Brian Abbs & Ingrid Freebairn Longman aContents ‘UNIT 1 Names UNIT 10 Places Prepositions of place: in, on, outside, near Compass points Adjectives Fluency/Check/Learning to learn. Verb: to be present simple Question words: What?, Who? Genitive s Possessive adjectives Demonstrative pronoun: that LNT 2 Greetings and goodbyes Verb: 10 be present simple Demonstrative pronoun: this Days of the week Question word: How? ‘UNIT 3 Nationalities Verb: to be present simple all forms Countries and nationalities Question word: Where? UNGT 11 Times Present simple with fixed times. Prepositions of time: at, on, in, from, to UNIT 12 Routines Present simple Adverbs of frequency Position of adverbs Linking words: then, after that, after UT 13 Joueys Preposition: by with means of transport From and to with place and distance Conjunction: because Questions words: How long?, How far?, Why? UNIT 4 Objects UNIT 14 The home Articles ‘There is/There are Plural nouns Pronoun: any Prepositions of place: in, on Colours UNIT 15 Present activities Demonstrative pronouri! those; these UNIT 5 Personal information Names, addresses, cardinal numbers, age Question words: How old? Fluency/Check/Learning to learn UNIT 6 Skills and abilities Modal: can (ability) Modifiers: quite, very Adverbs of degree: well, not at all alittle UNIT 7 Fai Verb: have got Verb: fo be past simple Question words: How many? UNIT 8 Jobs and lestyles Present simple Prepositions: for, with, in, at UNIT 9 Likes and dislikes Present simple Object pronouns Verbs (e.g. like) followed by ing form Adverbs of degree: very much, not much Present continuous Time adverbials: now, at the moment Fluency/Check/Learning to learn UNIT 16 Prices Question words: How much? Modals: can, could (requests) Modal: would (request) I'd like Demonstrative adjectives, Indefinite pronouns: one, ones UNIT 17 Food and drink Some, any and no with countable and uncountable nouns Verb: need UNIT 18 Location There is/There ave (revised) Prepositions of place ‘UNIT 19 Weather and seasons Mixed tense revision Verb to be past simple Months and seasons | lsUNIT 20 Past events (1) 9 UNIT 31 Eating out 9 Past simple Past time adverbials: yesterday, last week Fluency/Check/Learning to learn 54 UNIT 21 Personal property a Possessive pronouns Question word: Whose? UNIT 22 Clothes Cc Mixed tense revision Colours and patterns UNIT 23 Future plans a Going to future Future time adverbials: tomorrow, next week Making suggestions: Let’s/What about UNIT 24 Personal appearance Verb: have got (revised) Be like and look like Modifiers: (not) very, quite (revised) UNIT 25 Past events (2) Past simple: irregular verbs ‘Time adverbials: after (breakfast), in the (afternoon), the next (day) a a Fluency/Check/Learning to learn m0 UNIT 26 Dates and arrangements Modal: would (invitation) Would you like Present continuous with future time ‘Time adverbials: on (December 9th) Ordinal numbers Months of the year UNIT 27 Telephoning Modal: can (request) Modal: will (decision) UNIT 28 Comparison (1) Comparison of short adjectives LUN 29 Comparison (2) Comparison of longer adjectives UNIT 30 Temporary activites Present continuous and present simple contrast e 8 Fluency/Check/Learning to learn E Modal: would (offer) Would you like Modal: can {request} Can I have Modal: will (decision) Il have UNIT 32 Recent events m Present perfect simple with just (present result) UNIT 33 Experiences 103 Present perfect simple with ever Question words: How many times? UNIT 34 Miiness and discomfort 105 Verb: have got (revised) with illnesses Modal: would (offer - revised) Parts of the body UNIT 35 Things to do 107 Verb: have got to (obligation) Infinitive of purpose Fluency/Check/Learning to learn to9.tte UNIT 36 Shopping for clothes 5 Too + adjective Modal: can (requests) Can I try this on? Comparison of adjectives (revised) Modal: wil! (decision ~ revised) ‘UNIT 37 Instructions aw Imperative positive and negative Adverbs of manner ‘UNIT 38 Rules ug Modals: must, musin’t, can, can’t No + -ing form ‘UNIT 39 Feelings and emotions a Verb: fee! + adjective ‘Time clause; when + present simple UNIT 40 Biography ry Past simple (revised) Passive: to be bom Prepositions of time: ago, for, in + dates Time clauses: after/before + ..-ing Finale 1508 Check/Learning to learn Vocabulary and expressions Language review Irregular verbs/Key BRES“Freviow UNITS 1-5 © Listen and follow the conversation.PREVIEW: Units 1-5 How do you spell Martinelli’? with one 'L’ or two? Martinelli, Laura Martinelli It’s a pen, It's a present from British Airways. ‘On thank. er In Units 1-5 you will learn how to: = introduce yourself and others ~ greet people and say goodbye ~ talk about nationality ~ identify objects = give personal information You will also learn: the days of the week, the alphabet, colours and numbers 1-100.5 In pairs, ask and answer. a: What's the name of your school/college/company? bank? favourite café? favourite pizza place? 8: It’s called Note Its called... not Its nameis GRAMMAR FOCUS: Subject pronouns Possessive adjectives I my you your he his she her it its Verb to be Genitive s rm my mother’s name You're my parents’ name She's = She is Genitive of the name of my school What does the ’s stand for: is or genitive ’s? 4. What's. 2 My father’s name 3 My name's 4 My textbook's called 6 In pairs, ask and say who the people are. a: Who's that? 1: It’s Mr Gorbachey./I don’t know Mike Tyson Mr Gorbachev Mother Teresa Mrs Cory Aquino Mrs Thatcher Stetti Grat Crocodile Dundee (Paul Hogan) Tom Cruise My name's Chris. UNIT 4: Names 7 READING Read and answer. 1 What's Jorge’s name in. English? 2 What's Christine called for short? 3 Is Chris a boy's name or a girl's name? My name's Jorge. His name's Jorge. He's called George in English. Her name's Christine but she's called Chris for short Chris is a boy’s name and a girl's name in English 8 WRITING Write down three boys’ names and three girls names in your language and write what they are in English. Margareta is Margaret in English.é Greetings and goodbyes Hello, Jan. How are you? Good morning, everyone. Fine, thanks And you?, © " How do you do! | | (Have a nice evening! ‘Bye! See you ‘on Monday! Thanks. And the same to you. |See you tomorrow.1 © Listen to the conversations and match them with the pictures. 2 Introduce people informally. you Claudia, this is Tony. ciaupia: Hello, Tony tory: — Hello/Hi 3. Use the clocks to greet each other with Good morning, Good afternoon or Good evening. 4 Use the calendar to write the days of the week in the correct order. Sunday Thursday Saturday Friday Wednesday Tuesday Monday =3.Now listen and repeat the days, Note The days of the week always begin with a capital letter. Is it the same in your language? 5 Answer the questions. What day is it today? Whaat day is it tomorrow? What day was it yesterday? What days are ‘the weekend’? On what days are your English classes? 6 Say goodbye on different days of the week. a: Bye! See you on... day Yes, O.K. Bye 7 © SPEECHWORK Listen and underline the stressed syllables or words. How do youdo Hello How are you Good morning Good afternoon Morning Good evening Good night Goodbye See you on Monday COMMUNICATION FOCUS: Greetings and goodbyes Formal Informal How do youdo? —_Hello./Hit Good morning. Morning! Good afternoon. Afternoon! Good evening, Evening! Goodnight. Night! Goodbye. Bye! What are some formal and informal greetings in your language? 