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Grammar and Vocabulary and Listening and Communicative tasks

Module 1 Present and past Expressions Pronunciation Reading skills

Unit 1 ● Questions and ● Countries and ● Listen to a song ● Ask questions when you meet
Connections answers nationalities Read a magazine article about new people

R E V I S I ON
●

● Present continuous
and present simple
● Expressions : greetings
and introductions
● Language the English language ● Talk about yourself and your
● Using numbers ● Understand the main idea friends
of an article ● Describe someone you know
● Pronunciation: weak ● Write a report about your class
forms /ə/ ● Life and culture : What a mixture!

Unit 2 ● Past simple ● Verbs describing ● Listen to a story about a ● Write and act a conversation
Past events ● Past continuous actions lucky discovery about events in the past
and past simple ● Adventure ● Listen and complete a form ● Interview a friend about
● Link words ● Read a short adventure story a discovery
● Expressions : giving ● Guess meaning from context ● Write a short story
and accepting an ● Pronunciation:
apology intonation in ● Life and culture : Journeys
questions and explorers

Review Grammar check Study skills : Your coursebook Progress check Coursework: Home life
Module 2 Descriptions

Unit 3 ● Comparatives and ● Adjectives describing ● Listen to a personality test ● Write a description using
People superlatives personality ● Read a Web page comparatives and superlatives
● (not) as ... as ● The Internet ● Use pronouns and possessive ● Describe people's personality
● Opposites: adjectives ● Write a Web page about
● Expressions : asking for un- + adjective yourself
a description ● Life and culture : The British
● Pronunciation:
stress in words

Unit 4 ● Suggestions
Places ● Expressions of quantity:
too much/many, (not)
enough, a lot of
● Expressions : responding
to suggestions
● Places ● Listen to someone talking ● Plan a day out with friends
● School about a place ● Describe a place you know,
● Uses of get ● Read an article about and things you like and don't
a Japanese student's day like there
● Pronunciation: ● Scan a text for information ● Write about a typical day
/k/ /p/ /t/
● Life and culture : Australia

Review Grammar check Study skills : Thinking about learning Progress check Coursework: Getting around
Module 3 The future

Unit 5 ● Present continuous
Goals used for the future
● The future with
going to
● The future with will
and going to
● Expressions : shopping
● Sports clothes
● Competitive sport
● Adjective/verb +
preposition: good
at/worry about
● Pronunciation:
/ai/ /υ/ //
● Listen to a talk about a cycling
trip
● Read an interview with a young
athlete
● Skim a text for the general idea
● Life and culture : The history of
the Olympics
● Talk about future plans
● Talk about the future and
make offers
● Make a conversation in a shop
● Interview a friend and then
write about him/her

Unit 6 ● First conditional ● At the table ● Listen to a song ● Make a conversation in

Choices ● The future with will
and might
● will/won't + probably
● Expressions : polite
requests
● Artificial ● Read an article about artificial a restaurant
intelligence intelligence ● Describe things that aren't
● Compound nouns: ● Identify the topic certain and things that are
coffee maker probable in the future
● Life and culture : Journey into ● Write about future plans
● Pronunciation: space ● Make predictions about life
/e/ /ei/ // in the future

Review Grammar check Study skills : Making a vocabulary notebook Progress check Coursework: Shopping in London

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Module 4 Your world Expressions Pronunciation Reading skills

Unit 7 ● Present perfect
Achievements ● Present perfect and
past simple
● The infinitive of
purpose
● Expressions : I think
so. / I don't think so.
● Using a machine
● The environment
● Pronunciation:
/i/ /ɒ/ /əυ/
● Listen to a radio advert
● Read a newsletter about
a campaign
● Understand the main idea of
a text
● Life and culture : Saving Gwrych
Castle
● Talk about things you've done
this week
● Write and act an advert
● Make a conversation about
using a machine
● Write a letter about a campaign

Unit 8 ● Present perfect ● Outdoor activities ● Listen to a student describing ● Describe your experiences
Experiences + ever and never ● Music important people in his life ● Talk about present situations
+ just ● Prepositions of time ● Read a biography of a rock band and how long they have
+ for and since ● Guess meaning from context continued
● Pronunciation: ● Write a description of a person
● Expressions : time Stress in words ● Life and culture : A poem: What you know
expressions with for has happened to Lulu?
and since
● Write a biography

Review Grammar check Study skills : Learning to listen Progress check Coursework: Useful information
Module 5 The way it’s done

Unit 9 ● have to, don't have ● Illnesses and ● Listen to two friends following ● Describe rules at your school
Getting it to, mustn't injuries instructions and your ideal school
right ● should, shouldn't ● Customs ● Do a quiz about customs around ● Talk about problems and give
● Adverbs the world advice
● Expressions : ● Identify the topic ● Write about customs in your
thanking people ● Pronunciation: country
and responding to /s/ /ʃ/ ● Life and culture : Mardi Gras
thanks

