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Getting to know you UNITS Think ouside the box IRREGULAR VERBS p.127 STUDENT ACTIVITIES p. 144 [RENIN ART: 30 printer sculpture p. 139 ED cous ‘STARTER UNIT Welcome to Woodley Bdge Talk about evencay technology o>) pp. 10-11 Talk about the weather and natural disosters pp. 22-23 Talk about food ‘ond oink pp. 34-35, Talk about fms ‘ond television o>) pp. 46-47 “ak about sports ond sports events pp. 58-59 Talk about holidays and traveling o>) pp. 70-71 Talk about telotionshps with fomily nd friends pp. 82-83 Talk about eime ‘ond criminals pp.94-95 Talk about school life pp- 106-107 |p. 84 0.1 INTRODUCING TOMMO Actiities ond interests kes and dislikes; Home and furitue; There ijare with some/any, Possessive adjectives and possessive s pp. 4-5 Use ctferent tenses to tolk about the present © Present Simple « Present Continuous © Stote verbs p.l2 =>) Use regulor and imegular verbs to talk oboutthe post «© Post Simple p.24 Use the Present Perfect with ever, ns ‘beady and yet Woodley Bridge p.% =>) Compare diferent things © Comporatives and superiatives p48 rn>) Talk obout plan, prediction, arrongements ord tnetabes © The tute: wi going to/ Present Coninuous Woodley Bdge .60 Talk obout obigction,profibiion and advice © Modal verbs: must have to, ho, should Woodley ridge p.72 tod) Talk obcut imaginary stuatons Secand Conditional BEE vir 190 to) Scere be Poke «© Present Simple Possve ond Post Simple Possive |p. ‘Moke questions withthe contect word order Woodley Bridge 108 Find spectic detail in an ‘ttle and talk about ‘godgets p.l3 Find specific detll in an ticle and tak about culture p.2s Find specie detail in an ‘orticie and use moke and do.accurately p.37 Understand the main points of an atice ond telk about entertainment pao Identify specie detail in ‘on aticle ond tok about volunteering ato sports po >) Find specific detain an ‘ortcle ond tak about traveling p.73 Find specific detail in an cortcle and tak about frends p85. Find speclic detall in an cote and tak about solving crimes |p. Find specie detail in an ortcle and tak about inteligence p.109 (0.2 INTRODUCING SKYE Jobs; Present Simple with adverbs of frequency pp. 6 Use verb coastructions wth {osnfiives and -ing forms verb + -ing eid + to-iafnitve Woodley Bridge pu Talk about on evntin the past and what was happening round it « Post Simale ond Post Cqntnuous >) Saoess sore y See eisiratt ieunmroiranne ‘> p38 Tak bot quoniis of countable and uncountable nouns * Quanifes Woodley Bridge p.50 Talk obi posse flue situations Fist Condtonal + iunlss p62 ta) Speculate about the present 1 Modal verbs: must, could, might, ‘may, cant pia Be specific about people, things ‘nd places, «© Defining ond non-defining relative clowses p86 Use the construction havelget something done Woodley Bridge p98 Use o vorety of tenses p.no o>) SCIENCE: Cooking p. 140 (0.3 INTRODUCING DAN Clothes ad aecessoies; 0.4 INTRODUCING ALISHA Counties ond | CHARACTER QUZ p. 9 Present Continuous Taking abou eeings p.? languages was!wore, there wos/were est Simple: regular verbs p.8 ‘Understand the Make ond respond to Wite description of WORDLIST p. 18 | Do smartphones moke you smarter? main pointand find | suggestions Places and lifestyles REVISION p. 19 Addicted to sreers specticdetoisin o | EEX Woodley Bdge (GRAMMAR TIME 1 ‘290 programe, p18 ‘nd talk obeut using technclogy pls pit pd | Identity specific Criticise ond explain when Use adverbs and WORDLIST p.30 | Nice day, innit? deailhe things go wrong indefinite pronouns REVISION p.31 KIER Severe wecthor conversation and Woodley Bridge GRAMMAR TIME 2 tak obout being in pny the wid p27 p28 TE») ». 2° | pp. 32-33, Ident speciic | Order foodine cols or Wits an emallto | WORDLIST p. 42 | Whot do the Bish eoly eat? detail in speech and resturant cotriend REVISION p43 ‘Indian food Liverpoo! style descrbetood IERIE woody sige GRAMMAR TIME 3 p.120 rom) EXAM TIME pa? [p40 [pal pp.190-132 | pp, 4-45 | Identiy specific Ask about, express and | Describe how people | WORDLIST p. 54 | How do you lke to celebrate? f detail in on interview explain preferences do things. REVISION p. 55 Fro ef London celebrates gndtakobet Woodley Bridge © Adverbs of manner GRAMMAR TIME 4 vo pia . p52 p53 | pp. 56-57 ‘Con oskond tlk about | Wite nates ond WORDLISTp. 68 | Where do they taste eaber? pons imoke requests REVISION p67 | ITER The iglond Games FEE Wowcey nage GRANMARTIME pia 4 65 | pp.68-9 wc Ihave sod ond Use tine clauses WORDLIST p. 78. | Can ong make holidays exiting? deoilno Ff cofication REVISION p79 Adventures of Weime ‘conversation and foodley Bridge GRAMMAR TIME 6 talk obout tips and party excursions EXAa TNE? ps p77 Pp. 133-135 | op. 80-81 Identify pectic Explain who Lamtalkig | Wteashor’ tory WORDLIST p90 | Ismoving houte good for you? inlomotonine bout REVISION p91 (nthe move monologue anc tok Woocley Bridge GRAMMAR TIME 7 about pets p24 po? EXER) poo po? | pp.92-93 Identity the Persuade ondreasaure Form and use WORDLIST p. 102 Is chewing guma crime? main points ofa | someone negative adjectives REVISION p. 103, = A famous robbery monologue and tak Woodley Bridge GRAMMAR TIME 8 our discovering a pias 0.99 KEEP) p00 poh |p. tos-tos | Ident specie | Hove a casual Wite alate ging | WORDLIST p14 | Can school be ur? inlormationina | conversation infomation REVISION p. 15, Two very diferent schools ologueandtolk — RIBTEXAY Woodley Bridge GRAMMAR TIME 9 ‘bout awkward p12 momenta EXAM TIME 3 pi) EERE) pve pus Pe 788 | op. 6-117 DRAMA: Zigger Zogger p. 141 GEOGRAPHI: Intemational Date Line p. M2 SCIENCE:Forence p. 143 FEERIIE 1 cipive inci p13 2 Exo New Zealand. 