New destinations elementary a1 workbook

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Marileni Malkogianni
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New Destinations Elementary A1
Workbook
H.Q. Mitchell - Marileni Malkogianni

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X A L D A P Y V 0 SW

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U B 0 0 K H K 1 U H 1

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P V B N C M P A X A Y

B. Complete the sentences with the correct countries or nationalities.

C. Complete with the correct number.

1. _____ twenty-three 7. _____ 34
2.17 ___________
3 .________ twelve 8. 100 ____
4.98 ___________
5 .________ fifty-five 9 . _______________ 68
6.80 ___________ __
10. 15
72
11. __________ ___

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D. Choose a or b. 4. A: Hello.
1. A: Any questions? B :_____

B :___________ 5 I’m fine.
Good afternoon.
I don’t know.
J What does this word mean?

2. A :___________ 5. A:

B: Not bad. B: I’m from Ireland.

BHow old are you? a. Where are you from?
How’s it going? b. What’s your name?

3. A: What’s your number? 6. A: How’s everything?
B :___________ B :___________

0020 7688 2315 BTake care.
I’m 24. Great!

E. Complete with the correct phrase. There are two extra phrases you don’t need to use.

Any questions? Good morning! So-so. Look at the board. Goodnight. Can I go

F. Listen and choose the correct answer.

1. a. Not bad. And you? 2. a. I’m fine. 3. a. Twenty-one.
b. Not much. b. Have a nice weekend. b. 019 5433 4677

4. a. Polish. 5. a. So-so. 6. a. Have a nice day.
b. I’m from Poland. b. See you. b. See you tomorrow.

1a Pi&azare, to m eatyou.

A. Complete the dialogue with the words in the box. There are two extra words.

street address course spell new same live near

M rs Jones Hi, are you a (!) ___ student here?

G loria Yes, I am.

M rs Jones OK. What’s your name?

G loria Gloria Stephens.

M rs Jo ne si How do you (2)_ your surname? Is it with a V?

G loria No, it's with a P-H. It’s S-T-E-P-H-E-N-S.
Mrs Jones
What’s your (3) ?

G loria 1(4) at 56 Main (5)

M rs Jones Oh, that’s (6) the college.

G loria Yes, it is.

B. Complete the dialogues.

1. E rin Hi, who ? 3.
K athy
Lisa I’m Lisa Miller. Chloe ________ a student here?
Yes, he is. ________ in my class.
E rin Nice to meet you.

2. Sally Is she Mexican? . She’s Peruvian. 4. Ms R o b e rts Look! There’s Danny and Frank.
V ic k y No. from? M r Jefferson _____________ on your course?
S a lly Reallv? Where Ms Roberts Yes,__________ .

V ic k y Lima.

C. Use the prom pts to ask questions. Then look at the pictures and answer.

1. Is he a student?____________________________ 3.

No. he isn’t. He’s a teacher.__________________

2 .___________________________________________ 4.

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D. Match. a. K-A-U-F-M-A-N
1. Who’s that with Karen? b. It’s Wendy Jenkins.
2. How do you spell your surname? c.
3. What’s your address? d. Nice to meet you, too.
4. Pleasure to meet you. e. Me too.
5. What’s your e-mail? f. It’s 34 Lincoln Road.
6. You know. I’m in a football team.

E. Answer the questions.
1. What’s your first name?

2. What’s your surname?

3. What’s your address?

4. What’s your phone number?

5. What’s your e-mail?

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A. Complete the crossword.

❖ 1. Red and yellow make
2. Red and blue make
3. Green and red make
4. Red and white make
5. Blue and yellow make

B. Write the sentences in the plural. 4. Who is that man?
1. This is Lilly’s new bag. 5. That is an expensive watch.
6. Is this Tina’s dictionary?
2. That isn’t a very nice car.

3. This isn’t a black pen.

C. Complete the dialogues with the correct possessive adjectives.

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T im o th y Hi, name’s Timothy. What’s name?

H e le n Helen.

T im o th y Who’s that?

H e le n She’s my sister. name’s Anne.

M ark This is my parents’ house.
Paul
M ark Really? house is very big.

Yes, I know.

3. A lb e r t Are you all in the same team?
Susan Yes, we are._____________ team’s called The Beavers.
A lb e rt Oh and is that the coach?
Susan Yes._____________ name is Mike Smith.

4. Debbie My brothers’ favourite gadgets are mobile phones.
Jack Really?
Debbie Yep.

D. Circle the correct words.

1. A n d re w Are these Brians’ / Brian’s sunglasses?
Amy No. They are my / 1sunglasses. He / His
sunglasses are silver.

2.Z o e What’s she / her name?
Rosie Ms Vincenty. She’s Helen / Helen’s new teacher.
Zoe Oh. What’s you / your teacher’s name?
Rosie Ms Wilson.

