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Grammar Vocab ulary Pronunciation

~ A ,",y name's Hannah, not Anna verb be ~ subject pronouns: days of the week, numbers 0-20, vowel sounds. word
6 B All over the world I, you, etc. greetings
the world, numbers 21-100 stress
verb be !!l and
classroom language ,.". If . J . \1:; :
8 C Open your books, please possessive adJectilles: sentence stress
my, your, etc.
;>C f . u:. u; : the
alphabet

10 PRACTICAL ENGLISH Episode 1 Arriving in London

12 A A writer's room a / an, plurals; things final -s and -es; th
14 B Stars and Stripes this ! that ! these ! those
colours, adjectives, modifiers: long and short vowel
adjectives quite ! very ! really sounds
feelings understanding
16 C After 300 metres, turn right imperatives, let's connected speech

I. REVISE AND CHECK 1&2

20 A Things I love about Britain present simple· and verb phrases third person -s
jobs :I:
22 B Work and play present simple J1 question words sentence stress

24 C Love online word order in questions

26 PRACTICAL ENGLISH Episode 2 Coffee to take away

28 A Is she his wife or his sister? Whose ... ?, possessive's family .\ . the letter 0
30 B What a life!
prepositions of lime (at, rn, on) and everyday activities linking and sentence
32 C Short life, long life? place (at, in, to)
stress
34 REVISE AND CHECK 3&4 position of adverbs and adverbs and expressions of
expressions of frequency frequency the letter h

36 A 00 you have the X Factor? can ! can't verb phrases: buy a newspaper, etc. sentence stress

38 B Love your neighbours present continuous verb phrases 1)1

40 C Sun and the City present simple or present the weather and seasons places in London
continuous?

42 PRACTICAL ENGLISH Episode 3 In a clothes shop

44 A Readingin English object pronouns: me, you, him, etc. phone language ,11, t, and i:
46 B Times we love
like + (verb + -;ng) the date: ordinal numbers consonant clusters:
is48 C Music changing their lives saying t he date

50 REVISE AND CHECK 5&6 reviSion: be or do? music

2

Grammar Vocabulary Pronunciation

52 A At the National Portrait Gallery past simple of be: was / were word formation: paint> painter sentence stress
past time expressions <.ed endings
54 B Chelsea girls past simple: regular verbs go, have, get sentence stress

56 C A night to remember past simple: irregular verbs

58 PRACTICAL ENGLISH Episode 4 Getting lost

60 A A murder story past simple: regular and irregular irregular verbs past simple verbs
62 B A house with a history
there is l there are, some / any + the house le:.! and fI:I, sentence
54 C A night in a haunted hotel plural nouns stress

66 REVISE AND CHECK 7&8 there was/there were prepositions: place and movement silent letters

68 A What I ate yesterday countable / uncountable nouns; food the letters ea
a/ an, some / any food containers
high numbers
70 B White gold quantifiers: how much / If! and IsI •
how many, a lot of, etc.

72 C Quiz night comparative adjectives !ai, sentence stress

7. PRACTICAL ENGLISH Episode 5 At a restaurant

-.,; A The most dangerous road... superlative adjectives pLaces and buildings consonant groups
8 CouchSurf round the world! holidays sentence stress
be going to (plans), future time
C What's going to happen? expressions verb phrases the letters 00
IIfVtSE AND CHECK 9&10
be going to (predictions)

A First impressions adverbs (manner and modifiers) common adverbs word stress
verbs that take the infinitive sentence stress
B What do you want to do? verbs + to + infinitive the internet word stress

C Men, women, and the internet articles

PRACTICAL ENGLISH Episode 6 Going home

A Books and films present perfect irregular past participles sentence stress
8 I've never been there! present perfect or past simple? more irregular past participles irregular past participles
C The English File questionnaire revision: question formation revision: word groups revision: sounds

~ ANO CHECK 11&12

Communication . 124 Grammar Bank 165 Irregular verbs
Writing 148 Vocabulary Bank 16& Sound Bank
listening

3

G verb be [±], subject pronouns: I, you, etc . Hi, I'm Mike.
What's your name?
v days of the week, numbers 0 - 20, greetings

P vowel sounds, word stress

1 LISTENING & SPEAKING

a 1 2») Look at the pictures. Li sten and number them 1- 4.

b Listen again and complete the ga ps. c Complete the ga ps wi th a word from the list.

1 A Hi. I'm Mike. What's your I ? Fine Hi I'm... Thanks Bye

, ,B Hannah. Hello =
My name's.....
A
B Hannah! Very well ""

2 A What·s your phone 3 ? Thank you ", _ __
Goodbye ..
B It·s 7894 132 456.
d 3») Li sten and repeat some phrases from the dialogue.
•A . See you on Saturday. Bye.
,C,Qpy the .rm:thm.
B Goodbye.

, , Mum. This is Hannah. e 4») [n groups of three, prac tise the di:l logues wi th the

3A SOllnd effects. C hange roles.

B 6 . Nice to meet you.

C Nice to 7 you, Anna.

B 8 name's Hannah. f Introduce yourself lO other students.

C Sorry,'Hannah. 10r1a.Hello. I'm Antonio._

4 A Hi, 9 . You're early! What·s your na~ Nice to meet you.

B Hello, Mrs Archer. How are 10 ?

C I'm very well, 11 you, Anna. And you?

- B 12 , thanks.

A It's Hannah, Mum.



G verb be and ~
V t he world, numbers 21-100
P ial, Itfl, IfI, Id:!; sentence stress

1 VOCABULARY the world I Where are these capital cities?
a Canberra
a Ca n you name three cou ntr ies i n Engl ish? b Prague
c Warsaw
>-b p.149 Vocabulary Bank The world. d Ankara
e Edinburgh
c 1,.1 17 »)) Listen. Say the nat ionality.
»)) Scotland 0cottiSh 2 What country is the money from?
a the dollar
cl In pai rs, do the qu iz. b the yuan
c the rouble
p Useful phrases d the pound
e the yen
I think it's in Italy.
I think it's Russian, but I'm not sure,

2 PRONUNCIATION ,a , If', S, ,d,' 3 What country Is the food from?
a topos
P The ;)/ sound b goulash
c pasta
The :W sound is the most common vowel d tacos
sound in English. The I;!' sound has many
different spellings, e.g. Hello, Saturday, Britarn 4 What nationality are the flags?
a~
a (\.120 »)) Li sten and repeat the words and b ~ __

sou nds. cC

~compUh. r \ meric.lIl A rgenti ni.1Il d .......
Scot l.tnd SwitZl'rl.lnd

b (1,.121 »)) Listen and repear [ he sound pictures 5 (1) 18 ») What national anthem
a nd semences, Practise w ith a pa rtner. is it? Write the nationality.

~ d"" a c _ __
b _ __ d _ __
C ha rlcs is C/ cch, not
French . 6 (1) 19»)) What langu age is it?
Write a- d in the boxes .
JlI2 ..hower She's Poli"h or Ru....i.. n. D DTurkish
I'm not " ure. Russian
.~3 jazz
We're G erman and D DChinese Irish (Gaelic)
they're Japanese.
P languages
c .. p.166 Sound Bank. Look at the example
words and spellings for t he sou nds i n a and b , The word for a language is usually the same as the

nationality adjective, e,g. in Italy the language is Italian.

3 GRAMMAR verb be rn and El 4 PRONUNCIATION & SPEAKING
sentence stre ss
1 22 »)) Cover the dialogues. Listen to three interviews
n London. Which countries arc the people from? p Sentence stress

ead rhe d ialogues. Complete with I'm. /'11/ I/O/, are, In sentences we stress the important words.
Jrtn'r. is. or iS1I't.
Where's she from ? She's from C hina .
1 A Are you English?
a 1 25 ))) Li sten and repeat. ,CQpy the ~lhm.
B No, English. I A Where art' you from ?

Scottish. B I'm frOIll Dublin.

A Where _~_~ you from 2 A Art'you American ?
in Scotland?
B No. I'm not. I'm Australian.
B ____ from Glasgow.
b Practise t he dia logues in 3 w ith a partner.

c .. Communication Where are they from?
A p.lOO B p.106.

d Ask people in the class Where lire),Ollfrom?

2 A Where yO" 5 VOCABULARY numbers 21-100
from?
a Look at the Signs. Ca n you
B from Australia, say the nu mbers? _~
from Darwin.

A Where's Darwin?
it near Sydney?

B NO,it . It's in the ,rRMBRfo~-30 -;
north.

A it nice?

B Yes, it . It's
beautiful.
< CONOON231
i

A Where you Ib .. p.148 Vocabulary Bank Days and
from? numbers. Do part 3. I

B We're from Columbus, Ohio, Ic (1 27 )) Lis ten and w ritt' rhe numbers.
in the USA.

A you on holiday? d Write ren numbers from 2 1- 100.
Dictate them (0 a partner.
C No, we . We're

students.

6 LISTENING

c: Listen and check. a f :\.l2 8 )) Listen and repea rthe pairs
of numbers. What's the difference?
.. p.12 4 Grammar Bank lB. Learn morc about
wrb be[ll a nd B and practi se it. "I 13 b 30 :)a17b70
b .0 6 , 18 b 80
~ 24 »)) Lisren and respond with a s hort a nswe r. 2 a I. b 50 7 a 19
Is Sydney the capital of Australia? ~o, it isn't. b 60
3 a 15
With a pa rrner. write three questions beg inn ing /s... ? 4 a 16
or Are... ? Ask rhe!ll to anorher pa ir.
b ],.129 )) W h ich number do you hear?
Li sten and@aorbabove.

c Play BillBo.

