SECOND EDITION ‘ Te eer wl, 3 SRW) “ \ a OF : \ a, Christina Latham-Koenig oO Ao 7h \ ¥ t> = ; Clive Oxenden a » § i — Paul Seligson BS LEVA\YS OXFORD 7 df J iyAmerican ENGLISH FILE Christina Latham-Koenig Clive Oxenden Paul Seligson pau elgsonandciveorendn ae the ag coauthrs of OXFORD Engish Fie 1 and Engish Fle 2 UNIVERSITY PRESSContents Grammar Vocabulary Pronunciation 4A Myname's Hannah, not Anna 6B Allover the world 8 © Openyour books, please verb be subject pronouns: days of the week, numbers 0-20, vowel sounds, word hyouete. greetings stress verb bellandi=] ‘the world, numbers 21-100 7a, A sentence stress possessive adjectives: ‘classroom language foo a athe ny, your ete. alphabet 10. PRACTICALENGLISH Episode 1. Arriving in London 12. A Awriter'sroom 14. B Starsand Stripes: 16 © After 300 metres, turn right 18 REVISE AND CHECK 182 2/9 plurals: final-sand-es; th this/that/ these/those things adjectives colors, adjectives, modifiers: long and short vowel very/realy sounds imperatives, lets feelings understanding connected speech 20. A Thingstlove about the US 22 B Workand play 24 © Meeting ontine simple present land verb phrases third person -s simple present jobs ‘oe word order sentence stress ‘questions: {question words 26 PRACTICALENGLISH Episode2 At a coffee shop 28 A. Isshohis wife or his ister? 30 B whatalitel 32 © Short if, long lire? 34 | REVISE AND CHECK 384 Whose.?, possessive 's family ‘sithe letter 0 linking and sentence stress prepositions of time (af, in, on) and Place (atin, to) everyday activities position of adverbs and theletterh expressions of frequency ‘adverbs and expressions of frequency = a ad next American 36 dat? 38 B Love your neighbours 40 © Sunand the city can/cantt verb phrases: buy anewspaper etc. sentence stress present continuous verb phrases iy ‘simple present or present the weather and seasons places in New York ‘continuous? City 42 PRACTICAL ENGLISH Episode 3 In aclathing store 44 A ReadinginEnglish 46 B Times welove 43. C_Musicis changing their lives 50 | REVISE AND CHECK 586 object pronouns: me, you, him, ete. _ phone language sav, and consonant clusters saying the date like+ (vers + ing) the date; ordinal numbers review: be or do? music ‘052 54 58 se 60 62 64 66 oe 7 n Grammar Vocabulary Pronunciation A. Atthe National Portrait Gallery simple post of be: wos/ were B chelsea girs © Anight to remember simple past: regular verbs simple past irregular verbs PRACTICAL ENGLISH Episode 4 Getting ost ‘word formation: paint > painter past time expressions 0, have, get sentence stress -edendings sentence stress A. Amurder story B Ahouse with a history © Anight in a haunted hotet REVISE AND CHECK 788 simple past: regular and irregular there is/ there are, some/any+ plural nouns there was/there were irregular verbs the house prepositions: place and movement simple past verbs fer and iw, sentence stress: silentletters ‘A. What late yesterday B white gold © Quiz night countable uncountable nouns; 2/an,some/ any (quantifiers: how much? hhow many, alot of tc. ‘comparative adjectives 74 PRACTICALENGLISH Episode 5 At a restaurant 78 nm 20 82, 04 86 88 20 92 94 96 9e 300 m ns food food containers high numbers the letters ea Wand! br sentence stress A. The most dangerous road.. B Couchsurf round the world! © What's going to happen? REVISE AND CHECK 9810 superlative adjectives bbe going to (plans), Future time expressions be going to (predictions) places and buildings vacations verb phrases: consonant groups sentence stress the letters 09 A. First impressions B What do you want to do? © Men, women, and the Internet adverbs (manner and modifiers) ‘verbs + infinitive articles PRACTICAL ENGLISH Episode 6 Going home common adverbs verbs that take the infinitive ‘theinteret word stress sentence