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1 My life
LANGUAGE the verb be (I, you)  ■ greetings ■  classroom language

Hello
1 1.1   Read and listen. Match conversations 1–3 with pictures a–c.

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1 Wendy Good morning. Are you 2 Emma Hello, I’m Emma. What’s 3 Kiko Emma, this is my friend,
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Emma, the new teacher? your name? Misha.

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Emma Yes, I am. Kiko Hi, my name’s Kiko. Emma  Hello. Mmm, you aren’t in
Wendy I’m Wendy. Nice to meet you. Emma Nice to meet you, Kiko. Class 3, Misha.
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You’re in Class 3. Kiko Are you a student here? Misha  No, I’m in Class 4 and I’m
Emma  Thanks, Wendy. See you later. Emma  No, I’m not. I’m your late! Goodbye!
teacher! Emma Bye, Misha!
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2 Put the words from the conversations in the correct columns. Can you add any other words?
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Bye ​Good morning ​ Hello Goodbye

Hi ​See you later

3 A 1.2   Listen and repeat the highlighted phrases from the conversations in exercise 1.
How do you say them in your language?
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Practise the conversations from exercise 1 in groups of four.

4 A Complete the sentences with the words in the box. Then check your answers in the conversations.
’re ​’m ​’m not ​aren’t ​Are

1 I Wendy. 4 No, I .
2 You in Class 3. 5 You in Class 3, Misha.
3 you a student here?
B 1.3   Listen and repeat the contractions in bold. Then read the Grammar box.
1 I am = I’m 2 You are = You’re 3 You are not = You aren’t

Grammar the verb be (I, you)

Positive: Negative: Questions and short answers:

I’m Wendy. You aren’t in Class 3. Are you a teacher?
You’re in Room 4. I’m not a student. Yes, I am. No, I’m not.

Go to Grammar practice: the verb be (I, you), page 96

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 the verb be (I, you)  ■ greetings ■  classroom language LANGUAGE Hello
5 A 1.5   Complete the conversation. Listen and check.

Kiko Hello. What’s 1 name?

Eleni 2 name’s Eleni.
Kiko Nice to 3 you, Eleni. I 4 Kiko.
Eleni Nice to meet you, Kiko. 5 you a student here?
Kiko 6 Yes, I .

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In pairs, practise the conversation using your names.

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6 Introduce yourself and your partner to another pair.

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A Hello, I’m Caro. This is Pablo.

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B Nice to meet you. My name’s Malika and this is Petra.

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7 1.6   Read the phrases and write Teacher or Student. Listen and check.

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Open your books.
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How do you say

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Excuse me, what

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Go to Vocabulary practice: classroom language, page 106

8 1.8   Pronunciation: the alphabet  Listen and repeat the sounds, words and letters.

/eɪ/ /iː/ /e/ /aɪ/ /əʊ/ /uː/ /ɑː/

late meet yes my no you class
Aa  Hh ​Jj ​Kk Bb ​Cc ​Dd ​Ee ​ Ff ​Ll ​Mm ​Nn ​ Ii Yy Oo Qq ​Uu ​Ww Rr
Gg ​Pp ​Tt ​Vv Ss ​Xx ​Zz

9 1.9   Listen to the conversations. Write the names of the students.

ABC
Class 3
Student names:
1 ABC School of English
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Go to Communication practice: Student A page 134, Student B page 142

10 Introduce yourself to five students. Ask the questions and write the answers.
What’s your name?
How do you spell that?

Personal Best Write a conversation between a teacher and a new student. 5

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 1 LANGUAGE the verb be (he, she, it)  ■  countries and nationalities  ■  numbers 0–10

1A  Where’s she from?

1 A In pairs, match the flags with the countries. b
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A What’s a? B I think it’s Mexico.

