1-6 English Language

Think
THINK
English
ENGLISH
ELEMENTARY UNITS 1-6
Student’s Book
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Contents
Introduction i
Course Map iii
Unit 1: Names and Countries 1
Unit 2: Family and Jobs 18
Unit 3: People and Things 36
Unit 4: Times and Activities 56
Unit 5: Food and Numbers 74
Unit 6: Houses and Directions 92
Pairwork 110
Revision 114
Language Reference 130
Grammar and Usage 130
Phonetic Alphabet 137
World Map 138
Audio Scripts 139
Resources 156
Introduction
Think English Elementary
is the first half of a 12 unit English course
designed for adult learners from Myanmar.
It is useful for Myanmar people who want to
communicate in English including:
People who work with English speakers

University students who want to supplement
their English studies
Post-secondary students who want to improve
their English
Adult education courses and programs
Teachers who want communicative teaching
ideas for their classes
Teachers who want locally relevant material to
supplement a commercial English course
People who travel abroad
It is designed for adult and young adult

students of English (around 16+). Some of the
topics and functions are not appropriate for
primary, middle or high school students.
Components of Think English

The Student’s Book 1-6 has 6 units, each with a
structural, functional and skills focus.
Every unit includes a Learning Strategies section,
where students look at ways they can improve
their own language learning, and a Practice section
covering language studied in that unit.
At the back of the book there are:
• A section of Pairwork activities for Partner A
and Partner B
• Two Revision sections where students review
the language covered in Units 1-3 and 4-6
• A Language Reference containing
information about the main language and
grammar points covered in each unit, a
phonetic chart and a world map
• Audio scripts
For additional learning materials resources, links,

visit our websites: www.educasia.org in Myanmar
and www.curriculumproject.org in Thailand.
i THINK ENGLISH ELEMENTARY STUDENT’S BOOK INTRODUCTION

THINK ENGLISH ELEMENTARY STUDENT’S BOOK INTRODUCTION ii
iii
COURSE MAP
Unit Structure Topics and functions Skills Learner training Review and
progress test
Unit 1: • Present simple • Introductions Listening: comprehension, detect Listening Unit 1 practice
Names and affirmative: the • Greetings and goodbye new words strategies:
countries verb to Be • Countries and Speaking: syllables pronunciation, techniques for
• Demonstrative nationalities intonation, conversation learning and using
pronouns • Classroom objects Reading: comprehension new words
• Personal pronouns • Numbers Writing: punctuation, spelling,
• Possessive • Classroom language sentence composition
adjectives
• Syllables
THINK ENGLISH ELEMENTARY

Unit 2: • Conjugation: the • Families and relationships Listening: dictation, listening for Reading strategies: Unit 2 practice
Family and present simple • Personal information / details skimming and Progress Test
jobs • The possessive details Speaking: presentation, word ending rephrasing 1-2
• Forming questions • Writing letters Reading: reading for gist
• Short answers • Age, Jobs Writing: spelling, paragraph
• Singular and plural • Polite phrases composition
nouns
TEACHER’S BOOK
Unit 3: • Adjectives • Advertisements Listening: listening for details, Writing strategies: Unit 3 practice
People and • Articles: a/an • Describing things and following songs detecting and Revision Test
things • Adverbs of degrees people Speaking: telephone conversations, correcting spelling 1-2-3
• Schwa (/ /) • Appearance and vowel sounds pronunciation and composition
personality Reading: comprehension mistakes
• Body parts, colors Writing: word order, writing errors
• Writing emails
COURSE MAP
Unit Structure Topics and functions Skills Learner training Review and
progress test
Unit 4 • Present simple verbs • Times and days Listening: intonation and style Listening Unit 4 practice
Times and • Negative forms • Daily and weekly routines Speaking: questions, stress strategies: Progress Test
activities • Wh- questions • Likes and dislikes pronunciation techniques for 3-4
• Prepositions of time • Meeting people Reading: comprehension identifying learning
• Adverbs of • Fill-in forms Writing: filling in forms goals
frequency
THINK ENGLISH ELEMENTARY

Unit 5 • There is/there are • Large Numbers Listening: identifying information Writing strategies: Unit 5 practice
Food and • Countable and • Food, drinks and recipes understanding indications detecting and
numbers uncountable nouns • shopping Speaking: vowel pronunciation, correcting spelling
• Some/any/much/ • Ordering food and drinks describing scenes , giving orders mistakes and essay
many • Amounts and Reading: identifying information composition
measurements Writing: descriptive essays
TEACHER’S BOOK
Unit 6 • Prepositions of • Houses and furniture Listening: identifying main points Learning Unit 6 practice
Houses and place • Permission and possibility Speaking: inquiry strategies: using Progress Test
direction • Modal verbs : can/ • Present/current activities Reading: for gist bilingual dictionary 5-6
can’t • Directions Writing: songwriting Revision Test
• Present continuous • Time zones 4-5-6
COURSE MAP
iv
UNIT 1
NAMES AND COUNTRIES
Topics and Functions: Greetings and goodbye | Countries and nationalities |
Numbers | Classroom language
This
Structure: The verb To Be | Pronouns | Possessive adjectives | Syllables
unit
Skills: Detecting new words | Syllable pronunciation | Punctuation, spelling, sentence composition
Learner training: Listening strategies: techniques for learning and using new words
1. Meeting new people

1.1 Introducing yourself
A: Look at the picture and

listen to audio (002:A) Hi. My name’s Tin Tin Nyo.
What’s happening? What’s your name?
Pleased to meet you

Tin Tin Nyo. My
name’s Jessica. I’m
from Australia. Where
are you from? I’m from Mandalay.
THINK ENGLISH ELEMENTARY STUDENT’S BOOK UNIT 1 1

B: Listen (002). C: Fill in the gaps.
Match the person and the place. Listen and check.
1. Tin Tin Nyo Australia 1. (b) ‘I am Khin Zaw. I am ________ Sittwe.’

2. Jessica India 2. ‘Pleased to meet you, Khin Zaw. ________ Paw
3. Khin Zaw Mandalay Mu. I am from Hpa-an.’
4. Apsara Hpa-an 3. (c) ‘________ Paul, I am from ________. ________
are you from?’
5. Paul China
4. ‘Hi, Paul. ________ Apsara. I am _______ Thailand.’
6. Paw Mu England
5. (d) ‘Hi. I am Lee. ________ your name?’
7. Lee Sittwe
6. ‘________ to meet you, Lee. ________ name is
8. Madhu Thailand Madhu.’ ________ from India. ________ are you
from?
7. I am from ________.
D: Work in pairs.
Practise this conversation. When you E: Close your books.
finish, change roles. Practice the conversation with different
partners.
Partner A Hi. My name's_____________.
What's your name?
Partner B I'm_____________.
Pleased to meet you _____________.
Where are you from?
Partner A I’m from _____________.
1.2 Learn about your classmates
A: Who is in your class? Where are they What’s your

from? Write four students’ names and name? Aung
their hometowns. Win.
How do you
Name Hometown spell it? A-u-n-g
W-i-n.
Where are
you from? I’m from
Bagan.
B: Practise in pairs.
2 THINK ENGLISH ELEMENTARY STUDENT’S BOOK UNIT 1

1.3 Introducing other people
A: Look at the pictures. Paw Mu, this is Jessica.

What’s happening? She’s from Australia.
This is Paul. He’s from

Hello, Jessica.
England..
Hi Paw Mu.
Hello.
Hi.
Hi Paul. Hello, Khin Zaw. Hello, Ma

Khaing. I’m Madhu, and this
is Amit and Devi. We’re from
India.
This is Khin Zaw and Ma Hi.

Khaing. They’re from Sittwe.
B: Listen (003).
Point to: Hello.
1. Khin Zaw 4. Paw Mu Hi.

Hi.
2. Jessica 5. Ma Khaing
3. Madhu
1.4 Introducing your class
A: Work in groups of three.

Introduce your partner to another
group.

2. The verb to be and personal pronouns
2.1 Personal pronouns
A: Listen to audio (004). 3

Fill in the gaps.
_______’s from Yangon.

1. This is Paul. ________‘s from England.
2. This is Jessica. ________‘s from Australia.
3. This is Khin Zaw and Ma Khaing. ________‘re
from Sittwe.
4. _____ Madhu, and this is Amit and Devi.
_______’re from France.
________’re from India. 4
B: Look at the pictures.
Fill the gaps.
1 _______’re from America.

5 _______’m Sarah Hill.
Where are _______ from?
2 _____’s from Bagan

6
C: Write sentences about these people. 2

1. Alison/Canada This is Alison. She’s from Canada.
2. David/New Zealand
3. Koji and Takako/Japan
4. Mi Mi/Bago
1
4
3
2.2 The verb to be
A: Complete the table. C: Fill the gaps.
1. I + am = I’m
I am Paul Smith.
2. she + is = ________
You a student.
3. he + ________ = he’s
She from Mandalay.
4. you + are = ________
He my father.
5. ________ + are = we’re
It our car.
6. ________ + ________ = they’re
We OK.
7. ________ + is = Paul’s
They friends
8. Paw Mu + is = ________
B: Are the sentences correct or wrong? D: Dictation. Listen to audio (005) and
fill the gaps
1. You is female.
2. They are Myanmar people. I’m Madhu, ________________ husband Amit.
3. He am a teacher. _____________ a doctor. __________ daughter
4. We is from France. Devi. ____________ student. __________ outside
5. I are a student. our apartment. _______________ Mumbai.
6. She are nice. ________________ India.
2.3 Word order and agreement
A: Circle the verbs and underline B: Order the words to make sentences.
personal pronouns. Add capital letters and full stops where
necessary.
Eg. Mimi is from Bago. She is a student
1. Madhu and Amit are doctors. They are from 1. is / retired / my father
India. My father is retired.
2. This is Devi. She is a student. 2. outside / Paul, Lisa / and / Wayne / are
3. I am Lisa. This is Paul. He is a teacher. We are 3. from / are / China / you
from England. 4. apartment / small / is / our
4. This is a bicycle. It is from China. 5. Jessica and I / from / Australia / are
6. I / a student / am
7. on the chair / is / your key
8. is / that dog / big

2.4 Questions and answers
A: Order the sentences. B: Group brainstorm. What questions

can you ask when you meet someone?
1. am / a student / I
I am a student.
What?
2. you / are / ? / a teacher Where?
3. from / are / we / Myanmar How?
4. he / from / ? / Australia / is
C: Make a class list on the board.
D: In pairs, ask and answer the

questions on the board.
3. Conversation
3.1 How are you?
A: What’s happening?
Good morning
Tin Tin Nyo.
How are you?
Fine thanks, Lee.

How about you?
Not too bad.
B: Put the conversations in order. C: Listen and check (006).
1. Not too bad

2. Good Morning Tin Tin Nyo. How are you? D: Practise the conversations from A
3. Fine thanks, Lee. How are you? and B in pairs.

3.2 Starting a conversation
A: Classify these phrases into greetings, good evening I’m well
questions and answers. Write the
phrases in the table.
how’s it going? hello
Greeting Question Answer fine, thanks good afternoon
good morning not so bad
How are you? OK hi
B: Make conversations from the table. C: Look at this list. When do you use
Go around the room and practise them. these phrases?
1. See you later 3. Bye

2. Goodbye 4. Nice to see you
3.3 Making conversation
A: Listen to audio (007). B: Listen and repeat (007).

Which conversation is more formal?
C: Work in pairs. Make a conversation. D: Perform your conversation.
Partner A: Greeting, question

Partner B: Answer, question
Partner A: Answer, ending
Partner B: Ending

4. Possessive adjectives and numbers
4.1 Possessive adjectives
A: What is another way to say...? C: Listen (008).

Match the people with the things.
1. She’s Alison. Her name is Alison.

D: Listen and repeat (008).
2. He’s Khin Zaw. ______________
3. They’re Koji and Takako. ______________
4. I’m Lee. ______________
A B C D
B: Do you know these things? Tick (√) if
you can see them in your classroom. E
1. notebook 8. desk
2. bicycle 9. watch
3. pen 10. CD
4. chair 11. cup
5. phone 12. key
6. umbrella 13. spoon
7. computer 14. bag
4.2 Is this your...?
A: Listen (009).
What is the problem?
Is this your No, it’s not my

notebook?. notebook?
B: Listen and repeat (009). C: Practise the conversation in groups

of four.

4.3 Numbers
A: Pronounce the numbers you know. C: Fill the gaps.
8051743926
What is ______ ____ phone number

B: Drill the numbers. Read the words. phone number? is ____ 0974123856.
And yours?
1 One 11 Eleven
2 Two 12 Twelve 20 Twenty
3 Three 13 Thirteen 30 Thirty D: Practise in pairs.
4 Four 14 Fourteen 40 Forty
5 Five 15 Fifteen 50 Fifty
6 Six 16 Sixteen 60 Sixty
E: Create a phone directory.
7 Seven 17 Seventeen 70 Seventy
8 Eight 18 Eighteen 80 Eighty
9 Nine 19 Nineteen 90 Ninety Name Phone number
10 Ten 100 One hundred
5. Countries and nationalities

5.1 Countries
A: Group brainstorm. Make a list of all

the countries you know.

B: Look at the world map. The letters in the country names
are in mixed order. What are they?
1. naaacn 2. nedlagn 3. susira 4. diina 5. ewn elanaz 6. npaaj
e.g. Canada 7. het USA 8. cnaefr 9. hosut arifac 10. naihc 11. asluitara 12. rkoae
C: Look at the map of Southeast Asia.

1. Bangladesh
What are the names of the numbered
countries? 2.
3.
1.
2.
4.
3.
5.
4.
5.
6.
6. 10.
7.
7. 8.
8.
9.
9.
10.

5.2 Nationalities
A: Listen and answer the questions B: Complete the table.
(010).
Country Nationality
1. Where’s Jessica from? Cambodia Cambodian
2. What nationality is she? England
3. Where’s Paw Mu from? Australian
4. What nationality is she? Indonesian
The USA
Lao
Korea
C: Listen (011). Were you correct? French
Thai
Myanmar
India
Bangladeshi
D: Listen and repeat (011). China
Russian
South African
Canadian
Malaysia
Filipino
Singaporean
5.3 Pronunciation: Countries and nationalities

A: How many syllables does each word
1 syllable Laos, Lao
in 5.2B have? Put them in categories in
the chart to the right.
2 syllables England
3 syllables India
B: Listen and check (012). Were you 4 syllables Cambodia

correct?
5 syllables Singaporean

C: Look back through Unit 1 and E: Do a Mill Drill activity. Go around the
answer the questions. room. Ask questions and answer from
1. What nationality is David? He’s English. the cards.
2. What nationality are Madhu and Amit?
What’s your
3. What nationality is Apsara?
name? Marie
4. What nationality is Tin Tin Nyo? Dupont.
5. What nationality are you?
How do you
6. What nationality is your teacher?
spell it? M-a-r-i-e
D-u-p-o-n-t.
Where are
you from? I’m from
Paris.
D: Ask and answer the questions in
pairs. What’s your
nationality? I’m
French.
6. Phrasebook: Classroom language

6.1 Instructions
F ? ??
A: Match the picture with the 1. Look at page 15.
instruction. 2. Listen and repeat.
3. Look at the board.
A 4. Work in pairs.
5. Work in groups of four.
C 6. Don’t write.
7. Stop talking.
8. Answer the questions.
B
E G
15
D
H
Today’s class is..

B: Listen and repeat (013). D: In pairs, take turns giving and
obeying instructions.
C: Listen and do.
6.2 I don’t understand
A: Listen to the audio (014). Who are D: Work in pairs. Write your own
the speakers? conversation. Use different instructions,
e.g.
B: Listen and repeat (014). 1. Please work in pairs and answer questions 5 to
10.
2. Sorry, I don’t understand.
>
Page 21? 3. Work in pairs.
>
Exercise 3? 4. Which page?
5. No, pairs. Two people. Answer the questions.
6. Which questions?
C: Practise the dialogue in pairs.
7. 5 to 10.
E: Practise your conversation. Present it

to the class.
7. Learning strategies: Vocabulary

7.1 Learning words
A: How do you learn new words?
Discuss in groups.
B: In your group, choose one way that

you like to learn new words. Present
your idea to the class.

7.2 Make vocabulary cards
a. pictures
A: Look at the vocabulary list on page
12. Find 10 words in the list that you
don’t know well.
B: How can you remember these

words? Look at each box to the right
and tick the methods you use.
b. translation c. example sentences
C: Take a small piece of card. On one

side, write the new word. On the other
side, write or draw something to help
you remember. Look at the examples
below: d. definition e. related words
Repeat this activity with 10 new words.
7.3 Use vocabulary cards
A: How can you use vocabulary

cards?
Discuss.
B: Put your vocabulary cards in

your pocket or bag. Take them
out when you have free time.

UNIT 1
Practice makes perfect...
A: Order the words to make sentences. D: Replace the underlined words with
pronouns.
1. name / What / your / ’s / ?
What’s your name? Daw Yee Yee Khaing is She’s from Myanmar
2. name / My / Zaw Min / is from Myanmar. OR She is from
3. student / am / a / I Myanmar
4. Zaw Min / meet / Pleased / you / to U Than Tun is a doctor.
5. I / Danny / ’m / is / my / and / Bryan / this Ko Reh and Kaw Meh are
/ brother from Kayah State.
6. from / England / We / ’re Paul is English.
My brother and I are
students.
B: Match the question with the answer.
Madhu, Amit and Devi are
Indian.
Question Answer
The dog is outside.
1. What’s your name? A. No, I’m
My sister is in America.
Bangladeshi.
My friends are Japanese.
2. Are you Indian? B. He’s Korean.
Your pen is in my bag.
3. What nationality is Rain? C. Reza.
My father is retired.
4. Is that my bag? D. Sittwe.
My bicycle is from China.
5. Where’s Khin Zaw from? E. No, it’s his bag.
E (part 1): Circle the correct word.
C: Match the phrase with the reply.
Joe:
Question Answer E.g. Hi! My name ’m / ’s / ’re Joe and
1. Hello. A. Fine, thanks 2. this am / is / are my wife, Susan,
2. Nice to meet you. B. Bye. 3. and our three children. My son Kevin ’m / ’s /
3. How are you? C. And you. ’re a teacher and
4. my daughters Natalie and Debbie am / is /
4. Goodbye. D. Hi!
are students.
5. Nice to see you! E. It’s good to see
5. We ’m / ’s / ’re American. And you?
you, too.

E (part 2): Circle the correct word. H: Pronunciation: How many syllables?
Soe Reh 1. Russian 2 1. English
6. Nice to meet you. I ’m / ’s / ’re
2. Bangladeshi 2. Malaysian
7. Soe Reh and this am / is / are my friend, Yan
Naing. We 3. France 3. Thai
8. ’m / ’s / ’re from Yangon. I 4. Cambodia 4. New Zealand
9. ’m / ’s / ’re a doctor and 5. Canadian 5. Korean
10. Yan Naing ’m / ’s / ’re retired.
F: Add the correct form of to be.. I: Translate these into your language.
1. A: Hi, I’m Andy.
Work in groups of three. Stop reading.
2. A: What ________ your name?
Don’t look at your book. Look at page 56.
3. MM: I ________ Maung Maung.
Answer the questions. Work in pairs.
4. MM: Where ________ you from?
5. A: I ________ from England.
6. A: Where ________ you from? J: Nationalities crossword.
7. MM: I ________ from Mandalay. Clues across
A: Nice to meet you, Maung Maung. 1. A person from South Africa
G: Write the questions. 5. A person from Singapore
1. A. How are you ? 7. A person from Vietnam
B. B: I’m well. 9. A person from India
2. A. _______________? 11. A person from the USA
B. Jane. 12. A person from Laos
3. A. _______________? 13. A person from Russia
B. J - A - N - E. 15. A person from China
4. A. _______________? 16. A person from Canada
B. I’m from Australia.
5. A. _______ your friend’s ________? Clues down
B. Margo. 2. A person from Indonesia
3. A person from Bangladesh
1 2
3
4. A person from Malaysia
4 6. A person from Japan
5 6
10. A person from Cambodia
7
14. A person from Thailand
10 9
11
12 13
14
15
16

L: Tick the words and phrases you know. In how about you? student (n)
your notebook, write definitions, examples how are you? syllable (n)
and/or translations for the words and phrases
house (n) talk (v)
you find difficult.
how’s it going? teacher (n)
activity (n) instructions (n) hungry (adj) text (n)
and you? introduce (v) thing (n) watch (n)
answer (n, v) key (n) tired (adj) well (adj)
apartment (n) learn (v) umbrella (n) what’s happening?
ask (v) letter (n) underline (v) word (n)
bag (n) list (n) understand (v) work (v)
bicycle (n) listen (v) vocabulary (n) write (v)
blue (adj) look at (v)
board (n) map (n)
card (n) match (v) M: Circle the different word. How is it
CD (n) meet (v) different?
chair (n) name (n) 1. phone / key / small / umbrella
check (v) nationality (n) The others are nouns
circle (n, v) new (adj) 2. desk / chair / teacher / CD
complete (v) nice to see you 3. country / student / doctor / teacher
computer (n) not so bad 4. listen / activity / look / repeat
conversation (n) notebook (n) 5. Good morning / Fine, thanks / Good after-
correct (n, v) OK noon / Hello
country (n) order (v) 6. Nice to see you / Not so bad / Fine,
cup (n) outside (n) thanks / I’m well
desk (n) page (n) 7. washing machine / hometown / country /
discuss (v) pair (n) nationality
doctor (n) partner (n) 8. tired / small / hungry / stop
exercise (n) pen (n) 9. answer / board / pen / book
excuse me phone (n) 10. desk / cup / name / spoon
fine thanks pleased to meet
you
N: Match the sentence parts.
formal (adj) pocket (n)
free time retired (adj) 1. Listen write.
friend (n) see you later 2. Look the text.
good afternoon sentence (n) 3. Write the questions.
good evening small (adj) 4. Stop at page 7.
good morning sorry (adj) 5. Answer and repeat.
goodbye speak (v) 6. Work talking.
greeting (n) spell (v) 7. Don’t at the board.
group (n) spoon (n) 8. Look your name.
hometown (n) stop (v) 9. Read in groups of three.

UNIT 2
FAMILY AND JOBS
Structures: Present simple questions and answers | The possessive (’s) | Singular and plural nouns
This Topics and Functions: Families and relationships | Personal information | Age and jobs | Polite phrases
unit Skills: Listening for details | Reading for gist | Spelling and paragraph composition
Reading strategies: Skimming and rephrasing
1. Family life
1.1 Families
A: What words do you know for

relatives?
Grandmother Brother Father
B: Look at the pictures of Khin Zaw’s

family and Paul’s family. Who are these
people.
C: Listen to audio (015). Were you

correct?

D: Complete the sentences for the 14. Albert and Janet are Wayne’s _________.
families. 15. Janet is Wayne’s _________.
1. Khaing Khaing is Khin Zaw’s sister. 16. Albert is Wayne’s _________.
2. Zaw Zaw Aung is Khin Zaw’s _________. 17. Wayne is Janet and Albert’s _________.
3. Htay Htay is Khin Zaw’s _________.
4. Thandar Win is Khin Zaw’s _________. E: Complete the family tree
5. Thandar Win is Htay Htay’s _________.
6. Aye Ko and Zarni Aung are Khin Zaw’s
_________. Albert Janet
7. Si Si Poe is Khin Zaw’s _________.
8. Lisa is is Paul’s _________.
________ Lisa
9. Wayne is Paul’s _________.
10. Albert is Paul’s _________.
11. Janet is Paul’s _________. ________
12. Albert and Janet are Paul’s _________.
13. Nelson and Diego are Paul’s _________. F: Draw a family tree for Khin Zaw’s
family
1.2 The possessive ’s

A: Look at this sentence. What does the B: How do you pronounce ’s?
first ’s mean? What about the second
’s?
My uncle’s my father’s brother.
C: Work in pairs. Point to people in the

pictures on page 18 and talk about
their relationships. Can you hear your Albert is Paul’s
partner using ’s correctly? Albert is Paul’s
father. He’s Janet’s
brother.
husband.
1.3 Your family

A: Answer the questions. B: Draw your family tree.
1. Do you have any brothers? How many?

2. Do you have any sisters? How many? C: Work in pairs. Ask and answer
questions about your family tree.
3. Do you have any aunts? How many?
4. Do you have any children? How many?