stress word stress ‘A. Books and movies B_rvenever been there! © The American English File questionnaire REVISE AND CHECK 11812 communication Writing Listening present perfect present perfect or simple past? ‘review. question formation 124 Grammar Bank 148 Vocabulary Bank irregular past participles more irregular past participles review: word groups 165 sentence stress irregular past participles review: sounds Irregular verbs 166 Sound Bankverb bef, subject pronouns: |, you, etc. V days of the week, numbers 0-20, greetings P vowel sounds, word stress Hi,'m Mike. What's your name? Hannah. Nice to ‘meet you. My name’s Hannah, not Anna 1 LISTENING & SPEAKING a @2)) Lookat the pictures. Listen and number them 1-4, ind complete the blanks. Fillin the blanks with a word from the lst. 1A Hi,tmMike, what's your! __? Fine Hi tm. Thanks Bye B Hannah, ee > Hello= B Hannah! My name's... = Very well 2A What's yourphone?__? “Thank you = B its212-555-7094, Goodies at See you on Saturday Bye » Reais 4. 39) Listen and repeat some phrases from the dialogue. ‘Copy the rhythm. 5 isis Hannah, [ee © (@4)) Ingroups of three, practice the dialogues with the © Niceto” you, Anna. sound effects. Change roles. Be Deeen £ Introduce yourself to other students. © Sorry, Hanne, Hello, tm Antonio. ») 4A Hie You're early! What's yourname?) cata Nice to meet you. B Hello Mrs, Archer. How are*2_? =< 2- © tmvery well, you, Anna. And you? B 2 ___ thanks. ‘A It Hannah, Mom.GRAMMAR verb be[#, subject pronouns +4 VOCABULARY Complete the sentences with are, is, oram. days of the week, numbers 0-20 Vm Mike. I Mike. Myname’s Hannah, = My name Hannah. Youre early. = You carly Ies212-585-7894. = It 212-555-7894. > p.124 Grammar Bank 1A. Learn more about the verb be(#land subject pronouns, and practice them. @o)) Listen and repeat the pronouns and contractions. (971) Listen. Say the contraction. }am_ Ch In pairs, try to remember the names in your class. Say He's | She's Stand up and speak to other students. Hi. cata How areyou?). Fie thanks, Andou? PRONUNCIATION vowel sounds, word stress @s)) Listen and repeat the words and sounds. a Look atthe picture. Can you remember what Mike and Hannah say? & @ & & el & bb >p.148 Vocabulary Bank Days and numbers. Do parts Iand 2. fish [tree cat legge [train | bike i |e Jam [very —|ehey —]I © 123) Listenand say the next day or number. this we thanks weil mame | Hi ») Monday, Tuesday ( Wednesday a Bye D ni Teer 4d What's your phone number? What day is i today? > p.166 Sound Bank. Look at the example words and And tomorrow? spellings for the sounds ina. Word stress. 5 LISTENING & SPEAKING Multi-syllable words have one stressed syllable. sorrly good/bye Saturday 1-6 in the boxes. a @12)) Listen, Where are they? Writ (lairpore | Garenumber 9)) Listen and underline the stressed syllable in Bocce ae cents these words hotel Room airport comipulter email kalraite J museum Closed on. holtel_mujselum sallad telnnis Ci taxi Manchester Road pasita Inter|net bas|ket[ball sand|wich eeaeol Classeson_and ‘Write the words from c in the chart. b Listen again. Write a number ora day in each blank food [technology [sports | places © © 149 Lisen sod respond 1) Helo. Nice tomeot you. (Ne tomeet you In pairs, write more words that you know in each column, How do you pronounce them? Online Practice 5G verb be and) V the world, numbers 21-100 P ay f/f, 3 Sentence stress Where are you from? All over the world Fm from Brazil 1 VOCABULARY the world a Canyou name three countries in English? b>p.149 Vocabulary Bank The world © 179) Listen. Say the nationality 1) Mexico ( Mexican dd Inpairs, do the quiz, PP Vesta phrases I ehink in vet [think i lapanese, ut fm nt sue. THE W 2 PRONUNCIATION «, 4/97, PP Theis sound The a! sound is the most common vowel