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yourself and other people; Personal details; Activities; Talking about post octMties; Tlfles; Friends; British I American WOf"d list Music:; Muslcol instru ments Male and female; Fomity

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yourself and other people; Personal details;

Activities; Talking about post octMties;

Tlfles; Friends; British I American WOf"d list

Music:; Muslcol instru ments

Male and female; Fomity members;

CO&OUrs; Shades; Clothes and footwear; Life stages; 's

Shades of colour; Height; Measurement of

height; Measurement of weight; Build

12 Cauntrles, nallanalltles and 76 - 8\ lanquQQes

Somecountries and nationalities: Europe; Description; Rooms I areas; My room ; Euro pe I Asio; Middle East and Asia; North Location: prepositions Americo; Central America; South America;

Africa ; Australosta; The twelve most wKIe1y

Time pre positio ns; Time adverbia ls; Times

The English alpha bet; Heig ht and weight;

Numbe rs; Some basic spelling rules; British

and American EBefore school; Afte r school; Adverbs a

phrases of frequency; Jobs arou nd

self assessment and proqress check 88house; Pets; Meals at school and at home

(C entro l pcll-cct section)

Main school subjects in UK schools; People

Exams; Non-lesson time; Aft

activi es and dubs; School rooms a

Sport / AdMty; Penon; Spom ,ts

Winning a

Meeting people

Translate the words and phrases

Saying hello and goodbye

Good evening

Goodnight

Bye!

See you tomorrow

A: How are you?

B: Oh, I'm sorry to hear that

A: How are things?

B: Fine, thanks /

Not bod, thanks

Introducing yourself and other people

My nome's (John) A: Let me introduce (Moria)

I'm (John) B: Pleased to meet you

This is (Mario) C: Pleased to meet you, too

A: Nice to meet you Welcome to {London)

B: Nice to meet you, too

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A merican

last name zip code cellphone pen pol gel along

Female

Mrs married women Miss unmarried (single)

women

Ms married or unmarried women

surname postcode mobile phone penfriend gel on

Ms

You can canme Wayne Connolly (,/) or Wayne (,/) bat not Mr Wayne ~)

Yoa can call my Dad

We're good friends

We're in the same class at school

We're classmates

We're neighbours

I know him / her welL

I don't know him / her very well

I don't get on very well with him / her

We get on very / really well

We don't get on very well

What's your surname?

Could you spell that, please?

Could you repeat that, please?

Yoo can callme

Miss Tracy Bradshaw (,/)

or Miss Bradshaw (,/ )

bat not Miss Tracy ~)

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abel 2 Complete the clues to answer the question in the crossword

B: I'm , thanks (2) How are you? (5) to meet you (7)

My name is Anna (5)

My is Smith (7) We're the same class (2) A: How are you?

Complete the conversations

3 Who is speaking? Write the letters in the correct pictures

a) Good rnorninq .everyone 11 1­

b) Mmm, not great

c) Hello

d) Pleased to meet you

e) See you later

f) Goodnight

4 Draw lines to link the personal details

First name

tracy@teenmail.com

7 i Read about Alex Then complete your personal details and introduce yourself

at 14 Clifton Road Bath BA4 6LH

PHONE NUMBER

MOBILE PHONE NUMBER

E-tMIL ADDRESS

Sa Put the missing phrases in Conversation 1 or 2

Pleased to meet you, too How are you?

classmates in the street Write the conversation

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Translate the words and phrases

parent guardian

relation / relative

COUSin Male / Female grandparent grandchild

(plural: grandchildren) (plural: women) girl Female grandmother granddaughter woman Family grandfather grandson (plural: men) man Family members Male Male and female boy father mother Dad Mum stepfather stepmother brother o sister stepbrother stepsister holfbrother halfsister husband wife son daughter uncle aunt nephew niece life stages baby

child

teenager

adult

and these af'e

my grandparents _

Hello fly name'sSham ina Tve got

a siste» and a baby brotbe« We five with

00f' parents in London GarFam ilyi s qpite large Tve got roar oonis Faar anc les

and sevencousins:

My parents are divorced This is

mymother _

Tommaso is Anno's brother

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I haven't got any cants

L_~~ 6 i _L .:2::""_':::::::~sLE: : t::.:L z::s;:::::::=~ or orcles Oa r ram ily's

ap ite smal l

I've got a brother and a sister

He's got on older sister and a younger brother

I'm an only child

My po rents ore separated

My parents are divorced

Our family's quite small

Our family's quite large

Complete the twenty family word s and circle them Look for the words horizontally ( ) and vertically ( 'Y )

[fi 2 Put the words in exercise 1 into groups

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His sister's son is

6 Use the chart in exercise 5 to write about Adam, Kelle and yourself

Adam ':'.i! ~~ (':'!~ ~ ~'!1.~ J~ ~c;i.a.~ ~~!~: ~i~ ~i.t! ~Y '!!':''!! :~ ,!q~~.i.~ ~~f! q'} ~ !':'Y r:'.c:~:s

Kelle

You

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4 (large or small family?)