Unit 10 ● Present simple ● Materials ● Listen and identify mistakes ● Describe where things are
Where is it passive ● Animated films ● Listen to a song made or produced
made? ● Past simple passive ● Parts of speech ● Read about animated films ● Write a general knowledge quiz
● Use pronouns and possessive to do with the class
● Expressions : ● Pronunciation: adjectives ● Describe a film you know well
expressing a reaction weak forms /wəz/
/wə/ ● Life and culture : Living in an
international world

Review Grammar check Study skills : Speaking Progress check Coursework: Mini phrase book
Module 6 The way we live

Unit 11 ● Reported speech
Talking ● Say and tell
● Question tags
● Expressions : asking
for clarification
● Relationships
● On the phone
● Verbs that describe
speaking
● Punctuation marks
● Pronunciation:
intonation in question
tags
● Listen to an argument
● Read a story from the Internet
about a telephone conversation
● Skim a text for the general idea
● Life and culture: Central Park
● Interview people about teenage
life and report what they said
● Check information about
a friend
● Write a conversation using
the correct punctuation

Unit 12 ● used to ● Words from American ● Listen to a song ● Describe your past and changes
New ● Second conditional English ● Read some extracts from in your life
beginnings ● Synonyms an encyclopaedia ● Talk about imaginary situations
● Expressions : saying ● Scan a text for information ● Write an essay about your
goodbye ● Pronunciation: country
/θ/ /ð/ ● Life and culture : Living in the past

Review Grammar check Study skills : Checking your work Progress check Coursework: Entertainment

● Grammar index ● Communicative functions index ● Wordlist ● Phonetic symbols ● Verb forms and irregular verbs ● Songs

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In Module 1 Steps 1 and 2 you study
Life and culture
Grammar so that you can What a mixture!
● Questions and answers ● Ask questions when you Journeys and explorers
● Present continuous and meet new people
present simple ● Greet and introduce
● Past simple people in different ways
● Past continuous and past ● Describe nationality Coursework 1
simple and say where people
come from Part 1 Home life
Vocabulary ● Talk about yourself and You write about home life in
● Countries and nationalities your friends your country.
● Verbs describing actions ● Talk about events in
the past
Expressions ● Say that you’re sorry
● Greetings and ● Describe events in the
introductions past that are interrupted
● Giving and accepting by other events
an apology

In Step 3 you ...

read so that you can

● A magazine article about ● Write a report about
the English language your class
● A short adventure story ● Write a short story

study
● Numbers
● Link words
● Understanding the main
idea
● Guessing meaning from
context

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What’s it about? Coursework

My guidebook
What can you say about the pictures?
Now match the pictures with sentences 1–4. In Book 3 you study
1 The Grants always have coffee and toast for breakfast. ● a guidebook for visitors to
2 He made a spear to catch the fish in the lake. an English-speaking country
3 Why is Ana crying? so that you can
4 Amelia Earhart was flying to Australia when her plane crashed. ● make a guidebook for an English-
speaking visitor to your country
a

Your Coursework has got six parts:

Part 1 Home life
You write about home life in your
country.

b Part 2 Getting around

You write about interesting places
in your country.
Part 3 Shopping in London
You write about shopping in your
town or in your capital city.
Part 4 Useful information
You write some useful information
for a visitor to your country.

c
Part 5 Mini phrase book
You write a mini phrase book for
a visitor to your country.
Part 6 Entertainment
You write about entertainment
in your country.

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1
In Step 1 you study
● questions and answers

● greetings and introductions

STEP 1

so that you can

● ask questions when you
meet new people
● greet people

● introduce people

Share your ideas

1 What can you say about the
photo? Where are the boy
and girl? What do you think
they’re saying?

They’re in a park.

Reading and
2 speaking
Where do you come from?
a Which questions do you
think the boy is asking? b Complete the conversation with questions from 2a.
Choose eight questions JAY: a Are you all right?
from the list. ANA: No, I’m not.
b
1 What’s your name? JAY:
2 Why are you laughing? ANA: I’m homesick.
c
3 Where do you come JAY:
from? ANA: I come from Mexico.
d
4 Have you got any friends JAY:
here? ANA: No, I don’t. I live in Veracruz.
e
5 Do you live in Mexico JAY:
City? ANA: I’m studying English. I’m staying with a family here.
6 Are you all right? JAY: f

7 What do you think of ANA: I like it, but I sometimes feel a bit homesick.
London? JAY: g
8 What are you doing in No, I haven’t.
Revision

ANA:
England? JAY: h
9 Do you play tennis? ANA: Ana.
10 What’s the matter? JAY: Pleased to meet you, Ana. I’m Jay, Jay Sayer. Er ... do you fancy an
ice cream?

Listen and check.

c If you have time, practise the conversation between Jay and Ana.

