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Student Book
Clive Oxenden
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Paul Seligson

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American

English File
Student Book

I

Clive Oxenden
Chri stin a Latham - K o enig
Paul Seligson

oxroRD
LTNIVERSITY PRESS

Paul Seligson and Clive Oxenden are the
original co-authors of English File 1 (pub. 1996)
and English File 2 (p,tb.1997).

Contents

Grammar

4

I

uice to meet you

verb

5

E

l'm notAmerican,

verb 6e l-l and

6e

.

pronouns: /, you, elc.

tll

t0

E
I

Pronunciation

numbers

vowel sounds, word stress

ttis name, her name

possessive adjectives: my, your,

turn off your cell phones!

o

elc.

I an,plwals,
I thot I these lthose

personal information

the alphabet,

the classroom, common objects,

vowel sounds

Completing a form

14

Rrvrrw &

What do you remember? What can you do?

l6

[l

Cappuccino and fries

simple present !, and

t8

Sl

when Natasha meets

Csrcr

25

26

2B

50
32
34

and laul

B
$

-

verb phrases, irregular plurals

consohant sounds, third person -s

simple present I

common verb phrases

consonant sounds

An artist and a musician

alon+iobs

lobs

consonant sounds

nelatively famous

possessrve s

family

consonant sounds

Darren.

24

/erl

Pnncncnl Erclrsn On a plane

Wnrnrc

22

vowel sounds

classroom language

l3

20

-20, days of the week

numbers 20-1,000

this
t2

I

countries and nationalities,

l'm Canadian!
8

Vocabulary

.

.

PRncrrcnl EHcr.rsn At a hotel
An informal e-mail/ letter
What do you remember? What can you do?
Rrvrrw &

Wnnruc

Crrcx

ffi Prettywoman
ffi Wake up, get out of bed. ..

adjectives

adlectives, uery

vowel sounds

telling the time, simple present

daily routine

the letter o

ffil rne island with a secret
ffil OnthelastWednesdayin

adverbs of frequency

time words and expressions

the letter h

prepositionsoftime

the date

word stress, /d/ and /0/

August
56

Pnncrrcnl Euclrsn ln

57

Wnrrtltc

38

Rtvrrw &

Cttscx

A
40

a coffee shop
A magazine article
What do you remember? What can you do?
i I r

Ii,

r r

I:

:

r

II

:

:

:

I

: :

::

a

: I

: a '

:

I

:

r:lr:l::ll:l:lrllrl:

]:].:],ll-]...]]]:]i.:]:..1.:::

r'.'r I can't

dance
-

can

men Iove it!

I con't

like+(uerb+-ing)

42

Shopping

44

Fatal attraction?

obiect pronouns: me, you, him,

46

Are you still mine?

possessive pron ouns: mine, yours,

elc.

verb phrases

sentence stress

free time activities

/4/, sentence stress

love story phrases

hl

must(

rhyming words

word formation

sentence stress

and

lil

etc.

Pnncncru

Ercusx

49

Wnlnruc

50

Revtsw &

Cnrcr

52

I

who were they?

simple past of De: was

54

fl

Sydney, here we come!

simple past; regular verbs

past time expressions

-edendings

I
I

cirls'night out

simple past: irregular verbs

go, hove, get

sentence stress

ruurder in a mansion

simple past: regular and irregular

irregular verbs

simple past verbs

48

s6
58

60

ln a clothing store
Describing a friend
What do you remember? What can you do?

Pnncrrcnl Euclrsx ln

6l

Wnrrnc

62

Rrvtsw &

Cttscx

f

were

a gift shop

Avacation report
What do you remember? What can you do?


64
66
68
70

[l
fl

B
I

Grammar

Vocabulary

n house with a history

there

houses and furniture

ldl

n night in a haunted hotel

there wos I there were

prepositions of place

silent letters

trtlghtmare neighbors

present continuous

verb phrases

verb + -ing

NewYork, NewYork

simple present or present
continuous?

places in a city

place names

72

Pnncncm Encusn On the street

73

Wnltrnc
Rrvtrw &

74

Ctrcx

is

I

there ore

about you?

S

and

lul,sentence stress

A postcard
What do you remember? What can you do?

Htr Wtratdoesyourfoodsay ol an,somel ony

78

Pronunciation

food, countable

/

uncountable

the letters eo

nouns

Xowmuchwaterdowe

howmuch I howmany?,

really need?

quantifiers: o /ot, not much, elc.

drink

lwl,lvl,

and

lbl

[N

Tradingvacations

be going to (plans)

vacations

sentence stress

82

[l

lfs written in the cards

be going to (ptedictions)

verb phrases

lul, ful, and

84

Pnncucnl Euclrsx At a restaurant

85

Wnlnrc

86

Rrvrrw &

8B

ffiX The true False Show

comparative adjectives

personality adiectives

/ar/, sentence stress

90

ffi

superlative adiectives

the weather

consonant groups

woutd tike to I tike

adventures

sentence stress

adverbs

common adverbs

adjectives and adverbs

80

92

ffi

Cxscr

lrl

lnstructions
What do you remember? What can you do?

fnehighestcityinthe
world
Would you like to drive

a

Ferrari?