8 = LISTENING Listen and complete the conversation. cums; Hello, Adam. ... you? {ore avast). fine, loKhnd ...? 90a cums: I'm OK. Adam, ... Karen, a friend from Leeds. pam: {elldKaren, KAREN: Hi Apa: Sorry, Chris but I must go. carts: That's O.K. ADAM: See you cums: OK. (Love ¢ [lee apam: Thanks. And the. ..! 9 Practise the conversation in groups of three. Use your own names. 10 Say goodbye to other students. a: Bye! Have a nice day/evening/weekend. tb: Thanks. And the same to you. See you tomorrow/on ... day. 61 Find the letters for these countries the map. Italy Argentina France Greece Spain Britan The USA Brazil Turkey China Japan The USSR. Portugal Germany 2 What are the capital ci countries? 1s of the 3. Ask and say where you are from. a: Where are you from? »; I'm from (France), Are you from (France) too? a: Yes, Lam,/ No, I'm not 4. © SPEECHWORK Which stress pattern can you hear? Isit 1,2 or 3? 1 Britain 2 Japan 3 Italy China Portugal Turkey Brazil Germany 5 Guess the nationality of the people in the photographs. Choose from the list. Japanese Italian American Spanish French Turkish Chinese Brazilian German British Greek a: [think the girlwoman/boy/man in picture ...is. a: No, I think she/he’s 4: And [think the couple/people in picture... are #: No, I think they're i 8 LISTENING 6 In pairs, check the answers on page 444 What language do you think it is? a: Is she/he British? a: [think it’s Spanish. e Yes, she/he is./No, she/he isn’t bs: Yes, itis./No, it isn’t, It’s Portuguese. She/He's —= 5 tee ncaa a: Are they Chinese? 1 Spanish Portuguese | Greek : Yes, they are./No, they aren't. They're — - — 2 Japanese | Chinese | Thai 7 Talk about yourselves. swedish | German | 3 Dutch V'm (italian) and I'm from (Turin)GRAMMAR FOC! Verb to be ~ present simple Positive Negative Question I'm Freneh. YmnotEnglish. Am 1 English? She/He’s English. She/Fie isn’t French. Is she/he English? It's Portuguese. Itisn’t Spanish. _[s it Spanish? We're Italian. We aren't English. Are we English? ‘They're Chinese. They aren’t French, Are they English? Write the full form of the words. Li's 2 isn't 3 we're 4 they're 9 aren't Make these statements into questions. 1 She's American. 2 They're English, 3 You're French. Quiz: Where is it? Where's the Eiffel Tower? fs: [t's in Paris./It’s in France, 1 the Eiffel Tower? 4 the Empire State Building? 2 the Prado Museum? 5 the Taj Mahal? 3 the Great Wall? 6 the Kremlin? they sp Spanish German Write sentences about three world languages. People speak Spanish in... and 11 READING AND WRITING. Read about Youcef and then write about yourself. “My name's Youcef. I'm Algerian ané from Algiers. Languages are hebby.Fapeat Aric arm my French, English, Hungarian and Russian — and Talso speak a little German! My English is q good but my Russian is very bad.” My name's from rm Ispeak and and1 In match these words with the objects inthe picture. Which objects are 8 Discuserthe onfsctein panes ie not in the picture’ / “4 ne » book m Wharaithart alamp 4; What are those a walle an umbrella a letter They're pencils adrawer apencil —_an address book3 © SPEECHWORK Listen and underline the stressed syllables. pencil envelope wallet apple diary orange telephone address GRAMMAR FOCUS Indefinite article Definite article Plurals adesk anapple the pen (the) pens apen anorange the apple (the) apples When do you use an? What letter makes a word plural? Prepositions of place = — mee The pen is in the bag. ‘The pen is on the desk, 4 In pairs, check where things are in the picture. x: Where's the apple/the wallet? : I's in the drawer/bag, a: Where are the letters? wh: They're on the desk. 5 Listen and say the letters of the alphabet. Aa Bb Ce Dd Ee FE Gg Hh li Jj Kk LL Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uo Ww Ww Xx Vy Zz 6 Complete the list of vowels. AE 7 Choose an object and ask a student to spell it. a: Carla, how do you spell ‘wallet”? a: WALLET, UNIT 4: Objects 8 Find two things in your pocket or handbag. Ask another student what they are called in English and how to spell them. ‘a: What's this in English? a: Is a purse. a: How do you spell it? m: PURSE a: What are these in English? ks They're keys. a: How do you spell ‘keys’? kB KEYS © LISTENING Listen and say what present Adam got for his birthday from his mother and father. Choose from the following. a cassette recorder a CD (compact disc) player aradio. 10 Ask and say what colour the objects in the picture on page 9 are. a: What colour is the telephone? BT's 11 Memory game Look at the picture for one minute. Close your book. Write down the things you can remember. You have two minutes to write your list. Now compare it with your partner's 10ws 16, Personal "xs formation SURNAME: Birch FIRST NAMES: Adam Jermaine ae 2 ADRESS: Flat 2, 16, George 51% York, Yor s&s TELEPHONE NUMBER: O90% 776357 AGE: (7 StenatuRe: Birch 1 & Listen and say the numbers. Tone I eleven 21 twenty-one 2ewo 12 twelve 22 twenty-two 3 thee 13 thirteen 30 thirty 4 four 14 fourteen 40 forty S five 18 fifteen 50 fity 6 six 16 sixteen 60 sixty 7 seven 17 seventeen 70 seventy @ eight 18 eighteen 80 eighty nine 19 nineteen 90 ninety 10 ten 20 twenty 100 ahundred 2 = Write the numbers you hear. "1 ao Etec ge Str 3. Ask your partner her/his full name and how she/he spells it. a: What's your surname? ts: Is (Birch), a: How do you spell it? : (B.LR.CH.) «: What are your first names? s: (Adam Jermaine). 4 Find out your partner’s address. What's your address? How do you spell it?/the name of the road? 5 Find out your partner's telephone number. a: What's your telephone number? B: It's Note is pronounced of /a0/ 77 = double seven 6 In pairs, ask questions to complete your list of telephone numbers. Do not look at your partner's list. Ask questions like: What's Alan Baker's telephone number? What's the telephone number of Blake's Restaurant? © | ett |Site nother \, oro 79 2 2940656? dine. ae ‘en | att trent os He7 Ask and say how old you are. a: How old are you? a: Ym nineteen. Note You can say: I'm nineteen. or I'm nineteen years old. The second is used more often in written English. 8 Inps i's, ask how old these people are. \: How old is she/he? fe: I think she/he’s about. . 9 Find out and write down the full names, addresses, telephone numbers and ages of three other students in the class. 10 © LISTENING Listen and complete the form for Adam’s friend Chris, APPLICATION FORM hn wr OE surname Firstname. fie piece tick) eC) MC] Miss MH Single Dore state (please tek) Ma aos Posteote Telephone number UNIT 5: Personal information 11 READING AND WRITING Read about Adam and write about yourself in the same way. “My full name és Adam Jermaine Birch. Jermaine is my grandfather's name. I'm nineteen years ola I’m British. My address is Flat 2, 16, George Soret, York. I'm not married. Now use the information from Exercise 9 to write about another student. _ ABOUT NAMES AND ADDRESSES | How to talk about people by name Mr Birch Miss/Mis Martinelli Adam Birch Laura Martinelli ‘Adam Laura (but not MeAdam} (but net Miss-Leura- Mrs/Ms Jackson Batty Jackson Betty (but not fars-Bewyy How to write addresses on envelopes Mr A.J Birch, Laura Martinelli, Flat 2 c/o Gibson, 16, George Street, 1, Hull Road, York, YOL SES. York, YO4 2HT Notes 16, George Street not George Street 46- The postcode is important because it gives exact details of the area, street and house where you live. It comes after the name of the town or city, e.g. York, YOI SES What do you think these are short for? 1Rd 2 St 3 c/o Rewrite the information below to address an envelope. EX3SLT PJ. Fisher 105) Mr Hill St Exeter18 Fluency UNITS 1-5 Tina aytiend and give them a surprise! Tun A SURPRISE! (OMPETITION FORM ‘YOU phone and tell us about your friend: ae name: name, address, age, telephone number and hand's frome Lown 1 Friend's telephone number: so on WE ask you 2 simple question about 4 frend age: te natn fafa pasen F188 1 choice of present fr friend: (please tick) give the right answer, your friend wins a patio vork Dary Ca Ro York T-shirt ‘wonderful prize! 