with FREE appy-‘contents + Greetings + Verb be: Present simple » there is/ there are ‘= Countries and nationalities » this, that, these, those» Possessions oD [cram EFExEcnoe = Momingroutines = Presentsimple TTB « Schootacivities + want to infinitive ay? © Articles: a, an, the VB. ee Extra practice 80-81 © Sports activities + Present continuous: affirmative and negative = Opposite adjectives» Present continuous: yes/no questions and short answers Present continuous: Wh questions ‘Adverbs of manner Lets What about . ? / How about ..?/Do you fancy ..? Ene = Book genres + Present simple and present continuous = Music genres ‘= Prepositions of time + Adverbs of frequency ‘Expressions of frequency ‘= Conjunctions ia [Extrapractice 4-05 4 [Welcome to together| = Partsofthe body «Object pronouns = Symptoms = can for permission = must Vert be: past simple affirmative Verb be: past simple negative Verb be: past simple questions and short answers Verb be: past simple Wh- questions there was / there were Ene = Personal hygiene «Countable and uncountable nouns products + some/any * Clothes © alot of {much / many © How much. 2/ How many. ? * Order of adjectives Enos = Emotions = Adjectives to describe objects, situations, and events~ Contents | + Rooms and furniture + Abilities + Ordinal numbers = ke + have got © Prepositions of place canforability «Interests » Family EET Gas (a + Speaking: ‘+ Routines around the world = My year ahead poem Expressing preferences infographic + Pronunciation: Word stress ‘Speaking: Making suggestions» Agame with a difference article» ‘My sporting hero profile * Pronunciation: The /S’ sound OR ENE) + Writing: A book review ‘+ Stueent by day, author by night ©» ‘My favourite musictan = Writing skills: Commas article presentation + Pronunciation: Giving yourself time to think conversation with + Body image problem page + Tips fora healthy body leaflet + Pronunciation: /v/and fi) COA + Writing: Writing about ‘+ Making history timeline + Your first day at school: a survey memories * Pronunciation: Intonation in + Writing skills: Wh- questions ‘Sequencing words COSTE * Speaking: Buying clothes © We are what we wear article * Ateport on aclothes company = Pronunciation; Diphthongs CESSIntroductions Countries and nationalities ‘4, Find three more countries and four nationalities in Greetings the wordsearch. Then write them in the table. |1 Lookat the clocks. Underline the greetings youcan (Tele [NIT] T[NIAI & say at these times. atte alw[i[slel elm] alnla w[ttsty [alot felmle els[uls|e{alx|mic|a Good fioridg: 2° dob Hey elelalelelale|wlelw Goodafenoon Good aRemoon aletelelatelnl al ule Hello Bye Good evening Goodnight clilelclzlelvistels rlalmlatife|aln[n|e| Gp Gy a atmod visit ae ee Countries ‘Nationalities 00d night eyou Good morning s 1s Goodeevening Hi Hi Goodnight Argentina 8 ‘Goodbye Bee you: the ‘ 2 Dez complete the conversations with the words = below. Then listen and check. 5 Doe Look at the flags. Camplete the facts with Beet moody helo: hh mest se the countries and nationalities below, Then listen and check A Ali Bye, Aunty Jo, And thanks for the pizzal Acgentina Argentine British China Chinese anjee 1G Nii Have Spain Spanish Wtalian Italy UK ine: Luisona Lopilato isan actress, model, and B Sam Good afternoon, Mrs Thomas. ger from Argentina She's very Mrs Thomas: Oh! Sic popular with Argentine people Sam: This is my sister, Helen : Fish ond chips is popular Mrs Thomas: Nice to you, Helen Tapas © Mrjones, + evening, Tom. chip shops all over the Niceto se you Tom: 1 Mr Jones, Nice to Beijing iso very big city in see you, too) Iesthe —__—_—_copital, tow D katie * you, Dan. Dan: Bye, Katie. Have a good day. tes} —_—_a point Fr ntl et ore 3 Practise the conversations in Exercise 2 with apartner. Fiza is « food from sa very popular — mealVerb be: Present simple 6 ie Choose the correct words. Then listen and check. My name 'am AiSivia and |"m /'s thiteon years cd, 1®m ‘re from Argentina, but my parents “aren't / not Argentine. They re /'s Italian, Our apartment She / isin Tandil It "aren't / isnt big, but itm J's great. My bestfriend at schaot "am /is Miranda, but she my not f isn't in my class. 7 Use the prompts to write questions. Then read the text in Exercise 6 again and answer the questians, 1 what /her / name /? What is her name? 0 ‘Her name is Silva, 2 how old /she /? 3 where / her parents / from /? 4 herapartment / big /? 5 who / her best friend at school /? 6 Miranda / in her class / ? 2 this, that, these, those 5 8 Read the conversation about classroom objects ‘Then change the green words to make a 6 new conversation. ‘A; Whats this in English? B: Thisisa pencil, ‘A: Whats that in English? B: That’ a whiteboard ‘A: What are these in English? B: These are rulers, Rocio: ‘A: Whatare those in English? Tobias: B: Those are backpacks, Ro Tobias: Rocio: Tobias: Rocto: Franco: Rocio: Franco: Rocio: Welcome 9) Match the photos A-F tothe sentences 1-6 Then araplete the semen wi dt thee, arabe e's is Megan. She's from Chester in the UK. are her parents, Sam and Caratine, Isher sister, Polly. Isher house. Isher school. Its called Hilldown School are her friends, Emma and Max. © 05> Listen to the conversation. Then practise the conversation in groups of three, Change the green words Hi. lim Rocio, Whats your name? 1m Tobias. How old are you? {'m thirteen, And you? Ym twelve, This is my friend, Franco. Hi, Franco. Mice to meet you. Nice to meet you, t60 Where are you from, Franco? Wete from Mendoza, And you? Fm from San NvWelcome My things Rooms and furniture 1 Which rooms can the furniture go in? Tick (/) the correct rooms in the table. Some furniture can goin more than one room. e Om] Oo, 0... a & a =ll¥ armchair fridge lamp oven Bathroom Bedroom v kitchen Livingroom shower sink sofa table toilet wardrobe: a ‘ or 2. Complete the crossword with furniture words. Possessions 1 tS n the bathroom 4, Reorder the letters to make possessions. 2. Two or three people sit on it atthe same time ‘Then match them tothe photos Ae 3. One person stson i heen 7 4 Youcan use this at night to see. 5 Its very cold, You put your food in it aoaphdek 6 Youstand in this and wash your bedy. 3 serup —— 7 Youwach your hands ordo the washing-upinthis, 4 Ddracl OO Lonesome 3 hecaeeg woe 7 atic hee eee ie 12 Youstepinthc EL] FE] Selena [et ieseye L 1f _ cl oe HOt ge | Ho fe She 3 @06" Listen and check. Then listen again 5 @ or tisten and check Then listen again and repeat. and repeat.there is / there are 6 Look at the pictures. Complete the affirmative and negative sentences, questions, and short answers with there is / there are, 1 There isn't___a shower in the bathroom, ‘There jg____a bath in the bathroom. 2____two boys on the sofa. 3 lamps in the living room? there 4 wallet on the table? there 5 ‘table in the kitchen? there 6 ___ four notebooks on the desk three notebooks on the desk, 7 Look at the photo of the bedroom. Complete the text with the correct forms of there is / there are. This is my bedroom. its for me and my stepbrother ‘There are __ two beds. *. two desks. * cone desk for my brother and me That isnt always easy! * one chair, too. a bigwardrobe. lamp, bute Welcome 8 Write affirmative and negative sentences about your bedroom. Use there is/ there are. Prepositions of place Label the pictures with the words below. behind between in infront of near next to on opposite under 2s Bot > g af Listen to the conversation. Then practise the conversation with a partner. Change the green words. 