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Grammar revision Questions and answers

3 Complete the questions with is/are, do/does, has/have.
b Match the expressions with the
explanations. How do you say
these expressions in your
language?
Is Ana Mexican? – Yes, she is.
1 Hi!/Hello! How are you?
she happy? – No, she isn’t. 2 Nice to meet you. / Pleased to
Jay and Ana in the park? – Yes, they are. meet you.
they both speak English? – Yes, they do. 3 How do you do?
Does Ana come from London? – No, she doesn’t.
a This is a formal greeting. You
she like London? – Yes, she does.
can use it when you meet an
she got any English friends? – No, she hasn’t. adult for the first time.
Ana and Jay got an ice cream? – No, they haven’t. b You often say this when you see
Where Ana live? – In Veracruz. a friend.
Why she crying? – Because she’s homesick. c You say this when you meet
someone for the first time. It’s
1a, 2a friendly but it can be formal or
informal.
Practice
4 a Put the words in the right order and make questions.
1 Are Jay and Ana old friends?
Remember!
How do you do? isn’t really a question,
1 old / Ana / are / friends / Jay / and ? and the response is How do you do?
2 they / where / are ?
3 Mexican / Jay / is ?
English / got / friends / Ana / any / has ? Key pronunciation
6
4
5 she / homesick / is ? Weak forms /ə/
6 from / she / where / come / does ?
7 studying / what’s / Ana ? Listen and repeat the sentences.
8 Veracruz / live / Jay / does / in ? 1 How are /ə/ you today?
2 Where are /ə/ you from?
b Now ask and answer the questions in 4a.
3 How do you /djə/ do?
Are Jay and Ana old friends? No, they aren’t. 4 Where do you /djə/ live?

Writing and speaking

5 Key expressions Greetings and introductions
a Read and complete the dialogues. 7 Meeting people

1 This 2 Hi, Jenny. 3 This is my

Use what you know
Mrs Jones, the How friend Tom.
Imagine you’re meeting an
head teacher. you today?
English teenager for the first
time. Work with a friend and
make a short conversation.
A: Hi! I’m David. What’s your
name?
B: My name’s Max. Nice to meet
Revision

you, David.
How do you A: Where do you come from,
do, Mrs Jones? Max?
I fine, Nice to Practise your conversation.
How do you do? thanks. you, Tom.

Listen and check.

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STEP 2

In Step 2 you study so that you can

● countries and nationalities ● say where people come from and their

● present continuous and nationality

present simple ● talk about yourself and your friends

Key vocabulary Countries and nationalities

1 a Match the countries with the nationalities.
Country Poland Nationality Polish

Polish Australian Italy French Argentina British Greek American

Britain Canadian Mexico Spain Japanese the USA France Argentinian
Poland Australia Spanish Greece Mexican Japan Canada Italian

Listen and check.

b S Can you add any more countries and nationalities to your list?
You’ve got two minutes!
c What about you? Say your country/town and nationality, or talk
about your favourite star.

My favourite star is Johnny Depp. I think he’s American.

Remember!
Key grammar
We use a capital letter for the names of countries, nationalities and languages.
I live in Japan. I’m Japanese. I speak Japanese and English.
3 Present continuous and
present simple
a Look at the examples and
complete the explanations.
Presentation What are they doing?
2 a Think of at least two questions about the photo, then ask a friend your
questions.
At the moment, Ana’s
sitting in the kitchen.
b Close your book and listen to the text about Ana. What’s she We use the present
thinking about? to talk about
actions in progress at the
When she’s at home in Veracruz, Ana usually starts the day with some
chilaquiles and a hot chocolate. She always has breakfast with her sister moment.
Clara, and they talk about their plans for the day. The Grants always have
Now, of course, everything’s different. At the moment she’s sitting in the coffee and toast.
kitchen with her English family, the Grants. She’s having a cup of coffee and We use the present
a piece of toast. The Grants always have coffee and toast for breakfast. It’s to talk about
raining outside and the Grants are talking about the weather again. But Ana habits, or things that are
isn’t listening. She’s looking at the rain and she’s thinking about her sister, generally true.
at home in Veracruz.
1, 2
c Listen again and follow in your book. Ask and answer the questions.
b Look at the text again
1 What does Ana usually have for breakfast? and find at least two
2 What’s she having today? more examples of the
3 Is she talking to her sister? present continuous and
4 Does her sister live in Veracruz? the present simple.
5 What are the Grants doing?
6 What’s Ana doing?

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Listening and speaking Song

5 a Listen to the song. How many
times do you hear the word jeans ?

b Listen again. How many of

these things are mentioned?

1 2 3

4 5 6

Practice
4 a Complete the sentences with the present continuous
or the present simple.
1 The Grants often talk (talk) about the weather.
2 Ana (not talk) to her sister at the moment. 7 8 9
3 Ana (not like) tea.
4 At home in Mexico, she usually (have) hot
chocolate for breakfast.
5 The Grants (live) in London.
6 The weather isn’t good today. It (rain).
7 It’s 7.30 am in London and Ana (get up). But in
Speaking Who is it?
Veracruz it’s 1.30 am and Clara
a party.
8 Clara
(go) home after

(send ) her sister a text message nearly

6 Use what you know
every day.
Describe someone in the class.
b S What about you? How many true sentences can Use the present continuous and
you write about yourself, using the present continuous the present simple.
and the present simple? You’ve got two minutes!
At the moment, I’m writing a sentence in English. He’s wearing a black sweater.
He plays a lot of volleyball.
I like music and swimming.
Can your friend guess who it is?
Try this! Is it Hugo?
How many days of the week can
you write using these letters? You can No, it isn’t.
use each letter more than once.
W T U N A H E O Y D M C N R F S

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STEP 3

In Step 3 you so that you can

● read a magazine article about the English language ● write a report about your class

● practise using numbers

Share your ideas Learning English Reading

1 Why is English a useful language? Think of at
least three reasons.
2 a Read the text. How many of your reasons can
you find?

