Unit 1  People

1a Interviewing people
Vocabulary personal information Reading new
1 Complete the first part of the form (1–7) with these headings. explorers
Address  Age  Country  First name  Job  Marital status 3 Read the interviews with
Surname two new explorers. Complete
the interviews with these
questions (a–h).
1 Helena 8
a Are you the same age?
2 Lomakina 9 b Is your husband a scientist?
3 37 10 c Are you from the USA?
4 journalist 11 d Who is the other person in
5 Russia 12 the photo?
6 married 13 e What’s your job?
17a Arbat Street f Where are you now?
7 14
g Are your jobs the same?
h Where are you from?
2 Complete the second part of the form (8–14) with
your personal information. 4 1  Listen and check your
answers.

NEW EXPLORERS
This month we interviewed
two new explorers. Our
interviewer, Michelle Bright,
telephoned them in the
Galápagos Islands and
Canada.
Tierney Thys
T: My name is Tierney Thys.
I: 1
T: I’m from the state of California, but I’m not
there at the moment.
I: 2

T: I’m in the Galápagos Islands.

I: 3
T: I’m a scientist.
I: 4
T: No, he isn’t. He’s an engineer

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 Grammar be (am/is/are) 6 3  Complete the interview with the correct form
of be. Then listen and check your answers.
5 2  Choose the correct option to complete the
interview. Then listen and check your answers. I = Interviewer, A = Ati
A: Hello, my name’s Ati. I’m an archaeologist.
I = Interviewer, J = Jon
I: Where 1 you from?
I: 1 What are / What’s your name?
A: Egypt.
J: My 2 name am / name’s Jon Aanenson.
I: 2 you there at the moment?
I: 3 Is / Are you from Norway?
A: Yes, I 3
here with my husband.
J: Yes, 4 I’m / I is from the city of Bergen, but
5
I’m not / I isn’t there at the moment. I: 4 he an archaeologist?
I: Where 6 is / are you? A: Yes, he 5 , but he 6
from Egypt. He’s from England.
J: I’m in Greenland.
I: Are you the same age?
I: What 7 is / are your job?
A: No, we 7 .I8 35
J: I’m a scientist. and he’s 38.
I: 8 Are / Is your wife a scientist?
J: No, she 9 isn’t / aren’t. She’s a writer. 7 Put the words in order to make questions.
1 your / what’s / name / ?

2 you / England / are / from / ?

3 you / how / old / are / ?

4 you / married / are / or / single / ?

5 student / you / are / a / ?

6 address / what / your / is / ?

8 Listen and respond asking and answering

questions
4  Listen to the questions in Exercise 7. Respond
each time with answers for you.

What’s your name? My name’s …
Josh Thome (left)
J: My name’s Josh Thome.
I: 5 9 Pronunciation contracted forms
J: He’s Sol. We work together.
5  Listen to the verb be in these sentences. Do
I: 6 you hear the full form or the contracted form?
J: No, we aren’t. We’re from Canada. Choose the correct option.
I: 7 1 What’s / What is your name?
J: No, we aren’t. I’m thirty-six and Sol is 2 He isn’t / is not American.
thirty-five. 3 I’m / I am from India.
I: 8
4 You’re / You are 28.
J: Yes, they are. We’re film-makers. 5 I’m not / I am not married.
6 We aren’t / are not explorers.

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 1b Families
Listening a family of gorillas
1 6  Listen to a documentary about a family of gorillas.
Number these topics in the correct order (1–3).
a the family
b daily life   
c the place they live   

