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María Victoria Saumell
Sarah Louisa Birchley eBOOK
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Introductions

B C

Warm Up
1a Match each conversation below to a photo.

A: Welcome to B: Thank you.

the Easton B: Hi. I’m
you. A: Nice to meet you,
Hotel. Emma James.
1. Photo Nice to meet too.

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 A: Good morning. A: Hello. I’m Alonzo A: Hi, Jun. A: Hello. I’m
Anne
2. Photo B: Good morning. Moreno. B: Hi, James.
your name? 4. Photo
Wilson. What’s
B: I’m Reina
Honda.
3. Photo

b 1.07 Listen and check your answers. Then listen again and repeat.

2 Pair Work Stand and introduce yourself to other students.

Hello. I’m Camila Diaz. I’m Hong Lee. Nice to meet you.
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Check in to a hotel
LESSON 1 GRAMMAR be: I/you; contractions

Vocabulary numbers 0–9

1a 1.08 Listen and repeat.

0 3

b Write the numbers next to the

words.
four eight one two five
seven six three zero nine

2 Point to a number. Your partner says the number. Change roles

after nine numbers.

3a Read the How To box. Write the room numbers.

1. Room one two nine
How To:
Say hotel room numbers

Room three two nine 2. Room

3. Room
Room four oh six

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b Say the room numbers.

4 Pair Work Read the How To box below.
Then practice the conversation with your
names. Change roles and partners
several times.
How To:
Say names
Mr. SmithMrs./Ms./Miss Jones
 4. Room

5. Room

6. Room

A: Hello.
B: Hi. I’m Leonardo Gallo.
A: Welcome to Bally Hotel, Mr. Gallo.
You’re in room 502.
B: Thank you.
Grammar I’m/ you’re Active Grammar
+
5a Complete the Active Grammar box with ’m or
’re.
I am
Cristina Branco.
b Complete the conversations with ’m or ’re. I
1. A: Good morning. I’m Mateo Alvarez. You are
in room 329.
B: Good morning, Mr. Alvarez. You in You
m 121.
2. A: Hello. Welcome to Hotel Lux. See Reference page 18
B: Thank you. I Britney Black.
A: You in room 820, Ms. Black.
3. A: Good morning. I Mi Lei Ling.
B: I Walter Mann. Nice to meet you.
4. A: Hello, Ms. West. You in room 320.
B: Thank you.

c Pair Work Practice the conversations.

Vocabulary greetings
6a Complete the sentences with the words in the
eveningafternoonmorningnight
box.

1. 8 A.M. 2. 2 P.M. 3. 6 P.M. 4. 11 P.M.

David: Good . David: Good . David: Good . David: Good .
Betty: Good . Carla: Good . Jeff: Good . Friends: Good .

b 1.09 Listen and check your answers.

c Pair Work Practice the conversations. Good afternoon. Good afternoon.

Speaking
7 Pair Work Choose Student A or Student B.
Student A: You are a receptionist. Think
of a name for your hotel. Find
four guests for your hotel.
Write their names in the
chart.
Student B: You are a guest. Find the
names of four hotels. Check in
to a hotel.
A: Good evening. Welcome to Hotel California.
B: Thank you. I’m Chin Lee.
A: Mr. Lee. You’re in room 504.
B: Thank you.
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Greet someone at an airport
LESSON 2 GRAMMAR be: he/she/it; contractions

Vocabulary letters and countries

1 1.1 0 Listen to the alphabet and repeat.

a b c d e f g h i j k l m
n o p q r s t u v w x y z
2a Match a country in the box to a city on the Arrivals board.
Argentina China Spain Japan Italy
Colombia the UK Australia Brazil the US

Arrivals
Flight number From Arrival time Comments

HD347 Shanghai 14:00 landed

AR191 Sydney 14:05 landed
CT248 Buenos Aires 14:05 delayed
WG506 Tokyo 14:10
MO793 New York 14:15
JF820 Rio de Janeiro 14:15 on time
ML145 London 14:25
PE706 Madrid 14:25
IS003 Rome 14:30 canceled
YI449 Bogota 14:30

HD three four seven, Shanghai.

3 Pair Work Take turns saying the flight numbers and cities on the Arrivals board.

Pronunciation syllable recognition

4a Listen again. Count the syllables for each country.
Chi – na = 2

b Pair Work Say a city. Your partner says its country.

