CEFR UNIT

0 Getting to know you

Getting to know you
GRAMMAR: questions; be; have; present simple; present continuous; want / need
UNIT
FOCUS
A1 CEFR
A1 FOCUS
VOCABULARY: personal information; the alphabet; physical activities; work and life; musical instruments
FUNCTIONS: introducing yourself and other people; asking personal questions; talking about objectives

Lesson 1 Who are you?

1. 1.2 Listen and repeat the conversation. Then say hello to other people.

FIRAT Hi! I’m Firat. FIRAT Good to meet you.

OLGA Hello! My name’s Olga. OLGA Nice to meet you, too.

2. 1.3 Complete the conversation below. Then listen and check.

TEACHER Hello! 1. ____________ here for the pre- CARLA Oh, sorry. V-A-L-E-N-Z-U-E-L-A.
intermediate English course? TEACHER Ah. OK. And where 5____________?
CARLA Yes, I am. CARLA I’m from La Paz.
TEACHER What’s 2. ____________? TEACHER In Bolivia?
CARLA Carla Valenzuela. CARLA No, in Mexico?
TEACHER How 3. ____________ that? TEACHER Oh! There’s a La Paz in Mexico?
CARLA C-A-R … CARLA Yes, in Baja California!
TEACHER No, sorry, I meant, how 4. ____________
your last name?

3. 1.4 These
letters are sometimes hard to say in English. How do
you say them? Listen and check.
a  e  i  o  u  w  y  g  j

4. Act out the conversation in Exercise 2 with three different

people. Use your own name and place.

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 VOCABULARY 
5. Write the words under the correct heading. Which word doesn’t fit? Add two more words to
each category.
drums keyboard Pilates retired running snake student saxophone swimming
teacher unemployed violin volleyball

PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES WORK AND LIFE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

6. Complete the phrases with words from Exercise 5.

1. do judo, yoga, ________ 3.  play soccer, ping pong, tennis, ________
2. go jogging, climbing, ________, ________ 4.  play the piano, guitar, ________, ________, ________, ________

7. Add these words to the lists in Exercise 6.

banjo    sports    flute    golf    karate    horseback riding    sailing    skiing   

8. Work in groups of three. Take three minutes to agree on three activities you all do.

GRAMMAR Questions
9. Complete the questions with are or do. Then match them with a possible answer.
1. Where ________ you from? a) No, I’m on my own right now.
2. Where ________ you live now? b) I’m from Cuba.
3. What ________ you do? c) I play the trumpet, but not very well.
4 . Where ________ you work? d) I’m not working at the moment. I’m unemployed.
5. ________ you do any sports or physical activities? e) Yes, I do zumba!
6. ________ you married, or ________ you have f) In a children’s hospital.
children? g) Here in Miami.
7. ________ you play a musical instrument? h) I’m a social worker.
8. How old ________ you? i) That’s not important, is it?

10. 1.5 Listen and check your answers.

M R EMEMBER If you don’t know the English word for something, ask How do you say ... in English?

SPEAKING  What do you do?

11. Think about your own answers to the questions in Exercise 9.

I’m a bus driver.
12. Ask another student five of the questions from Exercise 9.
13. Introduce your partner to other people. Tell them something about him/her.

M R EMEMBER
I’m a teacher.
I’m not working today.
I work at the school.
I have two children.
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He’s a waiter. She’s an engineer.
He isn’t studying French. She’s training to be a doctor.
He works in a restaurant. She doesn’t work in an office.
He doesn’t have a car. She has a great job.

WRITING 
14. Write a short paragraph about yourself and give it to your teacher. Use your answers to the questions in
Exercise 9 to help you.

My name is … I’m a … I have …

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 0 A
Lesson 2 Why are you learning English?

C
A
B

SPEAKING 
1. Match verbs in A with words in B.

get go on meet pass English an exam movies vacation

A B
read speak watch a job news articles people

2. Suggest two other words that can go with each of the verbs in A.
3. What is happening in each of the photos above? How do they relate to English?

LISTENING 
4. These are all replies to the same question. What’s the question?
1. I need it for my work. 6. I want a better job.
2. I need it for my studies. 7. I want to read books and articles in English.
3. I want to understand the words of songs. 8. I don’t really need it at all. I just enjoy meeting
4. I need to pass an English exam. people.
5. I need it to go on vacation. 9. Because everybody needs to speak English!

5. 1.6 Listen to six English-language students answering the question in Exercise 4. Which replies from
Exercise 4 do your hear? Mark them.