It’s an international language.

ENGLISH WORLDWIDE!
This month we look at how the English language brings people together.

Mohammed is Egyptian.
He’s learning English at
school. About 750 million
people learn English as a
foreign language. They use it
in their job, when they travel
Portuguese 2%
abroad, or when they want to
understand English films or songs. Italian 4% Korean 2%
Chinese 4%

D id you know that a quarter of

all the people on Earth speak
English? That’s 1.5 billion people!
This is Tara. She’s from
New Zealand and English
is her first language.
About 450 million people
speak English as a first
language in countries like
Britain, the USA, Australia
and New Zealand.
English is the main language in international
business, in science and technology, in
sport and pop music. For example, nearly
French 4%
Spanish 5%
70% of the world’s scientists read scientific
German 5%
texts in English. On the Internet, over 60% English
of home pages and about 85% of emails 57%
Japanese 8%
are in English.
Language is a key to the outside world.
Other 9%
It helps you to connect with other people.
At the moment, about a billion people are
learning English, so you aren’t alone! The languages of Internet users

Sandro is from Puerto Rico but now he lives

in New York. His first language is Spanish,
but he speaks English too. Thirty-six million
people in the USA come from Latin America.
They learn English as a second language
because they live in an English-speaking
country. About 375 million people across
the world use English as
a second language. In India,
for example, there are over
350 different languages,
so people often use
English to communicate
with each other.

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Word work Numbers

b Comprehension check
Listen, and read the text again. Then
match 1–7 with a–g and make sentences.
3 a Match the words on the left with the figures
on the right.
1 English is the first language of
1 a thousand a 2.75
2 There are three hundred and seventy-five
2 six thousand b 1,000
million
3 a million c 41/4
3 There are three hundred and fifty
4 one and a half d 75%
4 For thirty-six million Americans
5 two point seven five e 6,000
5 Three quarters of a billion people
6 seventy-five per cent f 13/4
6 Seventy per cent of the world’s scientists
7 one and three quarters g 1,000,000
7 About eighty-five per cent of emails
8 four and a quarter h 11/2
a different languages in India.
b learn English as a foreign language. b Write the underlined words in figures.
c four hundred and fifty million people. 1 8,000
d are in English. 1 Eight thousand people.
e Spanish is their first language. 2 Three quarters of the class.
f speakers of English as a second language. 3 Five and a half years.
g can read texts in English. 4 Nine point two litres of water.
c Reading skills Understanding the main idea 5 A quarter of the population.
1 What is the topic of the text?
6 Sixty per cent of television programmes.
a culture b language c countries
7 A million dollars.
8 Eighteen per cent of the world’s scientists.
2 What do you think is the main idea of the
text? Read the beginning and the end again, c Test a friend Write a number in words.
then choose the best answer. Can your friend write it in figures?
It’s about ... A: Three million, two hundred and sixty-
a all the different languages in the world. eight thousand, nine hundred and one.
b English as an international language. B: 3,268,901
c English people all over the world. Remember!
We use a hyphen in: seventy-five ninety-two

Writing guide Writing a report Speaking and writing About my class

● Think of a title and write the date.
Statistics about our class 5th October
4 Use what you know
● Introduce your report.
We asked questions about using
English. These are our results.
● Start each new fact on a new line.
Two people in the class have got
an English-speaking friend.
Three quarters of the class watch
films in English.
Ask your friends about using English, for example:
Do you think English is useful?
When do you use English?
Have you got any English-speaking friends?
Do you watch films in English?
With your teacher, choose three or four
questions to ask the whole class. Put the
answers on the board, then write a report.
Follow the Writing guide.

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The way we live

In Module 6 Steps 1 and 2 you study
Grammar
● Reported speech
● say and tell
● Question tags
● used to
● Second conditional
Vocabulary
● Relationships
● Words from American
English
Expressions
● Asking for clarification
● Saying goodbye
Life and culture
so that you can Central Park
Living in the past
● Talk about relationships
● Report what other people
say
● Ask if something is true or
not, or ask for agreement Coursework 6
● Ask for clarification Part 6 Entertainment
● Talk about differences You write about entertainment in
between life in Britain
your country.
and the USA
● Describe things that
happened in the past but
that don’t happen now
● Say goodbye
● Talk about imaginary
situations

In Step 3 you ...

read so that you can

● A story from the Internet ● Write a conversation
about a telephone using the correct
conversation punctuation
● Some extracts from an ● Write an essay about
encyclopaedia your country

study
● Verbs that describe
speaking
● Punctuation marks
● Synonyms
● Skimming
● Scanning

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What’s it about?
a
What can you say about the pictures?
Now match the pictures with sentences 1–5.
1 He isn’t in a very good mood, is he?
2 Mr Grant said Charlie never did anything to help.
3 I didn’t use to drive to work.
4 Goodbye. Thanks for having me.
5 If you were a koala, you'd need 22 hours’ sleep.

