American english file 1 WB

American

English File
Workbook

1

Clive Oxenden
Christina Latham-Koenig
Paul Seligson
with Jane Hudson

OXFORD
UNIVERSITY PRESS

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


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Nice to meet you

4

Who were they?

40

I'm not American, I'm Canadian!

6

Sydney, here we come!

42

His name, her name

8

Girls' night out

44

10

Murder in a mansion

46

12

In a gift shop

Cappuccino and fries

13

A house with a history

49

When Natasha meets Darren...

15

A night in a haunted hotel

51

An artist and a musician

17

Nightmare neighbors

53

Relatively famous

19

New York, New York

55

21

On the street

Pretty woman

22

What does your food say about you?

58

Wake up, get out of bed...

24

How much water do we really need?

60

The island with a secret

26

Trading vacations

62

On the last Wednesday in August

28

It's written in the cards

64

30

At a restaurant

I can't dance

31

The True False Show

67

Shopping - men love it!

33

The highest city in the world

69

Fatal attraction?

35

Would you like to drive a Ferrari?

71

Are you still mine?

37

They dress well but drive badly

73

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Turn off your cell phones!

Practical English

At a hotel

In a coffee shop

In a clothing store

Practical English

Practical English

Practical English

Practical English

Practical English

Practical English

Practical English

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48

57

66

75

Before we met

76

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

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My name's Bond. James Bond.

Ion Fleming, British writer

Nice to meet you
1 SAYING HELLO

b Complete the sentences. Use contractions.

Complete the dialogues.
1

A Hi, Karen____ This

_ is James.

B Hello, James._________ to__________ you.

2 A Hi, I’m Marco._________ ’s your__________
B Isabella.

B Isabella!
1

___

Tm___ 4.

3 A Hi, Kenji._________ are you?

B I’m fine, thanks. And_________

A I’m OK, thank you.
4 A _________ evening. What’s your name?

B____________________ ’s Walter Harris.

A You’re in room 12.

2 GRAMMAR verb be [+j, pronouns

3 _________ in room 4.

4 _________ Wednesday.

5 _________ in a taxi.

6 _________ a teacher.

7 _________ in room 603.

8 Hello._________ in my class.

a Complete the first column with the words in

the box. Then write the contractions.

she

are

they

Full form

I

is

J

are

is

are

Contractions

am

I’m

you

he

is

it
we

VOll
are

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Student Book p.122 Grammar Bank 1A


3 PRONUNCIATION vowel sounds, word stress

Put the letters in order to make days of the week.

a Write the words in the chart.

1 ARSAYDUT

meet
eight

fine
nice

you
three

two
in

six
man
thank
wait

Saturday

2 NYAUDS

3 HRDYTUSA

4 ODNYMA

8 9 &J
fish

cat

tree

boot

5 DFARYI

train

bike

6 DSYEEAWND
7 EUASDTY

six

More Words to Learn
b Underline the stressed syllable in these words.

coffee

6 good-bye

afternoon

7 e-mail

eighteen

8 Internet

thirteen

9 computer

evening

10 hotel

Write translations and try to remember the words.
Word

Pronunciation

room noun

/rum/ or /rum/

word noun

/ward/

morning noun

/'marnig/

afternoon noun

/aeftar'nun/

evening noun

/'ivnig/

good adjective

/gud/

important adjective

/im'portnt/

help verb

/help/

try verb

/trai/

check verb

/tfek/

Translation

c Practice saying the words in a and b.

4 VOCABULARY numbers 1-20
Continue the series.
1

five, six, seven, eight_____ , nine______ , ten_______

2 six, eight, ten,___________ ,___________ _____________
3 twenty, nineteen,___________ ,___________ ,_________

4 five, seven, nine,__________ ,___________ ,__________

5 one, four, seven,__________ ,___________ ,__________

Study Link

Student Book p.140 Vocabulary Bank

Study idea
To remember new words, you need to test your
memory.

1 Cover the Translation column and look at the words
in English. Say them in your language.

2 Cover the Word column and look at the translation.

5 SAYING GOOD-BYE

Say the words in English.

a Complete the words with a, e, i, o, or u.

QUESTION TIME
Can you answer these questions?
What's your name?
How are you?