7 A; Istherea computer in your bedroom? Jes, there is A: Where is it? B; Its on my desk, opposite my bed. js there a wardrobe in your bedroom? (es, there is. t's next to the window.Welcome I can do this! Abilities 1 Complete thea Photos AF Tea ak Ba 2 ay vo_e bi) 3p__y ba 1b = Qo lo = 5d_n_e = 6rd foe 2 © © Listen and check. Then listen again and repeat. can for ability 3 Read the magazine article about celebrities, Complete the sentences with can /can'tand the abilities below. cook daw play football rideahorse sing swim Most celebrities are famous for their talents. But some celebrities have secret talents, and others can't do things at all! Ross Lynch is « talented actor and singer. But he also likesart andhhe !can draw very well You never see Justin Timberlake or Taylor Swift ina swimming pool. And that’s beeause i? ‘Beyoncé likes delicious food. But she never makes it. Beyoncé aaa ‘We all know that Jennifer Lawrence is a great actor She's also a talented ‘ ‘musician, And she really well, to0. Miley Cyrus isa great singer and acteess. And she's great with animals, oo. She very welt Louis Tomlinson is famous because he sings in the band One Direction. But he's very good at sport and he* too! 4 Write questions and short answers with can about the celebrities in Exercise 3. Use the words below. cook raw play ride swim 1 Can Ross Lynch draw? Yes, he can. 2 ———— 5 Tick (V) the things that you, your family, and your friends can do. play ride dance sing football horse Tyes 2 yourrmum/ dad / ter / brother 3 your friends Aa Work with a partner. Take turns to ask and answer questions to find out your partner’s answers in Exercise 5,Ordinal numbers 6 Complete the ordinal numbers with a, J,o,and u. Ist first 1ith 1_v_nth 2nds_cind 12th ww_irth 3rd thr 13th th_rt__oth Bths_ rth 14th tint Sth sith 15th ¢_ft___onth 6th s_xth 16th «_ nth 7th s_v_oth U7th s_v_oar__oth 8th ___ghth 18th ___ght__nth 9th a_nth 19th n_n_t__oth 10th :_nth 20th twont__th Interests. 7 Match the letters to make interests words. Then label the photos A-H. 7 wr) | ft) Lee maz | |_azi | [sho] | spo) | mus the fr ic_| | fing me |] V ppt] iat || ms ~~ IL" IL=ILe o Di te 8 @i10" Listen and check. Then isten again and repeat Welcome U like 9 Complete the text with the correct forms of like. don't ike magazines. Theyre boring! | prefer books, My sister? surfing the internet. She finds alot of interesting information online. My sister and Pp films. Wele often at the cinema, We shopping, too. We always go to town on a Saturday afternoon. Our shopping they think its terrible! They *_ gaming - there ‘re about ten games consoles in thetr bedroom! \___sport = can play tennis quite wall My sister® tennis - she cant play itat all brothers * ® 11 Listen to the conversations. Then practise the conversations with a partner. Change the green words, Really? Can you play the piano? Yes, | can, | can play the piano quite well Really? Can you play football?Welcome My family Family 1 @ 2 Reorder the letters to make family words. Listen and check. Then listen again and repeat Tumm adda nuta therrob namadre pandarg tressi 9clune mum ____ 2 Label the people A- in Joe's family tree withthe family words in Exercise have got 3 Match the words to make sentences. hasrit got a grandpa haven't got an uncle ‘ve gota stepbrother ‘sgot an aunt hasn't got three cousins | ‘ve got aname 4 5 6 ? 8 A Look at Joe's family tree in Exercise 2. Complete the conversation with the correct forms of have got. Gila: ‘Have__you*_abig family Jos? i +a brther and sister, and one cousin, Mark fila: + — your mum a sister? Joe: No, ?___. But. she* a brother. That’ my unele Tony ‘la your grandparents sa lotof children? Joe" a two children = my mum and my uncle. Quam @ 12 Listen to the conversation. Then practise the conversation with a partner. Change the green words and give true answers. Have you got a grandpa? B: No, | havent [A: Have you got an uncle? es, | have, A: Have you gota sister? BB: Yes, | have, I've got two sisters, Their names are Julieta and Mavtina.Get going 1 How do-you start your day? What's the frst thing you do? 2 GW Read and listen to the magazine article. Which advice do you agree with? Do you always get up late? ‘When you get up early, you've got more time. I's simple! hk When do you have a shower ~ in the morning or in the evening? Aquick shower in the morning helps you to wake up. Do you have breakfast every day? A good breakfast gives you Tots of energy. Do you do exercise every day’? Exercise also gives you energy: Why not walk to school in the morning? Our tips can give you a great start to the day. ‘Mornings? Easy 3 Read the article again. Which meat is important? Vocabulary Moming routines 5 @ 15. Listen and check. Then listen again 4 Match the words to the pictures. said repeat brush yourhair brush your teeth do exercise ‘6 Complete the conversations with the getdressed haveabath haveashoner phrases below. have asnack wash your hair borush my teeth do exercise have a bath havea snack wash-yourhair 1 A:Do you wath your hair __ every morning? BB: Yes, Ido. And then I brush it. 2 A:Doyou every morning? B: No, but I ride my bike or go swimming at the weekend, 3A: When do you BB: Between breakfast and lunch. 4 A:You eata lot of chocolate, I's bad for you! BB: Yes, but |always ! 5 A:Do you inthe evenings? 1B: No, | dort. | always have a shower. Listening 7 @ 16 Listen to the conversations. Match the conversations 1-4 to the activities a-d. a havea bath bb getdressed € have a snack brush your hair 1Grammar Present simple |] Read the examples. Then complete the table. When do youhavea shower? J good breakast gis you lots of egy. 1/You/We/ ‘have donthave a You/ They __a shower. bath He/Shesit | hasashower abath Fens Viyouswes you/ they breakfast? he/shesit —§ breakfast? Yes, L/you/we / you /they [hedshe/ it does. No, | L/you/we/you /they | he/she it . Wh. questions i What time* you have breakfast? How often ™ he brush his teeth? Now choose the correct answers to complete the rule, The present simple describes: ‘a routines. things that are always true. b abilities. d actions in progress now. 2 Write the third person forms ofthe verbs in the table. brush do get go have listen study + = brushes Irregular 3 complete the description of Lucia schoo! day. Use the verbs in Exercise 2. Lucia isa student at the Sagrada Corazén school in San Luis. She "studies ___there from 7 pm. 28pm. Eery morning Lucia wakesupand ressed in her bedroom. She breakfast with her mum and brother, and then shet. her teth, Luca usually + her homework in the morning before school. She? to schoo! at 1230 pm. A good startl 4 Complete the sentences with the affirmative or negative forms of the verbs in brackets 1 Lusually have (have) a snack between lunch and dinner. 2 She always She doesnt havea shower. 3 We finish school at 1p.m. We (go) to school in the afternoon 4 They do a lotof exercise, but they (play) football 5 He (wash) his hair every morning, and he always brushes it, oo. 6 You've got terrible teeth because you (brush) them! have) a bath, 5 Complete the conversations with the correct forms of the verbs below. There are two extra verbs. be do get go have play ride A: What time do you getup? Bil ge up ar630am 2A yoursister breakfast with you? 8: No, she ‘We hardly ever breakfast together your brother exercise? He alot of sport! your sisters football? ‘on Saturday mornings you __ to bed early? om Tefen tobed really late! 6 Write questions with the prompts. 1 you / getup / early Do you getup sary? 2 how often / brush / your teeth 3 when /you /da / exercise 4 have / breakfast / with your fami 5 have /asnack /at school Wek with a partner. Ask the questions in Exercise 6, Compare your answers, Oi EEWe want to do well! 1 Are youa good student? Why? / Why not? 2 17 Read and listen to the magazine article. Which students need to improve? It's the start of the new school year. Do you want to be a good student? ‘We interview some students in grade 8 to find out their idea: axa ol Twant to be on time for school. When Tm late, my dad drives me to school. He doesn’t want to do that every morning Alejandro \We want to hand in our homework on time. Sometimes we forget! Luisa and Sofia Sometimes my sister doesn't get good marks in maths. This year, she wants to work hard and do well. David Talways revise for tests because I den’t want to fail them! This year, [want to pass with 9/10! Franco 3 Read the article again. Match the students! names tothe sentences below. 