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pages 6 > 11

MYSELFMY BEST FRIEND

THEME VOCABULARY:Personal ProfileSTRUCTURE:To Be / (Possessive) Adjectives

My Best Friend

Fill In: MyselfJoining & Rephrasing

Listen & TickM.C.Q.

Crossword: Adjectives

pages 12 > 17

MY FAMILYAN ONLY CHILD THEME VOCABULARY:FamilySTRUCTURE:Have Got - Possessive Case - To Be

John’s Family

Joining & Rephrasing Expanding Sentences Cloze Test: My Family

M.C.Q.True or False?

Crossword: Family Members

pages 18 > 23

MY PET MY MONKEY PONDO THEME VOCABULARY:PetsSTRUCTURE:Can - To Be - Have Got

My Pet

Joining & Rephrasing Expanding Sentences Cloze Test: My Hamster Coco

Listen & TickTrue or False? Crossword: Pets

pages 24 > 29

MY PARENTS’ JOBS KEVIN’S JOB THEME VOCABULARY:JobsSTRUCTURE:Present Simple - Prepositions of Place

Tom’s Job

Joining & Rephrasing Expanding Sentences Cloze Test: A Nurse’s Job

Listen & TickM.C.Q.

Wordsearch: Jobs

pages 30 > 35

MY DAILY ROUTINEMY SUNDAY ROUTINE THEME VOCABULARY:RoutinesSTRUCTURE:Present Simple - Time ExpressionsAdverbs of Frequency

My Daily Routine

Joining & Rephrasing Expanding Sentences Cloze Test: My Father’s Daily Routine

True or False? Fill In

Crossword: Daily Routines

Contents

UNITS WRITING & SPEAKING WRITING TASK PLAY & LEARN

Unit

Unit

Unit

Unit

Unit

SPEAKING: KEY pp. 81 - 83 LISTENING TAPESCRIPTS pp. 83 - 84

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Extra Optional

Writing Tasks: pages 67 > 75

Glossary: pages: 77> 80

pages 36 > 41

ST. MARK’S SCHOOL MY SCHOOL

THEME VOCABULARY:SchoolSTRUCTURE: Present Simple

All about my school Joining & Rephrasing Expanding Sentences Cloze Test: My School

M.C.Q.Fill In

Crossword: School

pages 42 > 47

MY HOUSEMY FLAT THEME VOCABULARY:HomesSTRUCTURE:Prepositions - There is/are

My Flat

Joining & Rephrasing Expanding Sentences Cloze Test: My House

Listen & TickTrue or False?

Crossword: Parts of a House

pages 48 > 53

WHAT I DID YESTERDAY A BUSY DAY THEME VOCABULARY:Past ActivitiesSTRUCTURE: Past Simple (was/were) - Regular Verbs

What I did yesterday

Joining & Rephrasing Expanding Sentences Cloze Test: A Busy Saturday

M.C.Q.Fill In Odd One Out

pages 54 > 59

A DAY OUTA PICNIC THEME VOCABULARY: TripsSTRUCTURE:Past Simple - (Ir)regular Verbs

A Great Weekend

Joining & Rephrasing Expanding Sentences Cloze Test: A School Trip

M.C.Q.Fill In

Think!!!

pages 60 > 65

A HOLIDAY IN THE MOUNTAINSA TRIP TO LONDON THEME VOCABULARY:HolidaysSTRUCTURE:Past Simple - (Ir)regular Verbs

My Summer Holiday Last Year

Joining & Rephrasing Expanding Sentences Cloze Test: My Summer Holiday

True or False?M.C.Q.

Think!!!

UNITS WRITING & SPEAKING WRITING TASK PLAY & LEARN

Unit

Unit

Unit

Unit

Unit

6

Lead in: Writing Unit

A. Myself

My name is Susie.

I’m a schoolgirl.

I’m ten years old.

I’m from Pisa.

It’s a small city

in Italy.

I’m tall with long, brown hair.

My eyes are brown.

AGE HOME CHARACTERISTICS

nearly 12

only six

ten (years old)

(very) old/young

I’m from Athens/London/England.

It’s a big/small town/city/country.

eyes: (dark) brown, blue, green

hair: long, short, blonde, brown

build: fat, slim, thin

height: short, (not) very tall

Model Composition

THEME VOCABULARY STRUCTURE

Personal Profile To Be

(Possessive) Adjectives

Model Composition

B. My Best FriendThis is Timothy. He’s my best friend. We’re the same age. Timothy is a good student.

He’s kind and funny. His favourite subject is history and his favourite pet is a dog.

CHARACTER FAVOURITE

funny, good, bad, serious,

friendly, clever, kind

subjects: history, maths, geography, English

sports: volleyball, tennis, basketball, swimming

pets: dog, cat, kitten, puppy, fish, parrot

To save valuable classroom time, in preparation for each lesson it is recommended that the teacher have students, as part of their homework, familiarise themselves with all new vocabulary for each unit by referring to the glossary at the back of the book.

Explain to students that they will need to use the vocabulary given on the first page of each unit not only in the writing tasks that follow, but also for answering questions in the speaking section on the next page.

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Adam (9), Steven (10) schoolboys, England

B. Socialising - Dialogues

A. I. Answering Questions

II.Personal Questions

C. Asking Questions

What is he/she/it like?

