S Teacher: == Course:Z What's this? © swapsuor ® Listen and practice, What's in your bag? 6“ avallet F) a0 player in fa acell phone ‘Sourea: Basod on interviews with poople Between the ages of 10 ane 30 Check (¢) the things in your bag. What other things are in your bag? @ ARTICLES Classroom objects A @ Listen. Complete these sentences with a or an. an + vowel sound 1. This is book. a+ consonant sound | Renn In sila 5. This is notebook, 6. This is... encyclopedia, B Pair work Find and spell these things in your classroom. board chair dictionary pen wall A: This is a board. book bag clock — door pencil wastebasket B: How do you spell board? cassette player desk map table: window A: B-O-A-R-D,Tf What are you going to do? Months and dates A Put the months in the box in time order, CAprit (december January Cduly May (October Dlaugust CFebruary Cl June (March CiNovember — (] September 1, January 5. = 9 | 6. 10, _ 3. 7 1 = 4 8. — 2 ___ B When are the seasons in your country? Write the months for each season, — C Write each date a different way. 1. March 12th «= March twelfth 5. October Ist 2 Aprildith =, May 22nd 8, January 16th a 7. duly 8rd 4, February 9th 8. August 30thPossessive adjectives 6 myand your Complete the sentences with my or your. 1 Hello, name’s Jemny. 2 What's name? 3 Is Catherine sister? 4. John Ann, this is brother, Dick. Ann Hello, Dick, 7 hisand her Complete the sentences with his or her. 1 ‘What’s____ name?” “Elizabeth? 2 name is James Baker 3 Thave a brother, _ name is David 4 Marie is from France. flat isin Paris. Vocabulary and pronunciation 8 Countries and nationalities ‘Match the countries and nationalities. Country Nationality England Hungarian deminy, Jan Mexican Ttaly Ss Egyptian France English Spain Japanese Portugal German Egypt Brazilian Japan Russian the United States Italian Russia French Hungary ‘American Brazil Portuguese Mexico Spanish 9 Where's the stress? 1 GED Put these two-syllable words into the correct columns, A or B. England japan ——-Russia_—_reland Brazil Spanish German Egypt . Japan Portuguese 2 Put the three-syllable words in the box into the correct columns above, C or D. | Germany Portugal Portuguese Italy | Mexico Mexican Japanese Sele Shere Ie4 SAYING HELLO ‘Complete the dialogues. 1 A HiKaren This is James. B Hello, James. ____ to you. 2 A Hi, Tm Paco, 's your 2 B Isabella A 9 B Isabella! 3A Hi Keaii, are you? B T'mfine, thanks. And ? A Very well, thank you. 4A ‘evening What's your name? B 's Walter Harris A Youre m room 12. 2 GRAMMAR verb be [+], pronouns a Complete the first column with the words in the box. Then write the contractions. she ae they is I ae is ae eileen: Ponieetione fam Tin you wis |_ Complete the sentences. Use a contraction. in room 603.PRONUNCIATION /siand/ao! Carele the word with a different vowel sound. 3 bud thirty Tuesday Geman Thusday LO. owt thousand bow you our ‘Underline the stressed syllable in these words. 1sumame 4 mobile Daddress 5 Camda 3 email 6 Australia Practise saying the words ina and b. READING Read the interview and write the questions in the somect space. Are you mamed? What's her mame? ‘What's yourname? How old are you? ‘Where are you fiom? Where's the language school? Look at the highlighted words. What do you think they mean? Check with your dictionary. Interview with a language teacher oa Whar's your name: My name's Thomas, but people cal me Tom Im from Shefid in the north of England, but now | Ive in Lisbon, in Rorugal. Im an Engi teacher. work in 8 language schoo ‘Yes, lam. My wife is Portuguese. eee Hee name's Julana, We have twe children . Law is & and Victor is 2. They speak English and Portuguese. a m5. a i 6s in the oenize of Lisbon. if 2 small school wh about 200 students: More Words to Learn Write translations and try to remember the words, Word Promunciation Translation Australia neun /os'treilia’ Canada noun (Tkaenads! form noun Hox! tier (A,.B.C..) noun lets! intemational adjective /ints'naejnal’ diffrent: adeeme ——caftont! famous adjective /'femas! think verb Bik! about adverb a'baut! every adjective few aPRACTICE Reading and writing 5 GRED Listen and read about Svetk ———— Talking about you 1 Ask and answer questions with a partner about the students in your class = ed 0 pan 8421 Whats hic name? > — My name's Svetlana Mariskova and I'm a teacher. Sa enna) 'm 30. I'm married and | have two children. | ive in a flat in Moscow. | want to learn English for my job. 2. Introduce your partner to the class. This is Kurt. He's from Hainburg in German. Listening and pronunciation 3 Listen and tick (v7) the sentence u hear, 1D She's from Spain, OW 2 What's her name? C What's his name? 3 They're from Japan, OO They're in Japan. 