1A Grammar

Subject and object questions

Activity A
Complete the questions in the table.

A B C
Where 2 ?
1
(you / go)

recently? (you travel)

Who 4 ?
3
(you / go / with)

with a friend? (you go)

5 What 6 ?
(you / see)
a famous building or place?
(you see)

What 8
7
photos of? (you / take)

a lot of photos? (you take)

What 10 ?
9
(you / have)

something interesting? (you eat)

11 Why 12
it? (you / like)
your visit and do you want to go
back? (you enjoy)

Activity B
Complete questions 1–6.
1 recently? (who / travel)
2 with a friend? (who / go)
3 a famous building or place? (who / see)
4 lots of photos? (who / take)
5 something interesting? (who / eat)
6 their visit and wants to go back? (who / enjoy)

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1B Grammar
Present simple and present continuous

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I study for an hour I always wear I’m seeing the dentist
every evening. expensive clothes. this afternoon.

I’m reading a very

I’m having a difficult
interesting book at I’m feeling very hot!
day today.
the moment.

I learn best in the I’m seeing a friend I’m learning to drive

mornings. tonight. at the moment.

I’m studying Japanese

I’m not wearing a coat. I feel sad when it rains.
at the moment.

I’m thinking about

what to do at the I’ve got three sisters
I live in a small flat.
weekend. and two brothers.

I’m living in New York I’m thinking about

I never get up late.
this year. my birthday.

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1A Vocabulary
Communication

Communicating with others –

what do    think?
• You have to tell a close friend some bad news. Is it better to
tell them in an email or 1f to f ?

• In a restaurant, you’re very unhappy with the service.

Do you 2c to the manager or just say nothing?

• A close friend asks you what you think of their new hairstyle.
Unfortunately, you don’t like it very much. Do you give your
3
o or say nothing?

4
• You have to g a two-minute presentation to the
class tomorrow about your hobby. Are you happy to speak in
5
p ?

6
• You’re with a group of friends and one of them t
a joke that isn’t funny and isn’t very polite. Do you smile and
say nothing or express your real 7f about it?

8
• A friend tries to p you to do their English
homework for them. It’s about an hour’s work and you’re
very busy at the moment. Do you say ‘yes’ or ‘no’?

• You’re in the cafeteria at lunch time when you see a new

colleague sitting on his own. Do you try to 9i with
him or ignore him?

• You’re are on a train and another passenger starts speaking

very loudly on his phone. You ask him politely to be quiet, but
he ignores you. Do you 10a with him or say nothing?

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1B Vocabulary
Gradable and extreme adjectives

Student A Student B Student C

small tiny tiny

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big enormous enormous
tired exhausted exhausted
hot boiling boiling
cold freezing freezing
difficult impossible impossible
bad awful awful
good fantastic fantastic
dirty filthy filthy
angry furious furious
unhappy miserable miserable
nice (food) delicious delicious

Situations
Student A Student B Student C
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You went on holiday. (Where did You bought something online. You hurt yourself! (What
you go? What was it like? The (What was it? Are you happy happened? How did you feel?)
weather? The food? with it?)
The hotel?)

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Unit 1 Wordpower
yourself

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Student A
1 I’ve come to your house for dinner. What do you say when I arrive?
(make yourself at home)
2 I want to paint my own flat, but I plan to pay a professional painter. You think
this will be too expensive. What do you say?
(do it yourself)
3 I’d like to take piano lessons, but you think I can learn just using a book and
practising alone. What do you say?
(teach yourself)
4 I have a test tomorrow, but I don’t feel confident about it. What do you say?
(tell yourself)
5 I’m going to a party tonight. What do you say?
(enjoy yourself)

Student B
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1 You see me fall and you want to make sure I’m OK. What do you say?
(hurt yourself)
2 I have an interview tomorrow and you want me to relax and behave naturally.
What do you say?
(be yourself)
3 I’m at your house and you want me to eat as much as I want. What do you say?
(help yourself)
4 I’m going on holiday tomorrow. You don’t want anything bad to happen to me.
What do you say?
(look after yourself)
5 I often say what I’m thinking, even when I’m watching the TV or reading. It
annoys you and you want to ask me not to do it. What do you say?
(talk to yourself)

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1A Pronunciation
Sound and spelling: /ɪ/ and /iː/

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situation express feelings money

public interview receive employee

family opinions experience speak

give communicate keep weekend

listen interview babies reading

different independent area routine

confident talking colleagues audience

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1B Pronunciation
Sentence stress: gradable and extreme adjectives

Are you happy living where you are now?

1 What do you think about the typical
food where you’re living?
a It’s really delicious.
b It’s absolutely disgusting.
c It’s OK.
2 What’s the weather like?
a It’s absolutely gorgeous.
b It’s awful – it’s either freezing cold
or boiling hot.
c So-so.
3 What do you think of the people?
a They’re fantastic – really nice.
b Awful. Everyone’s miserable and rude!
c It depends. Some people are nice –
some aren’t.
4 Are there lots of things to do here in
your free time?
a Yes. There’s an enormous amount of
things to do and see.
b No. There’s only a tiny number of things to
do and see.
5 Would you like to live here for a long
time?
c I think there are enough things to do.
a Yes, I’d love to live here forever.
b No! That’s a terrible idea!
c Maybe. I have no plans to move.
6 Are there enough green spaces?
a Yes. There are lots of fantastic parks and
gardens.
b No. And the streets are absolutely filthy.
c There are some parks, but I’d like more.
7 Is it a good place for families with
young children?
a Yes, it’s a fantastic place for kids.
b No, it’s absolutely awful!
c I think it’s OK.
8 What’s the public transport like?
a Wonderful. It’s so easy to travel around.
b It’s really bad. It’s impossible to travel
around easily. It makes me furious!
c It’s not bad.

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