1 She doesnt always get good marks, David's sister __ 2 They want to give their wark to their teacher. 3 He doesnt want help from his parents Vocabulary School activities 4. Arethe school activities positive © or negative @? Complete the table. belate beonsime fall atest forget get bad marks get good marks hand in your homework pass.a test remember revise for atest @ @ be on time 5 @ 16 Listen and check Then listen again and repeat. 6 Match the opposite statements. 1 Fie on time! a Ipass all my tests, 2 | often fail them always forget them! 3 | usually remember my things. Imlate! 7 Complete the study tips with the wards below. beantime forget get good marks handin revise eel (Qos sou anes te onc tie fe school? Get up early every morning. (Gremember to. yout omeavoron Snel Oder fortes O00 you oten things? Write a list of things you want to remember 00 youvanttc 2 (ae haf tua homework. These tings can hep!Grammar want to + infinitive | Read the examples. Then complete the table. Do you a good student? She well ' A good start] 3 Look at the table. What do the people want to do? Write questions and short answers with, the prompts. You Tom Julieta | Diego andi setup at | 30am. Bs Affirmative givehis omework to 4 I /You/We /They | want to do well paler He/ she i wants to do well ae = ane —| | studybetere 7 1/'You/We/They | dont to fail thetest 2 the test Me she it total 1 you/ tail thetest an Sneed asin fl thttt — k__thete oak Yes/No questions ; Ge 7 robe 2 Tom / hand in / his hemework you/ entime? we/ they he/ | want . 3 Julieta / revise / forthe test she/ on time? it | you/we/ they 4 Diego and Luis /be / late + hes she sit doesn't Now choose the correct answer to complete the rule. Want to + infinitive describes a ability b intention. € possession, 2 Read the sentences. Write two intentions for each sentence. Use the affirmative and negative forms of ‘want to and the phrases below, belate be ontine fait forgetit getbad marks ‘get good marks hand itn pass 1 Erichas gota test tomorrow, Y He wants to pass, & He doesn't want to fall 2 Ourschool starts at 8.25, v We x We 3 Yourhomework is on your desk in your raom, 7 You x You 4 You have an essay for homework Pal al 4. Read the questions and write your own fentions for the year ahead, 1 What time do you want to get up in ‘the morning? 2 When do you want to do your homework? 3 What things do you want to remember ‘every day? 4 What marks do you want to get in your tests? (QE Work with a partner. Complete the activity, PStudent A; > Student B: go to page 78 g0 to page 92 CoE EGExpressing preferences Practical English 1 Complete the conversation with the phrases bolow. There is one extra phrase. doyouwantto game going OK. fine ‘on Sunday the cinema to go wantto mil John: What do you 'swant-to__do at the weekend? Emma: |don'tknow 2______play computer games? I've got an amazing John: Sorry mt not keen on computer games. Emma: Do you want to go to a 2 There's a new-film with Matt Damon, John: Good idea! | really like Matt Damon Doyouwant*_________on Saturday? Emma: Hmm... Id prefer to go John: *@___ Sunday! See you an 2 @ 1 tisten and check 3 Answer the questions, 11 Does John like computer games? No, he doesn’ 2. What film ison at the cinerna? 3 Does John want to see the film, too? 4 When does Emma viant te see it? 4. Complete the conversations with the highlighted phrases in Exercise 1. 1 A:Do you want to go to the museum? B: Sorry, I'm not keen on museums! 2 A:Do you want to listen to my Drake CD? B: Yes. please! Drake! 3 A:Do you want te play football? B: | can't play it very well, ___________to play tennis. 4 -A:Do you want to go swimming? ® J love swimming! Listening 5 @ 20 Listen to the conversations and choose the correctanswers. Conversation 1 1 Bianca . a. doesrit want to go shopping with het friend wants to go shopping € and her friends dort like swimming, Canversation 2 2 Tom a doesnt ike TV. bb isnt keen on football wants to watch football this afternoon, Conversation 3 3 Joe ‘a doesnt want to revise, bb prefers to revise at home. ¢ wants to revise with Sara. Conversation 4 4 Anna ‘prefers to have pasta for lunch, b wants to have pizza. ¢ isnt keen on pizza, Pronunciation: Word stress ® 21. in English, we stress the important words. Listen to these sentences. 1 Do you want to play football? 2 1 prefer to watch TV. ® 2% Underline the stressed words in these sentences, Then listen and check. 1 Fim not keen on football. 1a prefer to ride my bike. 2 Idontt want to fail the test. | want to pass it! 3 Anna doesnt want pasta, Sheld prefer pizza @ 2 Listen again and repeat. Practise saying the sentences.A good start Grammar Articles: a, an, the Speaking |] Read the examples. Then complete the rules with 4 Work with a partner. Make notes for a conversation Gan, or the. about preferences. Use the ideas below, {rv rat keen on football Je got an amazing new game Do you want to go tothe cinema? There’ a new fim. 1 A___goes before singular nouns that start with a consonant 2 goes before singular nouns that sar witha vowel 3 Wecan use with singular and plural Your preference: watcha “nouns film -new OVD e 4 We use for specific people or things we Your friend's preference: Deane Ee cortise jan wih When? Friday evening ortions We talk about things in general. preference: havedinner at his / her house When? Saturday evening _ Your preference gotoa football match — this evening 2 choose the correct words. Your friend's preference: play tennis When? Saturday afternoon ‘Your friend Do youwantto? Fm not keen on — Id prefer Ureally ike Good ides! Ok, fine. You Your friend its Monday evening. There's YY an great fim on TV, but 'm revising for 2a /an maths tes. | usually get good marks in’a/— maths tests but tomorrawit isnt an /- easy test. My brother is watching *the /~ fim with my dad. lwant to watch it with them, but | want to pass fa / the test, too! 3 Complete the conversations with a, an, the, oF ~ 1A: What are you watching? Bm watching an old film. Do you want te watch it? ‘A: No, thanks. !m not keen on ld films, 2 A:Have you got___games console? B:No, [havent dont play computer games, 3 A:Do you want to go to__ shopping centre? Its got some great shops. 1B: That sounds great. Andis there café there? | want to have nice snack, too, Role-play your conversation with a partner. =m: +=Routines around the world Reading ‘1 Look at the infographic on page 19, Which three countries does it give information about? 2 Read the infographic quickly and answer the questions, 11 Which students sometimes dent do evercise at school? 2 Which students have a very long school day? 3 IBM! Read and listen to the infographic. Match the sentences to the countries. Write A, Sk, or UK. 1 They spend seven hours at school every day. UK — 2 Some students start school in the aftemoon. 3 The majority of students get home very late. 4 These students get a lot of homework, __ 5 These students need to sleep three more hours a night. —_ A Complete the sentences with the affirmative or negative forms of the verbs in brackets. 1 Alot of British students start (stan) school at 830. 2 Most Argentine students (have) lunch at school 3 British students __ (do) exercise at school. 