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UNIT VOCABULARY GRAMMAR FUNCTIONS

Hello! ∙ Greetings ∙ Word order (adjective + ∙ Greeting people

pp4–7 ∙ The alphabet noun) ∙ Spelling out words
∙ Numbers 1–100 ∙ a / an ∙ Using numbers and counting
∙ Colours ∙ This is... / That is... ∙ Giving phone numbers
∙ School things ∙ Identifying colours
∙ In the classroom ∙ Identifying school things
∙ Days of the week and classroom objects
∙ Classroom language ∙ Saying the days of the week
∙ Understanding
language
classroom

1 My world ∙ Personal ∙ This is... / These are... ∙ Giving personal information

pp8–19 information ∙ Present simple – be: ∙ Introducing people
∙ Countries and cities affirmative and negative ∙ Asking and answering about
∙ Subject pronouns cities and countries
∙ Present
questions
simple – be:

2 Families ∙ Family ∙ Possessive adjectives ∙ Describing families

pp20–31 ∙ Descriptive and possessive ’s ∙ Describing people, animals
adjectives ∙ Have got: affirmative, and things
negative and Yes/No
questions
∙ Asking and answering about
possession
∙ That is... / Those are...
3 School life ∙ Months, seasons ∙ Present simple: ∙ Giving dates
pp32–43 and ordinal
numbers
affirmative and negative
(I, you, we, they)
∙ Talking
calendars
about school

∙ Routines
time
and the ∙ Present simple:
Yes/No questions
∙ Asking and answering about
routines
(I, you, we, they)
∙ Telling the time
∙ Talking about special days
Consolidation A (Units 1–3) pp44&45

4 Free time ∙ Free time activities ∙ Present simple: ∙ Asking and answering about
pp46–57 ∙ Technology affirmative, negative free time activities
and questions (he, she,
it)
∙ Talking
our life
about technology in

∙ Adverbs of frequency ∙ Talking about how often

we do things

5 Cities and ∙ Places (1) ∙ There is / are: ∙ Asking and answering about
towns ∙ Places (2) affirmative and negative holiday destinations
pp58–69 ∙ There is / are: questions ∙ Describing places
∙ Asking and answering about
places in cities and towns

6 Wildlife ∙ Animals
abilities
and ∙ Can: affirmative, negative
and questions
∙ Asking
ability
and answering about
pp70–81
∙ Parts of the body ∙ Revision: be, have got,
present simple, there is
∙ Identifying
body
parts of the

/ are, can ∙ Describing animals

Consolidation B (Units 4–6) pp82&83

skills builder (Turn your book upside down to find fast finishers activities for every unit.)

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 PROJECT,
READING & LISTENING BUILD YOUR SKILLS PROGRESS CHECK
& WORKBOOK

∙ Reading: An online profile, p9 ∙ Reading: A poster, p14 PROJECT

∙ Listening: Capital cities, p11 ∙ Listening & Speaking: Talking about favourite
Create a Trivia Quiz,
∙ Reading: An online chat, p12 bands and singers, p15
pp18&19
∙ Writing: Photo captions, p16
Tips for writing captions ∙ Progress Check p17
(This is… / These are… and short forms) ∙ Workbook pp84–89
∙ Reading: A reader’s corner, p21 ∙ Reading: A magazine article, p26 PROJECT
∙ Listening: A family photo, p23 ∙ Listening & Speaking: Asking about someone,
Design a family tree riddle,
∙ Reading: A magazine quiz, p24 p27
pp30&31
∙ Writing: A description of a family, p28
Tips for writing a ∙ Progress Check p29
description ∙ Workbook pp90–95
∙ Reading: A students’ website, p33 ∙ Reading: Calendars, p38 PROJECT
∙ Listening: My daily routine, p35 ∙ Listening & Speaking: Talking about special
Play Avatar Bingo, pp42&43
∙ Reading: Online interviews, p36 days, p39
∙ Writing: A description of the school calendar ∙ Progress Check p41
and a typical school day, p40
Prepositions of time
∙ Workbook pp96–101
(at, in, from… to…)