4a omen F) Welcome to Woodley Bridge VOCABULARY Activities and interests | Home ‘and furniture | Jobs | Clothes ond Activities and interests; Likes and dislikes; Home a ff pennaae adjectives and possessive 's There is/are with some/any | Possessive 4 adjectives ond possessive '| Present Read the text. Name the person and objects in the photo. Simple with adverbs of frequency \ Present Continuous | woviner, there eve wayne | Post Simpl: regular verbs ‘SPEAKING Lukes ond cisikes | Talking about feelings ‘My name's Alexi Thomas, bt my nickname is Tomo. in fiteen and fm rm Woodley Bridge, a small own in the UK. My mum isa nurse atthe local hospital and my dad is 4 carpenter. We've go! a very unusual home, a canal boat called Ooean Princess I's smal, but haver't got any brothers o sisters, so there's enough space for the three of Us. I've got a cat called Hisy, She's a wld cat and she isn very friendly Life on a boats fun andits a great place for my favourite hobby, kayaking. ve got my ‘own kayak and |e going out onthe canal before schoo. tm interested in nature, and ove drawing and painting wl, to, so this isthe perfect home forme, Work in poirs. Mark the sentences T (true) or F (false). Correct the false sentences. 1 [-) Tommo's real name is 4 [1] Tommo’s got a younger Alex brother. 2 [| Tommo's parents ore 5 (_] He hasn't got any pets. doctors. 6 | Tommo often goes 3 [| His home isn't very big. kayaking before school. Read the text again. What are Tommo's hobbies and interests? Work in pairs. How many activities and interests can you add to the Vocabulary box in three minutes? doing nothing going to the cinema listening to music playing computer games reading books or magazines taking photos 5 Use the Speaking box to tell your partner about your favourite activities and interests. Speaking Likes and dislikes Hove ../ Like ../ He loves .. | don't mind .../ She doesnit mind .. I cont stand .../ He can't stand .. Hove taking photos. 6 G 1.04 check that you understand the words ‘the Vocabulary B box. Listen and tick the words that you hear. Skye: Tommo: Sure, b€not today. My kayak's in the garage. Skye: Butyouh garage. Tommo: No, we haveM,but my dad's friend has got @ garage. My kayak's in there at the moment. Dad makes his furniture there, too. I's ‘@ workshop for him. Skye: What's that noise? Is it something on the roof? Tommo: That? Oh, i's probably Hissy in the garden. Skye: What garden? Tommo: Well it'snot really a garden, Mum's got some flowers in plant pots up on the roof. She calls it garden. You know, that's her idea of a joke. ‘Come and see. Oh no! Hissy! Skye: What a mess! Hissy's really dirty! Can we put her in the bath? Tommo: Well, we haven't got a bath because the bathroom’s too small. Skye: Ohyes! But we can wash her in the shower. Come on, Hissy. There's « good git Tommo: Hove you got her? Right. There are some a) bath bethroom bed bedroom ceiling cupboard diningroom floor garage garden kitchen mirror roof shower wall window Peek Con Q ich me to kayak some time? towels in the cupboard there. Oh dear! She can't stand showers. 7 ESE Work in pairs. How many items can you add to the Vocabulary B box in three minutes? 8 Study the Grammar A box. Look at the photo and complete the sentences with there is/are or there isn'/aren't. Cena ee Singular Plural + Thorws(thereis) There ore some bed. clothes. ~ There isn'ta desk. There aren't any shops. 2 Isthereachai? Are there any books? 1 There's. ared rug on the floor. 2 any pictures on the wall 3 bed next to the window. 4 curtains. 5 on. 9 In pairs, make more sentences about the photo, using There is/are and the prepositions below. between ‘on opposite in near under next to 10 Study the Grammar B box. Complete the sentences with possessive adjectives or ere oi ‘5= singular the cat's toys $'=plurol my parents’ boot ‘adjectives _my/your/his/her/its/our/their bedroom, 1 Whose book is it? It’s Tommo's mum’s book. 2 IsitHissy boll? Yes, it’s ball. 3 IsthatTomme room? mum and dad room. cat? No, it's my friend cot. TI Write three sentences about your home. There's a big mirror in my parents’ room. 7. 0.2.’ INTRODUCING SKYE 1 G 1.05 Read the text. Find: 1 surname Winter-Fox 2 three jobs two things to eat ‘an.nimal two sports two places Hit I'm Skye Winter-Fox and I'm 15.1 live with my Gran because my parents are scientists and they often work abroad. They are in New Zealand at the moment. Gran’s really sporty. She's a yoga teacher and she swims every morning. | sometimes go with her but I don’t ike getting up early! We usually have breakfast together, then 1 feed my pet snake, Yes! I've got a beautiful snake called Basil. have lunch at school, but it's always boring because Ihave cheese sandwiches every day. After school, 1 see my friends Tommo, Dan and Alisha. Dan and I like running together. ‘Sometimes we all meet at the café on the canal, Inthe evenings, 1 do my homework and Gran rmakes dinner, Does she cook every day? Yes, she does, She's the best cook fn the world, and she makes a briliant chillit > 2 G 1.06 study the Vocabulary box. Can you add more words? cook/chef farmer hairdresser mechonic nurse scientist ¢ ) Starter Unit BH cbs; Present Simple with adverbs of frequency 3 In pairs, describe a job from the Vocabulary box. Your portner has to guess which job itis. This person can make you better when you are ill. A nurse. This person likes working with animals ... 4 Study the Grammar box. Find more examples of the Present Simple in the text. ae Ete Affirmative Negative Hive with my Gran. {don't swim e My porents travel a lot. Questions Short an: Do you live neor the schoo!? Yes, do. / No, | dd Does she cook everyday? _Yes, she does. / No, sh Always, usually, often, sometimes, never go before most verbs, but after the verb to be. 5 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. 