1.

1
6
HELLO
GRAMMAR be: I/you
1 Write the negative sentences () or questions (?).
1 Im from Spain. ()
Im not from Spain.
2 Youre a teacher. (?)
Are you a teacher?
3 Im Sue Green. ()

4 Youre in the Hilton Hotel. ()

5 Im in room 2. (?)

6 Youre from Canada. (?)

7 Youre a student. ()

8 Im late. (?)

2 Complete the conversations
1 A: Hi, / where / you?

Hi, where are you?
B: I / on the bus.




2 A: you / from England?


B: No, I / not. I / from Scotland.




3 A: Hi. I / John Smith.


B: I / John Smith, too. Nice /
meet you.




4 A: I / in / Sydney, Australia?


B: No, / you /. You / in /
Sydney, Canada!




VOCABULARY countries
3A Add the vowels to make countries.
1 (add a or e)

E
ngl
a
nd
Ir l nd
Arg

ntin

2 (add a or u)
R

ssi




str

li

S



di

r

bi

3 (add a or o)
J

p

n
P

l

nd
S

uth

fric

4 (add a or i)
Ch

n

Br

z

l
Sp



n

t

ly
B Whats the word stress? Complete the
table with the countries in Exercise 3A.
1
O
2
Oo
England
3
oO
4
Ooo
5
oOoo
6
ooOo
7
oooOoo
C

1.1 Listen and check. Then listen
again and repeat.
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READING
4A Read openchat.com and complete the information.
Who? deni83 claudio327 vera99
Where now?
1
Mexico
3 5
Where from?
2 4 6
B Write the name(s) of the speakers.
1 Good evening.
Claudio,
2 Good afternoon!

3 Good coffee.

4 Are you in Europe?

5 Bad pizza.

6 Hello!

WRITING capital letters
5 Correct ten mistakes with capital letters in
sentences 13.
W
1 Im wei Ling and im from beijing in China.
2 Im eva. Im a Teacher from Germany.
3 Im maria from Rome, and im a student of english.
4 Good Morning. Im Abdul from Saudi arabia.
openchat.com
deni83 claudio327 vera99
Good morning!
Good evening!
Good evening? Are you in Europe?
No, Im in Australia.
Are you in Sydney?
No, Im not. Im in Perth.
Are you from Australia?
No, Im from Italy. Im a tourist in
Australia. Where are you from?
Im from Venezuela. But Im in Mexico
now.
Hello! Hello!
Hello! Where are you?
Im in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Are you from South Africa?
No, from Portugal.
But youre in South Africa . . . so good
afternoon!
Yeah. Good morning and good
evening!
Are you in an internet caf?
Yes, I am. And you?
Im in a pizza restaurant.
Me too. Im in a pizza restaurant!
Good pizza?
No. Bad pizza. Good coffee. And you?
Good coffee. No pizza.
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VOCABULARY jobs
1A Find eight jobs in the puzzle.
S D O C T O R B F P O
I C B U E O M U Q S L
N H O V J D N S Z F D
G T A X I D R I V E R
E E B B O J M N W W U
R A H T I U D E A W D
I C Q Y D E T S I K A
O H Q U M R L S T X S
H E A C T O R M E P V
X R G R R E K A R Y C
Z R J E N G I N E E R
B Write the jobs in the correct place under the pictures.












2A Complete the sentences with a or an.
an
1 Im American student.
2 Youre New York taxi driver.
3 Are you actor?
4 Im engineer from Madrid.
5 Im hotel waiter.
6 Are you singer?
B

1.2 Listen and check. Then listen and repeat.
LISTENING
3A

1.3 Listen to the conversations. Where is each
conversation? Tick () the correct alternative.
1 a) classroom b) business conference
2 a) hotel b) hospital
B Listen again and complete the information.
Job Country
Ed student
Cathy
Misaki
Anna
Lynn Baker
Jan
C Listen again and underline the correct alternative.
1 Am I in the Japanese / English class?
2 No problem / thank you. Im Ed.
3 And you, are you Spanish / English?
4 Its my first time / day here.
5 Look, heres a doctor / nurse.
6 Are you from Russia / Poland, too?
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5A Complete the conversations with the verb be.
Conversation 1
A: Good morning. I
1
m
Sylvia White.
B: Ah, yes. Mrs White. You
2

in Room 9.
A:
3

Mr Martin here?
B: Yes, he
4

. He
5

in Room 8.
Conversation 2
A: Hi, Pat. Nice camera!
B: Thanks.
A:
6

it a Panasonic?
B: No, it
7

. Its an Olympus.
Conversation 3
A: Hi, Helena!
B: Oh hello, Marcus. Marcus, this
8

