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Hi and welco1ne! 20nABikeUK

MAY:We're in London, by Regent's Canal.
Who are we? The canal is very old, about 200 years old.
Hi, I'm Francisca. I'm Brazilian, but my home now is It's nice here, just bikes and people with
in London. I'm 28 and I'm an office worker. My big love children or dogs.
is ... cycling!
Hello, I'm Finn. I'm from a small town (only 180 people!) JUNE: This month we are in the north
in Germany and I live in London, too. I'm 32 and I'm a of England, in the mountains. They're
digital designer. beautiful. People ask, 'Are you cold?'
'No, we aren't, but we're tired.'
We're married and we're 2OnABikeUK. This is our bikel
It's new and it's very goodl In the photo, I'm at the front JULY: This month, hello Wales! We're by the
and Francisca is at the back. sea. Welsh people are very friendly. They
Welcome to our blog about bike rides in the UK. One bike ask a lot of questions: 'Where are you from?'
ride each month 1 'What's the name of your blog?'

Here we are in the north of England! Regent's Canal in London By the sea in Wales

READING GRAMMAR

SA Work in pairs. Look at the photos in the blog (A-C). present simple be: we, you, they
Which countries are they?
6A Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
B Read the blog and check your answers. Use the blog to help you.

C Read the blog again. Are the statements True (T) [ are 're (x2) we aren't ]
or False (F)?
1 We ....................
in London, by Regent's Canal.
1 Francisca is married to Finn. T
2 This month..... ...are in the north of England, in
2 Francisca is from the UK.
the mountains. They beautiful.
3 Finn is from a big city.
3 People ask, '. ......you cold?'
4 Finn and Francisca have a bike for two people.
4 No, we
5 The blog is about bike rides around the UK.
6 They're in a different country every week. B Learn and practise. Go to the Grammar Bank.

D Complete the sentences with the words in bold in

CJpage 96 GRAMMARBANK I

the blog.
1 Tom is ninety-eight. He's very
2 I'm ..................
It's only 16 degrees in the classroom. SPEAKING
3 It's 3 a.m. I'm
4 Gina says 'hello' to everyone! She's very ......
. 7 Work in pairs. Practise giving information. Student
5 The cafe only has three tables. It's very A: Go to page 140. Student B: Go to page 143.

E Learn and practise. Go to the Vocabulary Bank.

CJ
page 127 VOCABULARYBANKcommon adjectives(1) I
RMF
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 I think they are...

VOCABULARY LISTENING
family 4A Work in pairs. Look at the photo of Mark and Mia
and answer the questions.
1 Look at the photos (A-D) and find the people (1-5).
1 Who do you think is Mark's sister?
1 brother and sister
2 Who is his brother 1
2 husband and wife
3 parents and children B CD
2.05 I Listen and check.
4 father and daughter
C CD
2.05 I Listen again and complete the table.
5 mother and son
name age country now job or studies
PRONUNCIATION Mia a student at school
2 A Isyllables I Do the family words in Ex 1A have one
or two syllables? Jessica France has a restaurant
2 2
1 brother and sister (bro-ther, sis-ter} a writer for a
Justin
magazine
B CD
2.04 I Listen and check. Then listen again
Emma the UK
and repeat.

C Choose the correct word to complete the rule. David 38

In words with two syllables, the stress is usually
on syllable one / two.
3 Work in pairs. Talk about your family.
My father is John and my mother is Carol. I have
two brothers, Alek and Jeremy.
D Work in pairs and cover the table in Ex 4C. Look at
the photos again. What can you remember about
the people?
Mia is eight. She's in Italy. She's a student at school.

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I´m from Brazil.

What is her nationality? She´s Canadian.

Where is she from? She´s from Canada.

Where is their home? Their home is in New York.

What do you do?

What is you job?

Where is he?
Where is his job?
Where does he work?