94

ffi

fhey dress well but

drive

badly
97

Pnnclcnt Enclrsn
Wnrruc

9B

Rsurw & Cnecx

96

roo

[l

102

tr

Io4

!

Going home
Making a reservation
What do you remember? What can you do?

Before we met

present perfect

been to

sentence stress

l've read the book, l've
seen the movie

present perfect or simple past?

past participles

irregular past padiciples

Grammar
Quick grammar check for each File

l06

!

Vocabulary, Pronunciation
Quick check of vocabulary, sounds, and word stress

108 Communication
I

14

Audioscripts

122

Grammar Bank

I40
I54

VocabularyBank

156

Sound Bank

lrregular verbs

Look out for

(@D

This shows you where to find extra material for
more Practice and review.


erb ,€ - , pronouns: l, you, elc.
" numbers
-20, days of the week
r

V

I

P vowel

sounds, word stress

Hi, l'm Tom. What's your name?

I SAYING HEttO

I.l

a

Listen and read. Number the pictures 1-4.

1 A;:Hit.l'm

Tom. What's your name?

B:::Aiina,,:
Ar::Sdiry?

B

z

rrAnn;t

a''Xi;,.Dad. This is Dave.
f,..,f-fi:tto. Nice to meet you.

c,.,Niae,to meet You.

3

A:l,G:Ood evening. What's
3,.,,\4y,. name's

A
4

your name?

janet Leigh.

You're in room 5.

A,:;LII|Ig,)ohn. How are you?
B':iI'm fine, thanks. And you?
A::Ilm' OK, thankyou.

BATE5 MOTEL

Good
Good
Good

b

Write the words in the chart.

OK H+ I'm...
Hello

My name's...

2

thank vou

Hi
c Listen again and repeat. Copy the rhf,thm.

d
e

1.2

Role-play the dialogues with the sound effects.

Introduce yourself to five other students.
Hello- l'm

Antoniol-\

what's your

name?

,-

? _!_j11l't1to

verb

re El,

a Complete the sentences

thanks

Fine

GRAMMAR

t""t vou

morning
afternoon
evening

--+ 12:00
12:00-6:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m. --+

pronouns

with are,

is,

or am.

: I-Tom.
I'm Tom.
My name's lanet Leigh. = My name
Janet Leigh.
in room 5.
You're in room 5.
= You

O

p.122 Grammar Bank
do the exercises.

lA.

Read the rules and

Try to remember the names in your class.
Say He's

/

She's


5 PRONUNCIATION

vowel sounds, word stress

e

Write the words from c in the chart.

f

In pairs, write two more words in each column.

4ooo6--ffi\

ffinL -)

Englishr:fild:ii6uii{llpiitures help your pronunciation.

1.5
/5

A

Listen and repeat the words and sounds.

?

ffiba
mHffi
boot train

fish

tree

cat

it

he

am

this

she

I bike

I

I

you

they

trf

Wo rd,stli3$j::il:rrm po rta nt.

Underline the stressed syllable in these words.

Listen and repeat the numbers.

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 1g 20
b
c

O p.la0 Vocabulary Bank Numbe-rs. Do part 1.
I'7 Listen. \&/here are they? Write 1-4 in
the boxes.

I

my

@@

'

12345678g10

Hi

thanks

1.5

a

I

t.4 Write these words in the columns above.
Listen and check. Repeat the words.
name

4 VOCABUTARY numbers I-20

E

cafe

I

hotel
taxi

E

d

airport

Gate number

dollars

cents

-

Room

- Road
Townsend

Listen again. Write

a number in

each blank.

5 SAYING GOOD.BYE
a 1.8 Listen and number the phrases 1-6.
Good-bye.
I
Bye.
tr
Good night.
I
See you.
I
See you on Saturday. I
See you tomorrow. I
l.e Complete the days of the week with
a CAPITAL letter. Listen and repeat.

WF

M

M ondav,

-uesday

_ednesday

-hursday
_riday
, l'5

Listen and check. \A4rich two words are not

stressed on the

first syllable?

-aturday
-unday


G

verb be

!

and Lfl

v
Where are you from?

P

l'm lrish. l'm from Dublin.

I

VO CAB

a

How do you say

b

O p.l+l Vocabulary Bank Countries ond notionolities.
!'t0 Where's the stress? Listen and underline the

c

U

LARY countries and nationalities
your country
your language
two countries near you

in English?

2 TISTENING
a

t.l3

& SPEAKING

Listen and number the pictures 1-4.

stressed syllable. Listen and repeat.
Iapau

|apanese

Germany
China

German

Italy

Italian
American
Mexican

the United States

Mexico

d

In pairs, do the quiz.

Chinese

=p6
Il

Listen again and complete the dialogues.

l AAreyou
B

?

No, I'm

I'm from Vancouver.

2 A \A4rere are you from?
B We're from
A Are you on vacation?
-. We're on business.
B No, we aren't.
3 A Where's she from? Is she
B No, she isn't.-.She's

She's

from

Buenos Aires.

4A
B

Mmm, delicious. Is it
No, it isn't. It's

c Repeat the dialogues.

-?