1 Cla Radio York sports bag ' Phone us now on 885 885. Fillin tis form and have your information ready!1 READING Read the advertisement for ‘What a Surpris correct answer. nd note the 1. Who telephones Radio York? a) you b) your friend 2 Who answers the “nationality question’? a) you b) your friend 3 Who gets the prize? a) you b) your friend 2 © LISTENING Listen to a telephone call to ‘What a Surprise!” and answer the questions. 4 What's the caller’s name? 2 Isher friend a boyfriend or a girlfriend? 3. What present does she want for her friend? 4 What is the ‘nationality question’? 5 What is the answer? 3 Complete the competition form with information about one of your friends and think of a ‘nationality question’. Example What nationality is John McEnroe? What nationality is Cory Aquino? 4 ROLEPLAY In pairs, roleplay a telephone call to Radio York. Student A telephones to try to win a prize for a friend. Student B is the Disc Jockey and asks a ‘nationality question’. DISC JOCKEY CALLER Say hello. Ask the name of the caller and where he/she is from, Say who you are and where Ask what the friend’s name YoU are from. is, Say what your friend is called. Ask where he/she is from. Say where your friend is, from. Ask how old he/she is. Say your friend’s age Ask what present the caller ‘wants for his/her friend. Say what present you want. Ask the ‘nationality question’. Answer the question. fright, say ‘You win a... for your friend Say thank you and goodbye. FLUENCY: Units 1-5 5 WRITING Read the text below and write a similar paragraph about your friend for the Radio York Magazine. THIS WEEK'S winner of Radio York's popular phone- in programme ‘What Sur- prise’ “is Jonathan Hunt. Jonathan is twenty-one He's from York. His present from his girlfriend Maggie in Lawds is a Tshirt, Con gratulations Maggie an Jonathan! ee 19 "Check UNITS 1-5 1 Choose the correct answer. 3 Choose the odd word out: Example Example 1a: What... your name? 1 blue red Chait) yellow Qs byare am blue red chair yellow 4a: What ... your name? envelope stamp letter umbrella a}’s byare cham 2 a: Are you English? : Yes, I ajis byam c)are 3s: Is your name Adam? wm: Yes, «is. a)she b)he dit 4 a: Ishe from London? a: No, he... ajisn’t b)not cis 5 s: What nationality is she? : She's a) Germany b) German ¢} Dutchland 6 John, .. . is Anneli, a Danish friend. a)here b)it ¢) this 7 Karen is a friend .. . Leeds. ajin b) from cof 8 A: What's this in English? B; It’s. ..address book. aja b)the chan 9 a: Where . .. the envelopes? a)are bis cdo 10 The stamps are - ajon b)to cin the drawer. 2 Write the questions. Example 1 What's your name? My name's Helen. 1.2 My name’s Helen. 2 Her name's Jenny 30.2 His name’s Mark. 4.02 Her name’s Mary. 5? The name of the college is York College of Education. book mug notepad address book afternoon evening hello morning Greek France Italy Germany 4 Rewrite the sentences using he, she, we or they. Example 1 Laura is from the USA 1 She's from the USA 1 Laura is from the USA. 2. Adam is from Britain. 3 Paolo and Bruno are from Italy. 4 Lydia and I are from Brazil, 5 Yvette is from France. 6 Hans and Steffi are from Germany. 7 Placido is from Spain. 8 Bernard and I are from Switzerland 9 Maria is from Portugal 10 Mr Osoko is trom Japan. 5 Write the nationality adjectives. Example 1 USA American 1 USA 2 Brazil 3 Japan 4 Spain 5 Portugal 6 China 7 Argentina 8 Mexico 9 Italy 10 France6 Rearrange the sentences in the right-hand column to make a conversation, Example 1 Good morning. 0) Good morning. 1 Good morning. a) 3, Park Road, Cambridge. 2 What's your surname? >) No, fm not. 3 And your first name? © Good morning. 4 Are you married? 4) Johnson, 5 What's your address? ) Davie. 7 Write the apostrophes in the correct place. Example 1 Im Karen. 1 I'm Karen 1 Im Karen + Whats your mothers 2 Shes a friend from work. name? 3 Theyre from Brazil, 5 Hes Adams friend, 8 Choose the correct answer to complete the conversation at a railway station. Example ADAM: Hello, Chris. cue a} Good morning. @)Hello. ADAM: Hello, Chris. CHRIS: a) Good morning. b} Hello. ADAM: How are you? ‘CHRI a) Fine, thanks. b) Thank you, well. ADAM: Chris, this is my mother. CHRIS: a) How do you do, Mrs Birch. b) Hi! Mrs Birch. ADAM: a) Chris is a friend from work. b) It’s a friend from work. Mis BIRCH: Oh, yes. Nice to meet you, Ah, here's our train. Bye, Chris! a) Goodnight! _b) Goodbye! CHECK: Units 1-5 9 Write capital letters where necessary. Example 1 my name's adam, 1 My name's Adam. 1 my name's adam. 2 i'm trom paris. 8 he's italian 4 good morning, mrs gibson, 5 my name’s john. what's your name? 40 What are these days of the week? Example naymad Monday. naymod ustadey auysartd urstadhy 5 eysneawdd Same ae CHECK YOUR PROGRESS Add up your score. How well did you do? Easy exercises? teg.2,3...) (eg.1..3 Problems? (e.g. verb tenses spelling prepositions...) 6UNITS 6-10 _PREVIEW: Units 6-10 a — (00 you work near here? No, I'm a student at the university Yes, very much. It's a lovely | eome from the west coast, from San Diego in Bi California Where do you live in the States? Really? I've got a cousin in California, He's a surfer Can you surf? Look, | must go. Give me a ring some time, Answer Yes, No or Don’t Know. 1 Adam and Laura are in acalé, Laura works in Yor! Laura is from the USA. Adam can surf In Units 6-10 you will learn how to talk about: ~ skills and abilities the family jobs and lifestyles likes and dislikes = geographical location =cities of the world 18Well, what's the news? Can you speak Chinese? Skills and abilities 1 Choose the correct sentence for each picture. Yes, Lean, a little. I can't see. can’t hear you very well, Tcan’t read her writing, GRAMMAR FOCUS: Modal verb can (ability) Positive Negative Ican speak English, can’t (cannot) speak French. Question Short answer Can you speak English? Yes, I can. Can you speak French? No, I can’t. Note Can doesn’t change with he, she, they, etc. e.g. Can 1/ you /she/ he/ we / they speak English? Levels of ability very wall quite well not very well, not at all x1 ee (43 2 In pairs, use the information above to talk about your language abilities. French Ita jan Spanish German Russian Eng a: Can you speak French? 