1 We are family

Unit aims
• Talking about family and daily routines
• Using the simple present and adverbs of
frequency
• Meeting and introducing new people
• Writing an informal email
• Learning about surveys and bar graphs
• Understanding a blog post and a radio • Doing a survey and presenting the results
interview

1 Look at the picture and answer.

 1How important are family and friends to you?
2 Do you have a big family or a small family?
3 How often do you talk to your family
and friends?

2 Watch the video and answer.

 1 Does Nora have a big family?
2 Who has a small family?
3 Who does Nora video call very month?

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12 Unit 1
VOCABULARY

1 Look and write the words in Andreas’s family tree. Then listen and check.

Aunt brother cousin dad Grandma ✓ Grandpa mom sister Uncle

Grandpa 1
Grandma 2
Grandma
Afonso Regina Abel Beatriz

3 4
Uncle my my
Bruno Ofelia Mateus 5 6

Teresa Fabio

my my little me my big
7 8
(Andreas) 9

Lucas Maria Ismael

2 Look again at the family tree. Circle the words to complete the sentences.
Then listen to Uncle Mateus and check.
 1 Afonso and Regina are Mateus’s  parents  / grandparents.
2 Mateus is Afonso and Regina’s son / daughter.
3 Mateus doesn’t have any brothers / sisters.
daughte
4 Teresa and Maria / Ofelia are Mateus’s sisters. r
5 Teresa has two sons and one grandson / daughter. grandda
ughter
6 Ofelia has one son / granddaughter. sister
cousin
4
3 How many family words describe you? Make a
list. Then talk to your partner.

4 Make three family word puzzles for your classmates.

My dad’s brother’s daughter is my …

My family is … | My family are …
Cousin!

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Finished? page 125, exercise 1 Workbook page 8 13
 READING

1 Look quickly at the blog. What is special about Raquel’s family?

My awesome family
Hi! My name is Raquel, and this is a picture of my mom’s big,
beautiful family. That’s me in the middle with my grandma and
my grandpa – he’s the one with the black cowboy hat. My dad
has a white cowboy hat. The woman next to him with the Me!
beautiful smile is my mom. She’s with my little sister, Gabriela.
All the other children and teenagers in the photo are my
cousins. How many are there? Twenty! That’s because my mom has four sisters and five brothers, but not all my
aunts and uncles are in this photo. My grandparents have 22 grandchildren: 12 granddaughters and ten grandsons.

What’s life like in a large family? There are many cool things. We all live near each other, so there is always
someone to play with. We share everything – our toys, our clothes, and sometimes even our food. We also have
great parties. Dinnertime is a little noisy. And the children sometimes get angry at each other, but we always talk
and quickly forget all about it. At school, the teachers sometimes don’t remember our names!

2 Read the blog. Match 1–5 with A–E.

 1 Raquel A 20 cousins.
2 Raquel has B has 22 grandchildren.
3 Raquel’s mom has C five brothers and four sisters.
4 Raquel’s grandpa D has one sister.
5 Raquel’s dad E is next to Raquel’s mom.

3 Read the blog again. Complete the

table with things that are good and
not so good about big families.
4 Think about what is good
and not so good about small
Big families families. Complete the table.
Then talk to your partner.

always someone noisy Small families

to play with

It’s good there is no noise when we

want to do our homework.

Yes, but we don’t have a big brother Remember there are usually good things
or sister to help with homework! and bad things about most situations.

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14 Unit 1
LANGUAGE TOOLKIT

Simple present
1 Complete the comments on Raquel’s blog with the verbs in the box.
takes don’t see doesn’t have has

I come from a big family. I have lots of aunts I come from a small family.
and uncles, but I 1 them I don’t have any brothers
very often. Most of them live in Colombia. or sisters. I have one aunt. She
My mom 2 one cousin. 3
any children.
He lives in Georgia. I live with my two sisters in She 4
me on
Texas. We visit our family in the summer. fun trips. I like our small family!

