NTE Students Starter Book
NTE Students Starter Book
NTE Students Starter Book
Classroom language
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1.01 Listen and repeat the words.
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1.02 Listen and repeat the useful phrases.
1 Can you repeat that, please? 4 What does complete mean?
2 Whats Hola in English? 5 Can you help me, please?
3 Sorry, I dont understand. 6 Whats the answer to number 4?
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Lead-in
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a 1.36 Look at the words in the box. Listen and underline
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the stress.
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b Listen again and repeat the words.
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Match the words in exercise 1a with the photos and symbols AO.
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Work in pairs.
Student A: point to a picture.
Student B: say the place.
A: Whats that? B: Its a supermarket.
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Where can you find ...
1 a coffee? in a caf or a restaurant 5 medicine?
2 a salad? 6 a film?
D 3 money? 7 cars?
4 chocolate? 8 shoes?
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Reading
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a Look at the photos (AC) and match them with
the countries in the box. There is one extra country.
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Read about the cafs and check your answers.
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Leonardos
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This is Leonardo and this is Leonardos caf. Its called ...
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Leonardos! The caf is in Melbourne, Australia. The
customers favourite snacks at Leonardos are prawn salad
and chocolate cake.
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Complete the table with information about b Work in pairs. Choose a caf and tell your
each caf. partner about it. Use the prompts below.
he caf is called . Its in ... . The owners name
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Al Samadi Leonardos Kulaps
is ... . The customers favourite snack is .... .
food stall
Owner c Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions
about your favourite caf.
City
1 Whats it called?
Favourite 2 Where is it?
snack/drink
3 Whats your favourite snack/drink?
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Pronunciation | //
Active grammar
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a 1.39 Listen. The sound in blue is //.
We use s and s to show possession.
orange chocolate coffee shop doctor
One person (singular)
b Listen again and repeat the words.
This is Madu___ caf.
Two or more people (plural) 8
Underline the // sounds.
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The customer___ favourite snacks are prawn 1 Whats the restaurants name?
salad and chocolate cake. 2 Its not Jons cheese roll.
Remember! 3 Is the chocolate cake in the coffee shop good?
Its spicy chicken. = It is spicy chicken. b 1.40 Listen and check your answers.
Then repeat the sentences.
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Speaking
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Write sentences with the person or people in brackets.
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1.41 Read the How to... box. Then listen
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1 (Madu) Amun is his friend. Amun is Madus friend. and repeat.
2 (Stef ) This is her caf. This is Stefs caf.
3 (your parents) Where is their restaurant?
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4 (your father) Whats his favourite drink? How to order food and
5 (Ruth) Her mobile is on the table. drink
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3 a prawn salad
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1.37 Listen and repeat the words. B: Yes. A coffee, please.
A: With milk and sugar?
1 a coffee B: Milk, please. No sugar.
2 milk
b Work in pairs. Cover the dialogue and try
to remember it.
c Change the food and drink and practise
the dialogue again.
A: Can I help you?
B: Yes. Can I have a prawn salad, please?
4 a cheese sandwich
7 a sparkling water
8 a tea
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Vocabulary | adjectives 3
F ind three adjectives in the signs which dont have an
opposite.
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L ook at the signs (AG). What is each
sign for?
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Look at the Lifelong learning box. Read the tip. What is the
Sign a is for a caf. opposite of hard ?
Sign b is for a food stall.
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Write words from the signs next to Use a good dictionary
Lifelong learning
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L isten and check your
answers. Then repeat the words.
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Pronunciation | // 10
Put the words in brackets in the correct place.
good
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a 1.43 Listen. The sound in blue is //. 1 Is it a film? (good)
open closed slow no clothes 2 Your computer is slow. (really)
3 My iPod new. (is)
b Listen again and repeat the words.
4 The chemist open. (isnt)
5 Is he Jens husband? (new)
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a Underline the // sounds in these sentences.
6 Can I have a salad, please? (small)
1 Hello. Is your hotel open?
2 So, are you Joe? No, Im Toby.
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Write two sentences for each cartoon. Use the
3 Whats the hotels number? Its 0900 485235. adjective with very or really.
b 1.44 Listen and check your answers. Then
repeat the sentences.
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a Complete the dialogues with an adjective from
exercise 2a.
1 A: Hello. Is this shop ______ ?
B: No, sorry. Were ______ .
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2 A: Can I have a coffee, please?
B: ______ or ______ ? 1 slow
A: Small, please. a Your car is really slow. b Its a .
3 A: Wow! An Aston Martin. Thats a really ______
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B: Yeah! $90,000. And its very ______ .
200 miles an hour!
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4 A: Oh, hi! Er ... this is Liv. Shes my ______
girlfriend.
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Grammar |
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position of adjectives
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Complete the Active grammar box with examples
from exercise 7a.