sound in English, The /a’ sound has many different spellings, eg, Hello, Canada, Britain 4 @20}) Listen and repeat the words and sounds. \ | American Argentinian b @21)) Listen and repeat the sound pictures and sentences, Practice with a partner A 1 _ chess ¢ > p.166 Sound Bank. Look at the example words and spellings for the sounds ina and b. Charlesis Chinese, not French, She's Turkish ot Russian. I'm not sure. Where are these capital cities? a Lima b Hanoi © Dublin Ankara e Tehran eared a thedollar b the yuan therouble d the pound e theyen Se eee cae a tapas b kimchi © posta d tacos Ape eaaed 20) wat national anthem Write the nationality. b d 6 ()19)) What Language is it? Write a-d in the boxes. Turkish [_] Russian Chinese [| Spanish Languages The word for a language is usually the same as the nationality adjective, e.g, in Japan the language is Japanese.and E] fer the dialogues. Listen to three interviews in New York City. Which countries are the people from? b_ Read the dialogues. Complete them with I'm, 'm not, are, aren't, is, or isn't J = } | 1A AreyouMexican? 4 ‘Argentinian Whore you from in Argentina? from Cérdoba , 2 A Where you from? 8 from Australia, from Darwin 1k Wheres Darin? itnear Sydney? B Not ___.Itsinthe noth itnice? B Yesit__its beautiful Where you from? We're from Columbus, Ohio, inthe Us. youon vacation? No, we students, Were © Listen and check. > p.124 Grammar Bank 1B. Learn more about the verb be(Zland =| and practice it. © 24) Listen and respond with a short answer. ) leSythey the ceptal of Australa? Noite £ With a partner, write three questions beginning Is. or Are...? Ask them to another pair. 4 PRONUNCIATION & SPEAKING sentence stress Sentence stress In sentences, we stress the important words. Where's she from? she's from China a @25i) Listen and repeat. Copy the rhythm, 1 A Where are you from? B I'm from Boston. 2 A Areyou American? B No,!'m not. 'm Australian. b_ Practice the dialogues in 3 with a partner, © Communication Where are they from? Ap00 Bp.103, 4d Ask people in the class Where are you from? 5 VOCABULARY numbers 21-100 a Lookatthe signs. Can you say the numbers? MONTEREY 74 b > p.148 Vocabulary Bank Days and © @27)) Listen and write the numbers. Write ten numbers from 21-100. Dictate them toa partner. 6 LISTENING a @28)) Listen and repeat the pairs of numbers. What's the difference? 1a b30 0 Sal? bm 2ale b40 Gals D80 Ty 3a15 b50 7419 B90 aN 4216 b 60 Ss b @29)) Which mumberdoyouhear? Listen and€ircl@a or b above. © Play Bingo. 7 @30)) SONG All Over the World 3 7G possessive adjectives: my, your, etc. V classroom language out /u, fai; the alphabet How do you spell your last name? BEZERRA, Open your books, please 1 VOCABULARY classroom language a Lookat the picture of ack Match the words and pi board /bord/ LO chair ier ‘computer /kom'pyutor || desk ilesk door (dor picture table wall (wl window fwindou! b @31)) Listenand check. © >p.150 Vocabulary Bank Classroom language. 4. 34)) Listen and follow the instructions. 2 PRONUNCIATION fou /u fa; the alphabet a (350) Listen and repeat the words and sounds. A boot b_ @361) Look at these common abbreviations. Can you say any of them in English? Listen and check. OK CNN MTV BBC USB DVD BMW ATM school do partner are ¢ @37)) Complete the alphabet chart with B, C, D, K, M,N, 0,S, T,U, V, W. Listen and check. wa? a @. train | tree | egg | bike | phone | boot | car F I Q R 4 L Y J E G P = Zz 4 )38)) Listen and(ireld the letter you hear. 1EAI 2G] 3KQ_ 4cs SVPB 6MN 7VW 8UY apc ba Practice saying the phrases below with abbreviations. Personal Computer the United Kingdom a Sport Utility Vehicle Disc Jockey Very Important Person the United States a Portable Document Format the National Basketball Association3 LISTENING & SPEAKING b 40) Listen. Complete the receptionist’s, (303) A student goes to the US to study English. Listen to the questions, interview and complete her form. 1 Wha ’syour name? your last name? do you spell it? Where are you 2 old are you? Firstname (D - 7. 