6. Listen again. What extra information do you hear?

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 SPEAKING  M R EMEMBER
need ... for + noun:
7. Which of the statements in Exercise 4 are true for you? Add other I need English for college.
want + noun:
reasons.
I want a better job.
8. Compare your ideas with other people. Do you have the same need / want + to infinitive:
objectives? I want to study in the US.
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LEARNING STRATEGIES
9. Read the information. Then write a list of your reasons for learning English. Put it up on a wall at home
where you will see it often.

Did you know that it’s very important to write

down your goals?

Research shows that people who write down

their goals are very likely to achieve what they
want. But people who don’t write down their
goals are less likely to be successful. So it’s a
good idea to write them down!

It’s also a very good idea to look at them

occasionally, and remind yourself of what
you want to accomplish. So put them up
somewhere where you can see them!

Hello! Are you here for the

pre-intermediate English
course?

Um … I think you want the
beginner’s course.
It’s in room 3!
10. Decide with a partner what you can say in these
situations.
1. You don’t know how to spell something.
2. You didn’t understand what someone said.
3. You want to get someone’s attention.
4. You want to get around someone.
5. You step on someone’s foot.
6. Your teacher is speaking too fast!

11. 1.7 Listen and check. Remember to use these

No expressions in your English classes and outside of
understand! class, too!

> we don’t say ... we say ....

No understand. Sorry, I don’t understand.
How do you write …? How do you spell …?
What? Repeat please! Can you say that again,
please?
What means “unemployed”? What does “unemployed”
mean?
How is “dibujo” in English? What’s “dibujo” in
English?
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 1 Ways of learning
GRAMMAR: present continuous; present simple; adverbs of frequency; expressions + -ing form; reflexive pronouns
CEFR UNIT VOCABULARY: make / do; multiple intelligences
A1/A2 FOCUS FUNCTIONS: expressing opinions; agreeing and disagreeing

Lesson 1 Are you a multi-tasker?

You first!
How many things can you do
at the same time?

SPEAKING  GRAMMAR 1
1. Look at the picture and answer the questions. 2. Complete the rule.
1. How many different things is the woman thinking
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
about at the same time? What are they?
We use the present continuous to describe a
2. Why do you think she has to be good at picture or talk about what __________ (happen)
multi-tasking? now or at the present moment.
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3. 1.8 The woman in the picture is doing six things in her head at the same time. Complete sentences 1–6
with these verbs. Then listen and check. Which activity is missing from the sentences?
do   have   eat   answer   pay   send   work on

1. She’s __________ a math problem. 3.   She __________ a big idea. 5.  She __________ ice cream.
2 . She __________ her cell phone. 4.   She __________ a bill. 6.  She __________ an e-mail.

VOCABULARY  make / do
4. 1.9 Complete the table with these phrases. Then listen and check.
coffee  a decision  homework  a mistake  a noise make do
a phone call  sports  Sudoku a test
yoga dinner coffee homework

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 GRAMMAR 2
5. Complete the rule. Then answer the questions. 1 . Which of the things in
Exercise 4 do you …
PRESENT SIMPLE
a) do every day?
We use the present simple to talk about what __________ (happen) generally.
b) sometimes do?
We use adverbs of frequency to say how often we do things c) never do?
(all the time, every day, always, often, usually, sometimes, hardly ever, never).
2. Are you doing any of the
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6. Write the correct form of the missing verbs in the correct place.
do go have listen to (x2) check  read send use watch

1. I always the radio in the morning. I never TV. 4. I never my cell in the car but I sometimes music.
2. Ruth often breakfast out. She to a different place every day. 5. They usually text messages and their e-mails on
3. Jack hardly ever the newspaper at breakfast. their way to work.
He usually Sudoku.
7. Rewrite the sentences in Exercise 6 so they are true for you. Compare with a partner.

READING  
8. Read the extract from an article. Do you agree with Dave Crenshaw?

Is multi-tasking a myth?
M any employers say they like employees who are good at multi-tasking. But in his recent time management bestseller, The
Myth of Multi-tasking: How “Doing it All” Gets Nothing Done, Dave Crenshaw says that people can’t do two things at once. It’s
impossible. A person only has one brain. If you’re doing one thing, you can’t do something else at the same time. Multi-tasking
doesn’t exist. What we’re doing is “switch-tasking”. We move very quickly between two or more tasks, and pay little attention to each
of them in turn. Crenshaw says that if we do this for a long time―as many people do―it’s very bad for us. It can make us stressed
and unhappy and inefficient at our job.