Jackie, from
Australia.
A: Hi, Jackie. Nice to meet you.
9

you here on
holiday?
C: No, I
10

here on business.
B

1.4 Listen and check.
GRAMMAR be: he/she/it
4A Look at the pictures and complete the information.
1
Hes
in China.
2
Shes
from Lima.
3

in the USA.
4

in France.
B Put the words in the correct order to make questions.
1 he / Where / is / China? / in

Where is he in China?
2 is / Lima? / Where


3 it / Los Angeles / Is / in / Washington? / or


4 France? / she / is / Where / in


C Look at the photos and tick the correct answers to
questions 14 above.
1 a) The Summer Palace b) The Great Wall
2 a) in Peru b) in Colombia
3 a) Los Angeles b) Washington
4 a) Paris b) Las Vegas
1
3
2
4
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LEARN TO check spelling
4

1.7 Listen to the information and correct the email
addresses.
evesbedi373@
yippee.com
y
yohana999@
gom
ail.com
heideho251@itmail.com
gorgelopez@toggle.com
1
2
3
4
VOCABULARY adjectives and places
5A Write the adjectives in the correct order.
1 lod
old
2 gib

3 clod

4 tho

5 lamsl

6 ewn

7 lufitubea

B Add the vowels (a, e, i, o, u) to make places.
1 b
e

a
ch
2 v

ll

g

3 b



ld

ng
4 r

v

r
5 c



ntrys

d

6 s



7 c

ty
8 m



nt



n
VOCABULARY the alphabet
1A Underline the letter with a different sound.
1 S R N F
2 A K J E
3 G B I T
4 H U W Q
5 V C Y P
6 X Z L D
B

1.5 Listen and check. Then listen and repeat.
2

1.6 Listen and complete the names.
Class register
First Name Family name
1 Alexandra Baecher
2 Mancini
3 Louise
4 Watson
5 Meilin
6 Kean
FUNCTION giving personal information
3 Write the questions in the conversation.
A:
1
Whats your surname
?
B: Its Thompson.
A:
2

?
B: T-h-o-m-p-s-o-n.
A: Thank you.
3

?
B: Jack.
A: And
4

?
B: Im Irish.
A:
5

,
Mr Thompson?
B: Im a police officer.
A: Oh!
6

,
sir?
B: 0782 1129 1827.
A: Thank you, sir. One last question, sir.
7

?
B: jthompson823@hotmail.com.
A: Thank you very much.
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7.1 PAST
C Write short answers to the questions in
Exercise 2A.
1
No, he wasnt.
2

.
3

.
4

.
5

.
6

.
D Look at the answers and write
the questions. Use the underlined words
to help.
1
Where was the lunch?
The lunch was at Marks parents house.
2

?
Marks birthday was yesterday.
3

?
Mark was thirty.
4

?
George and Maria were in Spain.
5

?
The lunch was in the garden because
it was good weather.
2 Write the sentences about Marks party
last year.
1 Its my thirtieth birthday. (29th)
Last year it was my 29th birthday.
2 Were here. (not here)
Last year


.
3 My wifes in London on business. (Tokyo
on business)
Last year


.
4 Larissas parents arent here. (not here)
Last year


.
5 George and Maria are in Spain. (Greece)
Last year


.
6 Its a small party. (big)
Last year


.
7 The weathers beautiful. (terrible)
Last year


.
8 Lunch is in the garden. (in the house)
Last year


.
GRAMMAR past simple: was/were
1A Match emails 13 with replies a)c).
1
c
2

3

1
Hi Larissa,
Sorry you werent at my birthday lunch yesterday. The
weather was beautiful so lunch was in the garden. Where
were you?
Mark
2
Hi George,
Where were you and Maria yesterday? It was my birthday lunch, at
Mum and Dads house. Remember?
Mark
3
Hi Diana,
I was really happy that you and Alan were at my birthday
lunch yesterday. It was great to see you and the children.
Mark
a)
Mark,
So sorry. We were in Spain on holiday, but were home now.
Happy 30th birthday!
b)
Hi Mark,
Thank you for the party. It was really nice. Your parents are lovely
people, and their garden is lovely, too!
c)
Happy birthday one day late! Sorry, I was in London on business.
Lets meet soon!
B Put the words in the correct order to make questions.
1 Mark / Was / twenty?

