OXFORD with FREE app_EC + Greetings = Verb be: Present simple » there is/ there are i © Countries and nationalities © this, that, these, those + Possessions { © Moming routines ® School activities © want to+ infinitive i © Articles: a, an, the Pi g © Sports activities = Present continuous: affirmative and negative + Opposite adjectives = Present continuous: yes/no questions and short answers Present continuous: Wh- questions Adverbs of manner Let's What about ..?/ How about Eee ?/ Do you fancy Present simple and present continuous Prepositions of time Adverbs of frequency Expressions of frequency Conjunctions Eee * Partsofthe body + Object pronouns | «© Symptoms * can for permission | = must Ema i enous a + Emotions + Verb be: past simple affirmative «Adjectives to «Verb be: past simple negative describe objects, + Verb be: past simple questions and short answers situations, and events + Verb be: past simple Wh- questions + there was / there were se = ets = * Personal hygiene «Countable and uncountable nouns © Book genres = Music genres products + some / any i + Clothes « alot of f much / many } © How much ..?/ How many ..? } «Order of adjectives ; Extra practice 90:91 a eeeeceus Ee© Abilities = Ordinal numbers © ike = have got © can for ability. © Interests Cont '* Routines around the world = Myyearahead poem Expressing preferences infographic + Pronunciation: Word stress Cea “© A game with a difference article» My sporting hero profile Speaking: Making suggestions + Pronunciation: The /s/ sound «Writing: A book review Student by day author by night. +My favourite musician © Writing skills: Commas article presentation © Pronunciation: Giving yourself time to think LER es ‘© Speaking: A conversation with © Body image problem page «© Tips fora healthy body feaflet the doctor Pronunciation: /y/ and fi:! SVR es S x ~ + Writing: Witing about ‘+ Making history timeline + Your first day at school a sur y memories. ‘Pronunciation: Intonation in + Writing skills: y Wh- questions Sequencing words eases + Speaking: Buying clothes + We are what we wear article « Areport on a clothes company * Pronunciation: Diphthongs Sunes texan)| Intreductions Greetings ‘1 Look at the clocks. Underline the greetings you can say at these times. 1 Good morning Good afternoon } Hello Bye 3 Good night Good evening Hi Goodbye See you 2 Goodbye Hey Good afternoon Good evening Goodnight 4 See you Good morning Hi Goodnight 2 G02» Complete the conversations with the words below. Then listen and check. good goodbye hello hi meet, see AN: Bye, Aunty Jo. And thanks for the pizzal AuntyJo: ‘Goodbye __, Ali, Have a nice evening, B Sam: Good afternoon, Mrs Thomas. Mrs Thomas: Oh! ® , Sam. sam: This is my sister, Helen Mrs Thomas: Nice to? you, Helen. Mrjones; —* _ evening, Tom. Nice to see you. Tom: 5____, MrJones. Nice to see you, too. D Katie: . you, Dan Dan: Bye, Katie, Have a good day. Katie: You too! 3 Practise the conversations in Exercise 2 with i a partner. La] Countries and 4 Find three more countries and four national nationalities the wordsearch. Then write them in the table. Nit a[>lol=|slolz [alee zlalmlal>|=lol=lo 1 Argentina (eg Sener 5 02 Look at the flags. Complete the facts with the countries and nationalities below. Then listen and check. Argentina Argentine British China Chinese GSO680 Spain Spanish Italian. Italy UK Luisona Lopilato is an actress, model, and singer from Argentina _ Shes very popular with Argentine people. Fish ond chips is « popular meal. There are fish and chip shops all ver the Bejing iso very big city in Ws the — Sergio Ramos is a football player. He plays for in international competitions. Pizza is @ food from esa very popular. mecl; Verb be: Present simple Match the photos A-F to the sentences 1-6. Then a ‘complete the sentences with this, that, these, and check. nes ‘My name tam (Silvia and 1m /'s thirteen years cold. 1m /"re from Argentina, but my parents aren't / not Argentine. They "re /’s Italian. Our apartment “be / is in Tandil. t”arentt/ isnt big, butit*m /'s great. My bestfriend at school *am / is Miranda, but she ®m not / isn’t in my class, ‘7 Use the prompts to write questions. Then read the text in Exercise 6 again and answer the questions. 1 what /her /name/? What is her name2 Heer name is Sibi. 2 how old /she /? 3 where / her parents / from /? 4 her apartment /big/? 5 who / her bestfriend / at schoo! /? 1 This___ is Megan. She’ from Chester in the UK. ee ee ee co 6 Miranda / in her class /? 2 ____are her parents, Sam and Caroline. 3 isher sister, Poly : 4 ____isherhouse this, that, these, these 5 is her school. I called Hilldown School. & Read the conversation about classroom objects. — Then change the green words to make a ew conversation. ‘A: What's this in English? are her friends, Emma and Max. B: This isa pencil, ‘A: What's that in English? (€i05" Listen to the conversation. Then practise B: That's a whiteboard the conversation in groups of three. Change the ‘A: What are these in English? green words, Hi. tm Ri t'm Tobias. How old are you? [im thirteen, And you? tim cwelve, Thisis my friend, Franco. Hi, Franco, Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you, too Where are you from, Franco? Franco: Wete from Mendoza. And you? Rocio: I'm from San Juan. B: These are rulers. What’ your name? What are those in English? Those are backpacks.My things Rooms and furniture L Which rooms can the furniture go in? Tick (/) the correct rooms in the table, ‘Some furniture can go in more than one room. ££] armchair bath bed Bathroom: Bedroom ¥ Kitchen Livingroom ¥ shower sink sofa table toilet wardrobe he 2 Complete the crossword with furniture words. Possessions It’s in the bathroom. 4 Reorder the letters to make possessions. Two or three people sit on it atthe same time. ‘Then match them to the photos A-). One person sits on it. You can use this at night to see. 1 2 a Ttweah aiwatch A 4 5 ts very cold You put your food init 6 7 3 9 seapohdehn serup Ddract You stand in this and wash your body. You wash your hands or do the washing-up in this. You sitin this and wash your body. Isosemcanoge 2 3 4 5 You put your clothes in this. 6 henop 7 8 9 0 10 Youcock ood inthis) Kobstaedra V1 Youeaton this, g=-f=y 12 Yousleepinthis. ||] twelal PlaeMrpy3 seyk 3 06" Listen and check. Then listen again 55 @"07! Listen and check. Then listen again and repeat. and repeat.there is / there are § Lookat the pictures. Complete the affirmative and negative sentences, questions, and short answers with there is / there are, 1 There isn't ‘a shower in the bathroom, There is ‘a bath in the bathroom. 2 -wo boys on the sofa lamps in the living room? there 4 ______awallet on the table? there. 5 ____atable in the kitchen? there 6 ___four notebooks on the desk three notebooks on the desk. 7 Look at the photo of the bedroom. Complete the text with the correct forms of there is / there are. ‘This is my bedroom. ts for me and my stepbrother. "There are__ two beds two desks. * one desk for my brother and me. That isn’t always easy! * ‘one chair, too, lamp, but Welcome | 8 Write affirmative and negative sentences about your bedroom. Use there is/ there are. Prepositions of place | 9 Label the pictures with the words below. behihd between’ in’ in front of ‘near next to. eR opposite under ‘08? Listen to the conversation. Then practise the conversation with a partner. Change the green words. A: Isthere a computer in your bedroom? B: Yes, there is. A: Where is it? Br Its on my desk, opposite my bed. AA: Is there a wardrobe in your bedroom? B: Yes, there is. Its next to the window.Complete the abilities words. Then match them to the photos A-F. 2 C109» Lsten and check. Then listen again and repeat, can for ability | Read the magazine article about celebrities. 