1. We don't go {not go) to school on Saturdays. 2 She {often/be) with her friends in the park café, 3. Mum and Dod (never/sleep) after 8 a.m. 4 (you/live) in a big house? 5 Emma (not eat) lunch at school 6 Joke (always/cook) for my birthday. 6 EIT study the phrases and underline those that are in the text. Can you add more everyday actions? dohomework get dressed get home get upearh/iote ‘goto school/ go out havea shower have brealfastlunch/dinner see friends 7 Inpoirs, describe @ school day. {always wake up at six o'clock. I never get dressed before breakfast. 8 In pairs, describe the people in your house. What do they do? What's their routine? Ive with my mum and my dog. Mum gets up early every day. She's a dentist. KY * INTRODUCING DAN oe | Clothes and accessories; Present Continuous; Talking about feelings 1 Look at the photo. Do you think the boys are family or friends? 2 G 1.07 Read the text. Mark the sentences T (true) or F (false). Hi. I'mDan. This a photo of my older brother, Ed, and me. in the photo, we'te both wearing sports clothes, I'm wearing my favourite football Tahir, and Ed's woaring his baseball cap and this favourite hoodie. We're smiling in the photo because Ed's telling a stupid joke! Ed and | wore ‘bomin the USA. My dad's family is orginally from Mexico and we both speak Spanish. I'm in England now because Mum's working at a school here. Ed's ‘at university in New York and he’s having a great time. Mur ang | ate moking plans to visit him this summer, and we're really excited. I'm enjoying my ‘new school in England but | don't ike the schoo! uniform 'm glad I've got tends like Tommo, Skye ‘end Alisha. I'm shy, but they're always around > sven mworied about someting. » F] Danis older than Ed. Dan and Ed were born in Mexico. 1n end Ed don't speak Spanish New York at the moment, the school uniform in England. Vocabulary box. Which ies can you see in the photo? ee ee baseball cop earrings hoodie jacket school uniform T-shirt watch 4 ESCO Work in pairs. How many words can you ‘add to the Vocabulary box in two minutes? 5 Study the Grammar box. Find more examples of the Present Continuous in the text. Affirmative Negative Tm wearing my 'm not wearing my favourite shirt favourite shir. He's wearing @ hat. He isn't wearing a hat. They're wearing hats They aren't wearing hats. Questions: Short answers Are you wearing ate? Yes, 1am. / No, 'm not. Is she wearing 0 tie? Yes, she is. / No, she isn't. 6 Order the words to make questions. Answer the questions to make them true for you. 1 you / are / going out /? Are you going out? No, I'm not, 2 are / wearing / an earring /?/ you 3 the students / are / talking / ? 4 doing / this exercise / your friend / is /? 5. you/ looking at / are / your phone /? 7 Study the Speaking box. Can you add more words to describe feelings? Ee {'m ... annoyed, bored/ excited frightened/ inritated/ nervous relaxed /sad/shocked/ tired/ worried ren 8 G 1.09 tisten and answer the questions. 1. What is Dan's problem? 2 How does Dan feel about the party? @ In pairs, describe how you usually feek 1 before an exam 2. on your birthday 3. aftera party 4 onholiday storter unit ) a ar) A 1 G 1.10 addthe words below to the correct categories in the Vocabulary box. INTRODUCING ALISHA China Chinese France French Geman Germany italian tly Poland Polish Portugal Portuguese Turkey Turkish CeCe tat) terres Countries Languages india Hindi Spain Spanish 2 EES work in pairs. How many countries can you name for each letter of the alphabet? A~ Argentina, B - Belgium ... 3 © 1.11 Read the text. Find two countries and two languages. Hi or Namaste! My name's Alshe ond I'm half-English ond halt-indian, My dats from India and my ‘mum's from England, $0 speak Hind ond English. Dad's family is very big ond ve got lots of cousins. We weren't in Indic last summer but this year we're plonning to be there for o whole month. "ve got an older brother called Dorian. He's funny but also a bt annoying! m realy into Computers and | want to be an IT specialist one day. like helping my fiends when they've got problems. mot crazy about sport but 'm fit and very song, Skye ond | were in c kickboxing class at schoo! lost year, and {reall Hked it becouse it was fun and there were lots of useful exercises. Our kickboxing teacher invited us to do it again this year, and we want to try! ( ) Starter Unit a - Countries and languages; was/were, there was/were; Past Simple: regular verbs 4 Read the text again, and then cover it. Write three things about Alisha, 1. She's got an older brother. 2 She can speak... 5 Study the Grammar A box. Complete the sentences with was/were and wasn't/weren't. See Affirmative Negative He was en holiday. He wasn't on hoi We were on holiday. We weren't on There wosapatty. ‘There wosnita There were lots of people. There weren't lols OF Questions: ‘Short answers. Ws it fun? Yes, it was. / No, it wasn’t, ff Were they at home? ‘Yes, there were, / No, there were $5 Wos there a porty? —__Yes there was. / No, there wos Were there many people? Yes, there were. / No, there weren't. ¥Y 1 Noomiand her parents were on holiday in Spain but 4 the weather terrible. 2 you at the cinema last night? No, | 3 The film festival fun and there: lots of films to watch, 4 your parents angry when you late home? 5 Liam ‘only 10 years old in 1999. 6 the English test difficult? Yes, it There lots of difficult exercises. 6 G 1.12 study the Grammar B box. Listen and answer the questions. Sn He lived in Califor, They did't invite het. Did you like the film? nm 1 What was Dan like on his first day at school? 2 Who did Dan live with last year? 3 What language does Alisha want to learn? 