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11 a b c d

In Step 1 you study so that you can

STEP 1

● vocabulary for ● talk about

relationships relationships
● reported speech ● report what other

● say and tell people say

e f g

Key vocabulary Relationships

1 a S Match the sentences with the pictures.
You’ve got two minutes!
1 My brother really annoys me.
2 I get on well with my parents.
3 Don’t argue! Turn that music off now!
b Listen and read the article about
4 They’re having a row.
teenagers in Britain. Are you surprised by the
5 Kelly is Tara’s closest friend.
results of Jane Barker’s study?
6 I love my dog and my dog loves me. We love
each other.
7 I spend a lot of time with my friends.
Listen and check. Practise the sentences. Talking to
b What about you? Make at least one true
sentence using the key vocabulary. today’s
My brother and sister don’t like each other!
teens
Presentation Jane Barker
2
by
They said they weren’t rebels
Are today’s teenagers really lazy, rude
a Listen to three British
and unhelpful? I talked to forty teenagers
teenagers and follow in your and their parents. I wanted to find out if
book. Are they like teenagers they got on well.
in your country?
Gemma Most of the teenagers said that they weren’t
rebels. For example, Gemma, aged 14, said that
I don’t think I’m a rebel. I don’t she didn’t often argue with her parents. She said
often argue with my parents. In her mother was her closest friend.
fact, my mum’s my closest friend.
Sixteen-year-old Dave told me that he certainly
wasn’t lazy. He said that he worked hard at school
People think teenagers are lazy, but and he had a weekend job too.
I’m not lazy. I work hard at school
Dave and I’ve got a weekend job too. Several teenagers told me they weren’t happy at
home, but they also said their families were
I can’t talk to my parents about important to them. Donna, aged 15, said that she
problems. They don’t understand me. couldn’t talk to her parents about problems
But it doesn’t really worry me, because because they didn’t understand her. But she said
I don’t spend much time at home. it didn’t worry her because she didn’t spend
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Practice
c Match 1–5 with a–e and make true sentences.
1
2
Dave said that
Dave told
a
b
Jane he wasn’t lazy.
that they weren’t rebels.
6 Complete the sentences. Use the right
form of say or tell.
3 Gemma said she c weren’t happy at home. 1 What did Gemma tell you? Did she
4 Several people told Jane they d didn’t often argue with anything about the weekend?
5 Most of the teenagers said her parents. 2 She me that there was a party
e he worked hard at school. on Saturday.
3 Did she you where it was?
Key grammar Reported speech
3 Complete the examples and read the explanation.
4 She
5 But Pete
a party.
she thought it was at Pete’s.
me he wasn’t having

Direct speech Reported speech

Listening Don’t be so rude!
Present simple k
‘I work hard.’
‘We don’t argue.’
Past simple
He said (that) he worked hard.
She said (that) they argue.
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am/is/are k was/were
‘I’m not lazy.’ He said (that) he wasn’t lazy.
‘They’re important.’ She said (that) they important.
has/have got k had
‘I’ve got a job.’ He said (that) he a job.
can k could
‘I can’t talk to them.’ She said (that) she talk to them.
When we report what someone said, we often change the
present tense to the past tense.
We sometimes use that in reported speech, but we often
omit it. a Listen to the conversation.
He said that he worked hard. or He said he worked hard. Why is Charlie’s dad angry?

18 b Listen again, then say what

happened.
Practice
4 Write sentences with He/She/They said ...
1 She said she was fed up.
Charlie said he always …

Charlie offered to …

Writing and speaking

1
2
3
‘I’m fed up,’ she said.
‘We’re going away,’ they said.
‘I don’t know,’ he said.
5
6
7
‘I can speak Chinese,’ he said.
‘I look like my sister,’ she said.
‘I don’t often go out,’ he said.
8 What did they say?
4 ‘I’ve got a new car,’ she said. 8 ‘We love each other,’ they said. Use what you know
Key grammar
5 say and tell Think of at least one question
about teenage life in your country.
Complete the explanation with say and tell.
Work in a group and ask everyone
your question.
She said (that) it didn’t worry her.
Gemma told Jane (that) she liked her mum. Do you like school?
Donna told her (that) she wasn’t worried.
We use the verbs ..... and ..... to introduce reported speech. Yes, I love it! No, I don’t.
We use ..... when we say who we are talking to.
Note the answers, then report
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In Step 2 you study

STEP 2
● question tags

● Pardon? Could you say that again? What does ... mean?

so that you can

● ask if something is true or not, or ask for agreement

● ask for clarification when you don’t understand

Share your ideas

1 What can you say about the photo? Does Charlie look happy?
Do you remember what happened in Step 1?

Charlie’s in a bad mood.