8: No, not at all,/Yes, a little/Yes, but not very well What about you? az Yes, quite well/Yes, very well 3 © SPEECHWORK Listen and say if you hear /ken/ or /kon/. Yes, she can. can speak English. He can speak French. Yes, Ican, Can you speak Italian? What can you do?PRACTICAL ARTISTIC act dance «play the guitar © windsurf play the piano ride 2 horse draw play i. 5 a scompstel sing “en change a plug © cook swim z 5 oe diive © ski «change a whee! fe repair a puncture 4 Use the chart to talk about your skills in 7 READING AND © LISTENING : to tak i malfsoraraums. Add teach edlimmtf, site results of asurvey abourthe : ability of British people to speak French, ‘a: Can you swim? su: Yes, [can. What about you? ‘a: Yes, but not very well, Can you ski? 8: No, Lean’t 5 Tell the rest of the class about the thing: that your group can do well. Gisela can play the guitar quite well and she can sing too, 6 WRITING Write about your skills. Join your sentences with and, but and or. SPORTS: Tan swim and windsurf very well PRACTICAL: I can type quite well but I can’t use a computer, ARTISTIC: I can't sing or dance but | can play the piano alittle, LANGUAGES: I can speak German quite well but I can’t speak French very well and I can’t speak ‘Spenishtavall How do you score in English? Note Now listen to a British person living in ‘The phrases very well, quite welt a itieand PSUs. Lak af the survey above and note at all come after the object in.a sentence, eg, _ down what the person can and can’t do, I can’t speak French very well.1 In pairs, use the family tree and the words below to identify all the people in the photographs, mother/fatheryparents sister/brother daughter/son/child/children wife/busband a: I think they’re Laura’ mother and father e: And that’s her brother, Steve. 2 Use the Grammar Focus box to ask and answer about Laura’s family. a How many brothers has she got? She's got two. Has she got any sisters? Yes, she has. She's got one. MARTINELLI FAMILY GRAMMAR FOCUS: Verb have got Question Short answer Positive and negative Have you got any Yes, I have. I've got two brothers or No, [ haven't. brothers. sisters? Thaven’t got any sisters, Have they got any Yes, theyhave. They've got four children? No, they havent. _ children ‘They haven't got any children, Has she/he got any Yes, she/he has, She/He's got two children? No, she/he hasn't. children, She/He hasn't got any children. What are the full form of the words? I they've 2haven't 3she'sgot 4 we've 5 hasn'tUNIT 7: Family 3 Complete the sentences about Lat 9 READING family. Read about Cher, a famous American film Tony and Barbara are Laura's... and star, and answer the questions. hhey’ve got two . .. and two @ Whatnationa ity were her ancestors? Steve is Debbie's 2 What was her first husband’s name? Debbie is Steve's 3. What was the name of their first hit They've got two ..., a boy called Robert and record? a baby girl called Lisa 4 How many children has she got? Laura’s got two . ..and one Her... are called Tony and Barbara 4 SPEECHWORK eee ee ee Listen and repeat. Notice the sound /0/. Je this. they their mother father brother mi Lens R 5 Use the words below to describe Ce ree) relationships in Laura’s family Pe eC caterers grandmother/grandfather aunvuncle ae ae niece/nephéw cousin Cece ea Te ae eae 1 Laurato Lisa 4 Lisa to Danny arenes 2 Danny to Lisa 5 Barbara to Robert rae 3 RoberttoLaura 6 Tony to Lisa Cone arg ioe 1 Laura is Lisa’s aunt. oma Erol enc ncaa tt 6 Write down the first names of four or : oie ert) five people in your family. Exchange lists ur with another student, Ask and answer about the people on the lists. a LEER Listen to Adam talking to Laura about his family. Use the names below to draw his GRAMMAR FOCUS: family tree. Verb to be ~ past simple William Michael Dorothy Mary Jim ip Ha Present 8 Talk in pairs about your own family My grandmother is Irish. f sacianmsrsit vers? My grandparents are Irish. : Past x: What are their names? My grandmother was Irish. 8: My grandparents were Irish. a: How old are they? x: What about your parents? 10. WRITING How old are they? Write a paragraph about your family. Say if you come from a big family or not. Mention any interesting ancestors you have got. Start like this: s: And are your grandparents alive? Icome from a big/small family. I've gotre ie and lifestyles Shirley Norris is a ~~ ‘telephone operator from Houston, Texas. ‘Ym divorced and live with my mother. She's auite old and can't look after herset. My children are all grownup, ‘ie live in the centre of Madrid ina fat. 'ma 3nd my wife isa musi the violin forthe Spanish journalist § e Notional Orchestra Selma da Silva comes from Recife, Brazil 1m Brazilian, | work for the airline VARIG. | work at the checkin desk atthe sy airport in Rec. | lve with my husband and baby cougar na smal atin feo” Recie a 1 READING © Listen and read about people from different parts of the world. Then answer the questions. Who has got grown-up children? a baby daughter? two teenage children? Who lives athome? alone? with friends? with her mother? Who lives ina flat? inthe country? ina hostel? Who is a student? a musician? a bus driver? a journalist? Who works at an airport? in a factory? for the government? on a farm? Brenda Churchill comes from England, 1'm a bus driver and a housewife. | live with my two teenage children rear Leeds, My husband works n, She plays “Tlve at home with yy family. We lve in the country eat Perpignan. | work on a11 You/ We Question Positive What do youdo? I'ma bus driver. Where do you work? I work in a factory. Where do you live? We live near Leeds. Negative We don't live in London. Short answer Doyouliveinthe Yes, /we do. centre (of...)? No, we don't, What word comes before you in all these questions? 2 © SPEECHWORK Listen and underline the stressed syllable or word. Where do you work? Where do you live? What do you do? Where do you come from? Kevin Johnson comes from Ireland. "Vive with fiends in a hostel in Belfast. We're all students at the university.” Vera Laucas is Portuguese. ive in a fat in a suburb of Lisbon, | ive ‘alone anid I work for the overnment.” UNIT: Jobs and lifestyles 3 ROLEPLAY ‘Two of the people in the photographs meet on holiday. Act out their conversation. QUESTIONS What/name? Where/come from? What/do? live with/family? RESPONSES Oh, really? ‘That's interesting. GRAMMAR FOCUS: Present simple — He/She / They Question Positive What does she/he She's a bus driver. do? Where does she/he She/He works ina work? factory. Where do they live? ‘They live in Belfast. Negative He doesn't live in Leeds. ‘They don’tlive in London. Short answer Does sherhe work Yes, she/he does. ina factory? No, she/he doesn't. Dotheyliveina Yes, they do. flat? No, they don't. What letter occurs in all forms of the third person singular? 4 Choose one of the people in the photographs. Other students ask Yes/No questions to find out who itis. a: Does he/she live alone? i Yes, he/she does. 5 © LISTENING Listen and say which of the people in the photographs is talking. How do you know? 6 Ask your partner about a friend from another city or country and take notes. a: My friend’s called &: Oh, yes. Where do a: She comes es she come from? 7 WRITING Write a paragraph about your partner's friend or a member of your family.COMMUNICATION FOCUS: Expressing likes and dislikes Do you like it? Yes, Ido. I love it. Yes, [like it very much. Its OK. No, not much/No, I don’t like it very much, No, I don’t. Thate it. GRAMMAR FOCUS: 4 Comnptate the chart wl flames S¢heeplennd thinge Subject Object you like. pronouns pronouns 1 me caitee ——] you you PERSONALITIES Lie iy paring he him Male personality Prince she her Female personality it it Politician we us Rock band they them 1 (don’t) like it/cooking. ENTERTAINMENT I (don't) like himyPrince. TV series: ‘Types of film: Note (horror, war, romantic, The verbs like, hate, love science fiction, comedy, ete and enjoy are often followed by -ing, e.g. Ilike HOME AND LEISURE shopping. I hate cooking. Household jobs: (washing up. cooking, cleaning, shopping, etc) Leisure interests: (going to parties, playing cards, eating in 2 Ask if your partner likes the people and things your chart. Write Yes, No, or O.K. in the answer restaurants, reading, column, watching IN A: Do you like Prince? don't. Ihate him/ keeping fit, etc) | ® Ne He's O.K.