4 British teachers (give) their students alot of homework 5 Korean teenagers (play) alot of computer games 6 Argentine, British, and Korean teenagers __(seep) for nine hoursa night. a ‘Alot of words in English look and mean the bb Be carefull Sometimes words in English look same as words in Spanish. These words are called the same as Spanish words, bt they dontthave cognates. Look at the highlighted words in the the same meaning, or they have more than infographic: What do you tink they mean one meaningt in Spanish? ¢ Find four more words in the infographic that look ‘Work with a partner. Check the meanings of the similar to Spanish words. Check their meanings in Pighlighted words inthe extracts below: your dictionary Are they all cognates? 3 1hhaer ecco ‘Tleleal araial/ag » ~ Morsbinn sea pace | Engraiger [normaly mai/2s soeamese ] (©) The world around you 7 Discuss the questions 1 Isthe information in the infographic true for you? 2. Which school hours da you prefer? Why? 3 Do you think teenagers spend a lot of time online? Is this a good or bad thing? 4 How many hours do you sleep a night? Da you want to change this? a | tracts rom Diclonare Oot Polat pare exudates agen dengésJ A Good stenl core) 8 Ge tee bun elgTe) Niele eee rere Net en School hours. Alot of schools start School is normally in some schools from 8 a.m, until 4pm. Many students attend evening schoo}, often until 9 p.m, students go to school from 730 a.m. to 11am, and others go from 1 p.m. 106 p.m, Ey at 830.am. and alle finish at 3.30 p.m, Lunch / The majority of British and Korean students Snacks eat at school, Argentine students usually have lunch at home. Exercise © There are no PE lessons at some schools, Students have about two hours of PE lessons aweek. Students do about five hours of homework a week, They spend about three hours a day nine, Korean and Argentine students do about three hours of homework a week Argentine teenagers spend about four hours online every day Computer games are very popular with Korean teertagers: some play for up to 8 hours a week! June hours of sleep a night is ikea for teenagers, bt British ancl ‘eventine teenagers sleer for about 75 heer ight, and Korean ‘eenagers only seep for six hours a night 8 75 ge gu a 1s Argantine teenagers ‘teal number of hours' sleep for toonagers British teenagers Korean ‘eenagersi UW ela | Stage 1: Preparing ‘+ Read Ruber's poem quickly. Whatisitabour? «Read the poem again and answer the questions 1 Does he wantto get up early? Yes. he dose 2 Who does he want to listen to? 3 Which subjects does he want to get good marks in? 4 Are his friends important to him? My year ahead This year, | want to be early for school every morning | don't want to get up late every day | want to hear other students! opinions. | don't want to talle when theyre talking, This year, | want to do well in all my subjects | don't want to hand in my homework late. \ want to help other people around me | want ta be a good friend Stage 2: Planning your project + Youare going to write a poem about your intentions Et aeneraad Dp vite a pe “shale oe bs oT US want to do and five things you don't want to do, ‘+ Add photos and pictures to your poem. Stage 3: Writing a draft ‘+ Read your poem to your class. + Write sentences for your poem + Read the other poems. Choose your three favourites. + Use wane to and don't want to. Tell your partner why you like them, Stage 4: Checking + Swap your work with a partner. Check your partners work carefully + Check the spelling and grammar. + Check theuse of want to,My favourite sports star! Get going 1 Look at the photos. Which sport can you see? 2. 2s Read andlisten to the article, Who Is the tennis player? Why does Amy like him? | Amy and fm a fan of the tennis player Kyle Edmund. Today, my | tamiy and | are watching himsn a mach, We aliave Kyle. He’ from Yorkshire’ and ne'e from Yorkshire, too. And he's a fantastc player! | Butthings arent going wel Kyle ist playing wall and he's missing | alot ot bal. ts he losing? [ier iene a cemen eRe Rare | Erawting every ta, Hes wing! \ ‘The crowd are on their feet and they're waving their hands. ‘Come on, Kyle! You can do it” p Noah is sont in nother England Vocabulary Sports activities 3 Look at the pictures, Match the words to the sports {ce skate, swim and sk are verbs, too. dosathletcs Karate go: iceshating sking swimming play:basketball cricket football rugby tennis 4 2% Listen and check. Then listen againandrepeat. Listening 6 27” Listen to four people talking about 5 Complete the sentences with the sports activities below. ee We omc do athletics iceskate play football sports in Exercise 3. play rugby ski swim 1 athletics __ 1 You ice skate __to- music. 4 3 HC 2 You in water 3 You in winter 4 You run with a ball in your hands when yau ia a Talk to a partner. What are your favourite sports? What sports do you do? Which sports do youwatch on T¥? My favourite sports are football and cricket. 5 Yourun and jump when you 6 You kick the ball with your feet when youir Present continuous: ive and negative ‘Read the examples, Then complete the table, We: Kyle Edmund ye wel Negative Pam plying rm not paying pyeg* | You? He/she/it He /She /tt We /You / They — We / You / They ‘Now choose the correct answer to complete the rule, We use the present continuous to 4@ describe actions in progress now. B describe something that is always tue. Spork for aw 3 Write the verbs below in the correct columns in the table. hit jump live move play run. study + ing “double -er-ing “consonant + “lng playing 4 complete Joes blog post with the correct forms of the verbs below. have not get Aatsit notwin play watch {tsa Thursday evening, but | 1 'm not sitting at home. My dad and a brilliant football © describe habits, match, The players*_ well, and wete happy. There is one problem: ‘ourteam4 The score is 4-3, and the players * the ball. But winning isnt always | important. Qur team is fantastic and | ‘ agreat evening! -B Look at the photos. Write affirmative and negative present continuous sentences with the words in brackets 5 Imagine you're doing one of these events. Weite sentences aboutt with the verbs below. How many verbs can you use? Events: cricket match. football match swimming ace tennis match 100-metre race Sports verbs: hit jump kick fose miss | move run stop win _t'm playing in a tennis match. I'm hitting the balls an O) he “einornt (swim) ‘Think of a sport. Describe it with sports verbs 2 We. (play / football) gies the port 5 They (play / rugby)4 An ice-skating lesson Get going 1 Doyou go ice skating? Is there an ice rink near you? 2 @ 28 Read and listen to the conversation. Complete the sentences with Heidi Louisa, or the teacher. 1 is having problems. 2 ig trying to help one of the students, 3 __isnt making mistakes, Heil is having an ice-skating lesson. Itisn't going well. ‘Teacher: Heidi, remember that your arms ga up. not down Yeu don't look very happy. Are you feeling OK? Heidi: No, !mnot, Miss. fm finding this routine very dificult Teacher: Oh, Heil! Youre doing fine! This routine is easy for you! Heidi: Thanks, Miss. But look at Louisa, the new student. She isit making any mistakes ~ shes skating ‘beautifully! Why am | dancing se badly? Teacher: Louisa is dancing very well. But youre an amazing ice skater, Heid! Come on, you can do itt Vocabulary Opposite adjectives 3 Match the adjectives to their opposites. 6 Complete the sentences with the words below. amazing bad difficult fast old amazing dificult easy old slow 1 good bad 1 Sam is watching an ld film from ten, — the 1950s 3 new 2 Tommy isnt winning the race because he's so 4 awful = —_——— 5 3 Come on, Max, you can ski down this ill is 1 ARID Uten and check Then Hse soa 4 Jorge is playing badminton against a very good and repeat. A player tsa match 5 choose the correct adjectives 5 Imwatching my favourite swimmer, Chad le Clos. 1 ev always happy when Ihave a(Goag/ Fat book ; toread 2 This is my grandad’ football ts getting amazing / old now. 3 How do you play crickat? The rues are realy dificult / new to understandt 4. The gis arent enjoying the basketball game. amazing aul dificult easy fast slow “They think its awl easy athletics + iceskating + skin 5 Thenew / slow student is here. Its her first day in ae fee ent courschool 6 100 metros in 10 seconds? He’ a very fast / | think skiing is amazing. old athlete! 