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BRING THE WORLD

TO YOUR CLASSROOM WORKBOOK WORKBOOK
AND YOUR
CLASSROOM TO LIFE.

• A six-level, integrated-skills approach that develops fluency in

American English through an exploration of real world images, text,
and video from National Geographic.

• Develops the critical thinking skills needed for success in the 21st
century through information-rich topics and explicit instruction that
teaches learners to understand, evaluate, and create texts in English.

• New, user-friendly technology supports every step of the teaching

and learning process from in-class instruction, to independent
practice, to assessment.

The Life workbook offers independent practice activities that

reinforce and expand on the lessons taught in the student book!

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 Unit 1 Hello
1a National Geographic people
Vocabulary jobs Grammar a/an; I am, you are
1 Complete the jobs. 2 Write a or an.
1 a rt i st 1 artist 3 filmmaker 5 doctor
2 teacher 4 explorer 6 student

3 Look at the photo. Complete the sentences with I’m

or You’re.
“Hi. Louise Hose. a scientist.”

2 xpl r r

3 ph t gr ph r 4 Choose the correct option.

louise: Hi. 1 I’m / You’re Louise.
stephen: Hello. 2 I’m / You’re Stephen Alvarez.
louise: Oh, 3 I’m / you’re a photographer.
stephen: Yes, for National Geographic.

4 st d nt 5 Complete the sentences with I’m or You’re.

1 “Hi. My name’s Rosa. a doctor.”
“Hello, Rosa.”

2 “My name’s Carolyn Anderson.”

“Oh! a writer!”

5 wr t r 3 “Hello. a teacher. My name’s Angela.”

“Hi, Angela.”

4 “ Robert Ballard.”
“Oh, you’re an explorer!”

6 sc nt st

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1b Around the world
Vocabulary countries
1 Look at the maps. Write the countries. 6
1
1 KYERUT Turkey 2
5
7
2 ACEFNR
3 PEGTY 3

4 ABILRZ 8

5 P N J AA
4
6 AAAC D N
7 the
IDTUNE
TESTSA
8 CEIMOX

2 Read the sentences. Circle the correct words. 3 Hans is from German / Germany. He is German /
Germany.
1 Dominique is from Montreal. Montreal is a city
in Canada / Canadian. Dominique is Canada / 4 Laura is Italy / Italian. She is from Italy / Italian.
Canadian. 5 Paolo is from Recife. Recife is a city in Brazil /
2 The Sphinx is a famous Egypt / Egyptian Brazilian. Paolo is Brazil / Brazilian.
monument. People travel to Egypt / Egyptian 6 Yukiko is from Japan / Japanese. She is Japan /
to see it. Japanese.

Grammar he/she/it + is
3 Write sentences with nationalities.
1 Anna is from Australia. She’s Australian.
2 Hiro is from Japan.
3 Jorge is from Brazil.
4 Pizza is from Italy.
5 Camembert is from France.
6 Ahmed is from Egypt.

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 1c Phone numbers
Vocabulary continents
1 Write the names of the continents (1–4). Then match the continents with the maps (a–d).
1 C F AAR I :
2 H R N T O R M AAE I C :
3 I S AA :
4 T S O H U M E AAR I C :

a b c d

Vocabulary numbers 1–10 boris: 7

last name is Akerman. What is
8
last name?
2 Write the missing numbers.
lisa: 9
last name is Sullivan.
a eight ten
boris: Thanks, Lisa. I'll talk to you soon.
b two four
c seven nine lisa: Thanks, Boris, you, too!
d four six
e one three
f six eight
g five seven
h three five

Grammar my, your

3 Complete the conversation with my and your. 4 Word focus from
lisa: Hi, Boris. Add from to three sentences.
boris: Hi, Lisa. from

lisa: What’s 1 phone number? 1 Nasser is Qatar.

boris: 2
cell number is 707-555-1161. 2 Joana is Madrid.
3
work number is 707-555-9391.
3 He’s in New York.
lisa: Thanks.
4 This phone call is Boris.
boris: What’s 4 home number?
5 I’m Mexican.
lisa: 5
home number is 515-555-3750.
boris: Great, thanks. 6 He’s Germany.

lisa: I'll put you in my phone. What’s 6

last name?

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 Unit 1 Hello

1d Nice to meet you

Vocabulary greetings A: 5
1 Write the correct greetings. B: Bye.
A: 6

Real life meeting people

1 Good . 2 Good .
3 Put the words in order.
jill: Hi, Diego. 1 are / you / how / ?
3 Good . 4 Good .
diego: Fine, thanks. And you?
Real life personal information (1) jill: I’m OK. 2 this / Kara / is / .

2 Complete the conversation with a–f.

diego: 3
to / you, / nice / meet / Kara / .
a Can you spell that?
b Good afternoon. What’s your name, please? kara: 4
you / too / meet / to / nice / .
c Goodbye.
d OK. Thanks.
e Thank you. What’s your job? 4 Look at the photo below. Vanessa is introducing Jack
to Dan. Write the conversation.
f What’s your last name?

A: 1

B: Good afternoon. My name’s Brendan.

A: 2

B: Yes. B–R–E–N–D–A–N.
A: 3

B: Jones: J-O-N-E-S.
A: 4

B: I’m a writer. I’m from Good Morning magazine.

Jack
Vanessa

Dan

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 1e My ID
Writing a visa c Match the questions and answers in Exercise 2b. Fill
out the chart below.
1 Writing skill capital letters (1)
Question Answer
a Rewrite the sentences with the correct capital letters.
1 my name is marcus Garcia. 1. What’s you name? 5. My name’s Marcus Garcia.
My name is Marcus Garcia.
4. _________________
2 i’m from the united states.
7. _________________
3 gabrielle is from brazil.
8. _________________

4 portugal is in europe.
3 Complete the visa form with the information. Use
capital letters.
5 chris anthony is a photographer.
canadian writer greta lessard

6 jakarta is in indonesia.

b Look at the table. Write examples for the words in

the table. Write the correct capital letters. Brazil Visa
a city First name
a continent Last name
a country Nationality
a language Job
a name

a nationality

2 Writing skill extra periods, question marks

a Look at the examples.
What’s your job ?
I’m a writer .

b Add periods and question marks.

1 What’s your name
2 It’s 916-555-3290
3 I’m fine
4 Can you spell that
5 My name’s Marcus Garcia
6 Yes. G–A–R–C–I–A
7 How are you
8 What’s your phone number

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 Unit Unit
2 My1 holiday
Hello

Learning skills recording new 3 Complete the crossword.

words (1) 1 (seven letters)

Write new vocabulary in your notebook.

Organize the words.
Continents
Australia
Africa 2 (five letters)
South America
Asia
North America
Europe

3 (language,
1 Write the words in three groups. seven letters)

artist China doctor eight

engineer explorer filmmaker five
four Great Britain India Italy
nine Oman one seven
six teacher ten the United States
three two
4 (five letters)

Jobs Countries Numbers

5 (five letters)

6 (five letters)

Check!
2 Complete the sentences about you.
1 name 5 1

My name’s . 2

2 job
I’m a . 4
3 city
3
I’m from .
4 country
It’s in .
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