6 your address? Last name B a J 7 your zip code? 8 Whats your address? Country J 9 Whar your 2 Listen agin and repeat the questions. Co ty Co) death " Age C4 4. Askyour partner the questions. Write down his or her answers. Address { Avenida Princesa Isabel__] som eal soiree @=at .=dot Zip code ] Email (dbezerra@mail.com J 4 GRAMMAR possessive , ‘ adjectives: my, your, etc. Phone number 55 J a Complete the sentences with I, you, my, Cell phone number } a asad OO 1 Whereare from? 'm from Rio. 2 What's name? name's Darly b> p.124 Grammar Bank 1C. Learn more bout possessive adjectives and practice them. © (42) Listen. Change the sentences. 0) mcr. My name's Rca 5 SPEAKING > Communication What's his /her real name? A p.100B p.103. Find out if some actors’ and singers’ names are their real names or not. 6 WRITING > p.111 Writing Completing a form. Complete an application for a student visa and write paragraph about you. Online Procice1 VOCABULARY ina hotel a Match the words and symbols. ee reception /n'sepfh theglevator /slovertar single room adouble room abl rom the first floor /farst flor (second, third, etc) b 43) Listen and check, ‘sng ron 2 @4¢ INTRODUCTION a 44») Watch or listen to Jenny and Rob. Mark the sentences T (true) or F (false, 1 Rob lives and worksin London 2 He’sa writer fora magazine 3 Thename of his magazine is London 20seven Jenny is British 5 She's anassistant editor. 6 lesher second time inthe UK. Watch or listen again. Say why the F sentencesare false. 3 @4¢ CHECKING IN a @4si) Watch or listen to Jenny checking into a horel room. Answer the questions. 1 Complete Jenny's last name: Z1_LI 2. What's her room number? Sk 1b Watch or listen again. Complete the You Hear phrases. 2) You Heer You Say) Hallo. have a reservation. Good evening, madam. My name's Jennifer Zielinski Can you ‘that, please? For five nights? Zi -LINS-K Yes, that's right. Canthave your passport, please? Thank you. Can you sign here, 2? Thank you. Here's your Its room 306, on the third floor, The is over there. Justa second. Here you are, ‘The lft? Oh, the elevator. ‘Yes. Enjoy your stay, Ms, Zielinski I | American and Bish English Thank you. elevator=AmericanEnglish Uft= British English 2= (iin American English, cin British English, Greetings Good morning Good evening = 6:00 pm.> Good nigh ‘Madam = polite way to greet a woman SSir= a polite way to greet aman 12:00pm. Good afternoon = 12:00 pm. > 6:00 pm, Goodbye (when you goto bec) © (459) Watch or listen and repeat the You Say phrases. Copy the rhythm,4 @4 JENNY TALKS TO ROB a 48) Watch or listen and mark the sentences T (true) or F (false) 1 Jenny hasacoffee. 2. She isin London on business. 3 The waitress is German, 4 Jenny calls Rob Walker. 5 Jennys tired 6 Their meeting is at 10:00. Practice the dialogue with a partner, € Work in pairs. Read your role and look at the dialogue in 3b, What do you need to change? A (book open) You are the receptionist. I's 11:00 a.m. B's room is 207 on the second floor. Begin with Good morning sir] madam. B (book closed) You arrive atthe hotel. Use ‘your first name and last name. £ fi Role-play che dialogue. Thenchangeroles, __B- Watch of listen again. Say why the F sentences are false © @49}) Read the information in the box. Listen and repeat the Would you like...? phrases and the responses. Practice offering drinks and responding. (47) Look at the information in the box. Listen and repeat the Can...? phrases. Please doit an you. mae enya ee OT oy gem Can | have..? = Please give me (your passport, acl i ere tor