2 6  Listen again. Choose the correct answer

(a–c) for these questions. 3 Dictation Kingo’s family
1 Where are the forests?
7  Listen to part of the documentary again and
a in the Republic of the Congo complete the text.
b in the Central African Republic
c between the Republic of the Congo and the
Central African Republic Kingo’s wives are Mama, Mekome, Beatrice
2 How many gorillas are in the region? and Ugly. Mekome is Kingo’s favourite
a one hundred 1
but Mama is the most
b thousands important adult female gorilla. There are also
c hundreds four young gorillas, two 2
3 How old is Kingo? and two girls. Mama’s 3
a 13 is Kusu. Mekome’s son is Ekendy. Beatrice
b 30 and Ugly are the girls’ mothers. Their
c 33 4
are Gentil and Bomo.
4 How many wives and children are in Kingo’s
family?
The family is together all the time and
a four
they travel two kilometres a day. Kusu,
b six
c eight
Ekendy, Gentil and Bomo watch their
5
and mothers and they learn
5 When is the family together?
to find the fruit on different trees. After lunch,
a in the day
b at night
the 6 play with Kingo.
c all the time

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 Unit 1 People

Vocabulary family
4 Complete the sentences about the family tree.

Charles Ingma Mark Hanna

George Ryan Ranci Mason Julie

Joel Tom Joanne

1 and are 5 Ranci’s niece is .
Ryan’s mother and father. 6 Her nephew is .
2 Joel’s uncles are and 7 Ryan’s sister-in-law is .
.
8 is Ingma’s daughter-in-law.
3 Tom and Joanne’s aunt is .
4 Ranci’s brother-in-law is .

Grammar possessive ’s and possessive adjectives

5 Complete what Ryan says about his family with 6 Write a paragraph about your family.
these words.

he  her  it  my  our
’s  their  they

7 Pronunciation the same or different sounds

8  Listen and complete the pairs of sentences.
1 a in London.
b family is in London.
2 a my brother.
This is my family tree. 1 ’s a small family. b brother is a scientist.
George is 2 brother and 3 parents 3 a you from Canada?
are Charles and Ingma. My wife is Ranci and b family is from Canada.
4
parents are Mark and Hanna. Mason is
4 a eighteen.
5
other child. Mason 6 wife is
Julie. Tom and Joanne are their children so 7 b sister is eighteen.
are my nephew and niece. Joel is their cousin and
8
’s my son.

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 1c Information about a country
Listening Malaysia Vocabulary everyday verbs
1 9  Listen to some information about Malaysia. 3 Match the beginnings of the sentences (1–5) with
Tick the facts (1–8) you hear. the endings (a–e).
1 population 1 They live
2 jobs 2 I have a
3 the capital city 3 We work in an
4 90% of the population use the
4 religion
5 The students speak
5 education
6 languages a office.
7 mobile phones b internet.
8 internet c in Australia.
d new mobile phone.
2 9  Listen again and complete the fact file.
e English.

Fact file: 4 Complete these sentences about you.

Malaysia
1 I live in .
2 I have .
3 I work in .
4 I use .
5 I speak .
Malaysia has a population of 1
million. Word focus in
Kuala Lumpur is the capital city and it has a
5 Write in in these sentences.
population of 2 million. in
1 They live the USA.
The average age is 3 years old.
2 55% of the population work agriculture.
There are a lot of different religions in
3 We live Dubai.
Malaysia and 4 % are Muslim.
4 Amanda and Nigel work a shop.
Malay is the main language but many
people also speak 5 .
5 49% of the people live the countryside.
There are modern cities
and beautiful countryside. VIETNAM
PHILIPPINES

Over 6
% of
the population use the
internet.
M A L AY S I A
Kuala Lumpur
Singapore
Borneo
I N D O N E S I A

Sumatra

Java Sea

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 Unit 1 People

1d At the conference
1 Pronunciation the alphabet
10  Listen and repeat the seven letters. 2 11  Listen and write these letters next to the
letters with the same sound in Exercise 1.
A , ,
C D E G H J K L M N P S
B , , , , ,
T U V W X Y Z
,
F , , , , , 3 12  Listen and check your answers from
I Exercise 2.
O
Q ,
R

Real life meeting people for the first time

4 13  Listen to people at a conference. Complete their name badges with their surname and country.

Name: Doctor Name: Beata

Country: Country:

5 13  Complete the conversation with these phrases. Then listen again and check.