-.

espy the rhythm.

d In pairs, look at the pictures.
-? Role-play the
dialogues.

-.


5

GRAMMAR

verb

re

E and E

6 VOCABUTARY

a Complete the chart.

Short answer
you American?

No,

Negative

I

I

American.

they from Korea? Yes, they

-.
No, she

she Brazilian?
he on business

?

She

Brazilian.

Yes, he

-

b O p.t22 Grammar Bank I B. Read the rules and do the exercises.

clock

b

b

iLl]

ffi\

d

e\S{A

computer

.bb

O

Fi
m$
t_J
ffi
phone

chair

2 Ben's French.
3 I'm not Scottish.
4 I'm American.

5 Are you from

France?

, l.t5 Listen and check.

d Repeat the sentences.
5 SPEAKING
a Ask other students.
Where are you from?

b

l'm Russian. I'm from Moscow.

In pairs, ask about the people and things in the pictures.
Where's it from?

p.t+O Vocabulary Bank /Vumbers.
Do part2.

t.tl

Listen and repeat the pairs

of numbers. What's the difference?

I a13
2a14
3a15

4a76
5a17
6a18
7 a19

b30
b40
b50
b60
b70
b80
b90

r.rs Which number do you hear?
Listen and circle a or b above.

6 No, I'm from Mexico.

c

chair

Write the words above next to the underlined words with the
same sound below.
1 \\rhere's he from?

t.l6 Listen. How do you say 0 in
phone numbers?
Ask three students for their phone
numbers.

4 PRONUNCIATION vowel sounds
a t.l4' Listen and repeat the words and sounds.

"MH
car

%@
\4"q8

numbers 20-1,000

It's from Peru.
They're from..


possessive adjectives: my, your, elc.
personal information: oddress, phone number, etc.

the alphabet,

larl

and

What are their names?
His name's Jack and her name's Ana.

laul

t TISTENING

s

I What's your first name?
2
your last name?
do you spell it?
3
-,
4 Where are you
5
- old
you?
6 How
youraddress?
7
-zip code?
8 What's
-youastudent?
your e-mail address?
9 -l0 \Arhat's vour

you think? Complete the sentences with
one of the countries.

a 'r\4rat do

Australia Britain Canada Ireland

1.20 Listen. Complete the receptionist's questions.

the US

?

Every year thousands of students travel to different

L countries to study English. Where do they go?
Here are the Top Five countries...
ii#$,Eitlt! study Englrsh in
500,000 study English in

?

120,000 study English in
study English in

2 PRONUNCIATION the alphabet

40,000 study English in

a

t.le

Mario goes to the US to study English.
Listen to the interview and complete the form.

t'21

Can you say the alphabet? Listen and repeat

theletters.

ABCDEFGHI

TKLMNOPQ
RSTUVWXYT.
1.22 Listen and repeat the words anci sounds.

h#?
train

c!

Y
e=q

tree

-bb

B

F

C

@a,M

C2

L

phone

a
Y

W

M
E

G

lldrio
6e.trletti

S

YesENoE

t.2t Write the other letters of the alphabet in the
correct columns. Listen and check.

Yia Fono

In pairs, practice saying these abbreviations.

*w

io, k:vJet* i @ hit

ttai / co m

PC,
l@

--

*

:,Lot

,,'r,:,,,

ffim

IVITV

uk

VIp I|VD
:3jiai

tili;-

rrr

SPEAKING
1.24 Listen and repeat the questions from rc' Crrpi t lr

ih:thn'

What's your first nAme?

@
Copytherhythm"rffi

b O Communication lnterviewp.tfi.
4 GRAMMAR possessive

+G

ad,iectives

a Look at

the :highlighted words. Which is an adjective? Which is a pronoun?
1 \t4rere are ,r;riiul from?
2 What's ,trroiiir name?

b

1.25 Complete the chart with your, rny, his, her, their, or our. Listen and check.

Iir

Italian.

family is from Rome.

You're in level

is

classroom.
name is Michael.

She's your teacher.

name is Lucy.

We're an international school.

students are from different countries.

O

a

This

He's the director of studies.

They're new

5

l.

students.

p.122 Grammar Bank

names are Tina and Daniel.

lC. Read the rules and do the exercises.

PRONUNCIATION lerl

and

6 SPEAKING

laul

1.26 Listen and repeat the words and sounds.

Look at the photos. In pairs, ask and answer
the questions.

bird

Famous actors

What's

hii.

i

b

Where's

1.27 Write these words in the chart. Listen and repeat
the words.

her

how

first our now

he

-

but do you remember their names?
What's :heii: name?

name?

----:r.

do you !

.t-/ soell iiz --\
from?
Where's she from?
|1s1v

I

I

Y

v

How old is:,S*iz

How old is ,iilri{?

international
(l think) She's American. She's about


G o I on, plurals, this I thot I these I those
V the classroom, common objects, classror
P vowel sounds

I VOCABUTARY

the classroom, common objects

you see these things in your classroom? Yes (/)
or No (x)?

a Can

a

b
c

a

.,:,1.28r''

DVD player

walls
chairs

window tr
door tr

a

and sounds.

tr
light
a gicture tr

lable tr
I
a board
I
aTV
a CD player I

a

a

2 PRONUNCIATION vowel sounds
a , l.lo , Listen and repeat the six picture words

f:::c

tr
tr
tr

JJ

s

Listen and repeat the words.

j,,r.zs":-'

What's in the bag? Match the words and
pictures. Listen and check.