7 ' ,,30Il) SONG All Over the World .t'

G possessive adjectives: my, your, etc. How do you spell
your surname?
v classroom language

P 1:JoI, lu:/, led; the alphabet

1 VOCABULARY c 137 »)) Complete the alphabet chart with B. C. 0, K. M. N, 0, S.
T, U, V, W. Listen and check.
classroom language
~ CH 1 ~ ~ ~~
a Look at the pict ure of <I classroom. tr;li n tree egg bike phone boor car
Mateh rhe words and pictures. A
H FI QR
C board ·n:o:u JI
C chair IIc;'! E LY --
G
o comjlMter k..'m·pju:t N p --

r: desk llc.,k X
L........J door ·U:"l:·
z
L gkture ·r1klf;!
I
8 able 'tclt'll.
wall ,\,-,:1 cl ( l,)3S»)) Listen and@theletteryouhear.

C .llindow "\ mtl;l(~ IE /\1 2G I 3KQ 4CS

b 1) 31 1) Listen and c heck. SVPB 6MN 7V\v SUY
0c Practise saying the phrases below with abbreviations.
e .. p.ISO Vocabulary Ba nk PC
Classroom language.
a Persona l Computer a Vcr)' Im portant Person
cl V34 1)) Listen and follow the instructiOlls. the United Kingdom the U nired Stat(,s of America
the European Union a Portable D ocument Format
2 PRONUNCIATION a Di sc Jocke)' the Nationa l Ba sketba ll Association

''' , "' , '"' ; the alphabet

a 1,135 »)) Li sten and repeat rhe words and
sounds.

phone close mobi le

boot school do

car cI,ISS a nswer

b 36 »)) Look at these com mon
abbrev iations. Can you say any ofrhem in
English? Liste n and check.

OK BBC MTV

CNN. USB DVD

BMW ATM

• USTENING & SPEAKING b (140 )) Listen . Complete the recept ionis t's
qucst i o n s.
... 39 )) A st udent goes to Londo n to study English. Liste n to rhe
~r\"icw and complete her form. I What'syour name?

2 your Stlrnarne?

• ,3 do you spell it?
\Vhere arc you
5 old arc you?

6 your address?

7 your postcode?

8 W hal 'S your ,address?
9 W har's your

c Listen aga in a nd repeat the question s. {.&py

t h c~thm .

d Ask you r pa rrner the questions. Write down
their an swers.

p Spelling: names and addresses

RR=doubteR @=at . =dot

Phone number [~55----------------) 4 GRAMMAR possessive
adjectives: my, your, etc.

a Complete t he gaps w ith I.YOII, my. or yO llr.

Mobile phone "J \Vhcrc arc fro m?

'm from Rio.

2 \V hat 's na me?

name's Dart)'.

>-b p.1 24 Gra mma r Ba nk le. Learn mo rc

about possessive ad jectives and pra ct ise

lhem.

c 1 42 )) Listen. C hange the se ntences.
)) I'm Richard. <;'::y name's Richard.

S SPEAKING

,... Communication What's hislherreal
name? A p.l00 B p.106. Fi nd out if some
actors' a nd s ingers' names a rc t heir rea l
na mes o r not.

6 WRITING

,... p.ll! Writing Completing a form.
Co mplete an application for a student visa
and w rite a paragra ph abotH you.

tiM(.'. III



JENNY TALKS TO ROB

a 1.,48») Watch or listen and mark
the sentences T (true) or F (false).

I Jenny has a coffee.
2 She is in London on business.
3 The wait ress is German.
4 Jenny phones Rob Walker.
S Jenny is ti red.
6 Their meeting is at 10.00.

Pract ise the dialogue with a panner. b Watch or listen agai n. Say why the F sentences are fa lse.

Work in pairs. Read your role and look ,lithe c 1/ 49 ») Read rhe information in t he box. Listen and repeat t he
dialogue in 3b. What do you need to change? \Vould ),011 like... ? ph rases and rhe res ponse". Prac tise offeri ng
drinks and respo nding.
A (book open) You arc the receptionisl. [t 's
[[.00 a.lll. S 's room is 207 on the second P Would you like...? Yes, please.
noo r. [~egi n wit h Good /IIoruiu8 sir l /IIadalll . Would you like a coffee? No, thanks.
Would you like another tea?
a (book closed) You arrive.1t the hotel. Use
We use Would you like...? to offer somebody something.
you r name and surname. We respond Yes, please or No, thanks.

_ Rolcplay the dialogue. Then swap roles. cl Look :1I the Socia l E n glish phrases. Who says [hem : Jenny,
R ob, or the w aitress?
1 47 ») Loo k at [he inform ation in the box.
t..i.sten and re peat the Call ... ? phrases. Social English phrases This is [Rob. Rob Walker].
I'm here [on business]. That's perfect.
o Can you...? =Please do it I'm from (New York). What about you? It's time for bed.
can you sign here? No problem.
Can you spell that? Is that [Jennifer)?
Can' have...?= Please give me (your passport,
etc.) e 1 SO l») Watch or li sten and check. Do you know what they are in
can' have your passport. please?
Can I have my key, please? your langllage?

00 are in a hotel. How do you ask the f Watch or listen again ami repeat rhe phrases .
ption is t to give you... ?

""our key you r passport

• Can you ...?
check into a hotel and spell your name

L.......i ask somebody to do something I to give you something
offer somebody a drink, and accept or refuse

G a ' an, plurals: this l that ' these ! those What 's this
V things in English?

P final -s and -es; th

1 VOCABULARY things

a Look ata phofoofRoa ld D'lhl.
the aUThor of many famous ch ildren's
books and sto ries for adults.
Do you know any orhis book.;?

b Look at the photo of his rOOJll.
Tick (.I) o r cross (~) the things
you can see in t he picture,
Do you think the room is tidy?

o a table

~ alamp

U a computer

a chair

penci ls

phOlOS

a window

a printer

~

a phone

=:J pieces of paper

c .. p.151 Vocabulary Bank Things.

2 GRAMMAR a/ an, plurals 3 PRONUNCIATION final-s and -es

a Complete rhe chart. a 1,)53))) Listen and repeat the words and sounds.

Singular Plu r aL ~ .. \lake boob lamp.. ticket..
-------+~--------- l ebra photo.. key.. pen'>
~
a pen ........ pens

l,;umbrella I[7" glasst:.. watcht:.. purse..

r"u watches b ' 1,)54 ))) Re,ld the ru le. Ci rcle the words where -es is
diaries pronounced Ill. Listen an check.

b .. p.126 Grammar Bank 2A part 1. P Finat -es
Final-es after ce, ch, sh, s, ge, and x = '1/ . e.g. watches.
ILearn mor~abollt a art and plurals, and practise them. glasses. purses

classes 3 headphones 5 pieces 7 pages

2 files -4 boxes 6 tissues 8 mobiles

El

4 LISTENING & SPEAKING 6 PRONUNCIATION th

,.. Communication What's on the table? p.lDD. a 58 ») Li sten a nd repea t the words a nd sound s.

155 )) Listen to three people saywhar ~ mO/her this that thcse the thc),
things they have on the table or desk where th umb
the\,' work. Are their tables tid,y? & ---

listen :Igain and tick (.I) Ihe fhin gs they have. thanks th ing th irty th ree Th llrsday

23

a computer I a laptop 0~ L b 1 59 »)) Listen a nd repeat the phrases. Practise saying them.
Cl printer
atamp C0 0 Ih is Th ursday
000 2 th irty·th ree
a phone 000 3 Ih ose th ing~
books 00~ 4 rh a nks for th at.
a dictionary C0 S lhcsc arc the kcys.
Cl diary 0~ 0 6 Whararc those th ings there?
photos 0 C =:J 7 I'm th irty.d lTce th is [hursday,
pieces of paper 0 L '--'
pens ~ L :::J c Work in pairs. PUt four of your thin gs on your table (S in gul ar or
CU plural), Ask your pitrtner.
OVDs [] C LJ
For the things Oil your table:
(JS sues What's this in EngliS~ ~'S a watch.

Tillk 10 a partner about the table w hcre yOll For things in the classroom (poi nt):
o rk or st udy. Say what thi ngs you have. Sa)' What are those in EngliS~ 0heY're pictures,

lithe rable is tidy or nol.

~have Cl laptop and a printer. I have... It isn't tidy.

ntay \V/UH is it? with YOll r partne r. A close
:our eyes. B give things 10 your par mer a nd
""-",,k \V/m/ is it? W/i(l/ are th ey?

5 GRAMMAR 1 What's this? 2 What are t hese?
this / that / these / those It's _ _ _ _ _ _, They're _ _.

156») Look at pictures \- 4 and complete
~~ dialogues. Lis ten and check. Practise the
uwogucs.

ad the d ialogues again. What's the
erence between.,.?

his and these
his and tllm
hest and those

>- p,126 Grammar Bank 2A part 2.

.earn more abo ut tltis/ thm / th ese/ those
..ad practise them,

3 What's that? .. What are those?
It's _ _ _ _. They-re _ _.

4un(.!,

G Idjt- ;tives
V colours, adjectives, modifiers: quite / very/ really
P long and short vowel sounds

1 VOCABULARY colours, adjectives part 1 \•J•

a What colour i.. the American nag? Write the
mi ..si ng lellers.