1.4 Other people
A: What other people do you know? B A
Make a list.
Friend Boss Girlfriend
B: Listen to audio (016). Which photo

are they talking about?
C: Show a photo (or draw a picture) of

someone you know. Ask and answer
questions in pairs. C
2. Asking about people
2.1 Age and numbers
A: Number practice. Listen to audio B: Do the Pair Dictation activity.

(017) and write the numbers.
D: Work in pairs. Ask and answer

C: Look at these profile pictures. How questions about these people, your
old are the people? Guess the ages. family and your class.
4. Jiyoung
2. Rob
1. Preeya 3. Arnold
5. Ida 6. Roberta 7. Watson

2.2 Personal information
A: What words do you know to ask and
answer about personal information? ID CARD
Name Jack Millot
Age 45 Gender Male
B: Look at this form. What is it? How do From France Job Administrator
you use it? Marital status Married
Phone 07881624725
Email address jmillot1970@mail.com
Address Flat 9, Building 5, Street 21, Paris, France
C: Fill the gaps and answer the

questions about personal information. D: Work in pairs. Ask questions to
1. What is your __________? complete the form about your partner
2. __________ is your gender?
3. __________ are __________ from?
4. What is your __________?
ID CARD
Name __________
5. __________ __________ married?
Age _____ Gender ______
6. __________ your contact details? From _____ Job _________
Marital status ___________
Phone _________________
Email address _________________________
Address _______________________________
2.3 Positive and negative forms

A: Listen to Jessica and Khin Zaw in C: Complete the chart.
audio (018). Do they know each other
well? Yes, No,
I am. ’m not.
B: Listen again (018). Complete the
you
answers.
we _______ ’re not.
they
1. Is Khin Zaw from Japan? she
__________, he’s not. he is. _______
2. Is Jessica Australian? it
__________, she is.
3. Are Khin Zaw and Khaing Khaing married?
__________, they’re not.
4. Is Sittwe in Rakhine State?
__________, it is.

D: Substitution Drill. Say answers. F: Do a Group Quiz
E: Answer these questions.
1. Are you from Myanmar?

2. Are you Shan?
3. Are you married?
4. Are you 30 years old?
5. Is your teacher tall?
6. Is Hpa-an in Kayin State?
7. Is Bangkok in Cambodia?
8. Is Barack Obama Canadian?
9. Is Queen Elizabeth young?
10. Are chickens dangerous?
2.4 Pen Pals

A: Read the email.
To: Aye Chan Thu <ayechanthu@mail.com

Subject: Hello from London
Dear Aye Chan Thu,
My name is Tom and I am 37 years old. I am English and I live in London. I live
with my wife Emily, our son John and daughter Lizzy. They are both seven years
old because they are twins.
I am a teacher. I love my job because I spend a lot of time with students. My

wife is a nurse and she helps ill people in the hospital.
How about you? I look forward to your answers.
Best wishes,
Tom
B: You are Aye Chan Thu. Write back to

Tom.

3. Jobs
3.1 Are you a dancer?
A: Do you remember the people C: What do these people do?

from Unit 1 and Unit 2? Answer the
questions.
1. He’s a tour guide.
1. Is Tom a dancer? 2.
No, he isn’t. He’s a teacher 3.
2. Is Emily a teacher? 4.
3. Are Madhu and Amit farmers? 5.
4. Is Devi a doctor? 6.
5. Is Ben a dancer? 7.
6. Are you a student? 8.
9.
10.
11.
B: What other jobs do you know? 12.
13.
1 2 3 14.
15.
16.
4 5 7
6
8 9
10 11 12
13 14 15
16
3.2 What do you do?
A: What do teachers do? What do D: Answer the questions.
nurses do? What do shopkeepers do?
Group brainstorm. 1. What do tour guides do?
2. What do students do?
Nurses Teachers Shopkeepers
3. What do soldiers do?
4. What do you do?
B: Listen to audio (019). Are your

answers correct?
What do you
do?
C: Match the sentence halves.

I’m a
student.
1. Journalists work in restaurants
2. Farmers work in hospitals What do you
do?
3. Businesspeople grow rice
4. Taxi Drivers write news
5. Doctors wear uniforms I’m a
6. Cooks look after children journalist.
7. Police officers drive taxis
8. Parents make money

3.3 Rob’s job
A: This is Rob from 2.1. What do we C: Listen to audio (020). Are the
know about him? sentences true or false? If false, write a
true one.
1. Rob’s from Australia.

False. He’s from New Zealand.
2. He’s a teacher trainer.
3. He works in factories.
4. He works in England and America.
5. He teaches teachers.
6. He has four grandchildren.
B: Rob is a teacher trainer. What do
teacher trainers do?
4. The present simple
4.1 Verbs
A: What verbs can you see in exercise C: Complete these sentences. How
3.2C? many true sentences can you make?
1. I live..
I live in a house
B: How many true sentences can you
make? Choose one word from Column I live in Yangon
1, one from Column 2 and one from I live in Myanmar
Column 3. I live with my cats
2. I work..
1 2 3 3. I read..
go meat 4. I listen to..
People have in houses 5. I wear..
wear babies
read clothes
D: Group brainstorm. In groups, write
Cats live newspapers
sentences starting with:
eat to work
English language learners..

4.2 Verb endings
A: Here are some pictures of Khin Zaw D: Complete the chart.
and Khaing Khaing at work. What are
their jobs?
subject verb
I work
in an office.
________ live
we in Thailand.
speak
________ English.
she works
________ lives
B: Listen to audio (021). Were you ________ speaks
correct?
E: Look at audio script (021) at the back

C: Listen again to audio (021). of the book. Re-write the audio script so
Complete these sentences. that Khaing Khaing is speaking.
1. I ________ in Yangon. I live in Sittwe. I am a nurse.

2. I ________ tourists famous places.
3. We _______ to Shwedagon Pagoda, Sule Pagoda
and Kandawgyi Lake. F: Listen to audio (022) and check.
4. My sister ________ in Sittwe.
5. She ________ in a hospital.
6. She ________ after sick people. G: Listen to audio (022) and repeat.
4.3 Spelling
A: Write the verbs in the correct form. 6. She’s 10 years old. She ________ (study) at the
international school. Paw Mu is her
1. Paw Mu has (have) two jobs. She 7. teacher. She ________ (go) to school at 8am.
2. ________ (teach) children at an 8. Jessica ________ (study)
3. international school and she ________ (teach) 9. Myanmar. She ________ (go) to Paw Mu’s
Myanmar to foreigners at night. house every day at 6pm.
4. Madhu and Amit are from India, but they 10. Paw Mu ________ (work) very hard.
________ (live) in Yangon. They 11. She ________ (live) with her 4 children, her
5. ________ (work) for an NGO. They ________ parents and her grandmother.
(have) one daughter, Devi. 12. She ________ (make) money for all her family.

B: What are the spelling rules?
1. Most verbs: add s

I work - it works I live - he lives
2. Verbs ending in s, ch, sh or x: add _____
I teach - she teaches
3. Most verbs ending in y: add _____
I study - she studies
4. A few verbs are irregular.
I have - it has I go - he goes
4.4 pronunciation
A: In pairs, say the text from 4.3A. B: Listen to audio (023). Check and
Check each other’s pronunciation of the repeat.
verb endings.
5. How many?
5.1 Singular and plural
A: Answer these questions. C: Write the singular forms of the

nouns.
1. How many children do you have? 1. Children

2. How many brothers and sisters do you have? child
3. How many languages do you speak? 2. brothers and sisters
4. How many boxes do you see? 3. languages
5. How many men are in the class? 4. boxes
6. How many women are in the class? 5. men
7. How many babies are in the class? 6. women
8. How many countries are in ASEAN? 7. babies
8. countries
B: Circle the nouns in exercise A. D: What are the rules for spelling plural
nouns?

E: What do you know? Fill the gaps with
Religion Vegetable Singer
a singular or plural noun.
1. May Sweet is a singer . Language Country City

2. Haiti, Peru and Bhutan are ______.
3. Kyaw Hein and Angelina Jolie are ______. Actor Job
4. Hindi, Kaya and Spanish are ______.
5. A whale is an ______.
6. Islam, Christianity and Buddhism are ______.
7. Paris is a ______. F: In pairs, ask and answer questions.
8. Accountant and taxi driver are ______.
9. Potatoes are ______. What are They are
elephants? animals
5.2 Demonstrative pronouns

A: Answer the questions. B: In pairs, ask and answer about
things in the classroom.
What is
What is
this?
that?
What are What are

these? those?
5.3 Pronunciation
A: Listen to audio (024). Circle the 6. baby babies
words you hear. 7. box boxes
1. language languages 8. journalist journalists
2. tree trees 9. nurse nurses
3. teacher teachers 10. office offices
4. sister sisters
5. umbrella umbrellas B: Listen to audio (025) and repeat

C: How do you say this? D: There are four words in that
sentence that end in s. Explain why they
end in s.
That’s my sister’s dog. It eats rabbits
5.4 More numbers

A: How do you say these numbers? D: Pair Dictation. Write 10 numbers
between 1 and 9,999. Read them to
your partner. They write. Then write the
600 190 713 666 numbers your partner says.
1,000 2,941 9999 2,080 E: What do you have...?
3,002 8,573 1. about 100 of

2. about 1,000 of
3. about 9,000 of
B: Listen and check (026).
C: Listen and repeat (026).
6. Phrasebook: Polite phrases
6.1 Excuse me
A: Look at these pictures. What is
happening?
2 3
4

B: Listen to audio (027). Match the C: Listen to audio (027) again. When
pictures with the conversation. do we use excuse me?
D: Work in pairs or groups of three. Do

a role play with excuse me.
6.2 Sorry
A: When do we use sorry?
B: Listen to audio (028) When does

Jessica use sorry?
C: Work in pairs or groups of three. Do a

role play with sorry.
7. Learning strategies: Reading
7.1 English around you
A: What do you read in your own B: In your country, what things are
language? Make a list. written in English? Make a list.
Books, newspapers, magazines.. Hotel names..

7.2 Skimming a newspaper
A: What is in a newspaper? Make a list. 25 August 2014

Pictures, articles, advertisements.. Floods in Bangladesh
leave half a million
B: Look at the newspaper article on
the right. What is it about? How do you
people homeless
know?
C: In groups, read the newspaper RAGING floods have covered low-lying,

article. Summarise it in your own densely populated areas of northern
language. Bangladesh.
The flooding has left half a million people
homeless, washing away roads and crops.
Rivers continue to flow above the dangerous
D: Compare your summary with
level because of heavy rain upstream in India.
another group. Do they have the same
The government of Bangladesh said it is
information? sending relief supplies including food and
medicine to flood-hit areas.
7.3 Graded readers
A: Do you know about graded readers? B: Discuss how you can get graded
Do you have any graded readers? Why readers.
are graded readers useful?

UNIT 2
Practice makes perfect
A: Fill the gaps with the correct form of the B: Complete Kelly’s family tree.
present simple.
Work Look after Be Drive

1 _______ Kathy 2 _______
Go Look after Be Be Have
Live Be Be Study Have Kelly 3 _______ 4 _______ Greag
Be Have Be Be 5 _______ Nigel

C: Fill the gaps.
1. My name is
2. Kelly, and I ________ a student. 1. Bruce is Darren’s father.
3. I ________ to school. 2. Kathy is Nigel’s ________.
4. I ________ Chinese and Japanese. 3. Kelly is Darren’s ________.
5. My family ________ in London. 4. Tasha is Greg’s ________.
6. I ________ a brother and a sister. 5. Tasha is Kathy’s ________.
7. My sister Tracey ________ divorced. 6. Nigel is Darren’s ________.
8. She ________ two children - her daughter 7. Kelly is Tasha’s ________.
9. Tasha ________ 3, and 8. Bruce is Kathy’s ________.
10. her son Nigel ________5. 9. Tracy is Greg’s ________.
11. Tracey ________ a taxi and
12. her ex-husband, Greg, ________ the children.
13. My brother Darren ________ single.
14. He ________ in an office.
15. My Mum’s name ________ Kathy and
16. my Dad’s name ________ Bruce.
17. My parents and my Uncle Mike _______ a shop.
18. Sometimes they ______Tracey’s children at the
shop.

D: Complete the answers. G How many syllables?
1. Are you from England? Yes, I am. 1. language 2 9. nieces

2. Is Kelly tall? Yes, __________. 2. languages 10. niece
3. Are your parents French? No, __________. 3. bicycle 11. hospitals
4. Are we students? Yes, ___________. 4. bicycles 12. uncles
5. Are Tom and Win Htwe businesspeople? 5. office 13. journalist
Yes, __________.
6. watches 14. journalists
6. Am I your friend? Yes, __________.
7. tourist 15. grandmother
7. Is Darren married? No, he __________.
8. restaurant 16. grandparents
8. Is the cat in the tree? No, ________.
9. Is Yangon in Myanmar? Yes, ________.
10. Am I late? No, _________.
H. Write the number.
1. Two thousand, seven hundred and twenty-four.

2,724
E: Fill the gaps.
2. One thousand, six hundred and two.
3. Five thousand, one hundred and eighty.
1. Thet Aung ______ with his brothers, his sister,
4. Nine thousand and thirty-three.
2. ______ father and his grandmother in
3. Pathein. He ______ in a market and I. Match and make true sentences.
4. ______ English at a language school at night.
1. doctors
5. He works very ______.
2. nurses
6. Claire and Chris ______ farmers from Australia.
3. cooks
7. They sell their fruit and vegetables in the market.
They have _____ children, Jonah and Hugo. 4. waiters work in hospitals
8. Jonah goes to ______, and Hugo stays at home 5. teachers wear uniforms
- he’s a baby. 6. businesspeople work in schools
9. Aye Aye Lwin is ______ cook. 7. students work with food
10. She works in a ______. She cooks food. 8. parents grow things
11. She ______ in the restaurant. 9. soldiers look after people
12. Her mother and children live ______ Bago, but 10. farmers work with money
the restaurant is in Yangon. 11. shopkeepers
13. On Sundays she ______ home to Bago. 12. police officers
F: Answer the questions.
1. Is Thet Aung married?

2. Is his house in Kachin state?
3. Is his family big?
4. Are Claire and Chris farmers?
5. Is Hugo a student?
6. Is Aye Aye Lwin a lawyer?
7. Are her children in Yangon?

K. Match the sentence parts. L. Translate these into your own language.
1. Listen write. 1. Sorry.
2. Look the text. 2. Excuse me.
3. Write the questions. 3. I’m late.
4. Stop at page 7. 4. He’s divorced.
5. Answer and repeat. 5. How old are you?
6. Work talking. 6. Read page 264.
7. Don’t at the board. 8. Stop talking and look at the board.
8. Look your name. 9. Work in groups of five.
9. Read in groups of three.
M: Tick the words and phrases you know. In look after (v) sick (adj)
your notebook, write definitions, examples look forward to single (adj)
and/or translations for the words and phrases (v)
you find difficult. married (adj) soldier (n)
actor (n) famous (adj) meat (n) spend time (v)
age (n) farmer (n) money (n) study (v)
animal (n) foreigner (n) nephew (n) summarise (v)
article (n) fruit (n) news (n) tall (adj)
baby (n) graded reader (n) newspaper (n) taxi driver (n)
boss (n) grandchildren/ niece (n) teach (v)
daughter/son (n) nurse (n) tour guide (n)
box (n) grandparents/ office (n) tourist (n)
father/mother (n) people (n) trainer (n)
boy/girlfriend (n) grow (v) photo/photograph tree (n)
businessperson (n) guess (v) (n)
city (n) hard (adv) place (n) uniform (n)
class (n) hospital (n) plastic bag (n) vegetable (n)
cook (n, v) husband (n) police officer (n) waiter (n)
count (v) idea (n) profile picture (n) wear (v)
cousin (n) information (n) rat (n) wife (n)
dancer (n) international (adj) relationship (n) year (n)
dangerous (adj) IT (n) religion (n) young (adj)
different (adj) job (n) restaurant (n)
divorced (adj) journalist (n) rice (n)
draw (v) language (n) secretary (n)
drive (v) late (adj) sentence (n)
email address (n) lawyer (n) shop assistant (n)
ex- (prefix) lonely (adj) shopkeeper (n)

N. Crossword. 1 2 3 4
Clues across:
1. Chickens are not ______.
5 6 7
5. She makes cars in a ______.
6. Yangon is a ______.
8. The cook works in a ______.
12. 19.
8 9 10 11
13. Soldiers ______ uniforms.
15. 1.
16 He is ______. He has no friends. 12
Clues down:
13 14
1. My brother and I are ______. He is tall, and I
am short.
2. ______ to meet you. 15 16
3. Nurses look after______ people.
7. She is 2. She is ______.
9. She’s not married, she’s ______.
10. Read the newspaper ______.
4. 11. 14.

UNIT 3
PEOPLE AND THINGS
1. Describing things
Topics and Functions: Advertisements | Describing things and people
| Apearance and personality | Body parts
This
unit Structure: Articles: a/an | Adjectives | Adverbs of degrees | Schwa (/ /)
Learner training: Writing strategies: Detecting and correcting spelling and composition mistakes
Skills: Telephone conversations | Vowel sounds pronunciation | Correcting written errors
1.1 Advertisements
A: Where do you see advertisements? A
B: Read these advertisements and B

match the text to the pictures.
1. It’s new! It’s very small! Save your documents,

pictures, songs and videos!
2. Good, easy, cheap! Everyone likes these delicious..
3. Are you an important person? It’s fast, sexy and
black. It’s expensive and so are you!
C: Listen to audio (029). Were you C

correct?

1.2 What is it like?
A: What is an adjective? D: Complete the sentences with words
from the adverts.
B: Underline the adjectives in 1.1B.

1. The Luxuria car isn’t cheap, it’s __________.
2. It’s not slow, it’s __________.
C: What are they like? Write adjectives 3. The Zappo flash drive isn’t old, it’s __________.
for: 4. It’s not big, it’s __________.
5. Yum Yum noodles aren’t horrible, they’re
1. Zappo flash drive __________;
2. Yum Yum noodles 6. They’re not expensive, they’re __________.
3. Luxuria car
1.3 Synonyms
A: Which words in 1.1 are synonyms of: B: Use the adjectives in 1.1, 1.2
and audio (029) to complete these
sentences.
1. Little = __________
2. Excellent = _________ 1. This chicken curry is __________.
3. Quick = __________ 2. This is an __________ exam. I know all the
answers.
C: What adjectives can you use to 3. I can’t afford a computer. They are very
describe these things. Make a list: __________.
4. The cooking pot is __________. I need a
1. A car 3. A fish curry __________ pot.
2. An exam 4. A flower 5. My motorbike is __________. I want a
__________ motorbike.
1.4 Colours
A: What colours do you know? 1. It’s green. It’s outside under your feet. People
walk on it.
B: Match the words to the descriptions. 2. It’s big, yellow and hot. Animals and plants need it.
3. It’s a big, grey animal. It lives in the jungle in Asia
Charcoal Snow Grass Pig and Africa.
4. It’s red. It’s in your body. People and other
Blood Elephant Sun Sky animals have it.

5. It’s black. It’s made from trees. People cook with D: Write a short description of
it. something. Don’t say the thing. Read
6. It’s white and cold and comes from the sky. You your description to a partner. Can they
see it on mountains. guess what it is?
7. It’s usually blue. It’s over your head. Birds fly in it.
8. This animal is pink and black. It lives on farms and
in gardens. Some people eat it.
C: Fill the gaps with a colour.

It’s a big, black and
1. I have a __________ bag. white animal. It eats
It’s a cow.
2. I live in a __________ house. grass. It gives milk.
3. My pen is __________.
4 Rice is usually __________.
5. Flowers are many colours: __________ ,
__________ , and __________.
6. In Myanmar, schoolchildren wear __________
longyis.
7. My teacher’s shirt is __________.
2. Articles
2.1 a/an + noun

A: Look through Unit 3. List examples B: Complete the rules:
of a and an.
1. If a word starts with a vowel sound, use
A An __________.
A list An old friend 2. If a word starts with a consonant sound, use
__________.
C: Why do we use a university, not an

university. Can you think of any more
words like this?

D: What are the things? Write
sentences.
1
1. It’s a computer.
2
5
6
4
7
10
8
9
2.2 a/an + adjective + noun
A: Match these adjectives and nouns. B: Write a or an in the gaps
1. Beautiful cat
2. Small apartment 1. I live in _____ beautiful apartment.
2. _____ old, black cat called Charles.
3. Old tourist
3. We have _____ small business.
4. American business
4. He’s _____ clever, friendly young man.
5. We have _____ American tourist.
C: Listen to audio (030). Were you

right?

2.3 Word order
A: What do you have in your bag? Take C: Complete the grammar rules with to
one thing from your bag. Describe it. be and noun.
Give your thing to your teacher.
1. Adjective + __________.
2. __________ + adjective.
My notebook My pen is
is large. cheap and
blue. D: Put the words in the correct order.
1. a/bicycle/I/new/have/
2. bicycle/new/My/is
E: Put the words in the correct order.
Green Happy Easy Chinese
Old
B: Whose are the things? 1. This exercise is __________.
2. I like __________ food.
3. My grandparents are __________. They are 92.
4. I’m __________ today.
5. That’s the teacher’s bag. My bag is the
__________ bag.
That’s Ko Zaw Oo’s
That’s Dave’s large notebook.
cheap blue pen. F: How many true sentences can you
make?
1. I live in a __________ house.

2. My English teacher is __________.
3. I have a _________ family.
4. English class is __________.
2.4 Listen and draw
A: Listen to audio (031). Draw what you 1. 2. 3.
hear
B: Work in pairs. Partner A looks at

page 110. Partner B looks at page 112. 4. 5. 6.
Tell your partner what to draw.

C: Design a listen and draw activity.
Draw pictures in a 2x2 grid. Tell your
partner what to draw for each section.
3. Describing people
3.1 Is she a good teacher?

A: What adjectives can you use to C: Listen to audio (032) again. Jessica
describe a teacher? describes her Myanmar language
teacher, Paw Mu. Which photo is
Paw Mu?
B: Listen to audio (032). What does the
man want? Why does he talk to Jessica?
D: Which adjectives does Jessica use to
describe Paw Mu? Listen and check.
A
C

E: Which adjectives describe Paw Mu?
Tall Thin Happy Fat
Look at the list and complete the table.
She is She is not Don’t know Young Clever Lazy Thin

Thin Tall Happy
Friendly Stupid Short Lonely
Kind Busy Horrible
3.2 What are they like?
A: Look at the adjectives in 3.1E. C: Make a list of synonyms and

Classify them into appearance, antonyms.
personality or neither.
D: Describe a friend to a partner.
Appearance Personality Neither
He’s tall and kind. He’s Aye Aye’s friend Zaw
very handsome. His Lin Htwe is tall, kind
name is Zaw Lin Htwe. and very handsome.
B: Add any other people adjectives that

you know.
3.3 Describe them
He’s fat. He’s not thin. A: Write sentences about these people.
How many can you write in three
minutes?
B: Listen to audio (033) and check.

She’s poor.
She’s not rich.
C: Listen to audio (033) and repeat.

3.4 Your body
A: Do you know your body? shake C: Play Thingy says. Stand up and
your: listen to audio (034). If you do or say
the wrong thing, sit down. The winner is
1. Arms 5. Stomach the last person standing.
2. Hair 6. Feet
3. Eyes 7. Hands
4. Legs 8. Neck Thingy says ‘touch
your head’.
B: Now do these things:
1. Point to your ears.

2. Look at your back.
3. Shake hands with your neighbour.
4. Stand on one leg.
5. Touch your mouth.
6. Hold your nose.
3.5 How do they look?

A: Who are these people? What do you
know about them?
B: What words would you use to

describe them?
Beautiful Handsome Black
White Pink Ugly American
Myanmar Tall Short Thin
Fat Old Young English

C: What other adjectives can you use D: Are these sentences true or false? If
for them? Make lists. false, make it into a true sentence.
Barack Obama Nay Noe Angelina Jolie 1. Barack Obama has long hair.
2. He’s black.
3. He has a big nose.
4. He is very old - about 80 years old.
5. He’s quite handsome.
6. Nay Toe is very young.
7. He’s fat.
8. He has light skin.
9. He has dark hair.
10. Angelina Jolie has long hair.
11. She’s quite young – about 40.
12. She’s Asian.
3.6 Very and quite

A: What are the differences between B: Who is who? Myat Cho is quite old. U
these pairs of sentences? Zeya is very old. Rosy is very young. Ma
Ma Hlaing is young. Abdul is old. Tin Tin
1. He’s short. He’s very short. is quite young.
2. She’s rich. She’s quite rich.
1. ____________ is 1 year old.
2. ____________ is 15 years old.
3. ____________ is 25 years old.
C: Write a description of a person in 4. ____________ is 65 years old.
your class or a famous person. Find a 5. ____________ is 85 years old.
partner and describe your person. Can 6. ____________ is 100 years old.
they guess who it is?
4. Describe your life
4.1 An email home

A: Do you remember Tom from Unit 2? B: Look at the email on the next page.
What do you remember about him? Where is he now? What does he do
now?