E

an aslslrcss book

I

I

tissues

E
E

coins

E an ID card
E a lipstick

a cell phone

!

a change purse

wall

off

bur

book

photo

{tablei

look

m*

tissues sunglasses

,*pf

boy

coins

board

enjoy

horse

your

door

picture

ear

here

we're

there

tourist-

euro

Europe

purse

ffi
tf
$nj

keys

saw

W
' t.5l

umbrella

Listen to the groups of words. Circle the
word with a different vowel sound.

c

V4

-,%,..
i:%

,,i
.,,.

,@,:

-3k4^

l

d

O

e

In pairs.
A Close your eyes.
B Give A a thing from your bag or pocket.
AskVrhat's this? or Whzt are these?

A Say lt's a... or Theilvs...

p.142 Vocabulary Bank Common objects.

Practice saying the words.


GRAMMAR of on,plurals,
this I that I these I those

4 CLASSROOM TANGUAGE
a Match the phrases and the pictures.

Write a or an.

I
23

2

watch

-$---=@)--

umbrella
calendar

4

ID card

5-

photo

Write the plural.
1 stamp
2 match
3 key

c

2ti
\_xB

ffi
"

Complete the questions with this, that,
these,

or

b)

ra

those.

{

H' $ #ffi
#ru

9e

H7[\

hn
/\( \

What's

t\

wlx{E -?

-?

gge

\{B

Mb
ffiffi
L-:--?l

r

fla)

What

are

kx
10

J''$'
hq
ti I

What's

.fft
ffi

I

E Look at the board.
| ' Open your books.
E Close the door. /
E Read the text.
l l Go to page (84).

I

E

Listen and repeat.

E

l

Don't speak ( Spanish).

Sit down.

[ ] Work in pairs.
. l Stand up.
.

Turn olf your cell phone.

Don't write.

l( \\

I //\
?

GIVING INSTRUCTIONS
What

are

r! Open your books (, please).
E (Please) Don't write.
E Can you open the door (, please)?

?

Q p.122 Grammar Bank lD. Read the
rules and do the exercises.
In pairs, ask and answer. Use pictures
1-B in lc for this I these and point to
things in the class for that I those.

b

t.tz

c

1.35 Complete the sentences. Listen and check.

Listen. Check

(/)

,,Wlat'q'(f;ottjowr):r':' I
. .r

i.,

.

-

.:r I.i :r,,

'Can --

the ten phrases in a you hear.

.,,

[eg]isl?

do you spell it?
trtheistfesi?,: I . .r:,

:,,.:' : ,,:;:.rr,

,::iipeat'tit?t'

5 tr4 SONG lt

,

.,

.r.

,i.:.'

,tl,r:1::i': l:,:r , r,,.

I

I
I

-

know.
remember.
understand.

Eternol Flome

r


a

e.$i

Match the words and pictures.

tr
tr
tr
tr
tr

coffee
tea

juice /'crlndg dgus/

(orange)

(Diet) CokerM
mineral water

b

o&r, ',
i,jti*"r

2

VOCABULARY drinks

milk
ice
lsmon

tr
tr
tr

sugar /'Juger/

E
*t'-j;

]iir::l
'is,'

d ;66;

'lii

,rib'

,:::iiii:

l.i:'-

':':"'

9

a.s\"n"

In pairs, cover the words and test your partner.

ASKING FOR A DRINK

a

r- 1.35

'''

Cover the conversation and listen.

What drinks does Mark have?

You HEAR
Would you like a

2

sir?

and lemon

?

3 Here you
-,
+ Coffee?

rlJJ4Y?
Yes, a

Diet Coke,',

please.

)ust lemon.
Thank you.
Coffee, please.

-.
5_?
6_?
-?

Yes, please.

No, thanks.

Here you are.

Thanks.

b Listen again. Complete the YOU HEAR phrases.
c

Listen and repeat the
Coov the rhvthm.
.. 1.35

"

YOU SAY phrases.

Mark is American. He works for MTC, a music comPany.
He's on a plane to the UK.

In pairs, role-play the dialogue.

socrAt

ENGHSH

a

:-l.tt '' Listen. Circle the correct answer.
Ryder / Wilder
I What's Mark's last name?
at the airport / in the city center
2 Where's the hotel?
yes
Mark
like
a
drink?
/ no
3 Would
4 How do they go to the hotel? bytaxi / by car

b

What do you think?
1 Is Allie American?
2 Are they friends?

c

Who says the USEFUL PHRASES,
Mark or Allie? Listen again
and check. How do you say
them in your language?

@MultiRoM

Us English

downtown

ffi

ur

city

English

center

parking lot
car park

USEFUT PHRASES

Welcome to the UK.

How far is it?
Great!

All right. Let's go.
Can I help you with your
No, it's OK, thanks.

E

ffi

bags?

Allie works for MTC in the UK.


a

c

Complete the form with your information.

t

;.