4 Write questions and short answers with can about Complete the sentences with can / can’t and the the celebrities in Exercise 3. Use the words below, abilities below. cook draw play ride swim Cook draw: play football. ride horse. sing. swim’ 1 Can Ross Lynch draw? Yes, he can. | ee ee "Most celebrities are famous for their — talents, But some celebrities have secret. = * — rc talents, and others can’t do things at all! 4 = Ross Lynch is talented actor and singer. But he also Ee likes art and he * can draw very well. 5_ — | You never see Justin Timberlake or Taylor Swift _ ina syrimming pool And that's because they? esse o ick (7) the things that you, your family, and your ds can do. | Beyoncé likes delicious food. (aw |e | ee ‘But she never makes it, Beyoncé Preteen | hone aaeee tall j 7 }1 you | Weall know that Jennifer eee - al ‘Lawrence is a great actor. 2 yourmum/ | | She's also a talented al | ‘musician. And she ued e —— PSone) [3 your friends really wel, too. Miley Cynus is a great singer and actress. And she’s great with animals, foo. She i very wel! Work with a partner. Take turns to ask and answer : questions to find out your partner's answers in Exercise 5. Louis Tomlinson is famous because he sings in the band One Direction. ‘Bute very good at sport and Can your mum ride a horse? het. stool PDi number G Complete the ordinal numbers with a, Ist first Tith _1_v_oth mas_c_und 12th tw_itth Brd th_ord Beh th 4thr__ortn 14the f_fth 18th ¢_ 6th s__xth 16th s_xt___oth ths_v_onth U7ths_ 8th ghth 18th ght___nth 1 don’t like magazines. They're boring! — ae | prefer books. My sister ® Sth n_oth Sth nn ath surfing the internet. She finds a lot of interesting inforination online. My sister and TOthi_oth 20th tw_nt__th io “films. Wetre often at the cinema. We —___— shopping, too. We Interests always go to town on a Saturday afternoon. Our 4 ; brothers $_____ shopping - they think. 7 Match the letters to make interests words. tenia tRey Sn hee Then label the photos A-H. are about ten games consoles in their bedroom! 17___ sport - | can play tennis quite well. My sister *_ tennis ~ she cantt play ita all AW Listen to the conversations. Then practise the conversations with a partner. Change the green words —— ~ Really? Can you play football? & PIO" tisten and check. Then listen again and repeat. No, cantt play football very wellMy family have got 3 Match the words to make sentences. Family ———— i VW 's got brothers r 1 @212® Reorder the letters to make family words. ee _ : 2 she ve got two sister : Listen and check. Then listen again and repeat. 2 he ie sottwe ‘i 3 you hasnt gota grandpa ate a 4 he _haven't got an uncle 2 dda - 5 she ‘vegota stepbrother ea apne) 'sgotan aunt re eieuioe! hasn't got three cousins 5 picoou — ‘ve got aname 6 namadrg eee nt i 7 pandarg —_ 1 tye got two brothers. st 3 8 tressi 2 She's got a sister. - 9 clune _ 3 4 5 6 7 8 Look at joe's family tree in Exercise 2. Complete the conversation with the correct forms of have got. Ella: "Have ___you?____abig family, joe? Joe: No,* — 4 abrother and sister, and one cousin, Mark Epa: MENON youu ium corer asister? Joe: No,?____. But she"_____a brother. Thats my uncle Tony. Ella” __ your grandparents alot of children? two children ~ my mum and my uncle. ica <3) Listen to the conversation. Then practise the conversation with a partner. Change the green words and give true answers. A: Have you got a grandpa? B: No, | havent. ‘A: Have you got an uncle? | Bs Yes, Ihave A: Have you got a sister? { B: Yes, | have. I've got two sisters-Their names are Julieta and Martina, =evil, ute ie dalle nbdGet going J} Howdo you start your day? What's the first thing you do? 2 (14 Read and listen to the magazine article. Which advice do you agree with? When you get up early, you've got more time. I's simple! ‘When do you have a shower ~ in the morning or in the evening? A quick shower in the morning helps you to wake up. Do you have breakfast every day? A good breakfast gives you lots of energy. i Do you do exercise every day? Exercise also gives you energy. Why not walk to school in the morning? Our tips can give you a great start to the day. Mornings? Easy B Read the article again. Which meal is important? | Vocabulary Moming routines 5 ©? Listen and check. Then listen again i Al Match the words to the pictures. and repeat. \ brush your hair brush your teeth’ do exercise Complete the conversations with the ; getdressed haveabath haveashower phrases below. | 5 ave asec Wash yearly brush my teeth do exercise have a bath have a snack washyourhair 1 A:Do you wash your hair _ every morning? B: Yes, Ido. And then | brush it. 2 A:Doyou every ‘morning? B: No, but [ride my bike or go swimming at the weekend. 3. A:When do you 2 B: Between breakfast and lunch. 4 A:You eat a lot of chocolate. It’s bad for you! B: Yes, but I always 1 5 A:Do you inthe evenings? B: No, | dontt. | always have a shower. Listening 7 CS Listen to the conversations. Match the conversations 1-4 to the activities a-d. a havea bath b getdressed __ © haveasnack ___ d brush your hair 1__4 = ps acho nme a bei tee a sesgeceetC A good startl 4 Complete the sentences with the affirmative or negative forms of the verbs in brackets. Grammar Present simple |] Read the examples. Then complete the table. When do you have a shower? 1 tena ha (hveasmacketvean Agood breakfast gives youlos of ney ead aie * 2 She avays (have) bath, She doesn't have ashower. 3 We finish school at Ipam. We 1/You/ We / donithave a {G0} to school inthe afternoon, vYou/ They bath 4 They doa lot of exercise, but they He/She/it [hasashowen |@_—— (play) football bath 5 He (wash) his hair every (MS morning, and he always brushes it, too. Oe iia oa am 6 Youve got terrible teeth because you you/they | breaifast? (brush) them oi he/she/it |? | 5 Complete the conversations with the correct forms brealdast? of the verbs below. There are two extra verbs. Short answers a © 'Be\ do’ get go have play Fide Yes |1/you/we/you/they [6 he/she/it does. 1 A: What ime’do you get___ up? No. [I/you/we /you/they |? B:1 get___upat630 am. : 2A: your sister breakfast with you? ee tS B: No, she We hardly ever Wh: questions breakfast together What ime? you have bresifast? 3k your brother exercise? How often®____he brush his teeth? 8: Yes, he He alot of sport Qa 2 Now choose the correct answers to completethe rule, 4 A When ou aenl bead B: They ‘on Saturday mornings. The present simple describes: oe ae a routines. «things that are always true. y vi 1 Toften tobed b abilities. 4 actions in progress now. really late! Write the third forms of the verbs in the table. 2 Wht the ti person forms ofthe verbs in * & Write questions with the prompts. 1 you / get up / early Do you get up early 2 how often / brush / your teeth “brush do get go. have listen study os oyscies | irregular brushes 3 when / you / do / exercise 4/have / breakfast / with your family 3 Complete the description of Lucia’s school day. Use the verbs in Exercise 2. 5 have/ a snack /at school Lucia isa student at the Sagrado Corazén school in San Luis. She "studies there from.1 p.m. 106 pim. Every morning, Lucia wakes up and dressed in her bedroom, She a ‘to music, too. She* Work with a partner. Ask the questions in breakfast with her mum and brother, and then Exercise 6. Compare your answers. she®, her teeth. Lucfa usually 6 her homework in the morning Do you getup early? }( Ves, ido. I get up at 6:30. before school. She? to.school oo at Terres:f Get going 1. Are you a good student? Why? / Why not? 2 @E17 Read and listen to the magazine article. Which students need to improve? It’s the start of the new school year. Do you want to be a good student? ‘We interview some students in grade 8 to find out their ideas. oe fae I want to be on time for school. When Y'm late, my dad drives me to school. He doesn’t want to do that every morning! Alejandro ‘We want to hand in our homework on time, Sometimes we forget! Luisa and Sofia Sometimes my sister doesn’t get good marks in maths. This year, she wants to work hard and do well. David always revise for tests because I don’t want to fail them! This year, Iwant to pass with 9/10! Franco 3B Read the article again. Match the students’ names to the sentences below. 