To: Emily <emily@mail.com
Subject: Hi from Yangon
Dear Emily, Lizzie and John,
How are you? I teach at Bright Star Free School. I teach English to teenagers
aged 13-18 years. My job’s interesting. It’s difficult but fun. The students are
lovely – friendly and clever. Their families are poor so they can’t afford school
fees.
The head teacher, my boss, is Daw Tin Tin Nyo. She’s tall and very fat. She’s
serious but kind. Her family’s rich and important. They have a big house and
three cars. She funds the school.
Love from Tom
C: His wife and children live in England. 1. Are the students at Bright Star rich?
He emails them every week. 2. Is Paul’s job easy?
3. What’s Daw Tin Tin Nyo’s job?
D: Read the email again and answer
4. What are her family like?
the questions:
5. Are they rich?
6. How many houses does she have?
4.2 A letter
A: Look at the letter to the right. What does
Dear Joey,
Khin Zaw describe? Circle the topics from
the boxes below.
I live in Yangon now. Yangon is __________ , but
Girlfriend Hometown Job House __________. I have a job at Golden Myanmar
Tours as a tour guide.
Parents Study Friends Boss City My boss is a __________ woman called Apsara.
She’s __________ and very __________. I like
Yangon. I have some __________ friends here.
B: Add correct adjectives to the letter. I hope you will come and visit me one day.
Your friend,
C: Do the Disappearing Paragraph
Khin Zaw
with Khin Zaw’s letter to Joey.

4.3 What is your life like?
A: Think about your life. What’s C: Write a short letter to an old friend.
happening? Make a list of topics to talk
about. Discuss your list with a partner.
B: Choose three topics and write notes

about them, e.g.
Job Difficult
Speak English
House Small
Live with brothers
Brothers Clever
Kind
Taxi driver
5. Focus on pronunciation: Vowels 1
5.1 a/an
A: Say the following. How do you
pronounce a and an?
1. I’m a businesswoman.
2. I live in a beautiful apartment.
3. I have an old black cat called Charles.
4. We have a small business.
5. It’s a tour company.
6. We work in a new office.
7. We employ a tour guide.
8. He’s a clever, friendly young man.
9. We have an American tourist in the office.
B: Listen to audio (030) and check.

Repeat.

5.2 / /
A: The / / sound is very important in D: Point, ask and answer questions in
English. You hear it in a and an. pairs.
//
I’m a businesswoman. What is It’s an
this? aeroplane.
Where else can you hear it in this
sentence?
B: Listen to audio (030) again and circle E: Point, ask and answer questions
the / / sounds in each sentence in 5.1A. about the people in Unit 2, 3.1.
C: What are these things. Listen to

audio (035), repeat and point.
5.3 / / in words
A: Where are the / / sounds in these C: Ask and answer questions about
words? things and people in the class.
1. Banana 6. Aeroplane
2. Newspaper 7. Student What’s
3. Umbrella 8. Farmer that?
It’s a
4. Computer 9. Journalist whiteboard.
5. Apartment 10. Soldier
What does
Cherry
B: Listen to audio (036). Check and Aung do?
She works
repeat. at a
university.

5.4 Some other vowels
A: What are these sounds? C: What are these sounds?
/a:/ /u:/ /e/ /i:/ /i/

1. Banana /a:/
2. Newspaper /u:/ 1. Farmer 7. Speak
3. Bed /e/ 2. Key 8. Listen
4. Tree /i:/ 3. Head 9. Student
5. Fish /i/ 4. Computer 10. Desk
5. Apartment 11. Teeth
B: Listen to audio (037). Check and
6. Tell 12. Arm
repeat.
D: Look at the sentences in 5.1. How

many vowel sounds can you identify?
/a:/ /u:/ /e/ /i:/ /i/

live
5.5 Song: Little Boxes

A: These are phrases in a song. The
song is called Little Boxes. What do you
think about it?
Little boxes all the same And marry and

raise a family
There’s doctors and
there’s lawyers and there’s
business executives
On the
hillside
They all have pretty
children and the children
go to school
There’s a green one, and a pink one,
and a blue one and a yellow one

B: Listen and put the lines in order:
And they all have pretty children and the chidren
There’s a green one and a pink one
all go to school
And they all look just the same
And they all get put in boxes, and they all come
Little boxes made of ticky tacky out the same
Little boxes on the hillside And the children go to summer camp, and then to
And a blue one and a yellow one the university
And they’re all made out of ticky tacky And they all play on the golf course and drink
Little boxes, little boxes, little boxes all the same their martini dry
And they all get put in boxes, little boxes all the And the boys go into business and marry and raise
same a family
And they all look just the same And they’re all made out of ticky tacky and they
And there’s doctors and there’s lawyers and all look just the same
there’s business executives And they all get put in boxes just the same
And they’re all made out of ticky tacky And a blue one and a yellow one
And the people in the houses all go to university There’s a green one and a pink one
C: List the adjectives in this song. E: A lot of musicians perform this song.
Listen to audio (039). Which do you like
best?
D: Find one example of each sound in

the first verse. F: What is this song about?
/ / /u:/ /i:/ /i/
6. Phrasebook: Telephones 1
6.1 Answering the phone

A: Do you answer the phone in English?
What do you say? A B
B: Khin Zaw has two phones – a work

phone and a personal phone. Listen
and match the conversation with the
picture.

C: How does Khin Zaw answer the E: Listen to audio (041). Are these
phone? people using a work or personal phone?
1. 4.
D: In which conversation is he talking 2. 5.
to his boss? In which conversation is he 3. 6.
talking to his friend?
F: How do you answer the phone at
work or school? How do you answer a
personal phone?
6.2 Asking for someone
A: How do you ask for someone on the C: Listen to audio (042), check and
phone? repeat.
B: Put these conversations in

order. D: Fill the gaps to describe the situation
1. - Mum, is Dad there? 1. Madhu Reddy wants to speak to her father. Her
mother answers the phone.
- Thanks.
2. ________ wants to speak to ________. He is not
- Hi darling. Yes, he’s here. Amit! there.
- Hi, Madhu Reddy. 3. ________ answers the phone. ________ wants to
2. - I’m sorry, she’s not here at the moment. speak to her.
- Ok, thanks. I’ll call back later.
- Good morning, Health Rescue International.
- Good morning. Is Amit Reddy there? This is Paw E: Work in pairs. Write conversations for
Mu from YSIS. these situations.
3. - Hello. Is Daw Tin Tin Nyo there, please? 1. You want to speak to your friend. Your friend’s broth-
- Hello Sayama. This is Jessica Lomax. er answers the phone.
- Tin Tin Nyo speaking. 2. You work for Interfish. Phone MyanMart. You want
to speak to Barry Ho. He is not there at the moment.
- Hello. Bright Star Free School.
3. Phone the UNDP. You want to speak to Sarah Camp.
She answers the phone.
F: Practise your conversations. Perform

one for the class.

7. Learning strategies: Writing
7.1 Mistakes
A: Look at this essay. Add a suitable B: How many mistakes are there? Circle
title. the mistakes.
Spelling Verb endings Missing words
___________________________
1. My brother workds for a small NGO C: Correct the mistakes.
2. - Help for Poor Childrin. HPC has two
3. offices, in Bago and Yangon. My brother
4. works in Bago. He a secretary. He D: Do you make the same mistakes
5. answer the phone and writes letters when you are writing? Make a class list
6. and emails. The job is quite difficult. of writing mistakes.
7. My brother study English language. Word order Spelling

8. He goes to English class every day. He
9. needs English for his job. He English on
10. the telefone and write English in
11. emails and letters.
7.2 Check your writing

A: Write a short essay (50-70 words) B: Read your essay. Carefully check
about your job or studies. for each type of mistake. Give it to a
partner or teacher to check again.

UNIT 3
A Use the adjectives to describe the people
and things.
Rich Expensive Tall Old Nice
Beautiful Clever Happy Difficult
3. Ko Oo is __________
4. Ko Oo’s exam is __________
1. Winnie is rich and __________ 5. Soe Reh is __________ and __________
2. Winnie’s car is __________ 6. Soe Reh’s hat is __________

B Fill the gaps to describe the people.
There are many possible answers.
D Choose the correct sentence.
1. Thiha Lwin and May Thandar Htun
are / aren’t poor.
2. They have three / four shops and a
house.
3. Their house is big / small.
4. They have two / three children.
5. Min Min / Cho Cho Aung is lazy.
6. Min Min and Cho Cho Aung are about
6 / 16 years old.
1. The girl is quite __________ - about ten years old. 7. Mandeep is ugly / handsome.
8. His job / apartment is difficult.
2. She has __________ hair. She’s very _________.
9. His boyfriend, John, is Indian /
3. The man has __________ hair and a _________
American.
4. nose. He’s quite __________. 10. John is nice / horrible.
11. He looks after / teaches young
children.
C Read the text and answer the questions: 12. Mandeep and John live / work in
Bangkok.
1. What does Thiha Lwin do?
2. Where is their house?
3. Where do John and Mandeep live?
E Put the words in the correct order.
Thiha Lwin and May Thandar Htun live in Mandalay. 1. girlfriend / a / I / beautiful / have
They are businesspeople. They have three shops. The I have a beautiful girlfriend
shops sell cars and motorbikes. Thiha Lwin and May 2. motorbike / is / fast / my / very
Thandar Htun are quite rich. He is short and fat, and 3. we / important / have / an / meeting
she is tall and thin. They have a beautiful large house 4. are / delicious /noodles / these
near the river. They live with their two children Min 5. is / new / my / computer / excellent.
Min and Cho Cho Aung. Min Min is quiet and clever. 6. lovely / children / are / your / and /
He studies computers, English, Chinese and French. Cho friendly
Cho Aung is lazy and very bossy. The children go to an 7. our / big / is / grey / dog / and
international high school. 8. has / my / an / interesting / friend / job
9. my / is / short / and / mother /
Mandeep’s a tall, handsome man from clever / kind.
Armritsar, India. He’s a journalist. His job’s 10. a / small / ears / brother / and / my /
quite difficult, but very interesting. He lives with has / nose / big
his boyfriend, John. John’s American. He’s
a lovely, kind man. He’s a teacher. He teaches very
young children. His students are two, three and four
years old. His job’s fun. Mandeep and John live in a small
apartment in Bangkok.

F Read this text. Write a or an in the gaps. I Translate these conversations into your
own language.
I have a 1. big family. I have 3 brothers
and 3 sisters. My brothers are Zack, Mike 1. Hi, Nandar speaking.
and Robin. My sisters are Jane, Sandra Hi, is Uncle there?
and Trisha. Zack’s 16 years old. He Yes, he’s here.
studies English at ____2. school in New
Thanks.
York. He’s ____3. clever student. Mike’s
26 years old. He’s ____4. cook. He makes 2. Good morning, MyanMart.
delicious food! Robin is 32 years old. He’s Good morning. Is U Soe Htut there? This
____5. rich businessman. He has ____6. is Nguyen Li from GCMB.
expensive apartment and ____7. fast I’m sorry, he’s not here at the moment.
car. Jane is 30 years old. She has ____8. OK, thanks. I’ll call back later.
interesting job. She’s ____9. journalist. 3. Hello, Central Hospital.
She works all around the world. Sandra
Hello, is Dr Win there, please?
teaches at ____10. international school
in Malaysia. She’s ____11. good teacher. Dr Win speaking.
She’s 24 years old. Trisha’s ____12. Hello. This is Mary Lim.
soldier. She works in Afghanistan. She has
____13. dangerous job. She’s 33 years old.
J Identify the mistakes in the text. Look

for spelling, verb endings and missing
words.
G Complete
quite.
the sentences. Add very or
Hi Tin Tin,
1. Zack is quite clever, His marks are
good, but not excellent. I’m Sandra, Andy’s sister. I work Malaysia. I
2. Mike makes ______ ______ food. teaches at an international shool. I work quite
hard, but the work is fun. I with young children -
His restaurant is famous.
my students about 6 years old.
3. Robin’s apartment is ______
______. It costs 2,000,000 dollars.
4. Jane’s job is ______ ______ but she Malaysia is interesting country. The food is
wants to be a lawyer. delishious. I live with my Malaysian friend, Laila.
She have an apartment here. It’s small, but qite
nice.
H Pronunciation: What are these sounds?
/ / /a:/ /u:/ /e/ /i:/ or /i/?
Sandra
1. Fast 2. Delicious 3. Me
4. Stupid 5. Colour 6. Clever
7. Green 8. Leg 9. Excellent
10. Happy 11. Difficult 12. Afford
13. Repeat 14. Noodles K Rewrite the text correctly.

L Tick the words and phrases you know.
In your notebook, write definitions,
interesting (adj) pretty (adj)
jungle (n) purple (adj)
examples and/or translations for the
kind (adj) quick (adj)
words and phrases you find difficult.
know (v) quite (adv)
large (adj) red (adj)
a lot of (adj) employ (v) later (adj) relatives (n)
advertisement (n) everyone (prn) lazy (adj) rich (adj)
afford (v) exam (n) leg (n) same (adj)
arm (n) excellent (adj) light (adj) scary (adj)
back (n) expensive (adj) little (adj) sexy (adj)
beautiful (adj) eye (n) long (adj) shirt (n)
black (adj) fat (adj) lovely (adj) short (adj)
blood (n) fee (n) motorbike (n) show (v)
brown (adj) flash drive (n) mountain (n) sit (v)
business (n) flower (n) mouth (n) skin (n)
busy (adj) foot (n) neck (n) sky (n)
buy (v) free (adj) noodles (n) slow (adj)
call back (v) friendly (adj) nose (n) small (adj)
charcoal (n) fun (n, adj) old (adj) so are you
cheap (adj) garden (n) opposite (prep) song (n)
clever (adj) grass (n) orange (adj) stand up (v)
cold (adj) green (adj) pay for (v) stomach (n)
colour (n) grey (adj) personal (adj) stupid (adj)
company (n) hair (n) pink (adj) thin (adj)
dark (adj) hand (n) plant (n) touch (v)
delicious (adj) handsome (adj) poor (adj) ugly (adj)
difficult (adj) happy (adj) president (n) university (n)
document (n) head (n)
downtown (n) head teacher (n)
M Name the body parts:
10
dry (adj) hold (v)
ear (n) horrible (adj) 1
easy (adj) important (adj)
9 8
2
N What are these
words?
6. Plants, vegetables
and flowers grow here
7
7. You put this in a 3
1. Not young computer
2. Red + yellow
3. Good to eat
8. You sing this
9. Not the same
6
4. Very pretty 10. Small
5. All people
5
4
UNIT 4
TIMES AND ACTIVITIES
Topics and Functions: Times and days | Routines | Likes and dislikes | Meeting people
This Structures: Wh-questions | Prepositions of time | Adverbs of frequency
unit Skills: Intonation and style | Stress pronunciation | Filling in forms
Learner training: Listening strategies: techniques for identifying learning goals
1. Days and times
1.1 Saturday
A: What do you do on Saturdays? Make

a list and compare it with a partner.
3
2
1
6
5
7 8
4

B: Read Khin Zaw and Jessica’s C: Fill the gaps using information from
conversation and match the times with the chart.
the pictures of Jessica’s schedule on the
previous page. 1. Jessica gets up at 10am.
2. She ______ at 11am.
Khin Zaw Hi! I’m bored - I’m at work. Do you 3. She ______ at 12.30.
work on Saturdays? 4. She ______ at 6pm.
Jessica Hi Khin Zaw. I’m at home. No, I don’t 5. Khin Zaw ______ at 8.45am.
work on Saturdays.
6. He ______ at 5 pm.
Khin Zaw What do you do on Saturdays?
7. He ______ at 7 pm.
Jessica Usually I get up at 10am. Then I go to
8. He ______ at 8 pm.
the market at 11 and buy food. I cook
9. He ______ at 10.30 pm.
and eat lunch at about 12.30. At 2pm
my friend Lee comes to my house and
we study Myanmar. I go by bus to D: Answer the questions.
Myanmar class at 6 o’clock. At night I
usually go to a restaurant with friends.
1. What time do you get up?
At 11pm I got to bed. What do you do?
2. What time do you have breakfast?
Khin Zaw I start work at 8.45 and drink coffee.
I finish at 5.. At 7 o’clock, we have 3. What time do you go to English class?
dinner. At 8 o’clock I watch TV, then 4. What time do you have dinner?
at 10.30 I go to bed. 5. What time do you go to bed?
E: In pairs, ask and answer the F: What other things do you do in a

questions. Tell the class about your day? Make a class list.
partner.
Read the newspaper.
G: In pairs, ask and answer questions
about your day.
1.2 What time is it?

A: Look at the clock faces and match Eg. Quarter to ten 4. Ten past nine
each with the correct time. 2. Half past nine 5. Five past nine
3. Twenty to ten 6. Nine o’ clock
A 12
B 12
C 12
D E F
9 3 9 3 9 3 9 3 9 3 9 3
6 6 6 6 6 6
__________ __________ __________ __________ __________ Quarter to ten

B: Write the times. Use the times in C: Listen (043), check and repeat.
Exercise A to help you.
1. 01:15 - Quarter 7. 05:05

past one D: Play Time Bingo. Follow your
2. 02:20 8. 06:30 teacher’s instructions.
3. 02:25 9. 07:40
4. 03:35 10. 08:00
5. 04:50 11. 10:10
6. 04:55 12. 12:45
1.3 Telling the time

A: Are these times the same or B: Write the times.
different?
1. 03:50 It’s ten to four. It’s three
fifty
1. Ten past two Two ten
2. 06:15 It’s quarter past six
2. Quarter past three Three fifteen
3. 01:25 It’s twenty-five past one
3. Twenty past five Five twenty
4. 10:20 It’s twenty past ten
4. Twenty to five Five twenty
5. 01:35 It’s twenty-five to two
5. Five to eight Eight fifty-five
6. 05:05 It’s five past five
6. Five past nine Nine oh five
C: Listen (044) and check.
1.4 Lee’s day

A: This is Jessica’s classmate, Lee.
What can you remember about him?
What do you think he does each day?
B: Listen (045) to Lee talking about his

day. Were you right?
C: In pairs, discuss and write down

everything you can remember about his
day.

1.5 Parts of the day
A: When does Lee do these things? B: In groups list things people ususally
Listen and complete the table. do in a day and when they do them.
Morning Afternoon Evening Night

Morning Afternoon Evening Night
Get up
Get up
1.6 What day is it?

A: Put the days of the week in the B: Answer these questions.
correct order.
1. What day is it today?
1. ____Monday_____
Wednesday Sunday 2. What day was it yesterday?
2. _______________
3. What day will it be tomorrow?
3. _______________
Friday Monday 4. What day comes after Saturday?
4. _______________
5. What day comes before Wednesday?
5. _______________
Thursday Tuesday 6. What days do you go to English class?
6. _______________
7. _______________
Saturday
1.7 Your week

A: Fill in this timetable with your regular activities.
Include everything that you do in a week.
Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

6am-9am
9am-12noon
12noon-3pm
3pm-6pm
6pm-9pm
9pm-midnight

B: Work in pairs. Ask and answer
questions about what you do in a week. What do you do
on Mondays?
At 8.30 I
C: Tell the class some interesting things go to college.
about your partner’s week.
2. Questions and answers
2.1 Sunday evening at the teashop

A: Khin Zaw is at a teashop. Jessica, B:Circle the correct verb for each
Lee and Paw Mu walk in. Listen and fill sentence. Listen and check your
the gaps with the phrases in the boxes. answers.
Khin Zaw: Jessica, do / does1. you go to Myanmar

On Thursdays Every day class every week?
Jessica: Yes, I do / does 2.
Every evening Lee: Do / does 3. Sayama Paw Mu teach
every day?
Jessica: Yes, she do / does 4.. Do / does 5. you
Khin Zaw: Hi. Jessica! Hi, Lee. Hello Sayama. Do you work every day?
come here ______1. ? Khin Zaw: No, I don’t / doesn’t 6. My office don’t
Jessica: Hey Khin Zaw. No, I don’t. I only come here / doesn’t 7. open on Sundays.
______.2.
Lee: I do. I live near here. C: Complete the grammar rules for
Paw Mu: I don’t. questions with do and does.
Jessica: I usually eat in Hledan, near my house.
Khin Zaw: Does Hledan have good teashops? 1. In yes/no questions, we use ______ with I, you,
Jessica: Yes, it does. I go to the Golden Roti ______3.. we and they
It’s cheap and really delicious. 2. We use ______ with it, he and she.
Khin Zaw: Do you like the food here?
Lee: Yes, I do. I love it, but Sayama Paw Mu
doesn’t.
Paw Mu: I hate it. I don’t like spicy food.

2.2 About you
A: Match these questions and answers. B: Answer the questions about yourself.
1. Do you have any brothers and sisters?

1. Does Khin Zaw have any a. No, she doesn’t.
2. Do you live in Hledan?
brother and sisters?
3. Do you teach every day?
2. Does Jessica live in b. Yes, she does.
Hledan? 4. Do you eat pork?
3. Do Jessica and Lee c. Yes, it does. 5. Does your town have good teashops?
study every day?
4. Does Tin Tin Nyo d. Yes, he has two C: Write five more yes/no questions.
eat pork? brothers and two
sisters.
5. Does Hledan have e. Yes, they do. D: Interview your partner. Ask the ten
good teashops? questions from B and C.
D: Tell another student about your

partner.
2.3 Negative forms

A: Put the sentences in the correct C: Fill the gaps with the correct negative
order. form.
1. don’t / I / tea / drink

1. Jessica ______ have red hair.
2. We / don’t / any children / have
2. Devi ______ have any brothers or sisters.
3. have / a mother / They / don’t
3. I ______ eat mohingha.
4. work / on /Saturdays / She / doesn’t
4. Madhu and Amit ______ work on Sundays.
5. He / come / from / doesn’t / Zimbabwe
5. They ______ start work at 9am.
B: Complete the grammar rules for do

and does.
1. In negative sentences with I, you, we and they,

we use ______.
2. In negative sentences with he, she and it, we use
______.

2.4 Meet Matty
A: Listen to Matty talk about what he
likes and doesn’t like. Put them in the
correct columns. Hi, I’m
Matty.
British movies American action movies
Hip-hop Rock music Dance music Likes Doesn’t like
Spicy food Swimming Football
Sport
C: Write the questions for Matty’s

B: Look at these questions then answers.
complete the grammar rules with be
and do. 1. Are you married?
No, I’m single.
2. _______________
No, I’m English.
1. Does she like football? 3. _______________
No, I live in Yangon.
2. Are you a teacher? 4. _______________
No, I’m not. I’m a
3. Do you live in Myanmar? teacher.
4. Is the curry delicious? 5. _______________ No, I don’t. I teach adults.
With present simple questions we use:

______ with verbs.
______ with nouns and adjectives.
2.5 What do you like?

A: Answer these questions about B: What other things do you like? What
yourself. don’t you like? Make a list.
1. Do you like football? C: Work in groups. Make a group poster

2. Do you like hip-hop music? of your likes and dislikes.
3. Do you like Korean TV shows?
4. Do you like Mondays?
5. Do you like cats?

3. Wh– questions
3.1 We’re from Mumbai

A: Listen (049). Madhu and Amit talk to
Tin Tin Nyo. Who gives each answer?
Listen and write the correct name next
to each answer.
1. We’re from Mumbai. Madhu

2. Over 10 million.
3. Three. Hindi, English and now some Myanmar
4. We live in Myanmar.
5. We go in the school holidays.
6. We stay with my parents. C: Fill the gaps with wh- question words.
7. The beautiful old buildings.
1. We use ______ to ask about places.
B: Complete the questions. 2. We use ______ to ask about times and dates.
3. We use ______ to ask about things.
1. ______ are you from?
4. We use ______ to ask about numbers.
2. ______ people live in Mumbai?
5. We use ______ to ask about people.
3. ______ languages do you speak?
4. ______ do you visit India?
5. ______ do you stay with there?
6. ______ do you like about Mumbai?
3.2 Barack Obama

A: Look at the pictures of Barack B: Work in pairs. Partner A, look at page
Obama. Complete the chart about 110. Partner B, look at page 112. Order
things you know, and things you want the questions, and ask the other group.
to know. Use the information to fill the gaps.
Things I know about Things I want to know C: Look at your chart from A. Do you
Barack Obama about Barack Obama know more about Barack Obama?

