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«J CAMBRIDGE _ | Joanna Kosta ‘Second | Melanie Williams (HEdition 72 Sa COLT cist Match the words in the box to the letters Prine. bag board — chair coat computer door exercise book map —pencilcase pen poster rubber ruler teacher textbook window H Thentstan chuck and repeat CE verb be lam he/she is. you/we/they are ‘1. What colour is each thing? Write five sentences. In paits, ask and answer the questions. blue and white I the coat? 10 STARTER UNIT there is / there are 2. Look at the photo and read the sentences. Write yes or no. © There's a rubber on the table. yes There are five students in the classroom, There's a red pencil case on the table. There's a blue bag on a chair There's a computer near the window. There's a poster on the wall There's a bag on the floor. Look at the photo and listen to the questions. Complete the table with a tick (v) for the right answers. No, there Yes,there | Yes, there ee aren't. is, are, isn't. v 4, Work with a partner. Student A, look around your classroom for 60 seconds, and then close your eyes. Student B, ask questions about the classroom. 1 2 3 4 5 Br s there a green bag under my desk? ‘Aves, theres. /No, there isnt ‘AsAre there any coats near the door? Br No, there arent. fa PRONUNCIATION | theatphabet PQ 1 Ustenand repeat. Aa Bb Ce Dd Ee Fir Gg Hh Hi KK Li Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Re VG Zz Dire ert erence se ster and complete the table with the letters that sound the same. Two columns have no additional letters! Complete questions 1-6 with the words in the box. Then match the questions to answers a-f. borrow mean page repeat say spell 1 I'm sorry, can you that, please? 2. How do you bonjour in English? 3 What ‘are we on? 4 How do you “because'? 5 canl your ruler? 6 What does ‘in pairs 2 a BECAUSE, b Sure, here you are, ‘© With your partner. d said, ‘please do Exercise 3, f 419, think, GET STARTED! 11 | Inpairs, ask and answer the questions. hat have you got in your bag today? ve got lave you got a/an/any in your bag today? fs, have. /No, haven't Write five sentences about your partner. Hello, ‘>> GRAMMAR REFERENCE AND PRACTICE PAGE 137 eT EL Ve mt 21 22 oO ©; [fe Listen ad repeat fen We) Listen and choose the numbers you heat. a3 39 bis 370 aus @ fifty sixty ei 1 9% £15 5080 Say the months inthe correc order. my or September a ——t May August — October Listen and write the dates. When we say dates, we say the and of ‘My birthdoy ison the ninth of June. O When we write dates, we don’t write the or of My birthday is on 9 June. oleate 1 Ast March In pairs, compare your answers. er weONEDAY Say the dates, In small groups, ask and answer the questions. + When / your birthday? + What / today’s date? + When / your mum’s/dad’s birthday? Write the dates of all the students in your group. ‘STARTER UNIT thirty forty seventy _ eighty a hundred — January CE can © 11 Match the photos A-H to the words in the box. drawacar make acake play tennis stand on yourhead swim underwater ridea bike runSkm speak three languages 2 Inpairs, ask and answer about the activities in Bxercise 1. _Can you play tennis? Yes, Ican. ‘Can you swim under water? No, lean't. Now ask around the class. How many people + swim under water? + speak three languages? + idea bike? + play tennis? + drawacar? Present simple 3 Read about the students and answer the ‘questions. Use complete sentences. 1 Does Tyler like music? How many brothers has Jason got? 2 3 What sport does Millie lke? 4 Where does Tyler want to go? '5 What does Jason do every day? 6 When does Millie go shopping? "ve got a brother and a sister. ke ‘music and I love travelling. | want to go to China | haven't got any brothers or sisters. ike all sports and | play football every day. Enna ike swimming and | often go shopping with my sister on Saturday. llove sweets but I don't lke ice cream, Work with a partner. Ask and answer the questions. © /dosports every day? Do you do sports every day? Yes, Ido. play tennis after school every day. What kind of music / ike? / like travelling? {ike swimming? 1 2 3 {play football at school? 