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KAREN V I N E Y

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Contents

Grammar tables How to use this book Practice

Answer key

Audio exercises

Language words

article a, a n , the

noun w o m a n , a p p l e , car, p e n , t o w n , knife

verb listen, look, w a l k , go, w r i t e , d o , can

adjective large, blue, cold, English, French

subject pronoun 1, y o u , h e , s h e , it, w e , they

object pronoun m e , y o u , him, her, it, u s , t h e m

p o s s e s s i v e adjective my, your, his, her, its, our, their

p o s s e s s i v e (nouns) D a v i d ' s , M a r i a ' s , Charles's, the girls'

preposition in, o n , off, by, near

capital letters A, B , C

numbers 1, 2, 3, 4

ordinal n u m b e r s 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th

punctuation , ? ! / ' : ; ( )

conversation A How are y o u ?

B I'm fine And y o u ?

A sentence

S e n t e n c e s begin with a capital letter, and end with a full stop

He lives in Scotland

A question

Questions begin with a capital letter and end with a question mark

Where are you from? Are you English?

An answer

A n s w e r s are replies to questions

I'm from Paris Yes, I am No, I'm not Yes, please No, thanks

Sounds

Vowels

i: s e e /si:/ A cup /Jpvp/

i h a p p y 'ha-pi 3 : third / 63: d /

£e hat /hast/ s o go / g s o /

a: father / ' f a: Ô 3( r ) / ai five f a n

D got / g o t / a o now / n a o /

o: four /fb:(r)/ 31 boy /boi/

o foot /fut/ 13 near

nio(r)-u situation /sitj 'u 'eij'n/ es pair

pea(r)-u: too / t u : / U3 tourist /'tuarist/

Consonants

b bad / b œ d / z zoo /zu:/

t t e a /ti:/ J s h o e / J u : /

d do / d u : / 3 television /teli'vijn/

k cat /kart/ h had /hœd/

g got /got/ m man / m œ n /

tr chair /tjea(r)/ n no /nau/

03 J u n e /d3u:n/ i] s i n g /siq/

f five /faiv/ 1 left /left/

V v a n vaen r red /red/

0 t h a n k / e œ n k / j y e s /jes/

S this /ÔIS/ w w e /wi:/

Irregular verbs

present past present past present p a s t

be w a s , w e r e drive drove make m a d e buy bought get got put put

c o m e came give gave say said

do did go w e n t s e e s a w

eat ate h a v e , has had think thought

write wrote

Verbs

verb form positive

present: be I'm (am)

H e ' s / S h e ' s / I t ' s (is) We're/You're/They're (are)

W e ' r e / Y o u ' r e / T h e y ' r e doing W e / Y o u / T h e y aren't doing

future: I'm going to (do)

going to H e / S h e / It's going to (do)

I'm not going to (do)

H e / S h e / It isn't going to (do)

W e / Y o u / T h e y ' r e going to (do) W e / Y o u / T h e y aren't going to (do)

have got I / W e / Y o u / T h e y ' v e (have) got I / W e / Y o u / T h e y haven't got

H e / S h e / I t ' s (has) got H e / S h e / It hasn't got

can (do) can't (do)

would like I / He / She / It / W e / You / They

'd like

I / H e / S h e / I t / W e / Y o u / T h e y wouldn't like

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Am I ?

Is h e / s h e / i t ?

Are w e / y o u / t h e y ?

Yes, I a m / N o , I'm not

Yes, she is / No, she isn't

Yes, we are / No, we aren't

Am I doing ?

Is h e / s h e / i t doing ?

Are w e / y o u / t h e y doing ?

Yes, I a m / N o , I'm not

Yes, she i s / N o , she isn't

Yes, we are / No, we aren't

Am I going to (do) ?

Is h e / s h e / it going to (do) ?

Are w e / y o u / t h e y going to (do) ?

Yes, I a m / N o , I'm not

Yes, she is / No, she isn't

Yes, we are / No, we aren't

W a s l / h e / s h e / i t ?

Were w e / y o u / t h e y ?

Yes, I w a s / N o , I wasn't

Yes, we were / No, we weren't

Have I / w e / y o u / they got ?

Yes, he does / No, he doesn't

Did l / h e / s h e / i t / w e / y o u / t h e y do ? Yes, I d i d / N o , I didn't

Can l / h e / s h e / i t / w e / y o u / t h e y ( d o ) Yes, I can / No, I can't

Would l / h e / s h e / i t / w e / y o u / t h e y like ? Yes, I w o u l d / N o , I wouldn't

How to use this book

• O n e P r a c t i c e unit for e a c h S t u d e n t ' s B o o k unit

Practice

Question and answer

M a t c h t h e t w o p a r t s

Hello —•

W h a t ' s your n a m e ?