7 In pairs, tell your partner about five things that were true for you last year, but are NOT true now. Iwas in a different class. I wasn't in the basketball team. ie ) In pairs, describe the photo, Make as many sentences as possible. What do you think life is like in Woodley Bridge? f \d mark the sentences T (true) or F (false). 1 1) Thecafff's closed. 4 [) Danis waiting outside 2 The cafe jade. the café, 3 Dan hasn't mobile 5 Dan likes the café, phone. 6 [-) There are lots of places to hang out in Woodley Bridge. Complete the questions with one word in each gap. r Quiz 1 Dan and his brother from the UK? 2 Where Tommo live? 3. Where Alisha’s dad's family from? 4 Skye live with her parents? 5 What Dan's brother's name? 6 lived in America last year? 7 Dan and Alisha speak other languages? 8 Skye and Tommo got pets? 9 Why Dan's mum sad? 10 Skye’s parents doctors? " Tommo got a kayak? n Tommo, Dan, Alisha and Skye often meet in a café? In groups, do the quiz about the young people from Woodley Bridge. Use the texts in Lessons 1-4to help you. How much can you remember? In pairs, write two 9 questions about yourselves. Hand the questions to your teacher and have class quiz with two teams. storterunit ¢ ) VOCABULARY Everyday technology | Adjectives of opinion | Time GRAMMAR Present Simple, Present Continuous and jp state verbs | verb + ing / verb + to:infnitive 1 Do you take photos with your mobile phone? What do you take photos of People? Places? Other things? 2 Match photos 1-6 with sentences a-f. What do the photos tell you about the person's life? He/She likes reading. He/She's got a cat. a [] sunnyo1 She's up to mischief again! b |_| jacko999_ Friends + chocolate cake #agreatday! & |) ninab98 Come on rain! We've got the right boots. d e f ) singingboy98 Dan's singing aga’ robbie2 It's film time ... yay! pauli3 Ready for our trip! 3 Listen and check you understand the words in the Vocabulary A box. What objects can you see in the pictures? Retort nas battery cable charger earphones plug selfiestick speaker tablet 4 Con you add more words tothe Vocabulary A box? Listen to speakers 1-4 and write the presents. Use the Vocabulary A box to help you. 1 2 3 4 6 Which object would be the best present for you? Why? rd like a selfie stick because my friends and | love taking photos. | want to listen to music but I can't find my | earphone} / plugs because my brother is using them! They're better than mine’, he says. 't's OK} I say. | can use my new 2battery / speaker that plays music really loud. However, when | look inside, the plug / battery isn't there because it's in my brother's digital camera and, ques what? His friend's got it at the moment. In the end | decide to watch a funny fim on my ‘cable / tablet but! can't find it. look in my brother's bedroom. On his desk there's a pile of Searphones / cables that are all different lengths. finally find the short black one with the right ‘plug /selfe stick on the end of it for my tablet. ‘OK, where is it" I ask him ‘again. Then | hear Mum's voice. ‘Are you looking {or this, love? she asks. ''m just buying some shoes but it's nearly dead, Can you get me the battery / charger, please” x G 1.16 Read the text. Choose the 10 G 1.18 write the words in the correct column correct options. Listen and check. Is it the below. Listen and check. ‘same in your house? Peis an & ECC: G iw prdk-dnd allright amazing awesome awful boring ‘ople talking about their phones and renee ‘ isgusting excting funny lovely ark / the expressions you hear. acerca MOKMoleeersred in strange terrible useful download songs listen to music Cope Play gomes 5 3 oe amazing cool allright boring —auful a awesome funny nice noisy disgusting share photos iend/parents mie upload pictures music videos 9 In pairs, ask and answer the questions. 11 Write two things that are: 9 1 How many instant messages do you send and get in a day? 1: (enetil A) ‘strange 2 awesome 5 terrible | send about ten instant messages in a day and I get about twenty. 2 Doyou know somebody who reads 12 Compare your ideas with the class, e-books? 3 When do you listen to music? 4. How often do you download songs? 3. old-fashioned 5 Would you like to make a video with 13 [vox POPS =) 1.1] Who in your family uses friends in your school? technology the most? What do they use 6 What games do you play on the it for? computer? My brother loves his gadgets. He’s older 7 When do you usually text your parents? than me and he’s got a really good tablet. He shops 8 What type of photos do you usually online, watches films, and he uses it for studying. upload? Unit 1 ®) GRAMMAR 1 Do you watch music videos? Yes or No? What are some of your favourites? z Ge 1.19 Look at the photo, What can you see? Read the text. the indie band with all the moves Hilit's Gary here, lead singer Today Im witng the band's biog ata special eventin a skate park. Weve got photographers and reporters with us, but wearentt singingatthe moment. One reporter Als asking us lots of questions: what do you normally do on Saturday afternoons? What are you ding today?’ We tel Ali about furlves. We eften travel from ane ity ta thenext on Saturday afternoons, Then inthe evenings we usually play liveinconcert. We dortt normally skateboard! Today there arelots of skateboarders around because we're filming our new music video. ‘Theyre doing some amazing tricks, love thevideo! 3 Study the Grammar box. Find examples of the Present Simple, Present Continuous and state verbs in the text. Present Simple They usually travel on c tour bus. He doesn't write his blog every day. Do they speak English? Yes, they do. Present Continuous He's travelling lot these days. They aren't recording a song at the moment. Is she skateboarding now? No, she isn't. State verbs Verbs with no continuous form: love, ike, hate, know, think see, feel, understand, want, need CIC ff) Unit 1 Ican use different tenses to talk about the present, 4 GS 1.20 Choose the correct option. Listen and check. 