Level 1 Unit 1a
Life  be: I + am, you + are

Hello. I’m James

and I’m your teacher. So you’re
What’s your name?  And what’s
what’s Maria from
your name? Bilbao.
I’m Maria Yes!
and I’m a student
from Spain.

Hello, I’m also Maria

Maria. and I’m from Spain!
I’m from Bilbao in  And you’re
you’re
Spain. Maria from
Seville.
Yes!

 And I’m from

Seville.

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 Affirmative
 Affirmat ive

I am Maria I   ’ m James

 You
 You are a teacher You   re
’ a student

TIP  Use I’m, you’re for speaking.

Key vocabulary In the classroom: teacher, student, class

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1 Unit 1a
Level 1 Unit
Exercises

Exercises

1 Choose the correct word.

1 I am / are
am /  Olga.
are Olga.
2 You am / are Nick.
are Nick.

3 I’m / ’re a student.

4 You
ou’m ’re a teacher.
’m / ’re a
5 I’m / ’re
’m /  from London.
’re from
6 You
ou’m ’re from Beijing.
’m / ’re from
2 Match the two parts of the sentences.
1 I’m a a a teacher.
2 You’re b ’re Nicole.
3 Hello, I c student.
4 Good morning. You d and I’m from Brazil.
5 You are a student and e ’m James.
6 You’re
You ’re from France f I am your teacher.

3 Write ’m or ’re.

1 Angie: Hel lo, I Angie.
2 Helen: Hi Angie. I Helen.
3 Angie: You in my English class.
4 Helen: Yes, I a student from Germany. You from France.
5 Angie. Yes. I from Paris.
4 Write  I  or
 or You.
1 ’m Peter.
2 ’re Chen.
3 am a student.
4 are a teacher.
5 ’m from England and ’ree from the USA.
’r
5 Complete the sentences about you.
1 I’m . (name)
2 I’m a . (teacher/student)
3 I’m from . (country/city)
6 Complete the sentences about a student in your class.
1 You’re
You’re . (name)
2 You’re
You’re a . (teacher/student)
3 You’re
You’re from . (country/city)

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Level 1 Unit 1b
Life  be: he/she/it
 be: 
 he/she/it + is

He’s Ernesto. He’s from Salvador. It’s a She’s Lana. She’s from Dubrovnik and
city in Brazil. she’s Croatian.

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 Affirmative
 Affirmat ive

I am a teacher. I   m
’ Ernesto.
 You
 You are Lana. You   re
’ a student.
He is American. He   s
’ English.
She is Brazilian. She   s
’ from Croatia.
It is a country. It   s
’ a city.

TIP  Use he’

he’s,
s, she’
she’s,
s, it’s
it’s for
 for speaking.

ey vocabulary Countries and nationalities: England/English, America/American, Croatia/Croatian, Brazil/ 

Key
 K
Brazilian, China/ Chinese, Germany/German, France/French, Mexico/Mexican

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Level 1 Unit 1b
Exercises

Exercises

1 Complete the sentences with he, she  or it.  ,

Paul is a student. Biyu is Chinese.

1 ’s in Cologne. 3 ’s from Guangzhou.
2 ’s a city in
i n Germany. 4 ’s in China.
2 Write sentences with he or she and the countries in the box.

Brazil Egypt Italy the USA 

1 He's from
He's  from Brazil. 2
  3 4

3 Write the nationalities

nationalities of
of the people in Exercise
Exercise 2.
1 He's Brazilian. 2  3  4 

4 Complete the sentences with am, are  or is.  ,

1 Cairo a city in Egypt. 5 Hello. I a teacher.

2 I a student. 6 You from Paris
Paris.. You
3 You from New Yo York.
rk. French.
4 Marco Italian. He 7 She Mexican.

from Milan. 8 Life  

Life an English book.
5 Write sentences with the words in the table.
He ma
’ Canada
I s from
’ Canadian
 You
 Y ou s
’ book 
She re
’ a teacher
It sa
’ student

1 He ’s Canadian  . 4 She .
2 I . 5 It .
3 You .
6 Write sentences about a friend. Use he or she.
1
. (name)
2 . (country)
3 . (na
(nationality)
tionality)
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Level 1 Unit 1c
Life  my, your
your

Peter: Hello, my name’s Peter. What’s

your name?
Colin: My name’s Colin. It’s my first day
d ay..
Peter: Nice to meet you Colin. This is
your desk.
Colin: Great!

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Use my  and your
 and your to talk about objects, people  and places.
,

Subj
Subje
ect pr
pronou
oun
ns Poss
Posse
ess
ssiv
ive
e adj
adje
ect
ctiv
ive
es
I my

you your
 My  name’s
 name’s Colin. This is my  desk.
 desk.
It’s your  chair.
 chair. Your  phone
  phone number is 111-123-4567 .

Key vocabulary Everyday objects: bag,

objects: bag, book, chair
chair,, computer,
computer, desk, laptop, notebook, pen, pencil, phone

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Level 1 Unit 1c
1 Unit
Exercises

Exercises

1 Write  my  or
 or  your .
Conversation 1: Conversation 2:
A: Hello, what’s 1 your   name? C: Hello, 4  name’s Pedro. I’m a student in
5
B: 2  name’s Ania. I’m
I ’m a student. Australia but  family
is in Chile.
A: Nice to meet you Ania. I’m Mrs. Smith and I’m
3
 teacher. name’ss Ania. 6
B: Hi, my name’  family is in
Poland.
C: This is my desk and this is 7  desk.
2 Look at the pictures and complete the sentences with  my  or
 or  your .

your
my 

1 This is my  bag. 4 It’s phone.

2 It’s laptop. 5 This is notepad.
3 This is pencil. 6 It’s pen.
3 Choose the correct word.
1 I / My  name’s
 name’s Richard. 6 is you / your  bag.
This is you  bag.
2 You / Your  are
 are Mary. 7 It’s I / my  book.
 book.
3  you / your  phone
What’s you
What’s  phone number? 8  you / your  teacher.
I’m you
I’m  teacher.
4 Hello, I / my am Anne-Marie. 9 She’s I / my  student.
 student.
5 I / My  family
 family is in Singapore. 10 are you / your ?
Hello. How are you
4 Complete these sentences for you.

My name’s
My cell phone number is
My family is in
My teacher is
5 Work in pairs. Tell your partner your
your sentences from Exercise 4. Complete these sentences about
 your partner.
partner.

Your name’s
Your cell phone number is
Your family is in

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Level 1 Unit 2a
Life we/they + are and negative forms
 be: we/they forms

You’re married.
So, Carmen, Now, you’re
you’re Mexican. thirty-five. No. I’m not.
No, I’m not. I’m No, I’m not.
I’m single.
not Mexican. I’m I’m not thirty-five
thirty-five..  And you’re
from Argentina. I’m thirty. a nurse.

Sorry. Sorry.

No, I’m not.

I’m not a nurse.
I’m a doctor.

Sorry.

She isn’t Mexican. She isn’t thirty-five.

thirt y-five. She isn’t married. She’s single.
She’s from Argentina. She’s thirty. She isn’t a nurse. She’s a doctor.

Presentation

 Affirmative
 Affirmat ive

I am I   ’m
He He
from Brazil.  Tunisian.
 Tunisian.
She is She ’s
eighteen. fifteen.
It It
single. married.
 You
 You happy.  You
 You in a city.
We are We ’re
 They  They

Negative

I am not I   ’m not
He He
from Mexico. Mexican.
She is not She isn’t
seventeen. sixteen.
It It
married. single.
 You
 You a teacher.  You
 You a doctor.
We are not We aren’t
 They  They

TIP   These negative forms are also possible: he’s not, we’re not…

 Key vocabulary
Key
 jobs (teacher, nurse,Personal
(teacher, details: married, single (=not married), husband/wife, age (seventeen, eighteen),
doctor) details: married,

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Level 1 Unit 2a
1 Unit
Exercises

Exercises

1 Choose the correct option.

1 I’m from Sydney and my best friend is from Melbourne. We’re / They’re Australian.
They’re Australian.
2 This is Cristina and this is Wanessa. We’re / They’re from
They’re from Portugal.

3 They’re on  vacation.
I’m with my family on the beach. We’re / They’re on
4 I’m Paula and this is Jim. We’re / They’re married.
They’re married.
5 Talha and Faheen are from Oman. We’re / They’re in
They’re in Muscat.
6 Andy is with Ernesto and Carmen in the classroom. We’re / They’re at
They’re at school.
2 Write negative sentences.
 1 She’s a doctor, not a nurse. She isn’t a nurse.
 2 I’m a student, not a teacher.
3 You’re from London, not Manchester.
4 They’re Polish, not Russian.
5 We’re on the beach, not in the city.
6 She’ss Japanese, not Chinese.
She’
7
He’s single, not married.
He’s
8 I’m eighteen, not nineteen.
9 It’s Monday, not Tuesday.
10 They’re from Brazil, not Peru.
11 We’re teachers, not students.
12 She’ss Canadian,
She’ Canadia n, not American.
3

1 The Taj Mahal is in Pakistan.

The Taj Mahal isn’t in Pakistan. It’s in India.
2 The Statue of Liberty is in Canada.

3 Machu Picchu is in Mexico.

4 The Eiffel Tower is in Italy.

5 The Sydney Opera House is in the UK.

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Level 1 Unit 2b
Life  be: questions and short answers

 Are you Italian?

 Are you
eighteen?

No, I’m not.

I’m Spanish.

Yes, we are.

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Yes/No questions Short answers

 Am I  Yes,
 Yes, I am. No, I ’m not.
he he he
Is she British? she is. she isn’t.
it eighteen? it it
married?
you you are. you aren’t.
 Are we we we
they they they

Say Yes, I am. Yes, he is … (don’t say Yes, I’m. Yes, he’s.)

Exercises

1 Match the questio

questions
ns and answers.
1 Are they Spanish? b a  Yes, she is.
2 Is she OK? b  No, they aren’
aren’t.
t. They’re Mexican.
3 Are you warm? c  Yes, they are.
4 Is he married? d  Yes, it is.
5 Are Peter and Greg on  vacation? e  No, he isn’t. He’s singl
single.
e.
6 Is Milan in Italy? f  No, I’m not. It’s cold today!

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Level 1 Unit 2b
Exercises

2 Complete the questions with Is or Are.

1 you a doctor?  6 Tom and Anna
A nna married?
2 he twenty-five?  7 he Italian?
3 they Brazilian?  8 they from France?
4 it cold?  9 Jack and Suzy teachers?

5 he from New York? 10 it hot?

3 Complete the short answers.
1 Is it warm in Norway? 6 Is she from Canada?
No, Yes,
2 Are you British? 7 Are they students?
Yes, No,
3 Is she married? 8 Is your hotel nice?
No, Yes,
4 Are you eighteen
eighteen?? 9 Are they married?
No,   Yes,
5 Are you and Rosaria Italian? 10 Is he thirty-four?

