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 Unit Page Grammar Vocabulary R
1 Person 2 person 6–7 to be: affirmative and negative
Possessive adjectives
8–9 to be: questions Countries and nationalities

10–11 Possessive ’s Family members

12–13 Describing photos P
p
Matura Link Człowiek; Życie P
rodzinne i towarzyskie
2 What a day! 14–15 Present Simple: affirmative and negative Verbs + noun collocations: everyday activities

16–17 Present Simple: questions

Adverbs of frequency
18–19 Dates and prepositions of time A
R
t
20–21 Celebrations
Matura Link Życie rodzinne D
i towarzyskie
22–23 Matura Revision 1 | Units 1 and 2
3 Looks good 24–25 have got: all forms; have got and have Possessions

26–27 Adjectives of appearance and personality

Order of adjectives
28–29 Possessive pronouns
30–31 A
o

Matura Link Człowiek D

4 Work 32–33 have to: all forms; articles Jobs
Collocations connected with jobs
34–35 Dictionary skills A
Jobs
36–37 can for ability
Object pronouns
38–39 Jobs

Matura Link Praca D

40–41 Matura Revision 2 | Units 3 and 4

5 My place 42–43 there is/there are: all forms Rooms and furniture P
some and any with countable nouns
Irregular plural nouns
44–45 E
D
R
p
46–47 Articles: a/an, the, no article Prepositions of place
Kitchen objects
48–49 Directions

Matura Link Dom P

6 Eat up! 50–51 Countable and uncountable nouns Food
52–53 Food A
f
54–55 How much/How many … ? Containers and prices
a lot of, not much, not many
56–57

Matura Link Zakupy i żywienie P

58–59 Matura Revision 3 | Units 5 and 6

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 Reading Listening Speaking Writing

Dialogues Asking for personal

information
Phone conversations Matura Speak Out: On the phone
Personal blog: talking about Roleplay: Describing a family Capital letters
photos of family and friends
Prawda/Fałsz p.13 Rozmowa wstępna p.13

s Carol talking about her usual

day
Owen and Kate doing a Asking and answering about
questionnaire activities
Article: Manchester Talking about your town
Reading skills: Understanding
the main ideas p.18
Matura Speak Out: Preferences Greetings cards
Dobieranie p.18 Dobieranie p.20 Rozmowa wstępna pp.16, 19, 20
Prawda/Fałsz p.20

Asking for and giving

information
Dialogue: Talking about Matura Speak Out: Describing people
people
At a party Describing possessions
Article: Pets and their Email
owners Writing skills:
Linking words: and,
but, so, because
Dobieranie p.30 Wielokrotny wybór p.29 Rozmowa wstępna pp.27, 28, 29, 30 Wiadomość p.31
Asking and answering
about jobs
Article: The world of work Your preferred job

Sandra talking about Talking about ability

her abilities Matura Speak Out: Permission
Interviews about jobs Application form
Listening skills: Understanding
the main ideas p.38
Dobieranie pp.34, 36 Prawda/Fałsz p.36 Rozmowa wstępna pp.34, 36, 39
Dobieranie p.38

Personal email Talking about flats/houses

Extract from a story: Talking about places to visit

Dino’s Day
Reading skills: Predicting
pp.44–45
Describing a room

Phone conversation giving Matura Speak Out: Directions Writing skills:

directions Avoiding repetition
Prawda/Fałsz p.45 Rozmowa wstępna p.45
Dialogue: What’s in the fridge?
Article: Good food, bad Radio phone-in Discussing good and bad food
food? Listening skills: Predicting p.52
Healthy and unhealthy habits
Containers and prices
Dialogues: Buying food and Matura Speak Out: Buying food and Invitations
drink p.52 drink
Prawda/Fałsz p.53 Zaproszenie p.57

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 Unit Page Grammar Vocabulary R
7 I remember … 60–61 Past Simple (1): to be and can
62–63 Past Simple (2): affirmative of regular and P
irregular verbs; Time expressions
64–65 School subjects W
Collocations connected with education
66–67

Matura Link Szkoła D

P
8 What’s new? 68–69 Past Simple (3): negative and Inventions
question forms
70–71 Collocations and phrasal verbs connected A
with technology a
72–73 Comparison of adjectives Gadgets A

