_O ientamini (ere pee Communication Describe someone's personality @ Read along as you listen to Alex and his friends. Grammar Review of the simple present (Guiaaas Possesive pronouns: mine, Hi. Mj ‘yours (sing.), hers, his, ours, ly name's Alex Romero. fe I'm 15 years old. 'm a member yours (ol), thelrs of Teen Scene, a drama and Whose? music group. | play the guitar, Vocabulary Tm easygoing, and Im not shy -f Personality traits Hi. 'm Joseph Sandere, but my nickname’s Joe. 'm also 15. Diane, my sister, says Ima bookworm because | enjoy reading, | love books. Alex and | are best friends, but we're opposites. He's easygoing, but I'm a little serious. Alex Io T'm Lori Hudson. I'm 16, Diane, Karen, and | are friends. We're all in Teen Scene. We're aleoih Green Fire, adance and music oa I Hello. fm Diane Sandere, and I'm : ‘1A years old. My (im shy, except when brother Joe and | (im performing. My are very different, mom tells me I'm very I'm outgoing and competitive. | always sa a | friendly, but he's \ try to be the best. quiet and studious. He's algo really smart. My name's Karen Jackson, ana I'm 14. 'm from Los Angeles, but now I lve in New York City. love Broadway! | go to a lot of shows, 4, 'm also outgoing and friendly, lke Diane. That's why we click: Escaneado con CamScanner2 Comprehension 3 Vocabulary A. Write the names of the Personality traits characters. 1. He’ the director of A. Match each personality trait with the correct definition. Teen Scene, 71. popular a, makes a lot of rules to be followed Paul Chan 2. easygoing <__ bt liked by a lot of people 2. Alex is his best friend. 3. quiet ¢. not easily upset; usually not worried 4, studious ___d. enjoyable or entertaining 3., She's from Los Angeles. 5. smart 1 @. spends a lot of time studying 6. serious £ intelligent 4. She's Joe's sister. 7. outgoing—___g, very calm; not noisy or loud x ; 8. shy L h. very sensible; usually works hard 5. He plays the guitar. 9. competitive 1___i. enjoys meeting new people 10. fun___ j. determined to be better than other 6. She's in Green Fire with perk Diane and Karen, M1. strict _ k. uncomfortable around other people B. PAIRS. Which of the adjectives in Exercise A describe you? Talk with a classmate. For example: A: I'm pretty easygoing, but I'm also shy. What about you? B: I’m not shy at all. I'm very outgoing. C. GROUPS. Form groups of four. Choose adjectives from Exercise A that describe one of your classmates. Describe that person to the members of your group and have them guess the person's name. I'm Faul Chan, the director of Teen Learn to learn ‘Scene. I'm 26.1 enjoy working with teenagers, Theyre ‘ pte i also ie i ‘opposite, too. This will double your vocabulary. challenging. ; 1 I'm serious, but I'm not strict. I'm just Match the adjectives with their opposites. Use a dictionary if you need to. a perfectionist! 1. studious shy | 2. friendly -—~b. lazy 3. fun “ c. strict ~ 4, outgoing 4d. unpopular 4 5. popular @. talkative i 6 quiet f. unfriendly 1 g. boring \ | : i senna SVAN Escaneado con CamScanner= \Q))) GRAMMAR Focus Review of the simple present: Affirmative statements Negative statements be Tm ts. I'm not in Teen Sc Diane is outgoing. Diane’s not shy./Diane isn’t shy. Lori and Diane are friends. They're not sisters. They afen't sisters. We're in Green Fire, ‘We're not in Green Fire./ We aren’t in Green Fire. Yes/No questions Affirmative answers Paci ‘Are you in Teen Scene? Yes, lam. o,1'm nat. i 1s Diane outgoing? Yes, she is No, she’s era. Are Alex and Joe best friends? Yes, they are. No, they’re not. Information questions Short answers Long answers Who is she? ‘My teacher. She’ nent How old are you? Fifteen. tm Where are they? Atschool. They're at school. Discovering grammar S ae (2) Look at the grammar chart. Answer the questions. 