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1 Argentina 3 China 5 Spain 7 the UK

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A Where are you from? A Where’s Salta?
B I’m from Salta. B It’s in Argentina.
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In pairs, practise the conversation using the cities and countries.
I’m from the UK.
Toledo / Spain ​Izmir / Turkey ​Harbin / China ​York / the UK I’m British.
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3 Look at the picture. Match the countries from exercise 1 with the nationalities.
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1 British the UK 4 American 7 Turkish

2 Spanish 5 Argentinian 8 Brazilian
3 Mexican 6 Chinese
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Go to Vocabulary practice: countries and nationalities, page 107

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1.13   Do the quiz in pairs. Listen and check.

THE C UNTRIES QUIZ

1 What nationality is
Lewis Hamilton? 5 Which sentence is correct?
a  He’s British. a  Sydney is the capital of Australia.
b  He’s American. b  Sydney isn’t the capital of Australia.

2 Where is Mount Fuji? 6 Is ceviche Mexican or Peruvian?

a  It’s in China. a  It’s Mexican.
b  It’s in Japan. b  It’s Peruvian.

3 Is this elephant from

7 Where is the Bosphorus?
India or Africa?
a  It’s in Turkey.
a  It’s from India.
b  It’s in Russia.
b  It’s from Africa.

4 Is Elsa Pataky Russian? 8 What nationality is Paulo Coelho?

a  Yes, she is. a  He’s Italian.
b  No, she isn’t. b  He’s Brazilian.

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 the verb be (he, she, it)  ■  countries and nationalities  ■  numbers 0–10 LANGUAGE 1A
5 A Match the pronouns he, she and it with the people and things.
1 he a Elsa Pataky
2 she b ceviche
3 it c Lewis Hamilton
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B
Tick ( ) the form of the verb be that we use with he, she and it. Then read the Grammar box.
1 am  2 is  3 are 

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He’s Japanese. Barcelona isn’t the capital of Spain. Is it from India?

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Go to Grammar practice: the verb be (he, she, it), page 96
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Japan ​Japanese ​
Mexico ​
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Italy ​Italian ​
Turkey ​
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B 1.16   Underline the stress in the countries and nationalities. Then listen, check and repeat.
1 I’m Brazilian. 2 She’s from Germany. 3 It’s Chinese. 4 Is he from Argentina?
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A Where’s Zara from? B Is it Italian?

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Zara Ryan Gosling Mercedes Thalía Neymar Chow mein

8 A 1.17   Listen and repeat the numbers.

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
zero/oh one two three four five six seven eight nine ten

B 1.18   What are the international dialling codes for the

countries? Listen and write the answers.
1 China +
2 Colombia +
3 India +
4 Mexico +
5 Spain +
6 Turkey +

Go to Communication practice: Student A page 134, Student B page 142

9 A In pairs, write six more quiz questions about countries and nationalities.
B
Work with another pair. Ask and answer your quiz questions.
A What is the capital of Wales? a) It’s Glasgow. b) It’s Cardiff.
B It isn’t Glasgow – that’s in Scotland. I think it’s Cardiff.
A That’s right! Your turn.

Personal Best Write six sentences about people and things you like. Say where they are from. 7

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 1 SKILLS LISTENING listening for information about people  ■ contractions ■ jobs

1B  Welcome to Learning Curve!

Learning
Curve 1 Match the jobs in the box with pictures a–f.
doctor engineer ​
office worker ​
police officer ​
taxi driver waiter

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2 A 1.20   Look at the picture. Listen and complete the conversation.
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A What’s my job?
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A No, I’m not. Try again!
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B Are you a 2 ?
A Yes, I am.
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In pairs, play ‘What’s my job?’.

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3 1.21   Watch or listen to the start of a webshow called Learning Curve. Match the cities with the people.
1 New York a Simon, Kate, Marina
2 London b Ethan, Penny, Mohammed, Marc

Skill listening for information about people

We often listen to information about people.

• Don’t worry if you don’t understand everything the speakers say.
• Read the questions and think about the information you need to listen for: name, job, nationality, etc.
• Listen for the verb be: I’m … / He’s … / She’s … etc.

4 1.21   Read the Skill box. Watch or listen again and choose the correct information about the people.