4 3 What / favourite food? Now tell the class. Manuela doesn't like swimming. She tikes D GRAMMAR REFERENCE AND PRACTICE PAGE 138 Eng 11 Write questions to find out about your partners... + age + favourite pop star + address + favourite school + phone number subject + brothers and sisters In pairs, ask and answer the questions. Then write sentences about your partner. GET STARTED! a] SUS GUESS Do you like basketball, football or tennis? gq Wich sport do you prefer? Do you play any sports? VOCABULARY #3 READING raki Sports 4, Read Sophie's and Ben's blogs. Who does their sport ‘every week? Who can't do their sport where they live? 11. Match the pictures A-M to the words in the box. 5, Read about Sophie and Ben again and answer ® coatnietes play badminton the questions. do gymnastics play baseball 1 How many women and girls do Sophie's sport? go.cycling. play hockey 2. What does Sophie do at the weekend? go sailing play rugby ‘3. What does Sophie want to do at Loughborough 0 skating play table tennis University? gosnowboarding play volleyball ‘4 Where does Ben preferto be? go surfing, 5 Why does Ben go snowboarding every day? 6 Bon says he's goofy foot: What dos goo: foot’ mean? Listen and check Then repeat 2. impairs, ask and answer the questions. 1 Which ofthe sports do you doin teams (a group of pople)? Which do you do alone (just one person)? 2 Which ofthe sports can you do both in teams and alone? 3 Which ofthese sports do you do? 7 4 Do you prefer team sports or sports Pen Sten hig ais you do alone? Why? WB rrowuwetarion | sani 3 Put the words into the correct column. My sport is ... rugby! That's me in the photo. People think that rugby is for boys, but that’s not true. More than 18,000 women and gis play rugby in England. My team always plays a match on Saturday or ‘Sunday, and usually 90 to practice Jex/ siting /aa/eyeting games three times a week. It's hard work, ut i's never boring! I'm 14 and I play for the U16s. That's the team for players under the age of 15 When Fm older, | want to 900 the rugby summer camp at Loughborough University } cl Listen and check. Then repeat. ; gti eee Fas visto: ‘went there and now she plays for the England 14 sOUNIT1 baseball bike fly play riding skating national rugby team, CUTE Adverbs of frequency We use the present simple to talk about things we do often or every day. go snowboarding every day. Look at these examples from the blogs. The adverbs of frequency are in purple. My team always plays a match on Saturday or Sunday. It's never boring, It's usually quiet. often go with my little sister and other young people. | sometimes go snowboarding with Mum. Write the words in purple on the right place on the line. —_— 0% 100% a b « 4 e © 2 reverts 1 Which sentences in Exercise 1 have a present simple verb? 2. Which sentences in Exercise 1 have the verb be? Inssentences with the verb be, we put the adver of frequency before /after the verb. Inssentences with the present simple, we put the adverb of frequency before / after the verb. Goofy-foot or regular? Hove the snow and the mountains. I feel at home there, ive in a cily and there's no snow here, but in the holidays, | always go to the ‘mountains with my family. | sometimes go snowboarding with Mum, but | often go with my little sister and other young People. Mum usually skis with my dad, land my sister and I like spending more time in the snow than they do. It's, usually quiet. When we're in the ‘mountains, | go snowboarding every day and I'm getting really good. | often think about the future — I want to be a famous ‘snowboarder one day, ike Max Parrot. Oh, and I'm goofy-foot ~ that means | put my right foot at the front of the board. Croronccmes cromrtwonctwersteonisterie: & 4, Read the examples and choose the correct, words to complete the rules. People don’t always play sport in teams. Ben doesn’t usually go snowboarding with his dad. Do you sometimes play volleyball with friends? Is rugby often dangerous? Football isn't always boring! In negatives and questions with the present simple, we put the adverb of frequency before / after the main verb. In negatives and questions with the verb be, we put the adverb of frequency before / after the verb be. >> GRAMMAR REFERENCE AND PRACTICE PAGE 138 [5 Put the adverbs in the right place to complete the sentences and questions. 1 I play hockey at school on Fridays. (usually) 2. Sophie is tired after rugby matches. (often) 3 People don't go sailing n teams. (always) 4 My uncle and my dad play table tennis. (never) 5 Is gymnastics dangerous? (sometimes) 6 Do you go cycling? (often) G Put the words in order to make sentences and ‘questions and questions. © often / school / plays / my friend / after / football My friend often plays football afterschool 1. welcome / sports / are / in / our / club / always / you 2 Mondays / do /on / athletics / never / we 3. skating / brother / she / go /her / usually / does / with |? 