3.3 Learn about each other
A: Do Swap Questions. C: Do Who am I?
B: What questions can you ask to find

out who you are? make a list.
4. Frequency
4.1 Mosquitoes
A: What diseases do mosquitoes cause? B: Read the text and write the underlined
words in the correct place on the line
(scale) at the bottom of the page.
Four dangerous mosquitoes

The Anopheles mosquito is The Asian tiger mosquito is
black, brown and white. They also black and white. They bite
live in all Asian countries, in in the day or in the evening. At
Africa and in America. They night they rest. They usually
bite at night. They sometimes live in gardens or forests. The
cause malaria. Asian tiger mosquito causes
Yellow fever mosquitoes are dengue fever.
black and white. They always Culex fatigans mosquitoes are
bite in the evening and in the brown or black. They never bite
morning. They cause yellow in the afternoon; only at night.
fever and dengue fever. They cause elephantitis.
C: Complete the sentences using the D: Complete the sentences using in and
adverbs of frequency. at.
1. Yellow fever mosquitoes bite in the evening.
1. Male mosquitoes never bite humans or animals.
2. They rest ______ the afternoon.
(never)
3. They bite ______ the morning.
2. Mosquitoes live near water. (always)
4. Asian tiger mosquitoes rest ______ night.
3. They live for one or two weeks. (usually)
5. Anopheles mosquitoes bite ______ the day.
4. They live for four weeks. (sometimes)
6. Asian tiger mosquitoes bite ______ night.
5. Female mosquitoes lay 200 - 300 eggs. (usually)
7. They live ______ gardens and forests.
6. Mosquitoes cause HIV. (never)
8. Anopheles mosquitoes live ______ Myanmar.
0% 100%

4.2 The Mosquitoes
A: What is a band? Do you know any
famous bands? What is your favourite
band?
B: Unscramble the names of the

instruments using the letters below.
1 3
2
1. tcirclee urtiga 2. smurd 3. assb trigua
C: This is Raúl. Read and answer the 1. Where are The Mosquitoes from?
questions. 2. What does José do?
3. What kind of music do they play?
I’m Raúl and I’m a singer. Our band is called The 4. Does Chico play the drums?
Mosquitoes. We’re from Cornwall in England. We 5. When does Raúl get up?
play Spanish music. Pedro and Chico play electric 6. Does Pedro cook?
guitar. Torre plays the drums and José plays bass
guitar. I get up at half past one every afternoon. I 7. When do The Mosquitoes practice?
sing songs and I cook lunch. Sometimes José cooks. 8. When do they play?
9. When do they usually get home?
Pedro and Chico never cook or clean. We practice 10. Does Raúl sing on Sundays?
every afternoon at three o’clock. We finish our
practice at five o’clock. We always go out and drink
beer at night. We usually get home at three o’clock
in the morning. We play on Saturday nights in bars.
I sometimes sing in a restaurant on Sundays.

4.3 Your life
A: Fill the gaps and make the C: Write a paragraph about your daily
statements true for your life. routine.
1. I sometimes sleep in the afternoon.

2. I always ______ in the evening. D: Find a partner. Tell your partner
3. I usually ______ on Sundays. about your routine.
4. I sometimes ______ at the weekend.
5. I never ______ in the morning.
E: Join with another pair to form
a group. Tell the group about your
partner’s routine.
B: Fill the gaps with never, sometimes,
usually or always.
No I don’t
1. I never cook in the morning. - I usually
Lwin Maung get up at
2. I ______ get up at 10am. Maung about 7. I
3. I ______ read books in bed. usually gets sometimes
up at 8.30. get up late.
4. I ______ have an English class on Tuesday afternoons.
5. I ______ chase cats in the street.
5. Filling in forms 1
5.1 Application forms

A: Look at the application form. Answer
COURSE APPLICATION FORM the questions.
Fill in the form in BLOCK CAPITALS
Name: NANG KHAM BWAR 1. What is this application for?

Address: MYAE PHYU VILLAGE, TAUNG- 2. What are block capitals?
GYI, SOUTHERN SHAN STATE,
MYANMAR 3. What information is not in block capitals? Why?
Date of 27/05/1993 4. How old is this person now?
birth: 5. What word is like ‘occupation’?
Marital SINGLE Gender: 6. Is this person married?
status: M/F
Occupation: SHOP ASSISTANT
7. Is this person a man or a woman?
Email: bwar.rose@gmail.com
Phone: 081-543285

B: Look at the information to the right.
Use it to complete the blank application Number 22, 27-72 Street,
form. Chan Mya, Thar Si, Mandalay
COURSE APPLICATION FORM
Name:1
02-66013 Male Married
Address:2
Date of 02/01/1974 peace.nyein17@gmail.com
birth:3
Marital Gender:5
status:4 M/F Student An Kar Nyein Chan
Occupation:6
Email:7
Phone:8 D: Find a partner. Ask questions about
their education and hobbies and fill
in the form with their information.
C: What is this person’s educational Then they fill in the form with your
background? What are their hobbies? information. Swap forms and check.
Educational SECONDARY EDUCATION Educational

background: COMPLETION CERTIFICATE background:
FIRST AID AT WORK
CERTIFICATE
Hobbies: CYCLING Hobbies:
COOKING
WATCHING FILMS
5.2 Pronunciation of wh- questions

A: Match the wh- word with the word D: Listen again (050). Underline the
that sounds the same. sentence stress in each question.
1. What a. blue /u:/ 1. What’s your name? 6. What do you do?

2. When b. brown /au/ 2. Where do you live? 7. What’s your
3. Where c. get /e/ occupation?
4. Who d. hot / / 3. What’s your address? 8. What’s your email
5. How e. chair /e / address?
4. What’s your date of 9. What’s your phone
B: Listen to the questions (050). What birth? number?
do you notice about the verb and 5. What’s your marital
pronoun after the wh- word? status?
C: Listen and repeat (050). E: Do a Roleplay. Work in pairs: A is the
receptionist at a language centre. B is a
new student.

6. Phrasebook: People you know
6.1 Meeting an old friend

A: What do you say when you meet an B: Write the text in the speech bubbles
old friend? from the boxes below.
C: Listen and check (051). No. I’m Mark Waters. You don’t remember me!
D: Fill the gaps to tell the story. I’m your old student Oh, I’m sorry
Paw Mu __________1 a young man on the street. Hello, Sayama Paw Mu. Er.. Hello
He says “__________”2. She thinks, but can’t Do you remember me?
remember him. Is he one of the __________3 boys
from the international school, now grown up? She I remember your face, but I don’t remember
asks “__________”4. She is wrong - his name is your name. Are you Bobby Thornwood?
__________.5 Paw Mu feels __________.6
E: What could Mark do differently?
6.2 Polite phone calls

A: Why do you phone people?
B: Listen to the conversations in audio

(052). Are they polite or impolite?

C: What could Kyaw Day do differently? 3. Introduce yourself: “It’s Brang Aung” or “This is
Brang Aung.”
D: Look at the list. Write do or don’t 4. Ask “Are you busy?”
next to each item. 5. Have a reason to call someone.
1. Ask ‘Do you know my name?’. 6. Say ‘bye’ or ‘see you’ at the end of the call.
2. Say hello or hi.
7. Learning strategies: What do you learn?
7.1 Main learning points

A: Look back at 1.1A in Unit 4: What do B: Look back at 1.1.B in Unit 4: Read
you do on Saturdays? Make a list and Khin Zaw and Jessica’s chat and match
compare it with a partner. Why do you the places with the pictures. Why do you
do this exercise? Tick all reasons. do this exercise? Tick all the reasons.
1. to prepare you for the topic 6. to talk about your experience

2. to make the topic interesting 7. to understand new language
3. to learn new grammar 8. to practise new grammar
4. to practice writing skills 9. to know about Jessica’s day
5. to find out what language you know about the 10. to use new language
topic
C: What are the main learning points of: D: What are the main learning points of:
1. In Unit 4, 1.1.C 1. In Unit 4, 4.2.B
2. In Unit 4, 1.1.D, E and F 2. In Unit 4, 2.4.C
Choose from 1-10 in the boxes above.

E: What are the main learning points of
this section: In Unit 4, 7.1?
7.2 Today’s lesson
A: Write down everything you learned C: Join another pair to make a group of
in today’s lesson four. Use a chart like this.
- the reason to do brainstorms What we did Why we did it

1. Brainstorm to think about a new topic
B: Work in pairs. List, in order,
everything you did in today’s lesson.
D: Put your charts on the wall and look

at other groups’ charts.

UNIT 4
A Look at the table and write about these
people. C Write the correct times. 12
12 12
Jean Nang Seng Ou and Lili 9 3 9 3 9 3
Speak Yes Yes No

Myanmar 6 6 6
Have a car Yes No No

1. Ten past four/4.10 2. __________ 3. __________
12 12 12
Eat meat No Yes Yes
Wake up No Yes Yes 9 9 3 9
3 3
early
6 6 6
1. Jean speaks Myanmar. He has a car. He doesn’t 4. __________ 5. __________ 6. __________
eat meat. He doesn’t wake up early.
2. Nang Seng..
3. Ou and Lili..
D This is Yao Ming’s week. Fill the gaps to
make true sentences.
Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri
B Write the times Wake up

Start work
7am
9am
7am
8.30am 8am
7am 7am
9am
7am
11am
1. three twenty 03.20 Eat lunch 12pm 12pm 12pm 12pm 1.15pm
2. five to nine Study 6.30pm 4pm 6.30pm 6.30pm no
Go to bed 10pm 11pm 10pm 11pm 2.30am
3. quarter past one
4. twenty five to five
1. Yao Ming never gets up at 8am
5. quarter to ten
2. He _____ gets up at 7am
6. 06.35 six thirty five
3. He _____ starts work at 8.30am
7. 01.20
4. He _____ eats lunch at 12pm but _____ he eats
8. 05.40
lunch at 1.15pm
9. 11.30
5. He _____ studies English at 6.30pm
10. 03.05
6. He _____ studies English on Fridays
7. He _____ goes to bed at 10pm, and _____ goes to
bed at 11pm. On Fridays he goes to bed at _____

E Using the chart from D, write the parts of
the day.
G Read about Siriporn’s week and answer
the questions.
1. Yao Ming gets up in the morning 1. What time does Siriporn wake up on Monday?
2. He starts work in the ________ 2. What time does she go to bed on Monday?
3. He eats lunch in the _________ 3. What does she do on Wednesday afternoons?
4. He usually studies English in the ________, but on 4. What does she do on Friday evenings?
Tuesdays he studies English in the _________ 5. What time does she catch the bus to go to her
5. He usually goes to bed at ________, but on Friday parents’ house at the weekend?
he goes out and goes to bed in the _________ 6. What does she do on Saturday nights?
7. What days does she go to university?
F Complete the diagram with the words. 8. What days does she study at home?
9. What days does she meet her boyfriend?
Never Always Sometimes Usually 10 What time does she go home on Sunday?
H Here is an interview with Siriporn.

Choose the correct verb and answer the
questions.
1. Do/Does you go to university every day?

No, I don’t. I go to university on Monday, Wednesday
and Thursday.
Never
2. Do/Does you wake up early every day?
3. Do/Does your friends meet you after class?
4. Do/Does your boyfriend phone you on Monday?
5. Do/Does you live with your parents?
6. Do/Does your mum cook lunch on Saturday?
7. Do/Does you check your emails every day?
I’m Thai and I’m 19 years old. I’m a university student. I go to university on Monday, Wednesday and
Thursday every week. On these days, I usually wake up at 7am. At 7.30am, I have breakfast and watch TV.
I go to university at 9 am - my first class is at 9.30am.
At 12.30, I have my lunch. I go to class again at 1.30pm for 3 hours. After the afternoon class, I meet with
my friends and go shopping. I go home at 6pm and I cook dinner. After dinner, my boyfriend phones me. At
about 8 pm, I study for about one hour and then I go to bed and read.
On Tuesdays and Fridays, I usually wake up late. At about 10.30am, I have breakfast and read the
newspaper. I have a shower and then check my email. I have lunch at about 1 pm. After lunch, I study for
about 4 hours. At 6pm, I usually go to a restaurant and have dinner with my boyfriend. At about 10pm, I go
home, have a shower, check my email and watch TV.
On Saturdays and Sundays, I usually go to visit my mother and father. I catch a bus on Saturday at about
9am, and get there at 11. My dad cooks lunch and we eat at around 12.30pm. On Saturday evenings, we
usually eat dinner and listen to the radio. We sometimes visit our friends and relatives. I usually call my
boyfriend and then go to bed at about 11 pm. I catch a bus back home at 6pm on Sunday.

I Complete the form for Siriporn. J Write the questions.
Name: Age: 1. What’s your address? 5 Acre Street
Occupation: 2. 020 9876 5432
3. No, I’m not married
Nationality:
4. I’m a lawyer
Marital Status: Gender:
5. I like rock music
6. I usually wake up at
K Translate
language.
the phrases into your own
8am
7. I go to the market on
1. I remember your face, but I can’t remember Monday
your name. 8. Yes, I like bananas
2. I’m your old student. 9. No, I don’t speak
3. Are you busy? French
4. Do you get up early?
5. I don’t like cats. holiday (n) rule (n)
home (n) sex (male/female) (n)
L Tick the words and phrases you know.
interview (n, v) shower (n)
leader (n) singer (n)
like (v) sometimes (adv)
words and phrases you find difficult.
live (v) spicy (adj)
about (adv) day (n) lunch (n) sport (n)
adult (n) dinner (n) marital status (n) start (v)
always (adj) dislike (v) market (n) stay (v)
application (n) DJ (n) mosquito (n) swap (v)
band (n) drink (v) movie (n) swimming (n)
bar (n) eat (v) near (adj) teashop (n)
bed (n) everything (pron) never (adv) textbook (n)
beer (n) favourite (adj) night (n) think (v)
bite (v) fill in (v) now (adv) time (n)
bored (adj) find out (v) occupation (n) today (n)
boring (adj) finish (v) open (v, adj) tomorrow (n)
breakfast (n) food (n) phrase (n) TV (n)
buy (v) football (n) play (v) use (v)
cause (v) get up (v) pork (n) wake up (v)
check email (v) go to bed (v) prepare (v) walk (v)
clean (v) grow up (v) quarter (n) want (v)
clock (n) half (n) radio (n) watch (v)
cook (v) hate (v) reason (n) water (n)
daily (adv) help (v) receptionist (n) week (n)
dance (n, v) hip-hop (n) rest (v) world (n)
date (n) HIV (n) rock music (n) wrong (adj)
date of birth (n) holiday (n) routine (n) yesterday (n)

M Crossword. Clues across:
1. Single, married, divorced
1 2 3 4
5. I like __________ in the water.
8. Today is a __________ so I’m not at
5 6 7 work
9. She doesn’t __________ pork.
11. __________ Saturdays I visit my parents.
8
12. He listens to the news on the ________.
9 10
15. Not young.
11 12 13
16. Food in the evening.
14 Clues down:
1. This causes malaria and dengue fever.
16 2. What’s the ______ ? 3pm.
15 16 3. Food you eat at about 12pm.
4. Please fill in the ______.
6. The journalists ______ the world leader.
7. Wednesday, Friday, Sunday
10. ______ is Monday. Tomorrow is Tuesday.
13. The shops ______ at 8am.
14. She plays the guitar in a __________.

UNIT 5
FOOD AND NUMBERS
Structure: There is/there are | Countable and uncountable nouns | Some/any/much/many
Topics and Functions: Large numbers | Food, drinks and recipes | Shopping |
This
Ordering food and drinks | Amounts and measurements
unit
Skills: Identifying information | Describing scenes | Giving orders | Descriptive essays
Learner training: Writing strategies: detecting and correcting spelling mistakes and essay composition
Around the world
1.1 The world in numbers

A: How many people are there in your C: Write these amounts in numbers.
family? How many people are there in
your class? How many people are there 1. Two million, three hundred and fifty thousand,
in your country? How many people are two hundred - 2,350,200
there in the world? 2. Two hundred thousand and fifty.
3. Thirty five thousand.
B: Match the words with the numbers. 4. One million, two hundred thousand, five hundred.
5. Three billion, four million, seven hundred and
1. One thousand a. 1,000,000,000 eighty thousand
2. One hundred b. 1,000
thousand
3. One million c. 100,000
4. One billion d. 1,000,000

D: Match the numbers with the G: Write the questions in the correct
sentences below. order.
1. there / many / in / Asia / how / are / people ?
1,000,000,000 2,400,000,000 6 2. Africa / there / how / are / people / many /
in ?
7,000,000,000 317,000,000 193 3. people / Europe / are / many / how / in /
there ?
925,000,000 100,000
H: Match the questions in G with these
1,300,000,000 answers.
1. 7,000,000,000 people in the world 742 million 4 billion 1 billion

2. Muslims in the world
3. Buddhists in the world Around the world in numbers
4. people in China Population
5. people in the USA The world’s population is over 7 billion
6. member states of the UN people. Half the world’s population
live in only six countries. There are over
7. number of UN peacekeepers 1.3 billion people in China and over 1.2
8. major religions in the world billion in India. In the USA there are 317
9. people who have no religion million and there are 253 million people
in Indonesia. Brazil has over 202 million
people and in Pakistan there are 185
E: Complete the sentences using there is million people.
and there are.
Religion
1. __________1.3 billion people in China. There are six major religions in the world:
2. ______ over 190 milion people in Brazil. Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism,
Judaism and Sikhism. About 30% (3 billion
3. ______ four main religions in the world. people) are Christian. There are about 2.4
4. ______ about 2 billion Christians around the billion Muslims, 1 billion Buddhists and
world. about 1 billion Hindus. About 925 million
5. ______ UN peacekeepers in 16 countries. people don’t have a religion.
6. ______ 193 member states in the United Nations
The United Nations
7. ______ a UN organisation called the Group of 77. The United Nations (UN) is a large
international organisation. There are
193 member states in the UN. In the UN,
there are many organisations. The General
Assembly meets every year and talks
F: Choose the best words to complete about important issues in the world. There
the grammar rule: are people from all member countries in
the General Assembly. The UN works for
1. We use there is/are with singular world peace and there are 100,000 UN
nouns. peacekeepers. They work in 16 countries
2. We use there is/are with plural nouns. around the world. There is an organisation
of developing countries in the UN. It is
called the Group of 77.

1.2 The world in pictures
A: Group brainstorm. What things are B: Look at these pictures of classrooms
there in the classroom? How many? from around the world. Match the
Make a list. country with the classroom.
1. USA
C: Work in pairs. Describe one of the 2. India
pictures below in three sentences. Can
3. Kenya
your partner identify it?
4. Myanmar
5. Singapore
D: Are these classrooms the same as
6. Bangladesh
yours or different?
A B C
D F
1.3 Things around you

A: Look around you. Are these C: Do a Substitution Drill.
statements true or false?
1. In this classroom there isn’t a board. There’s a dog

2. There aren’t any chairs. in the room.
There are two
3. There isn’t a teacher. dogs in the room.
4. There aren’t any dogs.
B: Write three true negative statements

about your classroom. There aren’t any
dogs in the room.

2. Hometowns
2.1 Paul’s hometown
A: Answer the questions about your B: Paul’s hometown is Hull, in England.
town. Look at the photographs. What do you
think Paul says about his hometown?
1. Are there any cinemas in your town?
2. Is there a hospital?
3. How many markets are there?
4. How many schools are there?
5. Is there a university?
C: Read Paul’s description of Hull.
I live in Hull in England. Hull is a big city. About 260,000 people live in Hull. There are over
100 schools in the city and there is a university. At the university, there are about 20,000
students. My son Wayne is a student at the university. He studies computer science. There is
also a medical school.
There are three hospitals and four cinemas in the city. There are also four markets. There are
many famous people from Hull. For example, Dean Windass is a football player from Hull,
Paul Heaton is a musician from Hull, and Norman Cook is a very famous DJ. My son likes
Norman Cook’s music.
I like Hull. There are good restaurants and shops. At night it is beautiful. Hull has four big
parks. I walk in the park with my dog every evening. I like the football team here, too. They’re
called Hull City FC. I watch them play every weekend. Do you know them?

D: Are these statements true or false? E: Answer the questions.
If they’re false, correct them.
1. How many people study at the university
1. There are over 100 universities in Hull. in Hull?
2. Wayne studies at the medical school. 2. Who studies at the medical school?
3. There are three hospitals and four cinemas in the 3. Does Paul like Norman Cook?
city.
4. Are there any restaurants in Hull?
4. Dean Windass is a DJ from Hull.
5. What does Paul do in the evenings?
5. Paul doesn’t like Hull FC.
6. What does Paul do at the weekend?
2.2 Your hometown

A: What information does Paul give
about his home town? Read the text
again and list the main points.
B: What information do you know

about your hometown? Write a short
essay (120-150 words) about your C: Look at Learning Strategies in Unit
hometown. 3 and check your work for mistakes.
3. Preparing for a party

3.1 Food
A: What is your favourite food? B: Look at the pictures of foods. Do you
Favourite vegetable? Favourite fruit? know their names? Write the food you
Favourite drink? know.

C: Classify the foods into vegetables, D: Listen to audio (053), check and
fruit, meat, drink and other. repeat.
E: Add other items to the lists.
3.2 Shopping for a party

A: Amit and Madhu are having a party. B: Listen to the conversation (054). Tick
What do people do before they have the words you hear in the boxes below.
parties?
C: What main dishes can the guests at
Madhu and Amit’s party eat? What can
they drink?
Fruit salad Tea leaf salad Tomatoes Beer
Apples Fish Oranges Bread Pineapple
Chicken curry Papaya Mangoes Bananas Onions
Noodles Pork Carrots Potatoes Chillies
Orange juice Water Rice Cheese
D: Are these things countable or uncountable?
1. oranges 3. bananas 5. onions 7. noodles 9. beer

2. apples 4. chicken 6. vegetables 8. rice 10. orange juice
3.3 Countable and uncountable

A: Listen again to audio (054) and fill C: Write a, an or some in the gaps.
the gaps.
1. Get ______ pineapples, ______ mangoes and 1. ______ rice 9. ______ beef
______ papaya. 2. ______ chicken 10. ______ chillies
2. We have ______ chicken. 3. ______ apple 11. ______ pineapple
3. There are ______ onions in the cupboard. 4. ______ water 12. ______ cheese
4. Get ______ beer and ______ orange juice. 5. ______ noodles 13. ______ cabbage
6. ______ bread 14. ______ potato
B: Complete the grammar rule: 7. ______ milk 15. ______ papayas
8. ______ onion 16. ______ tomato
We use ______ or ______ with single countable
nouns, and ______ with plural and uncountable nouns.

3.4 Some and any
A: Listen again (054) and fill the gaps. B: Look at the grammar rules and
complete the sentences for plural and
1. We have ______ tea leaf salad. uncountable nouns.
2. We don’t have ______ fruit salad.
1. We use some in positive sentences.
3. Do we have ______ vegetables?
2. We use any in negative sentences and questions.
4. Get ______ carrots and ______ chillis.
5. Do we have ______ beer? 1. Madhu and Amit have ______ bananas.
2. They have ______ oranges and apples.
C: What food do you have in your 3. Do we have ______ vegetables?
house? What don’t you have? Write a 4. No, we don’t have ______ vegetables.
list of foods in your house. 5. Is there ______ water?
6. Yes, there’s ______ water.
D: In pairs, ask and answer questions
about the food on your list.
4. Amounts
4.1 Shopping in the market

A: Where do you usually go shopping?
Markets? Supermarkets? Do you buy
things in kilograms, pounds and ounces
or viss?
B: Match the words with the

percentages and the fractions.
Quarter 75% 1/4
Half 25% 3/4
Three quarters 50% 1/2

C: Amit is in the market. Listen to his
conversation and fill the gaps with the
quantities.
1. ______ pineapples 5. ______ small bag of chillis

2. ______ kilograms of mangoes 6. ______ packet of noodles
3. ______ papaya 7. ______ bottles of beer
4. ______ kilogram of carrots 8. ______ bottles of orange juice
4.2 Pancakes
A: What is a recipe? What are
ingredients? 1
B: Do you know what pancakes are? Do
you like them? What are the ingredients
for pancakes?
2 3 4 2
1
5 6
3
C: Decide whether the ingredients 4

above are countable or uncountable.
D: We use measures or containers to

make uncountable nouns countable.
Kilograms are measures. What other
measures do you know?
5
E: How do you cook them? Put the
pictures in order.
6
F: Listen to audio (056) and check.