Active grammar
to be + adjective 3 good
It isnt cheap.
__________ Speaking
adjective + noun
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a Choose an adjective to describe your
Can I have a small coffee, please?
1 house/flat 4 computer
This is Liv. Shes my new girlfriend.
2 car 5 favourite shop
__________
3 mobile phone
very/really + adjective
b Work in pairs. Tell your partner about your
Thats a really expensive car.
things.
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My house is very small but its nice.
c Tell the class about your partner.
see Reference page 37 Agatas house
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Vocabulary | prices 2
1.47 Put the prices (ah) in the order that
you hear them.
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a Match the prices with the items. a 17.99 e $90.00
1 2 3 4 5 6 b $19.00 f 16.99
c 1.50 g 1.15
d 2.99 h 19.50
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Work in pairs. Write five prices and say
them. Your partner writes them down.
A B C D E F
Listening
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a 1.48 Listen and look at the pictures.
What do the man and woman buy?
b 1.46 Listen and check your answers. b Listen again. How much are the things
c Listen again and repeat the dialogues. they ask about?
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a Work in pairs. Read the dialogues in the How to box out loud. 8
Choose the correct words in
italics.
1 Whats that/those?
How to ask for prices and pay for things 2 This/These are your books.
3 A: Thats 3, please.
A: How much is that?
B: 3 for a coffee! This/That
B: Thats 3.49, please.
caf is very expensive.
A: Here you are.
4 That/These iPod is Jans.
B: Thank you. Heres your change.
5 Who are those/these people
A: Thank you.
over there?
A: How much is that all together? 6 A: Is your food good?
B: Thats 12.50, please. B: Yes. This/That restaurant is
A: Can I pay by card? very good.
B: Yes. Enter your PIN number, please. ... Heres your card and
your receipt.
A: Thank you.
Vocabulary | colours
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a 1.50 Listen and repeat the
colours.
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b Close your books and try to remember the dialogues.
black pink
Grammar |
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this, that, these, those
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Complete the sentences from the dialogues in exercise 4 with words
blue
brown
purple
red
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from the box.
green white
chocolates flowers that umbrella
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grey yellow
1 How much is this ______ ? 3 What are those orange ______ ?
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a Complete the Active grammar box with these, that or those. b Work in pairs. What colours
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B: Its green.
Active grammar
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a Work in pairs.
Student A: look at the flower shop
in exercise 4 again. You are the
customer. Ask for prices. Use this,
that, these or those.
Student B: look at the flower shop
this ________ ________ ________ on page 63. You are the shop
flower umbrella chocolates flowers assistant. Answer Student As
Note questions about prices.
Whats this? A: How much are those blue
This is Its an umbrella hat. flowers?
What are those? B: Theyre 2.99 a bunch.
Those are Theyre called Birds of Paradise. A: And how much is this green
plant?
B: Its 5.50.
see Reference page 37
b Change roles and make up
new prices.
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a 1.51 Cover the dialogue and
listen. Then answer the questions.
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a 1.52
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Read the How to... box. Then listen and repeat.
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1 Where is Nicklas?
2 What is Nicklass drink? How to greet a friend
3 Where is Nicklass mother? Nicklas: Hi, Magda.
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Nicklas: Yeah, its really nice. B: Hi, Fabian. How are you?
Magda: Is it (2) ______ ? A: Fine, thanks. And you?
Nicklas: Yes, it is. But my iced coffee is B: Im OK, thanks.
nice and (3) ______ .
Magda: Thats good. Hows your mum? 3
a Work in pairs. Read and repeat the dialogue in exercise 1a.
Nicklas: Oh, shes (4) ______ . Shes on b Cover the dialogue in exercise 1a and look at the prompts
holiday. below. In pairs, act out the dialogue.
Magda: Great! Where is she?
Nicklas Magda
Nicklas: Shes in Marrakesh, in Morocco.
Magda: Wow! Oh! Ive got to go. See Hi
Hello. How ... ?
you on Friday evening? Fine .../you?
Fine .../Where ... ?
Nicklas: Yes, see you on Friday. Spring Park
nice?
Magda: (5) ______ . really nice
hot?
Nicklas: Bye. Yes .../iced coffee
good/your mum?
fine/on holiday
b Listen again and complete the Where?
Marrakesh
dialogue. Ive got to go./See ... ?
see you
bye
bye
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Work in pairs. Write a new dialogue. Use new people, new
places and new adjectives. Practise your dialogue.
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Position of adjectives Snacks and drinks
Adjectives can come 1) after to be , or 2) before a noun. cheese/chicken/prawn roll
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a cheese/chicken/prawn salad
1 After the verb
Its really expensive.