7 Vm really good at athletics Its easy / slow for me Heneninainan Work with a partner. Discuss the sports. Use the adjectives below or your own ideas.(Grammar Present continuous: yes/no questions and short answers 11 Read the examples. Then complete the table. ‘Are you feeling OX? No, 'm not | Short answer am! fS am. tmnot fre you cl iad I Yes, he / 157 praying? EM! No he she she /it playing? she/ it it? pee youywe/ — you/we/ they or oy 2 Read the sentences = Write questions with the prompts, Then write short answers. 1 Usain Bots running ery fast she winning 7 the / win) Yebeis — 2 The England football players are losing the match, (they / play / well) 3 Heather Watson isnt daing very well in this. tennis match! (she / lose} 4 im wate 1g an avviul cricket match between England and Australia. (you / enjoy / it) 5 Atletico Vélez is playing well, but Maximifiano Romero ien't there, (Maximiliano / play) | Affirmative | Negative Sport for alt Present continuous: Wh- questions 3 Read the example. Match 1-5 to a-e. Why am I dancing so baci? 1 What are waving? 2 Whereis b she going? 3 How are « he talking to? 4 Who is d we playing? 5 Whyare is enone 4 Askand answer the questions in Exercise 3 with 4 partner. Think of your own answers, Adverbs of manner 5 Read the examples. Then study the table. You arent ice skating very well today She's doing the ceutine perfectly Adjective Adverb. amazing amazingly good easy easily fast slow slowly hard bad badly Now choose the correct answers to complete the rules. 1 Adverbs describe. averbs ——-B nouns. | 2 Adverbs describe — a who is doing things. bb how we are doing things, 6 Complete the text with the adverb or adjective forms of the correct words in brackets. Cricket isa "slew _[fast slow) game ~ matches can take five days! Butitsa* (bad / good) game, too. 22 players play in two teams. One player throws the ball. Another player hits the ball® (bad / hard) and runs «(amazing /fast) from one end of the pitch to the other. Its important to throw the ball + (easy / good), A player who throws theball® (bad / easy) is called a Dibbly Dobbly! Cricket is very popular in Australia. Their players are? {amazing / hard) and they win their matches! (bad / easy) Work with a partner. Complete the activity. —PstudentA: —-—p Student & {g0 to page 78. go to page 92. IE |EU Ce Ca Cui hy Practical English 1 Putthe phone conversation in the correct order. 3. Complete the mini-conversations highlighted phrases in Exercise 1 1 A:How are you? I'm good, thanks 2 Ae Tim reading my book 3 A:Do you want to go swimming with me later? 8: Tove swimming! 4. A:Do you want to goto the cinema? 8: Yim revising for a test tomorrow. 5 A:Sorry, | cant go to the party tonight 8: Listening 4. @ 31 Listen tothe conversation. Choose the correct answers. 1 Annais a athome b atthe swimming poo! © ather grandparents’ shop 2 Maria wants a to go swimming b to go shopping € to gohome 3. Anna cant go swimming because a. her grandparents are helping her. b she cant swim, € she’ helping her grandparents 4 The girls decide to meet a tonight b tomorrow evening ¢ tomorrow morning 5 The girs decide to a make a pizza b go shopping the Eduardo: Great idea! Lets meet outside that new burger place. ea zac |'m good, thanks. Hey, what ¢ havea snack after swimming, {are you up to? Do you fancy 2 game of tennis in the park? 1 Eduardo: Hi, Zac, How are you? —— Z2c _Noproblem, How about meeting up in town later? —— Zac OK. See you there at five —— Eduardo: | can't, sorry. 'm babysitting for my cousin this morning. Pronunciation: The /s/ sound. © 22 Listen and pay attention to thes! sound Then listen again and repeat. V spore 3 ski 5 small 7 snow 2 slow 4 swim 6 stat Practise saying the sentences with a partner. 1 Lets star skiing when the snow stops. 2. Skating sa special spor. 3 My smal sister swims low) 2 130" Listen and checkGrammar Let’. 1 Read the example. Then choose the correct words to complete the rules. Lets meet outside that new burger place ‘2 We use Ler to make questions / suggestions. We put Ler’ before the infinitive / the infinitive without to. 2 Write sentences with Let's and the words in brackets. 1 Let's go to the cinema. (einen) 2 (Footbal) 3 (varate) 4 (king) 5 (snack) What about ... ?/ How about .., ?/ Do you fancy... ? 3 Read the examples. Then study the rules. Do you fatey a game of tennis in the park? ‘meeting up later? a We use the phrases What about . 2, How about . 2 and Do you fancy. 70 make suggestions b Weuse the phrases in two different structures: ‘+ What about / How about / De you fancy + noun How atout a film tonight? + What about / How about / Do you fancy + -ing form ofthe verb What about going into town? o you fancy going ice skating? 4 Reorder the words to make sentences and questions. There's one extra word in each suggestion. 1. museum /the / meet /about / meeting / what / in front of /? What front of 2 play /lets/ of football / a game / playing 3 do/ your /how / doing / homework / about /? 4 fancy / do/ having / café / you have /in a/ breakfast /? 5 the ta /going/ lets / shopping centre / go 6 going / do / ice skating / with / go / me / taney / you/? Speaking 5 Work with a partner. Make notes fora phone Conversation to make plans with a friend, Use one of the ideas below. + You invite your friend tothe cinema, but he/she isplaying tennis right now, You suggest swimming tomorrow morning Your frend agrees and suggests that you meet at his /her house '* You invite your friend to play basketball, but he / she is watching a cricket match right now. You ‘Suggest a game of tennis tomorrow afternaon. Your friend agrees and suggests that you meet at the sports club You Your friend | How are you? Whatare you up to? Ree | Role-play your conversation Sport for all "WA Iimfine / good, thanks. {im watching playing / | doing Lcant, sory No problem. ox! What about .2 That sounds great! Greatidea! Lets See you then! Say hello and ask how ‘your friend is. Ask what he / she is doing, ‘Say youre fine, Say what youre doing Suggest an activity, Say you cant do it and ive reasons, Suggest a different activity. Say this is OK and suggest a meeting place. ooReading 11 Look at the photos on page 29. What is different about this type of football? 2 3H" Read and listen tothe article, This article tells us. a about footbal for teenagers b why life is difficult for blind people. € about a group of blind sprtsmen, Match the headings 1-4 to the paragraphs A-C in the article. There is one extra heading. 1 Afootball match in the City of Buenos Aires 2 An amazing team 3 Agame witha difference 4 Plans for the Paralympics (a) Sra Look at the dicionary extracts below. Then answer the questions, titocuen | [ Teurface fasts) sicamie ee topo ther sare uperie jeunes ‘blind ino reateae 5 Complete the sentences with information frei: the article 1 Los Murciglagos are playing a match in the City of Buenos Aices 2 The players are other players’ voices. 3 They'e playing on asmall__witha hard 4 The players can hear the ball because its got small inside it. 5 In football, there are players in a team. ____the [28 ARS orion pv 4 A game with a difference & Are the sentences T (true) or F (false)? Correct the false sentences. 1 LosMurciglagos are practising today. TL] FI) Los Mureiiagos are playing ina match, ___ 2 The players cai kick the bal Toro 3 The players canttsee the other players. TOU FLI 4 The playersareusinga special bal = TC] FC] 5 Blind footballisaParalympicspor. TCI FL] 6 Theteam hasnt gotany medals TOIT 1 Which words are nouns? pitch 2 Which word is an adjective? 