4 ‘table tennis / students / not / often / do/ school / play / at 5 cycling / and /hersister /at / the weekend / sometimes / Lizzie / go / 7 How often do you do the sports in Exercise on page 14? | never play rugby, but | often play "volleyball I's great fun. How about you? | sometimes play rugby, and | ‘often go cycling. It's never boring. 8 Inpairs, ask and answer the questions. 1 What sports do you do? 2. How often do you do them? 3 Do you play sports at school? 4 How often do you watch sports on TV? 5 How often do you go to watch sports? 6 Who are your favourite sports stars? SPORTS AND GAMES 15) This is an ancient sport from India. The players. TRY THESE use two things: one long stick, called a dando SPORTS! and a short egg-shaped bat, called a gilli. There This sportis like football on bikes. There are two are two teams. One player puts the gill/on the teams. Each team has usually got two players. ground inside a small circle and hits it into the The bikes don’t have any brakes to stop them. air with the danda. Then the player hits the gilli Players in each team try to hit the ball into the again and runs to touch a spot outside the circle goal. They can use their bike or their heads to get a point. todo this. The balls quite heavy - it weighs halfa kilogram. The winning teamis the team with the most goals at the end of the game The sportis also called underwater hockey. There are two teams. Each team has got si players. Players swim underwater toplay this game. They use small sticks and a puck. The puck is allttle ikea lat ball. ’s heavy and weighs about a kilogram. Players try to push the puck along the bottom of a swimming pool into the other team’s goal. The winning team Is the team. with the most goals at the end of the match e Read the three texts again. Are the sentences right (7) or wrong (X)? Tekepeamn ann papers 2 Therallincyclbalissmell nd gt 3 Playersin cjceball can tit the bal with thelr hand SF tackine ports 4 em ali ser fae eer 6 Playersusea eee extparoratie 7 eople play octopus in teams ech omit 3 ayers acopuch Manat puck, thst ed 2 apethaseyahaaincLaaee po [e UNIT 1 PETC LE) Sports equipment (So 11 Match the photos A-€ to the words in the box. 11 Look at the photo of the sport. Match the ©; words 1-2 to A and B in the photo. 1 handle 2 net D2 Listen to an interview with a boy about his ‘unusual sport. What's the name of the sport? qga—> — ‘@ g a bat ball board racket stick D Listen and check. Then repeat. C2 ceroteenerienenmeszorin meron Sao teectcn phonon taemtonee badminton baseball __ basketball cycleball cycling football gill-danda hockey —_octopush rugby running sailing skating snowboarding surfing swimming tabletennis tennis volleyball Players throw / give the ball to each other. ) 22 ES OSes. Use a stick, Use a ball Use aboard a goal. aracket or a bat There are four / six players in each team. There ate six/eight handles on the ball W Listen and check. Then repeat. 4. Think ofa sport. choose one from this unit or = 7 — another sport that you know. In pairs, take turns 1 Do people do this sport inside or outside? TAS TEES: 2 Isthe sport on or under water? 1 One foreach player. 3 Isthis sport on snow? 2 One small, light for the game. ‘4 What things do people need to do this sport? BASEBALL 5 Do people play this sport in your country? 3 One foreach team. 6 What do you like about this sport? 4 One small, hard forthe game. Who are some ofthe famous players of this sport? BADMINTON 5 One for each player. Try and guess the sport. octopusH 6 Onesmall for each player 7 One heavy puck, ike a flat for the game, SPORTS AND GAMES ml fay ABOUT YOU Shaticetcomicmensiomesienm ese ete ete ere 11 Match the photos to the phrases in the box. © crushyourhsie check your messages clean yourteeth get dressed havebreakfast Teavethe house prepare yourschoo bag putonyourshoes "fy yaurroom wake up & Usten and check. Then repeat. QD 2. Listen to Maddie talking about her morning routine. Number the photos inthe order that you hear them. 4 2 3 canyou remember Maddie's routine? Complete the sentences with the times in the box. You don’t need to tse all the times. a0 6.00 630 645 650 7.00 7.10 715 730 740 800 8.10 1 My alarm goes off at 2 Igetup at 3 Iclean my teeth at 4 | get dressed at 5 | prepare my school bag at 6 | put my shoes on and leave home at ME