ae Can have my key, please? Look at the Social English phrases, Who says them: Jenny, hh Youare ina hotel. How do you ask the Rob, or the waitress? reception give you..? es ee Social English phrases * yourkey + your passport Iim here fon business). Thisis [Rob. Rob Walker! + amapofLondon + apen Iim rom [New York]. What about you? That's perfect. No problem. les time for bed. Is that [lennifer]? € @50)) Watch or listen and check. Do you know what they are in your language? £ Watch or listen again and repeat the phrases, B conyu.2 check into a hotel and spell your name ‘ask somebody to do something /to give you something, offer somebody a drink, and accept or refuse CmG a/an, plurals; this/ that/ these/ those V things P final -s and -es; th 2A Awriter’s room What's this inEnglish? tts akey. VOCABULARY things Look ata photo of Roald Dahl, the author of many famous children's, books and stories for adults, Do you know any of his books? Look at the photo of his room. Check (7) or put an X next to the things you can see in the picture. Do you think the room is near? atable alamp computer achair pencils photos awindow aprinter aphone pieces of paper © > p.151 Vocabulary Bank Things. 2 GRAMMAR 2/an, plurals a Complete the chart. Singular ~~ | Plurat » apen SS pens » e b> p.126 Grammar Bank 2A part 1. Learn more about a /an and plurals, and practice them. watches dictionaries > e we 3 PRONUNCIATION final -s and -es a @s3)) Listen and repearthe words and sounds cy nake |books lamps tickets AM serra | photos keys pens iz glasses watches purse b (@54)) Read the rule, Circld the words where -esis pronounced itz) Listen and check. al-es Final -es after ce, ch, sh, 5, ge, and x= /iz/,e@, watches, glasses, change purses 1 classes 3 headphones 5 pieces 7 pages 2 files 4 boxes 6 tissues 8 chairsLISTENING & SPEAKING > Communi ion What's on the table? p.100. 551) Listen to three people say what things they have on the table or desk where they work. Are their tables neat? Listen again and check (7) the things they have, 1 2 3 a computer /a laptop printer alamp a phone books dictionary acalendar photos pieces of paper pens DVDs tissues Talk to. partner about the table where you work or study. Say what things you have. Say if the able is neat or not. shave laptop anda printer Ihave... kisnt nat. Play What isit? with your partner. A close your eyes. B give chings to your partner and ask What isit? What are they? GRAMMAR this / that / these / those 561) Look at pictures 1-4 and complete the dialogues. Listen and check. Practice the dialogues, Read the dialogues again. What’ the difference between...? 1 thisand these 2 thisand that 3 theseand those > p.126 Grammar Bank 2A part 2. Learn more about this] that these those and practice them. 6 PRONUNCIATION th a @s®)) Listen and repeat the words and sounds GS moter his the these te hey b_ @s99) Listen and repeat the phrase this Thursday thirty-three Practice saying them, those things “Thanks for that. ‘Theseare the keys What are those things there? Panthirty-three this Thursday. ‘© Workin pairs. Put four of your things on your table (singular or plural). Ask your partner For the things on your table Whats sinensis") (tsa watch ry tmstacteche) C tmvreccies, gh For things in the classroom (point): 1. What's this? tes 2 What are these? Theyre 2. What's that? 4. What are those? tes Theyre Cm4 oe V colors, adjectives, modifiers: very/really Isshe oe P long and short vowel sounds attractive? NTF Yes. she's very tal, J ye with red hale, gre Stars PZ) VOCABULARY colors, adjectives, part 1 a Whatcoloris the American flag? Write the missing letters. tsr_ di f. == andl , b_ Complete the other colors. bl_ck 9 WU W ery p_nk rong br_wn gr n ¢ Practice with the flags. Ask and answer. n= em C what color is