1 She doesn't always get good marks David's sister 2. They want to give their work to their teacher. 3. He doesn't want help from his parents, Vocabulary School activities 4 Are the school activities positive @ or negative @? Complete the table. belate be ohtime’ fail test forget iget bad marks. get good marks hand in your homework pass a test remember revise for a test be on time 5 G18” Listen and check. Then listen again and repeat. 6 Match the opposite statements 1 I'montimel 2 J often fil ther, 3 Jusually remember ¢ Imlatel my things. 7 Complete the study tips with the words below. ‘be-entinie forget get good marks hand in revise a [pass all my tests b I always forget them! {} Do youwant to be on school? Get up early every morning. © Remember to your homework on time! Always for tests. § Do you often things? Write a lst of things you want to remember. @¥ Do you want to Listen to your teacher and do your homework. These things can help! ec @ =@rma ES ea i Grammar want to + infinitive 1. Read the examples. Then complete the table. Do you want to be a good student? A good startl 3 Look at the table. What do the people want to ‘do? Write questions and short answers with the prompts. She wants to do well You | Tom | julieta | Diego and Luis | don't want to fal Bie 7 | 30am | Affirmative give his homework to v 1/You/We/They _| want to do well the leach He/ she/ todo well. io | 7 Neste study before 7 1/You/We/They | dont to fal thetest. 2 the test. He/she/it fi ea 1 you /fall/ the test am ate Do you want to fail the test@ Saas No, I don't | want to get 100%. ‘Yes/No questions : tiny hichomonork a Wea fees 2 Tom /hand in /his homewor yous on time? . he/ jwant —|* 3 Julieta / revise / for the test she/ | ontime? it Short answers _ Yes, [L/you /we / they. 4 Diego and Luis / be / late ‘ , [he / she /it doesnt Now choose the correct answer to complete the rule. Want to + infinitive describes a ability. b intention, __€ possession. 2 Read the sentences. Write two intentions for each sentence. Use the affirmative and negative forms of want to and the phrases below. belate be on time fail forget it get bad marks get good rharks hand it in. pass 1 Eric has gota test tomorrow. He wants to pass X He doesn’t want to fail 2 Ourschool starts at 825. v We x We 3 Your homework is on your desk in your room. ¥ You x You 4 You have an essay for homework, vt oe x & Read the questions and write your own intentions for the year ahead. 11 What time do you want to get up in the morning? 2. When do you want to do your homework? 3 What things do you want to remember every day? 4 What marks do you want to get in your tests? CD Poirwork Work with a partner. Complete the activity. sp Student A: => Student B: goto page78. goto page 92.~ Practical English Complete the conversation with the phrases below. There is one extra phrase. do you Want to: game’ going OK, fine on Sunday the cinema to go wantte John: What do you'want to _____doat the weekend? Emma: | don't know. *____- play computer games? I've got an amazing new? Sorry, 'm not keen on computer games. Do you want to go to : 2 There's a new film with Matt Damon, John: Good idea! I really like Matt Damon Do you want §__on Saturday? Emma: Hmm ...'d prefer to go John: . See you on. Sunday! 2 @ 19 Listen and check. 3 Answer the questions, 1 Does John like computer games? No. he doesn't, __ 2. What flm is on at the cinema? 3 Does John want to see the film, too? 4 When does Emma want to see it? 4. Complete the conversations with the highlighted | phrases in Exercise 1. 1 A:Do you want to go to the museum? sorry, im nat keen on __ museums! 2 A:Do you want to listen to my Drake CD? B:Yes, please!__Draket ; 3 A:Do you want to play football? ! B: | cant play itvery well _to play tennis, 4 A:Do you want to go swimming? 8: | Hove swimming! Listening 5 @/20° Listen to the conversations and choose the correct answers. 1 Bianca a doesn't want to go shopping with her friends. wants to go shopping, © and her friends dort like swimming Conversation 2 2 Tom a doesn't like TV. b isnt keen on football wants to watch football this afternoon, Conversation 3 3 Joe ‘a doesnt want to revise. b prefers to revise at home. ¢ wants to revise with Sara Conversation 4 4 Anna a prefers to have pasta for lunch bb wants to have pizza, ¢ isn't keen on pizza. Pronunciation: Word stress 21" In English, we stress the important words. Listen to these sentences, 1 Doyou want to play football? | 2 td prefer to watch TV. | @22! Underline the stressed words in these sentences. Then listen and check. 1 limnot keen on football. fd prefer to ride my bike 2 I don't want to fail the test. I want to pass itt 3 Anma doesn't want pasta, She'd prefer pizza 9/23 Listen again and repeat. Practise saying the sentences.a : Grammar Articles: a, an, the ‘[ Read the examples. Then complete the rules with a, an, or the, I'm not keen on football. Ive got an amazing new game (Do you want to go to the cinema? There's a new film. [1 A_— goes before singular nouns that start with a consonant. 2 goes before singular nouns that start with a vowel 3 We can use. with singular and plural nouns 4 Weuse for specific people or things we | _ already know. 5 We dont use vor___when | we talk about things in general. 2 Choose the correct words. ee Its Monday evening. There's @Y an great film con TV, but I'm revising fora /an maths test. | usually get good marks in2a//~ maths test, but tomorrow it isnt fan / easy test. My brother is watching Sthe / ~ film with my dad. | want ‘Yo watch itwith them, but | want to pass fa / the test, too! é 3. Complete the conversations with a, an, the, or ~~ 1 A:What are you watching? B: mwatching an old film. Do you want to watch it? | :No, thanks. 'm not keen on ___old films. 2 A:Have you got_ games console? No, havent, | dont play computer games, 3 A:Do you want to go to_ shopping centre? : Its got some great shops. B: That sounds great. And is there _nice café there? | want to have_snack, too. A good startl Speaking 4 Work with a partner. Make notes for a conversation about preferences. Use the ideas below. Your preference: watch a film ~ new DVD. || Your friend's preference: go swimming When? Friday evening =| Your preference: goto a restaurant for pizza ~ nice restaurant in town Your friend's preference: have dinner athis / her house When? Saturday evening You Your friend ; Doyouwantto..2 | mnotkeenon.. Id prefer. Ireally like Good idea! OK, fine. You Your friend | 1 _(( Give your first preference ; with a question, ‘ : — 4 1 (Say you don't want to do it «(and give your preference. i$ SES 4 1 ‘Agree and say atime. Role-play your conversation with a partner. aReading 1 Look at the infographic on page 19. Which three countries does it give information about? 2 Read the infographic quickly and answer the questions. 11 Which students sometimes dontt do exercise at school? 2 Which students have a very long school day? 3 242 Read and listen to the infographic. Match the sentences to the countries, Write A, SK, or UK. 1 They spend seven hours at school every day. UK _ 2 Some students start school in the afternoon. 3 The majority of students get home very late. _ 4 These students get a lot of homework. 5 These students need to sleep three more hours a night. —_ 4 Complete the sentences with the affirmative or negative forms of the verbs in brackets. 