74–75 Words and expressions to describe objects

Matura Link Kultura; Nauka Czasowniki w nawiasach p.69 D
i technika
76–77 Matura Revision 4 | Units 7 and 8
9 Great service? 78–79 Present Continuous: all forms Clothes

80–81 Phrasal verbs connected with clothes A

and shopping t
R
s
i
82–83 Present Simple and Present Continuous i

84–85

Matura Link Zakupy i usługi Czasowniki w nawiasach p.83 Słowotwórstwo p.81 D

P
10 On the road 86–87 going to: all forms

88–89 Collocations connected with travelling H

90–91 must, mustn’t/don’t have to,
should/shouldn’t

92–93 Souvenirs
Matura Link Podróżowanie Czasowniki w nawiasach p.87 D
i turystyka
94–95 Matura Revision 5 | Units 9 and 10
11 Body and mind 96–97 Present Perfect: all forms
ever

98–99 A
m
R
n
100–101 Present Perfect with just, already and yet Sports and collocations connected with sport

102–103
Matura Link Sport i zdrowie W
P
12 L ook to the 104–105 will: all forms Words connected with the environment L
future e
106–107 A

108–109 Adverbs Animals A

Collocations connected with the environment
110–111

Matura Link Świat przyrody W

112–113 Matura Revision 6 | Units 11 and 12

Culture shocks p.114 Student activities p.120 Word list p.124 Irregular verbs p.142 Pronunciation table p.143

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 Reading Listening Speaking Writing
A dialogue about famous people Asking and answering about your past
Personal memories Paragraph: Past
memories
Website: Studying abroad Song: Wonderful World Discussing universities

Dialogues: Good and bad news Matura Speak Out: Giving and receiving Email of apology
news
Dobieranie p.65 Wiadomość p.67
Prawda/Fałsz p.65
A quiz programme Asking and answering about
your past
Article: Computer games: for Talking about computer games
all the family? Giving instructions
Article: Cool Tech! Phone conversation: Giving
instructions
Listening skills: Finding specific
information p.73
Phone conversations Matura Speak Out: Describing objects Lost! notice
Dobieranie p.70 Prawda/Fałszp.73 Rozmowa wstępna p.70 Ogłoszenie p.75
Zadanie 1 (Odgrywanie roli) p.74

Asking about people in class and

about a picture
Article: How to be smart in Discussing going shopping
the shops
Reading skills: Finding
specific
information p.81
ihaveineed Phone conversation Discussing ihaveineed
Asking and answering about
present activities
Phone enquiry Matura Speak Out: Information Writing skills:
Leaving out words
in messages
Dobieranie p.80 Rozmowa wstępna p.80 Wiadomość p.85
Prawda/Fałsz 81
Interviews with race members Asking for and answering
about plans
Holiday advertisements Discussing holidays
Radio programme Information for
Listening skills: Dealing with visitors to your
snew words p.91 country
Dialogue in a gift shop Matura Speak Out: Suggestions Postcard
Dobieranie p.89 Prawda/Fałsz p.91 Rozmowa wstępna p.89 Pocztówka p.93
Dobieranie p.92 Zadanie 3 (Materiał stymulujący) p.89

Talking about a photo

Asking and answering about
your experience
Article: Champions of the
mind
Reading skills: Dealing with
new words p.98
Dialogue in a TV studio Asking and answering about
your experience
Describing photos Matura Speak Out: Describing photos Personal letter
Wielokrotny wybór p.98 Dobieranie pp.100, 103 Rozmowa wstępna p.100 List prywatny p.103
Prawda/Fałsz p.98 Prawda/Fałsz pp.100, 102, 103
Leaflet about the Interview about the Making predictions
environment environment
Article: Green World Song: We are the world Discussion: Being green
Discussing the song
Advertisement
t
Dialogues about the Matura Speak Out: Opinions Formal letter of
environment opinion
Wielokrotny wybór p.106 Rozmowa wstępna pp.106, 109, 110 List formalny p.111

CD 1.1 Texts recorded on Class CD

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01A
Person 2 person
Read, listen and talk about personal information; families, countries and nationalities.
Practise to be, subject pronouns, possessive adjectives and possessive ’s.
Focus on phone language; using capital letters in writing.
Matura topic: People, Family and social life

Hi! I’m Ana. I’m twenty years old and I’m from Lyon
in France. This is a photo of my family – I am with my
parents and my brother Antonio. Antonio is thirteen.
My parents aren’t from France. They are from Barcelona
in Spain. My father is called Carlos and my mother is
Isabella. She’s a doctor. My father isn’t a doctor, he’s
a Spanish teacher. Oh, and our dog! Her name’s Leah. 3 _________
I love our dog!

