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1A GRAMMAR verb be + , subject pronouns

 a Complete the sentences with a pronoun (I, You, etc.) and ’m, ’re, or ’s.

1 I’m at the airport.

2 my teacher.

3 in Class 2.

4 taxis.

5 my house.

6 Hello. your teacher.

7 in this class.

8 egg sandwiches.

9 in the café.

10 in Room 231.

11 my computer.

12 a student in my class.

 b Rewrite sentences 1–12 with the full forms (NOT contractions).

1 I am at the airport. 7 in this class.


2 my teacher. 8 egg sandwiches.
3 in Class 2. 9 in the café.
4 taxis. 10 in Room 231.
5 my house. 11 my computer.
6 your teacher. 12 a student in my class.

ACTIVATION
Test your memory. Cover the sentences in a and look at the pictures.
Say the sentences. Use contractions.

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1B GRAMMAR verb be − and ?

Complete the conversations with a form of the verb be. Use contractions where possible.

1 2

Juan Hi. Chris Hi, I 1'm Chris.


Petra 1Is this Class 2? Hello. My name 2       
Oliver  Oliver. It’s
Yes, it 2       
Juan  . 3       
you in my first day here.
this class, too? Chris 3
you German, Oliver?
       
4 5
Petra 
Yes, I        
. What         Oliver No, I 4       
. I’m Swiss.
your name? Chris Oh, which city 5       
you from?
6
Juan I        
Juan. I 6       
Oliver  from Lucerne, in the centre
7
Petra My name        
Petra. of Switzerland.
Juan Where 8       
you from, Petra? Chris 7
it nice in Lucerne?
       
9
Petra 
I        from the Czech Republic. Yes, it 8       
Oliver  . It’s beautiful.
And you? 9
        you English?
Juan I 10       
from Madrid. Chris No, I 10       
. I 11       
Irish.
11
Petra you Spanish?
        Oliver Where 12       
you from in Ireland?
No, I 12       
Juan  . I 13        Chris Dublin, the capital.
Mexican, but I live in Spain. Oliver Really. 13       
Dublin nice?
14
Petra Who        
our teacher? Chris Yes, it 14       
great!
15
Juan Her name        
Diane. Oliver 15       this my computer?
16
Petra she English?
        No, it 16       
Chris  . This is your
17 18
Juan 
No, she        
. She         computer here.
American. Oliver Thanks. 17       
the boss here?
19
Petra 
Where         the other students? Chris No, he 18        
. He’s in a meeting.
20
       they in class? 19
Oliver          the other people in the
No, they 21       
Juan  . They 22        office English?
in the café!
No, they 20       
Chris  . They
21
        from all over the world.
Have a good first day at work!

ACTIVATION
Practise the conversations with a partner.

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1C GRAMMAR  possessive adjectives: my, your, etc.
Look at the pictures. Complete the sentences with my, your, his, her, our, or their.

1 What’s your name?

2 They’re dogs.

3 They’re children.

4 That’s house.

5 How do you spell surname?

6 Oh no! That’s train.

7 names are Sophie and Ellie.

8 This is room.

9 They’re boots.

10
I think this is bag.

11
That’s hotel.

12
Where’s car?

ACTIVATION
Test your memory. Cover the sentences and look at the pictures. Say the sentences.

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2A GRAMMAR  singular and plural nouns
 a Complete the SINGULAR column with a or an. Then complete the PLURAL column.

SINGULAR PLURAL SINGULAR PLURAL

1 a credit card credit cards 6 dictionary

2 magazine 7 address

3 child 8 man

4 airport 9 laptop

5 university 10
city

 b Look at the pictures. Write a question with it or they and complete the answers.

1 What are they? 2 What is it? 3 ? 4 ?


They’re pencils. It’s a lamp.

5 ? 6 ? 7 ? 8 ?

9 ? 10
? 11
? 12
?

ACTIVATION
Test your memory. Cover the sentences and look at the pictures. Take turns to ask and answer.

  What is it?   It’s a…   What are they?   They’re…

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2B GRAMMAR adjectives
Write sentences for pictures 1–12. Use an adjective from the list.

1 2 3 4

a man a hotel watches a train

5 6 7 8

an exercise an actress snakes women

9 10 11 12

a car boots a road men

small
tall beautiful rich new
easy expensive old long
cheap fast dangerous

1 He’s a rich man. 7


2 8
3 9
4 10

5 11

6 12

ACTIVATION
Test your memory. Cover the sentences and adjectives. Look at the pictures and say the sentences.

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2C GRAMMAR imperatives, let’s
 a Complete the conversations with a + or − imperative using a verb from the list.

be ​be  ​close have ​
listen ​
sign ​
slow down ​
stop ​
take ​
turn off

1 A I’m cold. Close the window, please. 6 A  the TV and finish


B OK. your homework!
B OK, Dad.
2 A What time is the exam?
B Tomorrow at 9.00. Don’t be late! 7 A a good weekend.
B You too. See you on Monday.
3 A photos!
B Why not? 8 A careful! The coffee
is very hot.
A Look at that sign – ‘No photographs in
the museum’. B OK. Thank you.

4 A Sh! Be quiet and to 9 A  your name here,


the teacher. please.
B Sorry. B Sure. Can I have a pen?

5 A here! 10
A  ! The speed limit is
60 kph on this road!
B Why not?
B I know, but we’re very late!
A It’s a bus stop.

 b Complete the conversations with Let’s… and a verb from the list.

ask ​
check ​
cross go have ​stop

1 A I’m tired.
B OK. Let’s stop and sit down.

2 A I’m really thirsty.


B Me too. to a
café and have a drink.

3 A I’m hungry.
B Me too! a
sandwich.

4 A the road here.


B No! It’s really dangerous.