∙ Reading: A school magazine ∙ Reading: Tickets and coupons, p52 PROJECT

article, p47 ∙ Listening & Speaking: Inviting someone out,
∙ Listening: Our favourite things, p53 Play a memory game,
pp56&57
p49 ∙ Writing: A description of a typical weekend, p54
∙ Reading: An online message Paragraph organization ∙ Progress Check p55
board, p50 and time expressions ∙ Workbook pp102–107
∙ Reading: A travel website, p59 ∙ Reading: A theme park leaflet, p64 PROJECT
∙ Listening:
p61
The place where I live, ∙ Listening & Speaking: Talking about
interesting places, p65 Create an ad for a virtual
tour, pp68&69
∙ Reading: FAQs (Frequently ∙ Writing: A description of a city or town, p66
Asked Questions), p62 Using pronouns and ∙ Progress Check p67
making lists ∙ Workbook pp108–113
∙ Reading: A magazine interview, ∙ Reading: A beach resort website, p76 PROJECT
p71 ∙ Listening & Speaking: Making plans, p77
∙ Listening: Wild animals, p73 ∙ Writing: A description of an animal, p78 Play a guessing game,
pp80&81
∙ Reading: A newspaper article, p74 Using but and too
∙ Progress Check p79
∙ Workbook pp114–119

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 Hello!
Vocabulary 3 Complete the conversations. Answer about you.

Greetings 1

1 02 Listen and repeat. ... . I’m Beth.

Then practise with your teacher.
Hi. I’m ... .
Hello. I’m Peter.
What’s your name?
Hello. My name’s Tina. 2

Hello. I’m Laura.

... ’s your ... ?

Hi. My
name’s ... .

Hi. I’m Danny.

What’s ... name?
What’s your name?
Tina.
My name’s Tina. = I’m Hello. I ... .

2 03 Listen and repeat. The alphabet

Then practise with a classmate.
4 04 Listen and repeat the alphabet.

Hello. I’m Beth.

Hi. I’m Stella.

5 05 Listen and write the three names.

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Vocabulary 5 Practise in pairs. You say a number and a
classmate says the corresponding colour.
Numbers 1–20 Then change roles.

1 06 Listen and repeat.

9 7 15 18
1 one 11 eleven
2 two 12 twelve
3
4
three
four
13
14
thirteen
fourteen 16 13 20 12
5 five 15 fifteen
6 six 16 sixteen
7 seven 17 seventeen
8 eight 18 eighteen
9
10
nine
ten
19
20
nineteen
twenty Sixteen.
11 14 19
Orange!
2 Write and say your phone number.

1554059345 Numbers 21–100

One five five four oh... 6 09 Listen and repeat.

21 twenty-one 30 thirty
oh = zero 22 twenty-two 40 forty
23 twenty-three 50 fifty
24 twenty-four 60 sixty
25 twenty-five 70 seventy
3 07 Listen and complete the phone numbers. 26 twenty-six 80 eighty
27 twenty-seven 90 ninety
Hello. I’m Sandra. 28 twenty-eight 100 one hundred
29 twenty-nine
My phone number is
0 89 3 . 7 Look and write the numbers.

a c
b

Hi. My name’s
Jack. My mobile
phone number is d
1 4 6 27 .

e
Colours f

4 08 Listen and repeat.

n yellow
blue red gree

pink 8 Practise in pairs. You say a number and a

purple classmate says the next one. Then change roles.
brown
orange Fifty-seven.
black Fifty-eight.
grey white
Hello! 5
 Vocabulary 3 Look at Exercise 1 again and say the colours
of five school things. Then write.
School things
1 10 Listen and repeat. Then listen again and a red pen
match the school things to the words in the box.
a + colour + noun
an orange pencil case
an + vowel

b
A red pen.
a
4 Count and write.

c one pencil
three pencils
e

f a

g
h

i
c
j

a pen a rubber d
a pencil a pencil case
a book a laptop
a notebook a school bag
a ruler a sheet of paper

e
2 Read the conversation. Then practise in
pairs.
What’s ‘regla’ in English?
‘Ruler’.
What’s ‘pencil’ in Spanish?
‘Lápiz’.