It's r d . ~ [L .
and bl

b Complete the mher cnlour...

bl ck Y 11 w gr y p nk

br wn gr n

c Practise willllhe nag!>. Ask and answer.

11

~hat colour is it?

d What colour is your nag?

>--e p.152 Vocabulary Bank Adject ives.

Do p:m I.

2 GRAMMAR adjectives

a What arc the),? Labd the pictures in the
USA clui z usi ng an :adjective :and a nou n
from each ci rcle .

Adjec t ives Nouns

nice yeUow food House
American New school Aiflifl@S

fast White taxis jeans
blue high day York

b 162 »)) Listen and check.@the ••
corree! rule.
-
Adjectives go before / aJfer a noun.

Adject ives challge IdOll'f chan{je

before a 111ural noun.

>C p.126 Grammar Bank 28. Learn morc

:lboLLt ildjectives and praClise rhem.

d Cover the i he picture.. , Ca n you remember
rhe eight phr:lSl's?

3 PRONUNCIATION 4 VOCABULARY adjectives part 2
long and s hort vowel sounds
>-a p.l S2 Vocabulary Bank Adjectives. Do pa rt 2.
P long and short vowels
b Work in pairs. A say an ad ject ive. B say-a famou s person .
Vowel sounds in English are long or short. Long 00mShO~
sounds have 1:1in the phonetic symbol. e.g. 10:/. Cruise

164 )) Listen and repeat the words and 5 READING

~nds. a Read the desc r iptions and look :u the ph~tOs.
W ho arc t he twO people?

fis h {ree C,Lf

IJ 1 II

Who are they?

ckwk horse bu ll buor He's a famous American actor.
He's quite tall and he's very
~Ich an ad jective from circle A w it h an attractive. He has long hair and
live frolll circle B wi th the same vowel brown eyes. r think he's about 50.

nd. \Vri rc th em in rhe chart. She's a very beautiful actress.
She's quite short and slim, and
A B she has long dark hair. She's a
Hollywood star, but she isn't
blue full cheap big American, she's Spanish .
easy rich new good
black fast short wrong
small hot
bad far

b Re,ld t hem ;Iga in. Guess the mean ing of the li ighligfi,rc_a words.

l,65 J» Liste n and check. 6 WRITING & SPEAKING

~ p.166 Sound Bank. Look at the ly pical a T h ink of a famo us pe rson from 'I n), coun try in the world. Use the
ings for these sounds. jobs in the box 10 hel p you.

-..djec tive race In pai rs . in th ree minu te s actor I actress musician politician
ph rases with an ad jccrivc a nd a noun singer sportsman I sportswoman TV presenter

the sa me vowel sound. Use a ( all with
la r nouns.

Adjectives Nouns b Wr ire a s ho rt descr iptio n of rhe person. Give it ro you r partne r.

old new book boots C:m he I she guess who it is?
grey fast
cars cat c Play Guess II, efa molls person.
good
big cheap day fish A rh in k of a famou s acror f act ress.
jeans photo
,;ho,t B ask ten questions using Is.. .? Try to guess t he: actOr f actress.
story 0Is it a man or a woma~

photo woman.
Lis ten a nd c heck. Pract ise say in g t he
Is she America~ 0 es. she is.

G imperatives. let's

v feelings

P understanding connected speech

1 VOCABULARY feelings 2 LISTENING & READING

a Match the words and pictures. a 169 )) The Ca rter famil y are on holiday in Ireland. Look at the
pictures. Lisren and number t hem 1-5.
( IJ

hungry sad bo re d
hot t h i r s ty happy
an gry cold St ressed

ti red worried

p Collocation

Use be+ hungry, thirsty, hot, etc.,
e.g. I'm very hungry.

NOT Ihave very hungry.

b (168»)) Li sten ,L nd check. Repeat the
phrases.

c Cover the words and look at the pictures.
Make.:l' :1119 :=:: semences :Lbout how you feci
and reil your partner.

( j'm Quite hungry.
I'm ver¥ tired.
I'm not hot.



.

1&2 R. e..vise

GRAMMAR VOCABULARY

@ a . b,or c. a Complete with ar,Jrofll, j,j, off, or ib.

1 Hello. ___ you r name? I I'm Japan.

a What b What are c What 's 2 Nice meet you.

2 Maria is Germ an. a student. 3 What's bOly'our Engli sh?

a She's b ·He's e lt 's 4 Look the boa rd.

3 A Where from ? 5 Please turll ___ Your mobile phone.

B He's from Tu rkey. b Comp lete the phrases w ith these ve rbs.

a he is b ;s c is he

4 They English, they're Scottish. Answer Stand Open Read Work

a isn't b aren't c not are [ _ __ the text . 4 _ __ the doo r.
2 ___ in pa irs. 5 the questions.
5 A Are YOll from Paris? 3 up,

B Yes. ___,

a l am b I'm clare

6 She's Brazilian. name's Daniel a. c@ thewordthatiS d ifferent.
eone three
a H is b Her c Your surname is [ eight two seven five
7 We're from the USA. fil e
2 Brazil C hinese Hunga ry Swi t ze r la n d
Mackay. Fra nce
a Your b T heir c Our 3 Poli sh It a lian Ja pa n ese Eu rope
eighty
8 A W hat are they? 4 Afr ica Asia Irela nd Monday
B They're _ _ scissors
5 sixteen forty ninety sc ho o l
magazine
a watches b a watch c watehs 6 Wednesday Italy Friday stressed

9 A W hat is it? 7 glasses pursc headphoncs
B [,'s _ _
8 door w indow wa ll

a a um brel la 9 wallet newspaper book
b an umbrella
c umbrell a 10 happy tired angry
10 Look at those ___'
d Write the opposite adjective.

a womans b women c womens good 4 tall
11 A W hata rc ___ in English? 2 expensive 5 empty
3 dirty
B T hey're keys.

a that b th is c these PRONUNCIATION
12 These are very _ __

a difficult exerci ses a@ the word with a different sound.
b exe rcises difficulr
c difficuhs exe rcises QA B C0
13 careful! T hat dog's dangerous.

a A rc b Beyoll c Bc 2 tie H ; day my nice

14 Plc\lse in rhe library. 3 Iod watches boxes fil es glasses
good page
a noteat b don't eat c Ilo cat 4~ bad la p t o p

15 I'm hungry. stop at the cafe. 5~ Ja pan G erma n

a .Let's b Wc c Don't dangerous sta mps

.. b Undcr~ the stress'cd syllable.

I aldd ress 2 l(ta.I'y 3 exjpcnlsivc 4 newslpalpcr 5 thir

CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THIS TEXT? CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THESE.
PEOPLE?
.. Read t he article o nce. Do you know ;lny more words
wh ich are American English , flOt Brirish English? ( ]J74 J)) In t h e s tre et Watch or listen re f ive people
and answer the questions.
aritish & American English -
Her n;lme is _ __ _
he same, but different
a C ecilia b Cecil c Cec ile of England.
- h and American people speak the same language 2 Andy's from Newcastle in the
-English, but with some small differences.
a North Ea st b North West c South East
words are different in American English. for exampLe 3 DllVid is _ _ __

ans say zip code, not postcode, vocation , not holiday, a Italian b French c Spanish
4 Her name is _ _ __
cell p hone, not mobile phone. Some words have different
a Arya b Aria c Arja
ings, for example in British English a purse is a 5 Ka r in is _ _ __
where women have their money and credit cards. In
a Sw iss b Brazil ian c Hungarian
a n English a purse is a woman's bag.
CAN YOU SAY THIS IN ENGLISH?
.favour, and other words that end in -our in British
-.ISh end wit h -or in American English, e.g. colar,fovor. Do rhe rasks wirh a pa r tner. T ick (.I) the box ifyo u can

•theatre, and other words t hat end In -tre in British do them.
b "",;h end with -ler in American English, e.g. center, theater.
Ca n you .. .?
"'-...,ican grammar is very simiLar to British grammar, but
0I coum from 0- 20
some smaLL differences, especiaLly prepositions. For
Friday, but British peopLe 02 count from 20- 100 (20. 30, etc.)

UNCIATION D3 say the days of the week
D4 give three instructions: two[±] and onc E!
-:lOSt i mportant difference between American and D5 introduce yourself and anmher person
En glish i s pronunciation. American accents and D6 a nswer the questions below
accents are quite different, and when an American
peopLe know he or she is American , • \Vhat's your firsr name Isur name?

. at the highlighted words in t he text and guess thei r How do yOll spell it?
niog. W here arc you fro m?

[he article aga in. Mark the sentences T (true) or ~ Short fi lms Hollywood. Los Angeles
f blse).
Wat ch and enjoy a fi lm on iTut or.
\.me rican English and Brit ish Engl ish a rc very
..iITere nr. _--.J
_ J.IoIiday and postcode are rhe same in British and
-\mer ica n En gli,sh.

has different meanings in American and Briti sh
E..nglish.

. meter is Brlti sh s pclling.
British a nd American g rammar arc nor very different .

-.. dimcult (Q know from their accent if a perso n is
E.nglish o r Amer ican.