Tokyo. Japan.

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 Shakira Johnny Depp Penelope Cruz

Listening
5a Look at the photos and complete the sentences below.
1. She’s Shakira. She’s from . She’s in Portugal.
2. He’s Johnny Depp. He’s from . He’s in Japan.
3. She’s Penelope Cruz. She’s from . She’s in the US.

b 1.1 2 Listen and check your answers.

Grammar he’s/she’s/it’s
6 Complete the Active Grammar box with ’s.
Active Grammar
7a Complete the sentences with he’s, she’s, or it’s. +
He is
1. He’s from Australia. (Russell Crowe)
He ’s
2. from the US. (Angelina Jolie)
She is from Japan.
3. in Japan. (Osaka)
from Argentina.
4. from Spain. (Antonio Banderas) She

5. in China. (Beijing) It is
6. from Australia. (Nicole It
Kidman)
7. from Mexico. (Gael García See Reference page 18
Bernal)
8. from Argentina. (The tango)

b Pair Work Make true or false statements about cities and people.
Sydney is in Argentina. False! It’s in Australia.

Tom Cruise is from the US. True.

How To:
Greet someone at airport arrivals
Speaking A: Mr. Depp?
B: Yes.
8 Pair Work Read the How To box. Then A: Hello, Mr. Depp. I’m Yuki Suzuki.
practice greeting your partner at the Welcome to Japan.
arrivals gate at the airport. B: Thank you.
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LESSON 3 Introduce someone; start a conversation
GRAMMAR be: questions with where
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Listening Andy
1a Listen. Number the
1.1 3
sentences in the correct
order.
1 A: Hi, Boris.
L: Nice to meet you, too. Boris

B: Hi, Andy. This is Luisa. Luisa

A: Nice to meet you, Luisa.

b Listen again. Check your answers.

2 Listen. Complete
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the conversation between

Luisa and Andy.
Luisa: Where are you
from, Andy?
Andy: I (1.)
from the US.
Luisa: Where
(2.) you from in the US?
Andy: I’m from New York.
Where are (3.)
from?
Luisa: I’m (4.)
Argentina.
Andy: Where are you from
in Argentina?
Luisa: I’m from Rosario.

Pronunciation sentence stress

3a 1.15 Listen. Mark the stress.
1. Where are you from?
2. Where are you from in the US? Rosario, Argentina New York, USA
3. I’m from New York.

b Listen again. Repeat.

Speaking How To:

4a Group Work Work in groups of three. Repeat the conversation in Introduce people
Exercise 2.
This is (Paul). Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you, too.
b Group Work Read the How To box, then close your books.
Introduce each other.
Hi, Britta. Hi, Carlos. This is Roxana.

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Grammar be: questions with where
5 Look at the Active Grammar box. Match Active Grammar
the answers to the questions. Write a or
b. ? Questions
1. Where are you from?
6 Complete the conversation.
2. Where are you from in the US?
A: Where (1.) are you from?
+ Answers
B: (2.) from Turkey.
a. I ’m from Las Vegas.
A: (3.) are you from
in Turkey? b. I ’m from the US.
B: I’m (4.) Istanbul.
See Reference page 18
C: Where are (5.) from?
D: I’m (6.) New
Zealand.
C: Where (7.) you from in New Zealand?
D: I’m (8.) Auckland.

Speaking
7 Group Work Work in groups of three: A, B, and C. Use your own country
or city, or your own ideas.
Student A: Introduce B and C.
Student B: Ask where Student C is from.
Student C: Ask where Student B is from.

Vocabulary common phrases

8a Match the phrases in the box to the conversations.
No, thank you.Yes, please.Pardon?Excuse me . . .

1 2 3 4

A: Coffee? A: Black pepper? A: I’m hungry. A: He’s Ronaldinho

B: Yes, please. B: B: from Brazil.
B:
b Listen and check your answers.
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c Pair Work Practice the conversations with a partner.

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LESSON4 Unit Wrap Up Extra Listening Activity

in ACTIVEBOOK

Review
1 Rewrite the sentences with contractions.
1. A: I am Maggie May. 2. A: I am Ruby Tuesday. 3. A: I am Peggy Sue.
B: You are in room 511. B: You are in room 147. B: You are in room 312.
A: I’m Maggie May . A: . A: .
B: . B: . B: .