What are they like?

He is friendly/nice/kind/funny.

They’re funny and friendly.

Writing Speaking

1. Who are these boys?

2. How old are they?

3. What are they?

4. Where are they from?

5. What is their favourite sport?

1. How old are you?

2. Where are you from?

3. Is your hair long or short?

4. What colour are your eyes?

5. Are you a good student?

6. What’s your favourite subject?

7. Is your best friend a boy or a girl?

8. What is his/her name?

A: Hi, I’m Sally.

What’s your name?

A: Are you new here?

1. .............................................................................? : He’s ten years old. (How…)

2. .............................................................................? : He’s from London. (Where…)

3. .............................................................................? : My eyes are blue. (What…)

4. .............................................................................? : It’s history. (What…)

5. .............................................................................? : My best friend is Freda. (Who…)

6. .............................................................................? : She’s very kind. (What…)

B: Hello, Sally.

I’m Jane.

B: Yes, I am.

I’m from London.

B:Nice to meet you, too. A: Nice to meet you.

Have students act out the dialogues in pairs.

In preparation for all speaking tasks throughout this book, have students, as part of their homework, prepare their answers to all questions, using the vocabulary given on the facing page. For teacher’s guidance, sample answers to all questions can be found in the Speaking Key at the back of the book.

At teacher’s discretion this exercise can also be done orally as a further role play exercise.

How old is he

Where is he fromWhat colour are your eyes

What’s your favourite subject

Who’s your best friend

What’s she like

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Preparing...for writing

1Ann is a schoolgirl.

She’s in A class. (and)

Ann is ......................................................................

...................................................

2She is only eleven.

She is very tall. (but)

She ’s.......................................................................

....................................................

3Ann is very pretty.

Her hair is long. (with)

Ann is ......................................................................

...................................................

4Ann is kind.

She’s friendly. (and)

Ann is ......................................................................

...................................................

A. Read

Profile: schoolgirl

First name: Lee

Surname: Chung

Age: nine

Country: China

Town: Manking

Address: 38 Hong Kong Road

Build: slim

Hair: long black

Eyes: dark brown

Favourite

Subject(s):maths, English

C. Joining & Rephrasing Sentences

B. Fill In

Profile:

First name:

Surname:

Age:

Country:

Town:

Address:

Build:

Hair:

Eyes:

Favourite Subject(s):

Profil

MYSELF

Unit

Stress to students the importance of using the linking words given in the Joining & Rephrasing - and in later units the Expanding Sentences - to make longer sentences. They should, as they progress, make use of linking words in the guided writing tasks that follow.

a schoolgirl and she’s in A class

only eleven, but she is very tall

very pretty with long hair

kind and friendly

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UnitWriting Task

Name:........................................................

Date:.....................Class:...........................

2.tall, brown eyes,

long, blonde hair 3.Brighton, big

town, in England

1.Kate, schoolgirl,

nearly 10

4.favourite subjects,

geography, maths

6.funny, friendly, best

friend, very lucky

5. favourite s

port,

beach volley

ball

My best friend’s name is .....................................................................................

She’s a ..................................................................................................................

.............................................................................................................................. .

She’s .....................................................................................................................

...............................................................................................................................

Kate is ............................................. with ........................................................... .

Her ....................................................................................................................... .

She’s from ........................................................................................................... .

It’s ....................................................................................................................... .

Her favourite ........................................................................................................

Her favourite ....................................................................................................... .

Kate is ................................................................................................................. .

She ...................................................................................................................... .

I ............................................................................................................................ .

Grade:..............................Teacher’s Signature:...........................

My Best Friend

Kate

schoolgirl

nearly ten (years old)

tall

hair is long and blonde

Brighton

subjects are geography and maths

funny and (very) friendly

sport is beach volleyball

is my best friend

am very lucky

a big town in England

brown eyes

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A. LISTEN AND TICK ( )

Unit Listening

1.Angela is

from … .

a. b. c.

2.Her favourite

sport is … .

a. b. c.

3.Her favourite

pet is a …

a. b. c.

B. M.C.Q. Listen and choose the correct answer.

1. Susie is … .

a. five

b. nine

c. ten

2. Susie is tall with … .

a. short hair

b. brown hair

c. long hair

3. Jason is … .

a. black and white

b. brown

c. brown and white

and L E A R N

1. beautiful

2. not tall

3. not young

4. not serious

5. thin

6. not short

7. not stupid

P R E T T YROFILE

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

Tapescripts for all listening exercises can be found at the back of the Teacher’s Book.

This PLAY AND LEARN section serves as a light-hearted way of revising, or in some cases introducing, new vocabulary.

S H O TL DU N N Y

S L MT A L

C L V E R

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UnitWriting Task

Name:........................................................

Date:.....................Class:...........................

Writing Help!

Paragraph 1: Write your favourite celebrity's

name – job – age

Paragraph 2:

celebrity’s characteristics:

build – hair – eyes – height

likes doing

Paragraph 3: Write how you feel about him/her

- why you like him/ her

» Your writing is like the Writing Task on page

9 of the book.

My favourite Celebrity

Grade:..............................Teacher’s Signature:...........................