5 (aunts and uncles?)

1 (brothers and sisters?) ?~~:~ ~'? t c! ~~~t~: ~nd a baby brother

2 (large or small fomily?) :::: :: ::: : : : : : :: : : :

How good is your memory? You have one minute to read about

Shamina and Jonathon on page 13

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i7 b l Now look at page 13 to check your answers

9a Read the clues and identify the people Write their names in the family tree

Sally is Paul's sister

Emma's got a younger sister called Diana David and Mary are husband and wife Diana's father is ca lled Neil

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Translate the words and phrases

Eye colour

blue brown grey green

Shades of colour

dark light

He's not very old

n ot very quite very

She's quite

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stone pound

How toll is he?

He's (quite) tall

He's of medium height

He's (quite) short

He's about 1 metre 75

How much do you weigh?

I weigh about 50 kilos

1 I Describe the age group of these people

3 Put the words from the puzzle in exercise 2 into the correct group

Some words can go in both groups

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not very of medium build slim of medium height

6 I Write details about yourself in the chart Then choose two members of your family or two friends end write in their details

(age and height) r~ fC?fJ!'.tf?~f1 p.'!4 ff!1 .1 ~ !P .~qlr

(build and weight) r~ qC!ft~ 9/9: J ~~i!11J .lf9.oyf.~!~-~~'(~ ~i!C?~:

(hair length and colour) ry~ 9.'!t.~o.'!9, c!q.r~ ~ r: C? r-:'.l ~~/(

(eye colour) ::.~')~ ~r:C?r-:fJ.~Y.~·

8 Look at the Star Profile of Rachel Stevens and read about her below

Who is your favourite pop star or sports star at the moment?

Write a star profile in the chart Then write a full description

· ~y f~X9.~~~~~ p.,!? ~t~~ <?-t ~~.I?: ~,!!T}.I?:~.~ i~ ~~~~.~? f:.~'!: ~ P~.~ t !-!.I?:': f.~~/ ~!!~~ i~ ~~t:~.~!

· ~t~~~~~; ~~~:s:.if! ~~r: ~~.'!t!~ · ~~~:~ ~' ~~ !t;J.'! :?~~ '~.9.~! !~~! ~.~'!~~ ~~.ir ~IJ ~ ~~r:~

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( o· ~~ ~~ ~· ~·~ ~· ~· r ~~ ~· ; ~·: ~ ~ : ~ · ~ : · ~ :· i ~; ~···· (' 8 What's his I her date of birth?

9 Write five quiz questions about your favourite pop star or sports star to ask

a friend

House and home

Translate the words and phrases

I live in George Street

My Aat is above a shop

My

My

It's quite big

I share my room with my sister

There's a desk'

There are some posters on the walls

Location: prepositions

on next to

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1 Use the words in the circle to describe where you live

~ '!~~ !'! '! ~~.u.~~: ~!:~ v.e.'X. ~~~!I:

2 Which parts of Wayne's house

do these pictures show?

3 I Which of the rooms / areas in exercise 2 has your house or flat got?

4 Write the word next to the picture Then tick (.I) the things you've got in your

,

IL1J Slsflr5 roow

Write a similar description of your house or flat to send to William

6 ~ Your penfriend, William, has sent you a map and some pictures of where he lives Complete the description

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111 if ;s wHere

t live

8a William's next letter

to you IS about his

room Write the

It was really good to get your letter Thanks Here's a description

of my room I did it on the computer I hope you can understand it!

My room's quite large The window is opposite the ill '

There are some there's a ~ 3

my ~s There's a

a ~7 between the ~ 8 is next to the ~,on the right On the left of the window, in the corner

of the room, there's an ~ 9 Between the window and the ~

there's a @ 10 with a fa "on it Behind the I there's

a II IZ My ~ U is on top of it

That just leaves the big m ,4 where I put myclothes!

