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STUDENT’S BOOK 1 Herbert Puchta, Jeff Stranks & Peter Lewis-Jones

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CONTENTSWelcome p 4 A Personal information; Nationalities and be; Names and addresses B Th ings in the classroom; Prepositions of place; Classroom language; Object pronouns; this / that / these / those C Days and dates; My day D My possessions; have got; I like and I’d like

FUNCTIONS & SPEAKING GRAMMAR VOCABULARYUnit 1Having funp 12

Talking about routines and everyday activitiesExpressing likes and dislikesGiving warnings and stating prohibition

Present simple reviewlike + -ingAdverbs of frequency

HobbiesWordWise: Collocations with have

Unit 2Money and how to spend itp 20

Role play: Buying things in a shopTalking about what people are doing at the moment

Present continuousVerbs of perceptionPresent simple vs. present continuous

ShopsClothes

Review Units 1 & 2 pages 28–29

Unit 3Food for life p 30

Talking about foodOrdering a mealApologising

Countable and uncountable nounsa/an, some, anyHow much / many, a lot of / lots oftoo and (not) enough

Food and drinkAdjectives to talk about foodWordWise: Expressions with have got

Unit 4Family ties p 38

Talking about familiesAsking for permission

Possessive adjectives and pronounswhose and possessive ’swas / were

Family membersFeelings


Unit 5It feels like homep 48

Talking about events in the pastMaking suggestionsRole play: Buying furniture for your youth club

Past simple (regular verbs)Modifi ers: quite, very, really

Parts of a house and furnitureAdjectives with -ed / -ingWordWise: Phrasal verbs with look

Unit 6Best friends p 56

Saying what you like doing alone and with othersTalking about past eventsTalking about friends and friendships

Past simple (irregular verbs)Double genitivePast simple questions

Past time expressionsPersonality adjectives


Unit 7Th e easy life p 66

Giving advice Talking about rulesAsking for repetition and clarifi cationRole play: A phone call

have to / don’t have toshould / shouldn’tmustn’t vs. don’t have to

GadgetsHouseworkWordWise: Expressions with like

Unit 8Sporting moments p 74

Talking about sportsTalking about feelings

Past continuousPast continuous vs. past simple when and while

Sport and sports verbsAdverbs of sequence


Unit 9Th e wonders of the world p 84

Talking about the weather Paying compliments

Comparative adjectivesSuperlative adjectivescan / can’t for ability

Geographical featuresTh e weatherWordWise: Phrases with with

Unit 10Around town p 92

Talking about plansInviting and making arrangementsDiscussing ideas for an imaginary fi lm

be going to for intentionsPresent continuous for arrangementsAdverbs

Places in a townTh ings in town: compound nouns


Unit 11Future bodies p 102

Role play: A health problemMaking predictionsSympathising

will / won’t for future predictionsFirst conditionalTime clauses with when / as soon as

Parts of the bodywhen and ifWordWise: Expressions with do

Unit 12Travellers’ talesp 110

Talking about travel and transportTalking about life experiencesRole play: Life as a bus driver / fl ight att endant

Present perfect simplePresent perfect with ever / neverPresent perfect vs. past simple

Transport and travelTravel verbs


Pronunciation pages 120–121 Get it right! pages 122–126 Speaking activities pages 127–128






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PRONUNCIATION THINK SKILLS/s/, /z/, /ɪz/ sounds Values: Taking care of yourself

Self esteem: Why it’s good to have a hobbyReading Quiz: Do you take good care of yourself?

Blog: So what do you do in your free time?Photostory: Olivia’s new hobby

Writing Writing about routinesListening Conversations about hobbies

Contractions Values: Fashion and clothesTrain to Th ink: Exploring numbers

Reading Soap opera: ShoppingWebchat: How not to spend moneyCulture: World markets

Writing An informal email to say what you’re doingListening Shop dialogues

Vowel sounds: /ɪ/ and /iː/ Values: Food and healthSelf esteem: Being happy

Reading Article: Food facts or food fi ction?Blog: My brother’s cookingPhotostory: Th e picnic

Writing A paragraph about your favourite or least favourite mealListening Ordering food in a café

-er /ə/ at the end of words Values: TV familiesTrain to Th ink: Making inferences

Reading Article: TV FamiliesArticle: Th e swimming pool heroesCulture: Around the world on Children’s Day

Writing An invitationListening Why my family drive me mad

-ed endings /d/, /t/, /ɪd/ Values: Community spirit Self esteem: Feeling safe

Reading Article: Th e Lego HouseBlog: Dad gets it right! (fi nally)Photostory: Hey, look at that guy!

Writing A blog post and a summary of a textListening What is home?