9. Match the words in bold in the extract with the correct meaning in Exercise 8.
1. activities 3.  not working well 5. people who work for someone
2.  a story that isn’t true 4. a book that lots of people buy
10. Read the extract again and choose the best answers.
1. Many employers 3. “Switch-tasking” means
a) are good at multi-tasking. a) moving quickly from one activity to the next.
b) think multi-tasking is a good thing. b) spending a long time on each activity.
c) agree with Dave Crenshaw’s ideas. c) doing several things at the same time.
2. Dave Crenshaw says 4. In the long-term, switch-tasking
a) we can only do two things at once. a) is very good for us.
b) some people are better at multi-tasking than others. b) can lead to stress.
c) multi-tasking isn’t possible. c) can make us happy.

GRAMMAR 3
11. Circle the items in the grammar box that are EXPRESSIONS + -ING FORM
true for you. Compare with a partner.

12. In groups of four, you have four minutes to make good at multi- not good at bad at reading
a list of four things that you all really like doing tasking sitting still maps
and four that you all hate doing. like / love don’t like hate doing
taking photos drawing Sudoku
13. Compare your list with other groups. What are enjoy solving doesn’t like hopeless at
the most / least popular activities? problems singing making things
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 1 I N T E L L I
Lesson 2 How do you learn best?
GENCES
T I P L E Q
U L
CEFR
A2+ UIZ
M B C

D
A

2. Personal intelligence =
good on your own
1. Linguistic intelligence =
Do you enjoy being on your own?
good at languages
Do you write down your thoughts in a diary?
Do you like playing with words
Are you very independent?
(e.g., playing Scrabble)?
Do you enjoy learning things about yourself?
Do you like reading?
Do you communicate well in
your own language? 4. Visual intelligence = good with
Do you like talking to other people— pictures
and to yourself? Do you like drawing, painting and
architecture?
Do you enjoy taking photos, making
3. Musical intelligence = good at music

?
videos, etc?
Can you play a musical instrument?
Are you good at reading maps?
Are you a good singer?
Was art one of your favorite subjects
Do you really enjoy listening to music?
in school?
Do you often sing (or whistle or hum)?

6. Physical intelligence =
5. Social intelligence = good with people good with your body
Do you enjoy being in a group or team? Do you enjoy physical activities like sports,
Do you like team games and sports? dancing, etc?
Do you get along with lots of Do you walk around to help yourself think?
different people? Do you like making things with your hands?
Do you like parties and meeting up Do you hate sitting still for a long time?
with people?

8. Naturalist intelligence = good with nature

7. Mathematical intelligence = good at logic
Are you good at numbers and calculations?
Do you play number games like Sudoku?
Do you like analyzing things and solving problems?
Was math one of your favorite school subjects?
Can you name lots of different plants
and animals?
Do you care a lot about conservation and
the environment?
Are you interested in astronomy and how
life began?
Was biology one of your favorite school subjects?

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 VOCABULARY  Multiple intelligences
1. GUESS Before you take the quiz, describe the pictures. What do you think the quiz is about?

2. 1.10 Match the words with photos A–H on page 12. Then listen and check.
musical  social  linguistic  personal  mathematical  visual  naturalist  physical

3. Which words in Exercise 2 are similar to words in your language?

4. Work in pairs and do the quiz on page 10.

• Ask each other the questions and answer each question: yes, no, or so-so.
• Work out your profile. Give yourself 2 points for every ‘yes’, 1 point for every ‘so-so’ and 0 for ‘no’. Count the number
of points for each section. Which are your strongest / weakest intelligences?

5. Before you read the extract, decide if these statements

are true (T) or false (F). ShelfLife REVIEW OF BOOKS \
1. Some people are intelligent, but others aren’t.
2. Different people are intelligent in different ways.