Simon Collins Ethan Moore Penny Abernathy Marina Ivanova

Nationality: British Nationality: Nationality: Nationality: Russian
Job: 1 TV presenter / 2 Amer
ican / British English and Job: 4 receptionist /
3 Italian / Argentinian
receptionist Job: TV presenter teacher
Job: TV presenter

Mohammed Marc Kim Kate McRea

Bensallem Nationality: American Nationality: 7 American /
Nationality: American Job: 6 doctor / Argentinian
Job: 5 TV presenter / IT specialist Job: TV presenter
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 listening for information about people  ■ contractions ■ jobs LISTENING SKILLS 1B
5 1.22   Watch or listen to the rest of the show. Who isn’t in London now? Where is he/she?

Viktor Sarah Pedro

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7 A In pairs, ask and answer the questions about the three people.
Where is … from? What’s his/her job?
 
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In pairs, ask and answer the questions about you.
Where are you from? What’s your job?
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8 1.23   Listen and read what Kate says. How does she say the
contractions in bold? What do they mean? Hi, I’m Kate from Learning
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Curve. What’s your name?

Listening builder contractions
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In English, we often use contractions, especially when we speak.

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. She isn’t a student. = She is not a student.

What’s your job? = What is your job?

9 1.24   Read the Listening builder. Listen and write the contractions.
1 Spanish. 3 He a doctor. 5 an engineer.
2 your name? 4 from Japan. 6 The here.

10 1.25   In pairs, look at the pictures of Jia and Luis.

Guess the information about the people. Listen to the
conversations and check.
Luis

job? nationality? Where now? Jia

   

11 Write the names of three friends or members of

your family. In pairs, ask and answer questions
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A Where’s Saanvi from? B She’s from Nagpur.
A What’s her job? B She’s an IT worker.
A Where is she now? B She’s in Mumbai.

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Personal Best Choose five classmates and write their jobs, e.g. Carla’s a teacher.
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 1 LANGUAGE the verb be (we, you, they)  ■  numbers 11–100  ■  adjectives (1)

1C  We are the champions

1 A Write the numbers in the box in the correct order.
sixteen ​
thirteen ​
fourteen ​
seventeen ​
twelve twenty ​eleven ​fifteen ​nineteen ​eighteen

eleven,

B
Look at the pictures and read the numbers. Tick ( ) the numbers that are correct.

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1 twenty-three  2 fifty-four  3 eighty-six  4 sixty-eight  5 one hundred  6 thirty 

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2 A In pairs, ask and answer the question How old is …?
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A How old is Kyle? B

I think he’s 40.
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B 1.27   Listen and write the ages.

Kyle   Martin   Lorna Kyle Martin Lorna
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3 A Look at the picture. What do you know about the rock band Queen? Do you know any songs or the
names of the band members?
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Read the introduction to the interview. What is the name of the band?
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So Jim, are you all teachers?

ueen for a night Jim No, we aren’t. I’m an engineer and Ed and
Mick are doctors.

And where are you from?

No, this isn’t a photo of Freddie Mercury and
the rock band Queen. It’s Dave Bryant, Dave I’m from London, Jim and Ed are from Oxford
a teacher, and his band ‘Queen for and Mick’s from Bristol. We’re old friends from
a night’. They’re on a UK tour and university.
tonight they’re in Manchester. I’m How’s the tour?
with Dave and Jim from the band.
Jim It’s good, but it’s hard. It’s a big tour – fourteen
cities – and we aren’t so young now!

Really? How old are you?

Dave Mick and I are forty-seven. And you and Ed

are fifty …
Jim I’m not fifty! Ed’s fifty … I’m forty-nine.
Dave Oh yes. Sorry, Jim!

And what’s your favourite Queen song?

Dave That’s easy! It’s We Are the Champions!

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 the verb be (we, you, they)  ■  numbers 11–100  ■  adjectives (1) LANGUAGE 1C
4 1.28   Read and listen to the interview. Complete the information about the band.

Dave Jim Ed Mick

job
city
age

5 A Read the sentences from the interview. Match the people in bold with the pronouns we, you and they.
1 Mick and I are forty-seven.  2 Jim and Ed are from Oxford.  3 And you and Ed are fifty. 