3. A lice These are my sister’s / sisters mobile phones.
H e n ry They’re / Their expensive mobile phones.

4. Sophia Where are the ch ildren’s / childrens’ shoes?

Maya They’re over there.

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E. Two friends are talking after a party. Listen and m atch the people with the items. There is one extra item.

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A. Complete the sentences.
1. He’s a shop a____________________ . He works at the shop.

2. He’s a teacher. He works at that s____________________ .
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3. She’s a w____________________. She works at that restaurant.
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4. He’s a delivery person. That’s his m____________________ .
5. She’s a s____________________ . She can use a computer and speak two languages.

6. She’s a q.____________________ • She can take nice pictures.

7. I’m a tour fl____________________ . I can speak three languages.

B. Complete with a or an.

1. Amanda is _________ actress.

2. Robert can rid e _________ motorbike.

3. This is t old camera.

4. Jimmy is _________ salesperson.

5 .1have_________ orange watch.

C. Complete the dialogues with can or can’t.

1. Ri t a * How many languages________________ you speak?
Ben ; I ________________ speak Italian and Spanish and I _________________understand Polish, but

R ita I ________________ speak it very well.
Ben Really? I ________________ speak French and Spanish.
That’s nice.

2. M a rk ________________ Mrs Roberts work full-time?
Charles No, sh e ________________ . She________________ work part-time.

3. Sam ________________ they play football?
Jane Yes, th e y ________________ , but th e y _______ E_______ play very well.

D. Look at the profiles of the two people below and com plete the dialogues.

1. In te rv ie w e r So, Mr Foster, you’re here about the photographer’s job.

K e ith Yes._________________________________ .

In te rv ie w e r Great. Can you use a computer, too?

K eith N o,_____________________ , but I can learn.

In te rv ie w e r OK. Can you ride a motorbike? take really nice pictures
drive a car
K e ith No, b u t_________________________________.

In te rv ie w e r Ms Peterson, ?

Nancy Yes. . I can tvoe and look for

information on the Internet, too.

In te rv ie w e r That’s good. Can you speak Turkish?

Nancy No.

speak Italian but
speak Chinese
use a computer In te rv ie w e r I see. ?

Nancy Yes, I can. I can write in Chinese, too.

E. Answer the questions.
1. What do you do?
2. How many languages can you speak?
3. Can you use a computer?
4. Can you drive a car?
5. Can you take nice pictures?

id k/kat tim e?

A. Look at the clocks and write the time, as in the example.

1. It’s eight twenty.__________ or 2 ._______________________ or 3 .________________________ or
It’s twenty past e ig h t._____ ______________________ _______________ ._______

4. or 5. or 6.

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B. Look at the pictures and write sentences, as in the example.

C. Choose a or b. 3. A: She’s very late. Let’s go.
1. A: What about seven? B :__________________
a. Yeah. I can’t wait.
B :________________ b. Meet you there.
a. Come on.
b. OK, then. 4. A: Is twelve OK with you?
B :__________________
2. A: Excuse me, what’s the time? a. Isn’t it a bit late?
B :__________________ b. In half an hour.
a. In fifteen minutes.
b. Two thirty. What time is lunch break?

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Let’s meet at six tom orrow morning. It’s three o’clock.
No.

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I’m hungry. Let’s go to Paul’s Restaurant.

OK.

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1e Friends onfine

A. Complete the sentences.
1. My brother isn’t ________________________ . He’s outgoing.
2. Ruth is very lazy. She isn’t ________________________ .
3. George isn’t ________________________ . He’s rude.
4. They aren’t serious. They a re ________________________ .

B. Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
married together band centre freak

1. I’m ______________________ . My husband’s name is Derrick.
2. We are musicians. O u r______________________ is called The Jones Experience.
3. I’m a sp o rts ______________________ . I love all sports.
4. Helen and I have fu n ______________________ . She’s really funny.
5. Let’s Go is a brilliant sp o rts______________________ .

C. Read the e-m ail below an d ad d p u n ctu atio n an d capitals.

fa To... John
Send From... James

how’s it going i’m fine i have a new basketball coach he’s from china

and his name is mr chang of course, he can speak english very well he’s

very serious and hard-working oh i also have a part-time job i’m a shop

assistant i work on cranfield road ,S

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D. Read the profile and then write a paragraph about Steven.

name Steven Baker
age zo
marital status
job single
personality lifeguard
outgoing, active, funny

His name is

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A. Cross out the odd word. Then add one more.
1. orange - park - red - black - pink - ____________
2. photographer - secretary - gadget - actor - waitress -
3. funny - polite - outgoing - wife - rude - ____________
4. university - hungry - tired - bored - busy - ________

B. Circle the correct words.
1. These / Those shoes over there are my favourite.

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2. Helens’ / Helen’s mobile phone is silver.

