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 CONTENTS

VOCABULARY GRAMMAR PRONUNCIATION

1A hello and goodbye; countries and present simple be: I, you intonation in greetings
pp –5 nationalities
1B jobs present simple be: he, she, it word stress in jobs
pp –
1C | 1D the alphabet; common objects singular and plural nouns; the alphabet
pp8–9 a, an; have, has
2A numbers 11–100; common present simple be: we, you, they word stress in numbers
pp10 –11 adjectives (1)
2B family; people possessive adjectives syllables
pp12–1
2C | 2D feelings wh- questions + be stress in phrases
pp1 –15
pp1 –1
3A things; colours possessive ’s possessive ’s
pp18–19
3B desk objects present simple have + yes/no sentence stress
pp20 –21 questions (I, you, we, they)
3C | 3D clothes; shops likes, dislikes and opinions intonation
pp22–2
4A food and drink adverbs of frequency word stress
pp2 –25
4B everyday activities (1); telling the present simple: regular verbs third person -s
pp2 –2 time (he, she, it)
4C | 4D café words present simple: yes/no intonation in or phrases
pp28–29 questions (he, she, it)
pp 0 – 1
5A common verbs (1) object pronouns linking with object pronouns
pp 2–
5B verbs of ability can for ability can: weak and strong forms
pp – 5
5C | 5D common adjectives (2); months ordinal numbers; dates weak forms: could you
pp –
6A rooms and furniture prepositions of place sentence stress
pp 8– 9
6B places in town (1) there is, there are linking with there
pp 0 – 1
6C | 6D places in town (2); signs in buildings the weak forms with to, of and the
pp 2–
pp – 5
7A everyday activities (2) present simple: wh- questions sentence stress
pp –
7B common adjectives (3) was, were weak and strong forms: was, were
pp 8– 9
7C | 7D parts of the body imperatives word stress
pp50 –51
8A common verbs (2) past simple: regular verbs -ed endings
pp52–5
8B free-time activities; time phrases past simple: irregular verbs silent letters: didn’t
pp5 –55
8C | 8D transport and tickets want, would like word stress in prices
pp5 –5
pp58–59

CUMULATIVE REVIEW 1–4 CUMULATIVE REVIEW 5–8 CUMULATIVE REVIEW 1–8

pp60–61 pp62–63 pp64–67
AUDIOSCRIPTS ANSWER KEY
pp68–77 pp78–93

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 Lead-in

VOCABULARY days of the week

international English
3A P t the letters in the correct order to make
da s of the week.
1 A Complete the words with the missing letters. 1 yudanS
1 p z a 2 Traydhus
2 p o o 3 danMoy
3 b 4 rFaidy
4 r st ra t 5 eduTyas
5 p r 6 aSartduy
6 c f e 7 snedadWey

B Match the words (1–6) in Ex 1A with the photos (A–F). B Complete the diary with words from Ex 3A.

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1 Monday

3
A C E
4

7 Sunday
B D F

classroom language
2A Write a word or n mber to ll the aps.
4 A Match the sentence be innin s with
1 one the endings (a–f).
1 It’s on a in English?
2 a
2 Can you b know.
3 I c you!
b
four 4 What’s otobüs d page 7.
5 Thank e don’t understand.
7 d
6 I don’t f repeat that, please?

8 e B Complete the conversations with words from Ex 4A.

Conversation 1
f
ten Teacher: The activity is on 1 four.
Antoni: Can you 2 that, please?
B L.01 | Listen and write the n mber that comes ne t. Teacher: Yes. It’s on page four.
1 nine Antoni: I 3 understand.
2 Teacher: Page four in the book. One, two, three,
3 four …
4 Antoni: Ah, yes! I 4 .
5
Conversation 2
6
Marta: Edu, what’s libro in 5 ?
7
Edu: I don’t 6 .
8
Marta: Simon, 7 libro in English?
Simon: It’s ‘book’.
Marta: Ah, 8 you!

C L.02 | Listen and check.

