SIGN UP TO ENGLISH #New Edition 1 - STUDENT’S BOOK + WORKBOOK

SIGN UP TO ENGLISH #New Edition is a fully updated and improved version of the best seller
SIGN UP TO ENGLISH, a four-level (in its full edition version) or seven-level (in its split edition
version) series specially designed for teenagers studying English as a foreign language. It takes
learners from a beginner or false beginner to a pre-intermediate level. Each lesson still provides
real-life situations, engaging topics and contextualised activities which have been updated
and specially designed for the teenager of today’s world, providing knowledge and insight on
different cultures and countries and reflection and appreciation of their own.

KEY FEATURES
• The lesson layout NOW looks more modern, clean, clear and dynamic, with NEW icons for easy
reference and a NEW and more attractive double-paged unit opening.
• NEW focus on the development of 21st century skills: critical thinking, creativity, collaboration,
communication and NEW activities to help students reflect on their emotions and social skills.
• NEW self-assessment opportunity for students to reflect about their own learning process and
be fully conscious of their strengths and weaknesses in relation to the unit goals.
• NEW #Pic of the Unit section presents Big Questions which establish the central topics of the
unit and promote critical thinking, curiosity and interest in learning.
• NEW Project Work activities which students can solve in traditional ways or involving the use
of technology.

COMPONENTS
For the student: For the teacher:

• Student’s Book + Workbook • Teacher’s Book

• Interactive Activities • Downloadable Class Audio
• Teacher’s Resource Material
• Digital Book

A1 A2 B1 B2 C1
COMMON EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK
STUDENT’S BOOK

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 #GLOBAL
RELATIONSHIPS
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 #UNIT GOALS

Ask for and give personal information.

Identify countries and nationalities.
Say the date.
Identify colours and technological
gadgets.

#PIC OF THE UNIT

>> Think and share your ideas with the class.

Why are these people holding flags? What are
they doing? What countries do the flags represent?
How can you connect the title with the picture? 9

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U1 LESSON 1

1 Andy and Dianna are students at Green

Valley International School. They meet for the
first time. Read and circle the correct option.

Andy: Hello, I’m Andy from Argentina. [1] What’s your

name? / How are you?
Dianna: Hi! My name’s Dianna Blair.
Andy: [2] How old are you, Dianna? / Where are you
from, Dianna?
Dianna: I’m from the USA.
Andy: [3] How old are you? / How are you?
Dianna: I’m 18 years old. And you, Andy?
Andy: [4] I’m in class 1B. / I’m 17.
Dianna: What’s your full name, Andy?
Andy: Andrés López.
Dianna: I’m in class 1A. [5] What class are you in? /
Where are you from?
Andy: I’m in class 1A too!
Dianna: Great! See you later, Andy!
#Useful Tip > Spelling
Andy: See you, Dianna! In English, we write countries and
nationalities with capital letters.
2 7 Now listen and check your answers in activity 1. I’m from Argentina.
I’m Argentinian.
3 Complete Dianna’s and Andy’s profiles.

www.greenvalleyinternationalschool.com www.greenvalleyinternationalschool.com

PROFILE PROFILE
Full Name: Full Name:

Age: Age:

Country: Country:

Nationality: American Nationality: Argentinian

22 SCRAPS 14 SCRAPS
HOME HOME
13 FANS 25 FANS

9 PHOTOS 41 PHOTOS
EVENTS (25) EVENTS (25)
2 VIDEOS 4 VIDEOS

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 #Sign Up to Grammar
Question words & Personal information
What’s your name? My name’s (I’m) Dianna Blair.
4 Look at the world map and write the
Where are you from? I’m from the USA. I’m American.
countries and nationalities next to their
How old are you? I’m eighteen (years old).
numbers. Use the internet to help you.
Possessive adjectives: my & your
What’s your name? My name’s Chris.

3 7

5
12 6
4 10
9
8

11
1

1 Argentinian 7 Great Britain

2 Brazil 8 Mexican
3 Canadian 9 Italian
4 Chinese 10 Japan
5 France 11 South African
6 Germany 12 the USA

5 Complete these dialogues. 6 Adopt a new

identity (new name,
1 2 are you from?
[4] new nationality, etc.).
I’m [1] . Role-play with a
Where
Where are you classmate.
are you
?
from? [2]

A: Hi! I’m (Helen). I’m from

(England).
B: Hello, (Helen)! I’m… What’s
your…? / How old are... ?
I’m from
[5]
.
And you?
I’m [4] .
I’m [6] .