, Starbucks, summer,

and other things I " love about Britain

M ark Va nhoe na c ker, :LIl Boots the Chemist
American juunwlisl ,\ hn
lives ill London, ~a}'s the L'K'~ no! Chemists in the U K arc ,\'ondcrful, friclldly shops and
just OK it's JMradisc. T h ese are completely dilferent from US pharmacies. Boots sells
some of his rea sons... c,'crything you wam, not just medicine, and thc shop
assistams give you good advice.
Walking
No ID Cards
Britain isn't a good place for
cyclistS. BUI ror pe d estrians it is Britain is onc of the only places in the
world ,\ here people don't ha,·c ID
wonderful. When you walk cards. [n lhe US you need ID when
on 11 zebra crossing, all the you buy a drink, go to a club, usc
drivers SlOp. a cred it eill'd, or take an intercity
train.
Banks
SumTners
Ilritish banks arc great you
do cvcrYlhing onlinc, and I lo\"e Brit ish summers! A good
you don 't pay when you take sumlller day in Britain is dry and
money oul of an AT i>. L And warm , but not ,'cry hot.
iryou want 10 change banks,
Starbuc ks
the banks do a ll the
work. not you . StMbucks isn't Britis h, of COUI'se,
but I prefer the Starbueks
Drivers in Britain. They are nice,
fj'iendly place~ whe re
The British arc \uy people read thc newspaper
polite when they and drink good colTee.
driw!. T hey don't And the waite rs don't " 'rite
hool , and Ihe)' arc your Ilame on the cups
patient willl other fed stupid in America when
dri"iTs. They the waiter calls ' ;<'Iark, your
,,[ways say thank tall cappuccino wilh e)(lra
chocolatc!'
you when you let
them pass.

READING & SPEAKING

)Ok at [ht, photos. In w hic h onc ca n you see ... ? c Unde rline these verbs in the text. What
do rh{')' me:m ? Compa re your ideas with a
~ cas h mach ine (ATM in t\ Illerican E nglish) pa rtner.

.. c up of coffcc a clll'1ll ist III I ~ awaitcr walk pay drive sell give need

a zebra cro!>sing a cyc li <;1 '" =:J a pedcsrrillll buy use prefer feel caU
a driver - --

2' T~ Read and listen to the article , Mark the sem c nccs T (t rue) d Look at each paragra ph aga in , Say ifit's the
F (false). Say w hy the F oneS arc fa lse. same o r differcllI in you r country or ciry.

Britain is a good country fo r cycl ists a nd pedestrians. ( _~~'es isn't a good place for cyclists or
It"s expensivc re use ATi\'!s in Brit ;tin.
Brirish d ri vcrs arc n icc to other drivcrs. ~estrians, because people drive very fast!
- Boots thc Chem ist only has mcdicine.
In Britain pcaple don't havc ID cards. p Useful words: Why? and because
_ummcrs in I~ rir:li n arc vcry hot.
- n S tarbllcks in Britain waiters don'tllsc your fi rst naTlle. Use because to answer the Question Why?
Why isn't'Naples a good place for cyclists?
Because people drive very fast.

41 rrU,l. _





G word order in questions What kind of films
V quest ion words do you like?
P sentence stress

1 LISTENING cl 2 18 ») Look ,11 the hi gh lighted phrases in
the conversation, Listen and repea t them.
a Kcvin and Sama ntha want to meet a parrneron the internet. Practise the conversation with a partner.
Read t heir profiles and look at their pharos. Then cover them and
say what yon ca n remember. Do YOll thi n k rhey arc a good match? P Showing interest

0evin is 28. He lives in South london... When you have a conversation. react to what

Starch Kevin your partner says. Use Me too. Really? How
interesting! What about you? etc.
M•• Age: 28
lives in : South London e 2 19 )) Liste n to t he second pa n of the
'.m. -look ng to' likes: films, music conversation. Do you th in k t hey want ro
"" " Doesn't like: football meet ag:lin?

"" Samantha f Listen :Lgain and m:lrk the sentences T (t rue)
,~- or F (false). Say why the F o nes a re false,
'" Age: 26
.!Zm. Lives in : South London I Samanthillikes science fiClion films.
likes: the cinema, good food 2 T hey Iikc the same kind of music",
Log ill Doe sn't like: sport J T heir weekends arc vcr)' diffen::nt.
4 Samantha pays (or their lunch.
e<j,'LOg'~ 10 VOUf del~,I,
g Do )'OU I h in k t he internet is a good place to
and KCU' "",ss~e. l1u ke frie nds or meet a partner? W hy (nor)?

MmM

b 2 17 )) Kevi n and S:lIna nth a mt.'ct in a resta urant for lu nch.
CO"er t he convcrsation and listen. W hat does Kcv in say abom .. ?
I whereheli\'es 2 his job J films he likes

c Listen again. Com plete Ihc mi ssin g '·c rbs.

S Hi. Are you Kevin?

K Yes. Are you Samantha?

S Yes I am, but call me Sam. Nice to you. Sorry I'm late.

K No problem. You look different f rom your photo.

S Let's a dnnk. A beer? Wine?

K No, thanks. Water for me. I don't alcohol at lunchtime.

K I _ _ this place.

S Me too. Where do you _ _ in South London?
K In Bromley. Near the market. I _ _ with my mother.

S Really? What do you _ _?

K I'm a teacher. I teach chemistry.
S Chemi5;try? How interesting.
K Yes, it's a very interesting job. What about you?
5 I'm a journalist. You _ _ the cinema, Kevin.

What kind of films do you _ _?
K ScienCe-fiction films. 1__ Star Wars.
5 Oh.
K Do you __ Star Wars?

GRAMMAR word order in questions 4 SPEAKING

:er the conversation. PUllhe words in order [0 ma ke
questio ns.
want you do cl rin k a

---------------------'

:2 in SOUlh Jive London you do where
?

3 filmslikck ind youofwhardo
?

,.. p.128 Grammar Bank 3C. Learn morc about word
mlcr in questions and practise it.

3 VOCABULARY & PRONUNCIATION a Imagine you meet a new friend onli ne, and you go out
question words; sentence stress for coffce together. Look at the prompts and w rile
eight questions.
21 ») Listen and repeal t he quesrion words llnd
obrases. How is \VI!~ pro nounced in WilD? How is it \Vhere do )"011 work?
\Vho isyou rfill-ol/rite sill8l'r?
nou nccd in rhe other question words?
Where work
rlow? How many? Wftet:? What kind? like
Nhen? Where? Which? Who? Why? What sports watch
magazjnes read
Complete the questions with a question word or phrase TV programmes do
from the li st in a . languages speak
car study
I \V/ra! phone do you have? play
I ha\'c a n i Phone. What kind of music
fi lms have
, :-::_____ old arc you? food

22. Who your favourite TV programme
What restaurant
3 brothe rs and s is ters do you have? > singer
1 h;:tve two sisters. actor

-t do you prefer. Saturdays o r Sundays? b \Vork in pa irs with a sludelll you don't know very well.
Sat urdays.
-:---:-:-_.do you have Englis h cla sses? A Ask B your first quest ion.
On Mondays and Wednesdays.
______ of fil ms do you like? S Answer rhe question. Give more information ifyou ca n.
I like old British films.
_-,-___ do you live? A React to B's a nswer.
In I he city cent re.
-:-::--:::- 's your favourite actor? S Ask A your first question.
Colin Firlh.
doyou like h im? A What kind of ~
Becau<;e he's very good-looking!
music do you like? ( B Ilike classical music,
222 )) Lis ten and check .
~SpeciallY Mozart.
. ten agai n and repeat t he questions.!:npy the
thm. A Really? Me to~

What phone do you have? 5 WRITING

~ >-- p.lU Writing A personal profile. Wr ite a profile of

.)l"k in pairs. A ask B the questions. B give your own yo urself.
:t'rs. Then c!lange roles.

6 223 »)) SONG Somethin' Stupid Jl

41 PI(·)' __

1 TELLING THE TIME Coffee to take away

a Loo k at the clock . What rime is it? 3 [] BUYING-A COFFEE

,... p. 157 Vocabulary Bank Time. Do Part I .
b Communication What 's the time? A p.lOl B p.lOZ

2 ROB AND JENNY MEET a Look at the coffee shop
menu. Do you k now what
a ~25 ))} Watch or lis ten to what happe ns when Rob and all the th in gs are
Jenny me er. W h at do the), decide to do?

b Watch or listen again. Mark the sente nces T (n u(,') o r F
(fa lse). Sa)' wh), tbe F se ntences arc fal se .

Jen ny's fult nallle is Jennifcr.
2 Rob is early.

3 Jenny likes the hOtel.

4 She doesn't like the hord coffee .
5 She ha s a meeting wit h Daniel a l 9. 15.
6 T he office is n't vcry far from the hotel .

menu

drinks and cakes

Espresso single 2 .45 double 2.80
regular 3.15 lorge 3.95
Americano regular 3.45 large 3 .65
Latte regular 3.45 large 3.65

Cappuccino regular 2.65 large 3.10

rea 3 .0 0
3.00
Brownie
Croissant

b ~2 6 l)) Walch or lislen to Rob and Jcnny bu)'ing coffee. 4 FIRST DAY IN THE OFFICE
A nswer Ihe q uestions.
a 228 ») \Vat ch or liSti.'n :.nd anSWl'r thcclues tions.
W Im kind of coffce do Rob and Jen 11)' have?
2 What do they have to ca t? What's Karl'll's job?
J How Illuch is it? 2 Where in Europc does Jenny have famil),?
J Where does she live in New York?
c Watch or listen again. Completc the Yo u Hear 4 Does Karen have family in New York?
ph rases, 5 Wh:'1 does Daniel offer Jenny [ 0 drink?
6 W hat time is his nexlllleeting?
0») You Hear You Say

Can) you? What would you like, Jenny?
An espresso. please.

