1 IT’S A CHALLENGE!

VOCABULARY Adjectives of personality 2 Complete the sentences with the present simple
or present continuous form of the verbs in
brackets.
1 Put the letters in the correct order to make
adjectives. The first letter is given.
0 nyunf funny
1 lopeit p
2 pflhue h
3 rfineyld f
4 louprap p
5 tavcei a 0 Jake usually reads stories about detectives.
6 nidk k He ’s reading one about a football player now.
7 zayl l (read)
8 uetiq q
9 reviacte c

2 Complete the sentences with words in Exercise 1.

0 People always laugh at his stories. He’s
funny .
1 On Saturdays, he gets up late and watches
TV or funny videos online all day. He’s 1 My sister tennis at school every
. Monday. She in the park today.
2 She smiles all the time and talks to everyone. (play)
She’s .
3 He always says ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ and
listens to his teachers. He’s .
4 He cleans his mum’s car and always offers to
wash the dishes. He’s .
5 Everyone likes her and wants to be her friend.
She’s .
6 They go walking or cycling most weekends.
2 Mum often to music
They’re .
on the radio. But at the moment she
7 She makes her own clothes and she loves
to it on her phone. (listen)
drawing. She’s .
8 He’s never angry and always says nice things to
people. He’s .
9 She doesn’t talk a lot and likes reading and
painting. She’s .

Present simple and present

GRAMMAR continuous 3 My brother usually his
homework in his room. He it in
1 Add the words and phrases in the box to the table.
Do we usually use them with the present simple
the library today. (do)

or present continuous?

at the moment ​every Monday ​now ​often ​

this week ​today ​twice a week ​usually

Present simple Present continuous

4 My sister violin lessons twice
usually a week. This week she a piano
lesson, too. (have)

4 UNIT 1
3 Choose the correct verb form to complete
the sentences.
VOCABULARY Personal details

1 What do you usually do / are you usually

doing at the weekends? 1 Read the email. Then complete the personal details below.
2 My mum teaches / is teaching me how to
make bread at the moment.
Hi! I’m Adam Price, and I’m
3 We don’t go / aren’t going to the park after
school on Wednesdays. going to be a student at
4 Do you have / Are you having your dinner your school next year. Your
now? teacher, Mr Harrison, gave me
5 My parents don’t play / aren’t playing golf your email address because
on Saturdays. I wanted to say hello before

4 Make sentences with the present simple or

present continuous.
I come. I’m 15 years old,
the same as you. Of course, I can speak English
because I’m from Australia, but I also speak some
0 I / do / my homework / at the moment
Turkish because my mum’s from Adana in Turkey. You
I’m doing my homework at the moment.
1 They / play / football in the park / now can email me at [email protected] and call me
 on 07662012976. That’s my mobile number. I don’t
2 My brother / go / to the cinema / on Friday have another phone at home.
evenings

3 He / visit / his cousins / on Sunday
afternoons
 FIRST NAME: 1)
4 My parents / shop / in the supermarket /
SURNAME: 2)
at the moment
 AGE: 3)
5 We / meet / in the café / every Saturday
 FIRST LANGUAGE: 4)
6 She / usually / see / her friends / at the HOME TELEPHONE: 5)
weekend
 MOBILE: 6)

5 Correct the mistakes in the sentences. HOME EMAIL ADDRESS: 7)

0 She is going to work every day, but at

the weekend she is free.
She goes to work every day, but at the 
weekend she is free. 2 Complete the conversation with the shop assistant’s
questions.
1 Every day in the morning we are eating
soup. Shop assistant: We don’t have the book you want in
 the shop, but we can send it to you.
2 She study medicine at Odesa University. Andrew: Great.
 Shop assistant: So I’ll take some details. First,
3 Anna goes to college every day. She 1
?
learning English this term. Andrew: It’s Smith.
 Shop assistant: OK. And 2 ,
 please?
4 I write this email because I want to tell Andrew: Andrew.
you about my last trip. Shop assistant: Thank you. Where do you live?
 3
?
 Andrew: It’s 34 Charter Street, Witley.
5 My brother plays a board game at Shop assistant: 4 ?
the moment because he’s bored of Andrew: It’s 07865132467. I don’t have a home
computers. number.
 Shop assistant: OK. 5 ?
 Andrew: It’s [email protected].
Shop assistant: Great. So I’ll order the book for you and
it’ll arrive in seven to ten days.
Andrew: Thank you.

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 READING

1 Read the blog and choose A or B. 2 Read the blog again and answer the questions.
1 The first paragraph gives us Margaryta’s sister
A a description of Margaryta’s family. 1 What is her first name?
B information about the homes of
Margaryta and her sister. 2 What is her surname?
2 The second paragraph tells us
A some good things about Sofia. 3 How old is she?
B what Sofia is learning to do.
3 The third paragraph is about 4 What is her address?
A the activities Sofia is best at.
B the variety of activities in Sofia’s life. 5 What is her first language?
4 Margaryta thinks her sister is
A OK. 6 What does she learn about in books?
B amazing.
7 What sport does she do well?

