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Hello, students! In this chapter, we will talk about friendship and study the verb be,

vocabulary of physical traits and clothes in the context of the theme friendship.

Take a look at the image below and answer the questions with a friend.

A group of friends taking a selfie together.

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1.
What relationship do people in the image have? What makes you say that?

2.

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How much time do you spend with your friends?

3.
What do you normally do?

Making new friends

What words come to your mind when you think of friendship?

Look at the words below: do these words relate to friendship in your opinion?

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Questão 01

These are all very good friends! Read the dialogues and identify them according to the

pictures.

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1.a)

"You play now!"

"No, it's your turn now."

1.b)

"You're very funny!"

"I try hard."

1.c)

"Betty, how are you today?"

"I'm fine, Mrs. Hertz. Happy to be here."

1.d)

"Are you OK now?"

"Yes, you're a good listener."

1.e)

"Is it your dog?"

"Yes, it's my best friend."

1.f)

"Hey everyone, how r u ?"

"=)"

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Meeting someone new

When we meet someone for the first time, there are some words and expressions we use.

Take a look at the activity below and see what expressions are used in this context.

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Explorando:
meeting someone
 PRÁTICA ATIVA

Questão 01

Observe the image and the conversation below.

Reprodução

Now, answer the following questions.

1.a)

Are the children friends?

1.b)

What are words or sentences used in the conversation to meet someone new?

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 Organizing ideas

When we meet someone, it is common to use the expressions:

• Hi/Hello!

• My name is...

• (It's) Nice to meet you.

• I am...

• Welcome.

Pratique: meeting new friends

Questão 01

Complete the conversation using the words in bold.

meet – too – hi – what – nice

Teacher: Hello, students. Welcome to your first day. Let's get to know each other.

Meg: ____ (1), everybody. My name is Meg. I'm from Australia. ______ (2) is your name?

Paula: Hello, Meg. My name's Paula. Nice to _____ (3) you. I'm from South Africa.

Meg: _____ (4) to meet you _____ (5).

Questão 02

Read the dialogue below and put the sentences in the correct order.

( ) Nice to meet you, Peter.

( ) Hello, Peter, my name is Anna.

( ) Nice to meet you too.

( ) Hi, my name is Peter.

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Questão 03

To participate in the Open-Minded's summer camp, you have to fill in a form. Read the

information about four other students who are participating too. Who would you like to be
friends with? Why?

3.a)

Reprodução

Now complete a form with information about yourself.

Reprodução

3.b)

Write the names of the four students – Finn, Karen, Arav, Sophia – next to their favourite
activities and objects.

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3.c)

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3.d)

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3.e)

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Questão 04

Write a dialogue between two students meeting each other for the first time.

Include expressions you learned on page 2.

Reading a blog
The Open-Minded has a blog called Open-Mouthed. There the future students can post texts
about themselves, as you can see below.

Read the following text and discuss the questions with a partner.

Reprodução

Express yourself!

What information can you see in this post?

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 Could you find any interest in common?

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Questão 01

After reading the blog, answer the following questions.

1.a)

What is the blog about?

1.b)

Where is Karen from?

Physical traits

Vocabulary

People are different, we don't have the same characteristics: physical or psychological.

Take a look at the images and note the different physical traits we can have and the

vocabulary we use.

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Have or has

If we want to say we have something like a hair or eye colour or style of hair, it is
necessary to use the verb have.

Use have with the pronouns I/you/they/we.

Example 1:

They have brown eyes.

Example 2:

I have straight hair.

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Use has with the pronouns he/she.

Example 1:

She has curly hair.

Example 2:

He has green eyes.

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Questão 01

Describe your physical traits choosing the correct words.

1.a)

I am tall/short/medium height.

1.b)

I have brown/black/blond/red hair.

1.c)

My hair is short/long/straight/curly/wavy.

Clothes and accessories

It is possible to identify a person with physical traits and also with clothes and accessories.
But, first, let's get to know some of these words.

Read the dialogue below and notice these words.

Dialogue

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Ashley: Hello, Julio. How are you?

Julio: I am good. And you?

Ashley: I am great. Let's go to the shopping mall with me? I have to buy new sunglasses and
a dress.

Julio: Oh sure! Let's go! I have to buy a jacket for a friend.