3 Complete the sentences below with the words from the dictionary extracts aa person cant see, bb People who cantt see touch the paper to read ¢ The boys re running around on the football of (© ime wor crounc vou Discuss the questions. 1 Do you think this sport is dificult? Why? 2 Would you lke to watch Los Murcidlagos play? Why? / Why not? 3 Do you think life in your country is dificult for blind people? Why? / Why not? 4 What do you knaw about the Paralympics? Are the Paralympics important? Enact rom Disdonaro Oxford Pack ar euanees argentine eng@ tts a nice autumn day in the City of Buenos Aires and Los Mureilagos football team is playing in a match. One player has got the ball, and is kicking It qulckly towards the goal. But something unusual is happening He isn't looking at the other players. Instead, he's listening to thelr voices. Why Is he doing this? Here are some ciues. The players aren't playing on the usual big green pitch. This ‘one is small, with a hard surface, The bal s ifferent, too I's got small, hard balls inside it, The ball makes a noise when i moves, and the players can hear it, Can you guess why ths Is important for them? Amazingly these players can't see. @ Bina fve-2 side footbl isan important sport in Argentina, Los Murléiagos, the country's professional tear, are the winners of World Championship and Paralympic medals. These players cant use thelr eyes to playin this match, but they're using thei caiman wolves, nd they ae wong?ED My sporting hero Project Stage 1: Preparing © Read the profile of Greg Rutherford. Which spor doeshe do? My sporting hero is Greg Rutherford. He's a British athlete and he can jump Incredibly far. He's also.a very fast runner. In this photo, he’s jumping at the 2012 Olympics. He's the winnar of an Olympic ‘gold medal! Greg ion't-only good at athletics, He loves winter sports, ‘too, and he's hoping to compete in the Winter Olympics in the future. He also plays football very well and he's a fan of Manchester United! ‘Read the profile again. Answer the questions. 1 Where is Greg from? He's from the UK 2 Why is he a fantastic athlete? 3 What compatitions daes he compete in? 4 What medals has he ge 5. Why dees he want to compete in the Winter Glympics? 8 Whi Wu Jing, Chinese ( Write — your profile. h football team does he like? Manu Gindbli, Argentine BE 22.220 player ——— Stage 2: Planning your project «= Youare going to write a short profile of your favourite sports star © Choosea sports star you admire, + Find out interesting facts about them on the internet. Use the profile and questions in Stage 1 to help you. Stage 3: Writing drat + Use your notes to write paragraphs + Write about things the sports star ean do wel things he / she is doing at the moment, and things he/she wants to do. + Remember to use the present continuaus and adverbs of manner Stage 4: Checking + Swap your work with a partner Checkyour partners filly «Check the spelingand grammar + Check the use ofthe present continuous and adverbs Stage 5: Finalising and presenting Type your profile. ‘Add photos and pictures to your profile. + Tell your class about your profile, ‘+ Read the other profiles. Choose your three favourites Tell your partner why you like them: TUN aS- CT a a ¢ Morning routines plete the description with the correct words. When | getup, | aways" havea shower. | wash my {inthe shower. After breakfast, |*_ sy teeth. Then | choose some clothes from my ‘wardrobe and * dressed. Before! leave for ‘school, | brush my ‘usually get hungry in ‘the morning, so |havea* atten dclock, 4 | activities ad the sentences 1-6. Match them to the activities act. Iwantto get 100%! ¢ ‘School starts at 8.30, but | arrive at 820, ___ I give my teacher my work in the moming, —__ | usually study for tests. ___ | sometimes leave my things at home. _ don't wantto get 25%, be ontimeforschool forget ‘b get bad marks eget good marks “¢ handin yourhomework f revise 8 ports activities 3 Write the sports activities in the correct columns "inthe table, Then complete the sentences with some of the activities. athletes cricket football ice skating karate rugby skiing swimming tennis 1 I do athletics __ at my local sports club, ‘My best event is the 100 metres. 2 We atthe pool near sour house 3 When you you can run with the ballin your hands 4 My family and | always, in CChapelco in July Its our favounte winter sport! 5 My dad doesn! but he often goes to Independiente matches, a2) Opposite adjectives 4 Read the sports facts. Choose the correct adjective in each sentence. Grammar Present simple 5 Complete the conversation with the correct forms of 1 Cricket isa fast / new (Glow)game, Sometimes matches are five days long 2 The Olympic triathlon is very dificult / easy / old. ‘Athletes swim for 1.500 metres, ride a bike for 49 kilometres, and run for 10 kilometres 3 Inaprofessional tennis match, players need alot of bad / new / old balls - about 30 ballin total! 4 Attheage of 42, Jo Pavey is quite new / dificult / ‘old for an Olympic athlete, but she runsin the 10,000 metres! Thats amazing / easy / slow! 5. Michael Phelps isa very awful /fast/ old swimmer, He can swim 200 metres in 14296 a8 the verbs below, get help mest not get play yourtdo you/do you /see Sam; What' do you do at the weekend? Joe: 12 upateleven and | wateh TV. v dressed before lunch! Sam: * your friends on Saturdays? Joe: Yes, do. We § inthe parkfor a game of football. What about you? Sam: | computer games at my friend's house, When * your homework? Joe: On Sundays. My sister often #__me. (Ja want to + infinitive 6 Read the sentences. Use the words in brackets to write affirmative (/) sentences, negative (X) sentences, and | {questions (?) with want to + infinitive. 1 its6.15 am. don't want te getup. (X getup) 2 Football is Henry's favourite sport. Dees he want to play? (? play) Yes. he docs. 3 Laura is putting her keys in her bag. (forget thern) 4 The boys are happy with a snack (?have dinner) 5 We're working hard on our history project. I(¥ get good marks) 6 Adam, your favourite programmes on TV. (watch it) eos |Articles: a/ an/ the 7 Complete the conversation with a, an, the, or =. Eva: |wantto buy? new school bag tomorrow. There’ * amazing new shop in town, It sells* bagsand A other things for * school. Lull: | want to come, too! Where's shop? | need”. pencil ease, Eva: itsin® shopping centre, Lets go atloam, Luli: Ok. Meet me outside” ost office. 1h Present continuous: affirmative, negative, questions, and short answers 8 Complete the description with the present continuous forms of the verbs below. Then complete the questions and answers, ieeskate not do not swim play play read sit watch lim Mia. tsa Saturday afternoon and wel al having fun. 11m ice skating with my friend Melly. My brother Carl Footeal with his friends itsnice weather so they inthe park My ser Jenny usally does athletes on Saturdays, but right now she *. sport. She ‘Mum and Dad are atthe pool. Dad isin the pol. but Mur She! ona chair and she * ‘film at the cinema. her book, cts Mia watching a film _? (Mia / watch a film} B: No, she isnt, She isice skating 2k: in the park? (Carl and his friends / play football) 2 (Jenny /d athletics) & She’ at the cinema, ah 7 (Dad /swim) ce 5 A: 2 (Mum / swim) . She's reading a book. Adverbs of manner 9 Read the text about Juan Martin del Potro. Choose the correct adjectives in brackets and write the adverb forms. Juan Martin del Potro is an ‘Argentine tennis player He plays in big competitions ike Wimbledon and the US Open Juan Martin can run ' fast (fast slow) and hit the ball™ (bad / hard}. He usually wins his matches i (slow / easy) and he hardly ever lays (bad / amazing). And he isnt only brillant at tennis. (amazing / fast), he can play football very ‘ (g00d / hard}, too! Let’s.../ What about... ?