W h a t ' s your phone number?

W h a t ' s your passport number?

G o o d b y e

327 9085

I don't know

G o o d b y e Anna

i l

What's his name?

A s k a n d a n s w e r

• Q u e s t i o n : What's his name?

A n s w e r : His name's Sherlock Holmes

full stop ' a p o s t r o p h e , comma

A B C capital letters ? question mark

P u n c t u a t e t h e s e n t e n c e s

• w h a t s his name

What's his name?

1 my n a m e s Nick

2 w h a t s your fax number Nick

3 hello Tom My n a m e s Kate

Numbers 0 - 9 Find t h e n u m b e r s zero to n i n e

4 C h a n g e t h e s e n t e n c e s

• My name's John W i l s o n I'm John Wilson

ism, i

S m i t h J o n e s

Grammar

1 C o m p l e t e t h e t a b l e

Capital letters

W r i t e t h e s e s e n t e n c e s w i t h c a p i t a l l e t t e r s

• mr S t e w a r t' s a journalist Mr Stewart's a journalist

1 her name's miss d a r k

2 his name's dr green

/ u : / your y o u two student

/0/ w r o n g doctor phone job

ly.l your four you're you

three

Countries and nationalities

A d a m Sikorski is Polish

A d a m ' s an office worker from

W a r s a w in Poland He's married

Lee Chang is an engineer

He's from Hong Kong in China

Lee is single He's Chinese

l C o m p l e t e t h e t a b l e

Marta Perez is Mexican

S h e ' s a computer programmer S h e ' s from Mexico City S h e ' s married

f:

Emma Martin's a journalist

S h e ' s English and she's single

S h e ' s from London, England

first n a m e Adam

family n a m e Martin

married or single single

occupation office worker

6 she's an office worker from korea

7 he isn't Chinese, he's korean

8 s h e ' s brazilian and s h e ' s single

four

Greetings

Put t h e w o r d s in t h e c a r t o o n s A d d sir or madam

G o o d morning Good night G o o d b y e Good afternoon G o o d e v e n i n g (x 2)

Grammar

Tick ( / ) t h e correct w o r d s

1 Sorry, I ( U ' m not • don't) understand

2 I ( • ' m not • don't) English

3 D o you ( • t o s p e a k • speak) French?

4 I'm sorry, I ( D ' m not • don't) know

5 He's ( • S p a n i s h • S p a i n )

6 S h e ' s ( • a D an) engineer

7 ( • D o • Can) y o u repeat that?

8 Excuse ( • m e • m y ) , w h a t ' s your name?

9 I ( • ' m not • don't) s p e a k Italian

Ir.l s p e a k French see me

Ini sorry job how office

/ai/ hi fine bye sir

/ei/ m a d a m say S p a i n great

five

Matching

M a t c h t h e w o r d s a n d t h e c a r t o o n s

W h a t are t h e y ? I don't know W h a t are they in English?

Look! W h a t is it? Thank y o u ! W h a t is it?