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3. My sister / sisters are shy.
4. Those / These cameras over here are expensive.
5. These are the stud e nt’s / students’ backpacks.
6. The child re n ’s / childrens’ house is over there.
7. That woman / women is very serious.

C. Complete the dialogues w ith the words in the box.
their is she are they an my is he his they are a her

1. V icky Who ? 2. J e r r y Who ?
A la n
That’s Carla and that man is B re n d a He’s brother. He’s
V ic k y teacher.
A lan husband. He’s actor.

Really? J e rry And who ?

Yeah. Look! Those are B re n d a friend, Amanda.
children over there.
J e r r y Are they good friends?

B re n d a Yes.

D. Complete the dialogues with can and the words in brackets. Give short answ ers w here possible.
1. M o rg a n __________________________(you / look for) information on the Internet?

J o n a th a n No____________________________ I’m busy now.
M o rg a n __________________________ (I / use) your computer then?
J o n a th a n Yes,__________________________ .

2. Elisha (Paul / ride) a motorbike?
____ , but h e __________
P e te r Yes, (he / speak) Chinese? (not drive) a car.

Elisha

P e te r No,

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E. Match. a. H-U-M-P-H-R-Y
1. What’s your surname? b. Wow! It’s brilliant!
2. Is he the football coach? c. Yes, he is.
3. How do you spell your surname? d. Isn’t it a bit late?
4. What’s the time? e. Smith.
5. Check out this website. f. A quarter past twelve.
6. Let’s go out.

F. Complete th e dialogue w ith th e sentences.

a. Oh, 1see. b. So, what do you do? c. What about you? d. Me too. e. Pleasure to meet you.

B ill Hello. My name’s Bill.
M a ry (1)________ I’m Mary.
Bill (2 )________
M a ry I’m a photographer.
B ill Really? (3 )________
M a ry I work at Madmag. (4) _
B ill Well, I’m unemployed.
M a ry (5 )________

G. Read the e-mails and complete the sentences.

1. The shoe shop is ________________________________ the pizza restaurant.
2. The shoes aren’t ________________________________ .
3. Julie is ________________________________and can’t ___________________

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A. Complete with the days of the week. Then put them in order by writing 1-7 in the boxes.

----------------------------R -----------------------□

-------------------- 5 ---------------------- □

- u ----------------------------------------------------------- □

- R ---------------------------------------------------------- □

______ U ___________________ □

-----------1----------- E ------------------------- □

M __________________ 0

B. Complete with the Present Simple of the verbs in brackets.

1. Belinda____ (ride) a motorbike to work.

2. My husband ____ (not have) breakfast in the morning. He (get up) late.

3. We (have) lunch at twelve o’clock.

4. I (not cook) on Friday evenings. I (go) out for dinner.

5. Betty’s sister (drive) her to college on weekdays.

6. The film (start) at 8 o’clock and (finish) at half past ten

7. Jason (not play) football. He (not like) sports.

8. Bill and his brother (do) the washing-up in the evening.

C. Complete the blanks with the correct form of the verbs in the box and the boxes with prepositions of time,
do not help cook study get up go not work have

weekdays my brother, Alex, (1)_________________ early

the morning, (2 )_________________ breakfast and

(3) to work. He works from 9 O

I (4 )_____________ I . I get up □ 11 o’clock every day.

I (5 )_____________ and have lunch □ 12:30.

□ Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons I go to university

and the eveninas I (6) □ the

weekend I (7 )_____________________ housework, but Alex

(8 )_____________________ out.

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D. Rewrite the sentences, as in the example.
Dave

1.1 clean the windows at the weekend.
Dave cleans the windows at the weekend.
Sam

2 .1 hoover and mop the house on Saturdays.

Martha
3 .1 don’t do housework during the week.

Betsy
4 .1 don’t work on Mondays.

E. What do you do every day? Make notes in th e box a n d th en write sentences.

MON 1..

TUE ______________________ , 2.
WED
THUR "FZL #* 3.
FRI ________________________ *
. 4.

5.

SAT _________________ " 6.

SUN _______________ _________________ 7.

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A. Complete the sentences with the words in the box.

nurse hotel editor chef hospital graphic

1. My brother is a doctor. He works in 4. Amanda is a (n )___________________ designer.
St Catherine’s ___________________ . This is her office.

2. Robert is a (n )____________ _______ . He works 5. Carl is th e ___________________ of the
in an Italian restaurant. newspaper.

3. Mary is a(n)_______________ . She likes 6. Angela is a receptionist. She works in
helping people. th is ___________________ .

