it was empty. 6 Was the theatre full?
No, it was .
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8A Vocabulary
Sport and exercise
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do yoga play badminton dance / go dancing play rugby
ride a bike do exercise play golf skate / go skating
ski / go skiing go fishing run / go running play volleyball
play hockey go sailing play football do judo
Complete the table with sports and exercise.

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Better on your own or with one other person Better with a lot of people
8B Vocabulary
Parts of the body; Appearance
Activity A
Look at the picture for two minutes. Remember what the people look like.
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Activity B
Complete the table with words to describe what the people in A look like.
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9A Vocabulary
Shopping; Money and prices
Activity A
Match 1–8 with a–h to make eight places.
1 shopping a park
2 information b machine
3 bus c mall
4 car d stop
5 department e restaurant
6 clothes f desk
7 cash g store
8 fast food h shop
Activity B
Write the answers to these questions.
1 Where do you leave a car?
2 Where do you wait for a bus?
3 What’s another word for an ATM?
4 How do you go up or down in a building?
5 Where can you go to ask questions in a shopping mall?
6 Where do you go in a shop or building?
7 Where can you buy trousers?
8 Where can you buy a hamburger?
9 Where can you get a cup of coffee?
10 What’s another word for pharmacy?
Activity C
Ask and answer the questions in B.
Activity D
Write six prices in ‘Your prices’ using £, p, $, and c. Tell your partner your prices and write down your
partner’s prices.
Your prices Your partner’s prices

1 4 1 4
2 5 2 5
3 6 3 6
9B Vocabulary
Clothes
Activity A
Write the answers and then test your partner.
CLOTHES RACE
1 You wear these on your feet. shoes
2 You wear these on your hands when it’s cold.
3 You wear these over your legs.
4 You wear these on your ears.
5 You wear this round your neck when it’s cold.
6 You wear these on your legs when it’s hot (not trousers).
7 You can wear this over a shirt.
8 You can wear this under a shirt, or when it’s hot.
9 You wear this on a finger.
10 You wear this round your neck, especially women.
11 You wear this when it rains.
12 You wear this and it tells you the time.
Activity B
Ask and answer the questions.
1 Do men and women wear everything in 1–12 in A?
2 Do you prefer jeans or trousers?
3 Women – do you prefer skirts and dresses, or trousers?
4 Men – do you prefer shirts or T-shirts?
5 Men and women – do you like wearing jewellery? If so, what do you wear?
6 What did you wear yesterday?
10A Vocabulary
IT collocations
Activity A
Find ten IT words in the word search. Words can go across or down .
F W N C L E M A I L S
W Q D C R J O E O M A
E D O W N L O A D B V
B J C R S U R F P B E
S L U C H M O I H O U
I D M M P Q C L I C K
T H E W E B R E E S E
E K N E G A H G Y O M
E E T D L O G O N W A
Activity B
Complete the collocations with the words from the box and then talk about how often you do them.
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1 to a computer
2 a call on Skype
3 emails on your phone
4 the Web to find information
5 a file on your computer
6 a website which is in English
7 a music file from the Internet
8 a link to watch a video
9 a document on your smartphone
10B Vocabulary
High numbers
Student A
Play the board game on page 203 by saying these numbers correctly.
Your numbers Student B’s answers
1 nine hundred and forty
1
2,000 7
400,200 2 five million
3 five thousand four hundred
2
300,000 8
2,060 4 six hundred thousand
792
9 5 two thousand and ten
3 1,500 6 seven thousand six hundred and twenty
7 two hundred thousand seven hundred
4
4,000,000 10
8,577 8 eight hundred and seventy-five
5
1,250 11
491
9 four thousand eight hundred and fifty
10 nine thousand
11 seventeen thousand three hundred
6
5,055 12 3,500, 000 12 six hundred and eighty-two
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Student B
Play the board game on page 203 by saying these numbers correctly.
Your numbers Student A’s answers
940 200,700
1 7 1 two thousand
2 three hundred thousand
2 5,000,000
8
875 3 one thousand five hundred
4 four million
3
5,400
9
4,850 5 one thousand two hundred and fifty
6 five thousand and fifty-five
4
600,000 10
9,000 7 four hundred thousand two hundred
8 two thousand and sixty
5
2,010 11
17,300 9 seven hundred and ninety-two
10 eight thousand five hundred and seventy-seven
7,620
682
6 11 four hundred and ninety-one
12
12 three million five hundred thousand
11A Vocabulary
Irregular past participles
Activity A
rit e
Circle 13 past participles in the word snake.
w
fo rgo
ard
t fle wb
whe
gh
ttenb
fe l l h en
ee
u
n fa
fly
nsa
bo
e
ad
tes
bro
uyw
te
ea
llfl
ke
nre wnbro rit
ro
na
te
adw te n fa lle
o
n
ke
Activity B
Complete the sentences with the correct past participle from A.
Then ask questions to complete the names
Find someone who ... Name