{ }*
t

tt

lI'!

, r-n
\'\,/{-'*.
r.,
lv-4.ft I ')rr

"

,! \*/

r'_'-,

\l

r'\

Write this text again with capital letters
where necessary.

,ny h4raets taqrtq. i'rt from ntb

\

tr3-tl1 \l\*-"/"
\*Jf

in 6raz-it, ad i spaX

Sch ool of English

ay leqcler is
hqore's

Student reEistration fcrrn

a,a1e.ricqa. A/s

ger.y. tay e-4glish

c./4sse.s

qre. oh ive-slays aal tlunsdays,
Firsl name
i,ast n:ule

Mr/Mrs./Ms.

Natiorurlilv

Marital status

fl Married
X Singte
n Divorced
ll Separated
WRITE a

Home addrr:ss

E-rnai1 arldress

Phone nurnbers
home

work
cell

Passport

/ ID number

$il.nlitrlr

b

ill:ir:

In English these words start with a CAPITAL letter.
Mark Rvder
countries, nationalities, and languages

France, French

towns and cities

Buenos Aires

days of the week

Monday

the first word in a sentence

Her father is from China.
She's Mexican, and I'm Colombian.

the pronoun

I

similar text about you.


G

c

RAM MAR

word groups
Circle the word that is different.

Circle the correct sentence, a or b.
i.*: Hi.I'm Susanna.
b Hi. I Susanna.

one

1 a Hello. lArhat's your name?
b Hello. What your name?
2 a She is Bolivian?
b Is she Bolivian?

3 a Where he's from?
b \\4rere's he from?
4 a They isn t English.
b They aren't English.

'Are you from Beijing?" "Yes, I'm."
b 'Are you from Beijing?" "Yes, I am."
a She's Spanish. Her name's Ana.
b She's Spanish. His name's Ana.
a We're ltalian. Your last name is Tozzi.
b We're Italian. Our last name is Tozzi.
a

a \\4rat are these?
b What are this?
a It's an umbrella.

1 eight
2 Ireland
3 British
4 sixteen
5we
6 they
./ wnere
8 wallet
9 newspaper
10

listen

a

They're watchs.

b

They're watches.

3 \Arhat's

f\

gate 9.

, J she

3ffi
{':l

Y

lapan.
page74.

4 Look
Please
5
turn

his

how
pencil
book

Mexico
eighty
he

my
watch
address

magazine lipstick

pen

look

a O p.156 Sound Bank. In pairs, test each other on

T

+"

bonjour

you

Spain

!

horse,/tr/

Underline the word with a different sound.

Complete with at, from, in, off, or to.

2 Go --

forty

e-- )

prepositions

I I'm

Italian

file

the vowel sounds, 1-21.

VOCABUTARY

Go /o

Chinese

five

PRONUNCIATION

t.

a

two

read

b lt's a umbrella.
10

.u__.:e'\-:
seven
Thailand
lapanese
ninety
her
ouf
what
lipstick

three

""ffi

English?

,,.,,r.

her

see

what

bog

I

l

I

key

I

board

the board.

your cell phone.

@r$
/eB\Y

I

no

go

l
one
L

i

A

verb phrases

X

Match the verbs and phrases.

'/^-.

his

China

1lN

Close your books.

Answer

Listen

1

the text.

2

in pairs.

to

J

the CD.

4

the door.

5

the questions.

Underline the stressed syllable.
Open

Read

information

address coffee Argentina

Portuguese umbrella

sit


CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THIS TEXT?
Where are English words ILom?
From Old English
Many basic English words come from Old

l-nglish. e.g., England, house, woman,

From Latin

man, child, bird, water . They sometimes

Other English words come from Latin,
e.g., family, wine, numbeq school, educate.

have irregular pronuncialion.

From French

From other languages

Some English words come from French,
e.g . royal, hotel, menu, beef .

Today English is an international
language. Thousands of English words

come from other languages. e.g.. siesta
(Spanish), judo (Japanese).

Technology
Every year hundreds of words come into
English from new technology, e.g.,

a
b

Read the text once. Do you know

the highlighted

lnternet, text message, e-mail,

words?

JPEG.

Read the text again. Now cover the text. Can you remember
where these words come from? Write them in the chart.

Interaet wine menu
siesta woman judo

old

house hotel family
e-mail

0ther

I

English

languages

Technology

CAN YOU sAY THIS IN ENGLISH?

c

a
Where are words in your language from?

CAN YOU HEAR THE DIFFERENCE?
I'38 Listen. Circle a or b.
\A{hat's your name? ,i?i Carlos.
b 2t.
1 a \A4rere's he from?
b \Arhere's she from?
2 a He's from Canada. b She's from Canada.
3 a She's French.
b She isn't French.
4 a What's his name?
b \Mhat's her name?
5 a the credit card

b the credit cards

a pagel3
a Gate number 14
a
a Mr. G. Smith
10 a Tuesday
6
7
8
9

b page 30
b Gate number 40
b
b

Mr.I. Smith

b Thursdav

Can you...? Yes

E

(/)

I
I
fl

count from l-20
count from 20*100 (20,30, etc.)
count from 100-1,000 (100,200, etc.)
say the days of the week

fl

(Monday, Tuesday, etc. )
spell your address

E

say five things

in your bag or pocket

(some keys, etc.)

b

Complete with How, Wat, or Where.
In pairs, ask and answer.
's

.-

your last name?

do you spell it?

are you from?
's

your phone number?