6. Read Howard Gardner’s views. Does he agree with you?

7. THINK Think about the questions, then compare your

answers with other people.
1. How old is the idea of “multiple intelligences”?
2. What different kinds of intelligence does the writer
mention in the text?
3. What do you think of Gardner’s theory?
4. How does it apply to you?
8. P 1.11 Say these words. Which words have the
/ɔː/ sound? Listen and check.
all board call drawing false forty four law
more sports talk thought walk work
WRITING  his view, there is not just one kind of intelligence—
9. Write your profile, based on your results from the quiz.
10. Take the quiz at home with a family member or a
friend. Find one question where you have the same
answer and one where it's different.
11. Write a short profile of that person to present to
your group.
M y b r o t h e r , G e o rg e
H i s s t r o n g e s t i n t e l l i g e n c e s a re …
H e l i ke s … H e e n j o y s … H e ’ s g o o d a t …
H i s w e a ke s t i n t e l l i g e n c e s a re …
H e d o e s n ’ t l i ke … H e n e v e r …
One way we’re the same / different i s that …
HOWARD GARDNER believes that a person who is
good at math is not more intelligent than someone
who is good at sports. He believes they are
intelligent in a different way.
Howard Gardner is a psychologist, and a while
ago (in 1983) he wrote a book about his theory. In
there are multiple intelligences. It’s possible to be
good (or not so good) at one or more of them. You
can have trouble with words, for example, but be
quite good at drawing and at athletics. Or you can
find numbers a little difficult, but be very good with
animals or be a fantastic singer. Or you can find it
hard to understand yourself, but be really good at
connecting with other people!
The idea of “multiple intelligences” is very
interesting. It’s also really useful. People with a strong
musical intelligence, for example, can use songs to
help them learn. You can also develop your weaker
intelligences to give yourself more choices and to
make your life more interesting.

EXPLORE ONLINE For more details, search for “multiple intelligence quiz.”
Compare the quizzes you find. Can you find one like you?

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 1 Lesson 3 Count on your memory

CEFR
A2+ You first!
How good is your memory?

LISTENING 1 

1. Describe the pictures. What do you think connects them?

2. 1.12 Listen and complete the text with the missing numbers.

An amazing memory for numbers!

Dominic O’Brien has a really amazing memory, and he’s won the World Memory Championships 1._____ times.
There are 2._____ cards in a deck of playing cards (without the jokers), and Dominic can memorize 3._____ decks in
one hour. That’s almost 4._____ thousand playing cards! He looks at each card just once, puts it away, and then says
all the cards in order. There are 5._____ cards in total – if he uses the jokers.

3. 1.13 How does Dominic O’Brien do it? Listen and complete the sentences. Check with a partner.

Dominic O’Brien’s three-step strategy for remembering information:

1. H e changes information into ___________________________________________________________________.
2. He connects the ________________________________ to _________________________________________.
3. He puts each item of information ________________________________________________________________.
Something very important that he does regularly:
He _________________________________________________________________________________________.
O’Brien’s biggest secret: He believes _______________________________________________________________.

LISTENING 2 
4. 1.14 Listen to a list of 20 words. Don’t write anything. At the end of the list, follow the instructions
you hear.
5. Check with a partner. Circle the words you both remembered. Why do you think you remembered
those words more than others?

6. 1.15 Guess if these sentences are true (T) or false (F). Then listen and check.
1. We remember words at the beginning better than at 3. We remember unusual words better than ordinary ones.
the end. 4. We remember words that connect with us personally.
2. We remember words better if we hear them just once. 5. We remember words we learned most recently.

EXPLORE ONLINE Find out more about Dominic O’Brien or Peak Performance.

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 GRAMMAR
REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS 7. Look at the grammar box, then complete
the sentences with the correct pronoun.
I – myself we – ourselves
1. Do you talk to ________?
you – yourself you – yourselves
– Yes, I sing to ________, too!
he – himself they – themselves
she – herself 2. He fell off his bike and hurt ________ pretty badly.
it – itself 3. Is she looking at ________ in the mirror again?
To help you remember a word, say it to 4. We went to a very interesting talk and really
yourself several times. enjoyed ________.

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SPEAKING 
8. How can you improve your memory? Read the text quickly and underline the answer.

You probably don’t want to remember 54 packs of playing cards, but

most of us would like to have a better memory. So here’s another number:
100,000,000,000. There are one hundred billion cells in your brain. That’s a lot
of cells! Potentially you have a fantastic memory. But you need to use your
brain cells or you lose them. Your brain is like a muscle: you need to exercise
it regularly so it works really well. Otherwise, it slows down. And do you know
one really good way of exercising your brain? Learning English!

9. Before you read the text in Exercise 8 again, tell your partner in one or two sentences what it says.
10. THINK Work in groups. Make a list of things you can do to improve your memory.

11. Match 1–8 with a–h to make memory tips. Did you have any of them on your list?

Eight tips to improve your memory. It helps if you …

1.  Stop telling yourself: a)  and also eat food with vitamins A, C, and E.
2.  Start saying to yourself: b)  because it helps the connections in your brain.
3.  Test c)  the more you study, the more you remember.
4.  Play d)  “I have a great memory.”
5.  Relax: e)  yourself often.
6.  Drink plenty of water f)  your brain doesn’t work well if you’re stressed.
7.  Eat plenty of fish like salmon, g)  memory games often.
h)  “I can’t remember things.”
and last but not least,
8. R
 ecycle material frequently:

1 2. Match these suggestions with the tips above.