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Vocabulary
In the classroom
1 11 Listen and repeat. Then listen again and match the objects to the words in the box.

a
c

d
b

a chair
a door
a window
a desk
a board
Classroom language
2 Point to objects in your classroom and practise. 6 13 Listen and repeat. Then listen again and
match the pictures to the instructions in the box.
This is a chair.

That is a chair.
c
a b

This is a desk.

Days of the week

f
d
3 12 Look at the photo in Exercise 1 again. e
Look at the days of the week. Listen and repeat.

4 Answer. Write a number.

What day is it today? It’s ... . Read the text.
Open the window.
5 Practise in pairs. You say a day of the week Close the door, please.
and a classmate says the next day. Then Please sit down.
change roles. Clean the board, please.

Wednesday.
Thursday.

Hello! 7
 1 My world
Vocabulary
Personal information
1 Look at the identity cards and find the names
of the students.
PAUL SANDERO
2 14 Read the identity cards and complete
the table. Then listen and check. STUDENT 14773788
VALID UNTIL 07/2020
1 three
schools
LIBRARY 20150015111148
2 four first
names

3 four
surnames
INTERNATIONAL
4 a phone STUDENT
number
IDENTITY
5 two cities
CARD
Name Vicky
6 two Surname Marino
countries
Studies in Santa Fe, Argentina
7 an email Email address [email protected]
address

ROY
COURTNEY
Student ID: 6350
YEAR: 8
Student name: Tanya Rojas
Class: 7th B
Emergency call: 08344355
LEARNING TO LEARN
Create your identity card to practise
the new vocabulary.

8 WB > p84
 Reading
An online profile
1 Before you read > Look at the profile and write the name.
I’m ... .
Hi! My name is Vicky
Marino. I’m from Santa
Fe in Argentina. I’m a
student at secondary
school. I’m 12 years
Vicky
old and I’m in Year 7.
These are my friends. 9 178 145
posts followers following

Edit your profile

This is Jay. He’s 14.

He isn’t from Argentina.
He’s from Australia.

These are my friends

Karen and Luli.
They’re in my class.
We’re in Class 7th B.

These are Rob and

Jack. They aren’t in
This is Julia. She’s 12. my class. They’re in
She’s in my class. Year 8 at a school
We’re good friends. in the USA.

This is me!

This is my friend. These are my friends.

2 Read for general ideas > Choose the correct 3 Read for details > Complete the table.
option.
Year/
Vicky writes about five / six / seven friends. Name Country Age
Class
Vicky
Jay —
COMPARING CULTURES Julia
In some schools, students have identity
Karen and Luli —
cards. What about in your country? Is this
a good idea? Explain. Rob and Jack —

UNIT 1 9
 Grammar
Present simple – be: affirmative and negative;
Subject pronouns

USE FORM
A Analyze these sentences from the text on D Complete the tables.
page 9. Underline nine more examples of be.
Affirmative
I’m from Santa Fe. I’m 12 years old. Singular
This is Jay. He isn’t from Argentina. I am / ’m
He’s from Australia. You are / ’re from
He / She Santa Fe.
She’s 12 years old. We’re good friends. / ’s
/ It
These are my friends. They aren’t in my Plural
class. They’re in Year 8.
We
from
B Look at the sentences in Exercise A again. You are / Santa Fe.
Find and write an example for each rule. They
We use be: Negative
Singular
• + name:
I am not / ’m not
• + age:
You are not / aren’t from
• + from + country: Santa Fe.
He / She
• + in + school year/class: / It is not /
Plural
C Analyze these sentences. Underline
seven more subject pronouns. We
from
You are not /
My name is Vicky Marino. I’m from Santa Fe. Santa Fe.
They
This is Jay. He’s 14.
E Answer.
Jay is from Sydney. It’s in Australia.
1 What are the short forms of am, is and are?
This is Julia. She’s 12. She’s in my class.
We’re good friends.
These are Karen and Luli. They’re in my class. 2 What are the full forms of ’m not, isn’t
We’re in Class 7th B. and aren’t?