's

your

address?


G simple present +l and iV verb phrases, irregular plurals
P consonant sounds, third person -s

I VOCABUTARY verb
a

They live in a house.
He doesn't smoke.

phrases

2.t

b

What do you think? Complete with a percentage,
e.g.,50o/o (fifty percenf). Listen and check.
I0o/o

I read a newspaper every day.
I don't smoke.

55o/o

WHAT

o/o

In pairs, make true E or E sentences about you.

O p.lu

OF AMERICAN PEOPLE...?

read a newspaper every day

use the Internet

smoke

speak Spanish

drink coffee every day

have a TV at home

Vocabulary BankVerb phroses.

2 READING
a Look at the photos. Which things are "typically American"?

the text. Check

len from

answer to a.

Carlos is a tourist from Spain

Korea works in a coffeehouse in Seattle

66 People in America

diini

a tot of coffee

-

cappuccino and

mocha coffees are really popular. Children sometimes

io

women do11lt,smoke. inside. They smoke outside."

Marilia from Brazil works

Russia is a student in New York

-

t0 the movies, and to

work. Americans,like big cars. SUVs and minivans are popular. ln the
US, cars

coffeehouse, we have,a rule: 'No smoking.' Men and

65 People here
iOad: everywhere

- to the store,

iiop when you stand on the
.d,onlt,slqt for you in Madrid."

to coffeehouses and drink hot chocolate. ln my

Alexandra from

66 People diiVi: cars everywhere

crosswalk

-

it's incrediblel Cars

as an "au pair" in Boston

66 I think my American family is typical. The woman
{oesnlt,c66:k" She

on the train, on the bus,

just puts pizzain the microwave, but she watth-€i:cooking shows on

and on the subway. I live with three American students,

TV every dayl The man cooks on weekends. He makes fantastic pasia

and they 6ui books all the time. When I want a book,

dishes. Their child ,has.a terrible diet. She eots,hot dogs and French

gg:to the university library.))

I

fries at home, and she goes to a fast-food restaurant every week."


Find the four irregular plurals in the first
paragraph and complete the chart. How do
you pronounce them?

Singular

Plural

man

lmenl

woman /'wumen/

/'wrmen/
/ tJrldren/
I'pipll

child /tJarld/
Derson

5

WRITING & SPEAKING

a Write your nattonality in the title. Then eresrout
the wrong word(s), e.g., They live in rheuse / an
apartment. Complete the sentences with your ideas.

Read the text again. Underline three things that
are the same in your country and three things
that are different.

5

GRAMMAR

simple present

E

and

E

a Answer the questions.

1 Look at the ihi$lghted verbs. \A,hy do the verbs in
paragraph 4 end in -s?

2 Write the

he

I

she

form of these verbs.

cook-

go-

make

watch

3 Find

three negative

whv?

-

f

have

verbs. \A4rich one is different?

-

O p.l2a Grammar Bank 2A. Read the rules and
do the exercises.
They live in a house

4 PRONUNCIATION

s

2'2

child / children.
for their vacation.

The mother works / doesn't work

Listen and repeat the words and sounds.

b Practice saying the sentences.

lvl
ldl
lsl
lzl
lll

have

They go to

snake

a

don't have a pet.

They have /
They

/ an apartment.

She cooks
She does

/ doesn't cook.

do housework.
/ doesn't

She reads

Vicky lives in Vienna.
David doesn't drive.

She

watches

on TV.

She drives a

Sally speaks Spanish.

She

Liz is in Brazrl.
Linda likes children.

/w/ William works as a waiter.
2.5 Listen and repeat the third

The father works / doesn't work.

-.

He cooks / doesn't cook.

person forms.

-.

He does

/ doesn't do housework.

lsl

lzl

She cooks a

lot.
coffee.
He eats pizza.

She lives

She drinks

He has a cat.

He drives a

She does homework.

He

He reads

in

a house.

He

watches

on TV.

lv.l
He watches TV.

It finishes in a minute.

-.

Read your sentences

or different?

to a partner. Are they the same


I

simple present
v common verb phrases
P consonant sounds
G

2 GRAMMAR simple present E

I READING
a Natasha and Darren want to meet other singles on the Internet.
Look at their pictures. How old do you think they are?

Natasha e-mails Darren and he answers. Read their e-mails.
Then cover them and complete the sentences with Natasha

or Darren.

Darren

1

1s

39.

2

is28.

3
4
5
b 78-

works for a magazine.
works with computers.

Natasha and Darren meet for lunch

a 2.4 Cover the conversation

and listen.

What does Darren say about...?

. alcohol ' sushi '

likes hamburgers.
likes movies.

his mother

doesn't like fast food.

Listen again. Complete the conversation.

likes lapanese food.