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 GRAMMAR | present simple be: I, you

Lesson 1A VOCABULARY | hello and goodbye, countries and nationalities

PRONUNCIATION | intonation in greetings

VOCABULARY GRAMMAR
hello and goodbye present simple be: I, you
1 1.01 | Listen. Choose the correct words to complete 3 Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.
the sentences. 1 from / I’m / India .
1 2 not / from / Poland / I’m .
1
Good mornin / 3 you / are / student / a ?
Good afternoon. 2
Hi / Hello 4 are / you / South orean .
I’m Ben. Ben. I’m 5 aren’t / Vietnamese / you .
Edward. 6 the / you / are / S / from ?
7 not / teacher / a / I’m .
8 from / you / are / where ?

2
4 The sentences below have a mistake. Choose the
best option to correct the mistake.
3
Goodb e / 1 Hello, I Pablo. Nice to meet you.
4
Goodb e /
B e Sally!
See you! a I’m b I are c am I
2 You not from Japan.
a You no b You aren’t c You am not
3 You are from Ankara?
a You b Are you c Be you
4 Where you from?
3
a You are b Where you are c Where are you
6
Hello / He
5
Hi / He . Adam. I’m 5 A Complete the conversation with the missin words.
I’m Adam. Jodie. Nice to Use contractions where possible.
meet you. A: Hello, 1 Mina. Nice to meet you.
B: Hi Mina. 2 Andressa. Nice to meet you,
too. 3 you from?
A: 4
Yokohama in Japan. 5
Portuguese?
4
B: No, 6 . I’m Brazilian.
7
Good evenin A: Wow! 7 from io de Janeiro?
8
B e / See
/ Good ni ht o Laura! B: 8
, I am.
Yasmin!
B 1.02 | Listen and check.

PRONUNCIATION
6 1.03 | intonation in greetings | Listen to the
countries and nationalities conversations and choose the correct pict re.
1 A B
2 Choose the correct word to complete the sentences.
1 Hi, I’m Tom. I’m .
a the S b American
2 A B
2 Are you from ?
a Turkey b Turkish
3 Good morning. I’m Maxime. I’m from .
a France b French 3 A B
4 I’m not British, I’m .
a Australia b Australian
5 Are you ? 4 A B
a Brazilian b Brazil
6 Hey, I’m imena. I’m .
a Mexican b Mexico
4

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 1A

LISTENING WRITING

7A 1.04 | Listen to the conversation and choose the 8 A Read the chat messa es. Complete the table.
correct photo (A–C).
1 Where are the speakers?

A
New students
Ewa: Hello everyone. I’m Ewa I’m from
C
warsaw in Poland. Where are you from

Peter: Hi Ewa, I’m Peter. I’m from

Geneva in switzerland.

Noemi: Hello everyone, I’m noemi. I’m also Swiss

B Peter: really? Where are you
from Are you from geneva

Noemi: No, I’m not I’m from Zurich.

Wang: Hi, I’m Wang. I’m chinese.

I’m from Shanghai.

Ewa: Hi Wang. Are you in China now

B 1.04 | Listen a ain. Choose the correct alternative.
Wang: No, i’m not I’m in the UK.

Name: Hugo Martin

name city country
Nationality: Spanish / French
1
Ewa 1
Poland

City: Paris / Marseilles

2 2
Geneva 3

Student / Teacher
3
Noemi 4
Switzerland
5 6
China
Name: Emi Ito
B Read the chat messa es a ain. Add capital letters
Nationality: Japanese / French
4
4 full stops and 4 question marks.

City: Tokyo / Osaka

5
9 Read the personal pro les. Write chat messa es
between the three people. Use capital letters f ll
Student / Teacher
6
stops and question marks.

Name: Meera
Name: Jess Fraser
From: Mumbai, India
Nationality: British / American
7

Now in: New York, USA

City: London / Cardiff
8

Student / Teacher
9

Name: Patrick

C Complete the sentences with the words in the bo . From: Birmingham, UK

are from I’m meet not where Now in: Poznan, Poland

1 Hello. Hugo.
2 Nice to you.
3 you a student here? Name: Nina

4 Are you Paris? Paris, France

From:
5 are you from, Emi?
6 I’m from London. Now in: Mexico City, Mexico

D 1.04 | Listen and check o r answers.