1 has their arm or a tooth.
2 has across the Atlantic.
3 has a famous person in the street.
4 has a Harry Potter book.
5 has to Africa.
6 has a present for their teacher.
7 has to do their English homework.
8 has when skiing.
9 has a short story.
10 has a curry.
11 has dinner in an expensive restaurant.
12 has their teacher sing.
11B Vocabulary
Music
Activity A
Complete the questions with the correct music word.
LET THE MUSIC PLAY ON!

1 When and where do you usually listen to p music?
2 Who is your favourite s at the moment?
3 Do you know anyone who plays in an o ? If so, who?
4 Do you think j is interesting or boring?
5 Do you like any girl b ? If so, who?
6 Is f music popular in your country? Can you name a famous f song?
7 Are you a good d ?
8 Can you name an o by Mozart?
9 Does your teacher like c music, e.g. Vivaldi, Beethoven?
10 How many people in your group like r music?
Activity B
Write your answers to questions 1–8 in A and ask your teacher question 9.
Then ask and answer questions 1–10 with other students.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
12A Vocabulary
Geography
Activity A
Add vowels to complete the geography words.
1 sl nd 4 w t rf ll 7 f ld 10 r v r
2 w d 5 b ch 8 m nt n 11 h ll
3 f r st 6 j ngl 9 l k 12 c st
Activity B
Complete the table with the words from A. Which places have water? Which have trees?
Water Trees
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Activity C
Write an example for each word and then test your partner.
1 an island Ibiza 5 a rainforest/jungle
2 a lake 6 a waterfall
3 a river 7 a beach
4 a mountain 8 a desert
12B Vocabulary
Travel collocations
Complete the crossword and then ask and answer the questions.
p a c k
Where did you go on last year?

Have you ever lived ? If not, which country would you choose to live in?
What do you put in first when you pack your bag for a trip? ✓
What plans do you before you go on a trip?
Do you right after you get home?
How often do you to other countries? Where have you been this year?
Do you usually at a hotel or with friends?
What do you do when you go home after a long trip?
Are you going to a holiday this year?
Do you ever your plans at the last minute?

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1A Vocabulary

Countries and nationalities

German British Russia

an a terrible a popular a well-

YOUR PARTNER’S CLOCKS

How often do you …

meet friends for ?

drink tea or coffee?

That’s me! 1 I always listen to music with

2 I never want to buy an .

3 Now that I have a tablet, I never turn on my

4 I use only two fingers to type on the

5 Travelling with a in the car

6 I’ve got a , so I don’t need a

fried boiled baked grilled roast

tomatoes rice potatoes chicken eggs steak onion pasta bread

3 sp rts c ntr 11 old b ld ngs

Your partner’s furniture

Your partner’s furniture

3 Do you want to the train?

10 4 Hurry! I don’t want to the bus.

1 Motorbikes are quite comfortable.

2 Trams are a very safe form of transport.

4 In my city, many streets are empty at night.

6 Stadiums are usually clean after a football match.

7 Metro stations are crowded in the mornings.

8 Trains with air conditioning are uncomfortable.

No, it’s very slow. 1 Is your computer quite fast?

ride a bike do exercise play golf skate / go skating

ski / go skiing go fishing run / go running play volleyball

play hockey go sailing play football do judo

Complete the table with sports and exercise.

James Vanessa George Liz

James Vanessa George Liz

Your prices Your partner’s prices

2 You wear these on your hands when it’s cold.

3 You wear these over your legs.

4 You wear these on your ears.

5 You wear this round your neck when it’s cold.

7 You can wear this over a shirt.

8 You can wear this under a shirt, or when it’s hot.

9 You wear this on a finger.

10 You wear this round your neck, especially women.

11 You wear this when it rains.

12 You wear this and it tells you the time.

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12 three million five hundred thousand

Find someone who ... Name

2 has across the Atlantic.

3 has a famous person in the street.

4 has a Harry Potter book.

6 has a present for their teacher.

7 has to do their English homework.

8 has when skiing.

9 has a short story.

11 has dinner in an expensive restaurant.

12 has their teacher sing.

LET THE MUSIC PLAY ON!

1 an island Ibiza 5 a rainforest/jungle

Where did you go on last year?

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