1.  fter reading a chapter of a book, tell yourself what it was about.
A
2. Look at a picture for 30 seconds, cover it, and describe it.
3. Don’t criticize your memory.
4. Tell yourself you’re doing well.
5. At the end of the day, go through everything you’ve learned that day.

13. EVERYBODY UP! Find someone who does 4, 5, 6, or 7 in the memory tips.
14. Memory games are a great way to exercise your brain. How well can you remember things you hear?
Your teacher will give you instructions.

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 1 Vocabulary PLUS

SUBJECTS 
1. Put the letters in the correct order to make school or university subjects.
Then match them with the pictures.
A B C D

1. smuci ___________ 6. graphogey ___________

E F
2. mhat ___________ 7. slighen ___________

3. thysori ___________ 8. wal ___________

G H
4. strops ___________ 9. rat ___________
10. eeennniiggr ___________
5. chooglyyps ___________
I J

2. 1.16 Listen, check, and repeat. Can you add two more subjects to the list?
3. What were your favorite / least favorite subjects in school?

4. P 1.17 Underline the /dʒ/ sound in the conversation. Then listen, check, and repeat.
A Which subjects are you going to study, George? Geography, engineering, or languages?
B Oh, languages, Julia. German and Japanese!

UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS 
5. Circle the one countable noun the word box.
advice  equipment  furniture  homework  housework  idea  information
knowledge   music   news   stuff   traffic

6. 1.18 Complete the sentences with a lot of, some, any, or much. Then match 1 –4 with a–d.
Listen and check.
1. Oh no! There’s ________ traffic! a) I agree. Let’s sell ________ furniture.
2. H ave you had ________ news? b) A little. But I did ________ housework!
3. There’s too ________ stuff in this room. c) No, we haven’t had ________ information at all.
4. D id you do ________ homework? d) D
 o you want ________ advice? Let’s walk!

4 WORDBUILDER Verbs and nouns

Write the missing vowels in these verbs. What is the noun for each verb?
1. _ n s w _ r 3.  n _ _ d 5.  w _ r k 7.  d _ n c _   9.  d r _ n k 11.  q _ _ s t _ _ n
2. h _ l p 4.  r _ p l y 6.  s _ _ n d 8.   _ x _ r c _ s _ 10.  c _ l l 12.  t _ s t

o FoCUS ON: up and down

a Complete the questions with up or down, b Check the meaning of these verbs. Can you
then ask a partner. suggest two things for each verb?
1. Have you ever been ______ in a hot-air balloon? cool down cut up give up
2. Do you write ______ new words to help you remember them? heat up pick up put down put up
3. How often do you go online to look things ______? turn down turn up
4. Do you always slow ______ at traffic lights?

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 Language in Action
EXPRESSING OPINIONS • AGREEING AND DISAGREEING
1

DANA LOGAN

1. GUESS You are going to see or hear Logan and Dana

giving their opinion about the things in these photos.
Guess the adjectives they use to describe them.
amazing cool dramatic silly
stylish ugly uncomfortable weird

2. 1.19 6 Watch or listen to the video. What do

Logan and Dana think about the four things in the
photos? Which ones do they agree on?

Logan Dana
sculpture
C D C D
hairstyle
C D C D
hat
C D C D
boots
C D C D
3. 1.19 6 What adjectives do they use to describe the things in the photos in Exercise 1? Watch or listen
again and check your answers.
4. 1.19 6 Do we use these expressions to agree ( ) or disagree ( )? Which one do you NOT hear in the
conversation with Logan and Dana? Watch or listen again and check.
I agree. I disagree. I don’t think so.
Me too. Me neither. Actually, I think … Really? Absolutely! No, you’re wrong.

5. Number these modifiers from weakest (1) to strongest (5)

really pretty incredibly absolutely a little very

6. Write P (positive) or N (negative) next to each adjective.

awful _____ beautiful _____ disgusting _____ fantastic _____ gorgeous _____
horrible _____ nasty _____ terrible _____ terrific _____ wonderful _____

7. What do you think of the things in the photos on this page? Agree and disagree with your partner.
Use the adjectives from Exercise 6.

8. Find two things you like and two things you don’t De-stress!
like. Bring them (or photos of them) to class. The smell of lavender is
Present them and see if people agree of disagree very relaxing. Put a few
with you. drops of oil on your pillow
when you go to bed.

Wait a second. I Do you watch always I bought me a new I enjoy ver y much
we don’t say ... send a text. that show? dress. playing cards.
Wait a second. I’m Do you always I bought myself a I enjoy playing
we say ... sending a text. watch that show? new dress. cards very much.

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