Presentation He isn’t in a
2 good mood, is he?
a Close your book and listen
to the conversation. What’s the
matter with Charlie?
It’s Tuesday evening. Ana’s talking
to Charlie and Penny Grant. They’ve
just finished their dinner.
ANA: You’re going out this
evening, aren’t you?
CHARLIE: No, I’m not.
ANA: But you usually go to karate
on Tuesday, don’t you?
CHARLIE: Yes, I do, but I’m
grounded.
ANA: Pardon? Could you say that
again?
3 a Read the explanation and complete the examples with the
CHARLIE: I’m grounded. It means
I have to stay at home. Dad
said I couldn’t go out this week.
ANA: Oh, I see.
MRS GRANT: It’s your fault, Charlie.
You didn’t clean the car, did
you? And you weren’t very
polite, were you?
CHARLIE: I know! Don’t worry. I’ll
hang out with the cat. I’ll have
a great time, won’t I?
MRS GRANT: Oh dear. He isn’t in
a very good mood, is he?
ANA: No, he isn’t. Penny, what
does ‘hang out’ mean?
MRS GRANT: It means ‘spend time
with someone’. Anyway, why
don’t we see what’s on TV?
ANA: OK. We can hang out
together, can’t we?
b Listen again and follow in your book. Are these
sentences true or false? Correct the false sentences.
1 Charlie’s going out this evening.
2 He’s going to karate.
3 He can’t go out at all this week.
4 It isn’t Charlie’s fault. He wasn’t rude.
5 Charlie doesn’t really think he’ll have a great evening.
6 Charlie wants to stay at home.
7 Everyone’s in a bad mood.
8 At first, Ana doesn’t understand the expression ‘hang out’.
9 Ana and Mrs Grant are going to spend the evening together.
Key grammar Question tags
right ‘tag’.
We use a negative ‘tag’ after an affirmative sentence.
We use an affirmative ‘tag’ after a negative sentence.
You’re going out, aren’t you?
He isn’t in a very good mood, is he?
You weren’t very polite, you?
I’ll have a great time, I?
We can hang out together, we?
In sentences in the present simple and past simple, we use
do/don’t, does/doesn’t, did/didn’t in the ‘tag’:
You go to karate on Tuesday, don’t you?
You didn’t clean the car, you?
We usually use short answers after sentences with question tags:
You’re going out, aren’t you?
Yes, I am. / No, I’m not.
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c Test a friend Write a sentence with a question tag, then

write it again but leave a blank. Can your friend say the
complete sentence?
It’s Wednesday today, ..... It’s Wednesday today, isn’t it?

Try this!
Write the sentences.
AN A’SI NTHEK ITCH ENIS N’TS HE?
THE YWAN TTOW ATCHT VDO N’TT HEY?

Key expressions Asking for clarification

5 a How do you say these sentences in your language?
Pardon? Could you say that again? What does it mean?

Practice b Put the sentences in the right order, then practise the conversation.
4 a Match sentences 1–9 with
question tags a–i.
– It’s difficult to explain. Have you got a dictionary?
– I said I was feeling a bit stressed out.
– Pardon?
1 Charlie’s had a row with his dad, – What does ‘stressed out’ mean?
2 His dad was very angry, – I’m feeling a bit stressed out today.
3 Charlie can’t go to karate,
4 He’s fed up,
Key pronunciation Intonation in question tags
5 He went to karate last Tuesday,
6 He doesn’t want to stay at home,
7 Ana likes learning new words,
6 a Listen and repeat the sentences.
1 You’re going out this evening, aren’t you?
8 She didn’t understand ‘hang out’, Here, Ana isn’t sure. She’s asking a question, so her voice
9 Ana and Penny are going to goes up.
watch TV, 2 He isn’t in a very good mood, is he?
a can he? Here, Mrs Grant isn’t really asking a question. She’s sure, so her
voice goes down.
b didn’t he?
c hasn’t he? b You’re going to hear five dialogues. Listen and then
d wasn’t he? repeat the question. Does your voice go up (h) or down (x)?
e aren’t they?
Speaking Finding out about a friend
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f did she?
g isn’t he?
h doesn’t she? Use what you know
i does he?
Work in pairs. Make a conversation about your partner using
b Now work with a friend and question tags. If you’re sure, your voice goes down at the
choose at least three sentences end. If you don’t know the answer, your voice goes up.
from 4a. Make dialogues like this.
A: Your name’s Celine, isn’t it?
Charlie’s had a row with B: Yes, it is.
his dad, hasn’t he? A: You live in … , don’t you?
B: Yes, I do.
Yes, he has. A: You’ve got two brothers, haven’t you?
B: No, I haven’t.
Take it in turns to ask and answer. If you didn’t hear
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Reading
In Step 3 you
● read a story from the Internet about a telephone
2 a Reading skills Skimming
STEP 3