> GRAMMAR REFERENCE AND PRAGTICE PAGE 139 3 Complete the sentences with the correct tense of the verbs in brackets. © I'm shopping (shop) at the moment. | can’t talk. 1. My mum always (cook) nice food. 2. The teachers usually (give) usa lot of homework on Monday. 3 (stay) at home today. (not 0) to school. 4 Its five o'clock now and | with my sister. 5 What time your dad usually (get up) on a Sunday? 6 Its OK, Jack's (notsteep) at the ‘moment. You can go and talk to him, (watch) TV Correct the mistakes in the sentences. is getting © My cousin gets married today. 1 How are you? | write to you to give you 2 What do you do at the moment? 3 My brother and | are not going swimming every day, 4 My mum is only working in the mornings. 5 We usually are eating a big breakfast on Sunday. QQ ree 5 Make sentences with the present simple and, present continuous. Use usually and today or at the moment. © walk to school /go by bus. usually walk to school, but today !'m going by bus. have a sandwich for lunch / spaghetti watch TV after school / do my homework play football on Saturday / play tennis ‘get up at seven o'clock / eight o'clock have a shower / have a bath order to make questions. 1 your / the / moment / friend / what / doing / is/ate 2 bed / do / go / you / what / usually /to / time? 3 school / do / get / home / how / from / you? 4 sitting /is/ teacher / at / down / your /the / moment? 5 sun /today / shining / is / the? 6 day / do /every / get / at / same / up / the / time /you? Now match the questions to the correct answer. 2 No, itisn't d Yes, hes. b 10pm, €@ She's sleeping, ¢ Iwalk, Yes, Ido. In pairs, ask and answer the questions. Work in pairs. Student A, mime an activity in the box. Student B, guess what it catch abus check your messages dosomehomework go tosleep painta picture play football prepare lunch put on your coat take a photo ‘Are you putting on your sunglasses? No ‘Are you taking a photo? Student A, when Student B guesses the activity, give more information: 1 goto a photography club every Friday. Itstarts at 7pm. | go there by bus. Student B, ask more questions. THIS IS MY DAY “| BCR Eae| Loli anol! ate VAR) | eee) re | wake up at 6.00 am, have a shower and put on my uniform, My posse breakfast is coffee, with bread and cheese or avocado. At 7.00 am, it's | getup at 8.00 am. For breakfast Ihave time to go to school. Sometimes I walk, but often my mum drives me. ‘cereal and milk, with orange juice. After Classes begin at 8.00 and finish at 2.30. After that, l have my art class. breakfast, | meet my friend, and we go to | have lunch at about 3.00, and then I do my homework. I doit il 6.00, ‘school together on the metro. Some days MJ} or 7,00, After that, | go on the internet, or watch TV with my fai ‘school starts at 9.00 but on other days at Thave dinner et about 8.00, 10.00. We don't wear a uniform, ‘and we call our teachers by their frcinare. Weal gets ioo MCQMAaamad lunch at school = meat or fish ‘My mother wakes me and my sister up at 5.00 am. with vegetables for the main | water the plants in the garden, and my sister course and ft for dessert. prepares the food for the evening meal. Then we ‘School usually finishes at 2.45, put on our school uniforms and brush our teeth. We and after that | goto music J) leave the house at 6:20 and buy breakfast on our A lessons or drama way to school. Lessons are from 7.30 to 2.30 pm. club. Ihavea snack [J Lunchis at school ~ today, its rice and tomatoes. | ike inthe evening it, but my sister doesn't After school | have my football. before bed. class, and in the evening | watch TV before bed. © 2. Read the texts again. For each question, VOCABULARY [irr] G write 0 Oni), Diego} ora aban). 3 Who says he uses the computer in the 11. Look at the texts and find these words. evening? 2 Who can choose what he wears to © This isthe first meal of the day. breakfast school? 1. This is sweet and you have it atthe end of the meal 3 Who doesn’t have breakfast at home? 2. You have this when you don’t need a big meal. ‘4 Who goes to school by car? 3 You have this meal in the middle of the day. 5 Who doesn’t start school at the same 4 This isa drink made from fruit. 5 6 time each day? This isthe last meal ofthe day. 6 Who does sport after school? Thisis the largest or most important part ofthe meal 7 Who has a hot drink in the morning? 2. Match the photos to the words in the box. &® tanne romrs eae hse schoo days he yours? Whoses Pee car mrad different? eo hot chocolate jam mango. pasta toast Was any of the information surprisingtoyour “WS” — tomatoes rice vegetables yoghurt Listen and check. Then repeat 3 Think often more food words. In pairs, compare your words, Then ask and answer these questions. 