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 GRAMMAR | present simple be: he, she, it

Lesson 1B VOCABULARY | jobs

PRONUNCIATION | word stress in jobs

VOCABULARY GRAMMAR
jobs present simple be: he, she, it
1 Match the obs with the photos A . 4 Choose the correct word to complete the
1 doctor 4 taxi driver sentences.
2 nurse 5 teacher 1 EIsa French. She’s from Italy.
3 singer 6 waiter a is b isn’t c aren’t
2 The Taj Mahal in India.
A D a are b am c is
3 David isn’t an actor. an artist.
a It’s b He’s c Is
4 Shola an office worker?
a Is b Are c What
5 livre in English?
a Where b What c What’s
B E 6 Machu Picchu isn’t in Argentina. in Peru.
a He’s b It’s c She’s

5 Correct the mistakes.

1 Elena isn’t a police officer. She a businesswoman.
2 A: Is Anya a nurse?
B: Yes, she’s.
3 The Eiffel Tower isn’t in ome. She’s in Paris.
C F 4 He is a taxi driver?
5 Where Diego is from?
6 He are from South orea.
7 A: Is Laura a digital designer?
B: Yes, she are.
8 What lapiz in English?

6 Use the prompts and be to write sentences. Use

contractions where possible.
2 Choose the correct alternative.
1 she / from / Beijing.
1 Iulia is a bus o cer / driver / assistant.
She’s from Beijing.
2 Yusuf is an office driver / worker / pla er.
2 he / a businessperson.
3 Anouk is a police o cer / pla er / driver.
4 Paula is a football assistant / worker / pla er.
3 it / not / in London.
5 John is a digital driver / desi ner / pla er.
6 Jo o is a shop o cer / pla er / assistant.
4 where / Sophie / from?
3 Choose the correct word to complete the messa es.
5 he / a teacher?
Chat

1 Hi! I’m Sylvie. I’m a / an artist. 6 what / Jack’s job?

2 Hi, I’m Carol. I’m a / an businessperson. 7 she / not / an office worker. She / a shop assistant.

3 Hello everyone. I’m Miko. I’m a / an office or er

8 the Colosseum / not / in Milan. It / in ome.
4 Hello, I’m Roberto. I’m a / an nurse.

5 Hello. I’m Seo. I’m a / an olice officer

6 Hi, I’m Maddi. I’m a / an taxi driver.

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 1B

PRONUNCIATION
7 A 1.05 | word stress in jobs | Listen to the obs.
Underline the stressed s llable or s llables. The question of the day:
1 a businesswoman What’s your job?
2 an actor
3 a police officer Sarah Taylor | Oxford Street, London
4 a singer
5 a taxi driver Sandra Martínez is from Bogotá
6 an office worker in Colombia.
7 a nurse
‘I’m a student at
8 a shop assistant Cambridge University.
9 a digital designer It’s a great university.
10 a football player At the weekend, I’m
B 1.05 | Listen a ain and repeat. a waiter in a French
restaurant. I’m very
happy in Cambridge.’
READING

8 A Read the blo post ickl . Tick the obs that the
people have. Rob Marshall is from Birmingham
in the UK.
a digital designer a doctor a nurse
‘From Monday to Friday,
an office worker a police officer a student
m an office or er
a taxi driver a waiter
t not difficult ut the
money isn’t very good.’
B Complete the table with information from the blo .

name nationality job or jobs

Kasia Wójcik is from Kraków in Poland.

‘I’m a doctor at a
big hospital here in
London. My job is very
difficult ut it reat

C Read the blo a ain. Are the statements Tr e T or

alse
1 Sandra is Argentinian.
2 She’s a student at Cambridge niversity.
Charlie Cox is from New York in the USA.
3 She isn’t happy in Cambridge. ‘I’m a digital designer
4 ob is British. for an Italian company
5 He’s an office worker at the weekend. and I’m also an artist.
6 His job is difficult. London is a great city
and I’m very happy with
7 asia is a nurse at a big hospital.
my jobs!’
8 Her job isn’t very difficult.
9 Charlie is Italian.
10 He is happy with his jobs.