_ _ _ or double? Double.
Can (have a latte. please?

or large? large.

To have or

take away? To take away.

Anything else? No, t hanks.
A brownie for me, please...
and a croissant.

OK. How much is that?

That·s £12.45, please. Sorry, how much?

£12.45. Thank you.

And your Thanks.

o Cultural not e
barista = a person who works in a coffee shop

d 27 ») Watch o r lis te n and repeat the You S ay b Look at the S o c ia l E n g lis h p hrases. Who says them:
ph rases. .enp), the ~t hm. R ob, K aren. or D aniel?

c In threes . practise t he dialogue. Social English phrase s Talk to you later.
Here we are.
f Rolepl:!), the dialogue in grou ps of th ree. IS this your first time in [the UKJ?
Would you like something to drink?
Then swap roles.
c ~29 )) Watch or listen and check. Do )'ou know whal
A (book open) YOll are the barista. rlwy are in you r language?

B (book closed) You invite C (book closed) 10 have a d Walch or listen again and repeat thc phrases.

drink.
A begi ns: Call I help ),Oll?
Basks C: \Vl!m 1I'01lId),Olliikc?

• Can you,..?
,......, tell the time
~ order food and drink in a cafe
~ meet and introduce people

G Whose...?, possessive's Who's that?
V family
P 1,.,1, the letter 0

1 GRAMMAR Whose... ?, possessive's Who are

a l low interesred are peo ple in your country in the pri vaH.' live!> they with?
ofcelebrities? \V hat ki nd of celcbriric..'s? Nu mber t he people
1- ,3 (3 = " ery inrerestl'd. 2 = quire ime rc<;ted. I = not "e r~ You know the celebrity-
imerested ). but who is the other person?

~ ..ctOrs roya lr~' 1 Sh e's Justin Bi eb er 's
mu sici an!> a sister b mother
TV Ma r ~ I preSl'1HC'rS
2 He's Ceria Bruni's
.--, SP OrtS playe rs po liticia ns a ex-b oy friend b ex-hu sband

others (say what) 3 She's Lionel M essi's
a wi fe b si ster
b Look ar rlH' cd e brit ic<; in rhe phoros. In pairs , :lIl swer rhl'
questio ns fo r each celebri ty, 4 She's Jack Nichol so n's
a daughter b girl fr iend
Wh at does he I she do? Where is he Ishe from ?
2 Do you know a nyt hin g abo ut his I her f;lI11ily or pri\';He li fe? 5 He's George C looney's
a brother b father
3 /\re yo u int erested in these people ? W hy (not)?

c Wirh a par tne r. gu et;;s who th e other pe rso n in eac h photo
is, Choose a o r b in sentences 1- 5,

sd 2 30 )) Liqen and check. What does mean in Sel1fellct!s 1- 5?

e ,.. p.130 Gra mmar Bank 4 A, Learn Illore :Iboll l \Vhose,. ;;>
:lIld poss('ssi\'(' 's :tnd practise th em.

f Look at some t hings from the photos. W ho<;e are they?

0 'sWhose is the wristband!..2 George Clooney's.

bow t ie sunglasses

2 VOCABULARY family

a )- p,155 Vocabula ry Bank The family,

b [ n pairs , an swer the questions,

El \Vho's ... ?

your morhN's morher M,Yn ralrdw otilC'r

2 you r fath e r's broth er

3 your brot her's I sister '!> daughter

4 yo ur aUTH'S chi ldren

.5 your husb;rnd's I wife 's brOl her

6 your ni ece's brorher







G position of adverbs and expressions of frequency How often do
V adverbs and expressions of frequency you eat fruit?
p the letter h

1 VOCABULARY 3 PRONUNCIATION. the letter h
adverbs and expressions of frequency
a 4150 »)) Liste n and repeat the wo rds and SOll nd.

a ~45 »)) Complete the gaps w ith a '[i me' word. Listen ~ IIOll se I how hardly heal l hy hI.gh
and chec k. hu ngry happy
have
I sixty seconds = a l1limill'

2 thirty minutes = halfan- - b 2;51»)) LiSten.@ he word where " is .!1Q1
pro no u nced.
J sixty minutes = an - -

4 twenty-four hours = a _ _ Harry's a hairdresser.

5 seven days = a He hardly ever has breakfas t.

6 four weeks = '-- He only has half an hour for lunch.

7 twelve months", a He often has a hamburger for dinner.

>-b p.157 Vocabula ry Bank Time. Do part s 2 and 3. Harry isn't very healt hy.

2 GRAMMAR position of adverbs and c Pract ise say ing the se nte nces.
expressions of f requency
>-d p.166 Sound Bank. Loo k ar the typica l spelli ngs [;
a Read the text about Bri tish reenage rs. [s it the same in
yo ur country? this sound.

Today's teenagers may not live as long as their parents

b Look at the po. . 'on o f t he highlighled word s and Doctors are worried that today's teenagers have a
ex press io ns. Ci rcle he co rrect ru le. very unhealthy lifestyle, and may not live as long
as their parents' generation. Research shows:
Adverbs of frequency (e.g. lIS1/all)') go...
• 30%of teenagers never have breakfast.
before Iafter a mai n verb.
before Iafler rhe verb be. • They eat fast food at least two or three times a week
and 75% hardly ever eat fru it or green vegetables.
2 Expressions of frequency (e .g. e l'Cf)' week) go ..
a/ tir e iJc(Ji'lIIitl81 at th e 1:'1111 of l\ ph rase or senlence . Th ey don't usually sleep 8 hours a day. (30%sleep
only 4- 7 hours.) They are often ti red in the morn ing.
>-c p.130 Gra mmar Ba nk 4C. Learn more about ad verbs
They spend about 31 hours online every week. A lot
and expressio ns of frequenc), .. nd practise them. of teenagers never do sport or exercise.

d Make t rue se ntences about YOll w ith the verb phrases
below and an ad verb or ex press io n o f frequcnc),.
Compare with a pa rtn er.

be late for work I school watch Ihe news on T V
check your cmail
go ID the haird resser go lOthe ci nema
be ti red il"l t he morn ing cha lonli ne
do housework

~m o{tep/ate for work .

~check my emai/s five times a day.

El

lEADING & SPEAKING Ecuador

o • in pa irs. Tick (.I ) fh 'c things which ViLcabamba, a small village in the Andes, is often called 'the VaLLey of
mu th ink help people to live to be .. Long life'. What's its secret? Firstly, Vilcabamba is not very hot or
hund red. Then read rhe article re check. very coLd - the temperature is usually between 18 and 27 degrees, and
the air is very clean. SecondLy, peopLe work hard in the fieLds, and dcra
~ They have a big family.
lot of exerci se. Thirdly, their diet is very healthy - they eat a Lot of fruit
== T hey aren't in a hurry. and vegetables, and they hardLy ever eat meat or fish. The water they

They sleep ei ght hours. drink, from the river in Vilcabamba , is very rich in minerals. They also
They have pets. have a good sociaL life. In Vilcabamba peopLe say, 'The Left leg and the
They hardly e"cr eat me'lf. right Leg help you to be heaLthy, because they take you to your friends'
L........L They d rink a little alcohol. homes.'

=~ They often go to Ihe doc tor. Italy
They work outside.
.........J T hey oft en sce fri end s. I n Ogliastra, a mountain region of Sardinia,
one out of every 200 people lives to be 100,
Read rhe article aga in . In w hic h places are and they are normally very heaLthy, too. Most of
these things impo rcant? the peopLe in the villages work outside in their
fields and with their animals. They have a heaLthy
a specia l kind of warer diet, with a lot of vegetables and not much meat
~ a special kind o ffaod or fish. They hardly ever take any medicine, but
3 Ihe weat her they usuaUy drink a little grappo before they go
.. a special kind ofdrink to bed . 'life is hard: says Fortunato, who is a
shepherd, 'but I am never stressed. I never read
Lndcrl ine new word s o r phrases in the tex ts the newspaper- because I can't read very welt.'
and compare w ith a parmer. Try to guess
Japan
ir meani ng. C hoose two words to learn
each rei'a . People i n Okinawa i n Japan do not have big meats. They usually just
have vegetabLes and fish, and often eat soya. Okinawans are very
look at the fi ve things in a that are in the active, and they often work until they are 80 or more. But they aLso relax
tv!ts. Are they t fu e for people in your
cou nt ry? Do you think they have a healthy every day - they see friends and they meditate. Ushi, from Okinawa, is
lifest y le?
107. In the evening she often dances with her daughter and has a gLass
~ ,.. Communicat ion Short life, long life? of soke. 'I want to have a boyfriend,' she says. When journalists ask
0.101 Inte rview your partner with the people from Okinawa 'What is your secret?' they answer, 'We are happy,
queslion n aire, thell chan ge roles.
we are always positive, and we are never in a hurry.'
5 ~52 1)) SONG Who Wants to

Live Forever ~

grappa an Italian alcoholic drink I,bm'.TJ El

sake 3 japa ncscalcohoiicdrink
soya 3 kind ofbl'an typical in Asia

GRAMMAR VOCABULARY

Ga,b,or c. a Complete with at , to , ill , 011, or lip.

I I live near here. I _ __ Saturday night I go to rhe cinema.

a nOt b don't c doesn't 2 I'm a student . I'm ___ univers ity :tnd llive ___ a flat .

