Look at pictures a-d. Where do
People ore on vocono
Read the texts and match them with
pictures a-d. Are your ideas in 1a
correct?
Who would you lke to meet: Suzi, Andrey, Altan or Saddah? Why?
Alton
to be on vacahian «
Suzi —¢ (She's #0 Rio)
This is me in Rio de Joneio with my friend Claudio,
She lives in Brazil but she's from Spain, Shes a
lovely person ~ very worm anc kind.
Suniebaies leave Sutin mesa
Andrey +g (Hes 19 Sttetebu)
In this photo I'm in St Petersburg with my cousin
Oleg. He's Russian, but m from England — hs father
and my mother are brother and sister. Hes a really
pleasant guy and he's abriliant doctor. He's well
known in his prt of St Petersburg.
Who do you think says sentences 1-4?
you think the people are? 1 “Thave four classes every day
2 “ts fun to travel with fends” Avtar
3 ‘My family ive in diferent places.’ Andrey
4.‘ She speaks two languages ~ Spanish and Portuguese.’ Su)
In this photo, tm
Toor, He's a fantasti friend and he's very coo.
He's a great person to be on holiday with
Saddah -
This is my colleague Maram. We're teachers and
we work together in a school. She's quiet but
she's really friendly. She's olso very popular with
her students
view SadiVOCABULARY
Personality adjectives
Look at the sentence. The underlined
words are adjectives. Are they about Rio de
Janeiro or Claudia?
She's a laut person — very warm and kind!
1b Underline nine more adjectives in the texts.
‘Then put them in the correct gaps.
1 very good: coal, -gacat
dullinot —featartic
2 rice: lovely, warm, kind, Laseocily
-pltesoat
3 famous: elles
4 ‘hefshe doesnt talk much: -quaet
5 people ike hinvher: -papialax —
¢ Pronunciation Three words in the texts have
the /k/ sound:
send
Undesline the /k/ sound in these words.
‘Which two words do not have /k/?
‘cool quiet
cold car cheap itchen tke
coffee quick back key know
come make school
1d QB Talk about people you know. Use
adjectives from 2b.
‘My aunt Sophia’ fantastic
= she's very warm and
{tiendty woman.
@ B Now go to Vocabulary Focus 18 on
.16! for more Adjectives
LISTENING
a @AED Listen to the conversation. Complete
the nationalities (1-3) on the profiles below.
b GAA Listen again. Complete the profiles
with personality adjectives 4-6.
rd
a
unit 1*
GRAMMAR be: questions and short answers
@ GREE Complete the answers with the verbs in the box.
Listen and check.
arent isnt & ae
1 fs she alan?
2 Ishe from Poland?
3 Ave they marries?
4 Ave they Spanish?
No, she isa't___. she's rom Spain
Yes, hei
Yes, they axe
No, they —auea't "Theyre from Mexico,
1b Complete the table with the correct forms of the verb be.
Questions
Ace. you Australian?
xe you Spanish?
os helshe Turkish?
BLE they Russian?
Short answers
Yes, 1a. No, fim not
Yes, we are No, we arent.
Yes, helshe Li. | No, hefshe ach,
Yes, they oe. | No, theyausat
1B Now go to Grammar Focus 1B on p.136
d @RED Complete the conversations. Use contractions ‘s, ‘re and
isn't if possible. Listen and check.
1h My fiend Tony "3. English. He 25.
very kind
B 215 he fom London?
A Yes hetis
[A My thiends, Joe and Mel, 8x2 American
They &2£— very warm and trendy.
B Ast they married?
1b No, they Sauzn'. They °=12 just good friends,
SPEAKING
Write down words about
lends, family and famous people you
know from other countries.
mila ~ Brith, cool, po
ypular Gabrel~Mesican,quet kind
b Cav Talk about the people you know. Look at the conversations
in 4d to help you.