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B. Complete the dialogues with the Present Simple of the verbs in brackets. Give short answers where
possible.

1. J im So, you’re a graphic designer, Ian. 2. M a ry __________ Sheila____________ (help)
___________ y o u ____________ (work) in a you with the housework, Dora?
big office?
P ora Yes,___________ . She___________ (do)
Ian No,___________ . I ___________ (work) at the washing-up and sh e ___________
home. (hoover) on Fridays.

J im That’s g o o d .___________ you M a ry Oh, tha t’s nice.
___________ (like) your job?

Ian Yes,___________ .

C. Look at Linda’s and Sally’s weekly schedule and write the m issing questions or answers.
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M onday Tuesday W ednesday Thursday F rid a y S a tu rd a y Sunday

w o rk w o rk w o rk w o rk w o rk do go out
S am -4-pm 9am -5pm Q am Spm lla m -7 p m 7am -3pm Wousework witW

friends
Linda go to go to
university
u n iv e rs ity

w o rk w o rk w o rk w o rk w o rk do go out
S am -4-pm dam -Spm qam -Spm lla m -7 p m Q am -S pm Wousework witW
friends
play Wave
Sally play football d in n e r
football witW M um

When do they go to work? 4. When does Linda do housework?
Every dav. from Monday to Friday
5.
7 On Fridays.

On Sundays. 6.
What time do they finish work on Thursdays? On Mondays and Wednesdays.

D. Complete the dialogue with the sentences.

C in d y (1) a. What do you do?
Jane At a hotel. b. What time do you start work?
C in d y (2)
Jane I’m a receptionist. c. It’s a night job.
C in d y (3) d. Where do you work?
Jane At nine o’clock at night. e. Do you like your job?
C in d y And when do you finish?
Jane At five in the morning. (4)

C in d y Oh, I see. (5)
Jane No, 1don’t.

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A. Complete the text.

In my (1)_______________ time. I (2 )________________ time with friends
We usually (3 )_______________ at home and watch a DVD or we
(4)_______________ to music and just chat. We all like the same kind of
music, (5 )_______________ hop and R&B. We don’t like jazz or classical

(6) __________________ .

B. Complete the dialogues. 3. B e tty Let’s do the washing-up.
C in d y Oh! I can’t sta n d ________________
1. A ngie Would you lik e ________________ a the washing-up.
science-fiction film tomorrow? B e tty Come on, Cindy. I don’t want
________________ all the housework.
Lyn No, I h a te ________________ science-fiction C in d y Fine!
films. Let’s watch a comedy.
4. Dave I’m bored. Let’s play football.
Angie Good idea. I lo ve ________________ comedies. Savn No. I don’t w a n t________________
Lyn Great. What time do you want football. I’m tired.
Dave Again?
_______________ tomorrow?
A ngie Let’s meet at seven.

2. Paul Do you w a n t________________ out tonight?

Helen No. I don’t lik e ________________ out on
weekdays. I only go out at the weekend.

Paul Really? I e n jo y________________ out every
night!

C. Read and m ake seven true sentences about you and a friend.

love listen / rock music
would like watch / musicals
hate cook
can’t stand go / cinema
want do / homework
like dance
enjoy listen / jazz

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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

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D. Complete the dialogue with the sentences.
a. I think she's brilliant. b. What kind of music do you listen to?

c. All right. d. What do you think of Rihanna? e. I’d love to.

N a ta lie (1)
Lesley R&B.
N a ta lie Really? Me too. (2)
Lesley She’s my favourite singer. (3)
N a ta lie Do you want to go to her concert?
Lesley Sure. (4)
N a ta lie Great. Let’s buy tickets tomorrow.
Lesley (5)

E. Read the posters and sentences 1-4. Decide which film the people should see. Write M for Monsters of
Hull House or I for In the Name of the Game.

The brilliant new hi the name o f the game
Mendez. You can't stand watching
traditional horror films? That's OK. This great new animated film isn't
This is a science-fiction film too, and it s only for children! Do you love
all about monsters! football, sports and funny cartoons?
Then this is for you. Watch the
Come and watch it. football team work together and go
It's great! all the way!
Get your tickets now!
Firs. Showing. F rid a,. 20 August at 10:30pm
First showing is on
a t th e cinem a in the U pper V alle, Mall. Wednesday 13 August
at 8pm at the Regal
Tickets €10 (€8.50 for students) Cinema Complex.
Tickets €8
(€6.50 for students)

1. S h e lly : I want to watch a funny film with my children.” □
2. M ike: “ I can’t stand comedies.” □
3. Dave: I work until half past eight.” □
4. K elly: I don’t want to buy expensive tickets.” □

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