Teaching Notes

Unit 1 ü Students invent a new card with a new character.

Tell them to stand up and move around, when you
Grammar Practice clap your hands, they must stop and introduce
1 1 are 3 am 5 are themselves to the nearest person.
2 is 4 is 6 is
ü Do this three or four times. At the end, ask the
class what was the most interesting piece of
2 1 is 3 is 5 are 7 are
information they heard.
2 is 4 are 6 are 8 am
ü As a follow-up activity, ask each student to tell the
3 1 Nick isn’t sad today. class an interesting fact about themselves.
2 The cats aren’t hungry.
3 I’m not a good student. Unit 2
Grammar Practice
4 1 Are your friends happy? 1 1d 2f 3b 4a 5c 6e
Yes, they are.
2 Is the lesson interesting? 2 1 next to 3 in front of 5 on
No, it isn’t. 2 in 4 behind 6 under
3 Are you from France?
No, I’m not. 3 1b 2c 3a 4b 5c 6c 7b 8a
4 Is Tom your friend?
No, he isn’t. 4 1e 2d 3c 4a 5b

5 1 my 3 her 5 your 5 1 Where is the teacher?

2 your 4 its 6 their 2 Where is your book?
3 Who is that girl?
6 1 her 3 her 5 his 4 What colour is your bedroom?
2 his 4 our 6 your

7 1 Who is your friend? Communication Activity

2 Who is from England? ü Students work with a partner. One is A and one is B.
3 Who is that boy? ü Students take turns to answer the questions in
4 Who are those people? each column of the quiz (A and B).
5 Who are your best friends?
ü If they answer incorrectly or don’t know the
answer, they must miss a turn and then go onto
Communication Activity
the next square. The student to finish first is the
ü Students work with a partner. Ask them to choose winner.
a person from one of the cards and to study their
chosen personal information.
ü Move around the class, listening to the students.
Check the answers they are giving are correct.
ü Brainstorm the questions students need to ask to
find out about the other person.
ü As a follow-up activity, go around the class and ask
each of the questions to a different student.
(What’s your name? How old are you? What’s your
favourite food/band?)
ü Students ask and answer questions in their pairs
to find out about the people.

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Answers ü Move around the class, listening to the students
A B and correcting them.
1 Be quiet! 1 Don’t open the book. ü As a follow-up activity, ask a student to describe
2 Student’s own answer. 2 Student’s own their room and have another student draw it on
3 The pencil is black answer. the board. When they have finished, see how
and white. 3 The English book is on similar the pictures are.
4 What colour the table.
5 Students have to say 4 Who’s your favourite Unit 4
the numbers. group?
Grammar Practice
6 The ball is in front of 5 The desk is black
the chair. 6 a rucksack and a 1 1 has 3 has 5 have 7 have
7 Student’s own answer pencil case 2 have 4 has 6 has 8 have
8 Stand up, please. 7 Student’s own answer
9 What’s your favourite 8 Sit down, please. 2 1 have got 3 has got 5 has got
colour? 9 What’s his name? 2 has got 4 have got 6 have got
10 Who’s your favourite 10 Where are you
film star? from? 3 1 We haven’t got a student from Belgium in our
class.
2 Petra hasn’t got an MP3 player.
Unit 3 3 My brothers haven’t got new football shirts.
Grammar Practice
1 1 are 3 is 5 Are 7 isn’t 4 1 Has your mum got long hair?
2 is 4 Is 6 aren’t 8 aren’t Yes, she has.
2 Has Greece got a lot of beaches?
2 1 There are 4 There is 7 There are Yes, it has.
2 There is 5 There are 3 Have you and your sister got blue eyes?
3 There are 6 There is No, we haven’t.
4 Has she got the new Keane CD?
3 1a 2a 3b 4a 5c 6a 7b 8a No, she hasn’t.