2 _________

1 _________

4 _________

3
GRAMMAR AND READING ‘I’m from Barcelona.’
_________ and _________
1 CD1.2 Read the texts A and B and write the names of

the people in the photos.

2 Who could say these sentences? Write the correct 4 ‘We aren’t in Rome. We’re in Cambridge.’
names from Exercise 1. _________ and _________

1 ‘We are in the park with our children.’

_________ and _________ 5 ‘My sister is Ana.’ _________

2 ‘My family is very big.’ _________ 6 ‘Our parents are Spanish.’

_________ and _________

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 Person 2 person
01
Work it out 4 Use the correct form of the verb to be to complete
the sentences about the people in Exercise 1.
3 Read the texts A and B again. Underline examples
1 We _________ from Barcelona. I _________
with the verb to be and complete the table.
a doctor and my husband _________ a
Spanish teacher.
to be affirmative and negative
2 My boyfriend Paolo _________ from Lyon.
Affirmative He _________ from Rome.
I am (’m) 3 Ana and Paolo _________ on holiday in
He/She/It 1
___ (’s) Spanish. Cambridge. They _________ students.
You/We/They 2
___ (’re) 4 My brother _________ thirteen. His name
_________ Antonio.
Negative 5 I _________ an English teacher. I _________
I am not (’m not) a Spanish teacher.
He/She/It is not (3___) Italian.
You/We/They are not (4___) 5 CD1.3 Listen to the sentences. Correct the

wrong information.
1 Par¡s ¡s ¡n France.
B This is my boyfriend Paolo and Yes, Par¡s ¡s ¡n France.
me. Paolo is Italian and his 2 The W¡ll¡ams s¡sters are Engl¡sh.
family is very big: four sisters No, the W¡ll¡ams s¡sters aren’t Engl¡sh.
and three brothers! Their house They’re Amer¡can.
in Rome is also very big! In the
photo we’re in Cambridge but
we aren’t on holiday – we’re
Work it out
students here at an English 6 Look at texts the A and B again. Underline the
language school. Cambridge is possessive adjectives and complete the table.
very beautiful.

Subject pronouns Possessive adjectives

I’m Ana. 1
___ mother is a doctor.
You’re from Rome. Your name is Paolo.
He’s a Spanish teacher. 2
___ name’s Antonio.
She’s from Barcelona. Her teachers are great.
We’re students. 3
___ dog is called Leah.
They’re from Italy. 4
___ house is in Rome.

7 Complete the sentences with possessive adjectives.

1 Hi, this is _________ sister. _________ name
is Joanna.
2 My brothers are ten and eleven. _________
names are Ben and Tom.
3 My friend is from Spain. _________ name
is José.
4 We are from the UK. _________ parents live
in Manchester.
5 Hello, I am Mr Brown, _________ new English
teacher. Welcome!
8 CD1.4 Put the apostrophe (’) into these sentences.

6 _________ Then listen and choose the sentence you hear, a or b.

1 a Her dads Italian. 
b Their dads Italian. 
5 _________ 2 a Theyre students. 
b They arent students. 
3 a His doctors in London. 
b Hes a doctor in London. 
4 a Her teachers from Cambridge. 
b His teachers from Cambridge. 
5 a Were students. 
b We arent students. 

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 3 CD1.5 Read the dialogues and underline

all the question forms.

1
Mr Jones … yes, one or two questions. Er …
where are Tony and Gaby from?
School They’re from Mexico.
Mr Jones OK. How old are they?
School They’re seventeen.
Mr Jones Great. Super. Thank you.
School No problem. Goodbye.
2
Tony What’s his name?
Gaby Mr Jones.
Tony OK. Oh, is that him?
Gaby Maybe. Excuse me, are you Mr Jones?
Mr Jones Yes, I am. Are you Tony and Gaby?
Gaby Yes, we are. Nice to meet you.
Mr Jones You’re from Mexico. Are you from
Mexico City?
Tony No, we’re not. We’re from Acapulco.
Er … is everything OK?
Mr Jones Yes, it is. It’s just … well, you’re girls!
Gaby Yes. Ah! Girls, not boys. I’m Gaby –
Gabriela.
Tony And I’m Tony – Antonia.
Mr Jones Oh dear, I’m very sorry! Welcome to
International Summer School London!