1 Alot of British students start___(start) school at 830. 2 Most Argentine students__(have) lunch at school 3 British students (do) exercise at school 4 British teachers. (give) their students a lot of homework. 5 Korean teenagers {play) a lot of computer games. 6 Argentine, British, and Korean teenagers___ (sleep) for nine hours a night. Eyres ~ @ Alotofwords in English look and mean the b Be careful! Sometimes words in English look same as words in Spanish. These words are called the same as Spanish words, but they don't have cognates, Look atthe highlighted words in the the same meaning, or they have more than infographic. What do you think they mean cone meaning! in spanish? « Find four more words in the infographic that ook ‘Work with a partner, Check the meanings of the similar to Spanish words. Check their meanings in highlighted words in the extracts below. your dictionary, Are they all cognates? ‘Tenercise /eksosan/ sso, wrbo nejecicio PL hacerejecicio | Meaning: ‘Vides /ataial aon » (or sbi ideal para alga/alg) Beno normally /nomall/ a4 nermalmente Discuss the questions, 1 Is the information in the infographic true for you? 2 Which schoo! hours do you prefer? Why? 3 Doyou think teenagers spend a lot of time online? Is this a good or bad thing? 4 How many hours do you sleep a night? Do you want to change this? ‘rcs from Diconare Oxford Fochet pra eswlantes argentina de ingles,Alot of schools start School is normally in some schools, at 8.30 a.m, and from 8 a.m. until students go to schoo! finish at 3.30 p.m, 4 p.m. Many students from 7.30 am. to attend evening school, 1 p.m., and others go often until 9 p.m, from 4 pm, 10 6 pm, ‘The majority of British and Korean students Argentine students eat at school. usually have lunch at home, Students have about two hours of PElessons there are no a week, PE lessons at ‘some schools. pecans do bout Korean and Argentine students do about five hours of three hours of homework a week Trey etka week. Argentino teenagers spend abocs four hours {ey spend about Gnling every day, three hours a day Computer games are very popular with online, ee y pon Korean teenagers: some play for up to 88 hours a week! ge hours of sleep a nights ideal for teenagers, but British and ‘gente teenagers sleep for about 7.5 hours a night, and Koon teenagers only sleep for six hours a night! ‘Ideal number British ofhours’ sleep teenagers for teenagersPreject Stage 1: Preparing + Read Rubenis poem quickly. What sit about? ‘Read the poem again and answer the questions. 1 Does he want to get up early? Wes he does, 2 Who does he want to listen to? 3 Which subjects does he want to get good marks in? 4 Are his friends important to him? My year ahead This year, | want to be early for school every morning | don't want to get up late every day. | want to hear other students! opinions. | don't want to talk when they're talking, | | | This year, I want to do well in all my subjects | don't want to hand in my homework late | want to help other people around me. | want to be a good friend. | Stage 2: Planning your project { ‘* You are going to write a poem about your intentions for the school year ahead, | # Make notes for your poem. Think of five things you want to do and five things you dorit want to do. a= Bison ‘© Add photos and pictures to your poem. : Stage 3: Writing a draft '* Read your poem to your class. ‘+ Write sentences for your poem. '» Read the other poems. Choose your three favourites. + Use want to and dont want to. ‘ell your partner why you like them, | Stage 4: Checking ‘+ Swap your work with a partner. Check your partner’ work carefully ‘+ Check the spelling and grammar. ‘+ Check the use of want to‘L Look at the photos. Which sport can you see? 2 @ 25: Read and listen to the article, Who is the tennis player? Why does Amy like him? ''m Amy and I'm a fan of the tennis player Kyle Edmund. Today, my {amily and | are watching him in a match. We all ove Kyle. He's from Yorkshire’, and we're from Yorkshire, too. And he's a fantastic player! But things aren't going well. Kyle isnt playing well and he’s missing alot of balls. Is he losing? ‘Twenty minutes later, things are different. Kyle is running really fast and hitting every ball, He's winning! “The crowd are on their feet and they'e waving their hands. ‘Come on, Kylet You can do it SE nme “Neskshir is @ county northern England, ~~" Vecabulary Sports activities 3 Look at the pictures. Match the words to the sports. do: athletics’ karate. got ice'skating “skiing Swimming play: basketball -cricket football rugby tennis | 4 @ 2 Listen and check. Then listen again andrepeat. Listening 6 @ 27 Listen to four people talking about re i | 5 Complete the sentences different sports. Match the speakers 1-4t0 i do athletics: iceskate’ play football sports in Exercise 3. : | Play rugby. ski. swim, 1 athletics 3 [ 1 You ice skate __to music. Z is | 2 You in water. i ‘ 3 You______in winter. i 4. You run with a ballin your hands when you . a caiees Ve Talk to a partner. What are your favourite —— sports? What sports do you do? Which sports 5 Yourun and jump when you do you watch on TV? 6 You kick the ball with your feet when you . My favourite sports are football and cricket.7 Graramar Present continuous: affirmative and negative ‘Read the examples. Then complete the table. We are watching Kyle Edmund. kyle isnt playing wel [Negative i'm not playing, —.| You, He/She /It He/She / It ‘We / You / They We /You /They ep Now choose the correct answer to complete the rule. We use the present continuous to a describe actions in progress now. bb describe something that is always true describe habits 2 Lookat the photos. Write affirmative and negative present continuous sentences with the words in brackets. 1 She ‘s swimming (swim) 2 We (play / football) 3 You (do fates) 4t «(play / basketball) 5 They play /rugby) 6 He (do / karate) Sport for alt. 3 Write the verbs below in the correct columns inthe table. hit jump five ‘move’ play tun’ study ‘double consonant + sing playing 4, Complete Joe's blog post with the correct forms of the verbs below. have hot get “notsit riot win’ play watch Its a Thursday evening, but | + ‘mn not sitting___at home. My dad and | B A brilliant football match. The players * ‘well, and we're happy. There is one problem: our team * The score is 4-3, and the players* the ball. But winning isrt always important. Our team is fantastic and { 5 a great evening! 5 Imagine you're doing one of these events. Write sentences about it with the verbs below. How many verbs can you use? Events: cricket match football match ‘swimming race. tennis match 100-metre race Sports verbs: hit jump kick lose miss move run stop win I'm playing ina tennis match, I'm hitting the His and Think of a sport. Describe it with sports verbs in the present continuous. Your partner must guess the sport. fm running with the ball in my hands.Get going 1 Do you go ice skating? Is there an ice rink near you? Z @28» Read and listen to the conversation. Complete the sentences with Heidi, Louisa, or the teacher. 1 ___is having problems. 2) is trying to help one of the students, ist making mistakes. Heidi is having an ice-skating lesson. It isn't going well Teacher: Heidi, remember that your arms go up, not down. You dontt look very happy. Are you feeling OK? Heidi: No, Im not, Miss. 