1 Aliand Gary sit Gre sitingjon a bench at the skate park, 2. Gary usually sings / is singing in concerts on Saturday evenings. 3. The band members dontt often visit / aren't often isiting skate parks. 4. The skateboarders do / are doing some fantastic. skateboard tricks at the moment. 5. Sara always wears / is always wearingher lucky blue helmet. 6 Several people film / are filmin skateboarders. sy 5 Use the Present Simple or Present cml write questions about the text in Exercise 2. I 7» pairs, ask and answer the questions. 1 the people in the park / film / the skateboarders: Are the people in the park filming the skateboarders? 2. Gory/ work / as a reporter? 3. Ali/ask/ questions at the moment? 4 Sora / wear / a helmet in the photo? 5 the band members / usually play / live in concert on Saturdays? 6 the skateboarders / perform / in a competition today? 6 Ge 1.21 Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Listen and check. ‘My name's Sara. | ove (love) skateboarding. 'm areal fon. 1? (practise) at a local park every weekend. I? (not/ofter/do) competitions becouse I'm from a small town. I'm very excited today because 14 (perform) in a video for c famous band. At the moment we § (get) ready. Lots of people 6 (come) into the park now. My mum and dod? (sit) near the front because they ‘ (want) to upload photos for their friends! 7 (vox ors) }.2) In pairs, tell your partner about a hobby/sport you like. Complete the sentences to make them true for you. Treally like/love ... because ... J usually/never/don't often ... want... Gadget testers for a day! By Max Stevens and Tina Wallis Today we're going to schoo! by bus as usual. We normally leave home at 8 a.m, but we're leaving early because we're testing some new gadgets for this month’s report. All these gadgets are useful when you're travelling. So, what hove we got? First up is the Briefskate. It's made of wood, $0 it looks like & normal skateboard, but you can open the top. Inside there’s space for books and ‘@ mobile or c tablet. In my opinion, it's useful and fun, but Tino and | can't skate, so we can't test it Next, we're trying the Sospendo. I's « strange plostic gadget which works like an extra pair of hands to hold your phone or tablet. Tina’s wearing it at the moment. She won't drop her tablet, but people are staring at her. I'm sure, they're thinking, ‘What on earth is she doing?, Tina doesn't like this gadget! Max Now it’s my tur. The next gadget is @ tiny controller. You put it on your mobile or tablet so that you can play games. It looks cool, but | don't need this to play games on my phone. | normally take @ rucksack to school every day, but today I'm testing Defender bag. I's like « rucksack. You can wear it on your back or on your front. When it’s in front of you, you can use it lke a small table. I don't like it because it looks ugly. Right now, Mox is using the Phorce bag. You can use it to chorge your phone or tablet. | often forget to charge my phone before [eave the house, so | think this is a briliant idea. Max loves it, too. i's our fovourite gadget! Tina 1 uld yd like to test new gadgets 4 What is Max and Tino’s opinion of each for teenage stu ‘or No? object? Use the adjectives below to help you. 2 G 1.22 Find the n¥mes of the gadgets in bold boting clever cool fun normal in the text. Read the text and match two of the strange ugly unusual useful gadgets with pictures A and B. They think the Briefskate looks quite normal. 3 Read the article, Choose the correct answers. 5 What do you think of the gadgets in the 1 Max and Tina normally get the bus to school. report? Which do you like? a Twe —b Fake —¢ Doesnt say Ike the Defender bag, but don't want to 2. Tinaiis going to school on the Briefskate today. look stupid at school! a Tue —b Fake — © Doesn't say 3 The Sospendo is heavy. a Tue —-b Fake — ¢ Doesn'tsay elineatetcseerioe te 4. Tino thinks the controller is useful for her. Ener slo a Tue —b Fake — © Doesn'tsay ; 5 Youneed to put the Defender bag on a table to something in your bag useit. your favourite godget a Tue —b Fabe Doesn't say eraaes sate 6 Tina forgot to charge her phone today. Male Ged dis ererge voir const a Tue b Fake © Doesnttsay pacar Unit 1 fy) ted Dae) Tommo: Hi, Alisha Are you busy? Alisha: _Yes.1'm trying to finish my homework but it's toking ages. I'd love to be outside in this weather. Tommo: Me too, but !'ve got a problem with my computer. Dan says you're good at fixing things. Alisho: Well, | enjoy trying. What's up? Tommo: I'm making a poster for c competition I prefer using my own photos but when upload them from my phone to the computer, theyre upside down. Alisho: That's strange, Tommo: It's really annoying. | want to put the posters up in town but now Ive gotten Photos ... upside down! Alisha: Tommo, the problem is your settings. Tommo: Oh, so what can | do? Alisha: I can't explain now but I don't mind coming to your boat later. Tommo: OK... but don't forget to bring a snack It could toke a long time. Alisha: Tommo! It’s upside down. t's taking ages. It’s really annoying. 1 Who do you speak to when you've got a problem with your computer, tablet or phone? parent? friend? shop assistant? teacher? 