Ashley: Very nice! I know a fantastic shop!

Julio: Oh, really? Let's go there then.

Practice the dialogue above with a friend and after you finish it, change roles.

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Questão 01

After reading the dialogue above, between Ashley and Julio, answer the following

questions.

1.a)

What is the place the teenagers have to go?

1.b)

What do the teenagers have to do in this place?

1.c)

What pieces of clothes and accessories are mentioned in the dialogue?

Clothes vocabulary

When we want to describe someone's clothes, it is important to know the vocabulary, the
structure and the order.

Observe the images below and the examples.

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Example 1:

I have a brown pair of boots.

The colour is mentioned first and after the clothes.

Example 2:

She has a blue dress.

Example 3:

They have two hats.

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Questão 01

Observe the clothes and choose the correct description.

1.a)

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A Sunglasses, black t-shirt, grey shorts, white and blue dress.

B Sunglasses, white t-shirt, black shorts, white and black skirt.

C Sunglasses, grey t-shirt, black shorts, white and black dress.

D Sunglasses, black t-shirt, green shorts, white and grey dress.

1.b)

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A Yellow hat, jacket, yellow t-shirt.

B Yellow hat, yellow jacket, t-shirt.

C Jeans hat, yellow jacket, yellow t-shirt.

D Yellow hat, jacket, jeans t-shirt.

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Questão 01

In pairs, watch in this video a quiz about clothes and try to guess the name of the pieces
of clothes before your partner.

Pratique: physical traits and clothes

Questão 01

Answer the questions in full:

1.a)

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What does your mother look like?

1.b)

What does your teacher look like?

1.c)

What does Xuxa look like?

Questão 02

Choose the correct alternative.

2.a)

Bill and Tom are basketball players. Probably they are:

A tall.

B short.

C heavy.

2.b)

Canada is a:

A country.

B nationality.

C language.

2.c)

Canadian is a:

A country.

B nationality.

C language.

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2.d)

I am from the UK. I am:

A American.

B British.

C Polish.

Questão 03

Describe three traces from four students. For that, use the adjectives from the box below.

Reprodução

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Questão 04

Look at the pictures below and identify the physical traits:

4.a)

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4.b)

Picture of the actor Will Smith.

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4.c)

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 Picture of the actress Emma Stone.
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4.d)

Picture of the singer Shawn Mendes.

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Questão 05

Complete with the missing letters.

5.a)

D_ES_.

5.b)

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_O_TS.

5.c)

T_A_ _E_ _.

5.d)

_E_T.

5.e)

_LO_ _E.

5.f)

S_I_T.

Language in usage
When we describe people's characteristics, it is important to use specific vocabulary and
structures.

Observe and do the activity below.

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 Explorando:
checking sentences
 PRÁTICA ATIVA

Questão 01

Observe some extracts of page 4, blog Open-Mouthed and answer the following
questions.

1.a)

What do these sentences have in common?

"I'm Danish."

"I'm blond."

1.b)

What information do the sentences have?

"I am twelve years old."

"I'm Danish."

"I'm blond."

Verb to be

After analysing some sentences, it is possible to understand that the verb be is used for:
introducing yourself or someone, nationality, age, and characteristics.

Observe the table below and see how we can use this verb with different pronouns and

forms: interrogative, affirmative, and negative.

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Example 1:

She is thirteen years old.

She is not (isn't) thirteen years old.

Is she thirteen years old? No, she isn't.

Example 2:

They are my friends.

They are not (aren't) my friends.

Are they my friends? Yes, they are.

Example 3:

I am tall.

I am not (I'm not) tall.

Am I tall?

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 Importante: contractions

The contraction is not used in short affirmative answers. Additional words are

necessary.

Example 1:

– Is she American?

– Yes, she is. / Yes, she's American.

Example 2:

– Are you a good friend?

– Yes, I am. / Yes, I'm a good friend.

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Questão 01

Interview different friends and take notes according to their answers.

1.a)

Are you a student?

1.b)

Are you a teacher?

1.c)

Are you dark-haired?

1.d)

Are you blond?

Nationality

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When we want to ask about someone's origin, we also use the verb be.

This verb is used to give different personal information. Observe the following dialogue.

Dialogue

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John: Hi, my name is John! What's your name?