'm finding this routine very dificult. Teacher: Oh, Heidi! You're doing fine! This routine is. easy for yout Heidi: Thanks, Miss. But look at Loutsa, the new student. She isn't making any mistakes - she's skating. beautifully! Why am I dancing so badly? Teacher: Louisa is dancing very well. But you're an amazing ice skater, Heidi! Come on, you can do it! Yecabulary Opposite adjectives 3 Match the adjectives to their opposites. G Complete the sentences with the words below. amazing bad dificult fast old amazing difficult easy eld slow 1 good bad 1 Sam is watching an old fil from 2 easy the 1950s. 3 new 2 Tommy isnt winning the race because he's so 4 awful = 5 slow 3. Come on, Max, you can ski down this hill! Its 4 @i2 Listen and check. Then listen again 4 Jorge is playing badminton against a very good and repeat. player. itsa___match 5 Choose the correct adjectives. 5. Im watching my favourite swimmer, Chad le Clos. 1m always happy when | have a(ood)/ fast book He's : toread 2 This is my grandad's football! It's getting amazing / old now. ‘Work with a partner. Discuss the sports. Use the 3. How do you play cricket? The rules are really adjectives below or your own deze. difficult / new to understand! 4 The girls aren't enjoying the basketball game. amazing awful difficult easy fast slow They think its awful / easy, 5 Thenew/slowstudent shes. eherftdayin 7 MMs Mesanng 9 Sing our school. 6 100 metres in 10 seconds? He's a very fast / I think skiing is amazing. old athlete! = ™ 7 I'm really good at athletics. I's easy / slow for me. Reeatne anai i i Sport for all Grammar Present continuous: Present continuous: Wh- questions yes/no questions and short answers 3 Read the example. Match 1-5 to a-e. ‘1 Read the examples. Then complete the table. ‘Why am | dancing so badly? ‘Are you feeling OK? No, 'm not 1 What are a they running? ne 2 Where is b she going? eitesueion, 3 Howare ¢ he talking to? Question Short answer 44 Whois 4 we playing? Afrmative | Negative 5 Whyare Saat eres asing? Yes, 1 2 ” fl am__._| I'mnot. 4 Askand answer the questions in Exercise 3 with Ye a No, you a partner. Think of your own answers. Are you Saag aimee Adverbs of manner Is. / Yeshe/ | No he/she / Ney playing? | she /it x 5 Read the examples. Then study the table. came ‘ . |" You aren't ice skating very well today. ; > |e , ‘She doing the routine perfectly. rama you/we/ | you/we/ th they = they he Adverb Adverb = amazingly | good well 2 Read the sentences. = easily fast fast Write questions with the slowly | hard hard prompts. Then badly | sce eee Now choose the correct answers to complete 1. Usain Bolt is running the rules. payee, 1 Adverbs describe .. ls he winning ___? a verbs. b nouns. (hey win) 2 Adverbs describe qtbeeaennee a who is doing things 2 The England football players how we are doing things. are losing the match. 7 6 Complete the text with the adverb or adjective (they / play / well) forms of the correct words in brackets. —_ Cricket isa? slow (fast /slow) game - 3. Heather Watson isntt doing very well in this, matches can take five days! But its a2 tennis match! (bad / good) game, 100. 22 players play in two ? teams. One player throws the ball. Another player {che lose) hitsthe ball? (bad / hard) and runs | (amazing / fast) from one end of the 4. Im watching an awful cricket match between England Rene ne Mt too L wreiee eens and Australia. the ball ® (bad / easy) is called a Dibbly 7 _Dobbiy! Cricket is very popular in Australia. Their (you/ enjoy /i) players ae" (amazing / hard) and they win their matches* (bad / easy. 5 Atlético Vélez is playing well, but Maximiliano Romero isnt there. > Dp Paitwork (Maximiliano / play) ‘Work with a partner. Complete the activity. —_—_ => Student A: => Student B: go to page 78. go to page 92.Practical English J Putthe phone conversation in the correct order. 3 Complete the mini-conversations with the highlighted phrases in Exercise 1. 1 A:How are you? B: I'm good. thanks a B: Im reading my book ‘A: Do you want to go swimming with me later? B: {Tove swimming! {A:Do you want to go to the cinema? Bs mrevising fora test tomorrow. A: Sorry, | can't go to the party tonight. B: Listening 4 @31 Listen to the conversation. Choose the correct answers. 1 Annais.. a at home. at the swimming pool © ather grandparents’ shop. 2 Maria wants a to go swimming to go shopping, € to go home. 3. Anna can't go swimming because a her grandparents are helping her. b she can't swim. she’ helping her grandparents. 4. The girls decide to meet a tonight b tomorrow evening. € tomorrow morning, 5 The girls decide to a make a pizza. that new burger place. go shopping —— Zac. I'm good, thanks. Hey, what ¢ havea snack after swimming are you up to? Do you fancy a game of tennis in the park? Hi, Zac. How are you? No problem. How about meeting up in town later? Eduardo: Great idea! Let's meet outside Pronunciation: The /s/ sound © 32) Listen and pay attention to the /s/ sound. ‘Then listen again and repeat. T sport 3 ski 5 small 7 snow —— Zac. OK. See you there at five 2 slow 4 swim 6 start Eduardo: | can't, sorry. m babysitting Practise saying the sentences with a partner. for my cousin this morning 1. Let's start skiing when the snow stops. 2 Skating isa special sport. 2 © 30: Listen and check. 3. My small sister swims slowly.rm Grammar Let's 4 Read the example. Then choose the correct words ‘to complete the rules. Let's meet outside that new burger place. ‘a We use Let's to make questions / suggestions. b We put Let's before the infinitive / the infinitive without to. 2 Write sentences with Let’s and the words | 2 | t ¢ ' : a : in brackets. 1 Let's go to the cinema, (cinema) 2 (football) 3 (karate) 4 (skiing) 5 (smack) What about... ?/ How about ... ?/ Do you fancy ... ? 3 Read the examples. Then study the rules. Do you fancy a game of tennis in the park? How about meeting up later? a We use the phrases What about... 2, How about... 2 ‘and Do you fancy .. ”to make suggestions. b We use the phrases in two different structures: ‘© What about / How about / Do you fancy + noun How about a film tonight? ‘© What about / How about / Do you fancy + ~ing form of the verb What about going into tovm? Do you fancy going ice skating? 4 Reorder the words to make sentences land questions. There is one extra word in each suggestion. 1. museum / the / meet / about / meeting / what / infront of /? ba in front of the museum? 2 play /lets / of football / a game / playing Sport for alt | Speaking 5 Work with a partner, Make notes for a phone conversation to make plans with a friend. Use one of the ideas below. «= You invite your friend to the cinema, but he / she is playing tennis right now. You suggest swimming tomorrow morning, Your friend agrees and suggests that you meet at his / her house. + You invite your friend to play basketball, but he / she is watching a cricket match right now. You suggest a game of tennis tomorrow afternoon. Your friend agrees and suggests that you meet at the sports club, iggestions. | You Yourfriend How are you? {im fine / good, thanks. | What are you up to?_—_| I'm watching / playing / | doing Do you fancy .? I cant, sorry No problem. OK! What about ..? That sounds great! How about ..? Greatidea! _ Lets. | See you at (place)! jee you then! | You Your friend @ Say hello and ask how your friend is. Ask what he / she is doing. 3 do/ your /how/ doing / homework / about /? 4 fancy / do / having / café / you / have /in a/ breakfast /? ° 2 |I 1 8 a 5 the /to / going /lets / shopping centre / go 6 going / do / ice skating / with / go/ me / fancy / you/? ACSA ARE LEIS DIS NED STL AESN DRED OE t fl i 1 1 - ' 5 t Say youre fine, 1 \ Saywhat youre doing 1 —— - t e ' i ' ' 1 1 & a meeting pla mere. Role-play your conversation with a partner. OemReading Look at the photos on page 29. What is different about this type of football? 2 38% Read and listen to the article. This article tells us... a about football for teenagers. b why life is difficult for blind people. ¢ about a group of blind sportsmen. ‘Match the headings 1-4 to the paragraphs ‘A-Cin the article. There is one extra heading. 