2 G ey G 1.23 Watch or listen. Why does Tommo want Alisha to help him? 3 Study the Grammar box. Find more examples. of verbs + ing or verbs + to-infinitive in the dialogue. Gs) Unit 1 verb + ing Alter: avoid, can't stand, enjoy, finish, look forward to, (not) mind, miss, practise, stop, and after prepositions I don't mind coming to your house. She's good ot fixing things. verb + to-infinitive After: agree, allow, ask, choose, decide, forget, hope, earn, offer, plan, try, want, would like/love Vd love to be in the park in this weat verb + ing or to-infinitive ‘After: lke, love, hate, prefer, stort ey Iprefer making my own posters. /1 pr , ‘my own posters. Eure 4 Choose the correct option. 1 There's @ concert on TV tonight. hope watching / to watchit when | get home. 4 2. Our friends are coming to the park. We enjoy ‘meeting / to meet here after school. 3. My cousin’s learning Chinese and would like tovvisit/ visiting China one day. 4 Homemade pizza is amazing but I'm not very good at making / to make it. 5 Naomi misses to see / seeing her friends from her old school. 5 Complete the advert with the correct form of the verbs below. put take come meet do bring School photography club! ‘Are you interested in ‘taking better photos? Then don't forget? to thenew photography club. ts the place where you can enjoy? ‘something different, This week our theme is bullings ‘and we wantyou* some of your best photos to the club, We hope® ur favourite ones on display n the school Uibrary, We're Looking forward too youl 6 In pairs, write an advert fora new club at your school. Compare your ideas with the class. 1 Do you think you spend too much dene 3 LISTENING and VOCABULARY | can identify specific detail in a radio programme and talk about using technology. ‘on your phone or on the computer? Isit time for time out? Do the quiz and compare your results with the class. Then go to page 144 to read what your answers say about you. ‘When do you first look at your phone or use the internet? a In the evening. b Probably at lunchtime. ¢ The minute | wake up. When isit too late to text somebody? a Ona weekday, after 10 pym, b At midnight. € It's never too late, ‘What do you do when you have a free moment? [listen to music. b I read a book, € | go online, How often do you check your text messages? a Once a day. | don't get many. 'b_At school | check them at break time, GS 1.24 Complete the gaps with words from the quiz. Listen and check. Cee ee second, minute, hour 6am, inthe morning / the afternoon / (on a schoolday/ /Sunday(s) atthe weekend /mealkimes/lunchtime ‘twice/three times o day 0 week / a month / a year 4 In pairs, ask and answer the questions. Compare your ideas with the class. 1 What's your favourite mealtime? Why? Hove lunchtime because leat with my friends. 2. What time do you go to bed at the weekend? 3 How many seconds are there in five minutes? 4 What time do you get up on @ schoolday? 5. What do you normally do at break time? 6 What do you do the minute you wake up? 5 © 1.25 Listen to the first part of aradio programme. What is the programme about? Choose the correct answer. a The number of families that use phones or tablets in their free time. b_ How much time families spend on their phones or tablets. 6 G 1.26 Listen to the second part of the programme. Mark the sentences T (true) or F (false). 1 [_] Everybody in Gemma's family has @ smartphone, 2. (| First Gemma gets up and then she checks her messages. 3. [| Gemme's mum uses her smartphone to read the news, 4 [| Aphone app helps Gemmo's mum when she's running 5 (| Sometimes Gemme's brother doesn't hear his mum's questions. 6 [| Gemme thinks they should talk more in her farnily 7 How important is technology in your life? What technology do you use and what do you like doing? Write five sentence: Technology is very important tome. It's useful because can go online and do my homework and I can chat with friends. In my free time Hlisten to lots of music. Unit 1 fs) VIDEO aco Tommo: Hi, Alisha. Welcome to my canal boat. Let's go in. This is so cool! So, are you doing your poster? Tomme: No, not now. 'm filming my cat for aan online video. Like these Aah! I love Ninja Cat! Your cat can be fomous too. Tommo: You could help me. Alisha: OK, cool. Where's your cat? What's his name? Tommo: Her name is Hissy. She's a girl. Alisho: Oops, sorry! So, where is she? Tommo: Er, don't know. She usually hides from visitors. Why don't we look for her? Maybe she's behind the sofa, Tommo: I con'tsee her. Oh yes, she's there, but she isn't coming out. What about putting some food down? Tommo: Good idee. Dinner time, Hissy! Alisha: Look! | can see her eyes. Shall we film her there? Tommo: Yeah, why not? She looks funny. Hissy: — Hissssss! Alisho: Alisho: Alisho: Alisho: Alisha: What's up? Oh, she doesn'tlike the camera. Tommo: Hissy! Where are you going? Come back! Alisha: Don't worry! You can call the video “Cross Cat’! Good idea. Come back. This is so cool! Fc) Unit 1 1 EES Describe each cat. Which video would you like to watch? Scary Cat Ninja Cat 26 14 @ 127 watcher ing re the questions. 1 What's Alisho’s opinion of the canal Ly Sore couch 4 Where's Hissy hiding? f 3 Study the Speaking box. Find more examples of suggestions in the dialogue. Speaking | Suggestions Making suggestions You could look online. Let's look for it. What about texting her? Why don't you charge it? Shall we watch Friends? ‘Accepting or rejecting suggestions Yes, great idea. / Yes, why not?/ OK, cool. ‘'m not sure. /'d rather not. 4 G 1.28 tisten to six speakers and respond. Use the Speaking box to help you. 5 In pairs, follow the instructions. Student A: choose a situation from the list. Student B: respond with a suitable suggestion. | need some information for my project. The teacher's late, | can't see the boord, It's really cold in here. I can't swim, 6 In pairs, plan a funny video. Discuss what you want to film and where. Make suggestions and respond. dog with a stick ~ ina park my sister at dinnertime - at the table can describe places and lifestyles. 