4 Student’s own answers 5 Student’s own answers

5 1 It’s Rob’s book. 6 1 a

2 They’re Anna’s shoes. 2 an
3 It’s Saira’s bike. 3 an
4 Where’s Tom’s skateboard? 4 a
5 Pelicans are Ali’s favourite animal.
6 What’s Jen’s favourite sport? Communication Activity
ü Students work with a partner.
Communication Activity ü Ask students to circle one of the pictures without
ü Students design their ideal room, then describe it showing their partner. They must then find out
to a partner, for example There is a bed next to the which person their partner has circled by asking
window. There aren’t any curtains etc. questions such as:
ü Their partner must draw the room described. Has he/she got long hair? Is it straight? etc.
ü Then students tick the correct picture.

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ü Move around the class, listening to the students ü Move around the class, listening to the students
and correcting them. and correcting them.
ü Students show each other the picture they have ü As a follow-up activity, ask students to tell you
ticked and see if it is correct. about various people in their groups, for example
ü As a follow-up activity, ask students to describe Maria always tidies her room.
another person in the class to their partner and
get them to guess who it is. Unit 6
Grammar Practice
Unit 5 1 1 don’t 3 doesn’t 5 know
Grammar Practice 2 don’t 4 play
1 1 The girls play basketball on Wednesdays.
2 I meet my friends at the Internet café. 2 1 Suzy doesn’t play football with her brother.
3 The sports shop opens at nine. 2 I don’t like fast food.
4 We meet at five every afternoon. 3 Robert and his cousin don’t study French.
5 Every afternoon, mum talks to her friend on 4 They don’t often go to the cinema.
the phone.
6 I eat fruit and vegetables every day. 3 1 Do you know how to speak German? No, I don’t.
2 Does Adriano speak English? Yes, he does.
2 1 watches 3 dances 5 does 3 Do the boys go to the sports centre every
2 misses 4 carries 6 relaxes weekend? Yes, they do.
4 Does your teacher explain everything?
3 1 makes 4 goes 7 enjoy No, he/she doesn’t.
2 collect 5 kisses 8 has 5 Do your parents like computer games?
3 play 6 catches No, they don’t.
6 Does the lesson finish soon? Yes, it does.
4 1 The chef cooks brilliant meals.
2 Stewart watches TV every evening. 4 1 do 5 go 8 often
3 Muriel misses her friends. 2 don’t do 6 do 9 stay
4 Dad does the shopping on Fridays. 3 watch 7 makes 10 go
4 don’t like
5 1 I often go to Shelly’s house after school.
2 The teacher always gives us a test on Fridays. 5 1 him 4 them 7 them
3 Mum sometimes reads at the weekend. 2 me 5 it
4 I am usually tired after school. 3 her 6 him
5 They are never late for lessons.
Communication Activity
Communication Activity ü Students work with a partner.
ü Students work in groups of four. ü Get each student to read the chart and tick the
ü Get each student to read the questionnaire and activities they do and don’t do at the weekend.
tick the statements that are true for them. ü Students then ask their partner the same
ü They should then listen to the other students in questions and complete the chart for them.
the group and complete the questionnaire for ü Move around the class, listening to the students
them by writing their name and ticking the true and correcting them.
statements.

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ü As a follow-up activity, ask students to write Unit 8
another three sentences about what they do at the
weekend and then tell their partner or the class.
Grammar Practice
1 1c 2e 3a 4f 5b 6d
Unit 7 2 1 Can / can 2 play / can’t 3 Can / take / Yes,
Grammar Practice
1 1 This 3 These 5 These 3 1 can do 4 can sing 7 can use
2 Those 4 That 6 This 2 can drive 5 can’t play 8 can do
3 can cook 6 can play
2 1 this 3 is 5 those 7 are
2 Those 4 this 6 This 8 those 4 1 watching 2 listening 3 telling 4 doing

3 1 U 2 C 3 C 4 C 5 U 6 U 7 U 8 C 9 C 10 U 5 Student’s own answers

4 1 Some 3 some 5 some 7 Some Communication Activity

2 any 4 Some 6 some
ü Tell students to complete the questionnaire by
going around the class and asking different
5 1 any 3 any 5 some students questions, for example, Can you speak
2 some 4 some 6 any French? Do you like juggling? etc.