4 O] Where's she from? C] Where's he from? He's a teacher in Italy. CO His teacher's in Italy, Check it My name's Tiago Costa and I'm-a student. | _ 4 Complete the sentences with amy, is, are, I'm not married. | have one ‘and two brothers. his, hes, or your, 1 in a house in Fortaleza, Braz|l. | to 1 Myname is Emma. learn English because it's an international 2 Where you from? 31 from Italy 4 ‘What's name?! ‘My name’s Daniela, 5 Lisaand Mike from Boston. 6 This my teacher, name's Richard. Where he from? This is. my sister, name's Miho. Listen and check. 7 Write about you, Them read itto the class,7 READING & SPEAKING b Read the following text quickly: Put the capital cttes im order according to their populations fromm largest 10 smallest 2 yer ethene te questions. © Whee s te areal cer of your country? © Se we voce 2? @ Wise xe is famous monuments? Cardiff Belfast’ London Edinburgh The United Kingdom The United Kingdorn (UK) is made up of four countries: England, Scocland, Wales, and. Norther Ireland. The four capitals of the United Kingdom's constituent countries are London (England), Edinburgh (Scotland), Cardiff (Wales), and Belfast (Northern Ireland). Landen is also the capital of the UK. London London isthe capital city of England and the UK. bein the south east of England, andl is on the river Thames. has population ef approximately & millon people. London has many famous monumenes Stich as the Tower of London, Big Ben, Buckinghary Palace, and che Landon Eye. Italso has well-known museums and galleries such as the British Museum. the Navional Gallery. and Tice Modern, The Edinburgh Edinburgh fs the capiral of Scotland and les second largest city after Glasgow Edinburgh isin south-east Sealand, on the saush shore of the Firch of Forth, on the North Se. itis the seat of the Seetthh Parlamenr. Edinburgh has a total Population of around 450.000, fn Augut. during the Edinburgh festival, iss population doubles! ty main attractions include Edinburgh Castle which i at the top of an extinct valeano, and the Royal Mile the historical sree whieh eaes down from the Caste. Visitors should ako take in Molyrcod House, t Giles Cachedral, Princes Steet for shopping. and the magrilicens Forth Rail ridge on the Firth of Forth. Edinburghs most famous patkis Princes Sreet Gardens. indus ‘West End, with locations like Ondord Sree, Leicester Square, Covent Garden, and Piccadilly Circusis Londons entertainment and shopping district London’ tallsz building is One Canada Square in Canary Whar. thas 52 floors! Fora big city London has many green spaces, for example Hyde Se lames’ and Greenwich parks The Housesof Palament in Westminster, the home ofthe Government of the UK. Belfast Belfast isthe capital of Norchom ireland and its argest city, It has a population of approximately 280,000 people. Belfast is con Northern treland’s east coast, at the ‘mouth of the River Lagan. Many pares of the city centre ae being redeveloped. New developments include Victorla Square, che Cathedkal Quarter and the regeneration of the Titanic Quarter {the ocean liner Titanic was built im Belfast), Belfast has over forty public parks. One af the most popular isthe Botanic Gardens. The Northern treland Assembly isin Belhiss, at Stormont. Cardiff Cardiff, on the countrys south cans, is che capieal cy of Wales, The ver Talf flows through this city with a population of approximately 321,000 people, Cardiff has many beautiful places of interest and sone ofthe top ten cies tw vist according t the Grtich Toure Authority. One ‘of the cities oleest monuments is Cardi Castle. Other places fo visit are che Wales Millennium Centre, home tw the Wesh National Opera, the Millennium Spores ‘radium, and the National Museum and Gallery. Carcs ‘own centre s very green — its most famous parks are Roath park, Cathays park and Bure park Cardi is abso ‘one of the best places for shopping in the UK!© Read the text again. In pairs, complete the chart. oy Popolation ondos 2 Esinbargh Rata sci din pairs, complete the sentences with London, Edinburgh, Cardiff, or Belfast. 1 is the city where the Titanic was built, 2 ____is one of the best cities for shopping in the UK. 3 has. skyscraper with 52 floors. 4 has a castle which is built on an extinct volcano. 2 LISTENING & SPEAKING a G1 Listen to Chiara talking about her favourite place in London, Answer the questions. 1 How often does Chiara go to London? 2. Where is her favourite place in London? 3. Whatis a busker? 4 What does she like doing at her favourite place? 5. What does Chiara like best about her favourite place? What do youthink? “Which is the best city in your country? Why? ‘Write an email (100 words) to a friend abour the capital city ‘of your country. Include information on: + where the city is * which river flows through it + its population * what its famous monuments and museums are * what young people can do there