[UNIT 9: Likes and distikes 5 READING AND WRITING Read the advertisements Per eaten. ee Sona a, ane pe Pimmaasyergsianp vane | | Minds tna te Eo Siesta mtg | | Salt Ben Sen Semone ta skein || Pore eS ‘in the world. rested. - nse wend, a 2002Kebrict, 5 Slam hucaediG ieee Pema ts 20 old | eer gt wie ope a aa Spain of Italy, 1am 22 years old” sl acing Sn a Chri De aperiere,2720 bce R Coeur de Lion, 86000 Peters, Psa Write a short letter in reply. Say who you are and where you come from. Mention your job (or studies), your age and your interests. Put your address here on the right, Flat 25, 4, Chester Road, Narwell, London, 3 Tell the class about some Ww 2m, of the people and things toe gland you and your partner jeiterhere disagree about. under the — ———> 27% may address Llike Prince but Anna Doar Cazary, doesn’t like him. ‘Stark youR = letter here Ox, fam is Yoshiko Kevamura and 1 come from 4 READING AND on the left morent Dean, Ja twenty years old. At the © LISTENING ent Of English in London. Read the ‘Dateline’ advertisement. Then listen to three interviews. Note each man’s age, job and interests. Then say which you think is the best partner for the woman in i lige in Poland. the advertisement and hope that we can be penfriends- explain why. Yours sincerely, Yorhhe Kennmune- as aes ogg, sm nai : omy ene oat ‘Also keen on energetic walks me ee ‘travelling. ee rin Write your name clearly below your signature at the end of your letter. 26Cities of the world __— what are they like? vv rene comcast Places 1 READING Read the texts and complete the information. Name of city: | York |San Name of country/state Position Attractons: | 2 In pairs, write a list of places in your country. Give the name of a tourist city a big town in the north ee ee ats tee f an old university ste oo historical buildings and muse TT ae att-s town Rear the sea uy is moet famous for is ¢a!" Ag an industrial city a small town in the south a modern (new) university an ugly building an interesting town In groups, compare your lists. Are they the same? Note ‘The dofinite article the is used before aceans, seas and rivers, e.g. the Pacific Ocean, the North Sea, the River Ouse.3. In pairs, ask and say where the following places are. Bilbao Madrid = Tamir Naples New York Acapulco Paris Malaga Thessaloniki x: Where's Bilbao? : T's in the north of Spain. 4 What do you think the following cities are famous for? Florence Sydney Paris Madrid Rio de Janeiro. Chartres Use the following to help you. beaches nightlife shops food harbour football team cathedral museums and art galleries Florence is famous for its museums and art galleries, 5 © LISTENING Listen to someone describing a city in Exercise 3. Which city is the speaker describing? 6 Write down all the adjectives you can find in this unit. Put them in opposite pairs where possible, e.g, big/small. UNIT 10; Places 7 © SPEECHWORK Listen and underline the stressed syllable, beautiful interesting industrial gallery historical restaurant cathedral university 8 ROLEPLAY STUDENT A. You meet Student B on a train in your country. Use these questions to have a conversation, Where do you come from? Where is that exactly? What's it like? Do you like living there? STUDENT B You come from York and are travelling in Student A’s country. Answer Student A’s questions. Then return the questions, Note What's it like? = What sort of place is it? To be like is used to ask for descriptions of people, places and things, e.g. What is he/ she/it like? 9 WRITING Write a paragraph about a city or town you know well. Say where it is, what it is like and if it is famous for anything. 10 Did you know? A British newspaper recently asked its readers to vote on places they liked, Here are the results. Make a similar list for your country. 2aFluency UNITS 6-10 1 READING In pairs, A and B, read your text. (Do not read each other's text.) Write the answers to these questions. What is Victor 2 How old is he’ 3 Where does he live? 4. How many brothers and sisters has he got? 5 What does his father do? 6 What does his mother do? 7 What does he do? 8 Does he like his job? 9 10 u s full name? How does he spend his money? Does he like school? Does he speak English well? BRAZIL BOLIVIA PACIFIC OCEAN 2STUDENT A’s TEXT Victor Raul Manani is ten years old. He lives in a “pueblo joven’ (a shanty town) near Lima on the west coast of Peru. He’s got three brothers and two sisters. His father is dead. His mother sells potatoes in the market Victor sells chewing gum and hats to people in cars. ‘I work because I need to eat,” says Victor. ‘I don’t like selling things in the streets but | like making money. I make quite alot. I spend it on shoes, school books and clothes but I give some money to my mother. like school and learning English. [can speak a little English now. STUDENT B's TEXT Victor Jorge Manani is twelve years old, He lives in a ‘pueblo joven’ (a shanty town) near Quito in Ecuador. He’s got two brothers and one sister, His father washes up in a café. His mother sells fish in the market. Victor sells cigarettes and hats to people in cars. ‘1 work because I need to eat,’ says Victor. ‘Ilike selling things in the street because I like making money. | make quite a lot. | spend it on sweets, comics and going to the cinema. 1 spend all my money. I don’t like school but 1 like learning English. I can speak it quite well!” 2 Find out if you have the same information. Look at the instructions for Student A and Student B. STUDENT A Use your notes about Text A to tell Student B bout Victor. Student B will interrupt you if his/her information is different, a: His full name is Vietor Raul Manani, 8: No, it isn’t. His full name is Victor Jorge Manani. STUDENT B Listen to Student A and give different information where necessary. a: His full name is Victor Raul Manani, 8; No, itisn’t. His full name is Victor Jorge Manan, One of the texts is true, Which one is it? Why do you think so? The answer is on page 141 FLUENCY: Units 6-10 Plaza San Martin, Lima 3 © LISTENING Listen to two people talking about the of Lima and make notes under the following headings. Name of city: Deseripti Main attractions: 4 WRITING Use your notes from Exercise 3 to write a short paragraph about Lima. Lima is the capital of Peru. Itis a tourist city and an 30Check UNITS 1 Choose the correct answer. Example 1a: «YOu ski? : Yes, a little @Can_ b)Have Are a)Can b)Have ©) Are 2 He..... in the centre of Madrid. a) live b)does live c) lives 3... she live in Milan? a)Is b)Does c)Do 4 a: Llike this music, ss: Really. 