it? 4 Whatcoloris your flag? © > p.152 Vocabulary Bank Adjectives. Do pare | GRAMMAR adjectives a What are they? Label the pictures in the US quiz using an adjective anda noun from each circle. Adjectives Nouns nice yellow food House ‘American New school aitines fast White taxis jeans blue high day York b @e2i) Listen and check. Cirelé)the correct rule. + Adjectives go before aftera noun + Adjectives change don't change before a plural noun, © > p.126 Grammar Bank 28. Learn more about adjectives and practice chem, 4. Cover the the pictures. Can you remember the eight phrases?3 PRONUNCIATION long and short vowel sounds a (®64)) Listen and repeat the words ps and sounds. fish tree saw bull boot b_ Match an adjective from circle A with an adjective from circle B with the same vowel sound. Write them in the chart. A 8 blue full cheap big ‘easy rich calm wrong ssmall_ hot ‘new good (651) Listen and check. >> p.166 Sound Bank. Look at the typical spellings for these sounds. . Adjective race In pairs, in three minutes make phrases with an adjective and a noun with the same vowel sound, Use a/ an with singular nouns. Adjectives: Nouns: old new book boots gray long jeans. photo black good day fish big cheap song cat An old photo £ 66) Listen and check. Practice saying the phrases, VOCABULARY adjectives part 2 > p.152 Vocabulary Bank Adjectives. Do part 2. Work in pairs. A say an adjective. B say a famous person. short ) 10m Cruise READING Read the descriptions and look at the photos. Who are the two people? Read them again, Guess the meaning of the highighifed words, WRITING & SPEAKING Think ofa famous person from any country in the world. Use the jobs in the box to help you. ‘actor/actress musician politician singer sportsman / sportswoman TV host Write a short description of the person. Give ito your partner. Can he / she guess who itis? Play Guess the famous person. A think ofa famous actor / actress. B askten questions using Is...? Try to guess the actor / actress. Isitamanora woman? ) CAwemen. Is. she American?) Cres. she is. marPlease V feelings P understanding connected speech slow down! a Don't worry. LISTENING & READING 699) The Carter family ison vacation, Look at the pictures, VOCABULARY feelings a Match the words and pictures, a Listen and number them 1-5. hungry sad bored hot thirsty happy angry cold stressed tired T] worried O collocation Use be+ hungry, thirsty, hot, etc, eg. Im very hungry. NOT thave very hungry. 'b 681) Listen and check. Repeat the phrases. © Cover the words and look at the pictures, Make'#!andisentences about how you feel and tell your partner. / Soreoly hungry. Iim vary tired. \iimret otb {sten again and read. Try to guess what the highlighted phrases mean. 1 aps Mom Dad ‘Mom 2 Suy Dad Tim Dad suzy Mom 3 Suzy Mom Tim Mom Dad 4 Tim Suzy Dad Tim Dad Tim Mom Dad 5 suzy Dad Tim Mom Dad After 100 feet, turn right. Tum right. Please slow down! This roadis very dangerous, ‘Don’t worry. You know tm a good driver. Dadi, this musics terrible Cen you tunit off? ok. Dad, m really hot. Turn the air ‘conditioning on, please, Are you hot, Suzy? No, Im col. Open your window, Tim. Iim thirsty. Where's the water? Here you ere, Imhungry. Canwe stop soon? Let's stop at that service station. 0K. Give me my Pod. This is my iPod! Be quiet! ‘Are we there yet?Im bored. Its not far now. Only 15 miles, Can you turn the radio on please, Mom? 0K. Oh, no! Where are we? We're here. At the hotel Great! Don't park here. Look at that sign No parking. Don't worry. I's OK. Come on Let's go. © (70}) Listento the end of the story. What are the ewo problems the fami 3 GRAMMAR imperatives, let’s a Look at the highlighted phrases in 2b. Then complete the chart, as [Tung perl : Titan parker << stop at that service station. Come on, Lats b> p.126 Grammar Bank 2C. Learn more about imperatives and ler’s,and practice them. © Lookat the pictures in 2 and cover the dialogues. Can you remember the imperatives and suggestions with each picture? What do the signs mean? Use a verb phrase from the list in a or =limperative becareful crosstheroadnaw —_goinhere smokehere listen tomusic here take photos tumleft turnoff yourphone eat ar drink here ®©®S HA® © Cover the list and look at the pictures. Can you remember the phrases? 