Accommodation Form
Work it out
4 Write the underlined questions from the dialogues in
Student name(s): Tony Sanchez, Gaby Sanchez the correct column. What is the difference between
the questions in A and B?
Accommodation (please tick):
Hostel  Student Hall  Host Family  A Yes/No Questions B Wh- questions
1 Is that h¡m? 1 Where are Tony
 NEW MESSAGE 
2 and Gaby from?
To: [email protected] 2
3
From: [email protected] 3
4
Message:
5
Student name(s): Tony Sanchez, Gaby Sanchez
Flying from: Acapulco International Airport
Meeting: Marylebone Railway Station
16.30, June 28 Check it out
to be questions
GRAMMAR AND SPEAKING Yes/No questions
Am I
1 Read the application form and the email and answer Is he/she/it from Mexico?
the questions. Are you/we/they
1 Who are the people in the photo? Short Answers
2 Where are they from? Yes, I am./No, I’m not.
3 Where are they now? Yes, he/she/it is./No, he/she/it isn’t.
Yes, you/we/they are./No you/we/they aren’t.
2 CD1.5 Matura Listen to two dialogues. Are the

statements true (T) or false (F)? Wh- questions

What’s his name? Where are they from?
1 Tony and Gaby are from Mexico. 
2 Tony and Gaby are seventeen years old. 
3 Tony and Gaby are boys. 
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 Person 2 person
01
5 CD1.6 Match the questions with

their answers. Then listen and

VOCABULARY | Countries and nationalities
check. 1 Think Back! How many names of countries do you remember?
1 What’s your name?  2 CD1.8 Put the correct country from the box in the Countries column.
2 Are you English?  Then listen and repeat.
3 How old are you? 
4 Where are your Spain Italy Brazil Hungary Poland England Germany
parents from?  Russia Japan Egypt Turkey France China
5 Is your boyfriend
Spanish?  Cities Countries Nationalities
6 Is your teacher
married?  1 Barcelona

a I’m nineteen. 2 Paris

b No, she isn’t. She’s single. 3 Istanbul
c Yes, he is.
d My name’s Andy. 4 Tokyo
e No, we aren’t. 5 Berlin
f They’re from Mexico.
6 Warsaw
6 Look at the student ID card.
Complete questions (1–6) below. 7 London
Then write answers about Peter 8 Budapest
in full sentences.
9 Beijing
10 Cairo
11 Rome
12 Moscow
13 Rio de Janeiro
Student ID card

3 CD1.9Put the countries from the box in Exercise 2 in the right column
below. Then listen and check.

Spa¡n Poland

4 Put the nationalities from the box in the Nationalities column in Exercise 2.
Card no. 00037572843
1 Surname: Cole Turkish Chinese French Spanish Polish Brazilian Russian
2 First name: Peter German Italian English Egyptian Japanese Hungarian
3 Age: 18
4 Married:  5 Write a list of three things and three famous people from different
Single:  countries. In pairs, ask and answer questions about your list.
5 Country: England
6 Address: 10 Market Street, London A Where’s p¡zza from?
B It’s from Italy.
What’s your surname?
1 _________
My surname ¡s Cole.
2 What’s your _________ ?
3 _________ old
_________ you?
4 Are you married
or _________ ?
5 Where _________ ?
6 _________ your ________ ?
7 CD1.7 Listen and repeat the

questions from Exercise 6.

8 Work in pairs. Student A, look
at page 121. Student B, look at
page 122.
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 GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY Check it out
1 CD1.10 Put the words in the box in pairs. One word has no pair. Then listen
Possessive ’s
and repeat the words.
aunt – uncle Singular
aunt brother children cousin daughter father/dad Michael is Peter’s grandfather.
grandchildren grandfather uncle grandmother sister son Regular plural
grandparents husband wife mother/mum niece parents His parents’ names are Liz
nephew stepfather stepmother and John.
Irregular plural
Their children’s names are
Sally, Peter and Susan.

4 Add one apostrophe (’) to each

A Michael B _________ sentence.
1 My brothers dog is a
poodle.
2 This is Peters house.
C _________ Dd _________
_________ E _________ F Alison 3 Their friends names are
Stephen and Caroline.
4 My fathers house is in
Leeds.
G
5 Our childrens teacher is
_________ H _________ I Sally J _________ very nice.