1. ike it. a)don’t b)not ono 5 She... with her parents. a)don'tlive bl doesn’tlive <) live not 6 ... like living in America? a) You do b)Do you cl Does you 7 a: Has she got any brothers? : Yes, she ... I think she’s got two. a)has b)have c) has got 8 My brother hates a)to shop b) shopping ¢) shop 9 a: Do you like Anna? w: Yes, Tike... very much, ajher b)she ¢) him 10 He can speak a) very well English b) English very good ©) English very well 2 Rearrange the words to make sensible sentences. Example 1 you cycling like do? 1 Do you like cyeling? 1 you cycling like do? 2 much like very she him doesn't. 3 live they do where? 4 his he parents with does live? 5 this I like music don’t u 6-10 3 Complete the sentences with a, an or the. Example 1 I've got. .. uncle and two aunts. ve got an uncle and two aunts. I've got... . uncle and two aunts. She lives in. . . centre of Vienna. London is... big city. ... cathedral in York is very old. Parisis in... north of France. 4 Complete the text with the correct preposition. atin (x2). on from (x2) with of (x2) for “My parents come (1) from Scarborough, a town (2)... the east coast 3)... England but Ilive and work (4)... Leeds. I'm a secretary and I work (5) ... an international company. My office is quite near the centre (6)... . the City, Hive (7). ..a flat ®) .. three friends. My boyfriend, Tom, is a student (9)... the Polytechnic. The Polytechnic is not far (10) my flat,’ 5 Match the opposites. mother, south morning sister love modern near small interesting father big, hate brother boring old uncle aunt far north evening6 Rearrange the sentences in the right-hand column to make a conversation. Example 1 What nationality are you? —_g) I’m Spanish. 1 What nationality are you? a) Ina big hospital in 2 Where do you live in Barcelona. Spain? b) P'manurse. 3 Where exactly is that? ©) live ina place called 4 What do you do? Badalona. 5 Where do you work? a) Yes, we've got two boys. 6 Are you married? €) It's a town outside 7 What does your husband Barcelona. do? 1) One's seven and the other 8 Have you got any is nine. children? g) I'm Spanish 9 How old are they? hy Yes, Tam. 10 Do they learn English at i). Yes, they'do. school?, J) He works ina shoe factory. 7 Answer the questions using the correct pronoun, (CHECK: Units 6-10 putting in the correct Punctuation (full stops and capital letters). ‘My name's Laura “my name's laura and i'm twenty-two years old i come from california in america but i'm in york at the moment i'm a student at the university york is a ve beautiful old city and i like living here very much’ CHECK YOUR PROGRESS Add up your score. How well did you do? Easy exercises? Difficult exercises? Problems? Example 1 Do you like your job? 1 Yes, [ike it very much 1 Do you like your job? 2 Do you like your grandparents? 3 Do you like your aunt? 4 Do you like your nephew? 5 Do you like your cousins? 6 Do you like your new flat? 7 Do you like your uncle? 8 Do you like your niece? 9 Do you like your school? 10 Do you like me? LEARNING TO LEARN 2: Talking about grammar Here are some important ‘grammar’ words: Grammar word Example Names of verb tenses noun chair, girl present simple live article a, the present continuous 1am living verb be, have, write past simple lived adjective good, bad going to future Tam going to live adverb well, badly simple future Iwill live preposition on, in present perfect Thave lived What are these words? ‘What are these tenses? 1boy 2 go 3 beautiful 1 heis working 2 they like 4an 5 slowly 6 open 3 Ihave worked 4 she wanted 7 brown 8 for 9 speak 5 Tam going to have 2LNW) UNITS 11-15 Listen and read the captions. DhonimaUamnany | in San Diego they're just going to bed.PREVIEW: Units 11-15, Answer True or False. 1 Laura gets up at seven 2 She walks to college. 3 She usually works in the library The library opens at eight o’clack 5 Laura is living in a hostel 6 Laura likes her room. In Units 11-15 you will learn how to: ~ tell the time = say what time things happen = describe your daily B.MORRELL aputne ~ talk about journeys = describe your home ~ talk about present activities Library Opening Times Money — Friday ‘rom 9.00 9 22.00, ] (3) 1 usually go to the tibrary | inthe morning. It opens at 9 [H]-1'm staying with a couple called Mr and Mrs § Gibson. Their daughter's working in Zambic, Te got her room,” 5 [5] tes anice room, There's a big table near the window. like working there’Suarg Gelebraley On 23rd Jane aeaPorty 28. Futford Ra York, 1 © Listen and repeat the times. I's one o'clock, 2 In pairs, ask and say the times. A: What time is it? wi: It’s seven o'clock. It’s ten past one. Note © You can also use numbers to say the time, e.g. 9.15 = nine fifteen © In Britain, the twenty-four-hour clock, e.g. 23.30, is only used for programmes, timetables and notices. 10.a.m, = ten o'clock in the morning 3 p.m, = three o'clock in the afternoon 6 pam. = six o'clock in the evening 11 p.m. = eleven o'clock at night © Noon, midday = 12.00 hours © Midnight = 24.00 hours It’s quarter past one, O © © It's twenty to two, © € It’s quarter to two. W's half past one. Sy 3 VOCABULARY Number the words below from the shortest time to the longest time. Use a dictionary. day hour fortnight year second month minute week century 1 second Ask and answer questions about each of the time words. a: How many seconds in a minute? ws: Sixty a: How many... ina...?4 READING Look at the programmes, timetable advertisements and invitation on the left. In pairs, ask and answer these questions. What time is ~ the ballet? the film? ~ the train to London? the party? the news? A What time is the ballet? It’s at half past seven (in the evening). GRAMMAR FOCUS Prepositions of ti at eleven o'clock at night’midnight from Ba.m.to 11 a.m. on Sunday in the morning Which preposition? 1...noon 2... the afternoon 3 from10am....5p.m. 4... 1.30 p.m. 5... Tuesday 5 © LISTENING You are going to York tomorrow. You want to be there by 10 o'clock. You phone King’s Cross station to find out the train times. Listen to the information and choose a suitable train. Tell your partner what time your train leaves King’s Cross and what time it arrives in York. 6 Ask and answer about the times on the college noticeboard. Use the verbs below open close start finish leave arrive ‘a: What time does the library open? 8; It opens at nine a.m/nine o'clock in the Library Opening Times ond - Frey frm 81001 2209 sot: trom 9.00017. UNIT 11: Times 7 Answer questions about your school, college, office or factory. What time: does it open in the morning? do you arrive? do you leave? = does it close in the evening? do your English classes st - do they finish? 8 READING Read the information below and answer the questions. 1 What time do banks open and close in Britain? Do they open on Sunday? What time do shops close? ABOUT OPENING AND CLOSING TIMES IN BRITAIN Post offices open at 09.00 and close at 417.30 from Monday to Friday. They close on Saturday at 12.30, Banks open at 09.30 and close at 15.30 from Monday to Friday. A few banks open on Saturday morning. In big cities, Bureau de change offices open every day until quite late in the evening, ‘Shops usually open at 09.00 or 10.00 and close at 17.30 or 18.00, They do not usually ‘close for lunch except in small towns. Most ‘shops are clased on Sunday and national holidays, 9 WRITING Now write similar information for visitors to your country, ALL UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL CLUB WEDNESDAY 2 p.m. MAIN THEATRE bas Seance James Dean wat tax Polytechnic in the classic film en east 6 oon learee collaay APPROX 90 MINUTES Entrance £1.50Routines 1 Imagine you are Laura, Match the correct sentence with each picture. Ihave a shower and get dressed. 