4.3 At the party
A: Look at the pictures. Are the things
countable or uncountable?
B: Match the statements with the C: Complete the grammar rule.

pictures and fill the gaps.
We use there is/are with uncountable nouns.
1. There is some ______.
2. There are lots of ______.
3. There aren’t many ______. D: Look at the words. Write them on
4. There is some ______ on the toast the arrow.
Lots of A lot of Some
Not any Not much Not many
Not any

E: Look at the picture of the party and F: Write some sentences that are true
fill the gaps. about things in this classroom.
1. There are some children.

2. There are ______ adults.
3. There is ______ rice.
4. There is ______ cake.
5. There are ______ plates.
6. There are ______ glasses.
7. There are ______ cats.
8. There are ______ dogs.
4.4 How many people?

A: Read the conversation between Amit Paul Do you have a big family?
and Paul and fill the gaps. Amit Yes. Very big. I have two brothers and two
sisters. Madhu has three brothers and we have
______1. cousins. What about you?
Paul I've only got a small family. I ______2. relatives.
Amit How many brothers and sisters do you have?
Paul I ______3. brothers or sisters. My wife has a
brother. He lives in America now.
Amit Oh. We have ______4. friends in the USA. Where
do they live?
Paul Washington DC.
Amit My friends live in New York.
Paul I like the USA but plane tickets are expensive.
Amit Yes. We want to go but we ______5. time.
Paul My wife wants to go but we ______6. money.
Amit We ______7. money. My wife has parties every
B: Listen (057) and check. week and spends it all.
D: Do Swap Questions.
C: Complete the sentences so they are
true for you.
1. I ______ cousins in Myanmar.

2. I ______ friends in the USA.
3. I ______ money in my pocket.
4. I ______ English books at home.
5. I ______ beer at home.

5 Focus on pronunciation: Vowels 2
5.1 Some more vowels
A: How do you pronounce this sound? E: Can you add any other words to the
/3:/ groups?
bird work world purse learn /a:/ / / /ae / /3:/

March
B: Listen (058), check and repeat.
C: Put these words into groups. F: Say these sentences.
Farm Money Cat Shirt Study 1. My father and mother go to work early.
2. My brother studies world languages.
Tomato Much Word Onion 3. Add the onions and cabbage to the curry.
Cousin Adult Glass Half One

G: Listen to audio (060), check and
repeat.
Cabbage Turn Salad Young
D: Listen (059), check and repeat.
5.2 More and more vowels

A: What are these sounds? B: Listen to audio (061), check and
repeat.
1. ten /e/
2. apple /ae/
3. plate /ei/
4. not //
5. short / :/

C: Use the words in the boxes to
describe the pictures.
1 2
4
Lots of Two tall Eight Four
White Very short

3
5 6
D: In pairs, ask and answer questions
about the things.
What’s
that?
That’s a
black pen.
6. Phrasebook: Ordering food and drink

6.1 In a restaurant
A: Are there any restaurants near your Waiter Can I help you?
house? What food do they sell? Lee ______1.
Waiter Here you are.
Lee ______2.
B: Lee is in a small restaurant in Waiter Anything else?
Singapore. Fill the gaps with the Lee A glass of water, please.
sentences in the boxes below.
Lee ______3.
Waiter That's $6.50 altogether.
Lee Ok. Thank you.
Please may I see the menu?
Waiter ______4.
Here is your change.
May I have the bill?
I’d like pork curry and rice.

C: Listen to the conversations (062) and RICE & NOODLES
complete the prices on the menu. Thai-style fried rice and noodles
Fried rice with vegetables................... $ .00
GREEN CURRY Fried rice with chicken/pork............. ____3.
A spicy curry with coconut milk Fried noodles with vegetables........... $ 3.00
Vegetable ................................................ $ 5.00 Fried noodles with chicken/pork..... ____4.
Chicken ................................................... $ 5.50
Pork ......................................................... _____1.
Fish .......................................................... _____2. DRINKS
Hot and cold drinks
Beer .......................................................... _____5.
Fruit juice................................................ $ .50
D: Listen (062) and repeat. Tea ........................................................... _____6.
Coffee........................................................ $ 1.50
E: Practise the conversation from B in

pairs. Use different food and drink from
the menu.
6.2 A mistake
A: Do you drink coffee? What kind of D: Cover the page and try to retell the
coffee do you like? story from memory.
B: Listen to the conversation (063). E: In pairs, write a conversation. Use a

What kind of coffee does Paul like? different mistake. Here are some ideas.
1. Real tea/tea mix

C: Answer the questions. 2. Pork curry/chicken curry
3. Fried rice/fried noodles
1. Where does this conversation happen?
2. What’s the problem?
3. What happens in the end?

7. Learning strategies: Writing 2
7.1 More mistakes
A: Look at this essay. Add a suitable title.
1. I from come a city - 10. There aren’t any snakes or crocodiles,

2. Wellington, in New Zealand. It’s the 11. and there aren’t many mosquitoes.
3. capital city of New Zealand. There are 12. We don’t not have any malaria in
4. 397,000 of people in Wellington. 13 New Zealand. New Zealand is a safe
5. New Zealand is to a very beautiful 14. and friend country.
6. country. There are a lots of beaches 15. It is quite difficult to go to New
7. and mountains. There are a lot of birds. 16. Zealand. There any aren’t other
8. People come to New Zealand to look at 17. countries nearby, so aeroplane tickets
9. birds. There aren’t much other animals. 18. are very expensive.
B: Find the mistakes. D: Write the correct symbol next to

each mistake.
Word order Extra words Wrong words
C: In Unit 3, you focused on mistakes

E: Swap essays with a partner. Look at
in spelling, verb endings and missing
the symbols and correct their mistakes.
words. Match the mistake types from
Units 3 and 4 with the symbol.
ww V SP \
7.2 Check your writing

A: Write a short essay (50-70 words) C: Get your essay back and fix the
about your favourite town or city. mistakes. Give it to your teacher to
mark.
B: Give your essay to another student.

Look at their essay, and write symbols
for mistakes in word order, extra words
and wrong words.

UNIT 5
A Complete the sentences using the table
showing the worth of food made in
C Write the questions.
different countries each year: 1. any / are / there/ restaurants?
2. is / there / beach / a ?
Thailand China USA
Rice $6,059,404 $36,561,286 $1,930,780
3. many / cinemas / are / how / there ?
Chicken $1,187,831 $11,948,791 $18,989,434 4. are / mountains / any / there ?
Eggs $422,939 $19,289,017 $4,012,061 5. a / market / there / is ?
Milk $209,078 $9,534,923 $22,797,609 6. shops / many / there / are / how
1. Thailand makes six million, fifty nine thousand,

four hundred and four dollars worth of rice. D What
some.
are the ingredients? Write a, an or
2. China makes ________ dollars worth of eggs.

Mohinga
3. The U.S.A. makes ________ dollars worth of milk.
1. Some noodles
4. China makes ________ dollars worth of chicken.
2. _______ beans
5. Thailand makes ________ dollars worth of milk.
3. _______ fish
6. The U.S.A. makes ________ dollars worth of rice.
4. _______ egg
7. China makes _________ dollars worth of rice.
5. _______ garlic
8. Thailand makes ________ dollars worth of
chicken.
Mango and sticky rice
6. ______ mango
B Butter Island is a very small island near
the U.S.A. Look at the information and
7. ______ sugar
8. ______ milk
write a paragraph about Butter Island.
9. ______ rice
There are two restaurants on Butter Island. There
Egg curry
isn’t a cinema.
10. ______ eggs
Restaurants 2 Shops 3 11. ______ tomato
Markets 1 Cinemas 0 12. ______ onion
Schools 1 Parks 0 13. ______ curry powder
Beaches 3 Mountains 1

E Choose the correct word. G Are these sentences true or false? If
false, correct them.
Shopkeeper: Hi, can I help you?
1. There aren’t many people in Hong Kong.
Maria: 2 1. bottles (bottle/bag/kilogram) of beer, 1
2.
__________ (bag/packet/bottle) of False. There are a lot of people in Hong Kong.
orange juice, 3.__________(a/an/some) 2. About 7 million people live in Hong Kong.
onion, and 2 4.__________ (bag/packets/ 3. It is cheap to live in Hong Kong.
kilogram of noodles, please. 4. People don’t like noodles.
Shopkeeper: Hi, can I help you? 5. There are lots of shops, cinemas and restaurants.
Aye Aye: 1 5.__________ (bottle/packet/kilogram) 6. There are around 200 islands in Hong Kong.
of apples, 6.__________ (a/an/some 7. Lots of people live in houses.
pineapple, and a 7.__________ (bag/ 8. People don’t make much money.
packet/bottle) of chillies, please. 9. About 40% of people don’t have a religion.
Shopkeeper: Hi, can I help you? 10. There are one and a half million Buddhists in Hong
David: 1 8.__________ (kilogram/packet/bottle) Kong.
of potatoes, 9.__________ (a/an/some)
mangoes, and a 10.__________ (packet/ H Answer the questions.
bag/bottle) of rice, please.
1. What does Andy do?
F Fill the gaps. 2. How much is an apartment with 2 rooms?
3. In the evenings, where does Andy eat?
My name is Andy. I work ______1. an IT company.
4. Why is food expensive?
I’m from Hong Kong. Hong Kong ______2. a small city
5. In Hong Kong, where do fruit and vegetables come
but there ______3. a lot of people. People make a lot from?
______4. money but it is expensive to live ______5. Hong
6. How many Christians live in Hong Kong?
Kong. Not many people live in houses, but lots of people
7. How many Muslims live in Hong Kong?
live in ______.6. For an apartment with 2 rooms, it is
8. What nationalities live in Hong Kong?
______7. $3,000 U.S. every month.
7,055,071 ______8. live in Hong Kong. ______9. are
many shops, cinemas and restaurants. I ______10.
I Put the conversations in order.
like shopping, but I go to the cinema in the evenings
1. a. I’d like fried rice with vegetables, please.
and I usually eat in ______11. at night. People like rice
b. Here you are.
and noodles. Food ______12. also expensive because it
c. Can I help you?
comes ______13. China and other countries. Fruit and
vegetables ______14. from Thailand and the Philippines, d. A glass of orange juice, please.
and meat comes from Australia. There are lots of e. What would you like?
parks, beaches, mountains and about 200 islands. f. Yes, please. Can I see the menu?
About 60% of people here don’t ______15. a religion g. Anything else?
and 40% have ______16. religion. I don’t have a religion.
There are about 1.5 million Buddhists and 600,000 2. a. That’s $4.00.
Christians. There are ______17. many Muslim or Hindu b. Here’s your change. Thank you.
people. Hong Kong is a very international city. A lot
c. Can I have the bill, please?
of people ______18. Chinese. There are also ______19.
d. OK, thank you.
English, Filipino, American, Australian and Indian people.

K Tick the words and phrases you know.
J Translate
language.
these phrases into your own

words and phrases you find difficult. 1. There isn’t any bread.
2. Is there any water?
add (v) juice (n)
3. I have some onions in the cupboard.
anything else? kilogram (n)
4. I don't have any brothers or sisters.
apple (n) main (adj)
5. Please can I have some coffee with no sugar?
beach (n) mango (n)
6. Can I have the bill, please?
beef (n) member (n)
7. Here's your change.
bill (n) menu (n)
8. Can I help you?
billion (n) milk (n)
bird (n) million (n)
bottle (n) onion (n) L Which word is different?
butter (n) orange (n)
1. thousand / billion / kilogram / million
cabbage (n) organisation (n)
2. crocodile / bird / potato / mosquito
can I help you? packet (n)
3. bottle / purse / packet / bag
carrot (n) papaya (n)
4. cinema / park / mountain / beach
change (n) park (n)
5. mango / onion / papaya / orange
cheese (n) party (n)
6. frying pan / plate / glass/ menu
chilli (n) peace (n)
7. peace / organisation / population / team
cinema (n) pineapple (n)
8. salt / sugar / chilli / beef
coconut (n) plate (n)
coffee (n) population (n)
crocodile (n) potato (n) M What food and drink can you find?
describe (v) purse (n)
developing country real (adj) c o c o n u t a q k p t
(n) o t o s a a b p l c e c
durian (n) salad (n) r d f c f e o i r a o h
early (adj) salt (n) a e f e s i m n l b n i
extra (adj) sugar (n) n z e e l p u e e b m c
flour (n) tea leaf salad (n) g b e l o e a a g a a k
fried (adj) team (n) e h i t x f w p t g n e
frypan (n) thousand (n) c h a f s o v p a e g n
glass (n) ticket (n) c t f a l u b l o y o y
identify (v) tomato (n) o g l h e o g e m r a l
issue (n) turn (v) a a p p l e u a e i k k
d u r i a n i r r r j u

N Crossword Clues across:
1. People in a country
1 2 3 5. I like ______ coffee, not coffee mix.
4 6. Place to watch movies.
7. Chickens made this.
5
9. Cow meat.
6
11. 365 days.
7 12. People eating and drinking together.
Clues down:
8 9 10 1. Place to put money
2. Not war
11
3. ______ the correct answer.
12
4. I play in a football ______.
8. Drink tea from a ______.
9. Place to drink beer.
10. Where ______ you going?

UNIT 6
Houses and directions
Topics and Functions: Houses and furniture | Permission and possibility | Directions | Time zones
This Structures: Prepositions of place | Modal verbs: can/can’t | Present continuous
unit Skills: Identifying main points | Inquiry, negotiation
Learner training: Learning strategies: Using bilingual dictionaries
1. Where does it go?

1.1 Furniture
A: Group brainstorm. What furniture is
in the house?
Living room Kitchen Bedroom Bathroom

Chair
B: Listen (064). Jessica has a new

apartment. Khin Zaw and his friend
are helping her move her things. Which
room does this furniture go in?
C: Listen (064) and tick the furniture

you hear.

1.2 Prepositions of place
A: Write the prepositions in the C: Substitution drill.
sentences. Say the sentences.
There’s a pen There’s a pen
1. The ball is next to the box. on the table. on the table.
2. The ball is ________ the box.

Under There’s a pen
under the table.

Banana There’s a banana
6. The ball is ________ the box. under the table.
7. The ball is ________ the boxes.

D: Look at this desk and read the
8. The ball is ________ the box. sentences. What other sentences can
you write about the picture?
B: Work in pairs. Take two things and

put them near each other. Ask and
answer questions.
Where’s the
pencil?
It’s under 1. There's a cup behind the computer.

your bag.
2. There’s some water next to the box.
3. There’s a report under the books.
4. There are some keys in the cup.
5. There’s a banana under the computer.
6. There are some ants on the computer.
E: In pairs, ask and answer questions

Window about the picture.
F: Listen again (064), and draw a

Door diagram of Jessica’s living room.

1.3 Is there a clinic near here?
A: This is Jessica’s new neighbourhood. 1. . .she wants to meet a friend, drink tea and talk
Look at the map. Where can Jessica go for a few hours.
if…? 2. . .she wants to buy a shirt.
3. . .she's sick.
4. . .she wants to buy food.
B: Answer the questions. C: Partner A, look at page 111. Partner

B, look at page 113. Ask and answer
1. Is there a high school? questions to complete your map.
2. Is Jessica’s apartment next to the river?
3. Where’s the clothes shop?
D: Write a description of your town or
4. Are there any MyanMart stores near Jessica’s neighbourhood.
apartment?
5. What's on Chit Street?

2. Can and can’t
2.1 Renting an apartment
A: When you rent a new apartment or C: Listen (065) and check.
house, what things do you do? Make a
list.
D: Complete the grammar rules for can,
B: Lee wants to move to a new using the words in the boxes.
apartment. He has lots of questions to
ask the house owner. Fill the gaps with
rest of sentence can subject
correct verbs.
1. Can foreigners ______ here? verb wh- word can’t

Yes, they can.
2. How much does it ______ to rent? 1. positive statements: subject + can + verb + rest of
250,000 Kyat a month. sentence
3. Can I ______ by the month? 2. negative ____ + ____ + ____ + ____
No, you can’t. Please pay six month’s rent. statements:
4. Can I ______ to immigration and register? 3. yes/no questions: ____ + ____ + ____ + ____
No, you can’t. but I can register you at the office.
4. wh- questions ____ + ____ + ____ + ____
5. Can I ______ in today?
No, sorry. You can’t move in today. You’re not registered
6. Where can I ______ drinking water?
There’s a shop in the street.
2.2 Permission and possibility

A: Look at the pictures. What does each
person want? Order the questions.
check I a dictionary pen I ?

where my I where your can
can emails ? can find ? borrow
the doctor when your toilet in here ?
see we use can smoke
can ? my son ? can I

B: Write appropriate answers for the C: Do Swap Questions
questions on the previous page.
2.3 Pronunciation: Can and can’t

A: Listen again to Lee’s conversation C: Listen (066). Identify the situations.
with the house owner (065). How
do you pronounce can? How do you
pronounce can’t?
D: Listen (066) and tick the sentences
B: Listen again (065). What is the vowel you hear.
sound in can/can’t? Put the sentences in 1. I can read that sign.
the correct column. I can't read that sign.
1. Can foreigners live here? 2. Can I use your pen?
2. Yes they can. Can't I use your pen?
3. Can I pay every month? 3. I can meet you tomorrow.
4. No, you can’t. I can't meet you tomorrow.
5. You can’t move in today. 4. You can buy batteries here.
6. Where can I buy drinking water? You can't buy batteries here.
/ae/ /a:/ // E: Listen (066) and repeat.

1
3. Talking about now
3.1 What job are they doing?

A: What jobs are there in NGOs? Make
a class list.
My name’s Kay Thi. I’m a Programme Officer at an
NGO in Yangon. It’s 9am and I’m in the office. I’m
sitting at my desk and drinking coffee. I’m tired. I’m
sending an email to the Director. He’s in Bangladesh. He’s
having a meeting with some donors. They’re waiting for
my email and the internet isn’t working.

B: Read and listen (067) to the text C: Look at the pictures of people. What
from 3.1A and decide if the statements are they doing? Fill the gaps with the
are true or false. Correct the false words in the boxes.
statements.
1. Kay Thi works in a school. sell/vegetables harvest/rice
2. She's the director.
3. She's eating mohingha. help/patient teach/her students
4. She's tired.
5. She's talking on the phone to the director. cook drive/taxi
6. The director is in Bangkok.
7. He's having a meeting with some donors.
8. Kay Thi's phone isn't working.
2. She’s a nurse. _______________

1. She’s a taxi driver. She’s driving a taxi.
3. He’s a farmer. _______________

4. He’s a chef. _______________
5. She’s a shopkeeper. _______________ 6. She’s a teacher. _______________

3.2 What’s Paw Mu doing?
A: Sayama Paw Mu is busy. She teaches
at an international school in the day,
has Myanmar language students in the
evening and has two small children. 4
What’s she doing in these pictures?
1 3
2
B: Paw Mu is talking to people on the
phone. Listen (068) and complete the
table.
Caller Subject What Paw Mu is doing

A
B
C
3.3 Positive and negative forms

A: Read these sentences. Match them B: Make the sentences in Exercise A
with the short negative statements negative.
1. Sayama is singing. a. No, he isn't. 1. Sayama isn’t singing

2. I'm writing with a pen. b. No, she isn't.
3. You're smoking a cigarette. c. No, I'm not.
4. The students are talking. d. No, they aren't.
5. We are working in pairs. e. No, we aren't.
6. John's dancing. f. No, you aren't.

C: Complete the grammar rules for the D: Play Guess the Mime.
present continuous tense.
Are you making
i. Positive: a. I + am + verb-ing; a speech?
b. you/we/they + _____ + verb-ing
c. he/she/it + _____ + verb-ing
Are you singing
ii. Negative a. I + _____ + verb-ing a song?
b. you/we/they + _____ + verb-ing
c. he/she/it + _____ + verb-ing Are you eating
iii. Questions a. _____ + I + verb-ing a curry?
b. _____ + you/we/they + verb-ing
c. _____ + he/she/it + verb-ing
4. Time zones
4.1 Midnight in London
A: It is midnight in London. Listen (069)
to Martin talk about what he is doing.
It’s 12 o’clock on Sunday night. I’m working in a hospital in

London. There are lots of people here tonight. They’re waiting
for the doctors and the nurses. I’m listening to a patient and
writing notes about his problem. He has a broken foot. He’s
talking to me and showing me his foot. I’m thinking about his
injury and about how I can treat him.

4.2 Where in the world?
A: It is midnight in London. Martin is
working in a hospital. But other people
are also busy. Read the texts and match
1
them with the pictures.
4 Dd.is picking
It’s midday on Monday and Azmi
up his son, Eshan, from
playgroup. Azmi is a single parent. He
works in the mornings while Eshan is
at playgroup, and in the afternoons he
Cc.Tatyana
It’s 3 am on a cold Monday morning.
is going to work. She works
looks after Eshan. Here’s Eshan. He’s
running to meet his Dad. He’s picking
far from home and is taking a bus him up and throwing him into the air.
She doesn’t want to be late for work.
The bus is late, and the line is long. The
bus comes and people are pushing each
other to get on. Tatyana can’t get on.
Bb.Phoebe
It’s 7 o’clock on Sunday evening.
is a student. She’s working in
Aa.graffiti
It’s 6 pm on Sunday. Saner is a
artist. He’s painting the wall
a restaurant downtown. She hates
her job and she’s tired. She’s taking
orders and serving food and drinks to
of an old building. There are lots of
the customers. One of the customers is
old buildings in the city to paint. Saner
complaining about his coffee.
works with other artists. Usually they
work at night but now they are taking
photographs for their website.

C: Look at these pictures. Where are
they? Who are the people? What are
they doing and where are they going?
Write a paragraph about the person in
each picture.
5. Listening
5.1 Song: Sailing

A: The title of this song is Sailing. Look A
at the pictures. What do you think it’s C
about?
B: Listen to the song (070). Use the

words in the boxes to fill the gaps.
try sail fly near can
die pass home

B
1. I am __________1. I am __________2.
__________3. again across the sea
D: What is this song about? Choose the
I am __________4. stormy waters
correct answer.
To be __________5. you, to be free
2. I am __________6. I am __________7. 1. a holiday on a boat
Like a bird across the sky
I am __________8. __________9. high clouds 2. being a bird
To be with you, to be free.
3. Can you hear me, can you hear me 3. loving someone far away
Through the dark nigh far away
I am __________10. forever __________11.
To be with you who _________12. say
4. being in the dark
C: Listen again (070). Match the verses

with the pictures.

5.2 Songwriting
A: Look at Verse 1. Each line answers B: Here are some other answers. Make
a question. Which line answers which them into another verse.
question?
my friend’s house, near the shop
1. What are you doing?
I am sailing, I am sailing walking, forever talking
2. Why are you doing that?
3. Where are you going? be near you, drink tea walking
C: Write another verse to this song.
6. Phrasebook: Shopping
6.1 In a department store
A: What things can you buy in D: Listen and repeat. Work in pairs. You
department stores? Do you shop in are in a department store. Use these
them? Do you like them? phrases to write conversations.
B: Apsara is in a department store. 1. plates / China / 20,000 Kyat / 9.30am-7pm

Listen (071). Does she buy the blanket? Monday-Friday
2. computer desks / Thailand / 100,000 Kyat /
8am-10pm every day
C: Listen and answer the questions.
1. Where are the blankets from? E: Roleplay. Practise your conversations.

2. Why doesn't Apsara buy the blanket? Partner A is a customer. Partner B is a
3. What time does the shop close? shop assistant.

