My favourite things in life

don't cost any money.

1 VOCABULARY things
Complete the crossword.
Clues across -+ Clues down ~

2 GRAMMAR a / an, plurals; this / that / c Complete the sentences with this, that, these, or those.
these / those
1 Ibm.'s a French newspaper.
a Write It 's + a I an or They 're.
It 's a purse.
2 They 're pens.
3 diary. 2 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ watch
4 umbrella. is Swiss.
S stamps.
6 keys.
7 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ identity card. 3 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ aremy
8 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ pencil. headphones!
b Write each word in its plural form in the correct column.

pencil city eein ticket diary watch window 4 _ _ _ __ __ book

adclr-es-s sandwich country class dictionary
good.

-s -es -ies
cams addresses cities S _ _ _ _ _ _ _ are
your keys.

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d Complete the chart. 4 READING
Singular Plural Read the text and label the pictures.
man

women
The top five things
person
in people's bags
children
Keys are at the top of the list. They can be house keys,
e Complete the sentences with a word from the chart in d . car keys, or office keys. Next are pens, to write down names,
numbers, and email addresses. Number three on t he list is
Her mother is a very nice pel"son
a packet of tissues. These can be white or different colours,
2 My English teacher is a . His name's like pink or yellow. Next is medicine, for example paracetamol
William. for a bad head. Receipts are number five on the list. These
3 I have two _ _ _ _ . My first _ _ _ _ is six are small pieces of paper from shops.
years old.
4 Many British drink tea. medicine
5 Not those toilets, Mr Davis! They're for
_ _ _ _ , not _ _ __

3 PRONUNCIATION final-s and -es; th

a ~~!Vthe word which ends in /Iz/.
1 coins wallets ceurs~
2 classes files scissors
3 stamps ' books addresses
4 photos watches headphones 4 5
5 tissues pens sandwiches
6 magazines glasses newspapers
b Listen and check. Then listen again and 5 LISTENING
repeat the words. Listen to four people talking about things they have in
c ~irc1.vthe word with a different sound. their bags. Which person ... ?
1 has a book in his I her bag which helps him I her speak
(5 to people
1 that they thanks 2 has something to listen to music
mother 3 changes bags every day
4 has a computer in his I her bag
8 2 thing thirty these
th umb
USEFUL WORDS AND PHRASES
(5 Learn these words and phrases.
3 three this the
lamp hemp
mother
room ru:m l
8 4 Thursday those thirteen
tidy 'tdldi l
untidy ,\n'tului
thu mb What's this in English? \\ots OIS 111 'IJJglIJ
d Listen and check. Then listen again and
repeat the words.
 2A Grammar a / an; plurals; this / that / these / those
 a Complete the phrases with a, an or –.
1 They’re – pens. 5 This is address book.
2 They’re stamps. 6 It’s umbrella.
3 It’s wallet. 7 This is credit card.
4 It’s identity card. 8 They’re watches.

  b Look at the pictures. Write a question with this, that, these, or those and complete the answers.
1 2 3

1 What’s that? 2 What are those? 3 ?

It’s a table. They’re books. DVD.

4 5 6

4 ? 5 ? 6 ?
keys. hotel. diary.

7 8 9

7 ? 8 ? 9 ?
mobile phone. dictionaries. printer.

10 11 12

10 ? 11 ? 12 ?
glasses. TV. tickets.

activation
  c Test your memory. Cover the sentences and look at the pictures. Take turns to ask and answer.
What’s this / that in English?    It’s a …     What are these / those in English?   They’re …

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 2A Communicative Mystery objects
1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8

9 10 11 12

13 14 15 16

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 2A VOCABULARY Common objects
Look at the ANAGRAMS. Order the letters and write the words. Match them to pictures
1–15. Use a / an with the singular nouns.
1 2 3
ANAGRAMS
a enidytit arcd
b oicn
c urpes
d tcwha
e teawll
f life
g crossiss
4 5 6
h emnaigza
i platpo
j salsseguns
k yek
l riady
m ckitet
n pamst
o erumball
7 8 9

a an identity card 7
b
c
d
e
f
g
10 11 12
h
i
j
k
l
m
n
o
13 14 15

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