1 A football match in the City of Buenos Aires 2 Anamazing team 3 Agame with a difference 4 Plans for the Paralympics at the dictionary extracts below. Then answer the questions. Epitch ppuy/ sean 4 Dep cancha, camo ‘Rsurface (sss astro 2 mer the esr specie ela iors | ‘blind ands agetio Complete the sentences with information from the article. 1 Los Murciélagos are playing a match ___ in | the City of Buenos Aires. 2 The players are other players voices. | 3 They're playing on a small hard 4 The players can hear the ball because its got | small, inside it. Sin football, there are players in a team, the with a 8 Somme “y 2X 4 Are the sentences T (true) or F (false)? Correct the false sentences. ms 1 Los Murciélagos are practising today. TL) Murciélagos are in a match. 2 The players can't kick the ball. Toro 3 The players cantt see the other players. TO] FL] 4 The players are using a special ball. — TL] FL] 5 Blind football is aParalympicspor. = TDI FL] 6 The team hasnt got any medals. ToOrFO 1 Which words are nouns? pitch __, 2 Which word is an adjective? 3 Complete the sentences below with the words from the dictionary extracts aa person canttsee, bb People who can't see touch the paper to read. € The boys are running around on the football of Discuss the questions. 1 Do you think this sports difficult? Why? 2 Would you like to watch Los Murciélagos play? Why? / Why not? 3 Doyyou think life in your country is difficult for blind people? Why? / Why not? 4 What do you know about the Paralympics? ‘Are the Paralympics important? ‘xtra rom izclonario Orford Pocket par esudlartesargentis de gis@ tsa nice autumn day in the Cty of Buenos res and Los Murciélagos football team is playing in a match. One player has got the ball, and is kicking it quickly towards the goal. But something unusual is happening. He isn't looking at the other players. Instead, he's listening to thelr voices. Why is he doing this? @ Hore are some clues. The players arent playing on the usual big green pitch. This one Is small, with a hard surface. The ball is lifferent, too. it's got small, hard balls inside it The ball makes a noise when i moves, and the players can hear it. Can you guess uy this is important for thera? Amazingly, these players cant see. @ Blind tve-a-side footballs an important sport in Argentina. Los Murciélagos, the ‘country’s professional team, are the winners: of World Championship and Paralympic. medals. These players can't use thelr eyes to play in this match, but they're using their fears and voices. And they are winning!Stage 1: Preparing «Read the profile of Greg Rutherford. Which sports does he do? He's a British athlete and he can jump incredibly far. He's also a very fast runner. In-this photo, he's jumping at the 2012 Olympics. He's the winner of an Olympic gold medal! Greg ion't only good at athletics. He loves winter sports, +t00, and he's hoping to compete in the | Winter Olympics inthe future. Healso plays football very well and he’s afan of | My sporting hero is Greg Rutherford. | Manchester United! = Read the profile again. Answer the questions. 1 Where is Greg from? He's from the UK. 2 Why is hea fantastic athlete? 3 What competitions does he compete in? 4 What medals has he got? 5 Why does he want to compete in the Winter Olympics? 6 Which football team does he like? @ Write (XA) vou roti Wu ingys, Chinese tae kwon do fighter Stage 2: Planning your project +» Youare going to write a short profile of your favourite sports star. = Choose a sports star you admire. += Find out interesting facts about them on the internet. Use the profile and questions in Stage 1 to help you. Stage 3: Writing a draft Use your notes to write paragraphs ‘© Write about things the sports star can do well, things, he/she is doing at the moment, and things he / she wants to do. + Remember to use the present continuous and adverbs of manner, Stage 4: Checking + Swap your work with a partner. Check your partners ‘work carefully = Check the spelling and grammar. Check the use of the present continuous and adverbs. Stage 5: Finalising and presenting Type your profile. + Add photos and pictures to your profile. # Tell your class about your profile + Read the other profiles. Choose your three favourites. Tell your partner why you like them,Vocabulary Moming routines _ 1 Complete the description with the correct words. When I get up, Lalvays havea shower wash my __in the shower. After breakfast, |. my teeth, Then | choose some clothes from my wardrobe and + dressed, Before | leave for school, | brush my S usually get hungry in the morning, sol havea®____at ten o'clock my School activities 2 Read the sentences 1-6. Match them to the school activities a-f. 1 Iwantto get 100%! 2 2 School starts at 8.30, but | arrive at 8.20, _ 3 I give my teacher my workin the morning. __ 4 Lusually study for tests. _ 5 | sometimes leave my things at home. 6 I dont wantto get 25%. __ a beontimeforschool forget, bb get bad marks e-get good marks ¢ handinyourhomework f revise. i) Sports activities <3 Write the sports activities in the correct columns in the table. Then complete the sentences with some of the activities. athleties cricket football ice skating karate rugby skiing swimming tennis 1 | do athletics __at my local sports club. My best event isthe 100 metres, 2 We at the pool near our house. 3 When you the ballin your hands. 4 My famity and | abways in CChapeleo in July Its our favourite winter sport! 5 My dad doesn't , but he often goes to Independiente matches, a2] you can run with Opposite adjectives 4s Read the sports facts. Choose the correct adjective in ‘each sentence. 1 Crickets a fast / new (Glow)game. Sometimes matches are five days long. 2 The Olympic triathlon is very difficult / easy / old Athletes swim for 1,500 metres, ride a bike for 40 kilometres, and run for 10 kilometres. | 3 Ina professional tennis match, players need a lot of t bad / new / old balls - about 30 balls in total! 4 At the age of 42, Jo Pavey is quite new / difficult / | ‘old for an Olympic athlete, but she runs in the 10,000 metres! That's amazing / easy / slow! 5 Michael Phelps is a very awful / fast / old swimmer. He can swim 200 metres in 1:42.96, 3 Grammar Present simple 5 Complete the conversation with the correct forms of the verbs below. get help meet not get play yousde you/do you/see Sam: What "do you do____at the weekend? Joe: 12 up at eleven and I watch TV. 1)___ dressed before lunch! | your friends on Saturdays? | Joe: Yes,1do. We! in the park fora game of football. What about you? | Sam: 16 computer games at my friend's house. When ?. your homework? Joe: On Sundays. My sister often * me. a want to + infinitive Read the sentences. Use the words in brackets to write affirmative (/) sentences, negative (x) sentences, and questions (?) with want to + infinitive. 1 its 6.15am, Ldon't want to get up. (X get up) 2 Football is Henry's favourite sport. Doss he want to play? (? play) Yeshe docs. 3 Laura is putting her keys in her bag. (0 forget them) 4 The boys are happy with a snack. (have dinner) 5 We're working hard on our history project. ————________! # get good mari) 6 Adam, your favourite programme is on TV. (watch it) aa| “Articles: a/ an/ the 7 Complete the conversation with a, an, the, or ~. Eva: I want to buy *.a____new school bag, tomorrow. There's, amazing new shop in town. Itsells*@_____ bags and «__other things for. school | want to come, too! Where's ¢ shop? I need pencil case Eva: Itsin*_______ shopping centre. Lets go at 10am. OK. Meet me outside post office, Present continuous: affirmative, negative, questions, and short answers 8 Complete the description with the present continuous forms of the verbs below. Then complete the questions and answers. iea-skate not do not swim play play read sit watch tim Mia. Its a Saturday afternoon and we're all having, fun, 11m ice skating with my friend Molly. My brother Carl?