2 My sister t hree ch ildren. 3 Wh3ttimedoyou usual 1y wakc ;I

a has b have c haves 4 What time do you go ___ work?

3 English? b Complete the phrases with these verbs.

a Are they spea k do get go have listen play read take watch wear
b Spea k they
c Do rhey s peak I ___ d ressed 6 ___ the guita r
4 ___ your sister work? 2 ___ the dog fo r a walk 7 ___ to music
3 ___ ashower 8 ___ TV
a Does b Is c Do 4 ___ your hom ework 9 ___ rhenewspaper
5 ___ shopping 10 glasses
5 A Do you work here?
B )'es. I_ __

a work b do c am cG lhe word or phra se Ihal is different.
6 A What _ _'

B He's an engineer. I brother uncle niece g randfa th cr~
a he does b does he c does he do
7 What languages ___1 2 hu sband mother-in-law ste ps ister au nt

3 musician doctor journalist factory

a spea k you 4 never ea rly a lw ays often
b do you speak 5 hour minute o nce second
c you speak
8 BilIis__ d Complete the questions w it h How many, Wllo , Why, What , or
Wh ere.

a Carla's husband ___ do you Jive?
b husband's Carla 2 ___ does your father do?
c the Ca rla's husband 3 _ __ is your favou rite family member?
4 ___ hours do you work?
9 Thi s is my _ __ house.
5 ___ do you wam re learn English?
a parent's b parents' c parent
10 _ _ _ is th is book?

a· Who's b Who c Whose PRONUNCIATION
11 Wc usually have lunch _ __ two o'clock.
Ga t he word w ith a d ifferent sound.
a in b o n c at
12 What t ime do you go ___ bed? work here ea r n ru rn

a in b to c al sometimes COllsin nllrse u ncle
13 She ___ late for class.

a never is b is never c never does

14 I _ _ early. o ften home co ffee doctor

a usually get up fa th er that brot her t h ink
b ger us ually up
c get up'usually 5 /l zi lives warches finishes relaxes
15 I have an.English class ___'

a one a week b Underl..i.n.e. the stressed syll able.
b one me wcek
c once a week I be cause 3 un em ployed 5 grand mo ther
2 den rist 4 po lice lman



G Can she
V verb phrases: buy a newspaper, etc. dance?
P sentence stress

1 VOCABULARY verb phrases 12.30 I arrive in Manchester a~d dri~e to t.he I
Conference Centre. The traflic IS temble. I m late,
a Ca n you rCIlll'1ll ber t ht' \ (' rh" for t h i ng...
p<"opll' d~l ill t Ilt'i r ffl't' time?

d (,'Cf[l"(' P the guit:\T
I [011lu ...ic fO the g~'1l1
w TV g- - a coffee
h

b ,.. p.158 Vocabulary Bank More verb
phrases.

Guard Heyl You can't park here.

2 GRAMMAR can / can't Gary lWberecaQI~

a Read ahout Can·... ;l udirio J1 for;1Br iti sh TV Guard In the car park over there.
progr:1I1111lt' wlll:n: ])l'opk tfy to bccol1lc
profc ...... illn:d s ingcr~. C omplct(· it w idl Gary OK. Where's the main entrance?
p h ra,,<.'., a- c.
Guard The entrance? It's in the other str
a Can you COI11(, with Ill!:. please?
b I C;ll1', ft'member ,he wu rd!>! Gary Thanks! -
c vou can ha\'(:' coffee d()wll~lair ~.
cl \\('C:lll'\ hearyoll. 6.00 Five hours later! Fi
c Wltu",lIttpalk?
a woman calls my nu
b 2 55 )) Li ...lc n and check .
Organizer You can practise your
e 256 )) [\Iow li stcl1 toGaryandtwoothl'r songs here, and 2
people (jusl in and N:lOllli) ...ing. , 'ore ror till' Good luck!
pl'fSOn YOll \\':1 nt to be in t lu.: ..hO\\.
n 6.15 1walk onto the stage. I can
cl 2 57 )} Li sTL'n [0 [he judgl'~. Wha t do the y
!>a~r ahout eac h ~i ll gl' r? H ow doe.; Gar~' feel? ~ see a table and three judges.

e Look at four se nt{'IlCl'S wilh nw I etw'" Judge What's your song?

Match ...entence<; \ - 4 with a- d , Gary House of the Rising Sun by The Animals.

You can'\-;i ll g!
2 YOll Gill" park Ill'n: .
3 C;11l you COllle with Illt'. pl(,;l~l'?
'" You can han: COrrCl' downstJir....

a It i!>I1'\ OK.

h [I'S po......ihk.
c P1ca~cdl lil .

d YOll don 't know how,

f ... p.132 Grammar Bank SA, Ll'arn more
;tbOll\ wnJrtl lI 'f ;tnd pracli'>l' it.

Judge Sorry, 4 Can you speak up?

Gary House of the Rising Sun.

Judge You can start when you're ready... Can you start, please

3 PRONUNCIATION sentence stress wFAi•nCnTeOrRs

a ~59 )) Listen a nd repcal the dia logues. WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

!:&py rhe~thrn. 'In the future every.one w.ill be famous
A Can you come tomorrow?
B Yes. I can come in the morning. for fifteen minutes.' Andy Warhol

A Can you play a musical instrument? STEVE BROOKSTEIN
B Yes, I can .
A What can you pLay? WINNER FIRST SERIES
And then? A recording contract
B I can play the guitar. with Sony and a number 1 with
his fi rst and only single. Later a
A Can we park here? job as a singer on a ferry boat
between England and Spain.
B No, you can't. You can't park here. Today? No recor ding contract.
He gives concerts in pubs in
~ 60 )) Li sten . Ca n you hear the d ifference? Britain to small audiences.
a Jcan sing.
LEONALEWIS
b I can'( sing.
.. a Shecand,l1lcevcTy well. WINNER THIRD SERIES
And then? Number 1 hit s in the
b Shccan'tdancevery wc1l. USA and UK and top t en records
3 a I-le ca n cook. in many other countries. An
appearance at the Olympic
b '-I('ca n'[ cook. opening ceremony and three
.& a I call come to the meeting. Grammyawards.
And today? She has a new album
b I can't co me 10 rhe meet ing. coming soon.
" a You can pa rk here.
LEON )ACKSON
b You can't park here.
I{; a I can d rive. WINNER FOURTH SERIES
And then? A recording contract
b I can't drive . with Sony and a number 1 single,
When you believe.
261 )) Li slen@ or b . And today? He gives concerts in
small nightclubs and pubs in the
4 SPEAKING UK. He now plays the guitar and
piano. too, but he doesn't have a
)10- Communication Do you want to be famous? p.102. re cording contract.
\re ),otll1llls ica1. artistic. SpOrty. o r good with words?
ALEXANDRA BURKE
[e(view yo u r partner and complete th e su r vey.
WINNER FIFTH SERIES
'ha nge partners and tell your new partner what your And then? 1 million copies
fi rst partner ca n and ca n't do. sold of her version of Leonard
Cohen's Hallelujah. Three
5 READING number 1 singles.
And today? She has a recording
--rhe X FaCI or is a Brit ish TV programllle. Look at the contract with Epic Records
tid e o f the article and the phoros. With a pa rtne r, guess and she is also the face of Sure
"hich two of the singers arc 'winners' today. T hen read Women , a deodorant.

me article and check. '1nnt.'.

Look at the high li ghted words a nd phrases related to
pop m us ic. With a partner. guess their mea ning. Are
.be word s s imilar in your lan guage?

Do you have simila r prog rammes to Ti, e X Faclor in
;'()U r cou nrry? Can you remembe r the na mes of sOllle of
the w iIlllers ? W h.e re a re they now?

n262 1») SONG Famous

G present continuous What are
V verb phrases they doing?

P I"

1 VOCABULARY & SPEAKING

verb phrases

a "3 2 ))) Read the article about neighbours. Then
listen to eight sounds. and w rite a- h in the boxes.

Noisy neighbours

the top problems!

Sometimes it is difficult to love your neighbours,
especially when they make a lot of noise. These
are some things people do that cause problems
in the UK (not in order).

o Their babies cry.
o Their dogs bark.
o They talk loudly or argue a lot.
o They have noisy parties.
o Their children shout all the time.

D They have the TV on very loud.

e They play loud music.

r They play musical instruments.

b Which do you think are the top three in the U K?
Which do ),ou think are the 101' three in your
cou lltr),?

c Do the questionnaire with a partner.

Are your neighbours noisy?
Are you a noisy neighbour?

1 Do you live in a house or a flat?
2 Do you have neighbours...?

a upstairs
b downstairs
c next door
3 Are your neighbours...?
a very noisy
b quite noisy
c not very noisy
4 Which of the things in a do they do? Do
they cnake any other noises?
5 Are you a noisy neighbour? Which of the
things in a do you or your family do?