4 PRONUNCIATION understanding connected speech Connected speech When people speak, they don't usually separate all the words. For ‘example, fa word ends with a consonant and the next word begins with a vowel, they join them together, eg. Turn_off the music a (@72}) Listen and writ six sentences. b Practice saying the sentences. 5 SPEAKING > Communication What's the matter? A p.101 B p.106. Role-play dialogues. 6 @73)) SONG Please Don't Go Ea1 GRAMMAR Girele) a, bore. Hello, __ your name? a What Whatare-c What's Maria is Mexican, a studen. a She's b Hes es A Where from? B He's from Tork abeis bis © ishe ‘They ___ South Korean, Theyre Vietnamese 10 n 12 13 4 15 a isn't b aren't ¢ notare A Areyou from Paris? B Yes, alam b I'm ¢ lare She's Brazilian. name's Daniela. a His b Her ¢ Your We're from the US. Preston. a Your b Their c Our A Whatare they? B They're. a watches b awatch © watchs A Whatisit? Bi’s a aumbrella b anumbrella © umbrella Look at those a womans b women © womens A Whatare ‘in English? B They’rekeys. fa that b this c these ‘These are very a. difficultexercises b exercises difficult © difficults exercises careful! That dog's dangerous. a Are b Beyou c Be Please ___ inthe library. a noteat b dontteat c noeat Ymhungry. stopat the cafe aes b We c Dont last nameis VOCABULARY a Complete with at, from, in, off, or to. 11m Japan. 2 Ni ‘meet you. 3. What's bonjour English? 4 Look the board. 5 Please turn___ your cell phone. 'b Complete the phrases with these verbs. Answer Stand Open Read Work 1 thetext 4 the door. 2 inpairs 5 the questions. 3 up. © Circle) the word that is different. = — five 1 eight wo seven file 2 Brazil Chinese Peru Iran 3 Spanish Traian Japanese ‘France 4 Africa Asia Ireland Europe 5 sixteen forty ninety cighty 6 Wednesday Iealy Friday Monday 7 glasses changepurse headphones scissors 8 door window wall school 9 wallet newspaper book magazine 10 happy tired angry stressed d_ Write the opposite adjective. 1 good 4 all 2 expensive 5 empty 3 diny PRONUNCIATION a Circle) the word witha different sound. 1@ia B c oD 2g Hi os pees 3 fz watches boxes files glasses 4 Japan German good page dangerous stamps bad _—_ laptop 1b Underline the stressed syllable. 1 alddress 2 I[tally 3 exipenisive 4 news|palper 5 thir(teenCAN YOU UNDERSTAND THIS TEXT? @ Read the article once. Do you know any more words that are British English, not American English? ‘American and British English— the same, but different ‘American and British people speak the same tanguage—English, but with some small differences. VOCABULARY F Some words are different in British English, forexample, British people say postcode, not zip code, holiday, not vacation, and mobile phone, not cell phone. Some words have different ‘meanings, for example in American English, a purse isa woman's bag. In British English, a purse isa small thing (Uke a wallet) where women have their money and credit cards. ‘SPELLING Color favor, and other words that end in -or in American English end with -ourin British English, e.c, colour, favour. Center, theater, and other words that end in -ter in American English end with -tre in British English, e.g, centre, theatre. GRAMMAR British grammar is very similar to American grammar, but with some small differences, especially prepositions. For example, British people say See you on Friday, but ‘Americans say See you Friday. PRONUNCIATION ‘The most important difference between American and British English is pronunciation. American accents and British accents are very different, and when a British person, starts speaking, American people know he or she is British, and vice versa, 'b Look at the highlighted words in the text and guess their meaning, © Read the article again, Mark the sentences T (true) or F (false. 