8 What instrument would she like to learn?

DAILY STORIES
by Margaryta Marcos
Today I’m writing this blog about my oldest sister, Sofia. She’s six years older than me. It’s her
birthday today and she’s 21. She doesn’t live in the same house as my parents and me, but her flat is
in the same street. We live at number 22 Spring Street, and she lives in one of six flats at number 28.
Sofia is the first person I go to when I have a problem, and she always tries to help. She also helps me
with my English homework. We all speak Spanish at home, but Sofia speaks English really well too
as a second language. She knows some English from school, but she also listens to English music
and watches English films. Another thing she is great at is dancing. She’s teaching me the tango this
week. Tango is really difficult, but I love the music and the dance.
My sister’s interested in everything. She loves learning about science on the internet, and she often
reads books about history in her free time. She also does three sports: football, swimming and
running. She enjoys them all and is good at swimming. She likes camping, and she’s learning to play
the piano at the moment, too. She can’t play very well yet, but she practises every day. She’s also
planning to learn the violin. She’s a very active person! I really don’t know how she has time to do so
many things!

6 UNIT 1
 LISTENING

01 1 Listen to a teacher talking to his class about

a camping trip. Tick (✓) the correct sentences.
01 2 Listen again and complete the sentences with
a number or a word.
In his talk, the teacher 1 The teacher is telling Class
A tells students things they must not about this year’s camping trip.
do on the trip. 2 Their trip is to .
B gives information about activities 3 They are on the trip for
at the campsite. nights.
C gives information about how they will travel. 4 The trip costs £ .
D tells students what they must do 5 students from the school
before the trip. can go on the trip.
6 At the campsite, you can play
in the sports hall.
7 Students can win for
cooking and art.
8 Students must give their forms to the teacher
on next week.
WRITING Write an introductory email

1 Read the email. Then match the questions to

the answers. 2 Next year, you are going to spend a month in
the UK at a British school. Complete an email
like Mykhailo's about you.

Hi! I’m Mykhailo Koval, and I’m going to join

your language course this summer. I’d like to
get to know someone before I come to Britain.
Hi! I’m , and I’m
going to be a student at your school in June.
Can you write back to me and tell me about
My teacher will send this message to your
yourself? My email is [email protected].
teacher. I’d like to get to know somebody
You can also call me on +38 0765423319
before I come. Can you write back to me and
Here's a bit about myself, I’m 14 years old,
tell me about yourself?
and I live on Oksamytova Street in Lviv city.

I live with my parents and my elder brother.

He’s eighteen. In my free time, I play football

and read comic books. I really love Marvel! I 
also like cooking. When I come to Britain, I will 
make my favourite dish, varenyky, to show you 
how fantastic Ukrainian food is. 
I hope to hear from you soon. 

Best wishes,

Mykhailo 


0 First name: i a Oksamytova Street, Lviv 
1 Surname: b parents and an elder 
2 Age: brother 
3 Address: c Koval 
4 Email address: d +38 0765423319 
5 Mobile phone e varenyky 
number: f 14 
6 Family: g [email protected] 
7 Free-time activities: h football,reading,cooking 
8 Favourite dish:  i Mykhailo 


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 2 OUR CHANGING PLANET

VOCABULARY Geographical features

1 In which photo(s) can you see each geographical

feature? Write A, B, A and B or X if you cannot
2 Complete the sentences with the correct form of
words in Exercise 1.
see it. 1 An example of a is the Nile in
desert X Africa.
forest 2 A is a dangerous place. It is
hill very, very hot inside it.
sea 3 The low area between two or
mountain mountains is called a .
volcano 4 The is a large area of water. It
valley has salt in it.
lake 5 Not many plants can grow in a .
river There’s a lot of sun and very little rain there.
6 A has lots of trees, plants,
animals and birds.
A

8 UNIT 2
 Verbs we don’t usually use in
GRAMMAR the continuous VOCABULARY Animals

1 Complete the table with the verbs in the box. 1 Use the definitions and pictures below to
complete the crossword.
believe  ​ belong to  ​go  ​happen  ​ 1 2
hate  ​ have  ​ hope  ​know  ​
3
like  ​love  ​ mean  ​ need  ​ o
own  ​ read  ​ think  ​understand  ​ 4
p
walk  ​ want  ​ watch  ​write
5
a
6
Verbs that we use in the Verbs that we don’t
7
present continuous usually use in the r
present continuous
go believe 8
t r
9

Across
5 This large, heavy animal lives in a very cold part
of the world.
7 This animal has a very long neck.
8 This animal lives in jungles, forests or in
the mountains. It is a kind of large cat.
2 Choose the correct verb form to complete
the sentences.
9 This animal doesn’t have any legs.