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U1 LESSON 2

1 Warm-up: Name three famous people and say where they are from.

2 Dianna and Andy are talking about famous people. Read the dialogue.
Fill in the gaps using your own ideas.

Dianna: Come here, Andy! Look at these photos of Dianna: And what about Paulo Londra?
famous people on this webpage! Where are they Andy: He’s from [3] .
[1]
from ? Dianna: I see. And Dua Lipa? [4]
Andy: Well… This is Johnny Depp, the actor is she from?
in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Andy: She’s [5] .
He’s [2] .

3 8 Now listen and check your answers in activity 2.

4 Read these sentences. Match them to

the correct pictures.

1 T his person is a popular singer. He’s from Puerto

Rico.
2 She’s famous. She’s a Harry Potter film actress.
She’s British.
3 This person is a great tennis player. She’s
American.
4 He’s from Brazil. He’s a talented football player.

5 Think of a famous person. Complete

their profile and write about him / her.

Famous person’s name:

Age:
Nationality:
Occupation:

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 #Sign Up to Grammar

Verb to be   (affirmative)

I am (I’m) from Japan. We are (We’re) students. Where is (Where’s) he from?
You are (You’re) 14 (years old). You are (You’re) 15. He’s from Italy.
He is (He’s) Brazilian. They are (They’re) my friends. Where are they from?
She is (She’s) South African. They’re from China.
It is (It’s) from Taiwan.

Remember!
Use he for a boy or a man and she for a girl or a woman . They is the plural form of he, she & it.

6 Look at the Sign Up to Grammar box. 9 9 Now listen and check your answers in
Complete the dialogue. activity 8.

‘m ‘s ‘re ‘s am is are
10 Work in pairs. Think of a famous person.
Helen: Hi, Stella! Look at this photo of my friend Ask and answer questions about him / her.
María! She [1] ‘s in Canada. Use the questions in activity 8 as a model.
Stella: How old [2] she?
A: Where’s Roger Federer from?
Helen: She [3] 15. What about you?
B: He’s Swiss.
You’[4] 15 too, right?
A: And how old is he?
Stella: No, I [5] not.
B: I don’t know. I think he’s 39 or 40.
Helen: How old [6] you then?
Stella: I’[7] 16.

7 Complete using he’s, she’s, it’s and they’re.

1 J ustin Bieber is from Canada. He ‘ s
Canadian.
2 A: Where’s Adam Levine from?
B: I think from the USA.
3 William and Kate are famous royal members.
British.
4 Penelope Cruz is a Hollywood actress.
Spanish.
5 Look at my new tablet. great!

8 Look at the pictures and answer these

questions. Use I think he’s / she’s… or I don’t
know if you are not sure.

1 Where’s Katy Perry from?

2 How old is she?

3 Where’s Sebastian Yatra from?

4 How old is he?

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U1 LESSON 3

1 Read Mark’s profile and fill in the gaps with the correct words.

www.friends_world.com/myprofile

FRIEND’S_WORLD
Hi, there! My name’s Mark Moore. I [1] 12 years old and
[2]
birthday is in May. I’m [3]
England. My favourite
colours [4] blue and green. My [5] address is
mikejk@britmail.co.uk and my phone [6] is 7353-2101. I study
at Green Valley School. I’m [7] class 1B. My favourite sport
[8]
football. Tell me about you!

2 Mark’s talking to a new friend at school. #Useful Tip > Spelling

Match the questions to his answers.
Saying your email:
1 When is your birthday? [ ] It’s mikejk@britmail.co.uk.
2 How old are you? [ ] It’s 7353-2101. athena@adelphe.net
3 What’s your email address? [ ] It’s in May. at dot
4 What’s your phone number? [ ] I’m twelve.