a I an

C o m p l e t e t h e s p a c e s w i t h a or an

S a y to y o u r s e l f , e g twenty-four x a xerox copy

1 aspirin 10 job 19 scientist

2 backpack i l key 20 ticket

3 • country 12 lesson 21 umbrella

4 •• doctor 13 map 22 video

5 •• English book 14 number 23 waiter

6 film 15 office 24 xerox copy

7 •• greeting 16 phone 25 yoghurt

9 •• identity card 18 receptionist

Word square Find t h e w o r d s from t h e S t u d e n t ' s

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They're American

• • • M H

Bill and Laura from W a s h i n g t o n Angus and Jock from Glasgow

Kytie and Danni from M e l b o u r n e Robbie and Joni from Toronto

1 A s k a n d a n s w e r q u e s t i o n s w i t h w o r d s from t h e box

C a n a d a the U S A S c o t l a n d Australia

• W h e r e ' s W a s h i n g t o n ? It's in the USA

2 A n s w e r t h e q u e s t i o n s

• W h e r e are Bill and Laura from? They're from the USA

1 W h e r e are Angus and Jock from?

2 W h e r e are Kylie and Danni from?

3 W h e r e are Robbie and Joni from?

3 G i v e s h o r t a n s w e r s

• Are Bill and Laura C a n a d i a n ? No, they aren't

Are they American? Yes, they are

1 Are Angus and Jock English?

2 Are they Scottish?

3 Are Kylie and Danni A m e r i c a n ?

4 Are they Australian?

5 Are Robbie and Joni S c o t t i s h ?

Questions and answers

M a t c h t h e q u e s t i o n s a n d t h e a n s w e r s

Q u e s t i o n s A n s w e r s

1 W h a t ' s your first n a m e ? A It's 0534 907748

2 W h a t ' s your job? B Sorry, 1 don't know

3 W h a t ' s your phone number? C C a n a d a

4 Are y o u married or single? D Laura

5 W h a t ' s her family n a m e ? E N o , t h a n k s

6 W h a t nationality is h e ? F C a n a d i a n

7 W h e r e are they from? G Y e s , M - O - B - l - L - E

8 Can you spell mobile? H I'm an engineer

9 Coffee? 1 I'm single

Grammar

A r e t h e s e n t e n c e s right ( / ) o r w r o n g ( / ) ?

A W h a t ' s your n a m e ? /

B W h a t ' s you're n a m e ? X

1 A They're Australian 4 A Are they're right?

B They Australian B Are they right?

2 A W e from S c o t l a n d 5 A W h a t ' s his name?

B W e ' r e from S c o t l a n d B W h a t ' s he's n a m e ?

3 A We not busy 6 A Are y o u in a hurry?

B W e aren't busy B Are your in a hurry?

S a y t h e v e r b be to yourself

I'm I'm not

He's / S h e ' s / It's He isn't / S h e isn't / It isn't

pot 1.70 double 1.40 strawberry 1.60 orange 1.50 large 1.90

How much is that?

C o m p l e t e B ' s s e n t e n c e s

• A A hot dog a n d a cup of t e a How much is that? B Three forty

1 A A large cola, please How much is that? B

2 A A regular coffee and a chocolate milkshake, B

3 A Just a donut for m e How much is it? B

4 A A burger, p l e a s e How much? B

5 A A chocolate milkshake, p l e a s e , B

6 A Three orange juices, p l e a s e , B

7 A A tuna salad and a cup of t e a , p l e a s e , B

8 A Two strawberry milkshakes, p l e a s e , B

9 A A hot d o g and a double e s p r e s s o , p l e a s e , B

a I an

P u t a or an in t h e correct p l a c e s

1 e s p r e s s o , p l e a s e 4 English breakfast tea, please

2 donut, please 5 orange juice, please double espresso, p l e a s e hot dog, please

and I or

C o m p l e t e t h e s e n t e n c e s w i t h and or or

1 A Regular large? B Large, p l e a s e

2 A burger fries, p l e a s e

3 Eat in take out?

4 A Apple juice orange juice? B A p p l e , p l e a s e

5 A A milkshake, p l e a s e , B Strawberry chocolate?

6 A coffee a cola, p l e a s e

Grammar

Tick ( / ) t h e correct w o r d

1 Anything ( • for • to) drink?

2 ( D C a n HI Am) I have the salt, please?

3 Two (Q dollar G dollars) fifty, p l e a s e

4 A How much (U are U is) that? B Three twenty

5 There ( • you're • you) go

6 A Thank y o u B (G You're • Your) w e l c o m e

Spelling

v C i r c l e H h e correct s p e l l i n g

réguler regulor regular

w e l l c o m e w e l c o m e w e l c o m

jiuce juise juice

chocolate chocolet choclate

frys freis fries

ketchip keshup ketchup

Nationalities

M a t c h t h e food a n d t h e nationality ( T h e r e isn't o n e 'right' a n s w e r )

English American Italian French

S w i s s

pizza chocolate

c h e e s e hamburger tea

THINK!

S a y t h e n u m b e r s t o yourself D o t h i s e v e r y day

10 - 20 - 30 - 40 - 50 - 60 - 70 - 80 - 90

90 - 80 - 70 - 60 - 50 - 40 - 30 - 20 - 1 0

Colours of the rainbow

C o m p l e t e t h e w o r d s

r o y g b indigo violet

Note: indigo and violet aren't e v e r y d a y w o r d s , (indigo is dark blue, the

colour o f blue jeans.) R e m e m b e r the colours: R - O - Y - G - B - l - V

Questions and answers

1 Are you married single?

2 S h e ' s married she's an architect

3 Is Lee his first n a m e his family n a m e ?

J a p a n China are in Asia

2 5

About you

Tick ( / ) t h e boxes

Are you ? D y o u n g G married (71 single

• angry • happy • busy

Grammar

A r e t h e s e n t e n c e s right ( / ) o r w r o n g ( / ) ?