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a cheese/chicken/prawn sandwich
a coffee
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His cars very slow.
an orange juice
This caf is nice.
a piece of chocolate cake
2 Before a noun milk
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B: Its a fish cake.
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Is s in the sentences possessive (P) or is (I)? A: And what are (2) this/that/these, in my salad?
I B: Theyre prawns.
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Gordons in the garden.
Natashas computer is new. P
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And whats (3) this/that/those on her plate?
Its a chocolate cake.
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3 This coffees very hot.
4 That new cafs great. A: Whats in (4) this/that/those sandwiches?
5 That is Olgas email address. B: Cheese.
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6 His sisters name is Eva.
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ut the letters in the correct order to make drinks
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ut the words in the correct order to make
P and snacks.
sentences. 1 a efcfeo
1 is free This car park a coffee
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Lead-in
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salad student taxi telephone
television university
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Work in pairs and look at the photos. What can you see?
A: a bus
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What other English words do you know? Add words to
C the table.
A: Hello, Mr Smith. Im
Doctor Mazur.
B: Hello. Nice to meet
you.
A: Nice to meet you,
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s you r name?
A: Hi. Im Kate. What
B: My names Clive.
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A: Nice to meet you.
B: Nice to meet you,
too.
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A: Hello.
B: Hello. My names Iris Salas.
A: Welcome to Hotel Panorama, Ms Salas.
B: Thank you.
A: Youre in room 315.
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a Choose the correct words in italics. 4 four
1 A: Hello. Im/Youre Doctor Rolf.
B: Hello, Doctor Rolf. Im/Youre Jane.
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2 Welcome to Hotel Central.
B: Thank you. Im/Youre Mr Smith.
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A: Im/Youre in room 296, Mr Smith.
b Complete the dialogues with Im or youre.
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b Work in pairs.
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1 A: Hello. ________ Dino. Whats your name?
B: ________ Rosa.
Speaking
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1.08 Listen and respond.
1 Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you, too.
2 Hello. Im Paul Smith.
3 Welcome to Hotel Panorama.
4 Hi. Whats your name?
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Say hello to other students in the class.
A: Hello.
B: Hi.
A: Im Maria. Whats your name?
B: My names Stefan.
2 A: Welcome to Hotel Europa. Whats your name?
A: Nice to meet you.
B: ________ Edward Presley.
B: Nice to meet you, too.
A: ________ in room 628, Mr Presley.
B: Thank you.
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Vocabulary | countries
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1.10 Listen and repeat the countries.
Argentina Japan
Brazil Mexico
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China Poland
N France Russia
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Germany Spain
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India the UK
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1.11 Listen and complete the How to...
2 Whos she? box.
a Donna Karan b Donatella Versace
Where is she from? How to ask where
a The USA b The UK someone is from
A: Where are you from, Becky?
B: Im from (1) ________ .
A: Where in (2) ________ .
3 Whos he?
B: (3) ________ .
a Jimmy Choo b Issey Miyake
Where is he from?
a China b Malaysia b Listen again and repeat the dialogue.
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Ask and answer with other students.
Score = ___ / 6 A: Where are you from, Karol?
B: Im from Hungary.
A: Where in Hungary?
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He/She/It ______ from the USA. Student B: look at page 59.
? ______ he/she/it from China?
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Yes, he/she/it ______ .
No, he/she/it ______ .
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Whos he/she?
Where is (Wheres) he/she/it from?
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Choose the correct answers.
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2 A: Whos he? 3
B: ______ Calvin Klein.
a He b Hes c Is he
3 A: Is he Giorgio Armani?
B: No, ______ .
a he b he is no c he isnt
4 ______ she from?
a Where b Wheres c Is where
5 A: ______ a quiz?
a Is b Is it c It is
B: Yes, ______ .
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a is b its c it is
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a What b Is what c Whats
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ork in pairs. Ask about other students in
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your class.
A: Whos she?
B: Shes Ivana.
A: Wheres she from?
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Reading
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ork in pairs. Whats your
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favourite film?
My favourite film is ...
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Read about Ashna, Simon,
Flavia and Hiro. Match the
film posters with the people.
Ashna = Sholay
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Whats your favourite film?
Ashna: My favourite film is
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Sholay. Its an Indian film and
Im Indian, too. Simons British.
His favourite film is Inception.
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Its American. Im Bollywood and
hes Hollywood!
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Vocabulary | nationalities Grammar | possessive adjectives: my, your, his and her
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Complete the table. 7
Read the sentences. Complete the Active grammar box with
the words in bold .
Country Nationality Ending
1 His favourite film is Pulp Fiction.
Brazil (1) Brazilian (i)an 2 Whats your favourite film?