What day is it today?
Is it Monday today?

Are you a teacher?
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To be or not to be, that is the question.

William Shakespeare, English playwright

I'm not American, I'm Canadian!
1 VOCABULARY countries and nationalities

4 Osaka and Kyoto are in China. (Japan)
_--------------

Complete with a country or a nationality.
1

Alice is from the United States. She’s___ American_____

2

Duncan is Scottish. He’s from__________ Scotland______

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-

-

■

—

■

•

6 Tacos are from Italy. (Mexico)
-

4 My friends are Mexican. They’re from_________________

---------------- —---------------- •

7 You’re Canadian. (French)

5 Sandra is from Argentina. She’s_______________________

-

6 Toyota cars are Japanese. They’re from________________

- - ——...------------------------ •

8 Cameron Diaz is Spanish. (American)

7 Spaghetti is from Italy. It’s____________________________

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8 We’re French. We’re from_____________________________

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b Order the words to make questions.

1 your /’s / name I What

10 They’re Spanish. They’re from_________________________

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5 We’re in room 104. (room 105)

3 Jun is from China. He’s_______________________________

9 She’s from Korea. She’s_______________________________

--

— — --

What’s your name?

Student Book p.141 Vocabulary Bank

2 she I Where /’s / from

2 GRAMMAR verb be

?•

-

and 7

3 United I from / they I States I the I Are

a Correct the sentences.

____________________________________________________ ?
4 seven I room / we / in / Are

____________________________________________________ ?

5 vacation I you / Are / on
-------------------- —

- -

-

?
•

6 from / he / Japan I Is

?•

—

c Match these answers to the questions in b.

1 Venice is in Greece. (Italy)

Venice isn’t in Greece. It’s in Italy.

a Yes, he is.

’ 61

b No, I’m not.

3

c She’s from Thailand.

3

d No, we aren’t.

3
3
3

e Yes, they are.

2 Sean Connery is Irish. (Scottish)

f Andrew.
3 I’m American. (British)
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3 PRONUNCIATION vowel sounds

5 INSTRUCTIONS

a Write the words in the chart.

a Match the words and pictures.

Argentina
twenty
hotel
where
are
Mexico
Wednesday

airport
not
copy
Japan
hundred

.A 1
car

clock

computer

egg

phone

chair

Argentina

a match

Sj

d circle

G

g check

__]

b underline

G

e cross out

G

h choose

G

c complete

G

f number

b Underline the stressed syllable in these words.
6 Brazil

Spanish
Japan

7 Portuguese

Japanese

8 Italy

Germany

9 Italian

China

10 American

c Practice saying the words in a and b.

4 VOCABULARY numbers 20-1,000
a Write the numbers in words.

b Cover the words. Look at the pictures and try to
remember the words.

More Words to Learn
Write translations and try to remember the words.
Word

Pronunciation

people noun

/’pipl/

things noun

/Oirjz/

1 27

twenty-seven

quiz noun

/kwiz/

2 33

______________________________________________

difference noun

/'difrans/

3 40

______________________________________________

vacation noun

/vei'keijn/

4 56

__________________________________ ____________

business noun

/'biznas/

5 77

_______ 1______________________________________

music noun

/'myuzik/

6 85

______________________________________________

city noun

/'siti/

7 100

______________________________________________

delicious adjective

/di'lifas/

8 240

______________________________________________

again adverb

/a'gen/

9 677

______________________________________________

Translation

10 1,000 ______________________________________________
b Cover the words. Practice saying the numbers.

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Student Book p.140 Vocabulary Bank

Can you answer these questions?
1

What nationality are you?

2

Where are you from?

3

What's the language in your country?

4

What's your phone number?

5

Are you on vacation?

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Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

John F. Kennedy, former American president

His name, her name
3 GRAMMAR possessive adjectives

VOCABULARY personal information
_ — rle*e the words with a, e, i, o, or u. Then write them
i- die correct place in the form below.

2

__-m___ 1 _ddr_ss

7

__ddr_ss

5 c_ty / c___ ntry

8

l_st n_m_

6 ph_n_ n_mb_r

9

st_d_nt

zJpcode

4

f_rst n_m_

a Complete the chart.