• A They're new s h o e s /

B They're n e w s s h o e s /

1 A It's an American car 3

B It's a American car

2 A It's a dictionary s m a l l 4

B It's a small dictionary

A The traffic lights are green

B The traffic lights are greens

A W h a t colours are your jeans?

B W h a t colour are your j e a n s ?

Find the mistakes

W h i c h w o r d s are i n t h e w r o n g p l a c e s ? W h a t are t h e correct p l a c e s ?

MENU: DRINKS

orange milkshake w h i t e milkshake chocolate juice

red water mineral w i n e strawberry w i n e

black milk cold coffee apple coffee

1 Are there any penknives?

2 Is there a mobile phone?

3 Is there an orange?

4 Are there any toothbrushes?

3 Cover t h e picture A r e t h e s e s e n t e n c e s true ( / ) o r f a l s e ( X ) ?

1 There aren't any pens in the picture

2 There are s o m e t o w e l s

3 There isn't a map in the picture

some / any

C o m p l e t e t h e s e n t e n c e s w i t h a, an, some or any

1 There are books in the classroom

Capital letters

W r i t e t h e s e n t e n c e s w i t h c a p i t a l l e t t e r s

• are there any cds in the room? Are there any CDs in the room?

1 there isn't a w i d e s c r e e n tv

6 is there a cd player in the room?

How much?

P u t is or are

1 H o w much the top? 4 How much the trainers?

2 H o w much the shirt? 5 How much the dress?

3 How much the trousers? 6 How much the skirt?

subject pronouns 1 y o u she

object pronouns you him

3 W h e r e are my grey trousers?

4 W h o are the trainers for?

5 H o w much are t h e y ?

W h a t colour is her top?

A n s w e r s

A Y e s , I'm looking for a top

B They're for her

C Twenty-five ninety-nine

D M e d i u m

E Dark blue

F They're in the w a r d r o b e

eleven

an old Rolls-Royce a sports car an old Citroën

a typewriter s o m e pencils a laptop c o m p u t e r

1 W h a t d o y o u t h i n k ? M a k e s e n t e n c e s about t h e p i c t u r e s

They've got He's got She's got

2 P u t They've, He's or She's in t h e s p a c e s

1 got a house in L o n d o n

2 got a h o u s e in a s m a l l village

3 got a house by the Pacific O c e a n

3 M a k e s e n t e n c e s w i t h :

3 1

Contractions: V e / ' s

C o m p l e t e t h e s e n t e n c e s w i t h V e o r ' s

1 We got s o m e British friends

2 S h e got a photograph of her family

• I've got s o m e credit cards / haven't got any credit cards

1 S h e ' s got a driving licence

2 T h e y ' v e got s o m e English books

3 W e ' v e got some postcards

4 He's got some blue j e a n s

5 I've got a phonecard

Question words

A d d What? How? Who? or Where?

1 A is he from? B He's from Italy.'

2 A much is that T-shirt? B It's 10.95.'

3 A size are y o u ? B I'm extra large.'

4 A 's got a mobile phone? B Maria h a s '

5 A is it? B It's a DVD player.'

6 A 's Toronto? B It's in C a n a d a '

1 n l i M I \ :

S a y the v e r b have got to yourself

I've got / You've got / W e ' v e got / T h e y ' v e got

He's got / S h e ' s got / It's got

I haven't got / You haven't got / We haven't got /

They haven't got

W r i t e ( 1 ) for is, ( 2 ) for has, or (3) for p o s s e s s i v e ' s

My sister's , married and she's ~ ] got three c h i l d r e n

S h e ' s got two boys and a g i r l T h e b o y s ' _ names are

James and D a n i e l T h e g i r l ' s ! i name i s G e o r g i a M y

nephews are eight and five, and my n i e c e ' s I four

TWELVE 33 Possessive adjectives

l C o m p l e t e t h e t a b l e

p o s s e s s i v e a d j e c t i v e my your his our

2 C o m p l e t e t h e s e n t e n c e s w i t h p o s s e s s i v e a d j e c t i v e s

1 He's from S p a i n name's Alberto

2 They're married children's n a m e s are Lauren a n d D a n i e l

3 W e ' r e brothers parents are French

4 S h e ' s eight brother's nine

5 I'm British name's Peter

6 You're students books are in the c l a s s r o o m

Sounds

Circle t h e w o r d w i t h t h e different v o w e l s o u n d

• / a / brother cousin <^JuuV^> mother

/ a / / a / / 3 : / / a /

ly.l father daughter w a r d r o b e small

leal parent car w h e r e their

/ a / uncle aunt colour hundred

l\l children child sister single

/ a e / match s t a m p cash many

Apostrophe's

W r i t e t h e a p o s t r o p h e s (') i n t h e correct p l a c e s

1 They're A n n a s children

2 The childrens s h o e s are in their bedroom

3 Excuse m e , where's the m e n s room?

4 S h e ' s J a m e s s sister

5 W h o ' s Kevins daughter?

6 Our childrens n a m e s are jack and M e g a n

T H I N K !