1 Complete the sentences with the correct 3 Free practice > Write sentences about you.
form of be. Use short forms. Include information about your:
1 I ... Tanya Rojas. • name • age
2 We ... secondary school students. • class • friends
3 He ... from Buenos Aires.
4 They ... in Class 8th D. COMPARING LANGUAGES
5 She ... my friend. Translate into your language:
6 You ... my teacher.
He’s Marcos.
7 It ... a school in Australia.
He’s in Year 8.
2 Make the sentences in Exercise 1 negative. What are the two meanings of be?
Use short forms.

10 WB > pp84&85
Vocabulary
Countries and cities
1 Look at the photos. Can you identify the countries?

HOTELS FLIGHTS POPULAR RENT A CAR

DESTINATIONS

a b c d

e f g h

the USA Italy China the UK the UAE Peru Brazil France

2 15 Match the photos to the words in the Listening

box. Then listen, check and repeat.
Capital cities
3 Match the cities to the countries.
5 16 Listen to a radio quiz about capital
1 Beijing a the USA cities. Choose the correct answers.
2 Lima b Brazil
1 The correct spelling of the capital of the
3 London c France
United Arab Emirates is...
4 Dubai d the UK
a A-B-H-U D-A-B-Y.
5 Rome e the UAE
6 New York f Peru b A-B-U D-H-A-B-I.
7 Rio de Janeiro g Italy 2 The correct name of the capital of the
8 Paris h China United States is...
a Washington, DC.
4 Write sentences about the cities in Exercise 3.
b Washington City.
Beijing is in China.

WB > p86 UNIT 1 11

 Fede

Hi, Vicky.

Hi, Fede. How are you?

Fine. And you?

Good. I’m here with Carla.

Carla? Who’s Carla?

A friend. She’s new in school.

Cool. Is she in your class?

No, she isn’t. She’s in 7th C.

She’s from Chilca.

Reading Chilca? Is that a city?

An online chat
1 Before you read > Look at the chat. What is Yes, it is. It’s a city in Peru.
the name of the boy?
Is it the capital of Peru?
2 Read for general ideas > Complete the
sentence.
No, it isn’t!
Vicky is with Carla, a ... from ... .

3 Read for details > Write T (True) or F (False). What’s the capital of Peru?
1 Carla is new in the school.
2 Vicky is from Peru. It’s Lima!
3 Carla is in 7th C.
4 Chilca is the capital of Peru.
Oh, yes. You’re right!

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Grammar
Present simple – be: questions

USE FORM
A Match the answers to the questions. C Complete the table.
Yes/No questions
1 Who’s Carla?
Am I
2 Is she in your class?
Are you / we / they from Peru?
3 Is Chilca a city? he / she / it
4 Is Chilca the capital of Peru? Short answers
5 What’s the capital of Peru? I am.
Yes, you / we / they are.
a Yes, it is.
he / she / it is.
b No, she isn’t.
I ’m not.
c It’s Lima.
No, you / we / they aren’t.
d No, it isn’t.
e A friend. he / she / it .
Wh- questions

B Look at Exercise A again. Find and Who Carla?

write two examples of questions and What / ’s the capital of Peru?
answers for each rule. Where Chilca?

1 We answer Yes/No questions with D Compare the word order of sentences

Yes or No. and questions. Write new examples in a
new diagram.

a capital
It + is + city.
2 We answer Wh- questions with
a sentence. a capital
Is + it + city?

What + is + it?