1 Which of these would be ‘your dream home? ‘a modem caravan, a castle in Scotland ‘beach hut on an exotic island a terraced house ina small town ‘a massive skyscraper avian Spain « cottage in the mountains alot ina block of flats 2 Read the text. Which of the things below does Skye write about poragraph 1? Which are in paragraph 2? hobbies daily routine sports 2 home friends place Inn my everyday ie tv ina terrace! house Wear COdfod with my grandma, because my parents are in New Zealand. But my dream home is a beach hut in Bali. The beach hut has got one bedrooin and a iving Inuge touch screen TY, there's a fas internet connection in ease I want to share videos with ‘tionds! Although i's sna, ouside there's a veranda 0 havo aperfoct vow of the soa room. As wl a In raft go to Cherwell School on weekdays. 1 usually swim before school and | ry fo write at tho ‘weekend, However, in my dream fst, | sit outside and write my novel on my laptop every morning. Then Inthe afternoon 1 swim and go suring, to, Friends often visit me atthe weekend and we have amazing barbecues on the beach, 3 In pairs, find four differences between Skye's real life and her dream lifestyle. In her real life Skye lives near Oxford, but in her dream lifestyle she lives in Ball 4 How is your dream lifestyle similar or different to Skye's? ‘Skye's dream lifestyle is a beach hut in Bali, but I'l like to live in a villa in Spain. 5 Complete the sentences to make them true for you. Writing A description of your dream lifesty Real home and dream home Hive in My home isin My dream home is a in Ws near a beach / a cliff/ Ithas got Outside/Inside there is/are Ihave a view of Daily life and dream life Inrea life | goto school | usually/often/sometimes/never : 1 ‘on weekdays / at the weekend, Inmy dream lifestyle, | often inthe moming 6 Complete the gaps with connectors from the text, ‘matching the connectors with their function. Adding similar detail: also, 2 , Showing contrast: although, : Giving reasons: incase, ‘ 7 Complete the sentences with connectors from Exercise 6. 1 playing the violin, | have singing lessons 2 My dream home is small 1's perfect for me! 3 ove dancing, 'm not very good at it. 4 Iwant to live near the sec I con swim every day. Writing Time 8 Write o description of your dream lifestyle for a school magazine. Follow the instructions below. Poragraph I: Real home and dream home Paragraph 2: Daily life and dream life 1? Use the Present Simple and adverbs of frequency. Unit 1 f) WORDLIST dlorm /atamn/ all right /34 'eaa/ mazing /ameny/ cat mealtimes, /at'mittaumz / at breok time at bret taum/ 4 middlay/midnight /ot mudder ‘roid at the weekend /at 00 ‘awesome /3:s0m1/ owtul /3f/ band /bwad/ barbecue /bazbakiu:/ ikend/ block offlats {Wok av ets blog /Hag/ boring /"boxrm/ bungalow /baggslau/ cable ket caravan /keecaveen/ castle /ka:s/ charge /Afaxis/ charger /tfa:d3a/ clever /‘kleva/ cottage /kotds/ cross /krs/ dead (battery) /ded 'bretaci/ digital camera dat kermar2/ disgusting /dis'gastig/ (dream) lifestyle dvi: Yaufstad/ earphones /"afaune/ vent /tvent/ exciting sant fix /fiks/ fun /lsoy funny /fani/ gadget /gedsn/ heavy /*hevi/ hhelmet /hetomn/ in the morning/afternoon/evening /in 03 ‘as :ninfa:tanin/vam/ internet connection /mtanet kaynekjav lovely /Aawti/ nice /nais/ noisy /nami/ novel /now. ‘old-fashioned auld 'fejnd/ ‘on @ schoolday/a weekday Sunday(s) on 2'ske: 'sanddenay” ‘once/tuice/three times o dayswans/ twars/@ciz carme 9 dew perfect /pxfikt/ perform /pa'f:m/ (phone) app /faun py Photographers /faltogratsz/ photography /faltagrati/ lug /olag/ poster /pausta/ report /ttpat/ reporter /tipoita/ second /sekand/ selfie stick /seti stik/ skate park /'skett pa:k/ skateboarders /‘sker, bastar/ skysereper skayskcerpo/ ‘smartphone /sma:tfson/ sofa /‘soufo/ space *spew/ speaker /'spiko/ strange /treindg/ toblet /tblat/ toke photos /erk favtauz/ technology Aek'anladsi/ terraced house /terast'hnvs/ ible /terotl/ test Aest/ tester (testa/ top /0p/ touch sereen TV / ‘ath sca ‘tick Arik ugly “asl unusual /anljusswal/ jown /apsmd 'daun/ useful /ju veranda /va'renda/ view /yj: villa "v9/ eae using gadgets: ‘chat with friends ‘download song Goat oe ploy gomes Sy Paes send/get instant messages share photos text friends/parents uploed pictures aad ‘watch musie videos describing objects it's made of metal/wood/plastic/ 3tton/papor its ike @/en (+ noun) itlooks (+ adjective) itlooks like a/an (+ noun) itworks like a/an (+ noun) ‘you can (+ verb) ‘you can use it ike @ (noun) ‘you can use it to (+ infinitive) / for (+ -ing) VOCABULARY IN ACTION Use the wordlist to find: 1 three people three types of houses three positive adjectives types of materials gadgets 2 Use the wordlist to find adjectives that describe: ‘the town you live in exciting your school your favourite band your school bag your phone or computer a 3 4 5 3 Use the wordlist to complete the sentences. In pairs, tell your partner if the sentences are true for you. Irelox when 1 {ike to sing along when | My friends usually Volways eonena | always listen to music on my phone when | walk to school. games on the computer. music videos. me instant messages. my parents when I'm late, only online when I dor't have any homework. 