Mind the trap!

Patrick’s Sally’s father.
Patrick’s � Patrick is
Sally’s � possessive ’s

Tr ee
ly
5 Read the sentences about the

My Fa mi family tree and underline the

possessive’s. Then correct the
false sentences.
1 Patrick’s Billy’s father.
2 John’s Billy’s uncle.
3 Susan’s Patrick’s cousin.
4 Billy’s grandfather’s name’s
Michael.
2 Read sentences 1–7 and complete the family 5 Angela’s children’s names
tree with the correct names. are Patrick and John.
1 Sally is Alison’s daughter. 6 Liz’s Peter’s sister.
2 Michael is Peter’s grandfather.
6 Draw your own family tree.
3 Billy is Sally’s cousin. His parents’
Then write five sentences with
names are Liz and John.
possessive’s.
4 Liz is Patrick’s sister.
5 Michael’s wife is called Angela. 7 Show your partner your family
6 Patrick is Alison’s husband. tree and tell him/her about it.
7 Sally’s brother is called Peter and her Ask and answer questions.
sister is called Susan.
A My brother’s name ¡s
Work it out Mark.
B Is Joanna Mark’s w¡fe?
3 Look at the underlined phrases in Exercise 2 A Yes, she ¡s.
and answer the question.
Where is the apostrophe (’) for singular
and plural nouns?
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 Take-Away
Person 2 person

FOOD | Pizza
01
BOMBAY
INDIAN RESTAURANT FOR PERFECTLY
 GOOD PIZZA YOU
ONLY HAVE TO
Phone: 095 555 223 CALL…

rlito’s Pizzeria
The Great Wall Ca
Chinese Restaurant TELEPHONE:
095 554 329
095 445 239
Delivered right to your door
Mon-Sat: 12pm-12am

5 Complete the dialogues with phrases from

SPEAKING AND LISTENING
CD1.13

Speak Out. Then listen again and check.

1 CD1.11Listen to the phone call. What is the man’s 1A Good 1_________ . Bike World.
dinner today? B Hello, is Julie Black 2_________ , please?
A 3
_________ a minute, please. Julie! Telephone!
2 CD1.11 Listen again and choose how the man says
2A Hi Sue, 4_________ you?
the number. B Great, 5_________ . And you?
1 zero nine five double four fifty-two thirty-nine  3A Hello. 442 7634.
2 oh nine five double four five two three nine  B Hi, 6_________ Andy. Is that Jane?
3 oh ninety-five forty-four fifty-two thirty-nine  A 7
_________ ?
B Hi, this is Andy. Is that Jane?
3 CD1.12 Listen and complete the phone numbers. A 8
_________ Andy. How are you?
1 421 __ 44 __ 6 In pairs, practise the dialogues from Exercise 5.
2 __ 16 __ __ 849
3 __ __ 44 __ __ 7 __ __ 2 7 Complete the dialogues. Use phrases from
4 __ __ __ __ __ __ 1 __ __ __ Speak Out. More than one answer is possible.
4 CD1.13 Listen to three dialogues. Underline the 1A Hi Anne. How are you?
phrases you hear in Speak Out. B __________________________
2A __________________________
B Sorry, wrong number.
MATURA SPEAK OUT l On the phone
3A __________________________
Saying hello B Sorry, she’s not here.
A Hello. Kate here. 4A __________________________
B Hi Kate, it’s James. B Take care.
A Hello. 442 7634. 8 Look at the cartoon and choose the correct caption:
B Hi. This is Andy. Is that Jane? a, b or c.
A Good morning/afternoon. Bike World.
a Hi, this is Mary. Is Bob there?
B Hello, is Julie Black there, please?
b Bob! Dan! Aunt Mabel’s on the phone!
Saying goodbye c Hello, Mary here.
Bye./Bye bye./Goodbye.
See you soon/later/tomorrow/on Friday/at 7.
Take care.
Greetings
A Hi Sue, how are you?
B Great/Fine/Not bad, thanks. And you?
Other expressions
Sorry?
Sorry, wrong number.
Sorry, he’s not here.
Hold on/Hang on a minute, please.
Just a minute/moment, please.