Was Mark twenty?
2 house? / Marks / the / lunch / Was / at


?
3 lunch? / the / Was / Diana / at


?
4 the / and / children / Alans / at / Were / lunch / Diana?


?
5 France? / George / Maria / in / Were / and


?
6 weather / the / Was / good?


?
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VOCABULARY dates
4A Write the dates in words.
a) Apr 2nd
April the second
b) Aug 11th
c) Dec 25th
d) Nov 21st
e) Mar 8th
f ) Jun 10th
g) Jan 1st 1
h) Oct 31st
i) Sep 22nd
j) May 1st
k) Feb 14th
l) Jul 4th
B Number the dates in order.
C

7.1 Match the dates from Exercise 4A with holidays
112. Then listen and check.
1 New Years Day g 8 Childrens Day
2 Valentines Day 9 Childrens Book Day
3 May Day 10 World Hello Day
4 Independence Day (US) 11 Business Womens
5 International Womens Day Day (USA)
6 Son and Daughters Day 12 Halloween
7 Christmas Day
WRITING punctuation review
5A Correct the texts. Use four full stops (.)
three commas (,) one question mark (?) and
one exclamation mark (!).
World Hello Day is on november 21st

every
year Say hello to ten people on the bus on
the train at work at school and in the street.
try it this year Its so easy
August 11th is son and Daughter Day. its a
great day to play with your children or to
go out with them why Because theyre your
children
B Change ve letters to capital letters.
N
november 21st
C Write about a special day in your country.





READING
3A Read the text and match headings 15 with
paragraphs AE.
1 Technology E
2 Family
3 Women
4 Transport
5 Population
A hundred
years of change
A
Life in the year 2000
was very different
from life in 1900.
In
1
1900
in
the USA, there
were three and a
half children in an
average family. The
top boys name was John and the top girls name was
Mary. In
2
, the top names were Jacob and
Emily and there was only one child in each family.
B
In
3
, there were 54 million new cars on the
roads. In
4
, there were only 4,000 new cars.
In cities transport was by horse and a small number of
buses.
C
The number of people in cities was very different.
London was the top city in
5
with 6 million
people. The top city in
6
was Tokyo with
27 million people.
D
Womens lives were very
different both at home and in
public. For example, in the
7
Olympics there
were 827 women and 1,512
men, but in
8
there
were 1,319 men and only 19
women.
E
9
was the year of
the Kodak Brownie camera.
Letters were the only way
to communicate except for
telephones in some rich families.
In
10
email was big
and there were mobile phones
with cameras.
A
B
C
D
E
B Read the text again and complete the information with
1900 or 2000.
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LISTENING
2A Complete the quiz.
Amazing Animal Facts
Animals are amazing! They walk for days, find
the way home and some even speak!
1 Every winter, an Emperor penguin walks:
a) 1020 kilometres
b) 3060 kilometres
c) 50120 kilometres
2 A black and white cat named Tom was lost and
travelled in a plane for:
a) two weeks
b) two months
c) two years
3 Another amazing cat named Tom walked:
a) 4,000 kilometres
b) 5,000 kilometres
c) 6,000 kilometres
4 In its lifetime, a cow gives glasses
of milk.
a) 50,000 b) 100,000 c) 200,000
5 Talking parrots know about ten to twenty
words, but one famous African grey parrot,
Nkisi, used:
a) 150 words b) 450 words c) 950 words
B

7.3 Listen and check.
C Listen again and match 15 with a)e).
1 Emperor penguins a) sometimes live 25 years.
2 Tom the cat (UK) b) was in a test in 2004.
3 Tom the cat (USA) c) travelled 800,000 kilometres.
4 Cows d) are very big.
5 Nkisi the parrot e) travelled for two years.
VOCABULARY actions
1A Read the clues and complete the crossword.
1
M
O
V
2 3
E
4 5
6 7
8 9
Across
2 Great music! Lets !
4 Do you tennis?
6 I the day with breakfast.
8 I dont drive to work I .
Down
1 We home every year.
3 Dont ! Its not so bad!
5 We in London at three oclock.
7 Shh! Dont Im on the phone!
8 Im not ready. Please for me.
9 You always at me when I speak English!
B