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 HOW TO … | ask and answer simple questions

Lesson 1C VOCABULARY | the alphabet

PRONUNCIATION | the alphabet

VOCABULARY B 1.08 | Listen a ain and complete the information.

the alphabet Student Card

Name: 1

1 A Complete the table with the correct letters.

Nationality: 2

sound letter
Address: 3

name ɪ AH1 2

Phone: 4
three / / BC3 EG4 TV
ten /e/ 5
LM6 S Z
C 1.09 | Write the estions for the answers below.
nine / ɪ/ 7
Y Then listen and check.
no / / 8
1
you / / 9
W It’s Tanaka.
car / / 10
2
T-A-N-A- -A.
B Underline the letter which has a di erent so nd.
3
1 H SA 3 WO 5 YVPC Maika.
2 NZ F 4 BG T 6 LFZE 4
C 1.06 | Listen and check o r answers. It’s 2 Park Street.
5
PRONUNCIATION It’s 29 01.
6
2 1.07 | the alphabet | Listen and write the words.
Yes. It’s 29 01.
1
2
3 SPEAKING
4
5 4A 1.10 | Complete the conversation with the words in
6 the bo . Then listen and check o r answers.
7
8 help moment perfect problem
right sorry spell wrong

How to … A: Hello, can I 1

B: Yes. I’m here for the conference.
you?

ask and answer simple questions A: Just a 2 . What’s your name?

B: It’s Elizabeth Browne.
3A 1.08 | Listen to the conversation. Where are the
speakers A: How do you 3 your surname?
B: It’s B- -O-W-N-E.
A A: Thank you. And your rst name
E-L-I-S-A-B-E-T-H?
B: No, that’s 4 . It’s E-L-I-Z-A-B-E-T-H.
A: 5
, E-L-I-Z-A-B-E-T-H?
B: Yes, that’s 6 .
A: 7
. Here’s your name card. The
conference is in room seven.
B: Thank you.
B
A: No 8 .

B 1.11 | Yo are B in the conversation in E A. Listen

and speak after the beep. Record the conversation if
o can.

C Listen to o r recordin and compare it with the

model in E A.

8 Go to the interactive speaking practice

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Lesson 1D
GRAMMAR | singular and plural nouns; a, an; have, has
LISTENING | my top three’ things

GRAMMAR LISTENING
singular and plural nouns; a, an; have, has
4A 1.12 | Listen to a podcast. Match the speakers
1 A Choose the correct alternative. with one of the pict res below A .
1 a / an purse 1 alph
2 a / an wallet 2 Yolanda
3 a / an umbrella B 1.12 | Listen a ain. Complete the table with the
4 a / an laptop words in the bo .
5 a / an apple
6 a / an American passport British digital designer Manaus London
7 a / an mobile phone police officer Sheffield Brazilian Washington
8 a / an country
Ralph Yolanda
B Write the pl rals of the words in E A.
nationality 1 5

1
2 from 2 6

3 now in 3 7

4 job 4 8

5
6 C 1.12 | Listen a ain. Are the statements Tr e T or
7 alse
8 1 alph has two credit cards in his wallet.
2 alph has photos of his friends in his wallet.
2 Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.
3 He always has his laptop with him.
1 have / I / mobile phones / two . 4 Yolanda always has a bottle of water in her bag.
2 We / umbrella / have / an . 5 Yolanda has two mobile phones.
3 has / Teri / bottle of water / has . 6 Her bag is from Mexico.
4 apple / I / in / bag / have / my / an .
5 has / three / My / supermarkets / city . A C
6 have / I / keys / my / in / bag .

3 The sentences below have a mistake.

Choose the best option to correct the
mistake.
1 I’m have £5 in my purse.
a I’m
b I has
c I have
2 I have two sandwichs in my bag.
a two sandwich
b two sandwiches
c a sandwiches B D
3 Iggy have a phone and a wallet.
a Iggy is
b Iggy has
c Iggy’s
4 Didier and Carlos are offices workers.
a office workers
b office worker
c offices worker

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