Yes, No,
4 Answer for you with short answers.
1 Are you a student? 4 Are you American?
2 Are you single? 5 Is it hot today?
3 Are you twenty-five? 6 Are you Polish?
1
5  Write the conversations. Then listen and check.

1 you + Italian?
Italian? → n o: Spanish.
Spanish. 6 they + married?
married? → y es
A: Are you Italian? A:
B: No, I’m not. I’m Spanish. B:
2 he + Japanese
Japanese?? → y es 7 you and Jack
Jack + American? → n o: British
A: Is he Japanese? A:
B: Yes, he is. B:
3 she + Brazilian?
Brazilian? → y es 8it + six o’clock? → no: five-thirty  

A: A:
B: B:
4 he + Polish?
Polish? → n o: Russian 9she + single? → no: married

A: A:
B: B:
5 they + doctors? → n o: teachers
teachers 10 he + musician?
musician? → n o: engineer
A: A:
B: B:

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Level 1 Unit 2c
Life  a/an and plural nouns

Jobs in a hotel

 Are you
you a wait
waiter?
er? Or a chef?
chef? Or a hotel
hotel receptio
receptionist?
nist?
The Hotel Esplanade is a hotel in Spain. It’s on an
island with three beaches!

For a job, email: [email protected]

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n +
 a/an
 a/a single noun
• Use a before words with consonants: a w aiter,
aiter, a c hef,
hef, I’m a student.
a hotel, a t eacher.
eacher.  You’re
 You’re a waiter.
• Use an
an before
 before words with vowels: an island, an animal, He’s a teacher.
an artist, an airport. She’s an artist.

plural nouns
• Add -s to most nouns: a job
a job → jobs, a hotel
hotel → hotels
hotels
• Change  y  to
Change y  to ies
ies:: a country → countries, a city → cities Single nouns Plural nouns
• Add -es
-es to
 to nouns ending in -s, -ch,
-ch, and -ss: a job  jobs
a bus → buses, a beach → beaches, a city cities
an address → addresses a beach beaches

no article + plural nouns

• us e a/an
Don’t use
Don’t a/an with
 with plural nouns. Say teachers (don’t
say a teachers)
teachers)
We’re waiters.
waiters. You’re doctors.
doctors.

Key
 K ey vocabulary: Occupations: artist, chef, doctor
Occupations: artist, doctor,, engineer,
engineer, (hotel) receptionist, musician, nurse, student,
teacher, waiter

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Level 1 Unit 2c
Exercises

Exercises

1 Write the single nouns in the table.

city airport hotel artist bag island car

address vacation  animal bus beach

a an
cit y a ir p o r t  

2 Write the nouns from Exercise 1 as plural nouns.

1 cities 3 5 7 9

2 airports 4 6 8 10

3 Complete the sentences with  a,  an  or – (no article).

 ,

1 She’s a   doctor.  7 She isn’t artist.

2 He’s artist.  8 I’m not student..
student
3 They’re engineers.  9 You aren’t teacher.
4 I’m teacher. 10 He isn’t engineer.
5 We’re doctors. 11 They aren’
aren’tt nurses.
6 You’re musician. 12 You aren’t artist.
art ist.
4 Complete the sentences about the pictures
pictures..

1 It ‘s a house . 4 They .

2 They . 5 It .

3 This . 6 They .

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Level 1 Unit 3a
Life  his, her, its, our,
our, their

Dominique: Hello, my name’

name’ss Dominique.
What’s your name?
Reiner: Reiner Bauer. My company is
GFX.
Dominique: Is it in Germany?
Germany?
Reiner: Yes, our office is in Berlin.
Here’ss my card
Here’ ca rd with its
address.
Dominique: I love Berlin! My sister and her
husband Max are there. Their
house is in the center. Max is
German and his family is 
from Berlin.

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Use my, your, his, her, its, our, their  (possessive

 (possessive adjectives) to talk about objects, people, and places.

Subj
Subje
ect pronou
oun
ns Poss
sse
ess
ssiv
ive
e adje
jec
cti
tive
ves
s
I my My company is GFX.
you your What’s your name?
he his His family is German.
she her Her husband is in Berlin.
it its Its address is on the card.
we our Our office is in Berlin.
they their Their house is in the city.

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Level 1 Unit 3a
1 Unit
Exercises

Exercises

1 Write the possessi

possessive
ve adjectives.
1 I / keys my keys
2 you / chair

3 he / bag
4 she / mother
5 it / name
6 we / family
7 they / jobs
8 Sally / house
9 Andy / vacation
10 Mike and Ania / car
2 Choose the correct option.
 1 What’s he / his name?
his name?
 2 This is they / their  house.
 house.
 3
It’s / Its hot in Lima today.
4 Hello, I / my  am  am Frank.
 5 We / Our  classroom
 classroom is here.
 6 are you / your ?
How old are you
 7 She’s I / my  sister.
  sister.
 8 How old is she / her ?
 9 This is a dog. It’s / Its name
Its name is Dougal.
10 She / Her  phone
 phone is on the desk. 
11 We / Our  are
 are in Tunisia.
12 They / Their  aren’t
 aren’t in school today.
3 Complete the sentences with a possessi
possessive
ve adjective.
1 This is my  brother. He’s
He’s thirteen
thi rteen and I’m
I ’m sixteen.
2 Mike is from
f rom Washington.
Washington. office is in the cent er. 
3 We are with Microsoft. company is famous.
4 My sister is in France. husband is French.
5 Italy is beautiful. capital city is Rome.
6 You’re from Mexico City. Where is office?
7 This is a photo of Gill and Judy. house is beautiful.

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Level 1 Unit 3b
Life possessive ’s

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Possessive ’s

Add ’s
’s to
 to a name or person:
Christine’s hair is short. = Her hair is short .
Christine’s eyes are blue and Karen’s eyes are blue. = Their eyes are blue.
Karen is my brother’s wife. = Karen is his wife.
With two people, add the possessive ’s
’s to
 to the second person:
Christine’s eyes are blue and Karen’s eyes are
are blue. = Christine and Karen’s eyes are blue.

TIP  Notice the difference:  

Christine’s hair is short. = ’s is possessive
Christine’s a student  =
 = contractio n of is
contraction

Key vocabulary adjectives: black/white, short/long (hair), new/old, big/small, happy/sad

Opposite adjectives: black/white,

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Level 1 Unit 3b
Exercises

Exercises

1 Write the sentence with possessi

possessive
ve ’s.
1 His eyes are blue. Paul’s eyes are blue.  .
2 Her hair is long. Clare  .

3 Their car is red. Jane and Jim  .

4 His bicycle is old. Pablo  .
5 Her baby is beautiful. Jill   .
6 His cat is big. Oscar   .
7 Her bag is black. Sally   .
8 Their phones are new. Harry and Sandra  .
2 Complete the sentences with possessi
possessive
ve ’s or is.
1 He is  tall.
 2 Mark ’s  brother is short.
 3 Sheila cat is black.
 4 My cat black and white.
 5
New Yo
York
rk a city.
 6 Fred house is small.
 7 Their child happy..
happy
 8 Richard and Joanne children are nice.
 9 The house new.
10 Andrew house is old.
3 Complete the sentence using possessi
possessive
ve ’s and an opposite adjective.
1 My hair is short, but my sister’s hair is long.
2 His bag is white, but his brother  .
3 f riend 
Their daughter is young, but their friend .
4 Her car is new, but Maria  .
5 My house is small, but Richard and Eleana   .
4 Write sentences about a friend using possessi
possessive
ve ’s.

  Example: Karen’s  hair is  brown   .

1 hair is .
2 eyes are .
3 bag is .
4 .
5 .

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Level 1 Unit 3c
Life Irregular plural nouns

WORLD RECORDS

14 people in one telephone booth

booth,, 2003 27 women in a mini car, 2014 288 children play a song
song,, 2015

Presentation

Regular plural nouns Irregular plural nouns

Single nouns Plural nouns Single nouns Plural nouns

car cars child children
bag bags man men
city cities woman women
beach beaches person people

Exercises

1 Choose the correct option.

1 Marina and Karin are child / children in
children in my class. 
2 Person / People are
People are in the street for a festival.
 3 My child / children is
children is at school today.
 4 Oscar is a man / men in my office.
 5 my  family / families.
This is a photo of my family families.
 6 Who are the woman / women in
women in the movie?
 7 How old is your brother / brothers?
brothers?
 8 old person / people is
The old person people is my father.
 9 This is my email address / addresses.
addresses.
10 The man / men are
men are my friends.

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Level 1 Unit 3c
Exercises

2 Write regular and irregular

irregular plural nouns
nouns with
with the letters.
1 menow women  6 drilchen
2 tuconsier 7 sitiec
3 oplepe 8 nem
4 shotle 9 snos

5 smaiflie 10 sabtel
3 Look at the photos and words. Write them as plural nouns in the crossword.

 Across
1
1 4
2   3

4   5

6 city  8
7

9
9 person

  Down
1 2  beach

3 5  7 

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Level 1 Unit 4a
Life Prepositions of place (1)
(1)

Chen: Hi Louis. Where are you? 

Louis: Hi. I’m in a train station. Its name
is Holland Park. Where are you?
Chen: I’m in a store. It’s opposite High
Street Kensington station. 
Louis: Where’s High Street Kensington?
Chen: It’s near Holland Park.
Park.
Louis: Oh yes! It’s next to Notting Hill
Gate. See you in five minutes.

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Prepositions of place

in next to opposite near

I’m in a  store. It’s next to the train station. The  store is opposite the train station. The  store is near the park.

Key vocabulary Everyday objects: bag, camera, keys, pens, wallet

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Level 1 Unit 4a
1 Unit
Exercises

Exercises

1 Number the parts of the telephone conversatio

conversationn from 1 to 6.

1 Hi Mateu. I’m at a bank. It’s near Leicester Square

station. Where are you?
Where is the store?
Great! Leicester Square station is near Oxford Circus.  
Hi Ben. I’m in a store.
It’s opposite
opposite Oxford Circus
Circu s station.
6 Oh yes! See you in Leicester Square in five minutes.

2 Choose the correct option.

1 The chair is in / next to the table.
2 The books are in / next to the bag.
3 The phone is next to / near the camera.
4 The wallet is near / in the bag.
5 The keys are next to / near  the
 the wallet.
6 The pens are next to / near  the
 the phone and camera.

3 Write the correct preposi

preposition.
tion.

1 The keys are the bag. 3 The wallet is the camera.

4  The wallet is  the camera.

2  This chair is that chair.

4 Put your phone, keys, pens  and bag in the room. Describe the place.
,

My phone is .
My keys are .
My pens are .

My bag is .

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Level 1 Unit 4b (1)

Life  this, that, these, those

 Are those your

photos? Is that you?

Yes, these are Yes, this is me. But

my photos. I’m twenty-one years
They’re very old. old in this photo.

Presentation

this, that, these, those

This is my photo. These are my photos.

That  is
 is your photo. Those are your photos.

This / that is … + singular noun

These / Those are … + plural noun

TIP   Use this / these for things near to you.