2 GRAMMAR present continu ous 3 PRONUNCIATION & SPEAKING 101

a ~ 3 )) Look:lIthcpic lureof theOats.W h), a ~6 l)) Listen and repea t the words and sound .
do you rh i r1 k rhe couple in flat 5 ca n'[ slee p?
Listen and check. @;" • sm. ger singing dancing gqing doing
studying lan guage wrong young
Lisren ilga in and complete the dial ogues thi n k ba nk pi nk tha n ks
with ve rbs from the li st.
b [n pairs, point ,lIld ask and answe r ,Ibo ur t he peo ple in the Oats.
arguing crying doing getting going
happening having saying shouting (x2) What·s he doing?) ( ~:.'~ playing the guitar, "
--...( ~t are they doing?
Man Are you awake?
Woman Yes, What's that noise? >-c Communication Spot the differences A p.102 B p.10Z
M They're ___ a party downstairs.
W Again! What time is it? Describe the piclures and fi nd eight differe nces.
M 12.00.
4 LISTENING
W Who's 7
a 3) 7 )) Look at the photo and read :Ibo ut Rebecca Flint. Then
M People in the street From the party. listen to her tal ki ng about no ise rules where she lives. Does she
W What's ___? Why are they ___7 th ink t ht,'y arc a good thin g o r a bad thing?

M I can't hear. Switzerland
W Are they ___7
The sound of
M No, they aren't. They're ___ goodbye.
Switzerland has very
Excuse me! We're trying to sleep. It'S L OO strict anti-noise
ru les, especially for
in the morning! people who live in flats.
Rebecca Flint, a British
M Oh no. Now the baby next door is woman who lives and
W What's the time? works in the Swiss town
M It's 5.00. of Chur, tells us about a
W What are you ___7 Where are life without noise,

yo" ___7

M I'm ___ up. I can't sleep with that noise.

Com plete t he sentences. b Li sten again a nd complete I he senr ences,

=- T he), _ _ having .. part y in number 8. During the week
I She can', _ _ _ _ _ between 12.30 and 2.00 p.m.
__ they arguing? 2 She ean'r _ _ _ _ _ without headphones
- I 0, Ihc)' _ _ arguing. Thcy'rc saying
0' after 10 p.m.
good bye, 3 She can', have a _ _ _ _ _ o,, ______ after 10 p.m.

tad t he rule and@ the right word. On Satu rd ays
4 She can _ _ _ _ _•but ir can't be loud after 10 p.m.
to use the preSelll COlllinuous (be + verb+ -ilia)
O n Sundays
Italk abou t 110 11' CI'cr), da)'- 5 She can't _ _ _ _ _ furniture or pur a _ _ _ __ _ o0

>-- p. 132 Grammar Bank SB. Learn more the wall.
6 She can'r _ _ _ _ _ t he washing machine.
t the present contin uous and pract ise it.

3 S I) LiSlen 10 the sounds. Wlu t's
pen ing? \Vrire six se ntences.

c D o you think these are good or bad ru les? Why (not)? Do you
have any s imil ar ru les in your country? What happens if you
Tll:lke a 10 1 of noi se late at nighT?

G present simple or present continuous? Lookl
V the weather and seasons
P places in London

1 VOCABULARY & LISTENING WHAT TO DOIN

the weather and seasons LONDON •••

a Look a t Ihe phoro and a nswer the questions. WHEN IT'S VERY COLD

What ci ty is ir? Go ice skating at Somerset House . Somerset House is
2 \Vhal monument c,ln yo u sce? a beautiful t8th century building on the river Thames. In
3 What's Ihe weathe r like? Do YOll think it's ty pical the winter, the area in front of the house is made into an
ice-skating rink. There is a skating school, where you can
wea ther there? have lessons, and there are also late-night sessions and DJ
nights. In November and December there is an enormous
>-b p.159 Vocabulary Bank The weather and Christmas tree, and the cafe serves special Christmas food

dates. D o part I. 2 WHEN IT'S RAINING

e 3) 10 )) Lis ten to a trave l g uide t;dk ing about the Go to South Kensington, and visit three wonderful
weathe r in London. Mark tht· sente nces T (tru c) o r museums. You can walk from one to the other because
F (f, lse) . they are all very near. The Science Museum is very popular
with adults and children. and also the Natural History
It·s often very hot or very cold . Museum, which has Ufe-size rOQotic dinosaurs and other
2 T he normal remperalll re in the su mmer is 3rC. fascinating exhibits. The third museum, the Victoria and
3 [t often snows in the winter. Albert Museum, is full of art and design from at! over the
4 In sprin g and autumn the wt",lrher cllanges a lot. world . It has an amazing collection of fashion from the
S It's ofren grey and foggy in Londo n. 17th century to the present day. And if the sun comes out,
cross the road into KenSington Gardens, one of London's
d What's the weathe r like where you live in the many parks, and visit the famous statue of Peter Pan .
different seasons?
3 WHEN THE SUN IS SHINING
2 READING & SPEAKING
Go to Hampstead Heath, London's biggest park.
a Read the guidebook extract abolll things to do in From the top of Parliament Hill, in the south part of the
London , and flnd the answers to rhe ·\Vhere ca n Heath, you can see many of London's famous monuments,
you .. .?' questions. Answer with SH (Somerset H o use). including 5t Paul's Cathedral and the London Eye. Have a
SK (Sal[( h Kensi nglOn), o r H H ( Ha mpstead Heal h). picnic, and then, if it's hot, walk to the open-air swimming
pool, where you can swim with plants and trees all round
b Read the text again . Underlin(' three new word s in you. It is a magical place, and you can't believe that you are
eac h paragraph. Compare with a p;[rtne r. in the middle of a capitaL city.

WHERE CAN YOU.. .?

e Talk ro a partner. 10 learn to do something new

Wh ich of tpe three places would you prefer to go to? 2 ==:JD eat outside
W h y? 30
have a fantastic view
,Where is a good place to go in your rown
4 see beautifuL oLd clothes

- when it) very cold 5 ~0 do some exercise
- when it's raining 6 r--:J
.. - when the S UIl is shini ng have fun after 9 p.m.

What G i ll yo u do in these places? 7~ see some animaLs that don't exist today

8 see a famous character from a book

3 GRAMMAR present simple or present continuQus? •

a 3 11 ») Jack and hi s Swedish g irlfriend Ingrid are o n th e London Eye.

Cover the conversation and listen. T~k (./ ) tl,e places they see.

C Trafa lgar Square 0 Sr Paul's Carhed ral

L...J Buckingham Palace 0 Westminster Abbey

L The Houses of Parliamcm Big Ben ..

b Li sten to rhe conve rsation agai n, and put the verbs in brackets into rhe

present cominuous or [he preeCnl si mple .

Come on, let's stand over there.

J It's moving. {move}. We _ _ _ _ (go) up. Look, that's St Paul's Cathedral.

Where? Oh yes,l can see it. Is t hat Buckingham Palace?

J Yes, and the Queen's at home.

I How do you know?

J Because the flag (fly). It only (fly) when she's at home.

I think it _ _ _ _ (start) to rain. Oh, yes look, it _ __ (rain).

J It always _ _ _ _ train) when we're si'Gntseein~\

We tgo) down now. \ (love) the view of the river with

Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament.

J Me too. Go and stand there. I (want) to take a photo.

Quick, the door (open). Let"s go. •

c Read rbe cOll\'crsarion aga in, a nd focus o n rhe verbsfly and raifl. When do

we use rhe presenr Simple? \Vhen do we lI se rhe present con tinuous?

>--d p.132 Grammar Bank SC. Learn mo re about rhe presenr si mple and

present continuous ;tnd practise them .

>--e Communicatio n What do you do? What are you doing now?

A p.103 8 p.lOB.

4 PRONUNCIATION places in London

a 313 »)) PI;tce nam es in Lo ndo n are SOr1letimes difficult fo r visito rs to
pronounce and understa nd . Lis ten . Underl ine the stressed syllable in the
bold word s.
Tra fal gar Square the lon don Eye Ox ford Street St Paul's Ca1the drat
leiees ter Square Bll eking ham Pa lace The Hou lses of Par lia1ment
West min s ter A bbey t he Ri ver Thames Colvent Gar den

b Li sren ag,tin ;lIld repear rhe n ames .

e Practi se with a panner. Imag in e YOll arc in a tax i.

Where do you want to g~ ~o Trafalgar Square. please.

5 WRITING

a Are soc ial net working sires, e.g. Twirrer or Facebook, popular in your
country? What kind o f people use them? D.o you or your friends use rh em ?

>--b p.113 Writing Social networking. W rite Facebook pos rs ro say wh;tr you

arc doing 0 11 holiday.

4lM!Sa III

In a clothes shop

1 VOCABULARY clothes 2 Cl MEETING IN THE STREET

a Match the words a nd pictures. a 3 I S)) \Vat ch or lislen to lenn ya nd Rob. What problem does
Rob have?

b Warch or listen aga in. Complete the SClH cnccs .

Rob has a for Jenny.

2 Jenny haS;lllother mecling wilh

J Rob has an interview in minutes.

-I It'IlIlY's meeting is at past nine.

5 Rob needs to buy a new

() The)' go to a clot hes

-,I 7 [enn)' need s to a nswer her

c 3) 16 )) Look at the information box. Li ste n and re peat the
phrases.

o Apologizing That's OK.
Don't worry.
I'm sorry. No problem.

I'm so sorry.

I'm realty sorry.

d Cover the box. [n pairs. practise apologizing and res ponding.

a lilckct , ";. skin 3 Cl BUYING CLOTHES

iean:o shoes a 3 17 ))) Watch or li sten to Rob
ashin ;. swc;l1cr buy in g:1s hirt. A nswer the
trousers (Itlcsrions.
aI-~ hin
W hat sizl' does Rob want?
b 14))) Listen and check. PraClise saying rhe 2 Does he tTy it on?
words. 3 How mllch is the shirt?

b Watch or listen agai n. Complcte 111(' You H ear 4 [] JENNY'S ON THE PHONE
phrases.
a 319 ») Watch or listen and mark rhe sentences T (t rue)
0») You Hear You Say o r F (fa [se).