A: What things can you buy at B: Apsara is now at a market. Listen
markets? What is the difference (072). Does she buy the blankets?
between a department store and a
market?
D: Listen (072) and repeat.
C: Put the conversation in order.
1. These are nice. 7,000 Kyat.. How much for

three? E: Write conversations about the
2. We have these blankets. pictures.
3. These are 5,500 Kyat, and these are 7,000
Kyat.
4. How much are they?
5. OK, I'll take them.
6. 21,000 Kyat. You can have them for 20.
7. 18,000. That's a good price.
8. Hello. Do you have any blankets?
9. Hello.
10. 20,000? That's quite expensive. How about
15,000?
7. Learning strategies: Bilingual dictionaries

7.1 What is a bilingual dictionary
A: What information is in a bilingual 4. You are listening to the radio and you
dictionary? What can you use a hear the word climate. You think you
bilingual dictionary for? know this word but you are not sure and
you want to check it.
B: What part of the dictionary can you
use in these situations?
1. You are reading a magazine and you
see the word inflation. You want to
know the meaning of the word.
2. You are talking to an English-
speaking friend. You need to leave
because you have a
You want to explain this.
3. You are writing a postcard to a
friend in Australia. You want to
describe some of the foods you like
but don’t know what they are called
in English.

UNIT 6
A Look at the picture. Are these statements
true or false? If false, write a true
sentence.
1. There is a newspaper in front of the TV.

False. There is a newspaper on top of the TV.
2. There are no chairs in the living room.
3. There is a table in the bedroom.
4. There is a man in the kitchen.
5. There are some apples on the kitchen table.
6. There are two beds in the bedroom.
7. There is a lamp in the living room.
8. There’s a guitar under the bed.
B Answer the questions

1. Where is the bathroom? Next to the kitchen.
2. What furniture is in the bedroom?
3. Where is the TV?
4.
5.
Are there any books in the house?
What is in the bathroom?
C What do these signs mean?
6. What is the man doing? 1 2
7. Where is the clock?
8. Is the woman playing the guitar? 4
9. How many bananas are in the house?
3
5

D Write the job. F Write the correct verb form.
1. I am selling fruit. I'm a shopkeeper . 1. John is looking at a beautiful bird at the beach.
2. Min Zaw and Su Su are cooking food. They are (look)
______. 2. I’m sorry, but I can’t hear you. My sisters
3. Kookai is going to school. She is a ______. ______ . (play music)
4. Ahmed is working in a hospital. He’s a ______. 3. Usually I ______ in a small company, but now I
5. My aunt and uncle are not working. They’re ______. ______ a book about business. (work, write)
6. Tong is growing rice. He is a ______. 4. Jim and Julie usually ______ at the teashop but
7. Liu is teaching teachers. He is a ______. today they ______ at a restaurant. (meet, meet)
8. Ma Hla Than is wearing a uniform. She is a ______. 5. I ______ today because I’m sick. (not work)
6. ______ today? No I ______ any money. (go, not
E Read the conversation. Answer the
questions.
have)
Wendy: Hi Thida, how are you today?

G Read the text and complete the table.
Thida: I’m OK, I’m studying for my exam but I’m Mie Tze is an English teacher at a university in
bored! Kunming. She is driving to work. She lives about 1 hour
Wendy: Oh. When is your exam? from the university and she is late. She is driving fast!
Thida: On Tuesday. It’s scary! I can’t remember She teaches from 9.30am to 12.30pm. She is thinking
about her class and her students. In the afternoons,
anything.
she has a meeting and then she usually goes to her
Wendy: Can I help? office to do some work.
Thida: Can I borrow your dictionary? Rex lives in Sydney. He is riding his bicycle. He is going
Wendy: Of course. to the department store. He is stopping next to a bus
Thida: Thanks! So what are you doing? stop. He has a phone call. He is an artist. He always
works at home. His apartment is opposite the beach.
Wendy: I’m moving into my new apartment today.
He swims every morning. In the evenings, he goes to
Thida: Where's your new apartment? the cinema.
Wendy: It’s near Dagon. Can I borrow some money?
I can’t afford the rent this month.
Thida: How much do you need? What are they What do they usually
Wendy: $450. doing now? do?
Thida: That’s a lot of money - I don’t have a lot of Mie Tze
money. Sorry. Rex
1. What is Thida doing?

H Match the questions and replies.
2. When is her exam? 1. Do you have any red bags? a. Thailand.
3. Can she remember anything? 2. How much is this sofa? b. At 10pm.
4. Can Wendy help Thida? 3. Do you have any cheaper c. I’m looking for
5. What does Thida borrow? ones? a computer desk.
6. Where is Wendy moving to? 4. What time do you close? d. Sorry, we only
7. How much money does she want to borrow? have black bags.
8. Can she borrow money from Thida? 5. Can I help you? e. I’m sorry, there
aren’t any left
6. Where are these tables from? f. It’s $120.

I Translate
language.
these phrases into your own ant (n)
artist (n)
living room (n)
mat (n)
bathroom (n) medicine (n)
1. Can I use your computer?
battery (n) mirror (n)
2. You’re not registered.
bedroom (n) move (v)
3. There’s an ant on the table.
behind (prep) neighbourhood (n)
4. The cat is under the chair.
between (prep) next to (prep)
5. Is there a market near here?
blanket (n) notes (n)
6. I’m eating mohingha.
bookshelf (n) on (prep)
7. These blankets are made in Cambodia.
borrow (v) opposite (prep)
8. What time do you open?
broken (adj) paint (v)
bus stop (n) pass (v)
J Tick the words and phrases you know.
clinic (n) patient (n)
close (v) pick up (v)
words and phrases you find difficult. clothes (n) postcard (n)
cloud (n) primary school (n)
complain (v) problem (n)
K Which words from the list are:

1. Places in a town or neighbourhood?
cupboard (n)
department store (n)
push (v)
register (v)
2. Things you find in a house dictionary (n) rent (n, v)
die (v) report (n)
director (n) river (n)
donor (n) sail (v)
door(n) sell (v)
drawers (n) shop (n)
far (adj) sign (n)
feed (v) sink (n)
fly (v) smoke (v)
fridge (n) sofa (n)
give (v) store (n)
harvest (n, v) stove (n)
high (adj) straight (adj)
high school (n) throw (v)
hear (v) toilet (n)
immigration (n) translation (n)
in front of (prep) treat (v)
injury (n) try (v)
internet (n) under (prep)
kitchen (n) use (v)
lamp (n) wait (v)
left (adj) website (n)
line (n) window (n)

L Crossword 1 2 3 4 5 6
Clues across: 7
1. A person not from your country 8

7. I’m writing a ______ to my aunt.
9 10
10. That’s ______ house. We live there.
11
11. There’s a sofa and a table in our ______.
13 I ______ up at 6am. 12
15. The bookshelf is next _______ the TV. 13 14 15 16 17
17. He is standing on one ______ .

18. Please ______
18
19. The IT manager is making a ______ .
Clues down:
2. Her house is ____________ Myanmart. 19
(on the other side of)
3. www.
4. not far
5. The colour of blood.
6. I sleep _______ my blanket at night.
8. People sometimes ______ about food in
restaurants.
9. Can I please ______ your bicycle?
12. Would you like a fried _____ on top of
your rice?
13. Cows eat this.
14. In football you can’t _______ the ball.
16. 1.

Use this page for your notes.
IN PAIRS
Pairwork: Partner A
UNIT 3
2.4 Listen and draw: Partner A
1 2 3 4. 5. 6.
UNIT 4
3.2 Barack Obama: Group A
1 Read the text. What information do you need to fill the gaps?
Barack Obama is the President of the USA. He comes from ______1. in the USA. His wife’s
name is Michelle. She’s a lawyer. They have ______3. children. They live in the White House
in Washington DC. Every day, he gets up at ______5. and eats breakfast with his family. He
starts work at 9 am. He checks his emails and reads letters. He has lunch at around midday.
He eats ______7. In the afternoon he has meetings and talks to world leaders. In the evening
he helps his daughters do their homework and eats dinner with ______9. After dinner, he
works. He goes to bed very late.
2 1. does / from / he / where / come ? 3 Ask the questions to Group B. Use their
answers to fill the gaps.
3. children / they / have / how / do / many ?
5. up / get / does / he / when ?
7. what / eat / lunch / for / he / does ?
9. dinner / who / with / he / does / eat ?
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UNIT 5
4.2 Pancakes: Partner A
1 Read the recipe. What information do you need to fill the gaps? Make questions using how
much/how many. Ask your partner the questions and fill the gaps.
Pancakes – ingredients
__________ (1) cups of flour __________ (5) eggs
__________ (3) a spoon of salt 3 spoons of butter
3 spoons of sugar __________ (7) cups of water
2 cups of milk half a spoon of lemon juice
UNIT 6
1.3 Information gap map: Partner A
1 Work in pairs. You want to find the high school, the primary school, the water shop, the
clinic, the shoe shop and the department store. Find out where they are. Ask your partner
questions about his/her map.
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IN PAIRS
Pairwork: Partner B
UNIT 3
2.4 Listen and draw: Partner B
1 2 3 4. 5. 6.
UNIT 4
3.2 Barack Obama: Group B
Read the text. What information do you need to fill the gaps?
1
Barack Obama is the President of the USA. He comes from Hawaii in the USA. His
wife’s name is Michelle. She’s a __________2. They have two children. They live in
____________________4. in Washington DC. Every day, he gets up at 6.30am and eats
breakfast with his family. He starts work at __________6. He checks his emails and reads
letters. He has lunch at around midday. He eats hamburgers. In the afternoon he has
meetings and talks to __________8. In the evening he helps his daughters do their homework
and eats dinner with his family. After dinner, he __________10. He goes to bed very late.
2 2. does / wife / his / what / do ? 3 Ask the questions to Group A. Use their
answers to fill the gaps.
4. they / where / do / live ?
6. start / does / he / work / when ?
8. to / talk / who / he / does ?
10. dinner / after / does / what / do / he ?
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UNIT 5
4.2 Pancakes: Partner B
1 Read the recipe. What information do you need to fill the gaps? Make questions using how
much/how many. Ask your partner the questions and fill the gaps.
Pancakes – ingredients
2 cups of flour 2 eggs
half a spoon of salt ______ (6) of butter
______ (2) spoons of sugar 3 cups of water
______ (4) of milk ______ (8) of lemon juice
UNIT 6
1.3 Information gap map: Partner B
1 Work in pairs. You want to find the tea shop, the market, the restaurant, the clothes shop,
the bus stop and the hospital. Find out where they are. Ask your partner questions about
his/her map.
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REVISION
Revision for units 1, 2 & 3
A: Introducing People
Introduce two people you know (person A & person B) and answer questions about them.
Person A
Where is he/she from? Hi, I want you to meet _______________________
What is his/her nationality? (name).
What is his/her relationship to you?
What is his/her occupation?
Person B
Where is he/she from? This is __________________________ (name).
What is his/her nationality?
What is his/her relationship to you?
What is his/her occupation?
B: Describing Things
Put in 3 adjectives for the nouns.
1. The rice is __white, soft, and tasty.__________________________________________________

2. The sky is _______________________________________________________________________
3. My bag is _______________________________________________________________________
4. My parents’ house is _____________________________________________________________
5. The elephant is __________________________________________________________________
6. The flowers are __________________________________________________________________
7. The water is _____________________________________________________________________
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C: What do they look like?
Describe the appearance of the women in the pictures.
D. Short Answers
Read the text and give short answers to the questions below.
Amit and Rahul are brothers. They are from a village. Now, Rahul lives in the city. He is in
the city to study. Amit is in the village with their parents. He helps them on the family farm.
Rahul calls his family every week and tells them about life in the city. There are tall buildings
and many places to eat and play. There are also people from all over the country. Rahul asks
Amit to come and see him in the city. Amit doesn’t want to go. He is happy in the village.
Because he misses Rahul, he finally visits him in the city.
1. Does Amit enjoy life in the country? Yes, he does.

2. Is Amit happy to go to the city?
3. Do Amit and Rahul live together?
4. Do Amit and his parents call Rahul when he is in the city?
5. Does Rahul work in the city?
6. Are people from all over the country in the city?
7. Are their parents farmers?
E: Spelling Mistakes
Correct any spelling mistakes in the text. Some words are spelled wrong because of grammar.
My sister is a very clever child. She can write and do well in her exames. Her friends don’t try very hard in all
their classs. They’re interested in other thing. She study every night. They don’t study because they watches
moves. In the end, when exam day comies, her hard work help her to do well in her exames. I’s proud of my sister
and her success in school.
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F: Nationalities
Write down the nationalities of the people on the map.
Nipa
Yadu
Siriporn
Maria
Ngan
Aisah
Halim
Yadu Indian
Nipa
Siriporn
Aisah
Halim
Maria
Ngan
G: Matching Occupations
Match the occupation with what the person does with a line.
Bus driver serves you food at restaurants

Chef takes care of a store
Police officer cooks you food
Nurse checks your blood pressure
Waiter protects you from bad people
Tour guide shows your neighborhood to foreigners
Shopkeeper drives a bus

H: Singular vs. Plural Nouns
Fill in the blanks with the nouns in the boxes in singular or plural form.
Box Tiger Nationality Potato Dancer Knife Man
1. There are some _______men_________ looking for you.

2. The zoo has some _________________________ from India.
3. I want to see my sister in a show. She is an amazing _____________________________.
4. We need more ________________________________ for the kitchen.
5. My uncle’s farm grows _______________________________.
6. People at my work are different ______________________________.
7. Put all your photos in a _______________________________.
I: Word Jumble
Rewrite the words in the right order.
E.g a/I/student/am I am a student.

1. is /this/an/song/old ____________________________________________
2. I/cleaning/am/house/messy/my __________________________________
3. restaurant/you/ good /a/know/do (?) _____________________________
4. is/a/she/person/friendly. ________________________________________
5. like/I/grey/don’t/shirts/these. ___________________________________
6. I/exam/important/an/have. _____________________________________
J: Vowels and Their Sounds

Put the words under the right vowel sounds
Far Newspaper Meat Bed Teeth Sea Fish
Delicious Rest Miss Red Do
/a:/ /u:/ /e/ /i:/ /I/

K: First Words on the Phone
Write the phone conversations for the different situations.
1. You want to speak to your boss, Shwe Li, but her secretary answers the phone first. Shwe Li come to the phone.
2. You work for Red Cross and you are calling UNICEF. You call Adam Jones, but he is currently not there.
3. You call World Vision and someone answers the phone. You want to speak to U Kyaw Thein. The person
answering the phone is him.
Secretary:
You:
Shwe Li:
You:
UNICEF staff:
You:
UNICEF staff:
You:
U Kyaw Thein:
You:
U Kyaw Thein:
You:
L: Check Your Knowledge

Think about all the things you learned in Units 1-3. Complete this checklist. Give a score of
1-5. How much can you do each one? 1 = very badly 5 = very well. Which ones have the lowest
score? What can you do to improve?
I can.. 1 2 3 4 5
Introduce myself and friends
Start and end a conversation
Identify countries and their nationalities
Talk about people’s possessions
Follow classroom instruction
Explain the relation between family members
Ask about people’s occupations
Use polite phrases
Skim through a newspaper
Describe people
Ask for someone on the phone
Spell singular and plural nouns

REVISION
Revision for units 4, 5 & 6
A: Wh- Questions
Fill in the blanks with a wh- word.
1 Q What are you reading? A Myanmar Times

2 Q _______________ is the nearest bus stop? A It is on the next street.
3 Q __________ are you eating for dinner? A Pork and tea leaf salad.
4 Q __________ are they showing the movie? A 2:15 pm
5 Q __________ are you going home? A I need to rest.
6 Q _________ is the bottle of milk? A It is on the table.
B: Time in Numbers
Write the time in numbers.
1 six thirty 6:30 5 three ten

2 twenty past two 6 quarter past seven
3 quarter to five 7 five forty three
4 half past one 8 ten to four
C: Apply
Fill in your information on the application form.
COURSE APPLICATION FORM Marital Gender:

status: M/F
Name: Occupation:
Address: Email:
Date of birth: Phone:

D: Vowels and Their Sounds
Put the words under the right vowel sounds
Now Learn Care Chair Black Late Out That Make
Hot Eight Long Girl Bird Rat Where Brown
/a / /e / //
/3:/ /ae/ /ei/
E: Numbers
Write these amounts into numbers.
1 one hundred forty five thousand 145,300

2 thirty four million five hundred
3 fifteen thousand and six
4 eight billion seventy million five hundred and
thirty thousand.
5 four hundred thirty million six hundred thousand
6 thirty eight thousand.
7 one million two hundred forty three thousand
F: Na Na’s Schedule
Read the sentences about Na Na and fill in her schedule with the time and activities.
She wakes up at 8:30 am on Sundays, Mondays, and Wednesdays.

She always goes to university at 10:00 am.
She sometimes sleeps at 7:30 pm.
She usually visits her parents at 3:30 pm.
She sometimes reads books at 3:30 pm.
She sometimes takes a shower at 8:30 am
She never visits her parents on Sundays.
She goes to the cinema at 7:30 pm on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays.

Sunday Monday ______day Wednesday ______day ______day ______day
8:30 am Wake up Wake up Wake up
:
:
:
G: Food names
Write the names of the food in the pictures. Write the nouns in singular form. Circle if the food
is a countable or uncountable noun.
1 Name Carrots C 7 Name U/C

2 Name U/C 8 Name U/C
6 Name U/C
1 2 3 4 5
8 10
6 7
9 11
H: Before the Nouns

Fill in the blanks with a/an/some/any
1. The company is giving ___some____ jobs to people. 6. Do you have _______ green tea?
2. I have ______ important places to go today. 7. Please give me ________ rice.
3.We bought ______ orange and ______ onions. 8. There isn’t _________ homework today.
4. There is _____ test tomorrow. 9. Our teacher has _________ good news.
5. We are reading from ______ newspaper.

I: Items in Saw Mu’s Baggage
Look at the list of items in Saw Mu’s baggage. Write the amount of each item with any, a lot
of, not many, not much, or some. Change the noun into plural form if needed.
Shirt 10 Water bottle 10

Notebook 0 Pants 1
Tissue box 5 Rice packet 2
Blanket 9
Eg. chair There are a lot of chairs. 4. Blanket ___________________________________
1. Shirt ______________________________________ 5. Water bottle _______________________________
2. Notebook __________________________________ 6. Pants _____________________________________
3. Tissue box _________________________________ 7. Rice packet ________________________________
J: On the Table
Write where an object is in the picture. Use there is and the words in the brackets.
Eg. chair There is a cup behind a keyboard. 4. [colouring pencil inside]

1. [keyboard in front of] ______________________________________
______________________________________ 5. [calendar next to]
2. [pen on top of] ______________________________________
______________________________________ 6. [notebook under]
3. [yellow folder between] ______________________________________
______________________________________

K: Sentence Forms
Write can and verb-ing sentences with the word in the brackets and different forms. Use I as
the subject noun.
“Can” sentences Verb-ing Sentences

Positive [music/can/play] Positive [play/music]
I can play music _______________________
Negative [come/can/ not/Saturdays] Negative [on Saturdays/come/not]
_______________________ _______________________
Wh- [clean/when/can/the house] Wh- [clean/when/the house]
question _______________________ question _______________________
Yes/no [the dictionary/use /can] Yes/no [the dictionary/use]
question _______________________ question _______________________

Think about all the things you learned in Units 4-6. Complete this checklist. Give a score of
1-5. How much can you do each one? 1 = very badly 5 = very well. Which ones have the lowest
score? What can you do to improve?
I can.. 1 2 3 4 5
Talk about my daily schedule
Tell the time
Answer questions in short form
Say how often something happens
Deal with large numbers
Shop for groceries
Order food and drink
Describe where things are in my home
or neighbourhood
Make requests or offers
Ask for permission
Bargain at the market
Understand the difference between
present and present continuous verbs

REVISION
Test answers for units 1-3
A: Introducing People
Student’s answers
Eg. Hi, I want you to meet Kumar. He is from India. His nationality is Indian. He is my
co-worker. He is a web designer.
B: Describing Things
Student’s answers
• Eg. The sky is big, blue, and cool. • The elephant is grey, large, and strong.
• My bag is brown, heavy, and smooth. • The flowers are colorful, fragrant, and nice.
• My parents’ house is wooden, spacious, • The water is cold, clear, and wet.
and warm.
C: What do they look like?

Person A Person C
She’s a young and beautiful woman. She has She is beautiful and has dark skin. She has
long blonde hair and sunglasses. black hair and is wearing earrings
Person B
She’s a young and happy woman. She has
brown hair and is wearing a t-shirt.
D: Short Answers
2. No, he isn’t. 5. No, he doesn’t
3. No, they don’t. 6. Yes, they are.
4. No, they don’t. 7. Yes, they are.

E: Spelling Mistakes
My sister is a very clever child. She can write and does well in her exames [exams]. Her friends
don’t try very hard in all their classs [classes]. They’re interested in other thing [things]. She
study [studies] every night. They don’t study because they watches [watch] moves [movies].
In the end, when exam day comies [comes], her hard work help [helps] her to pass her exames
[exams]. I’s [I’m] proud of my sister and her success in school.
F: Nationalities
Yadu Indian
Nipa Bangladeshi
Siriporn Thai
Aisah Malaysian
Halim Indonesian
Maria Filipino
Ngan Vietnamese
G: Matching Occupations
Chef – cooks you food Tour guide – shows your neighbourhood to
Policeman – protects you from bad people foreigners
Nurse – checks your blood pressure Shopkeeper – takes care of a store
Waiter – serves you at restaurants
H: Singular Vs. Plural Nouns

2. tigers 5. potatoes
3. dancer 6. nationalities
4. knives 7. box
I: Word Jumble
1. This is an old song.
2. I am cleaning my messy house.
3. Do you know a good restaurant?
4. She is a friendly person.
5. I don’t like these grey shirts.
6. I have an important exam.

J: Vowels and Their Sounds
/a:/ /u:/ /e/ /i:/ /i/
Far Choose Rest Teeth Miss
Banana Do Red Meat Delicious
Newspaper Bed Sea Fish
K: First Words on the Phone

Students’ answers
You: Hello, is Shwe Li there?

Secretary: Yes, she is here. Wait a moment.
You: Thanks.
Shwe Li Hi, this is Shwe Li.
UNICEF staff: Hello, this is UNICEF.
You: Good morning, is Adam Jones there, please?
UNICEF staff: I’m sorry. He is not here at the moment.
You: Ok thanks, I will call back later.
U Kyaw Thein: Hello, this is World Vision.
You: Hello, is U Kyaw Thein there?
U Kyaw Thein: This is U Kyaw Thein speaking.
You: Hi U Kyaw Thein. This is __student name_____

Students’ answers

REVISION
Test answers for units 4-6
A: Wh- Questions
2. Where 4. When 6. Where
3. What 5. Why
B: Time in numbers
2. 2:20 4. 1:30 6. 7:15 8. 3:50
3. 4:45 5. 3:10 7: 5: 43
C: Apply
Students’ answers, e.g.
COURSE APPLICATION FORM Marital Married Gender:

status: M/F
Name: Van lian Occupation: Computing teacher
Address: 45 pandsodan St, Yangon, Email: lian85@mail.com
Myanmar Phone: 093420123
Date of birth: 7 May 1985
D: Vowels and Their Sounds

/a / /e / //
now care hot
out chair long
where
/3:/ /ae/ /ei/
learn black late
girl that eight
bird rat make
E: Numbers
2. 34,000,500 4. 8,070,530,000 6. 38,000
3. 15,006 5. 430,600,000 7. 1,243,000
F: Na Na’s Schedule
There may be different versions that are also correct.
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

8:30am Wake up Wake up Take a Wake up Take a Take a Take a
shower shower shower shower
10:00am Go to Go to Go to Go to Go to Go to Go to
University University University University University University University
3.30pm Read books Visit Parents Visit Parents Visit Parents Visit Parents Visit Parents Read books
7.30pm Go to Sleep Sleep Go to Go to Sleep Sleep
Cinema Cinema Cinema
G: Food Names
2. Rice…U 7. Milk…U
3. Fish…U/C (depends) 8. Papaya…C
4. Water…U 9. Chillie/Chillies…C
5. Beef…U 10. Banana…C
6. Egg…C 11. Mango…C
H: Before the Nouns

2. some 6. any
3. an…some 7. some
4. a 8. any
5. a 9. some
I: Items in Saw Mu’s Baggage

1. There are many shirts.
2. There are not any notebooks.
3. There are some tissue boxes.
4. There are many blankets.
5. There are a lot of water bottles.
6. There are not many pants.
7. There are not many rice packets.