6 1 How many 5 How much ü Give students 15 minutes to do the activity then ask
the class to feed back their results, for example
2 How much 6 How many
Who can speak French? etc.
3 How much 7 How many
4 How many 8 How much ü As a follow-up activity, ask students to write three
other similar activities and find students who can
Communication Activity do them.
ü Brainstorm different kinds of shops with your
students. (Where can you buy paper and pens? Unit 9
A newsagent’s / A stationer’s. Where can you Grammar Practice
buy fruit and vegetables? The supermarket or a 1 1 having 4 sitting 7 trying
grocer’s.) 2 riding 5 swimming 8 hitting
ü Students colour and label the clothes in the 3 enjoying 6 rollerskating
shop window and then write the prices for each in
pounds sterling (£). 2 1 is talking 3 are watching
ü Then students add four items of clothing with prices. 2 are closing 4 is doing
ü Students work in pairs and ask and answer
3 1 They aren’t making a lot of noise.
questions to find out what is in each other’s shop,
2 I’m not writing an essay for my English teacher.
what colour each thing is and how much it costs.
3 David isn’t travelling to France today.
They should then complete the chart.
ü Move around the class, listening to the students 4 1 Are you enjoying the party? Yes, I am.
and correcting them. 2 Are the students listening to the teacher?
ü As a follow-up activity, ask students to describe Yes, they are.
what is in each other’s shop using their completed 3 Are they learning about IT at the moment?
charts. No, they aren’t.

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5 1 are you 4 I’m trying 7 he isn’t
2 reading 5 doing 8 he’s playing
Unit 10
3 Are you 6 brother’s Grammar Practice
1 1 the 3 an 5 the 7 an
6 1b 2c 3c 4a 5b 6a 7c 8b 2 the 4 the 6 a 8 a

Communication Activity 2 1b 2b 3b 4d 5c 6a
ü Students work in pairs. Photocopy the page, cut it
in half and give one picture to each student. 3 1 uses 4 is not having 7 is/doing
2 ’m trying 5 says 8 don’t eat
ü Students take it in turns to ask about the people 3 Do/want 6 Are/waiting
on their list and write the missing names in the
picture. Their partner has to identify the people by
4 1b 2b 3b 4a 5b 6a
describing what they are doing/wearing.
ü At the end, students check their answers by 5 1 Andrew surfs the Internet every day.
comparing their pictures. 2 Elsa is watching TV at the moment.
ü As a follow-up activity, get students to mime 3 We live in London.
activities and get the class to say what they are 4 Danny is working in New York this month.
doing. 5 Jane doesn’t like computers.
6 We are learning about gorillas this week.
Answers 7 I ride my bike to school every day.
A 8 Tom is cooking dinner now.
Carla is wearing a skirt and jumper and playing the 9 They play tennis every weekend.
piano. 10 You read a lot of magazines.
David is wearing trousers and a T-shirt and eating a
Communication Activity
sandwich.
Ava is wearing trousers and a shirt and talking to Lukas.
ü Put students in groups of four. Each group needs a
photocopy of the game, and a dice and counters to
Raj is wearing trousers and a jumper and is walking move around the board.
across the room.
ü Before starting the game, explain that if a student
Lucy is wearing a dress and listening to music on an lands on a square with Go forward X squares on
MP3 player. it, they go forward that number of squares. If a
student lands on a square with Go back X squares,
B they go back that number of squares. Miss a go
Sadia is wearing trousers and a T-shirt and is reading means students do not have a turn.
a book. ü To start the game players each place their counter
Jack is wearing trousers and a shirt and is sitting on the START square. Students take it in turns to
with David. He’s drinking water from a glass. throw the dice and move. When a student lands
Lukas is wearing trousers and a jumper and is talking to on a square they have to make the question and
Ava. ask a person in their group. If the student says
the question incorrectly, they have to return to
Anna is wearing a dress and is sitting listening to
their previous position. If the question is correct,
Carla play the piano.
the student remains on the new square and play
Juan is wearing trousers and a jumper and is sitting passes to the next player. The winner is the player
near Sadia. He’s drawing a picture. who reaches the FINISH square first.