  Use these / those for things not near to you.

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Level 1 Unit 4b (1)

Exercises

Exercises

1 Choose the correct option.

1 This is / These aremy keys.
2 That is / Those are your car.

3 This is / These are a photo.

4 That is / Those are her bags.
5 This is / These are his sister.
6 That is / Those are my phone.
7 This is / These are their children.
8 That is / Those are our books.

2 Complete the conversations with this, that, these  or those.  ,

1 Harry: Hello, my name’

name’ss Harry and is my sister
sister,, Grace.
Grace: Hello. Nice to meet you.
2 Sarah: Hi, I’m Sarah and are my friends, Chris and Alex.
Chris and Alex: Hi!

3 Harry: Who are people in the car?

Sarah: They’r
They’ree my friends. That’s Chris and ’s Alex.
3 Look at the pictures
pictures and complete
complete the questions. Use this, that, these  or  those.
 ,

1 Is this  your 2 your 3 your

watch? sunglasses? camera?

4 your 5 your 6 your

bicycle? books? phone?
4 Write two sentences about objects in your
your bag
bag (e.g.
(e.g.  phone, keys) using these words:
,

This / my
These / my
5 Look at your partne
partner’s
r’s sentences. Write two sentences using these words:
words:

That / your
Those / your

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Level 1 Unit 4b (2)

Life Question words (what, where, when, why)

A: Hello!
B: Hi. Where are you?
you?
A: In Barcelona!
B: Wow! Why are
are you in Barcelona?
A: For the soccer. It’s
It’s Barcelona and
and
Real Madrid.
B: When is it?
it?
A: Now!

Presentation

Yes/No questions
Yes/No  questions Wh- questions
Wh- questions + are
+  are

 Am I What these?

he Where you?
Is she in Barcelona? are
When the stores open?
it on vacation?
in the park? Why you in Barcelona?
you
 Are we TIP   What is = What’s
they
Where is = Where’s
When is = When’s
Wh- questions + is
+ is
Why is = Why’s
What your name?
Where the beach?
is
When it open?
Why it famous?

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Level 1 Unit 4b (2)

Exercises

Exercises

1 Match the questio

questions
ns and the answers.
1 What’s your name? d a No, I’m not.
2 Where are you from? b I’m on vacation.

3 Why are you in Washington? c It’s open at noon.

4 Is it hot in Washington
Washington?? d Bruce Wright.
5 Where is the museum? e It’s the White House.
6 When is the park open? f It’s next to the park.
7 Are you at the museum? g I’m from San Francisco.
8 What is this building? h Yes, it is.
9 Why is it famous? i In August.
 j It s where the president lives, and it’s a symbol of the USA.
’

2 Complete the questions with What, Where, When,

When, Why, Is  or
or Are
 Are..  ,

1 Q: What  ’ s your phone number? A: 111-123-4567

2 Q: is your house? A: It’s in Oxford.
3 Q: are the museums open? A: Every day at ten.
4 Q: Katya from Russia? A: Yes, she is.
5 Q: is Lionel Messi famous? A: He’s a famous soccer player.
6 Q: are these? A: They are cakes from my country.
7 Q: Peter and Rose in Morocco? A: Yes, they are.
8 Q: is Halloween? A: In October.
9 Q: are Toronto and Vancouver? A : In Canad
A: Canada.a.
10 Q: are Camp Nou and the A: They are soccer stadiums for Barcelona and Real
Bernabéu famous in Spain? Madrid

3 Write the questi

questions
ons for the answers.
1 Q: ?
A: That building is a museum.
2 Q: ?
A: It’s open at nine.
3 Q: ?
A: The hotel is opposite the museum.
4 Q: ?
A: This restaurant is popular for its food.

4 Write four questions for your partner. Then swap questio

questions
ns and write your answers.
1 What ?
2 When ?
3 Where ?
4 Why ?

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Level 1 Unit 5a
Life  can/can’t, can questions, and short answers

A: Can she play tennis? A: Can he play tennis?

B: Yes  she can.
, B: No  he can’t.
,

Presentation

 Affirmative
 Affirmat ive and negative

I/You can play table tennis.

He/She/It speak English.
can’t (cannot)
We/You/They swim.

Questions

I/you swim?
Can he/she/it play the piano?
we/you/they speak Spanish?

Short answers

 Yes,
 Yes, I/you can.
he/she/it
No, we/you/they can’t.

Key vocabulary actions: play, swim, run, cook, speak, fly, drive, walk, sing
Everyday actions: play,

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Level 1 Unit 5a
Exercises

Exercises

1 Match the two parts of the sentences.

1 I can play b a  I can.
2 No, b  the piano.

3 Can you c  swim.

4 I can’t d  a bike?
5 Yes, e  spea
speakk French?
6 Can you ride f  I can’t.
2 Choose the correct word.
1 Can / Can’t you speak Russian? 4 I can’t play the guitar  but I can / can’t  sing.
,  sing.  

2 My parents can speak Italian  and they can /

, 5 Can you drive / ride a car?
can’t  speak
 speak English. 6 Yes, I can / ca n’t .
3 No, I can / can’t .
3 Complete the conversatio
conversations
ns with can or can’t .
Conversation 1 

A: 1 Can   you speak German?

B: No, I 2  but I 3  speak Japanese.
Conversation 2 
4 
A: she play the piano?
B: Yes, she 5  . And she 6  sing.
Conversation 3 
7 
A: your son drive a car?
B: No, he 8  but he 9  ride a bike.
Conversation 4 

A: I can cook pasta. 10  you?

B: Yes, I 11  .
Conversation 5
12 
A: your children swim?
B: No, they 13  .
4 Write three sentences about you with can.
For example: I can swim.

1 I can .
2 I can .
3 I can .
5 Write three questi
questions
ons with Can you … ? Then ask your partner.
1 Can you ?
2 Can you ?
3 Can you ?

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Level 1 Unit 5b
Life  have/has, be + adjective

They have a car. It’s new. He has a motorcycle

motorcycle.. It’s fast.

Presentation

 have/has
 have/has

I/You have a car.

We/You/They a piano.
a house.
He/She/It has two children.

 be + adjective

be adjective
 Your car
 Your is/isn’t beautiful.
Her dress expensive.
new.
 Their books are/aren’t
cheap.
Our phones

TIP  After be, the adjective is the same with singular or plural subjects:
The house is new. ✓
The houses are big. ✓
The houses are bigs.  ✗

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Level 1 Unit 5b
Exercises

Exercises

1 Match the two sentences.

1 My friend has a cat. e a  They’re old.
2 I have grandparents. b  He’
He’ss Russian.

3 She has a husband. c  Is it new?

4 I have blue eyes. d  They’re young.
5 You have a watch. e  It isn’t friendly!
6 They have three children. f  They aren’t blue! They’re brown.

2 Choose the correct option.

1 I have / has a bicycle.  6 This house have / has a
has a green door.
2 He have / has sunglasses.
has sunglasses.  7 My sister and her husband have / has a
has a baby.
3 They have / has pens.
has pens.  8 The city have / has a
has a museum.
4 My parents have / has photos.
has photos.  9 She have / has sunglasses.
has sunglasses.
5 Your cat have / has a
has a friend. 10 One year have / has twelve
has twelve months.
3 Complete the sentences with is, isn’t, are
are  or aren’t.  ,

1 Your camera is  nice!

2 My car new but it’s fast.
3 the city famous?
4 These watches expensive. They’re cheap.
5 The island is small but the beaches big.
6 the parks popular?
4 Complete the text with these words.

has are has famous have is

Sydney is in Australia. It 1 has  parks, movie theaters,

2 
and museums. The Opera House is and
3 
it’s a symbol of Sydney. Sydney 5 million
people. Most people in Sydney 4  houses
in the center, but on Saturday and Sunday they are at the
beach. The temperature 5  hot and the
6 
beaches beautiful.

5 Write about two possessio

possessions.
ns.
1 I have . It’s .
2 I have . It’s .

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Level 1 Unit 5c
Life Adjective
Adjective + noun

This is a big painting.

It’s an expensive painting!

It isn’t an old painting.

Presentation

 Adjective + noun

noun +  be + adjective adjective + noun

 These headphones are great.  These are great headphones.

headphones.
 This painting is
is beautiful. It’s a beautiful painting.
painting.
My phone is old. I have an old phone.
phone.

Word order
I have a new phone. 
phone. ✓ I have a phone new. 
new.  ✗
✗

TIP  Use a/an before adjective + single noun:

It’s a beautiful painting. I have an old phone.

Key vocabulary  Adjectives: small, big, tall, short, new, old, young, fast, expensive, cheap

Exercises

1 Write sentences with adjective + noun.

1 is / tablet / a / it / small It is a small tablet.
2 car / a / new / we / have
3 expensive / has / sunglasses / she
4 an / battery / this / old / is
5 watch / has / a / he / cheap
6 phones / have / apps / these / great
7 bag / is / a / it / nice
8 those / beautiful / are / shoes

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Level 1 Unit 5c
Exercises

2 Complete the sentences with an adjective and a noun.

tall small old fast expensive

car shoes books building motorcycle

1 This is a 2 These are 3 He has a

. . .

4 My son has 5 It's an

. .
3 Write a new sentence with adjective + noun.
1 My phone is good. It’s a good phone.
 2 This park is beautiful. It’s .
 3 Their cars are red. They have .
 4 Her bag is brown. She has .
 5 These headphones aren’t expens
expensive.
ive. These aren’t .
 6 My teachers are nice. I have .
 7 Our children are young. We have .
 8 Javier’ss eyes are blue.
Javier’ Javier has .
 9 Those museums are old. They are .
10 The city of Sydney is hot. Sydney is .
4 Choose an object, a person  and a place. Write three sentences using adjective + noun.
,

1 Object: This .
2 Person: He/She .

3 Place: It .

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Level 1 Unit 6a
Life like

A: What’s on TV? A: What’s on channel 2? A: What’s on channel 3?

B: Basketball is on channel 1. B: Tennis. B: Soccer. Do you
you like
soccer?
A: Oh no!
no! I don’
don’tt like basketball. A: Great! I like tennis. Do
Do you
you
like tennis? A: Yes, I do.
B: No, I don’t.

Presentation

 Affirmative
 Affirmat ive

I/You/We/You/They like tennis.

Negative

I/You/We/You/They don’t like   soccer.

TIP   don’t = do not 

Yes/No questions

basketball?
Do I/you/we/you/they like
swimming?

Short answers

 Yes,
 Yes, I/you/we/you/they do.

No, I/you/we/you/they don’t.