2 Circle to complete the sentences so they are true for you.

 1I come / don’t come from a big family.
2 My mom has brothers and sisters / doesn’t have any brothers or sisters.
3 I see / don’t see my family a lot.
4 We share / don’t share everything in my family.

3 Read the sentences in Exercises 1 and 2. Circle to complete the Language tools.

LANGUAGE TOOLS
Verbs for 1 he, she, it / I, you, we, they end in -s or -es.
We use 2has / have for he, she, it.
The negative form of verbs for I, you, we, they is 3don’t + verb / doesn’t + verb.
The negative form of verbs for he, she, it is 4don’t + verb / doesn’t + verb.
We use any with 5affirmative / negative verbs.

Grammar reference page 135

4 Complete Rhonda’s text with the correct form of

the verbs in parentheses. Then listen and check.

I’m Rhonda. I 1 have (have) a little brother.

I 2
(not have) any sisters.
My mom 3
(work) at a school,
and my dad 4 (stay) at home.
He 5
(not work).
We 6
(have) a dog named Mia.
She 7
(sleep) with me every night.
COMMON ERROR

5 Write five sentences about a family ✗ Takes me on fun trips.

member. Then tell a partner. How many ✓ She takes me on fun trips.
sentences can they remember?
✗ I not have a big family.
My uncle Johnny has four sons. He doesn’t have … ✓ I don’t have a big family.
✗ She doesn’t has children.
OK, your uncle Johnny has four sons …
✓ She doesn’t have children.

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Workbook page 9 Practice Extra Unit 1 Listening Unit 1 15
 LISTENING AND VOCABULARY

1 What do you do first every day? Look and number the pictures.

go to school go to bed get up have dinner

have breakfast have lunch take a shower get home

2 Complete the activities from Exercise 1.

go get take have

to bed

3 Listen to the radio interview. How

is Emma’s day similar to yours?
How is it different? 5 Imagine you are a guest on a radio
show. Complete the interview. Then
role play with a partner.

presenter Welcome to the show! Tell us

about your daily life. What time
do you get up?
you Hi! I always get up at .
Then I

presenter What do you have for breakfast?

you
presenter Do you have lunch at school
4 Listen to the interview again. with your friends?
Write T (true) or F (false). you
presenter What do you do when you get
 1 Emma gets up early every day. T
home?
2 She takes a shower after breakfast.
you
3 Emma goes to school with
her brother. presenter And do you go to bed early?
you
4 Emma has lunch at home.
presenter Thanks for talking to us today!
5 She does farm work after school.

6 She doesn’t have a lot of free time.

7 Emma goes to bed at 10:30.

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LANGUAGE TOOLKIT

Simple present questions; adverbs of frequency

1 Listen to the conversation. Match the
questions 1–4 with the answers A–D.

 1Do you like soccer? A We usually have dinner at 8:30.

2 Do you want to watch the game B Yes, I do.
at my house tonight? C He starts around 5:00 or 5:30.
3 What time does your family have dinner? D Sure!
4 What time does your dad make dinner?

2 Read the questions in Exercise 1. Circle to complete the Language tools.

LANGUAGE TOOLS Simple present questions

We use do and does to ask questions. The subject
comes 1before / after do or does.
We use 2do / does for he, she, it. We use do / does COMMON ERROR
for I, you, we, they. ✗ You want to get pizza
We put the main verb before / after the subject.
3
tonight?
We change / don’t change the main verb.
4
✓ Do you want to get
pizza tonight?
Grammar reference page 135

3 Put the words in the correct order to make questions.

 1 A lunch? / have / for / you / do / What 4 A have dinner / your friend / Does /
What do you have for lunch? at your house / every day?

B I always have salad for lunch.

2 A on weekends? / early / Do / get up / you

B Not every day. He sometimes has dinner
at my house on Saturday or Sunday.