1 Write Yes/No questions. 3 ... your name?

My name is Joe.
1 Rome / Italy?
2 Vicky and Fede / friends? 4 ... you?
I’m Larry.
3 you / from this country?
4 Madrid / the capital of Spain? 5 ... Tokyo?
It’s in Japan.
2 Write short answers for the questions in 6 ... Valeria?
Exercise 1. She’s my teacher.

3 Complete the questions with Who, What or 4 Free practice > Write four questions. In turns,
Where and the correct form of be. ask and answer.

1 ... the capital of France? Is Shanghai the capital of China?

It’sParis. No, it isn’t. Where is Barcelona?
2 ... Paul?
He’s a friend.

WB > pp86&87 In pairs > pp85&87 UNIT 1 13

 Buildyourskills
Reading
A poster
1 Before you read > Look at the poster. Who is in the photos?

Daddy Yankee is
from Puerto Rico.
He’s a singer,
songwriter, actor
and rapper! His
songs are in
Spanish and in
English. He’s
‘The King of
Reggaeton’. Karol G is a singer
and songwriter.
Maroon 5 is an American band. They’re She’s from Colombia.
from Los Angeles in the USA. The name of Listen to her songs.
the band is Maroon 5 but they aren’t five. They’re great!
They’re six!

2 Read > Complete the sentences. 3 Learn new words > Use the words from the
box to write sentences about the text.
1 Maroon 5 is an ... band. They are from the
city of ... . They are ... boys. boys songs band singer actor
2 Karol G is a ... and songwriter. Her ... are
great. She’s from ... .
3 Daddy Yankee is from ... . His songs are in Give your opinion
What is your favourite band? Who is your
Spanish and in ... .
favourite singer?
My favourite band is Coldplay and
my favourite singer is Billie Eilish.

14 WB > p88
 Buildyourskills
Listening & Speaking
Talking about favourite bands and singers
1 Before you listen > Look at the photo. Who are the girls?

Val

Gina

2 17 Listen for general ideas > Match the girls to their favourite bands and singers.
a Billie Eilish
1 Val
b Ed Sheeran
2 Gina
c Maroon 5

3 17 Listen for details > Complete the conversation.

Val Gina
Listen to this song, Gina. (1) are they?
Maroon 5. They’re very good!
Yes. They’re my favourite (2) . Cool! My favourite singer is Billie Eilish.
Billie Eilish? Yes. She’s a girl. She’s from the (3) .

4 Speak > Role play in pairs.

1 Role play the conversation in Exercise 3.
2 Role play a new conversation and use
other bands and singers. Circle these words in the conversation.
3 Change roles. Yes. Cool!
Remember to use them to sound natural!

UNIT 1 15
 Buildyourskills
Writing
Photo captions
1 Read the captions for the photos.

This is me. My name is Maxi. I’m in Year 7

at a state school. I’m from Mendoza in
Argentina.

These are my friends Pedro and Juan.

They’re 12 years old; they’re twin brothers.
They’re in my class. We’re in Class 7th A.

This is Talia.
She’s a good
friend. She isn’t
in my class and
she isn’t in my
school. She’s
from San Juan
in Puerto Rico.
San Juan is the
capital city of
Puerto Rico. This is BTS. It’s my favourite band. They’re
seven boys. They’re from South Korea.
They’re very popular on TikTok!

2 Read the ‘Write it right!’ section. 3 Look at the captions in Exercise 1 again. Find
an example for each ‘Write it right!’ rule.

Tips for writing captions

When you write your captions, use this / Plan > Get three or four photos of yourself, your
these. Remember: friends and your favourite band.
This is + singular forms Write > Write a caption for each photo.
These are + plural forms Remember to use:
• short forms of be after pronouns.
Use This is me for your photo.
• This is + singular forms.
In informal writing, use short forms of be • These are + plural forms.
after pronouns. • capital letters for names of people and places.
She’s a good friend. Check > Check your writing.