D Hi. Are you Natasha?
you.
N Yes, and you're Darren. Nice to
D Sorry I'm late.
N No problem. Would you like a glass of wine?
Mineral
alcohol.
D No, thanks. I don't

Dear Darren,
My name is Natasha and I live in Boston. l'm 28 and I work for
a magazine. I like music, good food, and movies.
Please write.
Natasha

-

Dear Natasha,
Thanks for your e-mail. I live in Boston, too. l'm 30 and I work
with computers. Let's meet for lunch. Do you like hamburgers?
know a good place downtown.

water for me.

I

Darren

Hi Darren,
Sorry, I don't like hamburgers, but I love Japanese food. Friday at
1:00 at Kiku? lt's a Japanese restaurant on Court Street.
Hi Natasha,
OK. See you on Friday.

D \A4rat's this?
it?
N Sushi. It's fantastic. Don't you
D No, I
Sorry.
N
food do you like?
-.
at home. My mother's a
D I usually
very good cook.
with your mother?
N Do you

D Yes, I do.
N Oh. Does your mother work?
D Yes, she N \A4rere does she
in a supermarket.
D She

-.
-?

Complete the questions and short answers with do, does, and don't.

-

No, I

your mother work?
Yes, she

food

\A4eat

O

you like sushi?

\Arhere

you like?

she work?

p.tz+ Grammar Bank 28. Read the rules and do the exercises.

5 TISTENING
a 2.5 Listen to the rest of the conversation. Is the lunch a success 9
b Listen again. Complete the chart with ./ (yes) or x (no).

o,

a disaster

f)?

Iikes computers
goes to the movies

drinks coffee

c

In pairs, ask and answer questions about Darren and Natasha.
Does Darren like computers?

<1*,he

does.

4 SPEAKING
to meet other singles, and you go to an agency.
Look at the Meeting People form. \A/hat questions does the interviewer

a Imagine you want

ask?

b 2.6 Listen and check. Listen again. Copy the rhf.thm.
c In pairs, role-play an interview at Meeting People.
What

/

A
B

name?

How old

/

?

/

study?

OCCUPATION

Where

/ live?

TOWN

work

/

vrs

have a car?

What languages

/

speak?

What music

/

/

/

/

plaf,

@

girl

right

tre

)r

ruo-

2-7

Listen and repeat the words and consonant sounds.

b Practice saying the sentences.

lkl
lSl
Itl
l.fl
lZl
lrl

FOOD

read?

ffi ffi
& /TN
keys

like?

/

consonant sounds

:L_-)

a

like?

What newspaper
What sports

5 PR0NUNCIATION
uo

like?

What TV shows

Change roles.

LANCUAGES

vEsI

/ smoke?

What food

-

d

You want to meet a boyfriend or girlfriend.
You are the interviewer. Ask A the questions and write the
answers in the form.

NEWSPAPER

Karen likes coffee.
Greta goes to golf classes.

Tim

eats

out on

Tuesdays.

Natasha likes sushi.

Mike usually watches television.
Ricky reads lrish writers.

SPORTS

6

2.s SONG llSomethingstupid

G o

I an +iobs

V lobs
P consonant sounds

I READING
a Look at the photos of Annabel.
Do you think she's a professional

artist or a professional musician?
Read the interview and match the

l'm an artist.

questions with her answers.

I

dtqw: and paint pictures for.magazines,

books, CD covers

-

all kinds of things.

2

Do you like your iob? Why?

I

How many hours do you work?

work at home. I have a room 1ust for my work.

,

Do you earn a lot of money?

I usually work about eight hours a day, from 9:50 to

Where do you work?

5:50. Sometimes I work again in the evenings or on

What don't you like about your iob?
How do you relax after work?

weekends when l'm in a hurry to finish a picture.

4

Wnat+o Veu as+

It depends. I earn

from about Sls0 to 54,000 for a picture.

Sometimes I have a lot of work, but sometimes I don't.

In pairs, guess the meaning of
the highlighted words. Check
with your teacher or a dictionary.

That's a problem. And I don't have paid vacations.

Yes. I love

Read lhe article asain. Underline

PMMPX

two good and two bad things
about Annabel's job.

it

because every day is different, and like
I

using my imagination.

It's stressful when I need to work fast and the ideas
don't come. And sometimes

it's lonely

when you don't

work with other people.

2 VOCABUTARY jobs

I play the bass in a band called lnternational Airport
We play on weekends in coffeehouses and clubs.

a Look at Annabel's pictures. How many
of these jobs can you say in English?

b

Ask and answer with the pictures.

d

What does he do?

Look at the question and answers. How do you say them in your language?

,.<

I m a musrclan.

I'm an engineer.

I'm unemployed.

c0

p.lAa Vocahulary Bank Jobs.

e

,

What do you do?

.....-

----\..-...-

-----r
for
a
French
company.
I work
I work in a store.

|

What do you do? Ask five other students in the class.

I'm in school.
I'm in college.

SGRAMMAR olon+jobs
Complete with a, an, or
1

He's

5

TISTENING & SPEAKING

-.

actor.

kinonoff ice?

2 She's
politician.
-,
3 They're
nurses.
4 We're lawyers.
5 He's , teacher.
6 She's actress.
journalist?
7 Are you
8 I'm
pilot.

9 He's

-

-

they don't separate words.

a z.tt

builder.