2 hats your evi foed nat dontyoul®? pag the poster What do you think of hese tips? 3 What time do you have dinner? What do youhave? <2) Listen to the radio show. You will hear a woman 4 What snacks do you have every day? # © sacking six students about getting up in the feel lech eace cucevensoreaeertp. ‘Thereis one tip you do not need Student 1. Tipa student2 \\ TipB students. \ Tipe Student4 —TipD StudentS Tipe Students Tip F Tips RONUNCIATI BA, Listen and repeat. The sound /o/ breakfast dinner vegetables 5 Listen and repeat. Circle the /a/ sound in each word. One word has two /a/ sounds. Which word is it? Listen again and check. Then in small groups, discuss the questions. 1. Which of the tips do you think are useful? Which are not useful? 2 Can you think of other tips for getting up in the morning? 3 Is getting up in the morning easy or difficult for you? tips to help you feel great Ly in the morning! @ PREPARE TO WRITE EE 9 ee Olea nasa andor. Choose the correct words to complete the sentences. 1 Wedon't get chocolate or _ crisps or / but at school. pasta chocolate banana_—_salad tomato yoghurt. cucumber 2 Iwalktoschool__mybrother but /or gets the bus. 3 Tat lots of fruit drinklots and/or of water. 4 ‘like staying uplate can't. but/ and do that during the week. 5 I don't like carrots. tomatoes. or but PLAN Make notes about what you do and eaton a typical school day. WRITE Write a paragraph about it. Look at your notes and the reading texts for ideas. Use and, but and orin your paragraph. REVIEW In pairs, read your own text and your partner's. Check for mistakes. Give your partner two ideas to make their text better. THIS IS MY DAY al 11. impairs, discuss the questions with your partner. 1 Do you lke doing sports? What sports do you do? 2. Do you lke watching sports on TV? What sports do you watch? 3 Do you usually watch the Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games? Read the text in boxes 1-6 and match them to the sports in the photos. Write SV (sitting volleyball) or WR (wheelchair rugby). 3 Read the texts again and complete the table. sitting Wheelchair volleyball rugby Where do you play? F What do theyneed? | aballanda | wheelchairs 3 and at How many players _|* . are there on a team? How many players from each team are con the court? Find the words BigHIGHER inthe text and choose the correct meanings, aor b. 1. medal a atypeot ball b aprize in a sports competition 2 wheelchair a something people use when they can’t walk b something people use to stand on 3 court a aplace with seats b an indoor or outdoor area for games 4 player a person ina wheelchair bb aperson playing a game or sport 5 goalline a aline you pass to get points b the number of players on a team [= CULTURE The Paralympic Games ‘The International Paralympic Committee | Wrsbate wr poralympic-org) tl US these fects: First official Paralympic Games: 1960. They were held in Rome, Italy ‘and there was o special opening and closing ceremony: | Number of sports: Around 25 G SY lebrated: Every two years. There | caer ores and wie Goes The Paralympic Games take place every two years. There are winter Games and summer Games. Athletes with physical disabilities from different countries compete for gold, silver and bronze Medals. The Paralympic Games have a lot of different competitions for a lot of different sports. There are 22 sports in the summer Games and five sports in the winter Games. Here's a description of two popular sports played in the Paralympic Games. <5 Listen to an interview with Martha » Dirksen about a Paralympic sport. What sport does she do? ‘Wheelchair basketball Wheelchair WR _You play this sport on an indoor 2 court. PISVERS are in WESRIGHBIES. They need a bal. They pass the ball from one pperson to another. Wheelchair rugby You play this sport on a court WG Listen again and answer the questions. inside. Players sit on the floor. They need » anet and a ball, Teams need to hit the ball . wha ais if — a over the net in three turns using their arms. Mat doer cia wortto boin oneday? \What has her sports hero got? Where is David Wagner from? Does Martha play tennis on Tuesdays? Does Martha rest at weekends? Each team has six players on the BURL Each team is on a different side of the net Thore are 12 players on a team, but there are only four players on the court for each team at one time. For a goal, the team cartes the ball over the opposite team's line and two wheels need to cross the line. The et slower tan inthe 5 ial ves. Ine lp version, the players stand, ed Imagine you work for a radio station. In pairs, write interview questions to ask a Paralympic athlete, + Find out + Their name. hat sport they do. + Where they are from. as a basketball court. The GIES are at