________ football with his friends. its nice weather, so they »________ in the park. My sister Jenny usually does athletics on Saturdays, but right now she #_______ sport. She ® a film atthe cinema. Mum and Dad are at the pool. Dad isin the pool, but Mum ¢ She”. onachairand she®_—— her book. 1 A: ts Mia watching a film? (Mia / watch a film) Br No, she isn't She is ice skating, 2 ASR in the park? (Carl and his friends / play football) 2 (eriny / do athletics) She’ at the cinema B ak (Dad / swim) SAL 2 (Mum / swim) She's reading a book. Adverbs of manner & Read the text about Juan Martin del Potro. Choose the correct | adjectives in brackets and write the adverb forms. Juan Martin del Potro is an ‘Argentine tennis player. He plays in big competitions lke Wimbledon and the US Open. Juan Martin can run "fast (fast / slow) and hit the ball? (bad / hard), He usually wins his matches f 5 (slow / easy) and he hardly ever plays (bad / amazing). And he isnt only brillant at tennis = (amazing / fast), he can play football very «(good / hard), too! @ a Let’s.../ What about... ?/ How about... ?/ Do you fancy. 10 Match the words to make sentences. 1 How about =a go swimming |2 Lets b agame of tennis 3 Do you fancy a doing karate [4 Lets _b play rugby 5 How about ‘a doathletics | 6 Lets b playing football 7 Whatabout a arughy match | b go ice skating How about a game of tennis? Let's go swimming‘1 What are you reading at the moment? 2 @ 2 Read and listen to the discussion. Who is reading a non-fiction book? 3 Read the discussion again. Are the sentences T (true) or F (false)? Correct the false sentences. 1 HollyP prefers happy stories. TOFO 2 Josh2003 can read words easily on white paper. viele) 3 Sally] wants to learn about South America. Toro Vocabulary Book genres & Match the book genres to the pictures. autobiography biography comedy fantasy horror non-fiction romance seieneefietion. thriller its [ee arr eek eueeeet ''m reading Snow m Summer by Jane Yolen, te ~ describes Somé awful 6 sad story 4ost200 often read at it before Lo to steep ke Selonce tion because i's deren rom real Ie. dle, so right ow, I reading a roel for dylenc readers. The paper isn't wit, fail oan see the words cosy af @ Sallyi._ | read non-fiction because | want to learn new things. At the moment, I'm reading an e-book. about South America. | want to go there one ‘oo oe oe 6 Read the descriptions below and choose the correct book genres. 1 This book tells the story of a house in Amityville and its terrible secret. 2 Twilight isa famous novel about the love between a young man and woman, romance / comedy 3 In The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, ‘two men are looking for a planet called Magrathea science fiction / biography 4 The story of Anne Frank’ life is very sad, but she tells it beautifully. autobiography / thriller 5 Rodolfo Walsh's book Operacién Masacre describes a very difficult time in Argentine history. fantasy / non-fiction Discuss the questions. 1 How often do you read? 2 What do you usually read: books, magazines, internet articles, or blogs? Why? 3 Do you like to read on an e-reader or your mobile phone? Why? / Why not? 4 What book genres do you lke? Why? 5 Which Argentine writers do you know? Do you like them? What genres do they write?SA eae aseh siaR sea DSO ARAN LANES EAC GS TAD Grammar Present simple and present continuous J Read the examples. Then choose the correct words to complete the rules, | always read fantasy novels. ‘Atthe moment, 'm reading an e-book. 2 We use the present simple to talk about ‘actions in progress now. b We use the present continuous to talk about habits / actions in progress now. ¢ We use adverbs of frequency (eg. ahuays, sometimes, never) with the present simple / present continuous. id We use the phrases at the moment and right now with the present simple / present continuous. . 2 Look atthe time phrases below. Write them in the correct columns in the table. ‘everyweekend hardly ever once a week “right now: this week today Habit Action in progress now rm every weekend & Complete the text with the verbs in brackets. Use the present simple or the present continuous. | im thirteen and Im in Year 8 at school in | the UK. Every year our English teachers | sheose ____(¢hoose) novels for our English lessons. This year, we? (Fead) Wind Singer, a fantasy novel by William Nicholson. | %. (enjoy) it, but some students ‘(not ike) fantasy fiction. But our teacher, Mr Evans, (understand) this problem and he always & (make) our lessons fun. Today, we 7 (discuss) the story and there are some interesting opinions! / | We don't use the present continuous with some verbs, such as want, like, love, need, | know, and understand Prepositions of time 4 Read the examples. Then complete the table with at, in, or on. 1m reading Snow in Summer. {often read at night. a weekends / Christmas / night / midnight / | three o'clock / lunchtime Tuesdays / my birthday / Sunday afternoons | the morning / the afternoon / ' the middle of the night / summer / winter b c 5 Reorder the words to make sentences. There is one extra word in each prompt. 1 read / Sundays / my dad's /at /1/ on / newspaper Lread my dad's newspaper on Sundays. 2 at/to bed / midnight / in / goes / Pablo 3 at/ often / the middle of the night / have / 1 /in /a snack 4 buy/afternoons / they /in / Saturday / on / a new book 5 auntand uncle /in/ see / we / the weekend / my / at Listening 6 B36) Listen to the radio programme. Are the sentences T (true) or F (false)? 1 The programme is about teenagers and books. T(7] FL] 2 Holly only reads in the evenings. Toro 3 She never reads autobiographies. Toro 4 Ben doesn't often read books fot teenagers. = T(_] FL] 5 He only likes one book genre. tora 6 He doesn't read at weekends. Toro 7 He's reading about US history at the moment. TF] FL] 7. What do you read and when? Write true sentences. ‘Things to read Times Gas efzcis ceo cae cust thems agin = feng cies fitisaanhg hottie wits jj. améikp | usually read emails in the evening.1 Lookat the photo below. What are the women’s jobs? Do you think all of the women are famous? 2 @137) Read and listen to the interview. Match the sentence halves 1 Alexa works with 2 Shesometines sings \_ 3 She learns Interviewer: ‘Alexa: Interviewer: ‘Alexa: Interviewer: Alexa: Interviewer: Alexa: Interviewer: ‘Alexa: Interviewer: Alexa: a with famous bands. b new music quickly. © musicians. Hi, Alexa, What's your job? lfm a backing singer. | sing with a lot of famois bands, but 'm not famous. ‘Which genres do you sing? Rock, pop, jazz... all kinds! ‘Whats your favourite genre? I lsten to reggae and hip hop most of the time, Is your job difficult? Sometimes. | normally have only a few minutes to learn new music. And that can be difficult How often do you work with the big stars? I sing with them now and then! This week, ’m working with a famous dance band, Do you want to be famous? Maybe, one day. But my work is usually fun. You know. life for famous people isn't always easy! Vocabulary Music genres B choose the correct music genres. 8 classical / hip hop 4 @ 38. Listen and check. Then listen again and repeat. 5 @’29> Listen to the music extracts, Write the genres that you hear. iscuss the questions. 1 How often do you listen to music? 