I’m from   My name’s   Nice talking to   Nice to meet you

Nice to meet you, too   See you later   this is   where are you from

C: Hello, can I help you? C: Beata, 4 Doctor

Z: Yes, I’m here for the conference. Zull. He’s also at the conference.
C: What’s your name? P: Nice to meet you.
5
Beata Polit.
Z: Doctor Zull. 1
Australia. Z: Nice to meet you too, Beata. How do you spell
your surname?
C: Zull. Zull. Zull. Is that Z-U-L-L?
P: P-O-L-I-T
Z: That’s right.
Z: So 6 ?
C: Oh, here you are. Zull.
2
, Doctor Zull. P: Poland. And you?
My name’s Stella Williams. I’m the conference Z: Australia.
manager. C: So, let me leave you both.
Z: 3
. Z: OK. Thanks, Stella.
C: So, here is some information about the 7
you.
conference. You’re early, so you can have a C: Yes. 8
.
coffee over there. In fact, I’d like you to meet
Z&P: Goodbye.
someone. Beata?
P: Hello?

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 1e Introduce yourself
1 Writing skill and, but 3 Read Brendan’s plan for a personal description.
Write his introduction.
Complete the sentences with and or but.
1 I’m from Peru I live in Chile. 22
2 Pedro and Alex are from Spain they
single
work in Madrid. marital
3 Sonia is at Oxford University she age
status
isn’t a student.
4 We’re from Germany we speak
German and English.
student at
5 I work in an office from my home. job university
6 I have one sister no brothers.

Writing a personal description from Australia

2 Read parts of six personal descriptions (1–6).
Match them with the topics (a–f). place
Brendan
1 live in
Hi! My name’s Shefali Italy
and I’m twenty-five.
languages other?

2 two brothers,
Hello. I’m Angie and English
I’m married with two no sisters
daughters.
Italian

3
My family live in the countryside, Hi! My name’s Brendan and
but I live in the capital city.

4
Hello. I’m Monique. I’m from
Belgium and I speak Dutch, French,
German and English!

5
Hi! I’m Hanaka and I have three cats!

6
I’m Joseph and I’m a science
teacher in a school in Kerala
in southern India.

a place you live

b language(s)
c job
d other information
e marital status and family
f age

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 Unit 1 People

Wordbuilding word roots 3 Look at these words from Unit 1. Write sentences
for you with each word.
u WORDBUILDING word roots 1 name
When you learn a new word, you can sometimes
make more words with the word. For example:
2 single
mother ➔ grandmother ➔ stepmother ➔
mother-in-law
3 cousin
photo ➔ photograph ➔ photographer
United ➔ United Kingdom ➔ 4 population
United States of America ➔ United Arab Emirates
1 Complete the sentences with these words or parts 5 live
of words.
6 speak
grand  step  in-law

1 My wife’s mother is my mother- .
2 My mother is the mother of Check!
my father.
4 Complete the crossword. Find the answers in
3 My father’s new wife is my Unit 1 of the Student’s Book.
mother.
1

first  middle  sur

4 Is John your name or your 2

middle name?
3 4
5 Is your name Smith or Jones?
6 Your name is John M. Grant. What’s your
name?
5

graph  grapher

7 My uncle is a photo . 6

8 This photo is of my husband

and me.

brother  father  sister
7
9 My step is from my father’s
first marriage. She’s thirteen.
10 Is your step your father’s or 8
your mother’s son?
11 How old is your step ? Is he 50? Across
5 1,000,000 is a .
Learning skills write a personal 6 Beverley Joubert is to Dereck.
sentence 7 The of India is 1.3 billion.
8 Meave Leakey is Louise’s .
2 When you learn a new word, write it in a
sentence about you. It helps you remember the Down
new word. Compare these sentences by different 1 Felipe and Camila come from .
students using the word parent.
2 In China, 51% of people live in the city and
1 My grandparents live with my parents. 49% live in the
2 I’m a parent with three children. 3 Beijing is the capital of .
3 I have one parent. I live with my mother. My 4 The sister of your nephew is your .
father is dead.

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