Germany German
3 Her favourite film is Brazilian.
India (2) ______
Italy Italian
Mexico (3) ______ Active grammar
Russia Russian
the USA (4) ______ I my he ______
Poland Polish ish you ______ she ______
Spain (5) ______
the UK British
China Chinese ese see Reference page 17
Japan (6) ______
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Choose the correct words in italics .
1 Hes/His Rafael. Hes/His favourite food is pizza.
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Pronunciation | syllable stress 2 Shes/Her name is Lisa. Shes/Her favourite film is Red.
3 Whats you/your name? Where are you/your from?
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Listen and repeat the
countries and nationality words.
b Listen again. How many syllables N
4 I/My names Sven. I/My favourite sport is football.
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Complete the interview with my , your , his or her .
are in each word? Why are some
Interviewer : Whats (1) ______ name?
syllables underlined ?
Kate : (2) ______ names Kate.
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Italy = 3 syllables
Interviewer : Whos he?
Italian = 4 syllables
Kate : (3) ______ names Tom. Hes six.
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Look at the Lifelong learning box. Speaking
Read the tip.
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Look at page 62 and do the survey for you.
b Work in groups of three. Ask and answer the questions
A vocabulary notebook
Lifelong learning
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a 1.15 Listen and repeat the phone 4
a 1.18 Complete the How to... box. Then listen and check.
numbers.
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1 729 1553
2 07863 400212 How to ask for repetition
3 01873 839711 A: Whats your mobile number?
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0 = ______ 55 = ______ ______ B: Yes, its 0749 128384. And my work number is 01532
229150.
A: Sorry. Could you (2) ______ that?
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1.16 Listen and correct these
numbers. B: Yes, its 01532 229150.
A: Thanks.
1 My mobile number is 0583 121 668.
2 My home number is 932 81009.
3 My work number is 01872 698470. b Work in pairs. Practise the dialogue in the How to... box.
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Listen. Match the dialogues 5
Work in groups of three. Exchange information about
(13) with the photos (AC). Leonardo, Sofia and Marta and complete the table.
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Dialogue 1 = photo ______ Student A: look at page 63. Student C: look at page 63.
Dialogue 2 = photo ______ Student B: look at page 63.
Dialogue 3 = photo ______
Leonardo Sofia Marta
b Listen again and write the phone From (country) Mexico
numbers.
From (city)
Dialogue 1: 0747 _ _ _ _ _ _
Mobile phone number
Dialogue 2: 0208 _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Home number
Dialogue 3: 0118 _ _ _ _ _ _ _
A: Where is Leonardo from?
B: Hes from Mexico.
A: Where in Mexico?
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1 Reference
to be: I, you, he, she and it Possessive adjectives:
my, your, his and her
+ Im Kate. (am) Pronouns Possessive adjectives
Youre in room 3. (are) Im Robert. My favourite film is The
Hes from Spain. (is) Matrix.
Shes Italian. (is) Youre Mina. Your favourite actor is
Its a pizza. (is) Johnny Depp.
Hes Yuri. His favourite city is Moscow.
Im not American. (am not) Shes Cristina. Her number is 0114 384 339.
You arent a student./Youre not a student. (are not) Its a computer. Its hard disk is 500GB.
He isnt from the UK./Hes not from the UK.
She isnt Indian./Shes not Indian. (is not)
Key vocabulary
It isnt from China./Its not from China.
International words
? Am I late? Yes, you are./No, you arent. ank bus caf chocolate cinema
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Are you British? Yes, I am./No, Im not. coffee computer doctor film football
Is he from France? Yes, he is./No, he isnt. hotel Internet passport pizza
Is she Emma? Yes, she is./No, she isnt. police restaurant salad student taxi
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Is it a bank? Yes, it is./No, it isnt.
Numbers 010
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B: Yes, I am. Yes, Im.
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9 nine
Wh- questions 10 ten
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caf cinema computer doctor football
Yes, ________ . Internet passport police salad telephone
7 Vladimir Putin: ________ Polish. ________
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Russian.
Adidas: ________ American? No, ________ .
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caf ______ ______ ______ ______
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3 Ooo ______ ______ ______
4 oOo ______
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Rewrite the sentences with contractions.
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5 Who is she?
4 My favourite music is from the UK.
6 It is not a caf. It is a restaurant.
5 Is Al Pacino from the USA?
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Pip
Interviewer : Whats (1) your name?
Dan : (2) ______ names Dan.
Interviewer : And whats (3) ______ name?
Dan : (4) ______ names Pip. Shes seven.
Interviewer : Whats (5) ______ favourite food?
Dan : I dont know. Whats (6) ______
favourite food, Pip?
Pip : Its pizza.
Interviewer : Pip, whats (7) ______ favourite
food?
Pip : (8) ______ favourite food is pizza
too.
Dan : No, it isnt! (9) ______ favourite
food is salad.
Dan
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