Subject pronoun

Possessive adjective

I

your

he
her
its

The Toronto School

we
you

application form

their

Alessandra

1

________________________

2

_______________________ Bellucci

1

Her

_ name’s Susana.

2 ___________ name’s Michael.

Porto Alegre / Brazil

3

b Complete the sentences with a possessive adjective.

3 We’re students.___________ teacher’s name’s Richard.

4

_______________________ No

5

_______________________ 30

4 I’m French.___________ family is from Lyon.
5 It’s an Italian restaurant.___________ name is Luigi’s.

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6 A What’s___________ phone number?

Ku a Minerva, <5

6

B My cell phone number?

zip code

7

90Y\0

7 They’re Mexican.___________ last name’s Gomez.
00

bellucci^hitmaiLcom
c Order the words to make questions.

555-3321

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1 first / her I What’s I name

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------—1

What’s her first name? Maria.
2 teacher I Where I from I your /’s

2 PRONUNCIATION the alphabet
a Circle the letter with a different vowel sound.

_________________________________ ? The US.
3 he / student / Is / a

J

train
H

tree

C

boot

Q

_________________________________ ? No, he isn’t.

4 you I old / How I are

egg

bike

F

E

_________________________________ ? I’m 34.

5 name I spell / do / How / you I your / last

J
©

P

u

A

I
_________________________________ ? L-O-W-R-Y.

S

0

M

Y
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b Practice saying the letters.

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Student Book p.122 Grammar Bank 1C


4 PRONUNCIATION /ar/and/ao/

More Words to Learn

a Circle the word with a different vowel sound.

Write translations and try to remember the words.

\!/

7^bird
owl

thirty

their

German

how

thousand

you

Thursday

4 number

2 address

5 Canada

3 e-mail

6 Australia

Pronunciation

Australia noun

/o'streilyo/

Canada noun

/'ktenoda/

form noun

/form/

letter (A, B, C...) noun

/Tetor/

international adjective

/intor'naejonl/

different adjective

/'difront/

famous adjective

/'feimos/

think verb

/Giqk/

about adverb

/o'baut/

every adjective

/'evri/

Translation

our

b Underline the stressed syllable in these words.

1 student

Word

c Practice saying the words in a and b.

5 READING
a Read the interview and write the questions in the

QUESTION TIME

correct space.

Are you married?
What’s your name?

Where are you from?

What’s her name?
How old are you?
Where’s the language school?

Can you answer these questions?

What's your first name?
2

What's your last name?

Are you a student?

b Look at the highlighted words. What do you think

How old are you?

they mean? Check your dictionary.
5

Interview with

What's your address?

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a language teacher
Whatsyour name?
My name's Thomas, but people call me Tom.

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I'm from Sheffield in the north of England, but now I
live in Lisbon, in Portugal. I'm an English teacher. I work
at a language school.

Yes, I am. My wife is Portuguese.

Her name's Juliana. We have two children. Laura is 5,

and Victor is 2. They speak English and Portuguese.
5

I'm 35.

6

It's in the center of Lisbon. It's a small school with
about 200 students.

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Mr. Watson, come here.

Alexander Craham Bell, inventor, to his assistant (the first telephone conversation)

Turn off your cell phones!
1 VOCABULARY common objects

2 PRONUNCIATION vowel sounds

Complete the crossword.

a Write the words in the chart.
good
board

coins
here
Europe
we’re
four
country
euro
hundred
book
enjoy

3 GRAMMAR a / an, plurals, this / that I these / those

a Write It’s + a/an or They

1

It’s an address book.

5 ______ sunglasses.

2 They’re tissues.

6 ______ umbrella.

3 ______ newspaper.

7 ______ coins.

4 ______ ID card.

8 ______ change purse.

b Write each word in its plural form in the correct

column.
coin
match
sandwich
dictionary
pen
watch
city

address

Clues down 4*

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Student Book p.142 Vocabulary Bank

family
pencil

wallet
country

-s

-es

-ies

coins

watches

countries


c Complete the sentences with this, that, these, or those.

b Order the words to make sentences.

1 don’t 111 know
I don't know.
picture’s

2 do / How / it / you I spell

nice

__________________________________________________ ?
3 don’t / I / understand

4 you / it / Can / please / repeat
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ ?