3 Number the months in chronological order. 4 10Now listen and check your answers
in activity 3.
April November June

5 Write the ordinal form of these numbers.

1 January December May
1 23 23rd twenty-third
August February July 2 31
3 9
March October September 4 22
5 13
6 30
#Useful Tip > Language
6 Listen and circle the numbers that
11
Ordinal Numbers
you hear.
1st first 10th tenth 20th twentieth
2nd second 11th eleventh 21st twenty-first 1 2 / 2nd
3rd third 12th twelfth … 2 3 / 3rd
4th fourth … 3 13 / 13th
5th fifth 4 30 / 30th
… 5 5 / 5th
6 9 / 9th
Dates
1st March 7 Practise with a classmate. Swap roles.
Or: 1 March
A: When’s your birthday?
What’s the date today?
B: It’s on (the) 19th (of) September.
It’s (the) first (of) March.
A: And when is your mother’s / father’s birthday?
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 #Sign Up to Grammar
Question words & prepositions of time
What’s your email address? It’s darien@adelphe.net.
8 Unscramble these questions. What’s your phone number? It’s 6326-5555.
Then write the answers.
When is your birthday? My birthday is in March.
1 is / birthday / your / When / ? It’s on 2nd March.
How do you spell your name? Z–A–C
My birthday is in .
2 is / What / phone / number / your / ?
Remember!
In + month
It’s . On + dates
3 is / email / address / What / your / ?

It’s . www.friends_world.com/myprofile

4 a
 re / you / How / old / ?
FRIEND’S_WORLD
I’m .

9 Look at the Sign Up to Grammar box.

Circle the correct words to complete
Sally’s profile.

Hi! I’m Sally. I’m [1] from / Germany but I’m [2] on / in
France now. My birthday is [3] in / at June. It’s [4] / on
23 June, in fact. I’m [5] from / in class 3B.

10 12 Listen to these students and complete their school forms.

2
1

FULL NAME: [1] O’Connor FULL NAME: Paola [10]

AGE: [2] AGE: [11]
NATIONALITY: [3] NATIONALITY: [12]
BIRTHDAY: [4] BIRTHDAY: [13]
SCHOOL: Green Valley International SCHOOL: Green Valley International
CLASS: [5] CLASS: 1 A
HOME ADDRESS: [6] Devon Road, Dublin HOME ADDRESS: Via Veneto
[14] , Rome
POSTCODE: [7] POSTCODE: [15]
PHONE NUMBER: 7454-7888 PHONE NUMBER: [16]
EMAIL ADDRESS: [8] EMAIL ADDRESS: paolab@italmail.com
FAVOURITE SPORT: [9] FAVOURITE COLOUR: [17]

11 Write your profile for a blog. Use the one in activity 1 as a model.
Then interview a classmate about his / her profile and swap roles.
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U1 LESSON 4

1 Warm-up: Are you a techie? Have you 4 Write about your favourite electronic
got any electronic gadget? Where is it from? gadget. What colour is it? Where is it from?

2 Now look at the flags and match the colours My favourite

using numbers.

3 4 5 black
1
.
blue
brown

2
green 5 13 Listen and circle the correct option.
6 grey
light blue
7 8
9
orange
First name: Ben / Zen
purple
Surname: Tai / Zai
red Age: 15 / 16
white Nationality: Japanese / Chinese
Class: 1A / 1B
yellow Favourite colour: blue / grey
Favourite gadget: tablet / smartphone

3 Answer these questions.

1 W
 hat colour is this notebook? First name: Anna / Emma
It’s . Surname: Smith / Stiller
Age: 14 / 15
Where is it from?
Nationality: English / Scottish
It . Class: 1A / 1B
Favourite colour: purple / pink
Favourite gadget: w  ireless headphones /
2 W
 hat colour are these bluetooth games console
speakers?
They’re .
Where are they from? 6 Interview a classmate under a new
They . identity and fill in their profile.

3 What colour is this smartwatch?

First name:
Where is it from? Surname:
Age:
Nationality:
Class:
4 What colour are these smartphones? Favourite colour:
Favourite gadget:

Where are they from?

A: What’s your full name? B: (Anne Brown).
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 #Sign Up to Grammar
Verb to be   Remember!
Affirmative Negative Interrogative Short answers It refers to an object.
Yes, I am. A notebook (singular) =
I am am not Am I…? It’s from Taiwan.
No, I am not.
They refers to more than
You / We / Are you / we Yes, you / we / they are.
are aren’t one object or person.
They / they…? No, you / we / they aren’t.
Notebooks (plural) =
He / She / Is he / she / Yes, he / she / it is. They’re Japanese.
is isn’t
It it…? No, he / she / it isn’t.

7 Rewrite these sentences using he, she, it 10 Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions
and they. about the people and objects in the pictures.

1 Johnny Depp is American. 1 2

He is American.
2 My games console is blue.

3 My mother is from Italy.

4 Peter and Paul are my friends.

5 Luciano Castro is an actor. 4

8 Look at Sign Up to Grammar box and correct 3

these sentences.