Key vocabulary Sports: soccer, tennis, basketball, rugby, swimming, cricket, Formula 1, running, cycling

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Level 1 Unit 6a
1 Unit
Exercises

Exercises

1 Write sentences with like or don’t like.

1 I / basketball ✓  I like basketball.
2 You / soccer  ✗
✗   Yo u do n’t like soccer .

3 They / table tennis ✓  They like table tennis.

 4 You / swimming
swim ming ✓ 
5 You / Formula 1  ✗ 
6 They / tennis ✓ 
7 You / coffee  ✗ 
8 I / tea ✓ 
9 They / running  ✗ 
10 They / cake  ✗ 
2 Write questi
questions
ons for the sentences in Exercise 1.
1 Do you like basketball?
basketball? 6

2 Do you like soccer ? 7

3 Do they
t hey like table
table tenn is? 8

4 9

5 10

3 Match the questio

questions
ns to the answers.
1 Do you like swimming? b a  No, I don’
don’t.
t. I like tea.
2 Do you like coffee? b  Yes, I do. I love swimmi
swimming.
ng.
3 Do you like Paris? c  No, I don’t. It’s boring.
4 Do your friends like soccer?  d  Yes, I do. It’s a beautiful city.
city.
5 Do you like cycling? e  Yes, they do.
4 Complete these conversatio
conversations
ns with do or don’t .
Conversation 1
1
Do  you like soccer?
No, I 2  .
Conversation 2

I like tennis but I 3  like table tennis. 4  you like table tennis?
Yes, I 5  . I like tennis and table tennis.
Conversation 3
6
 you like Formula 1?
No, I 7  . I like cycling. 8  you like cycling?
Yes, I 9  .
5 Write two sentences about you.
1
I like .
2 I don’t like .

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Level 1 Unit 6b
Life  he/she
 he/she + like

A: What’s on TV tonight?
B: Soccer is on at six o’clock. Do you like
soccer?
18.00–19.00   Soccer report
A: Yes, I do. But Peter doesn’t like sports.
19.00–21.00 Wars (Movie
Star Wa    ) B: Does he like movies?
21.0
21.00–
0–22
22.0
.00
0 Anim
Animal
al Wor
orld
ld (N
(Nat
aturure)
e)
A: Yes, he does. He likes old movies.
B: Star Wars is at seven o’
o’clock.
clock. And
A nd then
it’s Animal world . That’s my favorite TV
show.

Presentation

 Affirmative
 Affirmat ive

I/You/We/You/They like music.

animals.
He/She/It likes sports.

Negative

I/Y
I/You
ou/W
/We/
e/Y
You
ou/T
/The
hey
y don’
don’tt lilike
ke music.
music.
animals.
He/She/It doesn’t like
sports.

TIP   don’t = do not doesn’t = does not 

Yes/No questions

Do I/yo
I/you/
u/we
we/y
/you
ou/t
/the
hey
y   music?
like
sports?
Does
Does he/she
he/she/it
/it

Short answers

I/yo
I/you/
u/we
we/y
/you
ou/t
/the
hey
y do..
do
 Yes,
 Yes,
he/she/it does.
I/yo
I/you/
u/we
we/y
/you
ou/t
/the
hey
y don’
don’t.
t.
No,
he/she/it doesn’t.

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Level 1 Unit 6b
Exercises

Exercises

1 Match the questio

questions
ns to the answers.
1 Does he like music? c a Yes, they do.
2 Do you like sports? b No, I don’t. I like TV.

3 Do Peter and Joan like movies? c Yes, he does. He likes

li kes Mozart.
4 Does your cat like fish? d Yes, it does.
5 Do you like books? e No, she doesn’t. She likes tea.
6 Does she like coffee? f Yes, I do. I like soccer and basketball.
2 Look at the information, read the conversations  and name the person. ,

Peter Helen Mark Bina

Books   ✓ ✗ ✓ ✓

TV    ✗ ✓ ✗ ✓
Movies   ✓ ✓ ✗ ✓

Conversation 1 Conversation 3

A: Does he like books? A: Does she like TV and movies?

B: Yes, he does. And he likes movies. B: Yes, she does. And she likes books.
Peter 
Conversation 2 Conversation 4

A: Does he like TV? A: Does she like books?

B: No, he doesn’
doesn’t.
t. He
He likes books. B: No, she doesn’t. But she likes TV and movies.

3 Choose the correct option.

1 She like / likes swimming. 5 Sally don’t  /
 / doesn’t  like
  like running.
2 He like / likes cycling. 6 We don’t  /
 / doesn’t  like
 like Formula 1.
3 I like / likes tennis. 7 My friend don’t  / / doesn’t  like
 like coffee.
4 like likes 8 don’t  doesn’t 
They  /  basketball. My brothers  /  like cake.
4 Complete the conversations with do, does, don’t, doesn’t , like  and like
 likes
s.  ,

Conversation 1

A: 1 Do  you like orange juice?

B: No, I 2  but I 3  water.
Conversation 2
4
 your sister 5  sports?
Yes, she 6  . She 7  tennis.
Conversation 3
8 
A: your mother and father 9  movies?

B: My mother 10  but my father 11  . He 12  books.

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Level 1 Unit 6c
Life  he/she
 he/she + like, object pronouns

A: This is my favorite food market. I love it here.

here.
Do you like fish
f ish or meat?

B: I like fish, but Simone and Marco don’

don’tt like it.
They like meat.
A: OK, this fish is for
for us and this meat is for them.
them.
Do they like vegetables?
B: Simone loves them.
them. Potatoes are her favorite. A:
Potatoes are
OK. What about Marco?
B: He likes fruit.
A: I have these bananas.
bananas. Anything else?
else?

Presentation

Subject pronoun Object pronoun

I me
you you
he him
she her
it it
we us
you you
they them
me
you
him
her
Peter likes it
us
you
them

TIP   Subject pronouns are before the verb:

I/you/he/she/it/we/you/they  like(s) Peter.
Object pronouns are after the verb:
Peter likes me/you/him/her/it/us/you/them .

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Level 1 Unit 6c
Exercises

Exercises

1 Put the words in the correct order.

1 likes Mike her Mikes likes her.
2 them don’t like I

3 doesn’t she like

doesn’t li ke it
4 us they like
5 he me doesn’t like
6 like does him she ?
7 them do you like ?
2 Choose the correct words.
1 Sarah likes doesn’t like she / her .
li kes Peter but he doesn’t
2 fam ily doesn’t like it / them.
I like meat but my family them.
3 He likes her but she doesn’t like he / him.
him.
4 doesn’t like they / them.
Roger likes vegetables but his brother doesn’t them.
5 We like them and they like we / us. us.
6
like you / your ?
Does Mandy like you
3 Write the correct object pronoun.
1 I like meat. I like it   .
2 He likes eggs. He likes .
3 Mike likes your brother
brother.. Mike likes .
4 We like your parents. We like .
5 Do you like me and my friend? Do you like ?
6 Does Martin like Sally? Does Martin like ?
7 Do you like this sport? Do you like ?
8 Are they with their friends? Are they with ?
9 I love Italy. I love .

4 Write three sentences about you with  like.

e.g.  
,
I like my b rothers  .
1 I like . (name of a person or people)
2 I like . (type of food or drink)
3 I like . (an interest or sport)
5 Write the sentences from Exercise 4 with object pronouns
pronouns..

e.g.  I like my brothers >

,
I like them  .
1 I like .
2 I like .
3 I like .

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Level 1 Unit
1 Unit 7a
Life present  I/you/we/you/they
Simple present  I/you/we/you/they, prepositions of time

I live on a farm. I work every day and I get up at I start work at five  o’clock in  the 
five  o’clock. I finish in the evening ,  but I don’t afternoon, and I finish at midnight. I
work in the afternoon. don’t work on Mondays and
Tuesdays.

Presentation

 Affirmative
 Affirmat ive Prepositions of time
• at six o’  clock / noon / two o’  clock
have a small house.
I get up at  seven
 seven o’clock.
I/You/We/You/They finish work at five.
• in the morning/afternoon/evening/night  You
go to bed at ten.
 go home in the evening.
Negative • on Sunday/Sundays, Wednesday/W
ednesday/Wednesday 
ednesday s

have a car.
We don’t work on Fridays and Saturdays.
• at night 
I/Y
I/You/
u/W
We/
e/Y
You/
u/T
The
heyy don’
n’tt work on Saturdays.
go to university.
They sleep at  night.
 night.

Use the simple present to talk about:

• routines:
They get up at six.
• things that are always true:
They have a house.

Key vocabulary verbs: eat, finish, get up, go, have, meet, sleep, speak, start, study, watch, work 
Everyday verbs: eat,

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Level 1 Unit 7a
Exercises

Exercises

1 Number these sentences in the correct order (1 to 8)   .

1 I have breakfast at seven

seven..
2 I get up at six
six o’clock.
 o’clock. 1

3 I have lunch at one

one o’clock.
 o’clock.
4 I go to bed at midnight.
5 I finish work at six
six o’clock.
 o’clock.
6 I go to work at eight
eight o’clock.
 o’clock.
7 I start work at nine
nine o’clock.
 o’clock.
8 I have dinner in the evening.
2 Put the words in the correct order.
1 I up in get the morning I get up in t he morning.
morning.
2 afternoon start we the work in
3 on don’t they work Sundays
4 class have Tuesdays on you
5
go don’t to we school
6 have don’t
don’t breakfast
breakfas t they
7 exercise go I to an class
8 work night you at don’t
3 Complete the text with the verbs.

start eat work have finish meet go not / work

I’m single and I 1 have  an apartment in Prague. I 2  in a bank. I 3 

work at eight o’clock. I 4  lunch at noon  and I  5  , work at five. On Tuesdays on
and Thursdays, I 6  to my English classes. I 7  Saturdays and Sundays, and
8 
I friends in the evenings.
4 Complete the sentences with at, in  or  on.   ,

1 Richa rd and Chen don’t work Mondays.

2 We don’t have school the morning
morning..
3 They finish classes eight o’
o’clock.
clock.
4 You have lunch one o’clock.
5 We watch TV the evenings.
6 My brothers work night.
7 In my country, the weekend is Fridays and Saturdays.
5 Write sentences with a simple present verb and a preposition of time.
1 They / to work / seven o’clock  They go to work at seven o’clock. 
2 We don’t
don’t / classes / Saturdays
Satu rdays and Sundays
3 I / dinner / the evening
4 You don’t / TV / night
5 I / to bed / eleven o’clock
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Level 1 Unit
1 Unit 7b
Life present questions:  I/you/we/you
Simple present questions:  I/you/we/you/they
/they

A: I have
have questions about food.
B: OK.
A: Do you like cooking?

B: Yes, I do.
A: Do you cook every day?
B: Yes, I do.
A: Do you
you cook
cook meat
meat every
every day?
B: No, I don’t.
don’t. I don’t
don’t eat meat.
A: Do you eat fish?
B: Yes, I do. And I eat fruit and vegetables.
vegetables.

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Questions

  like cooking?
Do I/y ou/ we/ you/ they
eat meat?

Short answers

 Yes,
 Yes,   do.
  I/you / we/you/they
we/you/they
No, don’t.

TIP  Do say:
Yes, I do. ✓  No, I don’t. ✓
Don’t say:

Yes, I do like.  ✗  No, I don’

don’tt like.  ✗

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Level 1 Unit 7b
Exercises

Exercises

1 Match the questio

questions
ns to the answers.
1 Do you like
li ke shopping? c a Yes, I do. I like pop music.
2 Do your brothers like cooking
cooki ng at home? b No, I don’t, but I play the piano.