B No, I never get up early on weekends. 5 A your grandpa or grandma / you? / see /
When / does
3 A time? / free / When / have / you / do

B I rarely have free time. I play lots of B My grandpa usually sees me on Fridays.
sports!

4
1 Complete the sentences with the words in 5 Work in pairs. Ask and answer
the box. There are two extra words. the questions from Exercise 3
so they are true for you.
always sometimes after never usually
What do you have for lunch?
0% of 25% 50% 75%
100% of
the time the time I usually have …
I sometimes have …
never rarely sometimes usually always

 1 We use to say we do something 0 percent of the time.

2 We use to say we do something most of the time.

3 We put the adverb the subject.

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 SPEAKING

Meeting and introducing new people

1 Look at the pictures. Which sentences do you
think describe the situation? Circle the letters.
A Maya, Peter, and Leo are on a video call. Maya and Leo

B Maya, Peter, and Leo are using a laptop for homework.

C Maya and Peter are friends.

Peter
D Peter is Maya’s brother.

2 Read the conversation. Check your answers to Exercise 1.

peter Hi, Maya! How are you?
maya Hey, Peter! Not bad! I miss everyone,
but I love my new school.
leo Who’s this?
maya My friend. Sorry, Peter! This is my brother.
peter Hello! My name is Peter. What’s yours?
leo Hi Peter! I’m Leo, Maya’s awesome brother.
peter Nice to meet you, Leo!
leo How do you know Maya?
maya Peter is on my soccer team. It’s your turn
to help Mom with dinner, right?
leo OK. I have to run, Peter. See you
around!
peter OK, bye!
maya Sorry about that. Leo always wants
to listen to my conversations. But
how are you?
peter Fine, thanks! Don’t worry, my sister
is the same. But tell me about your
new school. What time does your
day start?
maya Oh, we start early. I get up at 6:30.

31 Look at the Useful language. Match 4 Read and circle the correct
the headings with the phrases. response. Then listen and check.
 1 Hello!
A Introducing yourself and others
B Saying goodbye A Hey, Sam!
C Greeting someone B OK, bye!
C Not bad!
2 I have to run.
Useful language A Hi, Anna, how are you?
1 B Nice to meet you!
Hello! Hi! C OK, bye!
2
3 My name is Lucia. What’s yours?
A This is Carlos.
My name is Peter. What’s yours? B Hi, Lucia! I’m Carlos.
Hi / Hey, Peter! I’m Leo. C See you around!

This is my brother. 4 This is my friend Marcus.

A Who’s this?
Nice to meet you. B My name is Alex. What’s yours?
How do you know Maya? C Nice to meet you!
3 5 How do you know Marcus?
A I have to run.
I have to run …
B We go to the same school.
OK, bye! C Sorry about that.
See you around!
5 Work in groups of three. Role play
a new conversation with your
own ideas.

Hi, Carlos! How are you?

Hey, Ana! Not bad! I have a new phone.

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18 Unit 1 Pronunciation page 122 Practice Extra Unit 1 Speaking
WRITING

An informal email From: Roberto Lima

To: Sam Evans
1 Read Roberto’s email quickly. What Subject: New pen pal
is he writing about?
Hi Sam,
2 Read the email. Mark (✓) the four My name is Roberto, and I’m happy you are my pen pal.
activities that Roberto does. I live in Salvador, Brazil. I’m 13 years old, and I have
get up late a sister Maria. She’s 14.
I get up early, usually have cereal for breakfast, and go
write stories to school. When I get home, I do my homework and then
play games listen to music. Do you like hip-hop?
Maria loves to write stories. She’s always on her laptop.
play a sport
My grandparents live in Salvador, too. We sometimes
✓ listen to music have dinner together.
have dinner with family On Fridays, my cousins visit. We play games or just talk.
We always have a lot of fun! On Saturdays, I play soccer
with my friends.
3 Complete the Useful language with
examples from Roberto’s email. What about you? Tell me about your life.
Write soon,
Useful language Roberto
Greetings
Hey, 1 Hi Sam,
Questions
How are you? 2 5 Now write your email. Use your notes
from Exercise 4 to help you.