conversation
● study verbs that describe speaking
S Read the text quickly. You’ve got one minute!
● revise the names of punctuation marks Now answer these questions. Don’t look at the text.
so that you can 1 This is a conversation ...
● write a conversation using the correct punctuation
a on television. b on the phone.
2 The boy and girl in the conversation ...
a know each other. b don’t know each other.
3 Who makes the phone call?
Share your ideas Telephone talk
1 How often do you use the phone? Who do
you usually ring? What do you talk about?
a The girl. b The boy.
4 The boy ...
a tells the truth. b doesn’t tell the truth.
5 Choose two adjectives to describe how the girl feels
at the end of the conversation.
I use the phone nearly every day.
happy upset nervous angry tired

Wrong Number
Last Wednesday night I was watching television
when the phone rang.
‘Hello?’ I said. It was a girl’s voice at the other end.
‘Can I speak to Ben, please?’
There’s no one called Ben in our house. It was
probably a wrong number but I was bored. I
replied, ‘I’m sorry, he isn’t in.’
‘Do you know what time he’ll be back?’ she asked.
‘I think he’ll be home about ten.’
There was a long silence. ‘Is that Steve?’
My name isn’t Steve either. This was definitely
a wrong number. So I replied, ‘Yes, it is. Can I take
a message for Ben?’
‘Well, he said he was staying at home tonight and
he asked me to call him,’ she said in an irritated
voice.
I replied, ‘Well, he went out with Karen about an
hour ago. He said he was coming back at ten.’
A shocked voice said, ‘Who’s Karen?!’
‘The girl he went out with.’
‘I know that! I mean, who is she?’
‘I don’t know her last name. Look, do you want to
leave a message for Ben?’ ‘Well, he’s going out with Jennifer at ten. I thought you
‘Yes. Tell him to call me when he gets home.’ She were Jennifer. Sorry. It was a mistake.’
was really angry now. ‘I think Ben has made the mistake! Tell him that Alice
‘Sure. Is that Jennifer?’ called and I’m very upset and ask him to call me.’
She exploded. ‘Who’s Jennifer?’ I smiled and said, ‘OK, but Becky won’t like this ...’

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b Comprehension check c Now answer these questions.

Listen, and read the 1 When did the conversation take place?
text again. For each 2 Why didn’t the boy tell the truth?
sentence write T (true), 3 What do you think is the relationship between Ben and Alice?
F (false) or ? (the text 4 How many different girls did the boy mention?
doesn’t say). 5 Why was Alice upset?
1 The girl on the phone is 6 At the end of the conversation, how did the boy feel?
called Alice.
2 A boy answers the phone.
Word work Verbs for ‘speaking’
His name is Ben.
3 Alice wants to speak to a
boy called Steve.
3 a Choose one of the verbs from the box to complete these
sentences. Use the right form of the verb each time.
4 Alice has got the wrong
number. ask shout reply tell say speak talk
5 The boy pretends his 1 How many different languages can he speak ?
name is Steve. 2 Dave her if she could telephone him.
6 Alice says that Karen is
3 Donna me she was very worried.
her friend.
4 I asked Charlie why, but there was silence. He didn’t .
7 Jennifer and Karen are
5 My sister was very angry. She ‘I hate you!’ and ran out
sisters.
of the room.
8 The boy is serious, but
6 Sorry, could you that again?
the girl is joking.
7 Ana and her mother get on really well. They always
about problems together.

b Test a friend Write another sentence for 3a. Can your friend
say the complete sentence?
Can you ..... me the time, please?
Can you tell me the time, please?

Writing guide Writing and speaking

Punctuating a conversation
● Note the way we punctuate conversations:
4 A conversation

Use what you know

‘Is your name Ben?’ I asked.
‘No,’ he answered. ‘It’s Steve.’ Write this conversation using the right
‘That’s strange,’ I said. ‘I thought it was Ben.’ capital letters and punctuation.
● We usually start a new line when a thephonerangandmariaansweredithelloshesai
different person is speaking. dhelloisthathannahaboyaskednoitisntmariare
pliedithinkyouvegotthewrongnumberohsorryt
● The main punctuation marks are: hevoiceattheotherendsaidthatsoknoproblem
. full stop , comma mariatoldhimgoodbye

? question mark ! exclamation mark How many capital letters, full stops,
commas, question marks and inverted
’ apostrophe ‘ ’ inverted commas commas are there in your conversation?
Work with a friend and compare your
capital letter small letter results.
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1 Choose the right tags.