D S e l e c t track (3) with the p r e v i o u s / n e x t buttons

i ] O p e n the drawer a n d insert a DVD The label side is up

• Turn on the DVD player

• P u s h 'play'

Don't

M a k e t h e s e instructions n e g a t i v e

• O p e n your book Don't open your book

1 Close the door

2 Turn on the light

3 Look at t h e m

THIRTEEN

Verbs

C o m p l e t e t h e s e n t e n c e s w i t h v e r b s from t h e boxes

close turn sit come

1 ' in P l e a s e the door, a n d on the light

Thank y o u P l e a s e d o w n '

look write read o p e n

2 ' G o o d morning I'm your new teacher P l e a s e your books at

Unit 42 P l e a s e at the photograph Then the text,

and a n s w e r s to the questions.'

Object pronouns

1 C o m p l e t e t h e t a b l e

object pronoun me you

2 C o m p l e t e t h e s e n t e n c e s w i t h object p r o n o u n s

1 It's my book P l e a s e give it to

2 I don't know There's A n n a Ask

3 W e ' r e in the photo Look at

4 They're my cousins Do you know ?

5 He's the teacher Ask

1 Does Nick go to university in W o o d s t o c k ?

2 Does Karen go to university in W o o d s t o c k ?

3 Does s h e live in W o o d s t o c k ?

4 Does Nick live with his parents?

5 Do his parents live in Oxford?

• In a bank • Y e s , I do • Y e s , I work

3 Does she go to university?

• No, she doesn't • To university • S h e g o e s

4 W h e r e d o e s he live?

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Negatives

M a k e t h e s e s e n t e n c e s n e g a t i v e

• He lives in a flat He doesn't live in a flat

1 His sister lives with him

2 Their parents work in London

3 I work with her

4 S h e goes to university in Oxford

5 We live with our parents

• go / We / college / to / S o u t h e n d / in We go to college in Southend

1 an / in / They / London / work / in / office

2 h o m e / S h e / at / w o r k s

3 with / parents / lives / his / He

4 I / hospital / work /a / don't / in

-eight nine five ten ten e l e v e n t w e l v e one

o'clock fifteen twenty twenty-five

two thirty three four forty five forty- six fifty s e v e n

fifty-thirty-five five five

Questions and answers

Working times

C o m p l e t e t h e s p a c e s w i t h w o r d s from t h e box

in on at to from

Anna and P a u l are married S h e ' s a teacher and he's an engineer

S h e w o r k s M o n d a y Friday S h e starts work

eight forty-five, and finishes four fifteen S h e corrects h o m e w o r k

the e v e n i n g s S h e doesn't go to work S a t u r d a y s or

S u n d a y s P a u l w o r k s eight fifteen five thirty He w o r k s

S a t u r d a y mornings eight,forty-five t w e l v e thirty

H e doesn't work S u n d a y s

do I does

C o m p l e t e t h e s e n t e n c e s w i t h do or does

1 y o u work on M o n d a y s ?

2 the library o p e n at nine thirty or at ten?

3 the s h o p s open on Friday evenings?

4 the bank open at nine thirty?

5 W h e n the post office close?

6 W h a t time the offices o p e n ?

1 S t o p the traffic lights!

2 The bank is open M o n d a y s

3 S h e lives R o m e

4 It's the right

5 They work an office

6 The s h o p is open from nine five

7 Our flat is the third floor

8 The station is the end of the r o a d

Capital letters

W r i t e t h e s e n t e n c e s w i t h c a p i t a l l e t t e r s

• d o e s she work on S a t u r d a y s ? Does she work on Saturdays

1 they work from m o n d a y to friday

2 the bank in london road is closed on S u n d a y s

3 is there a taxi rank in east street?

4 mrs c h a n g goes to english c l a s s e s on W e d n e s d a y s

5 s c h o o l s in france are closed on thursday afternoons

6 go along dorset road a n d the hilton hotel is on the right

7 my uncle's name is J o s e p h grant