Down
1 I do / ’m doing my homework now, so I can’t
come to the park. 1 Picture B
2 These books belong / are belonging to Simon. 2 Picture C
3 I like / ’m liking your hat, Tim. Can I try it on? 3 This sea animal is one of the largest animals
4 My dad can’t take me to football practice in the world.
because he works / ’s working at the moment. 4 Picture A
5 My mother understands / ’s understanding some 6 Picture D
Italian, but she can’t speak it very well.
6 Do you know / Are you knowing Rachel’s brother?
He’s very funny.
A
7 I’m looking for / look for my new jacket. I can’t
B
find it anywhere.
8 I don’t own / ’m not owning this guitar. It’s my
sister’s.

3 Correct the mistakes in three of the sentences.

Which two are correct?
1 There is a concert on Saturday. I am wanting to go. C

 D
2 My parents are making dinner at the moment.

3 I think you are liking reading.

4 I don’t understand this exercise.

5 We’re wanting to tell you what we think of Rio de
Janeiro.


2 What animal do the letters in the grey boxes spell?

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 READING

1 Read the email from Violetta to her cousin.

Choose the correct answers.
2 Read the email from Violetta again. There are four
sentences missing. Choose the correct place in the email
1 Violetta is younger / older than her for sentences A–E. There is one extra sentence that you
brother. don’t need.
2 Violetta wants to help people / animals. A I love animals and I want to know more about how I can
3 Violetta is going to change things in her help them.
life because of the book / her brother. B I’d like to read one of her stories.
4 Violetta knows nothing / some things C He’s at university, studying animal sciences.
about what Lucia likes. D I wrote one last week and he loved it.
E For example, I can stop buying plastic bottles of water,
and I can stop using plastic shopping bags.

Hi Lucia,
Thanks for your email. It was good to hear how you are and what you’re doing.
I love reading too, but I don’t know your favourite writer’s books. 1
At the moment, I’m reading a book called Fast Changing World. It’s not mine; it
belongs to my brother. 2 I don’t understand everything in the book; it’s for
older students, but it’s very interesting. It’s about what’s happening to our planet
and how we’re losing lots of wild animals and plants because we don’t look after
our forests, lakes, rivers and seas.
I’m learning so much. The book’s giving me some ideas about how I can help
stop some of the bad changes happening. 3 When these things get into
the sea, they’re a big problem for fish and sea animals. I talk to my school friends
about this, and they want to help too. So one afternoon next week, we’re going
to spend an afternoon cleaning the beach near my house.
I’d like to study the same subject as my brother, animal sciences, when I go to
university. 4 What do you think, Lucia? I know you’re interested in them,
but would you like to study animal sciences at university?
Write soon.
Love,
Violetta

LISTENING

1 For each question, choose the correct answer.

TIPS FOR SUCCESS
You will hear Martha talking to a friend about a trip to • Always read the instructions, the
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the zoo. Which animal was each person most interested in? questions (1–5) and all the answer
People What they liked best options (A–H) before you listen.
0 brother E A bears E monkeys • You can only use an answer A–H
1 sister B dolphins F penguins once. Remember you can’t use
2 dad C elephants G snakes the example!
3 mum D giraffes H wild dogs
4 grandad
5 grandma

10 UNIT 2
WRITING An article about an animal

1 Read the text and answer the questions. 2 Read the notes about African elephants. Then
write the information in the correct place in the

Bl ack Bears
paragraph plan below.

African elephants
Black bears live in the forests and leaves, grass, fruit / now 470,000–690,000
mountains of Canada, the USA and Mexico.
wild elephants / forests and grasslands in 37
They usually eat grass and insects, but
they eat other things too, including fish, countries in Africa (Tanzania, Kenya, South
small animals and the food people leave Africa, etc.) / live in wild until around 70 /
at campsites.
females have one baby (‘calf’) every two–four
Adults are very big and they weigh between
years, heavy – about 91 kg when they’re born /
90 kg and 270 kg. They are tall too: when
males stand up on two legs, they are about adults very big – 2,268 kg–6,350 kg
180 centimetres tall.
In winter, females have two or three babies,
called cubs. They stay with their mother
for about two years. Scientists think there
are around 600,000 of these animals in
the wild in North America, but there may be
many more.

Paragraph 1: where they live / food

forests and grasslands in 37 countries in Africa, ...

Paragraph 2: size / what they weigh / age they live

until

Paragraph 3: babies / how many wild African

elephants today

0 Which countries do they live in?

Canada, the USA and Mexico
1 What do they eat most of the time?
3 Use the paragraph plan to write a text about
African elephants. When you write about
2 How heavy are they?
numbers, don’t forget to use between, about /
around and including.
3 How many babies do females have?

4 What are their babies called?

5 How long do the babies stay with their mother?

6 How many black bears are there in

North America?

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