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  www.allaboutme.com

Hi! I’m Alice Simons. I’m eighteen

years old and this is my blog all
READING AND SPEAKING about me and my life. Welcome!
1 Look at the words and phrases in the boxes. Use the
words to describe photos A and B.
29 August | Entry #6
Who? Where? Saturday is barbecue day! Here is a photo of my
the girls in a classroom family at a barbecue in our garden. I’m not in the
the boys in the garden photo – sorry! A photo of me next time! We aren’t
the teenagers in a café a very big family. In the photo my dad’s next to the
the little boy at home barbecue and my mum is on the right. In the middle
the little girl at a barbecue
is my brother Chris and his wife Amelia. Their son,
the family at school
the friends Walt, is with my brother. Walt’s two now. He’s my
at a party
on holiday dad’s favourite (and only) grandson – and he’s my
favourite nephew too!
The fam¡ly are ¡n the garden.
03 September | Entry #7
OK – here is a photo of me. It’s from my holiday in
London. I’m in the middle with the sunglasses. I’m
with my two cousins (the two young men) and their
A
friends in a local café. That’s Thomas on my left and
his brother, Ben, on my right. Ben’s girlfriend, Mary,
is next to him, on his right. The two young women
on the right aren’t my cousins. They’re Thomas’s
friends from university, Susie and Meg. They’re all
very friendly people.
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 Person 2 person
01
2 CD1.14 Read the blog and match entries 6 and 7 with
WRITING | Capital letters
photos A and B.
1 Read the sentences. Find and correct the mistakes
3 Read the blog again. Which photo are these with capital letters.
people in?
1 Alice’s dad  4 Thomas’s friends  1 My birthday is in september.
2 Ben’s girlfriend  5 Walt’s grandmother 
3 Chris’s mother  6 Amelia’s son 
4 Matura Are the statements true (T) or false (F)? 2 I am irish. I’m a Teacher.
1 Mary is Thomas’s girlfriend. 
2 Alice is with her cousins. 
3 Walt’s Alice’s son.  3 My first name is stephen and My
4 Susie’s Thomas’s friend.  surname is carter.
5 Ben’s brother is Thomas. 
6 Chris’s wife’s name’s Amelia. 
I love satu rday
5 Read the blog again. Complete phrases 1–10 with on, 4 It’s the Weekend! Hooray!
in or to. and sunday!
1 _________ my left 6 _________ London
2 _________ my right 7 ________ our garden 5 i am from buenos aires. i speak
3 _________ his right 8 _________ the photo english and spanish.
4 _________ the right 9 ________ the middle
5 _________ a café 10 next _________ him
6 Find the plural forms of these nouns in the blog. 6 My address is 10 market street.
1 man _________
2 woman _________
3 person _________ 2 Look at Train Your Brain and check your answers to
Exercise 1. Then complete the second column.
7 Match the sentences about the photos.
1 In photo B, I’m with  a is with my brother. MATURA TRAIN YOUR BRAIN l Writing skills
2 I’m not in  b two of my cousins.
3 That’s my dad  c the middle. Capital letters
4 It’s a barbecue in  d on my right. In English In your language
5 That’s Ben  e next to the 1 first names and surnames   
barbecue. 2 cities and countries 
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6 Walt  f photo A. 3 nationalities 
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7 I’m in  g our garden. 4 days of the week 
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5 months 
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8 Work with a partner and take it in turns to talk about 6 new sentences 
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your classmates. Use phrases from Exercise 7. 7 I 
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On my left ¡s John. Next to h¡m ¡s Dan. 8 jobs 
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Sara ¡s on L¡esel’s left … 9 street names 
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9 Work in pairs. 3 Complete the sentences to make them true for you.
Student A describe your family to your partner. 1 My favourite actor is _________ (first name
Student B ask questions about your partner’s and surname).
family members. Ask about: 2 My birthday is in _________ (month).
• their name: What’s … 3 _________ is not a good day of the
• their age: How old … week (day).
• the place (country/city) they are from: 4 My school is on _________ (street).
Where … 5 I speak _________ (language).
A Th¡s ¡s my mum. 6 My dad/mum is a(n) _________ (job).
B What’s her name? 7 I am from _________ (country).
8 My family is from _________ (city).
4 Now swap books with your partner. Tell the class
about him/her.
Stefan’s favour¡te actor ¡s …
H¡s b¡rthday ¡s ¡n …

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