1. What are the simple affirmative present forms of the verb be? 2. What words do Yes/No questions with be begin with? = 3. What are some examples of question words used in information questions? Practicing grammar 4 Practice ‘A. Write affirmative (+) and negative (-) statements, describing each person. Use the verb be and the adjectives you have learned. 1, Alex: (4) Alexie popular with glrlo. (-) —He'o not ohy. an 2. Lori: 1 We Q———_—_ e 4. Karen and Diane: wo QL er i 5. Joe: @ o+ 3 6. Diane: B. GROUPS. Imagine you are one of the characters. Describe yourself to your classmates. They will try to guess which character you are. 5 Practice PAIRS, Ask and answer Yes/No questions about people in your class. Use the cues and any of your classmates’ names, 1, shy 7 A: _l9 Ann shy? B; __No, she’s not./Yes, she is. 2, outgoing. 3. talkative 4. competitive 5. serious Escaneado con CamScanner6 Practice Play a game. Go to page 68. 7 Practice A, Write information questions about the self-introductions on pages 6-7. Use the cues. 1. (Who) Paul Q: __Who's Paul? 2. (What) Teen Scene - Q: fev 3. (How old) Paul Q w 4. (What) Green Fire Q: Mt SRST as 5. (Who) the Green Fire members 6. (What) Lor’ last name Ce | 7. (Who) from Los Angeles B. PAIRS. Take turns asking and answering the questions in Exercise A. Don't look at the reading. 8 Comitiunication Describe someone's personality A. (5) Listen to the conversation. Who's that? He's my classmate. What's his name? Adam. He looks really cool. Heis, but he’s pretty shy. Perey B. PAIRS. Role-play the conversation with a partner. C. PAIRS. With a classmate, write your own conversation about a new person at your school. Use Exercise A as your model. Then role-play your conversation. GROUPS. Talk about yourself. Tell your classmates the following information about yourself: * your name + your nickname if you have one + your age + other interesting information about yourself and your personality Useful language: + My name's, + My nickname + I'm friendly/shy/serious/ete. “Lenjoy... Escaneado con CamScannerPa 9 Dialogue © cover the dialogue and listen. Mom: So, how’s Teen Scene, kids? What are you up to these days? Joe: Alot. We're busy with practice. We have a show in November. Mom: That's great! What kind is it? Diane: It'sa musical. It's a mixture of hip- hop, pop, and Broadway. Dad: Really? Sounds interesting. Whose idea was it? Diane: I'd like to say miné, but... Joe: Yours? Ours, Diane. Not just yours. Dad: That's enough, you two. So, how’s your new director? Diane: Paul? He's OK. He's friendly, but I think he’s a perfectionist. Joe: Yeah, he makes us practice a lot. He's really serious. Mom: That's not so bad. It is. He's not exactly easygoing. Tet he keeps you busy. 10 Comprehension ‘A. Answer the questions. 1. When is the Teen Scene show this year? 2. What kind of show is it? 7 3. What adjectives does Diane use to describe Paul? , (7) Read along as you listen again. Check your answers. 11 Useful expressions Listen and repeat. What are you up to these days? ” * That's enough. + That's not so bad. #Tbet..- + Sounds [interesting]. B. Match each expression jin Exercise A with, an expression below. 1. Seems nice. “Sounds interesting. — What's new? __——_+$- —_— Ym sure... —$___— Stop it, —_-_!_ That's OK, —_______> ~— seer Escaneado con CamScanneri] GRAMMAR Focus Review of the simple present: other verbs. Affirmative statement Negative statement. Joe practices every day. He doesn’t practice on weekends. Joe and Diane have busy schedules. They don’t have much free time. Yes/No questions Affirmative answers Negative answers Does Joe practice on weekends? Yes, he does. No, he doesn’t. Do Joe and Diane have busy schedules? ‘Yes, they do. No, they don’t. Information questions | ‘Short answers Long answers When does Joe practice? After school. He practices after school. ‘Where do Joe and Diane practice? At school. ‘They practice at school. Discovering grammar 13 Practice PAIRS. Look at the grammar chart. Complete the rules with > PAIRS. Ask and answer two do or does. £ Yes/No questions about each 1. In questions with he, she, and it, use ___ + the base article in Exercise 12. form of a verb. For example: 2. In questions with J, you, we, and they, use__¢ > __ + the Q: Does Michelle Wie play _ base form of a verb. tennis? A: No, she doesn’t. She plays golf. Practicing grammar 12 Practice Complete the paragraphs with the simple present. 