16 WB > p89
 Progress check
Vocabulary Present simple – be
Personal information 4 Complete the sentences with the correct
1 Complete the identity card. form of be. Use short or full forms.

: Matías
: Colombo
: [email protected]
: 1463555453

/ 4 points

Countries and cities 1 This my classroom.

2 Complete the sentences with the correct words. 2 Talia my friend. She
1 New York is a in the USA. (not) in my class.
2 Beijing is the of China. 3 You a student at Washington
School.
3 Dubai is a city the UAE.
4 He (not) from my country.
4 Lima is the capital Peru.
5 Paul and Vicky (not) in my
school.
/ 6 points

5 Complete the questions and answers.

1 she in Year 7?
Yes, she .
/ 4 points 2 Is Paris in Italy?
No, it .
Grammar
3 they in your class?
Subject pronouns
Yes, they .
3 Complete the sentences.
4 is Cairo?
1 This is me. am Maria. It’s in Egypt.
2 This is Mike. is a friend.
5 is the capital of Canada?
3 This is Carla. is 13.
It’s Ottawa.
4 These are my friends. are
6 is Roy?
in my class.
He’s a friend from Australia.
5 Look at Eric and me. are friends.
7 you in my class?
6 This is Lyon. is a city in France.
Yes, I .
/ 6 points
/ 10 points

Reflect and share!

This unit is about... Total Score: / 30 points
Before working on it, I knew...
After working on it, I know...
I have a question: ... ? UNIT 1 17
PROJECT Create a Trivia Quiz

1 Learn about the project.

This unit’s project is to create a trivia quiz. Now read and do this sample quiz.

Trivia Quiz By Geo Mendez and Van Giordano

Countries and cities Singers and bands

1 Where is Athens? 5 Where is Coldplay from?
a) In Greece. a) The UK.
b) In France. b) The USA.

2 Is Madagascar in Africa? 6 Bad Bunny is a…

a) Yes. a) girl.
b) No. b) boy.

3 What is Monaco? 7 ‘Señorita’ is a song by…

a) A city. a) Shawn Mendes.
b) A country. b) Karol G.

4 What is the capital of Italy? 8 Who is from Colombia?

a) Venice. a) Ozuna.
b) Rome. b) Shakira.
1 a; 2 a; 3 b; 4 b; 5 a; 6 b; 7 a; 8 b

2 Search online and write the ‘Countries and cities’ section of your quiz.
Work in pairs. Look at a map and write four questions. Then write two answers for each question.
Use the quiz in Step 1 as a model.

Tips to do your online search:

To find world maps in English you can visit:

satellites.pro/plan/world_map
www.mapsofworld.com
geology.com/world/world-map.shtml

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3 Search online and write the ‘Singers and bands’ section of your quiz.
Work in pairs. Choose singers and bands. Write four questions about them. Then write two
answers for each question. Use the quiz in Step 1 as a model.

Tips to do your online search:

To find information about singers and bands, you can write:

[band’s name] country [band’s name] songs [band’s name] members
[singer’s name] country [singer’s name] songs

4 Hand in your quiz to your teacher for feedback.

NOW CHOOSE!

5 Work in pairs. Make a 5 Work in pairs. Make a

final digital copy of your quiz. clean copy of your quiz on
paper.
Create a Word document or use an
online quiz maker, for example, Use different colours. Be tidy!
quiz-maker.com.

6 Do the quiz as a class. 6 Do the quiz in pairs.

• Your teacher displays your • Join another pair.
digital copy of the quiz.
• Exchange quizzes.
• Your classmates read the quiz
and say the answers. • Do the quizzes and correct the
answers.
• You confirm the right answers.

UNIT 1 19
 1 My world
Vocabulary Grammar
Personal information Present simple – be: affirmative
1 Complete with the words from the box.
and negative; Subject pronouns
4 Complete the sentences with short forms of be.
Juárez Santiago de Chile Melina
1 She ‘s from New York.
[email protected] Chile
+56-2-4813-5276 Colegio Mayor 2 We 13 years old.
3 I a student.
1 School: Colegio Mayor
4 They my friends.
2 First name:
5 He in my class.
3 Surname:
4 City: 5 Write sentences.