2 Tusually go to the library in the morning. 3 Ihave lunch in the cafeteria. 4 Igo home at five o'clock. 5 Lalways get up at seven thirty. 6 Igo to bed at eleven thirty but I'm never asleep before midnight. After supper I go out with friends Ihave breakfast at eight thirty GRAMMAR FOCUS: Zero article No article (the/a/an) is used: with certain places after go to: Igo to schoo/work/college/bed/church every day. with meals: Thave breakfast/dinner/supper at nine. Lunch is at one. © with home: I.go home at five. 37 2 Inpairs, ask and answer about Laura, A: What time does Laura get up? wb: She gets up at seven thirty. a: What does she do after that? ': She has a shower and gets dressed. Use these cues: ‘What time/have breakfast? What/do in the morning? Where/have lunch? What time/go home? What/do after supper? What time/go to bed? 3. Write down eight questions to ask about your partner's daily routine. Then ask the questions and note the answers. 1 What time do you get up? 2 What 4 Look at your partner's answers. Do you do the same things at the same time or not? Tell the class. Carlos gets up at six thirty but I get up at seven. We both have lunch at twelve thirty.GRAMMAR FOCUS: Adverbs of frequency. always usually never often sometimes Write the adverbs in order of frequency from never to always. never always. Position of adverbs in a sentence She always gets up at seven thirty. She usually goes to the library in the morning. She's never asleep before midnight. Does the adverb of frequency normally come before or after the main verb? Is this always true? 5 © LISTENING Listen to Adam talking about his daily routine. How often does he do things? ACTIVITY Get up at 730 Have a big breakfast Leave home at &.13 Get home before 7 | Go out in the evenings: | Go to bea before midnight | 6 Write six sentences about Adam's day. 1 He usually gets up at seven thirty. UNIT 12: Routines 7 READING Read about a nurse on night duty. Use the verbs below to complete the text about his daily routine. You can use some verbs more than once. watch finish start have go read getup I'm a nurse at St Mary's Hospital. At the moment I'm on night duty. 1... work at 9.30 p.m, and... atB am Then... home and breakfast. | usually newspaper and alittle and then 1 [...at about 4 p.m.1 sometimes . .. shopping, then... supper. After that I to the hospital. That's a typical day - or night - for me! Which verb is used most frequently? the television to bed. 8 WRITING Write a paragraph about your typical day. Start new sentences with Then... After that I... After lunch/ work/schoo! I”. . Lalways get up at seven and have a shower. Then I have breakfast and go to work. After that/Afer work | sometimes go shopping,y Before you read es Where is the man? What time of day is it? _— A DAY'S JOURNEY INTO | iar Ross, a 32-year | Express to | WORK old accountant, lives London. From there he with his wife and two King’s Gross in goes by underground 10 | ‘children in Leeming, @ Liverpool Street Station 1 Do you think you small country village rode eA See walks to his | have a long and ‘aw York in the north of |. office ave 0 long J England. But his job is 7% ‘The whole journey journey to work? the centre of London, 400 | takes three hours and Fit Well, Dovid Ross Neila © aaties [040 om) away im minutes. He gets home at i 4 the south. nine o'clock in the over seven hours every Every day David leaves evening, What a life! i doy to get to and home at five o'clock in the | Why does he do it David smiles: ‘Because | Tike my job in London b like living in the north and [like travelling by morning, drives three from work. miles to his Joeal raib i That's 1,610 hours Satine ‘and catches the 5.30 train to York. At York as the 6.12 Int City, train! a yeor!1 READING Complete the information about David. Name Age: Job: Home town: Place of work Distance to and from work: Method of transport: | Journey time: GRAMMAR FOCUS: Preposition by and means of transport usually go to work | by bicycle/train/cary bus/underground. by planevtrain/boat, walk to school/work/ college. drive. cycle. Inever travel Talways 2 Ask and answer the questions about David's journey. a: How does he get from his home to the local station? nh: He goes by car/He drives. 1 from his home to the local station? 2 from York to King’s Cross in London? 3 from King’s Cross to Liverpool Street Station? 4 from Liverpool Street to his office? 3 LISTENING Listen and note how long the following people take to travel to college or work. 1 John Gardener an engineer fram Leeds 2 Sara Anderson a London solicitor 3 Joan Walker a doctor from Newbury Talk about the answers in pail a: How long does it take John to get to work? wb: It takes him, UNIT 13: Journeys. 4 ROLEPLAY STUDENT A You are Mrs Ross. Use the article about your husband to answer the radio reporter's questions, STUDENT B You are a reporter for Radio York. Use these cues to interview Mrs Ross. What time/your husband get up? How/travel to London How long/the journey take? What time/get home in the evening? Why/not/move to London? 5 Complete the survey for three students. | oS £ s ¢!| Journey to school Ss s ¥ college/work e £ & Wethod Dinas aie Cot a: How do you usually get to school/college’ work? bs Igo by... 1 walk, a: How far is it? a: It's about... kilomet et. Compare the results of your surveys to find out how most people in your class get to work or college. 6 WRITING John Ellis is a cycle messenger in London. He lives in north London and works in the centre, near Liverpool Street Station. Imagine his day. Write a paragraph about his journey to work and his daily routine. Use the words below to help you. collect deliver letter packet 401 Name the rooms in the pictures. Choose from the following. the sitting room the dining room the kitchen the bathroom, the hall @ bedroom 2 Look at the pictures and find the following. adoor awindow a floor aceiling awall the roof. 3 In pairs, say what there is in each room. Choose from the words below. a: In the kitchen there's a table a: ...and there are three chairs. atable alamp asofa a bookcase asink a fridge awardrobe curtains abath a. cooker abed a shower anarmehair a carpet atv ‘cupboard a chair a washbasin, atoilet a mirror a dressing table 4 © SPEECHWORK All these words have the letter a in them. How are they pronounced? Listen and see if you are correct. lamp hall bath wall table carpet 4 iA: The home GRAMMAR FOCUS: There is/There are Positive and Question Short answer negative ‘There’sachair. _Isthereachair? —_ Yes, there is, ‘Thereisn’taTV. Is there a TV? No, there isn't. There are two Are there any Yes, there are tables, tables? ‘There aren't any Are there any No, there aren't. cupboar cupboards? In which type of sentences is any used? 5. Ask and answer about each other's homes. How many rooms are there? How many bedrooms are there? Is there a dining room? What's your bedroom like? What colour is it? What furniture is there in it?6 WRITING Read about the Gibsons’ house, then draw a plan of your own home and write a paragraph describing it me i i aye UNIT 14: The home 7@ LISTENING Before you listen house in the photograph. u think itis? What sort of people live in it? Use the words below to help you. mansion swimming pool patio. rich jen to someone describing the house in the photograph. What is unusual about it? c cco) ABOUT LIVING STANDARDS IN BRITAIN | Today over sixty-three per cent of the population of Britain own their homes. Four ‘out of five families live in houses rather than flats. A survey in 1987 showed the following results 3 ge 3 oe - s fF sso" gr For a closer look at the house in Exercise 7, turn to page 1415 make/coffee 8 v ~ aD Present activities 1 In pairs, talk about what the people are doing. Use the Focus box below to help you. a: What's the girl/man in picture . 