3 Do you like listening

li stening to music? c No, I don’t. I don’t like walking to the stores. But
4 Do you play the guitar? I like shopping online.
5 Do you play tennis? d Yes, I do. It’s a good sport.
6 Do you and your friends watch TV? e No, they don’t.
don’t. They like
li ke eating in restaurants.
restaura nts.
f Yes, we do. We like movies.
2 Write questi
questions
ons for these answers. Use
Use Do
 Do you …?
…? or
or Do
 Do they …?
…?
1 I like climbing. Do you like climbing?
climbing?
2 They like walking.
3 I like listening to music.
4 They play soccer with friends.
5 I enjoy reading.
6 They go dancing on the weekend.
7 I go swimming.
8 They play video games.
3 Read about Chantal. Then write Chantal’s answers to the questions.

 My name’s Chantal. I live in Paris

My
and I work in a bank. I start work at
eight o’clock, and I finish work at
four o’clock. I study English on
Tuesdays and Thursdays. I like
cooking for my friends on the
weekend.

1 Do you live in Paris?  Yes, I do.

2 Do you work in a school?
3 Do you start work at eight?
4 Do you finish work at five?
5 Do you study English?
6 Do you like cooking?
4 Complete the conversatio
conversationn with do
do or
 or don’t .
have questions about sports. 1 
A: I have you like B: No, I 3  . I like sports with other people.
basketball? I 4  like running but I lik e soccer with
B: Yes, I 2  . my friends.
5
A: Do you like cycling? A:   you like basketball?
B: Yes, I 6  .

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Level 1 Unit
1 Unit 7c
Life present Wh- questions
Simple present 

A: What do you do in your free time?

B: I go mountain biking.
A: Where do you go?
B: To the mountai
mountains
ns near my home.
A: Why do you like mountain
mountain biking?
B: It’
It’ss fun and it’s
it’s good exercise.
A: Who do
do you
you go with?
B: I go with my friends.

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 Verb  be

is your name?
What
are their na
names?

Other verbs + do

I/you do?
What do we/you/they like?
people cook?

Question words

with  be with other verbs

What is your phone number? What do you eat for breakfast?
Where are you from? Where do you live?
Who is in your class? Who do you live with?
w ith?
Why are you here? Why do you like cooking?
When is your birthday? When do you start work?
What time is it? What time do you finish work?

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Level 1 Unit 7c
Exercises

Exercises

1 Match the questio

questions
ns to the answers.
1 When do you go on  vacation? d  a In Singapore.
2 What time is it? b English and Spanish.

3 Do you like running? c I like t heir music. It’s good!

4 Why do you listen to The
T he Beatles? d In August.
5 Who do you go shopping with? e My friends from school.
6 Where are they from? f Yes, I do. I like doing exercise.
7 Are you from England? g Yes, I am.
8 What do you do? h I’m a teacher.
9 Where do you live? i No, I don’t. The weather is cold.
10 What do you study at university?  j It’s one o’clock.
11 Do you like winter?
w inter? k Brazil.
2 Complete the questions with these question words.

what where who why when

1 do they live? In the city.

2 do you play tennis with? My best friend.
3 do you like cooking? It’ss fun!
It’
4 do you finish work? At six.
5 do you do in the evenings? I work in a restaurant.
3 Read the answers and complete the questio
questions.
ns.
1 What time do you start   work?
I start at nine o’clock.
o’clock.
2 for lunch?
A sandwich.
3 the summer?
The weather is hot and I can
ca n go to the beach.
4 English?
I study it at a school.
5 TV?
In the evenings.
6 basketball with?
With my friends.
4 Write five questio
questions
ns for your partn
partner.
er.
1 What ?
2 Where ?
3 Who ?
4 Why ?
5 When ? 

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Level 1 Unit 8a
Life Simple present  he/she/
 he/she/it
it

My boyfriend has a job in this café. He opens the café at

ten o’clock and finishes at eight o’clock. He likes his job
because he meets people. But he works for ten hours a
day, and he doesn’t go out during the week. Luckily, he
doesn’t work on the weekend, so he goes out with me
on Saturdays and Sundays.

Presentation

 Affirmative
 Affirmat ive
start work at nine. 
I/You/We/You/They
go to bed at eleven.

starts work at ten.

He/She/It
goes out on Friday evening.

Negative

I/You We/You/They don’t walk to the office.

He/She/It doesn’t work at night.

 have/has
 have/has

The verb have is irregular:

He has a job. ✓
He haves a job.  ✗

Spelling rules:

Add -s  to most verbs in the simple present third person (he/she/it 

-s to (he/she/it ) form: 
live → lives, start → starts, work → works
Add -es
-es to
 to verbs ending in -ch, -o, -s, -ss, -sh  and -x :
 ,

watch → watches, go → goes, finish → finishes

TIP  doesn’t = does not 

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Level 1 Unit 8a
1 Unit
Exercises

Exercises

1 Complete the sentences

sentences with the
the correct
correct form
form of the verb
verb in parentheses.
1 He starts work at nine. (start)
 2 She in a school. (teach)

 3 The café at eight o’

o’clock
clock.. (close)
 4 Robert to work by bicycle. (go)
 5 Sasha her job. (not / like)
 6 Jason in an office. (wo
(work)
rk)
 7 The train at this station. (not / stop
stop))
 8 Ahmed
Ahme d a car. (not / have)
 9 My brother the guit
guitar.
ar. (play)
10 My mother TV. (not / watch)
2 Change the verbs and complete the text.

enjoy be sleep go help work not / have

My girlfriend 1 is a nurse, and she 2  in a hospital. She

3
 her job because it’s interesting and she  
4
people. But she
5 6 
 free time during the week because she works at night and she
during the day. On the weekend, she 7  out with me and our friends.
3 Choose the correct verb.
 1 I go / goes to
goes to university in the morning.
 2 He work / works in
works in a hospital.
 3 She live / lives with
lives with her parents.
 4 They drive / drives taxis.
drives taxis.
 5 The store open / opens at
opens at nine o’clock.
 6 Jorge enjoy / enjoys his
enjoys his job.
 7 Yann don’t / doesn’t  speak
 speak English.

 8  use a computer at work.  

You don’t / doesn’t  use
9 We don’t / doesn’t  serve
 serve food after midnight.
10 The bus don’t / doesn’t  go
 go past my house.
4 Think about a person in your family or a friend. Write true sentences.

  Example: He doesn’t work in an office. / She works in a hospital.

1 He/She works
works in an office.
2 He/She starts work at nine.
3 He/She drives a car.
4 He/She enjoys his/her job.
5 He/She uses a computer for his/her job.

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Level 1 Unit
1 Unit 8b
Life present questions:  he/she/i
Simple present questions:  he/she/itt

A: Do you study another language?

B: Yes, I do. I study English.

A: Where do you study English?
English?
B: At school.
A: When do you do your homework?
B: In the evenings.
A: Why do you
you learn English?
B: It’s usefu
usefull for my future. And it’s fun!

Presentation

Yes/No questions Wh- questions

Do I/you/we/you/they When do I/you/we/you/they start

start school at nine? school?
Does he/she/it Where does he/she/it go to

Short answers
Key
 K ey vocabulary Education:  board, book,
Education: board,
 Yes,
 Yes, do. classmate, college, notebook, pen, pencil, school,
I/you/we/you/they
No, don’t. student, teacher, university, calculator
 Yes,
 Yes, does.
he/she/it
No, doesn’t.

Exercises

1 Match the questio

questions
ns to the answers.
1 What does Martin study? a  Yes, he does. She’s good at her job.
2 Why does he study it? b  At a language school.
3 Where does he study? c  Spanish.
4 When does he go to the school?
sc hool? d  No, he doesn’
doesn’t.
t. He goes out after the lesson.
5 Does he like the teacher? e  He wants to go to university in Mexico, so it’s importa
important
nt for him.
6 Does he go home after the lesson? f  In the evening, on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
7 Who does he go out with? g  Other students in the class.

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Level 1 Unit 8b
Exercises

2 Javier has these objects in his school bag. Write short answers for the questions.

1 Does Javier have a pen?  Yes, he does.

2 Does Javier have a pencil? No, he doesn’t.
3 Does Javier have a book?
4 Does Javier have a notebook?
5 Does Javier have a calculator?
calcu lator?
6 Does Javier have a laptop?

3 Look at the answers and complete the questi

necessary. ons. Use does, and a Wh- question word when
questions.

1 Pema do?
She’s a teacher.
2 Mike study Geography?
At a university in San Francisco.
3 the lesson finish?
At four o’clock.
4 she go to college?
Yes, she does.
5 Joe like school?
The lessons are interesting and he likes his classmates.
4 Complete the questions with do or does.
  1 What time does  he get up?
2 What time do  you go to work?
3 Where Marko live?
  4 Where they study English?
  5 Who she meet at the café?
  6 Why you go running?
  7 Who Sally and Jane go shopping with?
  8 What Nigel do?
  9 What you do in the evening?
10 When the lesson finish?

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Level 1 Unit 8c
Life Frequency adverbs

In Oman, it’s never cold in In England, it sometimes

the summer. snows in the winter
winter..

It’s often windy in Patagonia, In India, it always rains from

 Argentina. July to September.

Presentation

Use frequency adverbs to talk about how often you do something.

somethi ng.

100% It always rains in July.

 Y ou usually  watch
 You  watch TV in the evening.  
We often go out for dinner.
It sometimes snows in the winter.
0% She never works on the weekend.

Word order
Frequency adverbs are before the verb:  be,, frequency adverbs are after the verb:
With be
With
  adverb + verb be + adverb

I always eat   breakfast at nine.  I ’m always late for work.

He sometimes plays  video games. He ’s often  tired in the evening.

TIP   Use never  with

 with affirmative verbs.
I never  eat
 eat breakfast. ✓
I never  don’t
 don’t eat breakfast.  ✗

Key vocabulary Weather and seasons: sunny, rain/rainy, windy, snows/snowy, cloudy

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Level 1 Unit 8c
Exercises

Exercises

1 Write the frequency adverb in the sentence.

always
1 I /\  start work at nine. (always)

2 She gets up at six. (usually)

3 It rains in October. (often)

4 We’re tired on Monday morning. (always)

5 Mike and Mavis

Mav is travel for their work. (sometimes)
(sometimes)

6 It snows in Saudi Arabia. (never)

7 It is cloudy in
i n Lima. (often
(often))

8 My family goes out for dinner on the weekend. (usually)

2 Put the words in order.
1 play / I / tennis / never
2

3
it
we/ /ingoLondon / rains/ in
on / usually / often
the summer /  vacation 
4 sleeps / in the afternoon / she / sometimes
5 cold / in the winter
w inter / ’s / always / it
6 often / to work / drive / you
7 opens / the store / at nine / always
8 my parents / golf / often / play 
3 Look at the informati
information
on about weather in two countri
countries.
es. Write sentences.