1 American English and British English are very different. 2 Holiday and postcode are the same in British and American English. 3. Purse has different meanings in American and British English. 4 Neighbor is British spelling. 5. British and! American grammar are not very different. 6 It’sdifficult to know from their accent ifa person is British or American. a CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THESE PEOPLE? (474)) Onthe street Watch orlisten to five people and answer the questions. 2 iG q 3M (4! I Hernameis a Jenna b Jeana c Jeanna 2. Andy's from Newcastle in the of England, a northeast b northwest ¢ southeast 3 Davidis a Canadian b French ¢ Spanish 4 Hernameis a Elisa b Ellie © Elise 5 Tiffany is a German b Brazilian ¢ Russian CAN YOU SAY THIS IN ENGLISH? Do the tasks with a partner. Check (/) the box if you cando them, Canyou..2 1 [_| count from 0-20 2 _| count from 20-100 (20, 30, ete:) 3 |_| say the days of the week 4 (| give three instructions: twoBJand one El 5 6 introduce yourself and another person ] answer the questions below ‘+ What's your first name /last name? ‘+ How do you spell it? + Where are you from? WBC Short movies Hollywood, Los Angeles YWDED Watch and enjoy the movie. ‘Online Practice N19); G simple present if] and =] V verb phrases P third person-s They tive in ‘an apartment, He doesn't drink coffee. Things | love about the US 1 VOCABULARY verb phrases @ Complete the phrases with a verb from the list go read work have listen 1 newspaper 4 tothe movies 2 tothe radio 5 inan office 3 ildren b > p.153 Vocabulary Bank Verb phrases. © @3i) Listen. Say the phrase, )) TV. waten Tv 2 GRAMMAR simple present andEl @ Lookat four things people say about the US and Americans. Do you think they are true or not true? Then read the text and check your answers. The sun shines ‘americans are alba incr always loud. Four foreigners who live in the US talk about the things people say about Americans... ‘Americans eat fast food every day. Pei from China It true that Americans eat a lot of fastfood, but they don't eat fast food ‘every day. I share an apartment with an American woman, and she Cooks all the time. She only eats fast food on some days-with met ‘The sun shines a lot in Southern California. Alberto from Mexico ‘The weather changes quickly in many places in the US, but not in Souther California, The su a lot there. t doesnt shine every day, but be careful ‘when it shines. Ie gets very hot! always wear sunglasses when I go out. ‘Americans like animals. Naomi from Japan | have a lot of friends here and many of them have a dog, a cat, ora bird. One American family that | know has a dog, a cat, and two birds. ‘American people love animals! ‘Americans are always loud. Gianni from Italy Some Americans are very loud, but | work with an Amesican man at a coffee shop, _and he's really quiet and polite. He doesntalk very much. But he’ avery nice ay! b_ Answer the questions with a partner. 1 Look at the highlighted verbs. Why do some verbs end in-s 2. Write the he [she / it form of these verbs. change have talk 0 ‘cook ‘eat 3 Find evo negativel=iverbs, How are they different from affirmative #] verbsa) for he she it) forall other persons? © > p.128 Grammar Bank 3A. 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