/ How about... ?/ Do you fancy... ? 10 Match the words to make sentences. 1 How about — _—a go swimming 2 Lets. b agame of tennis 3 Do youfancy a doing karate 4 Lets. b play rugby 5 How about a do athletics 6 Lets bb playing football 7 What about a arugby match B Lats bb go ice skating 1 How about a game of tennis? 2 Let's go swimming, 3 4 “8 6 Z 8Get going ‘1 What are you reading at the moment? 2 D384 Read and listen to the discussion. Wh reading a non-fiction book? 3 Read the discussion again. Are the sentences T (true) or F (false)? Correct the false sentences. 4J0sh2003 | often read at night before | goto sleep. | ike 1 Holi prefers happy stores science fition becouse i's ferent from real Tord ieliridieleds ao rte fer eis novel or dslen readers. The pager sn wnt 2 Josh2003 can read words easily on white paper. se Icon see the words easily. af © Toro Sally | road non-fiction because | want to learn new things. At the moment, 'm reading an e-v00k 3 Say] wants to lea about South America, Soe sinnede lene pec moro oy! ol ol ot Vocabulary Book genres 6 Read the descriptions below and choose 4 Mateh the book genres tothe pictures. the correct book genres. 1 This book tells the story of a house mune np hY Seraph, Corey (etesy hace in Amuityille and its terrible secret. non-fiction romance sciencefiction thriller Srcree 2 Twilight isa famous navel about the love between a young man and woman. romance / comedy 3 In The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, two men are looking for a planet called jon / biography 4 The story of Anne Franks life is very sad, but she tells it beautifully autobiography / thriller 5 Rodolfo Walsh's book Operacién ‘Masacte describes a very difficult time in ‘Argentine history. fantasy / non-fiction Arm Discuss the questions. 1. How often de you read? 2 What do you usually read: books magazines, internet articles, or blogs? Why? 3 Do you like to read on an e-reader or ‘your mobile phane? Why? / Why now? ? a 9 4 What book genres do you like? Why? 5 Which Argentine writers de you know? Do yau like them? What genres do- |35" Listen and check. Then listen again and repeat. ao = e they write?‘Grammar Present simple and present continuous J Read the examples. Then choose the correct ‘words to complete the rules. | always read fantasy novels. Atthe moment, im reading an e-book a2 Weuse the present simple to talk about actions in progress now, bb Vie use the present continuous to tlk about habits / actions in progress now. ¢ We use adverbs of frequency (eg, always, sometimes, never) with the present simple / present continuous. We use the phrases at the moment and right now with the present simple / present continuous 2 Look atthe time phrases below. Write them in ‘the correct columns in the table. hardly ever once a week fightnow thisweek today (Habit “Action in progress now every weekend 3 Complete the text with the verbs in brackets. Use the present simple or the present continuous. I'm thirteen and I'm in Year 8 at school in the UK. Every year, our English teachers (choose) novels for our English lessons. This year, we # (read) Wind Singer, a fantasy navel by Wiliam Nicholson. 1? (enjoy) it, but some students+______ (not ike) fantasy fiction. But our teacher, Mir Evans. +__{understand) this problem and he always (make) our lessons fun, Today, we” (discuss) the story and there are some interesting opinions! Stories and songs Grammar: Non-continuous verbs We dont use the present continuous with some verbs, such as want, like, love, need, know, and understand. Prepositions of time 4 Read the examples. Then complete the table with at, in, oron. im reading Snow in Summer: often read at night a weekends / Christmas / night / midnight / three o'clock / lunchtime b c ‘Tuesdays / my birthday / Sunday afternoons the morning / the afternoon / the middle of the night / summer / winter 5 Reorder the words to make sentences. There is one extra word in each prompt. 1 read / Sundays / my dad’/at /|/'on / newspaper, | read my dad's newspaper on Sundays. 2 at/ta bed / midnight / In / goes / Pablo 3 at//often /the middle of the night / have /I/in/a snack 4 buy /aftemoons / they / in / Saturday / on / a new book 5 auntand uncle /in / see / we /the weekend / my / at Listening 6 36" Listen to the radio programme. Are the sentences T (true) or F (false)? 1 The programme is about teenagers and books, T [7] FL) 2. Holly only reads in the evenings. Toro 3 She never reads autobiographies Toro 4 Ben dossrit often read books forteenagers. TL) FL] 5 Hecnly likes one book genre. Toro He-doesn't read at weekends. Ore 7 Hes reading about US history atthe moment. TE] FE] 7 What do you read and when? Write true sentences. Thingsto read Times tots cine coat cub eeuniand fhamm aes htnanig Gey hipamig hun mts jj qéamhp | usually read emails in the evening.me} Singing for the stars Get going 1 Look at the photo below. What are the women's jobs? Do you think all of the women are famous? 2 @ 57) Read and listen to the interview: Match the sentence halves 1 Alera works with — 8 with famous bands. 2 She sometimes sings b new music quickly 3 She learns musicians, Interviewer: Hi, Alexa, What’ your job? Alexa: lim a backing singer. | sing with a lot of famous bands, but Im not famous Nihich genres do you sing? Rock, pop, jazz . all kinds! Interviewer: What's your favourite genre? Alexa: HHisten to reggae and hip hop most the time. Interviewer: Is yourjob difficult? Alera: Sometimes. | normally minutes to learn new be difficult Interviewer: How often do you work with the big stars? Alera: je only a few usic. And that can | sing with them now and then! This week, ''m workdng with a famous dance band. Interviewer: Do you want to be famous? Alera: Maybe, one day. But my work is usually fun. You know, lifé for famous people isnt always easy! Vocabulary Music genres 3 choose the correct music genres. Le 1 (popy rock 2 dance / heavy metal 2 jazz /reggae 7 rock / reggae 8 classical / hip hop. 4. @ 38 Listen and check Then listen again and repeat. 5 @ 2 Listen to the music extracts. Write the genres that you hear. 1 pop. = 1 3 4 fz ; \cettogether | Discuss the questions. 1. How often do you listen to music? 2 What music genres do you like? 3 Which Argentine musicians do you listen to? What music genres are they? 4 Can you think of a musician or band for the eight music genes i ercise 3?Norles and songs Grammar Adverbs of frequency 1 Read the examples. Then write the adverbs of frequency below in the correct order. I normally have only a few minutes. My work is usually fun, frequently hardly ever normally rarely sometimes. svally Cece 255 @eee0 ‘wal + ©0000 vten @@000 +___ @ocoo *. 4 OOGOO never Now choose the correct words to complete the rules, a Adverbs of frequency describe how / how often something happens. b They goafter / before the verb be. ¢ They goafter / before all other verbs. 2 ead about Taylor Swift's typical day. Then write sentences with the prompts and the adverbs of frequency below. There is one extra adverb. always always frequently hardly ever never never usually Acday in the life of Taylor Swift! Every morning, Taylor wakes up at 7am, She does exercise every day and she usually has breakfast with friends, In the afternoons, Taylor normally writes songs. She often hasa concert in the evening, so she practises in the afternoon. After every concert, she says ‘i to her fans - that's very important toler. Taylor works very hard, but every day is amazing! 