Listen to a radio show called Guess my job.
Three people guess a person's job. Underline the
ten questions they ask.

A R.*.-berl Use a I an+ job, e.g., He's a musician.
uor Heirm+sieian Don't :use a I anwith plurals,
e.g., They're doctors. Nor Thearea-doetors,
4 PRONUNCIATION

Do you work...?

consonant sounds

inside

outside

2.e

Listen and repeat sentences 1-9. Copy the

rhf.thm. How do you pronounce the -er I -or ending?

in an office

2.10 Listen and repeat the words and
consonant sounds.

in a factory

w
parrot

'-tr
flower

at home

in a hospital

4"#, a mr
chess jazz yacht

When?
in the morning

singer

in the afternoon

Practice saying the sentences.

in the evening

lpl
Itl

Paul's a politician.

How?

/t.7

Charles teaches Chinese.

ldZl lim and

5(

hands -G
qd*
with a computer

Phil's a [antastic farmer.

with your

George are journalists.

lyl Are you a musician?
lnl A singer sings songs.

with other people
Do you...?

have speciat quatifications
speak any other languages

earn a lot

of money

drive

write letters or

iff

\$$yf

e-mails 4

wear a uniform

Listen again. What does the person answer? Write Y
(yes), N (no), or D (It depends) after each question.
c Look at Phil's answers. What do you

d

2.tz

Listen to the end of the show.
What does Phil do?

think his job

is?


G possessrve s

V family
P consonant sounds

I GRAMMAR

Who's Joanna?
She's my boyfriend's sister.

possessive s

a Look at the photo. What does

t

mean?

Match the people in photos 1*6 with
their famous relatives a-f. In pairs, ask
and answer questions. Use these words.

mother father brother
(ex-)wife (ex-)husband

sister

e

O p.lZC Grammar Bank 20. Read the rules and do the exercises.

f

Whose is it? Match the people a-f with their possessions.

(I think)

2.tt Listen and check.

d Listen and repeat the sentences.

K. Rowling's pen.

#
*

c

it's J.

':i1'

tr

Pen

&


2 VOCABULARY family
a

O

5 SPEAKING

p.las Vocabulary Bank lhe famity

a

b Talk to a partner.
brothers and sisters

Ask and answer these questions about
the people.

cousins

How many

aunts and uncles

Write on a piece of paper the first names
of five people in your family. Give the piece
of paper to your partner.

do you have?

,- Who/? (_--- Howold/?
(_

grandparents

children

q--- what / do? 9--- where / tive?

nieces and nephews

PRONUNCIATION

consonant sounds
He's my nephew,

2.14 Listen and repeat the words and consonant sounds.
H)

B
bug

I_e,Yrthumb

a

@

mother

my

sister's

son.

a"

qr{

,/

monkey

h>>\

house

Practice saying the sentences.

lbl
lel
l6l

\A4rat's your brother's job?

lml

My mother's name is Mary.

lnl
lhl

Do you know my nephew Nick?
Her husband's a hairdresser.

I think my cousin is thirty-three.
They live with their father.

4 LI STEN I NG
a

2.15 Listen to Sarah talking to her boyfriend about her family.
Label the photos.

:r,Martin Sarah's

,:,,Sophie

Lisa,

Sarah's

Philip

Adam, Sarah's

Listen again. Answer these questions.

1 Who's Martin? \A4rere does he work?

2 Who's Philip? How old is Sophie?

3 \\4rere are they? \Arhat

does Adam do?


VOCABU

a

tARY

hotel words

Match the words and symbols.

reception tl
a single room tr
a deuble room I
b

tr

the elevator

the (lst / ground) floor
the bar

/flcr/

l

tr

In pairs, cover the words and test your partner.

CHECKING IN
a 2.t6 Cover the conversation

and listen. Answer the questions.

1 How many nights is Mark's reservation for?
2 rrA,4rat's his room number?

b Listen again. Complete the YOU HEAR phrases.
s 2.17 Listen and repeat the YOU SAY phrases.Copy
d In pairs, role-play the dialogue. Use your name.

the rhythm.

You HEAR

eyjjy?

Good evening, sir.

1 Can you

that, please?
For five nights.

2 Can I

your passport, please?

Hello. I have a reservation. My name's Mark Ryder.
R-Y-D-E-R.
Yes,

that's right.

Iust a moment. Here you are.

3 Can you sign here,

Do you want a smoking
or non-smoking room?
4 Here's your
-?floor.
. It's room 425, on the fourth
5 It's over there. Do you need help with your

?

Enjoy your stay, Mr. Ryder.

Non-smoking, please.
Thank you. Where's the lift?
No, it's OK, thanks.
Thank you.

ffi
ffi

UK

Engtish lift

SOCIAT ENGTISH

a

2'18 Listen and complete the chart.
\r'urhere are

thev from?

Are thev married?

Do they have children?
How old are thev?

b \Arhy does Allie think the phone call is from Mark's wife?
C

\A4ro says the USEFUL PHRASES, Mark or Allie? Listen again
and check. How do you say them in your language?

USEFUT PHRASES

Sorry. --+ffuat's OK.
\.\4rat do you think?
Would you like another drink?

I have to go now.

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