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Billy: Hello! My name is Billy! Nice to meet you, John!

John: Nice to meet you too!

John: Billy, where are you from?

Billy: I'm from New Zealand, in Auckland. And you?

John: I am Spanish, from Madrid.

Practice the dialogue above with a friend and, after you finish it, change roles.

Explorando:
analysing the dialogue
 PRÁTICA ATIVA

Questão 01

After reading the dialogue, answer the questions below.

1.a)

What are the questions in the dialogue?

1.b)

What question is used to ask about origin (city, country)?

Where are you from?

The verb be is used to give information such as origin: city, country.

The structure used is: where + to be + subject + from?

Observe that it is possible to answer this question mentioning the nationality or not.

Example 1:

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– Where is she from?

– She is from the USA.

In this example, the preposition from is used because the nationality is not mentioned.

Example 2:

– Where are they from?

– They are Canadian.

In this example, the preposition from is not used because the nationality is mentioned.

Countries and nationalities

Observe in the following table some examples of countries and their nationalities.

Reprodução

Importante: capitalized words

Nationalities and countries in English are capitalized.

Example: I am Spanish. / I am from Spain.

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Questão 01

In pairs, practice (orally) asking and answer using the names and nationalities given

below.

1.a)

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Name: Lionel Messi.

Country: Argentina.

1.b)

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Name: Gisele Bündchen.

Country: Brazil.

1.c)

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Name: Joe Jonas.

Country: The USA.

1.d)

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 Name: Zoe Saldana.

Country: The USA.

Pratique: verb to be for personal information

Questão 01

Let's complete the text using the correct words.

Reprodução

Questão 02

Read the conversation below and answer the questions:

Mary: Who's that boy over there, Anna?

Anna: That? Er, that's the Indian student, Arav Kumar.

Mary: And who's the girl next to him?

Anna: Which one?

Mary: The pretty girl with dark hair and black eyes.

Anna: Oh, that's Sophia Rodriguez, the girl from Mexico.

Mary: She's tall. How old is she?

Anna: She's thirteen.

Mary: She's fit. Is she an athlete?

Anna: She plays basketball. She loves it.

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Mary: Are Arav and Sophia friends?

Anna: Yes, they're good friends!

Mary: Is she his best friend?

Anna: Mary! Why all these questions?!

2.a)

What's Arav's last name?

2.b)

What's Sophia's favorite sport?

2.c)

What colour are Sophia's eyes?

Questão 03

Answer the questions using short answer.

3.a)

Are Finn and Arav friends?

3.b)

Is Karen Australian?

3.c)

Is Finn interested in Arts?

3.d)

Are you a good listener?

3.e)

Am I your friend?

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Questão 04

Fill in the blanks using the correct form of the verb be:

I ________ Jasmine. I ________ from Barcelona, Spain. I'm Spanish. I________ thirteen years old,

but my birthday is next month, I will be fourteen years old! My favourite sport ________

football. I also like to play video games, paint and read when I can. I listen to music
sometimes. My favourite singer ________ Ed Sheeran. He ________ British and I think his

songs ________ really good. What about you?

Questão 05

5.a)

Below are sentences of people from different countries and nationalities. Complete the

blanks. If you don't know the name of a country or nationality, research it.

Ana: I'm from Brazil. I'm ___________.

5.b)

Claude: I'm from ___________. I'm French.

5.c)

Ryan: I'm from Ireland. I'm _________________.

5.d)

Hanako: I'm from Japan. I'm ______________.

5.e)

Hans: I'm from ______________. I'm German.

Resumo

• Expressions and words used to get to know people and make new friends:
Hi!, Hello!, What's your name?, My name is..., I'm..., Nice to meet you and Nice to
meet you too.

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• We can use the verb to be in English to ask questions related to friendship and also to
identify people with information related to nationality and countries. How to use the
question Where are you from? and how to answer it using the country you are from,
the city or the nationality.

• The vocabulary used to describe physical characteristics, such as the colour of the
hair, eyes, hairstyle and physical type. When we want to talk about body
characteristics, for example, the colour of the eyes and hair, we have to use the verb
form have (pronouns I, you, they, we) or has (pronouns he, she, it). Vocabulary
related to clothes and accessories.

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