Canl you? Yes, what size is this shirt? Jenny is talking 10 Eddie.
2 She says she doesn·, like London.
Let's see. It's a small. 3 She says she likes the people in the office.
4 Jen ny is sta nding outside the shop.
What _ _ do you need? A medium. S Eddie thinks thal Rob is her boss.
6 Jenny loves Rob's new shirr.
This is a -~--;--~---:c---::--

Thanks. Where can I try it

on?

The changing are

over there. Thank you.

_ _ _ is it? It"s fine. How much is it?

It's £44.99.

c ~ 18 ») Warch o r listen and repeat the You Say b Watch or listen agai n. Say w hy the F se ntences arc
ph rases. ,C,gpy the ~rh rn. false.

o Saying prices c Look at the Socia l Eng li sh phrases.
Who says them: Je nny, R ob, or Edd ic?
=£5.00 five pounds

£5.50 = five pounds fifty

=SOp fifty pence

Sizes

= =Sizes 5 = small, M medium, L large XL =extra large

d Practi se the di,dogue with;1 partner. Social English phrases

e _ In pairs. ro leplay buy i ng clothes. It's so cool! I have to go.
A (book open) You are t he shop assistant. Slart with Ca"
I helpYOtl? Right now? Have fun!
B (book clo!>cd) You are thecuS'omer. Buy a T·shirt,
a jacket. or jeans. Don't be silly! What's wrong?

f Swa p roles. Wait a minute. No way!

British and American English

=shop British English
=store American English

d 3 20 »)) Wa tch or listen and check.
Do you know what they are in
your language?

e Watch or listen ag<l in
and repeat the phrases.

• Can you...?

apologize

I ' buy clothes

::J say prices







fo e 24 4 GRAMMAR like + (verb + -ing)

Ten thirty at night. Because it's the time of day when I can a Com plete the chart with a verb fro m the list.

really relax. donllike hate don't mind like love

2 Saturday. Because 1 during the week, and Saturday ~" ~"

is the first day when I can stay in bed until 12 if 1want! v

3 August. Because my birthday is in August and I'm usually on "~
"~
holiday, " "~ ~
b \Vhat form ofrhe verb follows like. 101'c. do" '/mi,,d.
4 The summer. Because the weather's good, 2 • and
and /wle?

c .. p.134 Grammar Bank 68. Lea rn Illore about
like + (ve rb + .i"B) and pr:lCti se it.

S SPEAKING & WRITING

a \Vril e a verh orverb phrase for each picture. Use the
·j"B form of the verb.

people are in a good mood.

S January 1st. Because it's the start of a new year, and 3_ __

/!.ose 35

1. Early morning. Because 4 when other people are

asleep, and the light is beautiful.

2 It depends. Because 5 !

3 May, Because the world is pale green, and asparagus is in

season!

4 Autumn. Because the leaves afe red and yellow, and it's a

time for lots of wonderful fruit and vegetables. 6 !

5 Easter Sunday. Because I love chocolate, and I always have a

lot of Easter eggs!

asparagus Easter egg New Year resolut ions promi""" r
ma~(' o n D"C<'1ll1ll'r j I'I. " ,g, III ";11
"rdrinllc" in the n,',< le3r

Easter Sunday In ""porta"l
Ch ri,! i,'l1 h"li,b~ in \luch or " pril

3 LISTENING b Itl pairs, :1st.: and answer ahoul each :ICli\'il)"
-1A Do you like reading?
a 3 33 »)) Li ~!('n 10 Martin a nswering the questions in ~ Yes. I love it,
Fal'Ouri/e Times, Complete coluIlln I,
1 (A What write~s B I '-ike Terry Pratchett.
\ V hat's yo u r ravou r ite . .. ? 2 W hy?
tim eof day: do you I!k~ ~hat about you?

durin g ,he w!'ek c IllIervicw your p:lrt ncr w ith thc fi\'c{luest ions from
at the weekend Fm'Ol/rile Times in 2 .

• dayoftheweek _ _ __ d \Vrite an article ca lled Myjavollrile limes. Add photos
o r draw ings if you can, Use the texts in 2 as a model.
month
season
public holiday

b List('n again and complete column 2,

G revision: be or do?
V music
p Ijl

1 VOCABULARY music

a 3 35 ») Lis ten and Ilumberrhe kind s of lll us ic 1- 9. Ca n you name an)' mhe r kinds of music in Engl is h?

C hip hop rock classical La tin jaa reggae D Dblues ~ heavy mel al R&H

b What kind o f mus ic do I don't you like? ~ike rock, but I don't like R&8.

c Do t he music quiz in s mall gro ups.

2 Where are they from? Match the singers 3 Whose music do you hea r in the

these people famous for? and bands to their countries. soundtrack of these films I shows?

• Beyonce D Cold pi., 1 Germany • We Will Rock You
,b Louis Armstrong 2 Ireland ,b This Is It
• Db Rihanna 3 Britain
jay-Z 4 Barbados Yellow Submarine
d Yehudi Menuhin , D Placido Domingo 5 Spain
d Amadeus
e Queen Dd Black Eyed Peas • the USA
f Bob Marley e D U2 e Mamma Mia!
Df Fools Garden

2 GRAMMAR revision: be or do? 3 PRONUNCIATION /j/

a@ he right words. 3 39 ») Listen :md repea t rhe words and sound .

I What kind of music tlrcyOIl I do )'olllistcn to? \ i..'~ \ 011 \ dl ow
\ Cllng \ ou r ) oga ) ea r
2 /"1/1 '10111rlou'l like hip hop.
P Hidden 'J sound
3 ArcyoIl I D o,rollplayi n aband?
Some words with the iu: sound (spelled with uor
-I- She i.w·1 f docslI"lli s[('ning to yo u. ew) also ha.. e a j ' sound before the ,u:/. e.g. music

5 Where tIr(" I do Coldplay from? ."mj u:l"l k. NOT 'IiItt.1lh

b ~ p.134 Grammar Bank 6C. Lea rn more abour b 3 40 )) Listen and repear rhe sellfcnces. Thcnl>racri se
be :lnd do and practisc them . say ing them.
That ~ oung m usici an plays bcautiful m usic.
c 3 38 ») Li.srcn and m:tke the qucstions. 2 I-Ie usually uses a ) ellow pencil.
3 The n('\\ ,rudCllts Sta rt in ja nuary this \ ca r.
») They're German. ~re they German?
») He plays the guitar. ~oes he play the guitar?



GRAMMAR VOCABULARY

Q a, b, or c. a Complete the phrases with these "crbs.
I S he ___ the piano.
a ca n play b can to play c ca ns play buy call dance forget have hear play run take tell
2 ___ come lOnight?
a Do you can b You ca n c Can you I ___ a noise 6 ___ a pa rty
3 A What's that noise? 2 ___ 3 musica l instrume nt 7 ___ photos
B _ __ 3 party upstairs. 3 ___ some body's birthday 8 ___ a marathon
a They having 4 ___ a present for your mm her
b They're having 5 ___ somebody a secret 9 a l a XI
c They're have
.. The weather is cold. but ___ raining. 10 ___ at3ngo
a it doesn't b it isn't c il nO[
5 A Whal ___ doing? b Comple le the sente nces with fo r, trl, Oil, to, or al.
B I'm studying for an exam .
a are you b do yOll C you arc I She goes 10 bed ___ about eleven o'dock. •
6 Look! The Queen's Oag ___. 2 They have t he ir TV ___ very lo ud .

a fly b flies c is fl ying 3 I can·t find the keys. Can you look ___ them?

7 The museum ___ at 2.0001\ Mo ndays. 4 I needto ra lk ___ thedoctor.
a d oses b is d osi ng c close 5 I'm coming! Wait ___ me!

8 A What _ _ _ ' 6 My birthday's _ _ July.
B I'm a nurse. 7 T heir wedd ing is ___ 2nd Ma rch.
a arc you doing b do you do c do you
cQ the wo rd that is diffe rent.
9 Our son a lways phones ___ every day.
a wc b us c our I cloudy wet s n o~\' y shine
2 shine ra in
10 Is your sister at home? I need to spea k season blow fog
3 autumn third spring
<0 _ _ _• twent y-fi ve se ve n winter
4 fir st Sunday twe nty-one twelfth
a him b she c her 5 twenty-second pho ne December twent y-three
11 Doyoulikc ___ housework ? 6 May mck ring Jun e
7 call reg gae
a doing b do making m ess .. gc
12 I do n't mind ___ early. 8 ba nd
jazz
a get up b getting up c 10 get up
13 A ___ hungry? PRONUNCIATION

B Ycs. What's fo r d inner? a Q the word with a diffe rent sou nd .
a Darau b Havc you c Arcyou
14 What song _ __ listeni ng to? drivi ng wrong cha nge long
a are you b do you c you a re
15 Whattime ___ she usually go to bed? ice w indy sp ri ng winter
a do b is' c does
snow go now co ld
-
th ird the rC IlI h T hursday

5 fju:! music studcnI beauriful blues
b Unde rl..iJ.u! the stressed syllable.

I neigh bour 2 re mem ber 3 l u Iy 4 Fe bru a ry 5 cia ssi cal