The indoor court is sale han in the game played outside itis the sare size 6 the far ends of the cour. How many medals they have. ite three questions you can ask the athlete + Find information on a Paralympic t TALKING POINTS athlete, Answer the questions. + Tell the class what you found out. Which sport do you like best - sitting volleyball or Wheelchair rugby. Why? 02 Watch the video then ask and answer the questions. When do you tsten to music? Where do you iston to music? Do you listen to music alone or with friends? Can you play any musicat instruments? Which one(s? Music Look at the words in the box. Complete the table. Classical music drums electric guitar hip-hop jazz ‘keyboard opera piano pop rap rock saxophone soul violin Types of music Musical instruments Match the photos A-F to the musical instruments in Exercise 1. FH Listen and check Then repeat (QD © 2 Listen to the different types of music. Match them * ~ tothe types of music in Exercise 1, [24° unirs 4, What types of music do you think the people are playing in the photos? 5 Choose the correct word to complete the sentences, 1 You usually need a lot of different instruments for classical music / pop and the pieces of music are often quite tong. 2. People sometimes use sticks when they play the keyboard { drums. 3 There are different singers in jazz /an opera. It's abit ike a play with music and singing. 4 In rap | rock, the artists don’t really sing the ‘words; they speak them, 5 You put the saxophone / violin to your mouth to play it 6 Apiano | an electric quitar is quite easy to carry around. ‘musical instruments, Who can play: 1 the saxophone? 2 theelectric guitar? 3 the keyboard? 4 the piano? G7 Listen again. re the sentences right (7) oF wrong (xi? © Mia tikes the new album alot. ¥ Mia often listens to jazz at home Jason likes opera ‘Jason’ sister plays in a rock group. Jason thinks the violin is easy to play Mia likes the drums, G 1 meveversinietdonneconeaneeted. 1 don’t tke listening to opera 2. She likes playing classical musi. 3 hate playing the violin, 4 love listening to rap. a Oo a b « 4 © Linen sete. han apa >> GRAMMAR REFERENCE AND PRACTICE PAGE 140 » © 2. Look at the examples in the table. How does the verb change in the -ing form? help > helping | write > writing | run > running Now complete the table with the ing form of these verbs in the correct columns. choose drive get learn make practise ride sing sit swim win Choose the correct words to complete the sentences, 1 ike / hate rock. It's too loud 2 She doesn't ike / loves playing the piano. She prefers the saxophone. 3 My mum loves / hates listening to opera, She often goes to watch it. 4 Lots of people lke / don't like hip-hop, but | think. it's great. A, Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs. oe © On Sundays, | like having. lunch with my family. (have) 1 My dad tikes the news online. (read) 2 Ireally ove football with my brother. (olay) 3 Hove tomy friends’ houses to play ‘computer games. (go) 4 Everyone in our class likes English (learn) 5 Do you like to musie when you are doing your homework? (listen) 5 Inpairs, ask and answer the questions. @ 1 Do you listen to music? 2. What's your favourite type of music? 3 Who are your favourite musicians and what instruments do they play? ‘4 What's your favorite instrument? 5 Can students learn to play instruments at your school? Which ones? GREAT SOUNDS §= 25 | ca |] Look at the photos. In pairs, ask and answer the questions, 1 Is it easy to become a famous musician? 2. How do people startin the music business? 1-3 to the advice A-C. Read on to find out how! 1 I'ma singer-songwriter. | give concerts at a local club. Everyone likes listening to my music and wants to buy a CD. What can I do next?” Pete 2 Hi, I play in a band with some friends from school. The others i aren't serious about music, but | am. Help! Do | stay with the band or find other musicians to play with? 3 I'm 16 and a rapper. | record my songs and put them online. | get lots Of hits! But | live in the countryside and there are no gigs here. I's too : ‘Spark far for me to travel to the city. What can Ido to become famous? 