5 A Where’s the bus station?


B 
I don’t know.
that man.

6 A What’s the capital of Turkey?


B I think it’s Ankara, but I’m not sure.
on the internet.

ACTIVATION
Practise the conversations with a partner.

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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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2B COMMUNICATIVE  Can you name…?

an expensive watch

a dangerous sport

a long name

an old song

a very rich person

a strong person

a high mountain

a good actor

a hot drink

a fast car

a difficult language

a terrible film

a very young musician

a cold country

a very beautiful actress

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1A VOCABULARY  Days of the week / Numbers 0–20
 a Find the numbers and days, and write the words in the right place in the lists.

d ay OFIVEMAZ
Tfri TW
Q
HTJ EL
VE
AXt GBEIG
h r e e YK

CO
EL
EV
N IN SQTWENTYNBCM EN SX O N
DT
HU R I RTEE ON
DA
SDAYDKLPT H
Y
OT

X
UEN
D AY F PUFIFTEEN INETEENEL
R
SATU RU
SH
AW W
V C A ED
EVFOURTEEN N ES
DAYTWU
Numbers Days
0 1
1 11
2
2 12
3
3 three 13
4
4 14
5
5 15
6 Friday
6 16
7
7 17

8 18

9 19

10
20

 b Complete the lists with numbers and days.

 c Look at the code. Use it to write the words.

0 = P  1 = H   2 = R  3 = D  4 = N  5 = F  6 = M  7 = W  8 = U  9 = A  10 = T
11 = L  12 = E  13 = Y  14 = I  15 = S  16 = G  17 = V  18 = O  19 = B  20 = C

1   10 7 12 11 17 12 = 4   7 12 11 20 18 6 12 =

2   16 18 18 3 19 13 12 = 5   4 14 4 12 10 12 12 4 =

3   6 8 15 12 8 6 = 6   15 9 10 8 2 3 9 13 =

ACTIVATION
Think of three words, days, or numbers and put them into the code.
Say the code numbers to your partner. He / she writes the words.

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1B VOCABULARY  The world
 a Look at the pictures. Complete the names of the countries and write the nationalities.

1 2 3 4

Country: Spain Country: Fr Country: Ger Country: Ch


Nationality: Spanish Nationality: Nationality: Nationality:

5 6 7 8

Country: Ar Country: Tu Country: Po Country: Me


Nationality: Nationality: Nationality: Nationality:

 b Look at the pictures. Complete the sentences with a country or nationality.

1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8

1 Geishas are from . 5 Guinness is an beer.


2 Samba is a dance. 6 Moscow is the capital of .
3 Boomerangs are from . 7 Lindt is chocolate.
4 Uganda, Kenya, and Ethiopia are 8 Prague is the capital of the .
countries.

ACTIVATION
Look at the pictures and say the countries and nationalities.

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1C VOCABULARY  Classroom language
Complete the conversations between a teacher and a student.

1
Student 
How do you say ‘kot’ in
English?
Teacher It’s ‘cat’.
It’s ‘cat’. Student 
How 
? C - A - T.

Teacher 
C-A-T.

2
Teacher 
 , please.
Student 
What
?
Teacher Eighty-four.

3
Student 
Sorry
!
Teacher 
OK.
.

4
Teacher 
questions.
Student 
Yes, what’s
me, ? the problem?
Teacher Yes, what’s the problem?

Can you
5 match the
Teacher  A. words and the
definitions?
Can you match the words
and definitions?
Student I .

ACTIVATION
Practise the conversations with a partner.

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2A VOCABULARY Things
Look at the ANAGRAMS. Order the letters and write the words. Use a / an with
the singular nouns. Match the words to pictures 1–15.

ANAGRAMS

a enidytit arcd d tcwha g crossiss j salsseguns m ckitet

b oicn e teawll h emnaigza k yek n pamst

c urpes f life i platpo l riady o erumball

a an identity card 7 f k
b g l
c h m
d i n
e j o

1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10

11 12 13 14 15

ACTIVATION
Test a partner.

  What’s number 1?

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2B VOCABULARY  Opposites crossword
Look at the clues and complete the crossword.

1
S
A
2
F
3 4
E
5 6 7 8

9 10

11

12

13

14 15

16 17

18

DOWN ACROSS

1 the opposite of dangerous 3 the opposite of cheap

2 the opposite of easy 6 the opposite of big

4 the opposite of full 9 the opposite of hot

5 the opposite of weak the opposite of the same


11

7 the opposite of dark the opposite of tall


12

8 the opposite of slow the opposite of ugly


13

the opposite of clean


10 the opposite of wrong
14

the opposite of low


15 the opposite of bad
16

the opposite of young


17 the opposite of poor
18

ACTIVATION
Cover the crossword and test your partner.

  What’s the opposite of dangerous?   Safe.

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3A VOCABULARY  Verb phrases
Match the verbs in the list to phrases 1–23. Write them in the VERB column.

cook ​
do (x2) ​
drink drive eat ​go ​ have like ​
listen ​
live need  play (x2)
read say ​speak ​study ​take want ​watch ​wear ​work

VERB

1 a new phone, new glasses need

2 a coffee want

3 vegetables, fruit eat

4 a garden, two children

5 exercise, yoga

6 to the cinema, to the gym

7 mineral water, tea, or coffee

8 in a flat, in a big city

9 a magazine, a book

10
German, two languages

11
an umbrella, your camera

12
history, for an exam

13
in an office, in a school

14
to pop music, to the radio

15
thank you, hello

16
glasses, jeans

17
housework, homework

18
the guitar, the piano

19
TV, a film

20
animals, Mexican food

21
tennis, chess

22
dinner, pasta

23
a car, a Toyota

ACTIVATION
Test your memory. Cover the VERB column. Say phrases 1–23.

  need a new phone

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