Iceland South Africa

rains often in the spring usually in the winter

sunn
sunnyy some
someti
time
mes
s in
in the
the su
summ
mmer
er alwa
always
ys in th
the
e sum
summe
merr

snows always in the winter sometimes in the mountains

Iceland South Africa

1 It often rains in the spring. 4 .
2 It’s sometimes sunny in the summer. 5 .
3 6 .
4 Complete the sentences so they are true for you.
1 I always .
2 I sometimes .
3 I never .

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Level 1 Unit 9a
Life  there is/are
is/are

A: I need
need some new clothes.
B: There’s a clothing store on this
on this street.
  And there’s a sale! Look!
A: This store
store is
 is great. There are some
T-shirts here that are 30% off.
B: Yes, and there are some nice shorts.
They are 50% off.
A: I also
also want
want a hat.
B: There’s one hat in the store
store.. It’s over
  there. 

Presentation

Singular 
store.
a
 There’s
 There’s hat.
one
shirt.

Plural
two  T-shirts.
 T-shirts.
 There are three dresses.
some coats.

TIP   there’s = there + is

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Level 1 Unit 9a
1 Unit
Exercises

Exercises

1 Match the two parts of the sentences.

1 There’s a  person at the door.

2 There are b  some cars in the street.
3 There c  a camera on my phone.
4 There’s a d  are some books on the table.
2 Choose the correct option.
1 There ’s / are a coat on the
t he chair.
 2 There ’s / are a jacket next to my bag.
 3 There ’s / are three shirts in this suitcase. 
suitcase. 
4 There ’s / are a good book store
store in my town.

 5 There ’s / are three socks under the bed. 

bed. 
6 There ’s / are a train in the station.
 7 There ’s / are a map on the table.
 8 There ’s / are some tables in the classroom.

 9 There ’s / are two laptops on my desk.

10 There ’s / are ten houses on my street.
3 Complete the sentences with there’s a
  a or there are some.

1 There’s a   pen next to the book.

2 There are some  pens in my bag.
 3 tables in the café.
4  houses near the park.
5  key on the table.
6  guitar in the store.
7  people at the door. 
door. 
8 restaurant on my street. 
street.  pair

9 of shorts in my suitcase. 
suitcase. 
10 dresses in this store.
4 Choose four objects in the room. Write sentences with there’s or there are.

Example:  There’ss a table in this room.

There’
1 There .
2 There .
3 There .
4 There .

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Level 1 Unit 9b
Life  there is/are
is/are negative and question forms

Hotel Receptionist: Hello. Can I help you?

Visitor: Hi. Is there a gym
gy m in the
t he hotel?
hotel?
Hotel Receptionist: Yes, there is. It’s on the fifth floor. 
Visitor: Great. And is there a swimming
swim ming pool?
Hotel Receptionist: No, there isn’t, I’m sorry. 
Visitor: That’s OK. How about stores, are there any
stores near the hotel?
Hotel Receptionist: Yes, there are. They are on
High Street. Here’s a map.
Visitor: Thanks. We also need some money . Are
there any banks on High Street?
Hotel Receptionist: No, there aren’t. But we can
change money here.

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Negatives Short answers

Negative singular  Singular 

store.  Yes,
 Yes, there is.
 There isn’t
isn’t a hat. No, isn’t.
shirt.
Plural
Negative plural
 Yes,
 Yes, there are.
 T-shirts.
 T-shirts. No, aren’t.
 There aren’t
aren’t any dresses.
coats.

TIP   there isn’t = there is not 

there aren’t = there are not 

Questions

Singular 
Is there a train at twelve?

Plural
 Are there any trains today?

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Level 1 Unit 9b
Exercises

Exercises

1 Put the words in order.

1 bus there a isn’t
2 are red some there cars

3 a there is shower
4 aren’tt any there chairs
aren’ chai rs
5 there hotel is a on this street?
st reet?
6 are any there museums?
2 Complete the descriptions of three rooms. Write is, isn’t, are  or aren’t .  ,

Room 1

There 1   is  one bed and one chair. There

2
 three pictures on the wall. There
3
 a lamp and there 4
t here 5
some books. But there  a sofa.
Room 2

There 6  two beds and two lamps.

There 7  a clock next to one bed. There
8
 a sofa and t here 9
any chairs.
Room 3

There 10  a bed and there

11
 two lamps. There 12
a sofa and there 13  a big window.
14
But there  any chairs.

3 Complete this conversatio

conversationn with the missing words.

Receptionist: Good morning.

Visitor: Hello. Is there 1  restaurant in the
t he hotel?
hotel?
 Receptionist: No, there 2 . But there 3  two good restaurants on this street.
They are open all day.
 Visitor: OK. And are there 4  banks near the hotel?
 Receptionist: Yes, 5  are. They are on High Street.
more question. 6
Visitor: Thanks. I have one more  there any buses to the train station?
7
 Receptionist: No, there , but taxis to the station aren’t expensive.

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Level 1 Unit 9c
Life Imperative forms

Stop.
Don’t go.

Don’t wait.
Go!

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 Affirmative
 Affirmat ive
Stop.
Go.
Turn left.
lef t.

Negative
Don’t stop.
Don’t go.
Don’tt turn left.
Don’

TIP  Say  Stop! 
 Stop!  (don’t
  (don’t say You stop! )

Key vocabulary Instructions: stop, go, wait, walk, turn left, turn right, don’t smoke

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Level 1 Unit 9c
Exercises

Exercises

1 Match the imperati

imperative
ve sentences to the pictures
pictures..

a Don’t smoke. b Stop. c Go. d Don’t turn right. e Don’t walk. f Don’t take photos.

1 b 2 3 4 5 6

2 Match 1–8 to a–h.

1 I’m always late for work. The buses are very slow.
s low. f  a Don’t walk. Take a taxi.
2 My house is ten kilometers from your house. b Eat a sandwich.
3 My flight
fl ight is at five o’
o’clock
clock in the morning tomorro
tomorrow.w. c Don’t stop. Go!
4 It’s green. d Go to bed early. Don’t be late!
5 I like vacations on a sunny beach. e Wear a coat and sweater.
6 The weather is cold todaytod ay.. f Buy a bicycle.
7 I’m hungry. g Go to Spain in the summer.
8 This movie is boring. h Don’t watch it!
3 Look at the map. Complete the direct
directions
ions with the words
words in
the box.

walk don’t drive stop don’t turn

 Hi Tom,
 Your house is near my house so 1  don’t drive  . Walk to the
supermarket. 2  right and 3   at the
4
traffic lights.  walk past the traffic lights. Turn left
5
and  to 35 Mile Road. That’
T hat’ss my house!
 See you later.
 Kerry 

4 Write to a friend. Give directions to your house from your friend’s house. Use some of these
words.

turn left/right drive/walk stop/go take a bus/train/taxi don’t

Hi,
 Your
 Your house is near my house.

See you later!

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Level 1 Unit 10a

Life  be: was/were

Hi ,

I was away yesterday.

yesterday. It was my mother’s birthday.
birthday. She was born in 1930! She
has lots of friends and family  and we were at her house for the party. It was
,

great fun.

How are you?

Presentation

Use was/were
was/were to
 to talk about the past.

Present Past

am/is was
are were

I/He/She/It was born in 1930.

I/He/She/It  was English.
You/We/They  were born in 1930.
You/We/They were Spanish.

  Key vocabulary Special occasions: birthday, party, new year, wedding

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Level 1 Unit 10a

1 Unit
Exercises

Exercises

1 Match the two parts of the sentences.

c
1 Martin was born a on va
 vaca
cation.
tion
2 My sister and her husband b was New Year’s Day.

3 Today is January 2nd. Yesterday c on May 25, 2001.

4 I was at d for work.
5 You were late e were married last month.
6 We were f a birthday party.
2 Choose the correct option.
1 I was / were born
were born in 1999.  7 Yesterday, we was / were at
were at a birthday party.
2 They was / were born
were born in 1989. 8 It was / were cold
were cold last night.
3 The party was / were great
were great fun. 9 You was / were eight
were eight years old in t his photo.
4 My sisters was / were at
were at the party. 10 Sorry I was / were late
were late for work this morning. 

5 It was / were my
were my brother’s birthday. 11 Last week, it was / were the
were the Chinese New Year.  

6 This is a photo of my parent’s wedding. 12 Sally and James was / were in

were in Paris over the
It was / were in
were in 1955. weekend.
3 Complete the text with was or were.
Barack Obama 1 was  the 44th 4 4th president of the United States. He
2
 the president for eight years from 2008 to 2016. He 3
born in Honolulu in 1961. His parents 4  from different countries.
5
His father  from Kenya and his mother 6  from the USA.
At university, Barack 7  a good student. Afterward he 8
a lawyer and then a politician in the US Senate. The wedding of Barack to
Michelle 9  in 1992, and their daughters 10  born in 1998
11 12
and 2001. In 2008 he  

47 years old, and he  the first

African American president.
4 Complete the email with be. Use the simple present  (  e/is ) or the
 am/are/is
 am/ar the simple past form ( was/were
was/were ).

Hi. How 1 are  you?

I2  away over the weekend. It 3  my brother and sister’s birthday party.
 They 4  twins*. They 5 born in 2000 so now they 6  18 years
old. It 7  fun, but today I 8  very tired!

(*twins = brothers and sisters born on the same day)

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Level 1 Unit 10b

Life  be: was/were negative and question forms

Yes, I was!
Were you at the bank at
midnight?

No, I wasn’t.

Where were you at

midnight?

Presentation

Negatives Short answers

I/He/She/It wasn’t I/he/she/it was.

at the bank.  Yes,
 Yes,
 You/We/They
 You/We/They weren’t you/we/they were.
I/he/she/it wasn’t.
Wh- questions No,
you/we/they weren’t.
Where
was he/she/it? TIP  wasn’t = was not 
Who
weren’t = were not 

Yes/No questions

Was I/he/she/it at the bank?

Were you/we/they

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Level 1 Unit 10b

Exercises

Exercises

1 Put the words in the correct order.

1 weren’t they yesterday at school 5 wasn’t in born I England
wasn’t
2 it in Canada
C anada wasn’t hot 6 were where your from parents ?

3 at you were home ? 7 what name your was mother’s ?

4 for was she work late ? 8 at party who was the ?
2 Complete these conversations with was, wasn’t, were  or  weren’t .  ,

Conversation 1

A: 1 Were  you at school

s chool yesterday?
B: No, I 2  .
A: Where 3  you?
B: With my friends. It 4  the weekend. School 5  open!
Conversation 2

A: My grandfather and grandmother 6  famous.

B: Why 7  they famous?
A: They were actors.
8 
B: they on TV?
A: No, they 9  . They were actors in the theater.
Conversation 3

A: How 10  your weekend?