1 Jodie’s bought a guitar,
a isn’t she?
4 Rewrite these sentences. Use tell and indirect speech.
1 Nigel told Jason that he was very lucky.
1 Nigel / Jason: ‘You’re very lucky.’
b didn’t she? 2 Veronica / Gary: ‘I work as a waitress three days a week.’
c hasn’t she? 3 Mum / my brother and me: ‘You can’t watch TV tonight.’
2 You’re stressed out, 4 Charles / his wife: ‘There’s nothing to eat in the fridge.’
a don’t you? 5 Mark / Jane: ‘I’m not playing tennis tonight.’
b aren’t you? 6 They / their teacher: ‘We aren’t confident about
c haven’t you? the exam.’
3 They don’t want to come to the party,
a don’t they?
b do they?
c doesn’t it?
5 Rewrite these sentences. Use direct speech.
1 ‘I’m very tired,’ Tom said.
1 Tom said he was very tired.
4 Tony wasn’t angry when you rang, 2 Tina said she was having a party on Saturday night.
a wasn’t he? 3 I said I didn’t feel very well.
b was he? 4 They said they got on well with each other.
c is he? 5 Brian said he loved adventure films.
5 We’ll be able to have a holiday this year, 6 Helen told Frank she couldn’t go out with him.
a won’t we?
b can’t we?
c will we? 6 Complete the conversation. Choose from a–h.
A: Could you turn the computer off? That game is very loud.
B: 1

2 Complete the conversation with the correct form of

say or tell.
A: So, what did you 1 John when you saw him?
A:
B:
A:
I said, ‘Could you turn the computer off?’
2

No, you’re not! You’re reading.

3
B: I 2 him I didn’t want to see him again. B:
A: Really! What did he 3 ? Was he very upset? A: Thanks. Oh, look, you’ve got an error message.
4
B: He 4 me he was sorry. He 5 that it B:
wasn’t his fault. A: It means there’s a problem. Click on open and I’ll
A: Oh, he always 6 that! Did you have a big row? have a look.
B: No, but I won’t go out with him again. Don’t 7 B: 5
anyone at school. A: Click on open. OK, let’s have a look.
A: OK. I won’t 8 a word. a I’m reading the instructions. I’ll turn the sound off.
b Pardon? What did you say?

3 Read the text and choose the right word for

each space.
Simon is one of my 1
3
friends. I get on 2
c
d
e
It isn’t my fault!
Could you say that again? Click on ...
No, I can’t turn it off. I’m using it.
with him and we a lot of time together, but f I don’t read!
sometimes he 4 me, especially when he doesn’t g Oh, what does it mean?
listen to me. We never 5 for long – we’re soon
h Thanks for helping me.
good friends again. In fact, we help 6 a lot.
I hope we’ll always be friends.
1 a nearest
2 a good
3 a take
b closest
b nice
b use
c worst
c well
c spend
7 How do you say these sentences in your language?
1 I’m really fed up – I’m grounded.
2 Why is Peter in a bad mood?
4 a annoys b explains c admires 3 Tammy and Karin hang out together a lot.
5 a argue b rebel c explode 4 I’m really stressed out today!
6 a each time b each one c each other 5 Don’t get angry. I said I was joking.
6 We’ll have a great time, won’t we?
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Life a
cultu nd
re
Central Park
Think of a big park that you know. What can you do there?

Central Park, in Manhattan, is a popular place for However,, the park

people in New York to meet, ‘hang out’ and have hasn’t always been
fun. New Yorkers say that the 843-acre park is their so popular. When it
own ‘front garden’, where they can relax and escape opened, in 1858,
from the noise of one of the busiest cities in the only rich people
world. There are lots of things to do in thee park. You used it. Poor people
can play games, go jogging, cycling, said it was
horse-riding, or rollerblading, too expensive to get there. When
or simply sunbathe on the transport became cheaper,
grass. You can visit the park became more
the Metropolitan po
opular and, in 1926,
Museum, and the first playground
there’s even was built. But in the
a zoo! There 1960s and 1970s the
are 58 miles park became dirtty
of paths to and dangerous, so
explore, but people didn’t want
don’t worry if to go there. Then, in
you get tired; 1980, an organisation
you can have a called The Centrral Park
rest on one of the Conservancy took control
9,000 benches.. There and everything changed.
are outdoor concerts and They spent millions of dollars
plays and, if you want something on the park k. They planted trees and
to eat, there are some great restauurants, like added a lot of new attractions. Now there are
The Tavern on the G reen. Central Park is famous all 21 playgrounds and there’s even a skating rink. It
over the world and around 25 million people visit it costs $20 million a year to look after Central Park,
each year. but most people agree that it’s worth it.

ABOUT NEW YORK
New York was originally called New
Amsterdam. When the British took
the city from the Dutch in 1664, they
renamed it after the Duke of York.
Task
Read the text and these sentences. For each sentence, write
T (true), F (false) or ? (the text doesn’t say). Correct the false
sentences.
1 There aren’t many gardens in New York.
2 You can’t take bicycles into the park.
3 Central Park is a good place for families to visit.
4 There are animals in the park.
5 More tourists than New Yorkers use the park.
6 It’s nearly sixty miles from one end of the park to the other.
7 You have to be rich to go to Central Park.
8 The park was more popular in the past than it is today.
9 In the 1970s people were afraid of going into the park.
10 The Central Park Conservancy spend a lot of money on the park.

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