7.2 Listen to the verbs in Exercise 1A and write:
1 one action with the sound in who and room

move
2 two actions with the sound in cake and day

3 two actions with the sound in four and door

4 two actions with the sound in like, and I

5 three actions with the sound in car and father

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4A Write the past forms of the verbs.
1 live
lived
2 close
3 open
4 listen
5 look
6 study
7 email
8 text
9 stop
10 answer
B

7.4 Listen and write the past forms
from Exercise 4A in the correct group.
/t/ danced
/d/ moved
lived
/d/ started
C Add verbs 16 to the table in
Exercise 4B.
1 worked
2 wanted
3 asked
4 played
5 repeated
6 watched
D

7.5 Listen and check. Then listen
and repeat.
GRAMMAR past simple: regular verbs
3A Complete the story of Hachiko. Use the past simple form of
the verbs in the box.
walk (x2) like ask arrive (x2) be wait
finish work die print watch want
Hidesaburo Ueno was a teacher at the University of Tokyo, and Hachiko
was his dog. Every evening, Hachiko
1
walked
to Shibuya Station and
2
for Uenos train. When Uenos train
3
, Hachiko was there. Then one day in May 1925,
Ueno was very ill and he
4
at work. That evening,
Hachiko was at the station, but when Uenos train
5
,
he wasnt on it.
A man named Kenji
6
in an office near the station.
One evening in 1925, after he
7
work, he
8
Hachiko walk to the station. Kenji
9
a worker at the station about Hachiko. Kenji
10
dogs, and he
11
to help
Hachiko. He
12
a poster about Hachiko, and soon
the dog
13
famous. For nine years the dog
14
to the station every day at the same time. Now
theres a statue of Hachiko at Shibuya Station.
B Correct the information.
1 Hachiko walked to the train station every morning.

He didnt walk to the station every morning. He walked there every evening.
2 Every day Hachiko waited for Kenjis train.


3 Kenji studied near the station.


4 Kenji talked to a waiter at the station.


5 Kenji liked cats.


6 Hachiko walked to the station for five years.


VOCABULARY adjectives
1A Put the letters in the correct order
to make adjectives. The rst letter is
underlined.
1 tiniergents
interesting
2 aterg
3 brreelit
4 waflu
5 onbrig
6 oilicedus
7 atticfans
8 KO
9 lal girth
10 ton yrve dogo
B Read the reviews and write hotel (H),
lm (F), restaurant (R) or concert (C).
C Cover the words in Exercise 1A.
Complete the reviews with the correct
adjective.
D
food and
f
waiters! The
best Japanese in town.
The guitar player is
n
v

g
but their
music is i
.
The first ten minutes is
g
but then its
really b
for ninety
minutes. The acting is
t
.
The rooms are a

r
and the
breakfast was O

but its on a noisy street. An
a
place to sleep.
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7.3
FUNCTION giving opinions
2 Put the words in the box in the correct places in the conversation.
s wasnt was Was concert re It awful good
s
A: Hello, Helene. How the party?
B: Its not very.
A: Why not?
B: Theres no music and no food. Its!
A: Whos there?
B: Well, three people all students.
They boring. Where are you?
A: Im at home but I was at a rock.
B: How it?
A: was interesting.
B: Interesting? it good?
A: Well, no it very good.
LEARN TO show feelings
3A

7.6 Listen to the conversations and circle the correct adjective.
1 interesting delicious
2 terrible fantastic
3 great OK
4 not very good all right
5 delicious awful
B

7.7 Listen and check. Then listen and repeat.
VOCABULARY adjectives
1A Put the letters in the correct order
to make adjectives. The rst letter is
underlined.
1 tiniergents
interesting
2 aterg
3 brreelit
4 waflu
5 onbrig
6 oilicedus
7 atticfans
8 KO
9 lal girth
10 ton yrve dogo
B Read the reviews and write hotel (H),
lm (F), restaurant (R) or concert (C).
C Cover the words in Exercise 1A.
Complete the reviews with the correct
adjective.
R
E
V
IE
W
S
D
food and
f
waiters! The
best Japanese in town.
REVIEWS
The guitar player is
n
v

g
but their
music is i
.
R
E
V
IE
W
S
The first ten minutes is
g
but then its
really b
for ninety
minutes. The acting is
t
.
The rooms are a

r
and the
breakfast was O

but its on a noisy street. An
a
place to sleep.
1
2
3
4
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