Stressed syllables in words Values: Friendship and loyaltyTrain to Th ink: Making decisions

Reading Article: TogetherArticle: How we metCulture: Friendship myths

Writing An apologyListening A story about Cristiano Ronaldo

Vowel sounds: /ʊ/ and /uː/ Values: Caring for people and the environmentSelf esteem: Classroom rules

Reading Article: Just because I didn’t want to take a bathWebsite: Product reviewsPhotostory: Th e treasure hunt

Writing A paragraph about houseworkListening Radio programme – advice for young inventors

Strong and weak forms of was and were

Values: Trying, winning and losingTrain to Th ink: Sequencing

Reading Article: If you don’t give up, you can’t failWeb forum: Your favourite sports fails!Culture: Th e Olympic Games – the good and the not-so-good

Writing An article about a sporting eventListening Teens talking about sport

Vowel sounds: /ɪ/ and /aɪ/ Values: Valuing our worldSelf esteem: Being brave is …

Reading Article: An amazing placeArticle: Could you live there?Photostory: Th e competition

Writing An email about a place in the articleListening Interview with a Kalahari bushman

Voiced /ð/ and unvoiced /θ/ consonants

Values: Appreciating other culturesTrain to Th ink: Problem solving

Reading Blogs: Alice’s world, Th e life of BrianLett ers to a newspaper: Our town: what’s wrong and what can we do about it?Culture: Ghost towns around the world

Writing An informal emailListening A conversation between people arranging to go out

Th e /h/ consonant sound Values: Exercise and healthSelf esteem: Gett ing help

Reading Article: Changing bodiesWebchats: Crazy things that parents say to their kidsPhotostory: Th e phone call

Writing A phone messageListening Dialogues about physical problems

Sentence stress Values: Travel broadens the mindTrain to Th ink: Exploring diff erences

Reading Blog: Th e non-stop travellerInterview: Th e taxi driverCulture: Hard journeys for schoolchildren

Writing An essay about someone you admireListening A traveller talking to children at his old school






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WELCOME

1 1.02 Put the dialogue in order. Number the boxes. Listen and check.

1 ALEX Hi. I’m Alex. ALEX I’m fourteen. How about you? ALEX Th e United States. ALEX Hello, Fabiola. Where are you from? ABIOLA Me? I’m fourteen, too. FABIOLA I’m from Italy. And you? FABIOLA Hi, Alex. My name’s Fabiola. FABIOLA Cool! How old are you, Alex?

2 1.03 Complete the dialogue with the phrases in the list. Listen and check.are | meet | this | too

ALEX Fabiola – 1 is my friend Ravi.RAVI Hi, Fabiola. Nice to 2 you.FABIOLA Nice to meet you, 3 , Ravi.

And this is my friend: her name’s Patrizia. PATRIZIA Hi, guys. How 4 you? I’m Patrizia.

Patrizia Lambertucci.

3 SPEAKING Imagine you are a famous person. Work in pairs, then groups.

1 Tell your partner who you are.2 Introduce your partner to others in the group.

Hi, I’m Ryan Gosling.

Hello, my name’s Rihanna. And this is my friend, Barack Obama.

Nationalities and be4 Complete the names of the countries (add the

consonants).

A ALL ABOUT MEPersonal information

1 a i 2 e a i a i

7 u i a 8 a i

3 the e er- a

4 o o i a

9 u e 10 the U i e a e

5 I a 6 e i o

11 A e i a 12 e i u






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WELCOME

Names and addresses7 1.05 Ravi phones for a taxi. Listen and

complete the information.

5 What nationality are the people? Write the sentences.

6 1.04 Complete the dialogue using the correct forms of the verb to be. Th en listen and check.

FABIOLA So, Ravi – where 0 are you from?RAVI Me? I 1 from Britain. Alex here

2 from the United States, but I 3 British.

PATRIZIA But, 4 your name British?RAVI Oh, good question. Well, no it 5 .

My parents 6 from India and so my name 7 from India too. But my sister Anita and I were both born here, so we 8 100% British.

FABIOLA Th at 9 cool. I think your name 10 really nice.

RAVI Th ank you! And you two, 11 you both Italian?

PATRIZIA Th at 12 right. But we 13 not from the same city. I 14 from Milan and Fabiola 15 from Bari. We 16 students at the language school here.

0 He’s Brazilian. 1 She’s

2 3

5 6

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8 1.06 Now listen to a phone call. Correct each of these sentences.

0 Alex phones Patrizia. No – Patrizia phones Alex.1 Th ey met last Wednesday.2 Th ere’s a party at Patrizia’s place next Friday.3 Th e party starts at seven thirty.4 Patrizia lives at 134 Markam Avenue.5 Her phone number is 0788 224 234.

Mr Chaudry

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Carlos

Ricardo

Sandra

Burcu

Liam and Jane

Lotte

Andrea

Natasha and Anna

Giovanni

Raul and Luis

COOPER’S TAXIS

Booking form

Taxi for 1

Going to 2

Pick up at 3

From 4

Number of passengers 5




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