Exclamations
It’s awesome! 3 Re m em be r to:
Use a greeting.
text into
Saying goodbye Organize your
paragraphs.
Bye, 4 Say goodbye.
s in the
Use expression
.
Useful language
4 Imagine you want to write an email to
a new pen pal. Write notes using the
ideas in the box or your own ideas.

what time I get up / go to school / go to bed

my age my name ✓
what I have for breakfast 6 Work in pairs. Look at your
what I do in my free time partner’s email and write
where I have lunch my family notes. Then listen to each
other’s notes.
Paragraph 1: my name, You don’t have a greeting.

OK. I can write one.

Paragraph 2:

Listen and make corrections

Paragraph 3: to your work.

Paragraph 4:

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Workbook page 14 Unit 1 19
 CLIL

MATH
A survey on daily activities
1 Circle the correct answer.
A survey is:
A a list of questions you ask people to get information.
B a presentation.
C a magazine article.

2 Watch the video.

 1 How many people answer the survey?
2 How many people do each activity? Complete the table.

Activity Number of people

have breakfast 17
have lunch
have dinner
play sports 18
watch TV 11
go to bed early 14
go to bed late

3 Look at the bar graph. It shows the results of the survey in the
video. Circle the correct words to complete the sentences.
 1 Seventeen / Seven people always have breakfast.
2 All / No people have lunch and dinner.
3 Eighteen / Two people don’t play sports
4 Eleven people don’t watch TV / watch TV.
5 Six people go / don’t go to bed early.

Daily activities survey

20
18
16
Number of people

14
12
10
8
6
4
2
Have
breakfast

Have lunch

Have
dinner

Play sports

Watch TV

Go to bed
early

Go to bed
late

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 Franklin Middle School have dinner with their
FRANKLIN MIDDLE SCHOOL students have similar families. Fifty students
Opinion | Weekly Survey | Sports | Multimedia | Editor’s Pick
routines over the usually study every day
week but not on the and – wait for it – go
weekend. We have to bed early! Now we
some interesting know why sixth-graders
answers from 60 always get good grades.
sixth-graders. Keep
Weekends are different
reading to find out
for all of them.
what they do!
Twenty-five visit their
On weekdays, 40 grandparents, 15 go out
students always get up with their cousins or
early to take a shower friends, and 20 prefer to
before school. The other stay home, usually with
20 do it before going to their families. Twelve of
bed the night before. those who stay home
That way, they only have watch TV shows, and
to get dressed in the eight prefer movies.
morning – smart move!
What’s your daily
They can sleep 15 to 20
routine? Send us

Sixth-graders’
more minutes before
an email about it
they have breakfast.
at weeklysurvey@

daily routines All students usually

get home around
franklinschool.org.
Next week, don’t miss
5 o’clock. Fifty-two of
by Joao Schmidt Oct. 7 the seventh-graders’
them always do their
results!
homework and then

4 Read the article quickly. Which two daily activities 6 Work in pairs. Draw a
are the most common? bar graph to show the
results of the survey.
5 Read the article. What are the survey results?
Then compare with
another pair’s graph.
Weekdays
How many students: 7 Tell each other how you
spend your day.
 1 get up early?

2 don’t take a shower in the morning? I get up at 7:30.

Do you get up early?
3 get home at 5 o’clock?

4 have dinner with family?

No, I usually get up at
9 o’clock. Then, I …
5 study every day?

Weekends COLLABORATION PLUS

How many students: Project 1:
Create your own
6 visit their grandparents?
survey and present
7 go out with cousins or friends? the results.

8 watch movies?

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