3 Are the sentences right (/) or wrong (X)? Pete sels CDs of his songs at hs concerts Pete needs to make an album with a record company. ‘Shona is more interested in music than her friends are. Shona needs to change school as soon as possible, ‘Spark lives a long way from the city Spark doesn't need to perform live for people to hear his music. [= UNIT3 3 How can the internet help people to become musicians? Read the article quickly and match the teenagers’ questions ‘Why not make a music video too? Then it doesn't matter where you live. ASk your parents or someone from school if it's okay, and they can show you how todo it. Then you can upload the video to a social network like YouTube or Instagram. That's how Shawn Mendes became famous! You already write and perform your own songs. Great! Next step: record an album using ‘computer software and post it online. You don't need a record deal. College courses are a really Useful way to learn how to do this, and can aive you other ideas too. Ask at your school. Music is an important part of your life. Stay with your friends for the moment but think about {going to a music school. These schools teach music and everything you need to know about becoming a musician. Talk to your parents about it. Good luck! TALKING POINTS ‘Are any of your friends musicians? Do any of your friends upload their ‘music to the internet? Do you like listening to music on the internet? Which sites do you prefer? VOTE ET Music phrases Qj Complete the sentences with the correct form of become asinger become famous giveaconcert goon tour makeamusic video _playinaband record an album teach music 1. My dad can help me Then | can upload it to Youtube, 2. My sisters a famous classical musician, She in our town every summer. 3 Amy can’t play an instrument, but she has a very good voice. She wants to 4 Andy plays the drums well. He with his friends on Saturdays at the music club. 5 We've got ten new songs and they're really good. Lets 6 Ireally want to and play at big festivals, 7 My mum plays lots of instruments, and she at our school. 8 When bands » they play concerts almost every night in lots of different places. fone day and be on TV Read the article again. n pairs, answer the questions in your own words using information from the article. © Pete: What can I do next?" I think you can record on album and play it to your friends. 1. Shona: ‘Do | stay with the band orfind other ‘musicians to play with?” 2. Spark: How can | become famous?" Soy a RONUNCIATION Email addresses, phone numbers and names For @ we say ‘at: For . we say ‘dot! For two numbers (77) we say ‘double (seven): For two letters (bb) we say ‘double (b). For the number 0 we say ‘oh 1 impairs, practise. 4 Say this email address: ‘school@musicpopcloud.com 2. Say this phone number: 0451 256.337 3 Spell this name: Joanna iste and check. Then repeat. 2 impairs, take itin turns. 1. Say your email address. 2. Say your phone number. 3 Spell your mother's or your father's first name. Listen to the conversation. Shona is talking to her friend Emma about the music school. Complete the notes. Name of Music School: Phone number: Music lessons are in the * ‘School lessons are in the * —_—$—__ Head's name: Ms: Email address: ‘1 Inpairs, take turns to ask and answer the questions. @. 2 Do you like different kinds of music? What are they? Do you like different musical instruments? Which ones? Do you think jazz is interesting? opera is exciting? classical music is boring? the saxophone is dificult to play? musical instruments are expensive? Which of these different types of music do you like best? Do you prefer listening to music at home or going to concerts? Why? Which instrument would you like to play? GREAT SOUNDS al IT WAS AWESOME! ‘What do you do to have fun with family and friends? ‘Share your ideas with your classmates, VOCABULARY #U\))] Adjectives rr) Hb 2. Listen and match the conversations to the photos. ‘ Conversation 1 Conversation 2 Conversation 3 Conversation 4 Conversation 5 Conversation 6 eo l) 3 Listen again. How did the speakers feel about their experiences? 4 Complete row A of the table withthe conversation numbers. Now complete row B of the table with the adjectives inthe box. SP @ amazing awesome briliant fantastic fine great horrible lovely OK perfect” reallygood terrible wonderful A | Conversation [ Fi B | Adjectives | amazing D Listen and check. Then repeat. G 5 come orc nro somite amon © A:I’'mnot in the basketball team anymore. 3A: Look at my lunch! ‘Oh no! That's terrible) / fantastic! B: That's horrible / excellent ~ don’t eat it! F've got a new mobile phone. 4 A: Are you enjoying the film? Wow! That's fine / brilliant! Bé It's OK / lovely. I's not great. My sister's getting married. got top marks in my test. 3: That's great / OK! B: That's wonderful / terrible, well done. 6 Inpai [= UNIT 4 , practise the conversations. Then make some new conversations together.

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