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Tick ( ) the form of the verb be we use when we talk about more than one person.

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Positive: Negative: Questions and short answers:
We’re old friends. We aren’t young. Are you all teachers?

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They’re on a UK tour. They aren’t the rock band Queen. Yes, we are.  No, we aren’t.
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Go to Grammar practice: the verb be (we, you, they), page 96
6 A 1.30   Pronunciation: numbers  Listen and repeat the numbers. Pay attention to how the
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1 a thirteen b thirty 2 a fourteen b forty 3 a fifteen b fifty

B 1.31   Listen and tick ( ) the numbers you hear. Listen again and repeat.
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1 a He isn’t 16. b He isn’t 60. 3 a We aren’t 17. b We aren’t 70.

2 a She’s 18. b She’s 80. 4 a They’re 19. b They’re 90.
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Go to Communication practice: Student A page 134, Student B page 142

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bad  small  old  difficult

1 young  2 good  3 big  4 easy 

Go to Vocabulary practice: adjectives (1), page 109

8 Describe the pictures in pairs. Use positive and negative forms.
Picture a: They’re big. They aren’t small.

a b c d

9 A In small groups, imagine you are in a band and complete the table.
The name of the band Your names Your ages Nationalities

B
Work with another group. Interview each other about your bands.

What’s the name of your band? How old are you?

What are your names? Where are you from?

Personal Best Write a short paragraph about a band you like. 11

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 1 SKILLS WRITING completing a form  ■  capital letters

1D  What’s your email address?

1 Match the places in the box with pictures a–c.
hotel ​car rental office ​gym

a b c

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2 A Look at the form. Match it with one of the pictures in exercise 1.

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B 1.33   Listen to the conversation. Which piece of information in the form is incorrect?
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Title MR  MRS  MS

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Surname Martin First name(s) Louis

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Nationality French Date of birth 17/06/1980

Address 35 Rue Pasteur, Paris
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Phone number 33 1 80 26 58

Skill completing a form

When you complete a form, read all the instructions and sections carefully.
• Use the correct title. Mr = a man, Mrs = a married woman, Ms = a woman (married or unmarried).
• Your surname is your family name.
• Write your date of birth in numbers: the day/the month/the year: 13/09/1995.
• For email addresses: @ = ‘at’ and .com = ‘dot com’.

3 Read the Skill box. Match sections 1–9 with information a–i.
1 postcode a Smith
2 date of birth b M42 3GN
3 address c Ms
4 surname d [email protected]
5 first name e 07700 900 357
6 email address f 23/11/1988
7 title g British
8 phone number h Sarah
9 nationality i 36 Charles Street, Manchester

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 completing a form  ■  capital letters WRITING SKILLS 1D
4 In pairs, ask and answer questions about you, using the information in exercise 3.
A What’s your surname? B It’s Taylor.
A How do you spell that? B It’s T-A-Y-L-O-R.

5 Look at answers a–i in exercise 3. Tick ( ) the information with capital letters.
1 first name 3 email address 5 street names
2 surname 4 nationality 6 cities

Text builder capital letters

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6 A Read the Text builder. Find one incorrect capital letter in each sentence.
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My friend Lena is American. She’s From Florida.
Hello, I’m Antonio. I’m a new Student.
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3 Our Address is 173 London Avenue, Manchester, M73 6XL.
4 This is Mesut. He’s from Turkey and he’s Twenty-one.
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3 they aren’t from germany. they’re from poland.

4 i’m your new english teacher. my name’s jack.

7 A PREPARE   Look at the form. Check that you understand all the information you need to write.
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ATLAS
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Customer Information
Title    Mr     Mrs     Ms     Other
Surname
First name(s)
Date of birth
Nationality
Address
Postcode
Email address
Phone number

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PRACTISE Complete your form. Remember to use capital letters correctly.
 
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PERSONAL BEST Swap your form with a partner. Is it clear and easy to read?
 
Are the capital letters correct?

Personal Best Design a form for a gym. Complete it with information about a family member. 13

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