5 Country: 1 Thomas / Argentina / Canada

Thomas is not from Argentina. He is from Canada.
6 Email address:
7 Phone number: 2 Julia / Santa Fe / Córdoba

2 Circle the odd one out.

3 Kevin and Sam / in my class / Class 9
1 Juan – Francisco – Hernández – Helena
2 Barcelona – Santa Fe – Italy – Texas
4 Juan and I / Brazil / Argentina
3 Australia – Argentina – France – Mar del
Plata
5 Texas / Argentina / the USA
4 4-702-909 – [email protected] – 2-345-
11123 – 153-19222
5 Jagger – Lennon – Susan – Carey 6 Complete with the correct subject pronouns.
This is Aaron. (1) He is
6 National Public School – Park School –
Weston School – 3-1234-7768 from Peru. (2) is
14 years old. His email
3 Write the odd words from Exercise 2 in the
table. address is [email protected].
Aaron and Daniel are good friends.
First name (3) are students at Colegio
Real de San Martín. (4) are
Surname Hernández
from Lima.
City
This is Lorna. (5) is in
Country
my class. (6) is from
Phone Canada. (7) are in
number Year 8.
Email
address

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 Extra Grammar Practice
Present simple – be: affirmative and negative; Subject pronouns
A Complete the sentences with the correct C Complete the sentences with the words from
affirmative form of be. the box.
1 My name is Ivan.
They It You He We She I
2 I a student.
3 Paulo from Brazil. 1 My name is Fran. I am from Mexico.
4 He in my class. 2 This is Juana. is in Year 8.
5 She Maria. 3 This is Facundo. is a student.
6 Maria and I friends. 4 These are Jan and Jennifer. are
7 This my class. my friends.
8 You in class 7th C. 5 I’m with Sarah. are in class 7th A.
6 He’s from Santa Rosa. is a big
city.
7 Please come with me. are in my
class.

D Complete the sentences with the correct form

of be and information about you.
1 My name (be) .

B Rewrite the sentences in Exercise A. Make 2 I (be) from .

them negative. 3 I (be) in class .
1 My name isn’t Ivan. 4 I (be) years old.
2 5 I (be) a student at
3 school.
4 6 My email address (be)
5 .
6
7
8

In pairs Student A, look at this page.

Student B, go to page 87.

A Listen to Student B and complete the table. B Look at the table and make sentences about
Nicole.
Name
Nicole is 13 years old.
Age
Name Nicole
Year
Age 13
Class
Year 8
City / Country
Class 8th D
City / Country Canberra, the capital of Australia

UNIT 1 85
 Vocabulary 9 Match the answers to the questions.
1 Who is Andrew? e
Countries and cities
2 Where is Milan?
7 Make up the names of seven more capital cities. 3 What is the capital of Venezuela?
Then write them under each question.
4 Who are you?
Bei Lon ma DC nos ton Ro 5 Where is Linda from?

ng res ng Li Pa me Wa a It is Caracas.
ji Bue don shi Ai ris b I am Fred.
c It is in Italy.
1 What is the capital city of China?
d She is from Peru.
Beijing
e He is my friend.
2 What is the capital city of France?
10 Find five questions and write them next to
the answers. There is an extra answer.
3 What is the capital city of the USA?
Where Peru? of capital the
4 What is the capital city of Italy?
are you from? Who is

5 What is the capital city of Argentina? Where boy? that is What

is Belgrade? they? are Who

6 What is the capital city of England?
1 Who is that boy? He is my friend.
7 What is the capital city of Peru? 2 It’s Lima.
3 It is in Serbia.
4 I’m from Argentina.
Grammar 5 They are in Salta.
Present simple – be: questions 6 They are my friends.
8 Write questions. Then answer.
1 you / teacher?
Are you a teacher? No, I’m not.
2 your father / student?