B: Good. We 11  in the mountains.
A: Was it hot and sunny?
B: No, it 12  . It was cold but it 13  fun.
3 Read the answers and complete the questio
questions.
ns.
1 When    were  you born? I was born in
i n 1996.

2 your father a musician?

No, he wasn’t. He was a teacher.
3   John
ohn F
 F. Kennedy famous?
He was an American president in the 1960s.
4 John Lennon born?
In Liverpool.
5 Neil Armstrong famous?
He was the first
f irst person on the moon.
6 the first human in space?
In 1961.
7  your brothers good at music?
Yes, they were. But I wasn’t!
8  your favorite teacher in
in school?
 school?
It was Mr.
Mr. Scott, my geography teacher.

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Level 1 Unit
1 Unit 10c
Life Regular simple past verbs
past verbs

Malala Yousafzai: Key facts

• She was born in Pakistan in 1997.
• When she was 11, she started a blog about education.
•  In 2012, a man with a gun tried to kill her. She traveled to hospitals 
In
in Germany and the UK, and she lived.
• n 2013, she visited the United Nations and talked about education 
 IIn
for girls.
• In 2014, she received the Nobel Peace Prize.
• In 2017, she started a degree at Oxford University.

Presentation

Use the simple past to talk about finished actions and events.

Regular verbs
lived in Pakistan.
I/You/He/She/It/We/They visited the USA.
started university.

TIP Verbs have one form in the simple past:

I lived  in this house.
He lived  in
 in this house.
They lived  in in this house.

Spelling changes
• Add -ed  to
 to the infinitive: start → started, finish → finished 
• Add -d  to
 to words ending in e: live → lived, die → died 
•  to two-syllable words ending in - y 
Add -ied  to - y : study → studied, marry → married 
• Double the consonant letter with some verbs: stop → stopped 

Key
 K ey vocabulary Regular simple past verbs: closed, died, enjoyed, finished, liked, lived, married, opened,
received, started, stopped, studied, traveled, visited, walked, watched, worked

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Level 1 Unit 10c

Exercises

Exercises

1 Match the two parts of the sentence.

1 They started b a a present for my birthday.
2 We enjoyed b school last week.

3 I received c dinner. It was delicious.

4 My family lived d the piano when I was a child.
5 I learned e a museum when they were in Beijing.
6 They visited f in this house for two years.
7 The store g by train across Russia.
8 You traveled h closed at ten.
2 Complete the sentences with the simple past form.
1 I watched  the movie at the movie theater last night. (watch)
  2 The store  late yesterday. (open)
  3 We school when we were four. (start)
  4 You university last year. (finish)

  5 My family to Australia in the summer. (trav

(travel)
el)
 6 I in a restaurant for three months. (w (work)
ork)
  7 They history at school. (study
(study))
  8 We in South Afr
Africa
ica for one year. (live)
  9 Over the weekend, my friends twenty kilometers! (walk) 
10 My grandmother in 2010. (die)
3 Read the information
information and
and complete
complete the text with verbs in the simple past.

1943 born in Liverpool, England

1956 loves music and receives his first guitar
from his father
1958 plays his guitar with the Beatles for the
first time
1960–1970
1960–1970 travels with the Beatles all over the
world
1978 marries Olivia
2001 dies in Los Angeles, aged 58

George Harrison 1 was born   in 1943. When he was a child he 2  music and he
3 4 
 his first guitar from his father. In 1958, he his guitar with the Beatles
5 
for the first time.
t ime. From 1960 to 19701970 he with the
t he Beatles all over the world. In 1978, he
6
 Olivia and he   7
in Los Angeles
A ngeles in 2001, aged 58.

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Level 1 Unit 11a

Life Irregular simple past verbs
past verbs

Hello from Bangkok! I left Vietnam on

on
Thursday, and I came here yesterday. I found
a nice hotel on Khao San Road and last night
I ate some delicious food here. Khao San
Road is famous in Bangkok, so I took this
photo.

Presentation

Use the simple past to talk about finished actions and events.

Irregular verbs

left  Vietnam.
came to Bangkok.
I/You/He/She/It/We/They found a nice hotel.
ate some delicious food. 
took  this photo.

Irregular simple past verbs have one form in the past simple: 

I went  to the store.
He went  to school .
They went  to Switzerland .
Common irregular verbs include:

be → was/were drive → drove have → had speak → spoke

buy → bought eat → ate leave → left take → took
come → came find → found make → made write → wrote
do → did go → went see → saw

TIP  We often use time expressions with the past simple:
I left Bangkok on Thursday.
I came here yesterday
 yesterday..
 Last night  I
 I ate some delicious food.

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Level 1 Unit 11a

Exercises

Exercises

1 Write the irregula

irregularr past simple form.
1 have had 5 eat
2 write 6 drive

3 buy 7 take
4 leave 8 speak
2 Complete these sentences with simple past verbs from Exercise 1.
1 Last night we ate dinner in a beautiful restaurant.
2 I the car across Vietnam to Thailand.
3 They some clothes at the store.
4 Yesterday, my sister this photo of me on the beach.
5 I Spanish to a local person in Buenos Aires!
6 On Friday we Nepal, and we arrived in India on Saturday.
7 This morning I a letter to my grandmother.
8 Last year my family a  vacation in Greece.

3 Write the simple past form of these verbs in the table.

arrive come do find go have like see start travel visit walk

Regular past simple verbs Irregular past simple verbs

ar r ived c a me

4 Complete the text with the simple past form of the verbs in parentheses.

Hello from Kathmandu!

We 1 left (leave) China on Monday
2
and we  (travel) by bus across the
3
Himalayas. We  (see) Mount Everest!
4 We (arrive) in Nepal yesterday, and we
5
(find) a nice hotel. Julie 6
7
(go) to bed because she  (be) tired, but
Sarah and I 8  (visit) the old city. We
We
9
 (eat) some delicious food called
10 
“momos ” and I
, (take) this photo of a
festival.

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Level 1 Unit 11b

Life Simple past negative
past negative and question forms

A: Did you see the Mardi

Mardi Gras
festival?
B: No, I didn’t. I missed the
train and I didn’t arrive in
time for the festival.

Presentation

Negatives
Use didn’t  for negative sentences in the simple past.

I/You/
I/You/He/
He/She
She/It
/It/W
/We/T
e/They
hey didn’t
didn’t see the
movie.

Questions
Use Did …?  f or
or questions in the simple  past.

Did I/y
I/you/
u/he
he/s
/she
he/i
/it/
t/we
we/t
/the
hey
y see the
the movie?

Short answers
 or didn’t  for short answers.
Use did  or

 Yes,
 Yes, I/you/he/she/it/we/they did.

No, didn’t.

TIP  Say: Did you see the movie? 

I didn’t see the movie.
Don’t say : Did you saw the movie? 
I didn’t saw the movie.

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Level 1 Unit 11b

Exercises

Exercises

1 Match the first sentence (1–8) to the second sentence (a–h).

1 The movie theater was closed. c a I didn’t arrive on time for work.
2 It was cloudy. b I didn’t take any photos.

3 The dress was very expensive. c We didn’t see the movie.

4 The bus was late. d They didn’t see the mountains.
5 I forgot my camera. e We didn’t
didn’t walk there, we took a taxi.
6 The food was bad at the t he restaurant. f She didn’t buy it.
7 I left school and started my job when I was 18. g I didn’t go to university.
u niversity.
8 It was a long way to our hotel from the station. h We left and we didn’t pay.
2 Write these sentences in the negative form.
1 We went to Spain. We didn’t go to Spain.
2 We visited Madrid.
3 We stayed at a youth hostel.
4 My friend left Madrid.

5 I studied Spanish at a language school.

6 I worked in a bar.
7 I met my friends.
8 I took a train to Barcelona.
3 Complete the conversatio
conversations
ns with did  or
 or didn’t. 
Conversation 1

A: 1 Did  you go to Egypt?

B: Yes, we 2  .
A: 3  you visit Cairo?
B: No, we 4  . But we saw the pyramids.
Conversation 2

A: I’m so hungry?
B: 5  you eat lunch?
A: No, I 6  today. I 7 
. It was very busy at work today. have time for lunch!
Conversation 3

A: They went to Mexico.

B: 8   they have good time?
A: Yes, they   9
.
B: 10    they go to Mexico  City?
A: No, they 11  . They went to Oaxaca.

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Level 1 Unit 11c

Life past Wh- questions
Simple past 

When did you get Why did you leave

Where did you Who did you your first job? your job?
go to school? What did you like
work for?
about the job?

e 

Presentation

Wh- questions

What like about the job?

Where go to school?

When did I/yyou/

I/ u/he
he/s
/she
he/i
/itt/w
/we/
e/th
they
ey get your first job?

Why leave y our job?

yo

Who work for?

TIP Use this word order:

Wh- word + did  +
Wh- word  + subject + verb
When did you go? 

Key
 Key vocabulary Jobs: get/like/leave a job, work for (a company/someone), work with (people), customers,
meetings, pay

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Level 1 Unit 11c

Exercises

Exercises

1 Match the simple past questions to the answers.

1 Where did you go to school? e a No, I didn’t. I wanted a job.
2 Did you go to university? b I liked my customers.

3 When did you get your first job? c She didn’t buy it.
4 What did you like
li ke about the job? d I worked for Mr. Jones.
5 Did you work on weekends? e In North London. It was a big school.
sc hool.
6 Were you happy in your last job? f I didn’t like the meetings and the long days.
7 Why did you leave your job? g No, it wasn’t.
8 Who did you work for? h Yes, I did.
d id. On Saturdays a nd sometimes on
9 Was the pay good? Sundays.
i No, I wasn’t.
 j In 2016.
2 Complete the questions with a W  h- question word.
1 What did you do in your job?
I talked
tal ked to people on the phone.
2 did you go to university?
To Harvard
Harva rd in the USA.
3 did you go to that university?
u niversity?
It’s very famous and I wanted to study
st udy in another country.
countr y.
4 did you work for?
My mother and father. They have a business.
busi ness.
5 did you start work in the café?
Last week.
6 did you enjoy about your last job?
I liked the people at work.
7 did you move to Italy?

I wanted to learn Italian.

8 did you live?
In Milan.
3 Find one mistake in each simple past question.
did
1 Where do you work? 5 When did you came to Australia?
2 Why you leave your job? 6 Where you eat dinner last night?
3 What did you saw at the movie theater? 7 Why did you drove to work?
4 Who do you go with to the movie theater yesterday? 8 Who do you meet last weekend?

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Level 1 Unit 12a

Life Present continuous, and present continuous questions and short answers

Sam! Who is it? It’s Greta. Greta? Sam’s taking

Can I call her back?
Telephone! a shower. Can he call
I’m taking a shower.
you back?

Presentation

 Affirmative
 Affirmat ive and negative
(be +
Use the present continuous (be -ing ) to talk
 + -ing  tal k about actions right now.