4 G 1.29 Listen and decide how s is pronounced in each word. Write the word in the correct column, earphones e-books gadgets helmets hours novels photos plugs reporters tablets tricks A/ fel e-books plugs When do you pronounce /s/ and /2/? Revision 1 Write the correct word for each definit n. 1. You put these in your ears to listen to music, e 2. Ifyouuse a skateboard, you wear this on your head. h 3 This means the opposite of brilliant. t 4 Assmall house in the country. c 5. You put this inside a gadget to give it energy. b 6 Sixty seconds. m 2 Complete the quiz with one of the expressions. In poirs, ask and answer the questions. in the evening atthe weekend twice a day ‘atmeatimes onaschoolday at midnight @ do you text your fiends ...2 © poyovdospart E) 00 you useyourphone ...2 © d0yo0 genie... A: Do you t B: I never (Ske my, ur friends at mealtimes? is at mealtimes. 3 Tellthe class aboubgur portner. GRAMMAR 4 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets, then match them with the correct function, A, B or C. A. an action in progress B regular action © astate ver 1 Carla (read) an e-book now. 2. Mygrandparents (usually/phone) Us at the weekend. Joke (n0t/tke) music videos. We (not/often/download) songs. I (know) how to upload photos. Why (youchat) with friends now? It’s very late, 3 4 5 6 SELI is 5 Complete the questions with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. 1. Are you planning to go (go) online later? 2 Are you good at (fix) things? 3 Doyouprefer (lve) in a village or atown? 4 Doyouwant (make) a video of your school? 5. Are you looking forward to (see) your little brother? Pars 6 Complete the dialogue with the words below. about shell idea rather could sure dont let's A: 'Shall we go to the cinema? B: No,I'd?____not, What's on TV tonight? A: Er, not much ... Why? we watch The Simpsons? B: Imnot* __. What time does it stort? 7.30 p.m.... Oh, i's 8 p.m. now. : What _ watching football on Channel 3? t starts ot 8. ‘A: Mmm, | don't really like football. 1 know, 6 watch o film online! B: Yes,great? .We® watch Despicable Me 3. 7 In pairs, decide what to watch together. Use the TV guide to help you. Frienc =) This Country’s Got Talent [tenn Peron) 8 G 1.30 Listen, then listen again and write down what you hear. Think about this unit. What did you learn? What do you need help with? [RMPSTSTSAM p14 More than ninety percent of British teenagers own @ mobile phone; a minority have two or more. These screenagers spend more than twenty-seven hours a week online. They can now connect when and where they like with smartphones an UK teenagers avoid using smartphones to chat with trends. Instead, they choose to watch video clips, play games, share photos and send instant messages. As for sodal media, teens like keeping in touch via Twitter tablets. Appare’ ‘Snapchat or Instagram. They leave Facebook to their mums and dads! Teenagers may be connected all the time, but the teenagers can't use their digital devices: school! n the UK there is no phone use in schools, but teachers can remove devices from students if necessary. Ho ‘recent British report sad that removing s students more time for thelr education. it said that smartphones area big distraction, make students less productive and are bad for learnin is one place where most WW about wveves, not all teachers agtee and some even tty to use smartphones in class. artphones from schools wll give However, inthe USA some people do not agree. Recently one school in New York decided to allow students to use smartphones at school. They said that smartphones can he an excellent resource forthe classroom, We cary alot of information in our pockets and ths information York schoo, smartphones can definitely make you smarter G20) Unit 1 an be really useful n this New GLOSSARY device (n) a machine or tool distraction (n) something that takes your attention away from what you ore doing, Jaw (0) o system or rules ‘minority (9) 0 small part of lorger group remove (v) take away Boos oO 1 In pairs, ask and answer the questions. 1. What do you do with your phone? 2. Doyou think it makes you smarter or less smart? Why? 3. Domany people have smartphones in your country? 2 Correct the sentences about the article. 1. AILUK teachers believe smartphones are bad for students. 2 Arecent UK report said thatt using smartphones in school can be positive. 3 All schools in the USA and the UK have similar ideas about smartphone use in schools. 3 © 1.5 Watch Part 1 of the video and answer the questions. 1 What country can you see in photo A? 2. Whyis this country so important in the video? 3. How similar is your country to the one inthe report? 4 ©) 1.5 Complete the sentences about Korea with the numbers below. Then watch again and check. eight acouple of ten eighteen four 1 You can download files ten times foster here, 2 Even -year-olds spend hours a week online, 3 Some teenagers use the internet for hours a day. 4 Willyour country be like this in years from now? What do you think about the issue of internet addiction in Korea? Do you think the same thing could happen in your country in the future? 6 © 1.6 Watch Part 2 of the video. Match photos B-D with captions 1-3. 1 (J Students can interact online to solve problems 2 |_| Reading online is not like reading a book 3. |_| Thisis part of a big online conversation. © 1.6 Watch again. Choose the correct option. 1 Nowwe send / receive information via connections or hyperlinks. 2. You can watch the angry cat and then create your own clip/ text. 3 Korea is the most addicted / connected country in the workd 4 They are regularly at the top/ bottom of the world's education league tables. Do you think the report is in favour or against the use of the internet? Why? Discuss in pairs. Gas. [CRISES In groups, prepare ‘Do debate based on the questior smartphones make you smarter?’ 1 Prepare a list of points to support your ‘argument. 2. Present your argument to the class. 3. What was the most common point of view among your classmates? vat @)

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