14 Practice PAIRS. Ask and answer two information questions about each article in Exercise 12. For example: Q: Where do Angelina Jolie ‘onlya teenager, world-class golf. “aller Michelle (not/spend). and Brad Fitt live? time playing golf. She also (love) A: They live in California. readingand drawing. ana ne lc aiace 15 Writing |2. Brad Pitt andl Angelina Jolie (be) A. In your notebook, write a |] Hollywood actors. ‘They ve) 1" magazine article about a person you admire. in California. ‘They (do) _______alot of B. PAIRS. Read your classmate's paragraph. Circle any errors. Use the Peer editing checklist on page 138 to help you. around the world to help the poor. Braut( his fame to help save the environment. Unit 1 Escaneado con CamScanner 117 Practice GRAMMAR Focus 9s, Form groups of four Grou! ' Possessive pronouns 1, Every person in Your Br04uP in Possessive Possessive Possessive Possessive puts three iter ee adjectives pronouns adjectives pronouns Don't look at th Z my mine Ws my book. Its mine. 2. Choose three items from your yours It's your book. It’s yours. the bag. Don't take yours! her hers Isher book. Wshers” 3, Find out to whom each item his his Its his book. Is his. * longs. Whoever finds the our ours Its our book. Wsours,.¢), fall three items your yours Those are your books. Those are yours. ‘owners of a their theirs Those are their books. Those are thelrs. first wins. gle. els Question with Whose? Short answer tong answer For example: Whose is that? Mine. It’s mine. ws i 2 ‘ " ‘ ‘A: Daniel, is this yours? Whose idea sit? Ours. Is ours. B Novis not mine. I's his/ Discovering grammar ca Look at the grammar chart. Circle the correct answers. 18 Pronunciation 1. A possessive pronoun replaces a possessive adjective and a ae a (pronoun {foun) Linking words in 2. A noun (alivays KAETBD follows a possessive pronoun. connected speech —_—— A. (2) Listen and repeat. Whose are these? Practicing grammar goo B: Those gre mine. i s As Whose idea wag jt? 16 Practice ; B: Itwashis. Rewrite the sentences. Use possessive pronouns. As Whee eit 1. Those are their CDs. Those CDs are theirs. B: It's ours. an Vp " a 2. This is her backpack. a a ae B. PAIRS. Practice the 3. That's our soccer ball. H questions and answers. 4, That's my comic book. allel avasPe teal pe wy . 5, Those arehissneakers, 22 19 Listening 6. This is your cell phone. a ae isten to the conversation. Put a check (v) below the name of the person who owns each object. Cotnwece mec Socks Shirts Sneakers Magazines Basketball | \ Escaneado con CamScannerReview of the simple present: be Statements 1. Complete Sofia’s e-mail with the correct forms of the verb be. Use contractions when possible. k ea || Hi, Emily, Be |] My name _!S__ Sofia. I___ fifteen 7% w a ass years old. 1___ in the ninth grade | | at Wheeler High School in Queens, | Hd | New York. I___ friendly and very 2 complete the sentences with the correct Sct | forms of the verb be, Use contractions |} competitive. [have long, brown hair uaan'pessbie! ee and blue eyes. I wear glasses. There are F ne {eee five people in my family: my fates, my 1. I (negative form) ‘miot__ fifteen years old. | || mother, my brother, my sister, and I. 1____twelve years old. : || My father’s name —— Juan. He 5a 2. They (negative form) in my high