1: She/He's doing? 2 © LISTENING Listen and say what the people are doing. 3 Use a verb and an object to write sentences using he or she in the present continuous tense. verns write read listento clean have go the radio aletter abook the news tobed lunch the windows 1 She's writing a letter. 4 © SPEECHWORK Listen and repeat the phrases. Try to say /to/ not /tu:/ each time. going to work going to school going to bed listening to music listening to the radioUNIT 15: Present activities 5. Mime an activity. Other students ask 8 READING AND © LISTENING ‘No questions to find out what you are V4 ork with Chris and Adam at the avel agent's. Chris is on holiday at the x: What am I doing? moment and sends you a postcard, Read it Are you cleaning something? and then tell Adam about it a: No, Fm not Are you writing something? a: Yes, Lam, but what? a: Are you writing a letter? a: Yes, Lam, Now it's your turn, Listen and answer Adam's questions. 6 Write down the names of four people in your family. Tell your partner what you think each person is doing at the moment, I think my brother Alex is probably ... ing. 7 Look at the painting. In pairs, write five sentences to describe what you can see and what the people are doing. Use a dictionary to help you. Tris ts the life, love to all G Hy BARBADOS Bree a A beautiful beach chais, 9 WRITING Choose a place in your country for a holiday. Copy and complete the postcard below and address it to someone in the class. Bank Holiday (William Strang) Hi... Herelam in... Tm having alan... time. I'm... (say what you're doing). 1'm writing this infon ... (Say where). See you. .. (Say when). Love, 4he ‘When he iso acing, Mia stn buy Dreparing her shoes. BORN DANCE This week the great Bolshoi Ballet EN comes to Britain, HE THOMAS talks to one of the ballerinas, Nina Ananiashyili new Photographs by Colin Jones. Nina practising with her 60-year-old teach Marina Semyonova ina Ananiashvili is a prima ballerina at the Bolshoi Ballet, the greatest ballet company in the world, She lives with her husband Guya, a diplomat, in a flac in Moscow. The flar is very small, The bedroom and the sitting room are in one room and there is only a very small bathroom and kitchen. Every morning Guya and Nina have breakfast at half past seven. ‘Then Nina prepares her ballet shoes. She uses three new paits of ballet shoes for every performance. Nina usually walks to her classes at the theatre. akes a taxi to “Tove the city,’ she says, ‘It opens But on performance days, she‘Mina and her husband Guya In thelr siting room, class and back. ‘I like to save my energy.’ she says, She arrives at the theatre at about five o'clock in the evening, The performance starts ac seven thirty Dancing is very tiring and some ballerinas lose three kilos during a performance. Nina is always very thirsty after a performance. “I drink and drink: water, tea, lemonade, anything Usually Tean’e sleep until chree or four o'clock. in the morning. Bolshoi dancers eam quite a lot of money and there are other rewards. Girls stand in shopping queues to buy food for her. “Men just leave flowers outside my flat and then run away!” says Nina, and laughs, ‘5 © LISTENING Fluency UNITS 11-15 1 Before you read Look at the title of the reading text. What sort of things do you want to know about a ballerina’s life? 2 READING Read the text and say which paragraph is about: ~ Nina’s morning routine (paragraph 2) who Nina is and where she lives Nina’s routine on performance days — the rewards of being a ballerina what Nina does after a performance 3 ROLEPLAY Use the cues below to write some of the interviewer's questions. Then roleplay an interview with Nina in pairs, Where/live/Moscow? What/flat/like? What/dovin the morning? What/do/on performance days? What/do/after the performance? Start your roleplay like this: you: Nina, you're a prima ballerina at the Bolshoi Ballet, nina: Yes, that's right. vou: Where do you live in Moscow? 4 Tell the class three facts in the text which you think are interesting. Listen and complete the list of furniture there is in Nina and Guya’s flat in Moscow. Sitting room Kitchen a sofa atable atable two chairs abig a a video recorderCheck UNITS 11-15 1 Complete the text with the correct form of the present simple of the verbs in brackets. Gavin Hunter is 32 years old. He is a farmer and (1) (live) lives in Somerset with his wife and two children. Every morning he (2) (get, up)... at 6.00 and (3) (make) ... tea for his wife, Helen, and (4) (prepare) . .. a bottle of milk for his baby daughter, Kate. At about 6.30 he (5) (milk) . .. the cows and after breakfast he (6) (work) .. .on the farm. Gavin (7) (have) .. . his main meal of the day at lunchtime. In the evening Gavin and Helen usually (8) (watch) . .. television. They (9) (go). . . to bed at about 10.30. Last thing at night Gavin (10) (listen to) ... the weather forecast on the radio. 2 Choose the correct form of the verb, Example 1 At the moment she has/she is having a shower. 1 Althe moment she hasGeis hn shower. 1 Atthe moment she has/she is having a shower. 2 Tlike/l am liking this music. 3 What do you dofare you doing with that pen? 4 Do you listen/Are you listening to the radio every morning? 5 Do you listen/Are you listening to me? 3 Write the times. Example 18am. 1 Bight o'clock in the morning. 18am, 2 2pm, 3 11pm 47pm. 5 6am. a 4. Use the words in brackets to write the correct question for each answer. Example 4 (start work) At7.20 in the morning. 11 What time do you start work? 1 (start work) At7.30in the morning. 2 (get to work) By car. 3 (journey take) About three quarters of an hour. 4 (far) 5 (park your car) 6 (finish work) 7 (get home) Five kilometres. In the factory car park. AtS p.m. At about quarter to six in the evening. No, she doesn’t. We watch TV. At about 11 o'clock 8 (your wife work) 9 (do after supper) 10 (go to bed) 5 Complete the text with the correct preposition, at (x2) from (x2) by for in) on to (x3) Marie-France (1) from Saint-Nazaire on the north-west coast of France, works as a secretary (2) for an insurance company. Marie-France works (3) ... nine o'clock (4) the morning (5)... five o’clock (6)... the evening. She usually leaves home (7) eight o’clock and goes (8) .. . bus (9)... her office. (10) ,.. Monday and Wednesday evenings she goes (11)... Italian classes (12)... the local college. 6 Rewrite the sentences putting the adverb in the correct place. Example 1 ALWAYS He has breakfast in bed. 1 He always has breakfast in bed. 1 ALWAYS He has breakfast in bed. 2 NEVER She is late for work. 3 SOMETIMES We play cards all night. 4 OFTEN [eat my lunch in the park 5 USUALLY They are at home on Saturday morning.