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ü During the game move round the class and Unit 11
monitor the groups.
Grammar Practice
Answers 1 1 was 4 were / was 7 was
1 What languages can you speak? 2 were 5 were 8 were
(Student’s own answers) 3 was 6 was
2 What is the teacher doing now?
(Student’s own answers) 2 1 It was hot and sunny yesterday.
4 What subject are we studying now? 2 Their new house was very expensive.
(We are studying English.) 3 I was unhappy with my exam results.
4 The chairs were old.
5 Are you enjoying the game?
5 The people in Poland were friendly.
(Student’s own answers)
6 What do you do in your free time? 3 1 We weren’t interested in the exhibition.
(Student’s own answers) 2 There weren’t a lot of great photos in the
7 Is she talking? exhibition.
(Yes, she is.) 3 I wasn’t pleased to see Mark at the party.
8 What is your favourite sport? 4 Sylvia wasn’t at the supermarket.
(Student’s own answers)
9 How many books do you read a week? 4 1 Were you at school yesterday?
(Student’s own answers) 2 Was the teacher pleased with your work?
3 Was she afraid of the storm?
10 Are you standing at the moment?
4 Were they unhappy with the film?
(No, I’m not.)
5 Was is your birthday yesterday?
11 How often do you write emails? 6 Were you and your friend sad yesterday?
(Student’s own answers)
12 What clothes are you wearing now? 5 1 Yes, I was. 4 No, they weren’t.
(Student’s own answers) 2 No, he/she wasn’t. 5 No, it wasn’t.
14 Is he playing football? 3 Yes, she was. 6 Yes, we were.
(Yes, he is.)
15 Where do you live? 6 1 last night 3 ago 5 last week
(Student’s own answers) 2 yesterday 4 yesterday 6 this afternoon
16 Are you speaking Spanish now?
Communication Activity
(No, I’m not.)
ü Students work in pairs or groups of four.
17 Do you play tennis every week?
(Student’s own answers) ü The character information is divided between
them and they take it in turns to ask and answer
19 What are they eating? questions about the people on the cards,
(They are eating pizza.) describing where they were and what they were
20 What are you doing now? doing.
(I’m playing a game.)
ü Students should take it in turns and listen
22 Is she watching TV? carefully. Some of the information doesn’t match
(No, she isn’t.) and this tells students who’s lying and who stole
23 Who is your favourite actor? the book.
(Student’s own answers)

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ü Fatima is the student who stole the book because monitoring the students. Then ask students to
she lied and said she was in her music class when work together to invent a new story.
in fact she was in the library reading an old book ü When students have finished, choose confident
– the old book that was stolen. students to tell the class their story or ask
students to write their story down.
Unit 12
Grammar Practice
1 Tick sentences 2, 6, 7, 10
1 We walked to the shops yesterday.
3 She noticed a lovely dress in the shop window.
4 Hector asked the sales assistant for some help.
5 Billy tried three pairs of jeans on.
8 I missed you when you were away.
9 Dan wanted a new pair of trainers.
11 The teacher explained the school rules.
12 The children played in the park for hours.

2 1 Frank phoned me last night.

2 Robert danced with Harriet at the disco.
3 I hated history when I was at school.
4 Dad worked in a car factory for ten years.
5 They listened to music in their room.
6 I showed mum my new clothes.
7 We watched TV yesterday evening.
8 Petra walked all the way to school.

3 1 walked
2 played
3 scored
4 talked
5 climbed
6 listened
7 wanted
8 phoned

4 Student’s own answers

Communication Activity
ü Students work in pairs.
ü Photocopy the page and give one to each student.
Tell them to look at the pictures then to cut them
out and rearrange them to make a short story.
ü Ask students to tell their story to their partner.
Move around the class offering help and

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