J: On the Table
1. There is a keyboard in front of a cup.
2. There is a pen on top of a notebook.
3. There is a yellow folder between a pink
and blue folder.
4. There is a colouring pencil inside a cup.
5. There is a calendar next to a blue folder.
6. There is a notebook under a pen.
K: Sentence Forms
“Can” sentences Verb-ing Sentences
Positive [music/can/play] Positive [play/music]
I can play music I’m playing music.
Negative [come/can/ not/Saturdays] Negative [on Saturdays/come/not]
I can’t come on Saturdays. I’m not coming on Saturdays.
Wh- [clean/when/can/the house] Wh- [clean/when/the house]
question When can I clean the house? question When am I cleaning the house?
Yes/no [the dictionary/use /can] Yes/no [the dictionary/use]
question Can I use the dictionary? question Am I using the dictionary?

Students’ answers

REFERENCE
Language reference 1-6
UNIT 1
Pronouns and possessive adjectives
I, you, she, he, we, they, and it are pronouns. We use them to replace nouns.
My, your, our, their, his, her and its are possessive adjectives. We use them before nouns.
pronoun possessive adjective he That is his drink.

I This is my pen. we These are our children.
you Those are your bags. they That is their house.
she This is her bicycle. it This is its food.
We use ’s to make nouns possessive.
• This is Na Na’s shirt. This shirt is Na Na’s.
The present simple: to be (1)

We use the present simple for: 2. Things that are true for a long time.
1. Repeated events. • They are doctors.
• I am hungry in the morning. • He is young.
• She’s busy on the weekends.
Statements
positive negative
I ’m I ’m not
He He
She ’s She isn’t
It married. It Chinese.
We We
You ’re You aren’t
They They
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Imperatives
1. We use imperatives to give orders and 2. Negative imperatives use don’t.
instructions. We form them with the base • Don’t come back. • Don’t talk.
form of the verb.
• Answer these questions.
• Do your homework.
UNIT 2
The present simple: to be (2)
Questions and answers statement: You are a student.
To make yes/no questions with to be, we put
the verb before the subject.
1. Yes/no questions and short answers: question: Are you a student?
statement: He is from Singapore. answer: • Yes, I am. NOT: Yes, I’m.
• No, I’m not. NOT: No, I am’t.
question: Is he from Singapore? 2. Wh- questions

answer: • Yes, he is. NOT: Yes, he’s. • Where is he from?
• No, he isn’t. NOT: Where he is from?
• Who are his parents?
The present simple NOT: Who his parents are?
Positive statements Negative statements

subject verb
subject auxiliary base
live
I/You/We/They I
work in Sittwe.
She/He/It lives You don’t
We (do not) live
Spelling: Third person singular positive verb
They here.
forms:
He work
read doesn’t
For most verbs we add -s. reads costs She
cost (does not)
It
When the verb ends in -ch, -sh, watch
watches mixes
-s, -x or -z we add -es.* mix NOTE: After do/don’t/doesn’t, we always use
When the verb ends in a the base form of the verb.
study
consonant + -y remove the -y and studies flies
fly • She doesn’t live here
add -ies.
not: She doesn’t lives here.
When the verb ends in a vowel + buy
buys stays
-y, add -s. stay
* Also: do—does, go—goes
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be or do?
In present simple questions and negative 2. Be with nouns, pronouns, adjectives,
statements we use: adverbs, prepositions, etc.
1. Do with verbs. • Are you Ko Ko? NOT: Do you Ko Ko?
• Do you like fish? NOT: Are you like fish? • They aren’t hot. NOT: They don’t hot.
• It doesn’t live here. NOT: It isn’t live here. • Is she at home? NOT: Does she at home?
Single and plural nouns

1. To make most nouns plural, add -s. 3. If a noun ends in a consonant + y, remove
• one key • two keys the y and add -ies.
• one bicycle • two bicycles • one city • two cities
• one baby • two babies
2. Add -es to nouns ending in -sh, -ch, -ss and
-x 4. Some nouns are irregular.
• one class • two classes • one child • two children
• one box • two boxes • one man • two men
• one mosquito • two mosquitoes
• one knife • two knives
this, that, these and those

We use this and that with single nouns and these and those with plural nouns.
• This is my daughter. • That dog is fat.
• These are my daughters. • Those dogs are fat.
UNIT 3
Adjectives
Adjectives modify (change or describe) nouns.
They can:
1. Follow the verb to be. 2. Go before the noun.
• The bus is slow. • The slow bus costs 500 kyat
• My brother is tall. • The tall man is David.
a and an
A and an are used before a single noun – a/an + noun
1. Use a before a consonant sound. 2. Use an before a vowel sound.
• It’s a dog, not a cat. • That’s an apple, not an orange.
• I have a motorbike. • They live in an apartment.

a/an + adjective + noun • This is an American car.
1. Use a before a consonant sound. • We have an old house.
• That’s a big rat. NOTE: Use a before a vowel with a consonant
• He has a red umbrella. sound and an before a consonant with a vowel
2. Use an before a vowel sound. sound.
• It’s a university NOT: It’s an university
• Meet in an hour. NOT: Meet in a hour.
UNIT 4
The present simple
Questions and answers
1. Yes/no questions 3. Short answers
auxiliary subject base I/you/we/they do
Do I/you/we/they Yes,
live here? she/he/it does
Does she/he/it live here.
I/you/we/they don’t
No,
2. wh- questions she/he/it doesn’t
These have the same word order as yes/no • Where do you live?
questions. The question word goes at the NOT: Where you do live?
beginning.
• When does she go to work?
auxiliary subject base NOT: When she does go to work?
What
I/you/we/
When do eat?
they
Why
Where
Who does she/he/it know?
How much
Adverbs of frequency
We usually put the adverb of frequency: 2. Before other verbs.
1. After the verb to be. • We sometimes play football at the weekend.
• I’m always late for work.
Usually and sometimes can also go at the start
3. After an auxiliary verb. or the end of a clause.
• Snakes don’t usually bite people. • Usually Tom gets up at 6 o’clock.
• Aung Aung gets angry sometimes.
• Usually I don’t have breakfast.

UNIT 5
there is / are
Positive statements Negative statements
singular a cat. singular a cat.
is isn’t
uncountable There some oil. uncountable There any oil.
plural are some dogs. plural aren’t any dogs.

In questions, we put the verb before the statement: There are some computers.
subject.
1. Yes/no questions and short answers
statement: There is a cinema. question: Are there any computers?
answer: • Yes, there are.
• No, there aren’t.
question: Is there a cinema?
answer: • Yes, there is. NOT: Yes, there’s. 2. Wh- questions
• No, there isn’t. • How many people are there in the village?
• No, there’s not.
Countable and uncountable nouns

1. Some nouns are countable. We can count 2. Some nouns are uncountable. We cannot
them. count them.
• three apples • three waters
• seven bags • seven oils
• a thousand dollars • a thousand petrols
They have a singular and plural form. They have only one form.
• I want an apple. • I want some water.
• I want four apples. NOT: I want four waters.
Some and any

1. We use a/an in all kinds of sentences. 3. We use any in negative statements and
• I need a box. most questions.
• He doesn’t work in an office. • There isn’t any milk.
• Is there a bus stop here? • Is there any pork in the fridge?
2. We use some in positive statements. 4. We use some in requests and offers.

• I’ll get some sugar. • Would you like some coffee?
• I want some friends. • Can I borrow some money?

Much and many
1. We use much with uncountable nouns in 2. We use many with countable nouns in
questions and negative statements. questions and negative statements.
• How much orange juice do we have? • How many people are here?
• There isn’t much furniture in the house. • There aren’t many books.
UNIT 6
Prepositions of place
Prepositions of place describe a thing’s • The pen is on the table
relationship to another thing. • There’s a boy under the house
Can and can’t

We use can to: 2. We form the negative with not. There is no
1. Talk about ability. does/doesn’t.
• I can’t speak Kachin.
• I can play the guitar quite well. NOT: I don’t can speak Kachin.
• Phyu Phyu can’t run very fast.
2. Ask for and give (or refuse) permission.
To make questions with modals, we put the
• Can I please use the toilet? modal before the subject.
• You can’t smoke in here.
3. Make requests and offers. 1. Yes/no questions
statement: They can go.
• Can you open the window, please?
• Can I help you?
Can is a modal auxiliary verb.
question: Can they go?
Statements
answer: • Yes, they can.
subject modal base • No, they can’t.
I
He
She fly. 2. Wh- questions
can • Where can we go?
It dance.
We can’t come. • How many languages can you speak?
You
They
1. We always use the base form of the verb
after can. There is no -s in the third person
singular.
• She can wait. NOT: She can waits.

The present continuous
We use the present continuous to talk about: positive negative
I ’m I ’m not
1. Things happening at the time of speaking.
• I’m brushing my teeth. You You
We ’re sitting. We aren’t sitting.
2. Things happening around now. They thinking. They thinking.
She singing. She singing.
• She’s working a lot these days.
Statements He ’s He isn’t
We make the present continuous with the It It
auxiliary verb to be and the present participle
(verb-ing).
Spelling 1. Yes/no questions and short answers
1. For verbs that end in -e, we remove the -e
and add -ing. statement: He is wearing a red shirt.
• write-—writing • use—using
2. For verbs with a short vowel and only one question: Is he wearing a red shirt?
consonant, we double the consonant and add
-ing. answer: • Yes, he is. NOT: Yes, he’s.
• run—running • stop—stopping • No, he isn’t.
Questions and answers 2. Wh- questions

To make questions, we put the verb to be in • Who is she speaking to?
front of the subject. • Where are you going?
Present simple or continuous?

1. We use the present simple for repeated 2. We use the present continuous for things
events (e.g. habits) and things that are true happening at the moment of speaking.
for a long time. • Be quiet! I’m watching TV.
• I watch TV every night. • Look! The water’s boiling.
• Rabbits eat grass.
We often use these expressions with the pres-
We often use these expressions with the present continuous:
ent simple: at the moment, now, right now, today,
never, sometimes, usually, always, this morning/week/month/year
every day/week/month, on Saturdays

Phonetic chart
Vowel sounds
/ʌ/ cup, money /ʊ/ good, put
/ɑ:/ car, father /u:/ blue, two
/æ/ rat, black /aɪ/ eye, f ive
/e/ bed, head /aʊ/ now, out
/ə/ banana, mother /eɪ/ eight, late
/ɜ:/ girl, learn /əʊ/ home, open
/ɪ/ sit, big /ɔɪ/ boy, noise
/i:/ see, meat /eə/ where, chair
/ɒ/ hot, long /ɪə/ ear, here
/ɔ:/ four, tall /ʊə/ tourist, cure
Consonant sounds
/b/ bad, cabbage /p/ pen, map
/d/ dog, bed /r/ red, sorry
/f/ f ive, half /s/ see, class
/g/ get, bag /ʃ/ she, fish
/h/ hello, how /t/ tea, meet
/j/ yes, yellow /tʃ/ check, watch
/k/ cat, black /θ/ think, both
/l/ leg, little /ð/ this, mother
/m/ man, tomato /v/ vase, five
/n/ no, ten /w/ window, what
/ŋ/ singer, thing /z/ busy, lazy
NOTE: These are based on British pronunciation
LISTEN!
Audio Scripts
Unit 1
002 1.1.1 – Introducing yourself
A TTN: Hi. My name’s Tin Tin Nyo.

What’s your name?
C Paul:

I’m Paul. I’m from England.
Where are you from?
Jess: Pleased to meet you, Tin Tin Nyo. Apsara: Hi, Paul. My name’s Apsara.
My name’s Jessica. I’m from I’m from Thailand.
Australia. Where are you from?
TTN: I’m from Mandalay.
D Lee:
name?
Hi. I’m Lee. What’s your
B Khin Zaw:
Sittwe.
I’m Khin Zaw. I’m from Madhu:

Pleased to meet you, Lee.
My name’s Madhu. I’m
Paw Mu: Pleased to meet you, Khin from India.
Zaw. I’m Paw Mu. I’m from Where are you from?
Hpa-an. Lee: I’m from China.
003 1.1.3 – Introducing other people

A TTN: This is Paul. He’s from
England. C Man:

This is Khin Zaw and Ma
Khaing. They’re from Sittwe.
Paul: Hi. Khin Zaw: Hi.
Man: Hello. Khaing: Hi.
Woman: Hi, Paul. Woman: Hello, Khin Zaw. Hello, Ma
Khaing. I’m Madhu, and
B Woman:

Paw Mu, this is Jessica.
She’s from Australia.
this is Amit and Devi. We’re
from India.
Jessica: Hi, Paw Mu. Man: Hi.
Paw Mu: Hello, Jessica. Woman: Hello.
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004 1.2.1 – Pronouns
1. This is Paul. He’s from England. 4. I’m Madhu, and this is Amit and Devi.
2. This is Jessica. She’s from Australia. We’re from India.
3. This is Khin Zaw and Ma Khaing. They’re
from Sittwe.
005 1.2.2 – Short forms

Madhu: I’m Madhu, and this is my husband Devi. She’s a student. They’re outside our
Amit. He’s a doctor. This is my daughter apartment. It’s in Mumbai. We’re from India.
006 1.3.1 – How are you?

Lee: Good morning, Tin Tin Nyo. How TTN: Fine thanks, Lee. How about you?
are you? Lee: Not too bad.
007 1.3.3 – Ending a conversation

A M:
W:
Good afternoon. How are you?
Very well, thanks. How about you?
B W:
M:
Hi, how’s it going?
I’m OK. And you?
M: Fine, thanks. W: Not so bad.
W: Nice to see you. Goodbye. M: See you later.
M: Goodbye. W: Bye.
008 1.4.1 – Possessive adjectives

It’s my chair. That’s his desk. See, it’s his notebook and his
This is her bag. pen.
That’s their bicycle. That’s my watch. It’s not your watch.
This is my cup, and that’s my spoon. Is that your phone? No, it’s his phone.
This is our computer and our CD. That’s her umbrella, on the table
That’s their key.
009 1.4.2 – Is this your..?

Man 1: Excuse me, is this your notebook? Woman 2: No, it’s not my notebook. Maybe it’s
Woman 1: No, it’s not my notebook. Maybe it’s his notebook. Excuse me, is this your notebook?
her notebook. Excuse me, is this your notebook? Man 2: Yes, that’s my notebook. Thank you!
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010 1.5.2 (A) – Nationalities
Paw Mu: Where are you from, Jessica? Jessica: Yes, I’m Australian. How about you,
Jessica: I’m from Sydney. Paw Mu?
Paw Mu: Oh, you’re Australian. Paw Mu: I’m from Hpa-an. I’m Kayin.
Jessica: Oh, right.
011 1.5.2 (B, C) – Nationalities

Cambodia Cambodian India Indian
England English Bangladesh Bangladeshi
Australia Australian China Chinese
Indonesia Indonesian Russia Russian
The USA American South Africa South African
Laos Lao Canada Canadian
Korea Korean Malaysia Malaysian
France French The Phillippines Filipino
Thailand Thai Singapore Singaporean
Myanmar Myanmar
012 1.5.3 – Countries and nationalities

1 Syllable: Laos, Lao, France, French, Thai Singapore
2 Syllables: England, English, Thailand, 4 Syllables: Australia, Australian, Cambodia,
Myanmar, Myanmar, China, Chinese, Russia, Cambodian, Indonesia, Indonesian, the USA,
Russian American, Bangladeshi, South Africa, South
3 Syllables: Korea, Korean, India, Indian, African, Canadian, the Philippines, Filipino
Bangladesh, Canada, Malaysia, Malaysian, 5 Syllables: Singaporean
013 1.6.1 – Instructions

1. Look at page 15. 5. Work in groups of five.
2. Listen and repeat. 6. Don’t write.
3. Look at the board. 7. Stop talking.
4. Work in pairs. 8. Answer the questions.
014 1.6.2 – I don’t understand

Teacher: OK class. Read the text on page 29 Teacher: No, page 29. And answer the
and answer the questions in exercise 3. questions in exercise 3.
Student: Sorry, I don’t understand. Student: Exercise 3?
Teacher: Read the text on page 29. Teacher: Yes. Exercise 3.
Student: Page 21?

Unit 2
015 2.1.1 – Families

Khin Zaw: Hi Paul. How are you? Paul: And the little girl?
Paul: I’m well. And you? Khin Zaw: She’s my baby sister Si Si Poe. She’s
Khin Zaw: OK. four. Do you have a family photo?
Paul: Is that your family? Paul: Yes, here’s my family in the back garden.
Khin Zaw: Yes, that’s my father, U Zaw Zaw My wife Lisa and my son Wayne.
Aung, and my mother, Daw Htay Htay. Khin Zaw: Who are the others?
Paul: Who is this woman? Paul: My parents – my mother Janet and my
Khin Zaw: My aunt, Daw Thandar Win. She’s my father, Albert. They are 85 years old, now.
Mum’s sister. She lives with us. Khin Zaw: And the two young men? They’re not
Paul: And these are your brothers and sisters? your brothers?
Khin Zaw: You know my sister Khaing Khaing. Paul: No, they’re our friends Nelson and Diego.
My brothers are Aye Ko and Zarni Aung. Aye They live next door.
Ko’s 14 and Zarni Aung is 12.
016 2.1.4 – Other people

Woman 1: Hi Tracey. Woman 1: No, he’s not my boyfriend. He’s
Woman 2: Hi Debbie. Nice photo – who is he? my friend.
Woman 1: This is my friend Ben. He’s 32. He’s Woman 2: Oooh...
a dancer. Woman 1: He’s not my boyfriend. He’s my
Woman 2: Is he your boyfriend? FRIEND.
Woman 2: Is he single?
017 2.2.1 – Age

17, 25, 70, 39, 12, 40, 14, 82, 80, 16, 18, 66, 10, 18, 90, 21, 60, 30, 13, 58, 15
018 2.2.3 – Short answers

Jessica: Hi. Are you Thein Naing? Jessica: Sittwe? Is that near Mandalay?
Khin Zaw: No, I’m not. My name’s Khin Zaw. Khin Zaw: No, it’s not. It’s in Rakhine State.
Jessica: Oh, sorry Khin Zaw. My name’s Khaing: Hi.
Jessica. Are you from Japan? Khin Zaw: Jessica, this is Khaing Khaing.
Khin Zaw: No, I’m not. I’m Myanmar. Are Jessica: Hi. Are you guys married?
you...Australian? Khin Zaw: No, we’re not. She’s my sister. Are
Jessica: Yes, I am. I’m from Sydney. What you married?
about you? Jessica: No, I’m not.
Khin Zaw: I’m from Sittwe.

019 2.3.2 – What do you do?
Interviewer: What do you do? the market. I’m a shopkeeper.
Man 1: I’m a nurse. I work in a hospital. I wear Interviewer: And are you a teacher?
a uniform. Man 2: Yes, I am. I work in a language school.
Interviewer: And what about you? I teach English and Chinese.
Woman: I sell fruit and vegetables. I work in
020 2.3.3 – Rob’s job

My name’s Rob. I’m from New Zealand and teachers – I show them different ideas and
I’m a teacher trainer. I work in schools. I techniques. When I’m not at work, I spend
work all around the world – in New Zealand, time with my three grandchildren.
Australia, Thailand and Myanmar. I teach
021 2.4.2 (B, C) – Verb endings

Khin Zaw: I’m a tour guide and I work in Kandawgyi. My sister lives in Sittwe. She’s a
Yangon. I show tourists famous places. We nurse. She works in a hospital. She looks after
go to Shwedagon Pagoda, Sule Pagoda and sick people.
022 2.4.2 (F, G) – Verb endings

Khaing: I live in Sittwe. I’m a nurse. I work He shows tourists famous places. They go
in a hospital. I look after sick people. My to Shwedagon Pagoda, Sule Pagoda and
brother’s a tour guide and he works in Yangon. Kandawgyi.
023 2.4.4 – Pronunciation (verb endings)

Paw Mu has two jobs. She teaches children teacher. She goes to school at 8am.
at an international school and she teaches Jessica studies Myanmar. She goes to Paw
Myanmar to foreigners at night. Mu’s house every day at 6pm.
Madhu and Amit are from India, but they live Paw Mu works very hard. She lives with her 4
in Yangon. They work for an NGO. They have children, her parents and her grandmother.
one daughter, Devi. She’s 10. She studies She makes money for all her family.
at the international school. Paw Mu is her
024 2.5.3A – Pronunciation

1. language 4. sister 7. box 10. offices
2. tree 5. umbrellas 8. journalists
3. teachers 6. babies 9. nurses

025 2.5.3 (B) – Pronunciation
1. language languages 6. baby babies
2. tree trees 7. box boxes
3. teacher teachers 8. journalist journalists
4. sister sisters 9. nurse nurses
5. umbrella umbrellas 10. office offices
026 2.5.4 – More numbers

600 190 713 666 1000 2941 9999 2080 3002 8573
027 2.6.1 – Excuse me

A Jessica: Excuse me, is this Theinbyu Lan?
Man: [replies in Myanmar]
D Khin Zaw: Nice to meet you again.
Jessica: Yes, you too. Mmm. Oh, it’s 4
Jessica: Excuse me, is this Theinbyu Lan? o’clock. I’m late.
Woman: No, Theinbyu Lan is over there. Khin Zaw: OK – well...
Jessica: Thank you. Jessica: Bye, Khin Zaw, and thanks again.
Khin Zaw: Bye...
B Jessica: Excuse me... excuse me... excuse

me... oh – sorry... excuse me
Jessica: Excuse me, Khin Zaw...
Khin Zaw: Yes?
Jessica: Do you have an email address?
C Khin Zaw: Excuse me! Excuse me... Jessica!

Jessica: Hi, Khin Zaw... Oh, my bag! Thank
you!
Khin Zaw: That’s OK.
028 2.6.2 – Sorry

A Man: {[speaks Myanmar]
Jessica: Oh No. I’m sorry. Sorry!
B Jessica: Hi Paw Mu. Sorry I’m late.
Paw Mu: That’s OK.

Unit 3
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noodles – now only 300 kyat at... Myanmart.
030 3.2.2 – a/n + adj + noun (Apsara)

I’m Apsara. I’m a businesswoman. I’m Thai, but new office downtown. We employ a tour guide –
I live in Yangon. I live in a beautiful apartment Khin Zaw. He’s a clever, friendly, young man, but
on Anawratha Road with my girlfriend Nok and he’s lazy. Today, we have an American tourist
an old black cat called Charlie. in the office who wants to go to Bagan. KHIN
We have a small business – it’s a tour company. ZAW! Come here.
We take tourists around Myanmar. We work in a
031 3.2.4 – Listen and draw

In 1, draw a large tree. In 4, draw an ugly chicken.
In 2, draw a young girl. In 5, write an English name.
In 3, write an easy word. In 6, draw a short, fat man.
032 3.3.1 – Is she a good teacher?

Man: Excuse me, Jessica. Are you a student here? Man: Oh right. Is she a good teacher?
Jessica: Oh hello. Yes, I study Myanmar Jessica: Yes, she’s excellent. She’s really nice –
language. clever and friendly.
Man: Who is your teacher? Man: I need a Myanmar language teacher. Can
Jessica: Her name’s Paw Mu. She also works at you give me her telephone number?
the international school. Jessica: Sure. 547-840. However, she’s very busy.
Man: Paw Mu... Is she tall, fat and quite young? She has a lot of work right now.
Jessica: No. She’s short and thin. She’s about 35 Man: OK, well, I’ll ring and see if she wants
years old. another student.