2 Complete the conversations with I’m or You’re. Then practice with a partner.
1. A: Hello. Welcome to Hotel California. 2. A: Hello.
B: Thank you. Don Henley. B: Hello. I’m Ms. Turner.
A: in room 329, Mr. Henley. A: Welcome to Nutbush Hotel, Ms. Turner.
in room 808.
B: Thank you.

3 Where is he, she, or it from? Fill in the blanks. Then ask and answer
with a partner.
1. Mick Jagger: He’s from the UK. 6. Salma Hayek: Mexico.
2. Madonna: the US. 7. Pele: Brazil.
3. Spaghetti: Italy. 8. Kylie Minogue: Australia.
4. Diego Maradona: Argentina. 9. Rock and roll: the US.
5. Sushi: Japan.

4 Complete the conversation. Write one word in

each blank. Then practice with a partner.
A: Hi, Betina. This (1.) is Lin.
B: Hello, Lin. Nice to meet you.
C: Nice to meet you, too.
B: (2.) are you from?
C: (3.) from China.
B: Where are you from (4.) China?
C: I’m from Hong Kong. Where (5.)
you from?
B: I’m from Mexico.
C: Where are you (6.) in Mexico?
B: I’m from Mexico City.

5 Complete the conversations with the phrases in

the box. Then practice with a partner.
Good afternoon.Pardon?Nice to meet you, too.

1. A: Nice to meet you. 2. A: I’m from Izmir. 3. A: Good afternoon.

B: B: B:
A: I’m from Izmir.
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Communication understand and say phone numbers Dial 011 + country code
+ telephone number
6a Match the countries on the map to the countries in the chart.
COUNTRY CODE
b 1.1 7 Listen. Complete the country codes in the chart. 1. Australia
Brazil 55
a
2. China
Japan 81
c
3. Mexico

e a 4. Russia
d
b
5. Spain

6. Turkey
f
the UK 44
the US 1

c Pair Work Read the How To box. Then take Brazil, 55

turns reading the country names and codes
aloud.

How To:
Say phone numbers
0 = oh or zero
202-555-0177
= two-oh-two five-five-five zero-one-seven-seven

7a 1.18 Listen and complete the hotel details.

b Listen again. Put the sentences in the correct order.

A: Where is it?
6 C: The number is: . . .
HOTEL: The Royal Hawaiian
A: Directory assistance.
WHERE: , Hawaii.
A: Thank you. PHONE NUMBER:

B: The Royal Hawaiian, please.

B: It’s in . . .

8 Pair Work Practice the conversation in Exercise 7b. Then

take turns asking for the phone numbers below.
Hotel Where Phone Number
The Fairmont San Francisco, 011-1-555-772-5000
California
Ritz-Carlton Cancún, México 011-52-998-881-0808
Hotel Parkside Shanghai, China 011-86-21-503-299

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 Unit 1 Reference
Numbers 0–9 The verb be affirmative

0 zero
+ I a
from China.1 one
I m
2 two ’m
in room 234.
3 three You ar
You e
4 four ’re Mike West.
5 five He is
He ’s Jennifer West.
6 six
She is
7 seven She ’s in London.
It is
8 eight

9 nine
Contractions = I’m/You’re/He’s/She’s/It’s
Contractions = informal English
Telephone numbers: The full form = I am/You are/He is/She is/It is
0 = oh or zero The full form = formal English

020 8922 7255

= zero-two-oh
Where are you from?
eight-nine-two-two
seven-two-five-five ? Where you
are he
from?
Letters a–z Where is she
a b c d e f g h i j k l m Where is it
Where is
nopq rstu vw xy z
These letters have the same vowel sound: Where is . . . ? = Where’s . . . ?
Where are NOT Where’re
/eɪ/ (eight) = ahjk Add in + country
/i/ (three) = b c d e g p t v z Where are you from in Colombia? –
Medellin Where is he from in the UK? –
/ɛ/ (ten) = f l m n s x London

/aɪ/ (five) = i y
Unit Vocabulary
/oʊ/ (zero) = o Common phrases
Good morning/afternoon/evening/night. Nice to meet you./Nice to meet you, too. No, thank you./Thank you
/u/ (two) = q u w

/ɑ/ (are) = r
Yes, please. Pardon? Excuse me . . .
Countries
BrazilRussia
México ColombiaAustralia
PortugalArgentina
Turkey New Zealand
ItalySpain
Chinathe UK
Japanthe US

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