3 Maroon 5 / from Mexico?

4 we / Year 5?

5 Mar del Plata / city?

6 you / from Argentina?

7 [email protected] / your email address?

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 Extra Grammar Practice
Present simple – be: questions
A Order the words to make questions. C Read the answers and complete the questions
1 country / a / Brazil / is / ? with the words from the box.
2 Ecuador and Bolivia / are / America / in / ?
3 Peru / is / city / a / ? Who What Where
4 you / Argentina / are / in / ?
1 Who ’s that?
5 Buenos Aires and Santiago de Chile / are /
small cities / ? My English teacher.
6 your teacher / is / Colombia / from / ? 2 ’s Chile?
It’s in South America.
1 Is Brazil a country?
3 ’s your email address?
2
It’s [email protected].
3
4 ’s Luli?
4
She’s my friend.
5
5 ’s the capital of Italy?
6
It’s Rome.
B Answer the questions in Exercise A. 6 ’s Dubai?
1 It’s in the United Arab Emirates.
2
D Complete the questions and answers.
3
1 Is Madrid the capital of Spain?
4
Yes, it is .
5
2 Beijing in Japan?
6
No, it .
3 the students in class?
Yes, they .
4 Lima and Bogotá in Europe?
No, they .

In pairs Student A, go to page 85.

Student B, look at this page.

A Look at the table and make sentences about B Listen to Student A and complete the table.
Tim.
Name
Tim is 12 years old.
Age
Name Tim
Year
Age 12
Class
Year 7
City / Country
Class 7th C
City / Country Bristol, a city in the UK

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 Reading
An invitation
11 Read the invitation. How old is Alejandra Molina? Justify.

International Summer School

Hi, everybody!
We are students in Year 8. We are from
different countries. Giacomo is from
Florence, a city in Italy. Günter is from
Berlin, the capital city of Germany.
Rebecca is from Haifa, a city in Israel.
Alfonso and Javier are friends. They are
from Madrid, the capital city of Spain.
I am Alejandra Molina. I am from
Argentina.

Join the Music Club! Are you a student in the International

Summer School? Come and join us!

Alejandra Molina
President

12 Read again and write True or False. Then 13 Read again and answer.
correct the false sentences. 1 Who is Günter?
1 Two students are from capital cities.

2 Where is Florence?
2 Giacomo is not from Spain.

3 What is Berlin?
3 Alejandra is from Spain.

4 Are Alfonso and Javier students in Year 9?

4 Günter is from a capital city.

5 Is Rebecca from Argentina?

5 Haifa is the capital city of Israel.

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Speaking
Talking about favourite bands and singers
14 Order the lines 1–8 to make a conversation. Then practise it in pairs.
a Imagine Dragons.
b Cool. My favourite band is Coldplay.
c 1 Listen to this song.
d They’re my favourite band. They’re from Las Vegas,
a city in the USA.
e Coldplay?
f Who are they?
g Yes. They’re four men. They’re from England and Scotland.
h They are great!

Writing
Photo captions
15 Use capital letters, commas, full stops 16 Match the captions in Exercise 15 to the photos.
and apostrophes to write captions. Then a b
complete the last caption.

1 thisismyfriendpeterheisntinmyclasshesfrom
orlandoacityintheusahesaverygoodfriend
This is my friend Peter.
c
d

2 thesearemyfriendstomasandjuantheyarefrom
iguazuanimportantcityinargentinajuanis14and 1
tomasis15wereinyear8weareverygoodfriends

Bonus practice
Play with a classmate. Choose noughts or
crosses. Then in turns, choose a word, ask
3 thisismemynameisantoniaiminyear8atapublic a question, draw your symbol on the game
secondaryschoolimfromriogallegosinargentina board and win!

WHO? WHERE? WHAT?

WHAT? WHO? WHERE?

4 thisisimaginedragonsitsmyfavourite
band… WHERE? WHAT? WHO?

Where is your friend from?

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