I ’m Key spelling rules

’m not
• Most verbs: add -ing :
He ’s read → reading, sleep → sleeping …
She isn’t taking a shower.
• Verbs ending in a consonant + -e
-e:: change -e
-e to
 to -ing :
 You
 You ’re have → having, come → coming …
We aren’t
 They

Yes/No questions
Short answers
 Am I
I am.
Is he / she / it taking a shower?  Yes,
 Yes, he / she / it is.
 Are you / we / they
you / we / they are.

Wh- questions
I ’m not.
am I No, he / she / it isn’t.
are you you / we / they aren’t.
What
they eating?
Where
is he
she

 Verbs: come, cook, take (a shower), play (chess), read, sleep, watch (television/a movie )
Key vocabulary  Verbs: come,

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Level 1 Unit 12a

1 Unit
Exercises

Exercises

1 Look at the pictures and write sentences. Use the present continuous.

1 2 3

Sam Catherine and Ali  Antonio and Julia

4 5 6

Lucia Julia Mike and Tom

1 Sam (cook). He (take) a shower. Sam isn’t cooking. He’s taking a shower.
2 Catherine and Ali (watch) TV. They (read).
3 Antonio and Julia (cook). They (play) chess.
4 Lucia (read) a book. She (play) chess.
5 Julia (watch) TV. She (sleep).
6 Mike and Tom (read). They (cook).
2 Answer the questi
questions
ons about the people in Exercise 1.
1.
1 Is Julia cooking?
2 Are Mike and Tom
Tom playing chess?
3 Is Lucia reading?
4 Are Catherine and Ali watching TV?

5 Are Antonio and Julia cooking?

6 Is Sam taking
taking a
 a shower?
3 Write four more questions about the people in Exercise 1. Ask your partn
partner
er and answer your
partner’s questions.
1 3

2 4
2
4  Put the conversation in order. Then listen and check.

Lewis  Marie

Me? I’m watching television. What are you watching?

Hi, Marie. I’m fine. Hello, Lewis. It’s Marie. How are you?
Yes, it’s excellent. Come and watch it. What are you doing?
1   Hello? OK. See you in five minutes.
I’m watching a movie
movie.. Is it any good?

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Level 1 Unit 12b

Life Present continuous (for the future)

Man: Are you free on Saturday morning?

Woman: No, I’m not. I’m
I’m seeing Anne.
Man: What are you doing in the afternoon?
Woman: I’m playing
playing tennis
tennis in the park 
park , but I’m
not doing anything in the evening.

S  
 A T  
u  r  
m o  d   A y  
1 0  r  n 
0  a  n  g  i  
a f   . m  m 
t  e r   .  A n 
2  p 
 p  n  n 
m .  o o n  e 
e v  e  . m 
n i    t  e 
n  g  n n i  
 –   s 
f  r  e 
e 

Presentation
You can use
us e the present continuous to talk about personal plans and
a nd future arrangements.
a rrangements.

You often mention the time and/or place.

Key vocabulary Time reference
references: in the morning/afternoon/evening, all day,
s: in day, on the weekend, next week 

Exercises

3
1  Put the conversation in order. Then listen and check.

On the Beach 2.
2. It starts at eight o’clock.
o’clock.
I’m not doing anything. Why?
We’re going to the movies. Would you like to
1 come? What are you doing on Friday?
Yes, please. What movie are you seeing?

2 Write sentences about these plans for next week.

week. Use
Use the present continu
continuous.
ous.
1 I / see Anne
A nne / Monday morning
I’m seeing Anne on Monday morning.
2 I / go to the movies / Tuesday evening

3 Louise / not have lunch with Rita / Sunday

4 Max / go to the beach / Friday morning

5 Where / you have dinner

di nner / Wednesday evening?

6
Who / they meet / Monday morning?

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Level 1 Unit 12b

Exercises

3 Imagine this is your diary. Match

Match the answers to the questi
questions.
ons.

1 Are you free on Monday morning?

g a Yes, I am,
a m, but I’m playing tennis in the af ternoon.

2 Who are you going to the beach with? b Jamal and I are going to the movies. Would you like
3 Are you playing soccer on the weekend? to come?
4 Are you seeing Rosa next week? c Superman.
5 What are you doing on Saturday? d Yes, I am. We’re playing on Sunday afternoon.
6 What are you doing on Tuesday
Tuesday evening? e On Friday.
7 What movie are you seeing? f Laura.
8 Are you free on Wednesday morning? g No, I’m not. I’m going shopping with Ali.
9 When are you going to the beach? h I’m not
not seeing Jenna this week.
10 When are you seeing Jenna? i Yes, I am. I’m having dinner with her on Wednesday.
 j I’m not
not doing anything
anyt hing all day.
4 Look at the diary again. Complete the questio
questions
ns for these answers.
1 What are you doing on   Wednesday afternoon
af ternoon??
I’m playing
playing tennis with Dale.
2 Who Wednesday evening?
Rosa.
3 When ?
On Sunday
Su nday..
4 What ?
Nothing.
5 Where Friday?
To the beach.
6 When with Ali?
On Monday morning.

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Level 1 Unit 12c(1)

Life Prepositions of place (2) behind, between, on, under

This is m famil. We’re in m parent’s

house, and it’s m mother’s birthda.
M mom is sitting between m brother
and me on the sofa. I’m next to m
husband, and m two children are
sitting on the floor. M dog is under the
table. I gave m mother a plant for her
birthda. It’s on the table. you can’t see
m sister. She’s standing opposite us
and she’s taking the picture.

Presentation

behind between on under

Key vocabulary In the house: chair, clock, floor, flowers, lamp, mirror, picture, plant, room, sofa, table, wall

Exercises

1 Match the two parts of the sentences.

1 The children’s clothes are on a Mike and Bethany.
Bet hany.
2 I’m sitting between b the floor. Put them in the closet.
3 Your dog is under c the door. Who is it?
4 There’s a boy behind d the bed. Get him!

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Level 1 Unit 12c(1)

Exercises

2 Look at the room. Are the sentences true or false?

1 The cup is on t he table. True

 2 The TV is on the wall. False
 3 The lamp is behind the chair.
4 The cup is between the books and the flowers.
5 The mirror is on the wall.
6 The sofa is under the
t he mirror.
7 The table is between the chair and the sofa.
8 The sofa is behind t he table.
9 The TV is under the mirror.
10 The sofa is between the chair
c hair and the
t he TV.
TV.
3 Look at the picture and read the sentences. Choose the
correct options.
1 The rug is on / in the
in the floor.
2 The table is opposite / between two
between two chairs.
3 The window is behind / between the
between the sofa.
4 The clock is between / under  a
 a big picture.
5 There are books under / on the
on the shelf.
6  
One chair is next to / opposite the
opposite the other chair.
7 There’s a cup of coffee behind / next to the
to the laptop. 
8 The clock is between / under  two
 two small pictures.
9 There is a sofa in / on the
on the room.
10 The books are near / under  the
 the window
w indow..
4 Write four sentences about a room in your house. Use
betw een, on  and under.
 behind, between,  ,

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Level 1 Unit 12c(2)

Life Tense review

Eunice is from Irelan an she works in

i n an office
in dublin. She starte her job last month. At the
moment, she’s stuying information about China.

Next week, she’s going to a meeting in Beijing.

Presentation

Simple present Present continuous

Use the simple present tense to talk about routines and Use the present continuous
continuous to tal k about:
true things. • speaking: At the
Activities in progress at the time of speaking: At the
Eunice is from
 from Ireland. She works in an office in moment, she’s studying  information
 information about China.
Dublin. • Future plans: Next week, she’s going  to
 to a meeting in
Beijing.
Simple past
Use the simple past to talk about finished actions or
events.
She studied  business at university.
She started  her
 her job last month.

Exercises
1 Look at Bill’s sentences.
sentences. Then write about
about Chantal
Chantal using the words in parentheses.

Bill Chantal

1 I live in London.
L ondon. (Paris) She lives in Pa
Paris.
ris.
2 I work in a school. (a bank)
3 I start work at nine o’clock.
o’clock. (eight)
4 I finish work at half past four. (six)
5 I have sandwiches for lunch. (sushi)
6 I study French. (English)
7 I play soccer.
soccer. (tennis)
8 I watch television every day. (never)
9 I never go to the opera. (once a month)
10 I love rock music. (hate)
11 I sleep ten hours every night. (six)
12 I don’t often eat in restau
restaurants
rants.. (often)
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Level 1 Unit 12c(2)

Exercises

2 Write Chantal’s answers to the questio

questions.
ns.
1 Do you live in Paris?  Yes, I do.
2 Does Bill live in Paris? No, he doesn’t.
 3 Do you like rock music?
4 Does Bill like rock music?
5 Do you ever eat in restaurants?
6 Do you like sushi?
7 Does Bill work in a school?
8 Do you watch television?
9 Does Bill go to t he opera?
10 Does Bill play soccer?
3 Complete the sentences with do, does, don’t  or doesn’t.  ,
 ,

1 Does  your uncle like jazz?

2 Bill live in Paris – he lives in London.
3 I like Japanese food but I like sushi.
4 Where you live?

5 What time Chantal start work?

6 I  go to the theater. I prefer the movies. 
7 Marc play tennis?
8  you like soccer?
4 Write the sentences in the simple past.
1 I eat breakfast
breakfa st at seven o’clock. I ate breakfast at seven o’clock.
2 They go on Tuesday.
3 We don’t have time for lunch.
4 Who lives here?
5 Do you know her?
6 Why do you walk
wal k to work?
7
Sorry, I’m not at home.
8 How far do you swim?
5 Correct the mistakes.
1 Did you liked Spain? Did you like Spain?
2 When do you lived there?
3 I studyed in Bologna for a year.
4 We didn’t went to the movies last night.
5 Why you leave university early?
6 Did you visited the Eiffel
Eif fel Tower?
Tower?
7 She maked a delicious pasta dish.

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Level 1 Unit 12c(2)

Exercises

6 What are they doing? Look at the pictures. Write sentences with the present continuous
in the affirmative and negative.

1 2 3

4 5 6

1 He’ss playing tennis.

He’ (not / sleep) He isn’t sleeping.
2 (not / read)
3 (not / play chess)
4 (not / watch TV)
5 (not / play tennis)
6 (not / cook)
7 Look at the diary. Write
Write sentences about your plans. 1
Use the present continuous of  go,  have  or  play .
 ,
Monday 
Monday   tennis,
 tenn is, Jules
J ules
2
Tuesday  
Tuesday movies , Mazda 
1 On Monday I’m playing tennis with Jules. 3
2
Wednesday  
Wednesday beach, my m o m
4
3
Thursday  
Thursday library, Sarah
5
4 Friday  
Friday dinner, Joe
6
5 Saturday shopping, Nicky
6 Sunday  
Sunday  7 lunch, my family
7

8 Look at the diary again.

again. Complete the questions.
questions.
1 What are you doing on Monday  ? I’m playing tennis.
2 Who ? Jules.
3 What ? I’m going to the beach.
4 Where ? We’re
We’ re going to the librar y.
5 When ? I’m seein
seeingg him on Friday.
6 Who ? Nicky.
7 What ? I’m having lunch with my family.

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