iv salesman for a computer company. My || school. They ——— in your high school, | saustiee's Raine Rien: She a 3. You (negative form) from Mexico. |” Wael ty inter eke You___— from Brazil. | i teacher. My sister's name Lind 4. He (negative form) ____— outgoing. He : she sixteen years old: My brother, J shy. Juan, —- nineteen years old. He = 5. Her hair (negative form) ____— brown. f | in college. My sister and brother Her hair ___— blonde. | cool! 6 We (negative forn) always serious. | Wiige. : | Sometimes we funny. } f] My bestfriend at school } 7, [_____imhigh school. I (negative form) Barbara. We love basketball. We | in college. | on the girls’ basketball team. We —— 8, She______on the soccer team. She { BH ro) | (not) the best players, but we have a (negative form) on the volleyball | team. | Jot of fun playing. You my new eam | e-mail friend, so please write me soon. | |] ell me about yourself and your family. || Sofia i Grammar Builder 115 Escaneado con CamScanner| { Review of the simple present: be | Yes/No questions 3 Read Sofia's e-mail on page 115 again. Then write questions and answers using the ‘ues. If the answer is No, write the correct information. 1. Sofia / sixteen years old /? Is Sofia sixteen years old? No, she’s not. She's fifteen years old. Review of the simple present: be Information questions 4. Write questions for the underlined words. Use Who, How old, and Where. (ites He's my cousin. 1 The game is in Los Angeles. 4. her mother’s name / Rosa / ? 5. her father / a teacher / ? 6. Sofia and Barbara / ona soccer team / ? 7. Sofia and Barbara / best friends / ? 8. Sofia / in eighth grade /? ). Sofia’s mother / a nurse / ? |. Sofia’s school / in Manhattan / ? 116 Unit 1 3. 2 Sofia / unfriendly / ? My aunt is a doctor. 4. My brothers are nine years old. ‘ Mike 8. . 2 seen eee Your skateboard is in the garage. 6. They are eleven years old. Review of the simple present: other verbs Statements and Yes/No questions 5 Complete the conversation with the correct forms of the verbs. Philip: Hi Ben, what are you up to these days? Ben: I'm really busy with the band. We have (ave) have Cool! That (sound) a show next week. like fun, YOU (want) a ticket? I (have) some here, Philip: Yes, please! I (love) —_—_ your music. My girlfriend (ove) ___ it, too. Can Thave two tickets?” Ben: Sure, What about your sister? o she (enjoy) going to shows? Philip: Yes, she But I'm sorry to say she (not/ike) Ben: No problem. your band! Escaneado con CamScannerThe simple present: other vel (CPossessive pronouns) rbs Information questions —e 7 Complete the sentences with the correct, 6 Read the answers. Then write questions Possessive pronouns. about the underlined words. Use Who, is i What, When, and Where. : 2. Trade my pew CD. This new CDis Mine _. 2. That is his soccer ball. ‘That soccer ball is 3. That is your video game. That video game is 4, Those are our backpacks. Those backpacks are ____—- 5, Those are her comic books. { Those comic books are 6. Those are their cell phones. ‘Those cell phones are —__—. 7. This is my magazine. 1. Where do your mom and dad live? ‘ ay This magazine is ‘My mom and dad live in Caracas, Venezuela. 8 Circle the correct words to complete the 2 conversations. Igo to bed at 1. At This cell phone is cool. Is it (your /Gours) a or Clara’s? " : B: It’s (my / mine). (Her / Hers) is in her My brother works in a restaurant. backpack. 4. $$$ 2. At Is this (our / ours) CD player, or is it My brother likes rap music. (their / theirs)? 5. B: It’s (our / ours). Summer vacation starts in June. 3. A: Can I use this cassette player? | epee B: Ask Elena and Pablo, It's (their / theirs) cassette player. Sam plays football. 7 Mark plays the guitar. (oe My dad helps me with my homework. OR My aunt loves chocolate cake. Grammar Builder 117 —<$—$$ OVO Escaneado con CamScanner