033 3.3.3 – Describe them
He’s fat. He’s not poor. She’s not short. She’s not fat.
He’s short. He’s rich. She’s clever. She’s not stupid.
He’s not thin. He’s not happy. She’s thin. She’s not rich.
He’s young. He’s stupid. She’s happy. She’s poor.
He’s not tall. He’s sad. She’s old. She’s not sad.
He’s not clever. He’s not old. She’s tall. She’s not young.
034 3.3.4 – Your body

Thingy says point to your feet Thingy says look at your stomach
Thingy says shake your hands Thingy says point to your legs
Thingy says touch your hair Thingy says look at your hands
Thingy says stand on one leg Thingy says shake your arms
Shake your stomach Point to your back
Thingy says point to your eyes Thingy says touch your ears
Thingy says hold your stomach Thingy says shake your mouth
Touch your eyes Point to your ears
Thingy says hold your head Things says touch your neck
Thingy says touch your back Shake your neck
Hold your hands Thingy says shake your hair
Thingy says shake your head Thingy says hold your arms
Look at your feet Thingy says shake your legs
Touch your mouth Sit down
035 3.5.2 – / / (schwa sound)

It’s a fish. It’s a rat.
It’s a CD. It’s a computer.
It’s a newspaper. It’s a key.
It’s a tree. It’s an umbrella.
It’s an aeroplane.
036 3.5.3 – / / (in words)

banana computer student soldier
newspaper apartment farmer
umbrella aeroplane journalist
037 3.5.4 – Some other vowels

1. banana 3. bed 5. fish
2. newspaper 4. tree

038 3.5.5 (B) – Song: Little Boxes
Little boxes on the hillside And they all play on the golf course and drink
Little boxes made of ticky tacky their martini dry
Little boxes, little boxes, little boxes all the And they all have pretty children and the
same children go to school
There’s a green one and a pink one And the children go to summer camp and then
And a blue one and a yellow one to the university
And they’re all made out of ticky tacky And they all get put in boxes, and they all come
And they all look just the same out the same
And the people in the houses all go to the And the boys go into business and marry and
university raise a family
And they all get put in boxes, little boxes all the And they all get put in boxes, little boxes all the
same same
And there’s doctors and there’s lawyers and There’s a green one, and a pink one
business executives And a blue one and a yellow one
And they’re all made out of ticky tacky and And they’re all made out of ticky tacky
they all look just the same And they all look just the same
039 3.5.5 – Song (E): Little Boxes

Little boxes on the hillside And the people in the houses all went to the
Little boxes made of ticky tacky university
Little boxes, little boxes, little boxes all And they all get put in boxes, little boxes all
the same the same
There’s a green one and a pink one And there’s doctors and there’s lawyers and
And a blue one and a yellow one business executives
And they’re all made out of ticky tacky And they’re all made out of ticky tacky and
And they all look just the same they all look just the same
040 3.6.1 (B) – Answering a phone

A Khin Zaw: Hello, Golden Myanmar Tours.
Khin Zaw speaking. Hello, Apsara. No,
B Khin Zaw: Hi, Khin Zaw speaking. Oh, hi
Jessica. How are you?
she’s not here at the moment.
041 3.6.1 (E) – Answering a phone

1 Paul: Bright Star Free School. Paul
Robinson speaking.
4 Paw Mu: Good afternoon, Yangon School for
International Studies. Paw Mu speaking.
2 Madhu: Hi, Madhu Reddy. 5 TTN: Hello, this is Tin Tin Nyo.
3 Jessica: Hey, this is Jessica. 6 Amit: Good morning, Health Rescue
International.

042 3.6.2 – Asking for someone
1 Madhu: Hi, Madhu Reddy.
Devi: Hi Mum, is Dad there? 3 TTN: Hello. Bright Star Free School.
Jessica: Is Daw Tin Tin Nyo there, please?
TTN: Tin Tin Nyo speaking.
Jessica: Hello Sayama. This is Jessica
Lomax.
2 Person: Good morning, Health Rescue

International.
Paw Mu: Good morning. Is Amit Reddy
there? This is Paw Mu from YSIS.
Person: I’m sorry, he’s not here at the
moment.
Paw Mu: OK, thanks. I’ll call back later.
Unit 4
043 4.1.2 – Telling the time

1. Quarter past one. 7. Five past five.
2. Twenty past two. 8. Half past six.
3. Twenty-five past two. 9. Twenty to eight.
4. Twenty-five to four. 10. Eight o’clock.
5. Ten to five. 11. Ten past ten.
6. Five to five. 12. Quarter to one.
044 4.1.3 – Telling the time

1. It’s three fifty. 4. It’s ten twenty.
2. It’s six fifteen. 5. It’s one thirty-five.
3. It’s one twenty-five.
045 4.1.4 – Lee’s day

I wake up at about seven o’clock every day my textbook and listen to the CD. In the
and listen to the radio. After breakfast I evenings – well I have my Myanmar class
have a shower and get dressed. Then I check at six. After class, at about eight, I go to a
my emails and work until about noon. After restaurant and have dinner and a beer. I go
that I walk to the market and buy food for home about ten, have a shower, read my
the day, and go make lunch at home. After book and then go to bed at about eleven
lunch I study Myanmar language – read o’clock.

046 4.2.1 (A) – Sunday evening at the teashop
Khin Zaw: Hi, Jessica! Hi, Lee. Hello Sayama. Khin Zaw: Does Hledan have good teashops?
Do you come here every evening? Jessica: Yes, it does. I go to the Golden Roti
Jessica: Hey Khin Zaw. No, I don’t. I only everyday. It’s cheap and really delicious.
come here on Thursdays. Khin Zaw: Do you like the food here?
Lee: I do. I live near here. Lee: Yes, I do. I love it, but Sayama Paw Mu
Paw Mu: I don’t. doesn’t.
Jessica: I usually eat in Hledan, near my Paw Mu: I hate it. I don’t like spicy food.
house.
047 4.2.1 (B) – Sunday evening at the teashop

Khin Zaw: Jessica, do you go to Myanmar Jessica: Yes, she does. Do you work every day?
class every week? Khin Zaw: No, I don’t. My office doesn’t open
Jessica: Yes, I do. on Sundays.
Lee: Does Sayama Paw Mu teach every day?
048 4.2.4 – Meet Matty

OK, about my likes and dislikes. Well, movies I don’t like sport much. Football! I hate
first. I’m British, so I like British movies. I football. Swimming is OK. I like swimming.
don’t like American action movies, er, movies Oh yes, and food. I love spicy food. Thai food
with guns and fighting. They’re boring. is my favourite.
Music. I don’t like hip-hop and I don’t like
rock music. I love dance music, er, music DJs
play.
049 4.3.1 – We’re from Mumbai

Madhu: We’re from Mumbai. Madhu: We go in the school holidays. Our
TTN: Is Mumbai a big city? daughter goes to school here in Yangon, so
Amit: Yes, it is. It’s very big we don’t like to take her away from school.
TTN: How many people live there? TTN: Who do you stay with there?
Amit: A lot. Over 10 million. People speak a Amit: We stay with my parents. They have a
lot of different languages. large house by the sea.
TTN: How many languages do you speak? TTN: What do you like about Mumbai?
Amit: Three. Hindi, English and now some Madhu: The beautiful old buildings.
Myanmar. Amit: Yes. I love the Haji Ali Mosque.
TTN: Do you live in India now? Madhu: And the Railway Station.
Amit: No, we live in Myanmar. Amit: And it’s nice to be home – I like living
TTN: Do you go back to India? in Myanmar, but it is good to go home
Amit: Yes, we do. We go every year. sometimes too.
TTN: When do you go to India?

050 4.5.2 – Wh- questions
1. What’s your name? 6. What do you do?
2. Where do you live? 7. What’s your occupation?
3. What’s your address? 8. What’s your email address?
4. What’s your date of birth? 9. What’s your phone number?
5. What’s your marital status?
051 4.6.1 – Meeting an old friend

Student: Hello Sayama Paw Mu. Do you remember your name. Are you... Bobby
remember me? Thornwood?
Paw Mu: Er... Hello. Student: No. I’m Mark Waters. You don’t
Student: I’m your old student. remember me!
Paw Mu: I remember your face , but I don’t Paw Mu: Oh. I’m sorry.
052 4.6.2 – Polite phone calls

A Teacher: Hello.
Student: Teacher, where are you now? B Teacher: Hello.
Thida: Hi, Matty, it’s Thida.
Teacher: Hello? Teacher: Hey Thida. How are you?
Student: Ha ha. Do you remember me? Thida: Fine, thanks. You?
Teacher: Hi. No, sorry. Who is this? Teacher: OK.
Student: I am your student. Do you know Thida: Are you busy at the moment?
my name? Teacher: It’s OK.
Teacher: What’s your name? I’m busy. Thida: When’s my class today?
Who are you? Teacher: Wait. It’s at, er, half past four.
Student: I’m Kyaw Day. Thida: OK, great. Thanks very much.
Teacher: Oh. Hi Kyaw Day. How are you? Teacher: OK. see you at four thirty.
Student: Yes, teacher. Where are you now? Thida: Thanks. Bye.
Teacher: What do you want? Teacher: See you.
Student: I want to speak English with you.
Teacher: I’m at work. Please call back
later. Bye.

Unit 5
053 5.3.1 – Food

Rice. Chicken. Apple. Noodles. Pork. Beer. Potato. Papaya. Tomato. Carrot. Banana.
Onion. Fish. Chilli. Pineapple. Water. Beef.
054 5.3.2 – Shopping for a party

Madhu: I love parties. Do we have all the food? Amit: About 10.
Amit: I don’t know – we have some tea leaf Madhu: OK. We have some chicken, but do we
salad. We don’t have any fruit salad. have any vegetables for the chicken curry?
Madhu: What fruit do we have for the fruit Amit: Not a lot. There are some onions in the
salad? cupboard, and some potatoes.
Amit: We have lots of oranges and apples, and a Madhu: OK, get some carrots, and get some
pineapple. chillis. We need some noodles, too. We have a lot
Madhu: OK. Get some pineapples, some of rice, but I want to fry some noodles too. Do
mangoes and a papaya. Do we have any we have any beer?
bananas? Amit: Not much.
Amit: Yes. Madhu: OK, get some beer – oh and some
Mahdu: How many? orange juice. Some people don’t like beer.
055 5.4.1 – Shopping in the market

Seller: What would you like? Amit: Yes. I want some vegetables too. One
Amit: Some pineapples and mangoes, please. kilograms of carrots. Oh, and some chilli.
Seller: How many pineapples? Seller: How much do you want?
Amit: Two, please Amit: Not much. A small bag, please.
Seller: How many mangoes? Seller: Anything else?
Amit: Two kilograms, please. Amit: Some noodles, please.
Seller: Anything else? Seller: How many?
Amit: Yes. Papaya. Amit: One packet.
Seller: How many? Seller: Anything else?
Anil: One papaya Amit: 10 bottles of beer and two bottles of
Seller: Anything else? orange juice.
056 5.4.2 – Pancakes

First you mix the eggs with the milk and the on the cooker. Put some pancake mix in the
water. Then add the flour, and the salt. Mix it frying pan. Cook it for four or five minutes on
all together. This is pancake mix. one side. Then turn it over and cook the other
Put some butter in the frying pan, and put it side.

057 5.4.4 – How many people?
Paul: Do you have a big family? Paul: Washington DC.
Amit: Yes. Very big. I have two brothers and Amit: My friends live in New York.
two sisters. Madhu has three brothers and we Paul: I like the USA but plane tickets are
have lots of cousins. What about you? expensive.
Paul: I’ve only got a small family. I don’t Amit: Yes. We want to go but we don’t have
have many relatives. much time.
Amit: How many brothers and sisters do you Paul: My wife wants to go but we don’t have
have? much money.
Paul: I don’t have any brothers or sisters. My Amit: We don’t have any money. My wife has
wife has a brother. He lives in America now. parties every week and spends it all.
Amit: Oh. We have some friends in the USA.
Where do they live?
058 5.5.1 (B) – Some more vowels

bird world learn
work purse
059 5.5.1 (D) – Some more vowels

/a:/ farm, tomato, glass, half /æ/ cat, adult, cabbage, salad
/ / money, study, much, onion, cousin, one, /3:/ shirt, word, turn
young
060 5.5.1 (G) – Some more vowels

My father and mother go to work early. Add the onions and cabbage to the curry
My brother studies world languages.
061 5.5.2 – More and more vowels

ten /e/ plate /e / short / :/
apple /æ/ not / /

062 5.6.1 – In a restaurant
1 A:B: Yes.
Excuse me, can I have the bill, please?
It’s $12.50 altogether? 3 A:B: We
Hi. What drinks do you have?
have beer, fruit juices, tea and
A: $12.50? coffee.
B: Yes. The pork curry is $5.50 and the A: OK. I’ll have two beers and two teas,
fish curry is $7. please. How much is that?
2 A: Excuse me, how much is fried rice with

chicken?
B: $13 altogether. That’s $2.50 each for
the beers and $1.50 each for the teas.
B: It’s $4.50. A: OK, great. Thank you.
A: And how much is the fried noodles
with chicken?
B: That’s $3.50.
A: OK, thanks. I’d like the fried noodles,
please.
063 5.6.2 – A mistake

1 Waiter: Can I help you?
Paul: I’d like a cup of coffee, please.
3 Waiter: Is this OK?
Paul: Delicious. Thanks a lot.
2 sugar. Please can I have some coffee with

Paul: Oh, this has sugar in it. I don’t like
no sugar?
Waiter: I’m sorry. Do you want real
coffee?
Paul: Yes, please. I don’t like coffee mix.
Unit 6
064 6.1.1 – Where does it go?

Jessica: The sofa goes opposite the door. Can Thanks for helping me.
you put the small table next to the sofa? KZ: That’s OK.
KZ: What about the desk? Jessica: Would you like a cup of tea?
Jessica: Under the window. I can sit at my KZ: Yes. Thanks.
desk and look at the street. My computer Jessica: OK. Where can I buy tea?
goes on the desk. KZ: There’s a shop next to this apartment.
KZ: And this bookshelf? Jessica: Right. Oh – where are my keys?
Jessica: Put it between the desk and the sofa. KZ: They’re behind the sofa.

065 6.2.1 – Renting an apartment
Lee: This is a nice apartment. Can foreigners HO: No, you can’t, but I can register you at
live here? the office.
HO: Yes, they can. Lee: Can I move in today?
Lee: Great. How much does it cost to rent? HO: No. I’m sorry. You can’t move in today.
HO: 250,000 Kyat a month. You’re not registered.
Lee: Can I pay by the month? Lee: Oh, there’s no drinking water here.
HO: No, you can’t. Please pay six month’s Where can I buy drinking water?
rent. HO: There’s a shop in the street.
Lee: Can I go to immigration and register?
066 6.2.3 – Pronunciation: can and can’t

1 Man:
say?
I can’t read that sign. What does it
3 Man 1: Are you free tomorrow?
Man 2: I can’t meet you tomorrow. I’m
Woman: [in Myanmar]... Don’t go here. busy all day, sorry.
Man: OK thanks.
4 Woman: I need some batteries.
2 Woman: Can I use your pen?
Man: Yes, sure. Here it is.
Man: You can buy batteries here.
067 6.3.2 – What are they doing?

My name’s Kay Thi. I’m the Programme email to the Director. He’s in Bangladesh.
Officer at an NGO in Yangon. It’s 9 am and He’s having a meeting with some donors.
I’m in the office. I’m sitting at my desk and They’re waiting for my email and the internet
drinking coffee. I’m tired. I’m sending an isn’t working.
068 6.3.1 – What are they doing?

A Paw Mu: Hello
Jessica: Hi, Sayama, it’s Jessica.
the test. We’re having a meeting about it
now. Lots of students are sick so we want
Paw Mu: Hi. to have it next Monday.
Jessica: Sayama, I’m calling you about
class tomorrow. It is OK to talk? C Paw Mu: Hello.
Man: Hi, is this Sayama Paw Mu?
Paw Mu: Please can you call later, I’m on Paw Mu: Yes.
the bus. I’m standing up and it’s difficult Man: Hi. My name’s Hans. I want to learn
to talk. Myanmar. Can I meet you sometime?
Jessica: OK, sorry Sayama. See you Paw Mu: Yes. Is today OK? I’m at home
B Paw Mu: Hi Saya Carl. How are you?
Saya Carl: Good, thanks. You?
now, teaching a student. I finish at 8pm, is
8.30 OK for you?
Paw Mu: OK. I’m writing the test for my Man: Yes, thanks very much
students on Wednesday. Paw Mu: Sorry, what is your name?
Saya Carl: Oh, I want to talk to you about Man: Hans. That’s H-A-N-S.

069 6.4.2 – Where in the world?
It’s 12 o’clock on Sunday night. I’m working patient and writing notes about his problem.
in a hospital in London. There are lots of He has a broken foot. He’s talking to me and
people here tonight. They’re waiting for the showing me his foot. I’m thinking about his
doctors and the nurses. I’m listening to a injury and about how I can treat him.
070 6.5.1 – Sailing
I am sailing, I am sailing I am flying, passing high clouds
Home again across the sea To be near you, to be free
I am sailing, stormy waters Can you hear me, can you hear me
To be near you, to be free Through the dark night, far away?
I am flying, I am flying I am dying, forever trying
Like a bird across the sky To be with you, who can say
071 6.6.1 – In a department store

Assistant 1: Can I help you? Assistant 2: I’m sorry, there aren’t any left.
Apsara: Hello. Do you have any blankets? We only have these blankets.
Assistant 2: We have these blankets. They’re Apsara: Hmmm. I’ll think about it. What time
made in the USA. do you close?
Apsara: This is nice. How much is this Assistant 2: We’re open 10am-8pm, seven
blanket? days a week.
Assistant 2: It’s 35,000 Kyat. Apsara: Thank you.
Apsara: 35,000 Kyat? Do you have a cheaper
one?
072 6.6.2 – In the market

Assistant: Hello. Assistant: 21,000 Kyat. You can have them for
Apsara: Hello. Do you have any blankets? 20.
Assistant: We have these blankets. Apsara: 20,000? That’s quite expensive. How
Apsara: Umm… How much are they? about 15,000?
Assistant: These are 5,500 Kyat, and these Assistant: 18,000. That’s a good price.
are 7,000 kyat. Apsara: OK, I’ll take them.
Apsara: These are nice. 7,000 Kyat - How
much for three?

HELP ME
Resources for students
Unit 1: 5.3 E: Mill Drill
Copy and cut out enough for one card for each student.
Name: Keiko Honda Name: Sadia Hasan

Hometown: Osaka Hometown: Dhaka
Nationality: Japanese Nationality: Bangladeshi
Name: Buppha Khamleuhan Name: Jacques Dulac
Hometown: Vientiane Hometown: Lyon
Nationality: Lao Nationality: French
Name: Brett Moran Name: Susan Pottage
Hometown: Ottowa Hometown: York
Nationality: Canadian Nationality: English
Name: Peter Chin Name: Jay Kumar
Hometown: Singapore Hometown: Bangalore
Nationality: Singaporean Nationality: Indian
Name: Olga Soldatova Name: Amin Nur Fikry
Hometown: Moscow Hometown: Penang
Nationality: Russian Nationality: Malaysian
Name: Fikile Nkuna Name: Myron De La Cruz
Hometown: Cape Town Hometown: Manila
Nationality: South Africa Nationality: Filipino
Name: Maria Corelli Name: So Chenda
Hometown: New York Hometown: Kampot
Nationality: USA Nationality: Cambodian
Name: Gary Ellis Name: Tae Yeon Kim
Hometown: Perth Hometown: Seoul
Nationality: Australian Nationality: South Korean
Name: Kasama Pumsiri Name: Pham An Thuy
Hometown: Chiang Mai Hometown: Hanoi
Nationality: Thai Nationality: Vietnamese
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Unit 4: 1.2 D: Time Bingo cards
Each card is 9 squares. Copy and cut out one for each student.
Read out the words in random order and cross them off as you read.
five to seven quarter to ten twenty to four five past eleven
twenty-five past one quarter past eight quarter to nine five past two
ten past seven twelve o’clock quarter past twelve half past six
five past nine three o’clock ten to three twenty-five past six
half past three ten o’clock twenty past six twenty to eleven
quarter to eight quarter past three ten past twelve five to ten
twenty-five to one half past eleven twenty-five past eight twenty past four.
6.30 12.35 10.00 1.25 2.50 8.45
9.05 3.15 8.45 10.00 8.25 9.55
4.20 6.20 3.40 3.30 7.45 6.30
7.10 9.05 2.50 3.15 6.55 3.40
9.55 6.30 12.00 7.10 7.45 12.35
8.45 8.25 1.25 6.20 12.00 8.25
10.00 12.35 3.30 1.25 6.20 9.55
6.55 4.20 2.50 4.20 6.55 3.15
7.45 7.10 3.40 3.30 9.05 12.00

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Unit 4: 3.3A: Swap Questions
Copy and cut out enough for one question for each student.
What does your mother do?

What do you do on Friday nights?
What do you do at the weekend?
What music do you like?
What movies do you like?
Where do you come from?
Where do you live?
Where do you go at Thingyan?
Where does your family live?
Who do you live with?
Who do you talk to every day?
Who do you eat dinner with on Sundays?
When do you get up?
When do you have breakfast?
When do you have dinner?
When do you go to bed?

Unit 5: 4.4 D: Swap Questions
How many hours do you study every week?

How many brothers and sisters do you have?
How many students are there in this class?
How many cousins do you have?
How many English books do you read every month?
How many movies do you watch every week?
How many people live in your hometown?
How many people live at your house?
How many days are there in a week?
How many months are there in a year?
How much is a bowl of mohingha?
How much is a small bottle of water?
Do you have much money?
Do you have much free time at the weekend?
Are there many books in your bag?
Are there many parks in your hometown?
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Unit 6: 2.2 C: Swap Questions.
I / wear / my shoes / in here

I / read / your Think English book
I / borrow / 500 MMK
where / I / buy / DVDs
what / I / wear / at the party tomorrow
who / I / talk to / about my headaches
where / I / eat / Shan food
where / I / buy / cheap English textbooks
where / I / learn / Chinese
where / I / buy / bus tickets to Dawei
I / use / my telephone / in class
I / have / your email address
where / I / buy / a sandwich and a coffee
where / I / sell / my old computer
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ELEMENTARY
Units 1-6
Student’s Book
The Think English series is for adult Each module takes between 25 and
and post-secondary students. They 40 classroom hours, depending on
follow standard structural syllabus, use of extension activities.
with functional, purpose-designed,
skills and learning awareness The Student’s Book contains
syllabi. The series focuses on the a language reference section,
specific needs, context and learning revision tests and audio scripts.
environment of Myanmar learners,
while also including a lot of world The Teacher’s Book contains
knowledge content. supplementary materials including a
placement test and progress tests.
Think English Elementary
Components:
• Units 1-6 Student’s Book,
Teacher’s book, Audio CD
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i THINK ENGLISH ELEMENTARY STUDENT’S BOOK INTRODUCTION

THINK ENGLISH ELEMENTARY

THINK ENGLISH ELEMENTARY

1. Meeting new people

A: Look at the picture and

Pleased to meet you

THINK ENGLISH ELEMENTARY STUDENT’S BOOK UNIT 1 1

1. Tin Tin Nyo Australia 1. (b) ‘I am Khin Zaw. I am ________ Sittwe.’

1.2 Learn about your classmates

A: Who is in your class? Where are they What’s your

2 THINK ENGLISH ELEMENTARY STUDENT’S BOOK UNIT 1

A: Look at the pictures. Paw Mu, this is Jessica.

This is Paul. He’s from

Hi Paul. Hello, Khin Zaw. Hello, Ma

This is Khin Zaw and Ma Hi.

1. Khin Zaw 4. Paw Mu Hi.

1.4 Introducing your class

A: Work in groups of three.

THINK ENGLISH ELEMENTARY STUDENT’S BOOK UNIT 1 3

A: Listen to audio (004). 3

_______’s from Yangon.

1 _______’re from America.

Where are _______ from?

2 _____’s from Bagan

C: Write sentences about these people. 2

A: Complete the table. C: Fill the gaps.

2.3 Word order and agreement

THINK ENGLISH ELEMENTARY STUDENT’S BOOK UNIT 1 5

A: Order the sentences. B: Group brainstorm. What questions

C: Make a class list on the board.

D: In pairs, ask and answer the

Fine thanks, Lee.

B: Put the conversations in order. C: Listen and check (006).

1. Not too bad

6 THINK ENGLISH ELEMENTARY STUDENT’S BOOK UNIT 1

Greeting Question Answer fine, thanks good afternoon

good morning not so bad

How are you? OK hi

1. See you later 3. Bye

3.3 Making conversation

A: Listen to audio (007). B: Listen and repeat (007).

C: Work in pairs. Make a conversation. D: Perform your conversation.

Partner A: Greeting, question

THINK ENGLISH ELEMENTARY STUDENT’S BOOK UNIT 1 7

A: What is another way to say...? C: Listen (008).

1. She’s Alison. Her name is Alison.

4.2 Is this your...?

Is this your No, it’s not my

B: Listen and repeat (009). C: Practise the conversation in groups

8 THINK ENGLISH ELEMENTARY STUDENT’S BOOK UNIT 1

What is ______ ____ phone number

What is __ phone number