1 get/up flate Taylor never gets up late 2 have / breakfast / alone 3. work / on her music / after Iunch 4 sing/in concerts 5. meet / her fans 6 Taylors life /be / boring Expressions of frequency 3 Read the examples and the table. | listen ta reggae most of the time. I sing with them nowand then, Expressions of frequency | Meanings | every week cone day each week now and then sometimes most of the time usually all the time aay once a week ‘one time each week twice a week two times each week ‘Now choose the correct wards to complete the rules. a Eypressions of frequency also describe how / how often something happens. b The expressions normally go at the beginning / end of asentence 4 Replace the words in bold with the expressions of frequency below. all the time every month now and then oncea week twiceamenth 11 We play concerts tw Saturdays each month. twice a month 2 Dad always has a guitar lesson on Tuesdays. 3 | practise the piano a few times a month. 4 They goto concerts twelve times a year. 5S listen to music 365 days a year. Askcand answer the questions with a partner. How often do you 1 go toconcerts? 2 listen to music? 3 read on an e-reader? 4 buy new music? 5. watch music videos on your computer? (Qa ‘Work with a partner. Complete the activity. Student A: > Student B: goto page 78. goto page 92,PS eat Practical English 1 Read Eva's book review. Match the headings a-etothe paragraphs 1-5, a Eva's favourite part of the book 4 bb A brief description of the book Why she likes the book 4 Her favourite characters —_ © What happens i the book 1 Thisreview is about a book called Paper Towns by Joha Green. Ia comedy, but i's romance, to0. The story is about a boy im America called Quentin and his love fora girl called Margo, 2 Quentin knows Margo, but they hardly ever speak. However, one evening, she goes to him for help. Quentin thinks they're good friends but the next day, Margo disappears. Quentin and his friend look for her. 4. My favourite character in the boole is Quentin Hesa really nice boy and he loves Margo very much, However I don' like the character Ben, He is unkind to Quentin A The povis very interesting but Think the middle ofthe story is quite slow. However, 1 relly ike the ending because Quentin learns Jot more about Margo. 5 The book is fantastic because it teaches us a lot about relationships. It ells us that we don’t always know people. als like itbecause the conversations are very fanny, I definitely recommend it! 2 Read the review again and complete the sentences, 1 The books name is Paper Towns and its genre is comedy [ romance 2 The author is 3 The story takes place in A The two main characters are 5 Quentin thinks that Margois his 5 When Margo disappears, Quentin and his friends 6 Atthe end of the book, Quentin knows _ about Margo 3 Answer the questions. 1 Who is Eva favourite character? Quentin is her favourite character: 2 Who doesn't she ike? 3 Which two parts of the book does she enjoy? 4 What does she learn from the book? Writing skills: Commas We use commas to separate parts ofa sentence This makes the meaning clear and the sentence ‘easier to read. Here are sore rules for when we use commas. We usually put a comma before but. [ike the beginning of the book, but | don’ ike the ending ‘We always put a comma after however when it comes at the beginning of a sentence. The story moves slowly, However, it is never Boring. We don't put a comma before because. ave the book because the plot is very interesting We use a comma to separate items in alist. The book has an introduction, ten chapters, and questions atthe end, 4, puta comma in the sentences below. Sometimes you dont need one. 1m reading the thriller, but me not enjoying i 2 The book has great characters funny conversations and an interesting plot 3 The book is.great. However the film version is terrible 4 Joa isn't watching the film because he wants to read the book fstGrammar Conjunctions 1. Read the examples. Then study the table. ‘You can call the book a romance & a comedy. Quentin knows Margo, but they hardly ever speak one evening she goes to him for help. He is a really nice boy and he loves Margo, Margo disappears, s0 the boys look for her. The books fantastic because it teaches us. alot about relationships. Conjunction | Definition 1 and adds more information 2 but introduees contrasting information | because _| introduces a reason for something 40 Introduces the result of something 'S however | introduces contrasting information: | itusually comes at the start of a | sentence 6 oF links two alternatives 2 Choose the correct words inthe text, Tove books and magazines, "but (Ga) ead all the time. ve avays got a book *because / or magazine with me. Teday, Im reading a thriles, "put /or Fm not enjoying it. earit understand the plot ‘and / however the characters are boring SBecause / However, my friend Milagros thinks its| brilliant. | often read the same books a& Milagros because / 0 we lke the same things. "and / but occasionally we have very diffrent opinions! 3 Match the sentence halves. Then link them with the conjunctions below. Use each conjunction once. and because but however or 50 we gotasister Tom likes fantasy books, _ The band arent playing very well. _ Do you have a shower in the moming My uncle and aunt are working We play rugby every day annuns 1 the singer is fantastic! Wwe are in the school team, he doesnt like science fiction, inthe evening? \'m babysitting my cousin. -and____ two stepbrothers. Stories and songs 4 Complete the sentences with your own ideas. 1 usually read or 2 Imenjoying. but 3 Wenever read because 4 Thebooks plot is__. However, 5 This book is 50 ‘Work with a partner, Talk about a book you didn't enjoy. Why didn't you enjoy it? Think about these things: ‘The genre ‘The events The characters Writing 5 Youare going to write areview of abook you know well. Fellow the stages below. + Make notes about the bak Think about these things: The tite, author and genre ofthe book ‘The main events ofthe story Your opinion of the characters Your opinion of the dlferent parts ofthe book fe your review into five paragraphs Introduction: A brief description of the book Events: What happens in the book Opinion: The characters Opinion: The plot and different parts of the book ‘Conclusion: Your general apinion of the book + Use these phrases in your review: The story takes place in Ie about » «is my favourite character in the book. / { dont like the character. (ike / dont ike the » of the book. I think the book is... because | le ike / dont lke it because — Itshows us that. 1 definitely / don't recommend ie! ‘+ Remember to use conjunctionsin your review. Com ~ESC Cna rm Reading 1 Read the title. What do you thin means? 2 ead the article quickly Wha s Helena and who is Rose? 3 QBiwW» Read and liston tothe article again. Answer the questions 1 What does Helena do when she gets home from schcal? She dessa her hemework and then she works on her novel ___ 2 Are people reading any of Helenas boots atthe moment? 3 What genre are The Catalyst and The Reaction? 4 What genres does Helena read? 5 What is the first thing Helena thinks about in a new novel? A Complete the sentences with one, two, orthree words. 1 Helena isa student and a professional author 2 Life is dificult for Rose and her father because of 3 Holena doesnt ike girl characters in teenage fiction. However, Rose is 4 Helena’s advice to future wrtersis: work hard, but dont forget your or 8 @ 51 Inwords with two or more slabs, we © Uncerine the tress slabs $5 on one of the syllables when we say it, is these words and then check Us words below them in your dictionary, 1 2 student i shetiost t Look at the words and symbols inthe dietionary 2 professional extracts. What does the symbol ' mean? Schince Zauthor 9a » a 4 independent | Retudent sod 4 Discuss the questions. 1 fs Helena a typical teenager? Why? / Why not? 2 Who are your favourite characters n fiction? Explain your answer 3 Would you like to read Helenals books? Wihy? / Why net? 4 Do youknow the names af any ether young authors? Eo acter Olona Ose! facet pare eeudanes rg ings