1 Shakira’s from Venezuela. (Colombia)

She isn’t from Venezuela. She’s from Colombia.
2 T he Peruvian flag is white and blue. (white and red)
It .
3 Those smartwatches are from Russia. (Japan)
They .
5
4 Paulo Londra is British. (Argentinian)
6
5 Dua Lipa is an actress. (singer)

9 Write questions for the following answers.

1  ?
No, she isn’t.
2  ?
Yes, I am. A: Look at picture 1. Is he …?
3  ? B: Yes, he is. / No, he isn’t. He’s… Where’s he from?
Yes, it is. A: I don’t know. I think he’s from… And look at picture…
4  ? Are they…?
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U1 REVIEW

1 14 Listen and fill in Paula’s membership 3 Now complete Eric’s email to Paula using an
card for Webster Club. appropriate word.

To: pgreene@mail.pe
First name: Subject: Hi!
Surname:
Age: Dear Paula,
My name [1] Eric Peterson. I’m [2]
Nationality:
years old and I’m [3] Chile.
Birthday: My birthday is [4] 22nd January. My email
Email address: [5]
is ercp@chilnet.cl and my phone number
is 4554-8969.
Phone number:
Now tell me about you! [6] are you from?
[7]
is your birthday?
2 Read Eric’s membership card and complete What’s [8] telephone number?
the interview. Please, write to me soon!
Take care,
Eric

First name: Eric

4 Write Paula’s answer to Eric’s email
Surname: Peterson
following his as an example.
Age: 14
Nationality: Chilean
Birthday: 22nd January To: ercp@chilnet.cl
Email address: ercp@chilnet.cl Subject: Re: Hi!

Phone number: 4554-8969

Dear Eric,

You: [1] What’s your first name?

Eric: It’s Eric.
You: [2] ?
Eric: Peterson.
You: [3] ?
Eric: I’m 14 years old.
Paula
You: [4] ?
Eric: I’m from Chile.
You: [5] ? 5 Circle the correct words to complete the
Eric: It’s on 22nd January. sentences.
You: [6] ?
1 My birthday is in / from December.
Eric: It’s ercp@chilnet.cl.
2 My email address is / in crpc@lupm.net.
You: [7] ?
3 In Argentina, classes start in / March.
Eric: It’s 4554-8969. 4 My friend’s birthday is / in July.
5 My birthday is in / on 8th March.
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 6 Read Akemi’s post on the Virtual Life forum.

http://www.virtualife.com

Hi, everyone! I’m Akemi. This isn’t a picture of

me. It’s my avatar on Virtual Life. My full name
is Akemi Ansha and I’m from Beijing, China.
I’m 16 years old. My favourite colour is blue
and Virtual Life is my favourite video game.
My birthday is on 23rd August. My email
address is akemi@virtualife.net.
Write to me soon!
Bye!

7 Interview Akemi. Write the questions for

her answers.

You: [1] Hi, Akemi! What’s your surname, please?

Akemi: Ansha
You: [2] ?
Akemi: A-N-S-H-A
You: [3] ?
Akemi: I’m 16 years old.
You: [4] ?
Akemi: I’m from Beijing, China.
You: [5] ?
Akemi: My favourite video game is Virtual Life. It’s great!
You: [6] ?
Akemi: It’s blue. I love this colour!
You: [7] ? 9 Write the date of these celebrations.
Akemi: It’s on 23rd August.
1 Revolution Day 25th May - (the) twenty-fifth (of) May
You: [8] ?
2 Independence Day
Akemi: It’s akemi@virtuallife.net.
3 Flag Day
You: Thank you, Akemi.
4 Christmas
Akemi: You’re welcome!
5 Friendship Day
8 Rewrite these sentences using he, she, it
and they.
10 Match the questions to the answers.
1 Is Akemi Chilean?
1 My smartphone is from Germany.
2 Are Ariana Grande and Beyoncé American?
It is from Germany.
3 Are you a student at Green Valley School?
2 Dua Lipa and Katy Perry are singers.
4 Is Eric Peterson’s birthday on 22nd January?
5 When’s Independence Day in your country?
3 Jennifer Aniston is an American actress.
[ ] It’s on 9th July.
4 Daniel Radcliffe is a British actor. [ ] Yes, they are.
[1 ] No, she isn’t.
5 My smartwatch is red. [ ] Yes, it is.
[ ] No, I’m not. 19

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