Write soon

~ 1 at the window Under the window,

My ~4 is on the ~• and so is

~ 6 in front of the ffll1 and there's

~ and the el The

Write a description of your room for William Use prepositions (in, next to, etc.)

to say exactly where things are

Write ten words and five expressions you are going to memorize

How much can you remember? Mymarlc _ _

60

1 I Write the words in the corred groups

1 How t are you?

o How oN are you?

b) rocco@comtel.uk

2 How much do you w ? c) light blue

3 What colour are your e ? d) 10 st

4 What colour is your h ? e) 5'11"

5 What's your ph ? ~ black

7 What's your e- ? i) Sl9 4PG

(7 marks)

3 I Use the word in blue with one of the other words to make a sentence

o posters block bedroom balcony ;r::y~.9.".t.~'?IJ'!~.P~.s.t~r:~.!f).tJ1.Y ~~Pr:9?f1): .

4 qu ite toll teenager table

(5 marks)

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l4a Complete the phrases in box A

to complete the description

kitchen, a bathroom and two bedrooms The

small bedroom is where I sleep when I stay

with them There's a bed, and

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• •• • • • 7 the bed there's

What's the matter?

know her

• ••••• •••••••••• •• • • • • • 6 light brown hair and green eyes

nice She's got long blonde

Translate the words and phrases

written and spoken in different ways

1sf May the first of May

May 1sl May the first

Months January February March April May June July August September October November December

Seasons spring summer autumn winter

, See page 84 for a listof ordinal numbers

Time adverbials tomorrow

yesterday tomorrow morning yesterday afternoon lost night next week next year last week last year

Times

one o'clock

two o'clock

f ive past two

a quarter past two

twenty past two

half past two

p.m in the afternoon / evening / at night

(Excuse me,) what time is

What time does the film

It

It's on August

See page 86 for the British /

American word list

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Complete the days

I:B

abc

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Thur 2 AUG

5 Between afternoon and night

6 See you Saturday

7 It's in the middle of the week

3 I can't see you this week, but I can see you week

4 Write these dates as you would say them

6 How do you say these times?

51) Make up your own clue for the mystery word

mystery word ,

- _ ­ -

1 W 1 There are seven days in it

4

(b Dec 18th, 1963)

~ i" A I '

When was Brad Pitt born?

the day (morning, afternoon,

evening, night) were you born?

9a Write the names of the seasons Then write the name of one month in

Translate the words and phrases

ploy computer games

play the guitar

Adverbsand phraseso f fr equency

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Jobs around the house

tidy my room

do the shopping

empty the dishwasher

loy the table

I like taking the dog for a walk

Meals at school and01home

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I n the morning

1 1 Complete the sentences using the verbs in the box

I brush pac k get have le ave I

: 30 ! Complete sentences 1 to 8 using the words in

the boxes Add times where necessary

home at o.m

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In the afternoon and evening

4 Tick the box which is correct for you

When I get home from school , I always

have a snack I sometimes go out and

play volleyball with my friends I usually

do my homework from about 6 o'clock to

8 o'clock Then I have dinner After that,

I watch TV or play computer games

I often phone my friends I never go to bed before 9.30 I always read in bed

Find ten pets in the wordsearch Then write them under the clues

2 It's small and yellow and it sings

3 It's red, blue and yellow and it talks

4 It's furry It's got green eyes The sound it makes is 'miaou'

5 It's the same as 4, but it's very young

6 It's light brown and it likes running in the wheel in its cage It's about 10 cm long

7 It's usually friendly The sound it makes

is 'woof woof'

8 It's the same as 7, but it's very young

9 It lives in water and it's gold and yellow

10 It's got long ears, and it likes lettuce

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stay up after midnight?

tidy your room?

go out with friends?

a) a lot

paint, make something, play on instrument or do something creative?

unfriendly Be more positive about yourself!

How often do you

Write a profile of yourself using your answers to exercise 7

Add more information or a comment to every answer

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b) once or twice a week

b) once a week

b) not very often

b) every day

tidy your room?

help around the house?

go out with friends?

paint, make something, play an instrument or do something creative?

stay up after midnight?

play a sport?

I help around the house once or twice a week

1 0) 3 b) 2 c) 0 16 to 18 You're too good to be true! Relax!

S 0) 2 b) 3 c) 0 1 to 5 Come on ! You can't be untidy, lazy and