2 What music genres do you like? 3 Which Argentine musicians do you listen to? What music genres are they? 4 Can you think of a musician or band for the eight music genres in Exercise 37. cicleneaie eet cane eaUmReRAI | 3 : a : j i : si ans aN AR NON SUR CRLAR O CR Stories and songs Grammar Adverbs of frequency Expressions of frequency |] Read the examples. Then write the adverbs of 3 Read the examples and the table. frequency below in the correct order. Listen to reggae most of the time, J normally have only a few minutes. | sing with them now and then. My work is usually fun [Expressions of frequency | Meanings frequently hardly ever: normally. rarely every week ‘one day each week oie ay | now and then always most of the time _ feral eaeese = aeemeneenee all the time always often» once a week cone time each week ; : twice a week vhever a eee coe ‘words to complete Now choose the correct words to complete the rules. a. Expressions of frequency also describe how / Adverbs of frequency describe how / how often how often something happens. something happens. b The expressions normally go at the beginning / bb They goafter / before the verb be. ‘end of a sentence. cri eo.alver (esate aloe arte ‘A Replace the words in bold with the expressions 2 Read about Taylor Swift's typical day. Then write of frequency below. sentences with the prompts and the adverbs of ll the time fer nth new and ther frequency below. There sone extra adverb, Meee Se ae i once a week. twicea-month always always. frequently hardly ever fever never usually 11 We play concerts two Saturdays each month. i bwice a month 2 Dad always has a guitar lesson on Tuesdays. ‘ ‘Aday in the life of Taylor Swift! Every morning, Taylor wakes u at 7 a.m, She does exercise every day and she usually has breakfast with friends. In the afternoons, ‘Taylor normally writes songs. She often has'a concert in the evening, o she practises afternoon. After every Concert, says ‘i’ to her fans ~ that’s very imp. 3 I practise the piano a few times a month, 4 They go to concerts twelve times a year. 5 listen to music 365 days a year. 5 Askand answer the questions with a partner. ‘Taylor works very hard, but every day isamnazingl | 7 How often do you. 1 go to concerts? 1 J up / late go eae 2 listen to music? = 16 2 2 have / breakfast / alone 3 read on an e-reader? 4 buy new music? 5 watch music videos on your computer? 3 work / on her music / after lunch inp 4 sing / in concerts ) } Pairwork 3 ‘Work with a partner. Complete the activity. 5 meet /her fans messy sp Student A: =p Student B: 0 to page 7 6 Taylors life /be /boring Bote page78. goto page 92.: ] A book review Practical English 11 Read Eva's book review. Match the headings ace to the paragraphs 1-5. Eva's favourite part of the book 4 b A brief description of the book ¢ Why she likes the book d Her favourite characters __ ‘@ What happens in the book _ > My hook reviewtytn 1 This review is about a book called Paper Towns by John Green. It’s a comedy, but it’s a romance, ‘00. The story is about a boy in America called Quentin and his love for a girl called Margo. 2 Quentin knows Margo, but they hardly ever speak. However, one evening, she goes to him for help. Quentin thinks they're good friends, but the next day, Margo disappears, Quentin and his friends look for her. He's a really nice boy and he loves Margo very much, However, I don't like the character Ben. He is unkind to Quentin, | | 3 My favourite character in the book is Quentin. 4 The plotis very interesting, but I think the middle of the story is quite slow. However, I really like the ending because Quentin learns @ lot more about Margo. | 5 The book is fantastic because it teaches us a lot about relationships. It tells us that we don't always know people. Lalso like it because the conversations are very funny. I definitely recommend it! 2 Read the review again and complete the sentences. 1 The book's name is Paper Towns and its genre is comedy / romance j 2 The author is 3 The story takes place in_ 4 The two main characters are \ 5 Quentin thinks that Margo is his 5 When Margo disappears, Quentin and his fiends 6 Atthe end of the book, Quentin knows ‘about Margo. 3 Answer the questions 1 Who is Eval favourite character? ‘Quentin is her favourite character. oo 2 Who doesn't she like? 3. Which two parts of the book does she enjoy? 4. What does she learn from the book? Writing skills: Commas We use commas to separate parts of a sentence. ‘This makes the meaning clear and the sentence easier to read. Here are some rules for when we use commas. ‘We usually put a comma before but. I ike the beginning of the book, but | dont like the ending, We always put a comma after however when it comes at the beginning of a sentence. The story moves slowly. However, itis never boring. ‘We don't put a comma before because. ove the book because the plot is very interesting. ‘We use a comma to separate items in a list. The book has an introduction, ten chapters, and questions at the end. 4 Puta comma in the sentences below. Sometimes you don't need one. 1 I'm reading the tiller, but Im not enjoying it. 2 The book has great characters funny conversations and an interesting plot 3 The book is great. However the film version is terrible. 4 Joe isn't watching the film because he wants to read the book firs.AesSaN NCR RaiB aN ANERAR BAA inser amcieneRIE Grammar Conjunctions |]. Read the examples. Then study the table. You can call the book a romance or a comedy. Quentin knows Margo, but they hardly ever speak. However, one evening she goes to him for help, He is a really nice boy and he loves Margo. ‘Margo disappears, so the boys look for her. The book is fantastic because it teaches us alot about relationships. Conjunction | Definition Stories and songs A. Complete the sentences with your own ideas. 1 and adds more information (2 but introduces contrasting information 3 because _| introduces a reason for something “[4 50 introduces the result of something 5 however _ | introduces contrasting information; it usually comes at the start of a sentence 6 of links two alternatives 2 Choose the correct words in the text. Writing ove books and magazines, "but /s9}i read all the time. I've always got a book *because / or a ‘magazine with me. Today, 'm reading a thriller, but / or 'm not enjoying. | can\t understand the plot ‘and / however the characters are boring, "Because / However, my friend Milagros thinks its brilliant. | often read the same books as Milagros because / so we like the same things, and / but occasionally we have very different opinions! 3 Match the sentence halves. Then link them with the conjunctions below. Use each conjunction once. and because but however or so 1 Ive gota sister £ 2 Tom likes fantasy books, 3 The band arent playing very well 4 Do you have a shower in the morning, 5. Myuncle and aunt are working, 6 We play rugby every day__ . the singer is fantastic! ‘we are in the schoo! team. he doesnt like science fiction in the evening? I'm babysitting my cousin. and ‘two stepbrothers. seange 5 Youare going to write a review 1 tusually read or 2 Im enjoying 3 Wenever read because 4 The book’ plotis___. However, 5 This bookis___.so ‘Work with a partner. Talk about a book you didn’t enjoy. Why didn’t you enjoy it? Think about these things: The genre The events The characters of a book you know well Follow the stages below. + Make notes about the book Think about these things: The title, author and genre of the book ‘The main events of the story Your opinion of the characters. Your opinion of the different parts of the book : ‘© Divide your review into five paragraphs: Introduction: A brief description of the book Events: What happens in the book ‘Conclusion: Your general opinion of the book Use these phrases in your review: The story takes place in. Its about . : “is my favourite character in the book / don't ike the character. like /dontt like the . of the book. I think the book is... because . also like / don't like it because .. Itshows us that | definitely /1 dontt recommend itt ‘Remember to use conjunctions in your review. fe ere asi