5 in / English I How I you / say / do / vacaciones
-

-

■

, _ . , ,,

- -

•

6 remember /1 / don’t

More Words to Learn
Write translations and try to remember the words.

4 CLASSROOM LANGUAGE

Word

Pronunciation

classroom noun

/'klcEsrum/

eyes noun

laal

instructions noun

/in'strAkJnz/

pocket noun

/'pakot/

happy adjective

/'haepi/

worry verb

/'wori/

point verb

/point/

guess verb

/ges/

see verb

/si/

please interjection

/pliz/

Can you answer these questions?

a Complete the sentences.

j

What's in your bag?

Close____the door.

2

How do you spell coffee?

2 L_____________ to the teacher.

3

Where's the stress in coffee?

3 O_____________ your books.

4
7

Is this your book?

1

Translation

How do you say door in your language?

4 W____________ in pairs.

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5 Don’t w_____________

6 T_____________ off your cell phone.

7 L_____________ at the board.

8 Don’t s_____________ Spanish.
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On a plane

Practical English

1 VOCABULARY drinks

4 READING

Order the letters. What are the drinks?

a Match the words and pictures.

1

KILM

_________ milk_________

2

FECOFE

______________________

3

RETWA

______________________

4 AET

______________________

5 ANROEG CIJEU

______________________

6 ODAS

______________________

phones
baggage claim
departures
parking lot

1

restrooms

2 ASKING FOR A DRINK

Complete the conversations. Write one word in

each blank.
A Would you like a drink, sir?

B Yes, a mineral 1 water , please.

X

taxis
bar

restrooms

arrivals

2 _____________

carts

3 _____________

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A Ice and lemon?
B 2 J_____________ lemon.

A Tea or coffee?

B Tea,3 p_____________

A Milk?

B 4 Y_____________ , please.
A Sugar?

b Read the dialogues. Where are they? Write the

number from a.
B No, 5 t_____________

1 A Two sodas, please.
B Ice and lemon?

3 SOCIAL ENGLISH
Complete the dialogue with these words.

LZ

2 A Good morning. Where to?
B Downtown, please.

Can

Let’s

Nice

OK

Welcome

A Hello. Are you Jack Horton?
B Yes. Are you Min?

A Yes, I am. 1____ Nice____ to meet you.
B You too.2_____________ to Korea.3______________I help

you with your bags?

A OK, let’s go.

3 A Good-bye, Cathy. Have a good trip!
B Bye, Paul. See you soon.

4 A Look! Is that your bag?
B No, my bag’s black. Ah, there it is!

5 A Hi, it’s me.

A No. It’s 4_____________ , thanks.

B Where are you?

B My car’s in the parking lot. Would you like a coffee first?

A I’m at the airport.

A No, thanks. I’m fine.
B All right. 5_____________ go.

1 I

c Underline five words or phrases you don’t know.

Use your dictionary to look up their meaning and
pronunciation.

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All I know is what I read in the papers.

Will Rogers, American comedian

1 VOCABULARY verb phrases

3 GRAMMAR simple present l + l and

Complete the verb phrases.

a Circle the correct answer.
1

A lot of American people (go) / goes to the movies.

2

They don’t smoke I doesn’t smoke in coffeehouses.

dinner

3

We read I reads the newspaper on the train.

drive

_____________

4

They doesn’t like / don’t like children in restaurants.

speak

_____________

5

You lives I live in a house with a yard.

4 read

_____________

6

My father don’t cook I doesn’t cook.

5 watch

_____________

7

In the US, cars stop I stops at crosswalks.

6 wear

_____________

8

The women do / does the housework in my family.

7 live

_____________

9 My mother watch / watches a lot of TV.

8 go

-------------------

dinner

French

a car

a magazine

1

cook

2

3

Study Link

TV
in an apartment
to the movies
glasses

Student Book p.143 Vocabulary Bank

10 Your children eat / eats a lot of French fries.

b Look at the chart and complete the You column.

Tom

Susan

2 VOCABULARY irregular plurals

drink tea

X

/

a Complete the chart.

eat pasta

/

X

watch TV in the evening

/

play the piano

X

Singular

Plural

man

children

person

women
b Complete the sentences with a word from the chart

X

Now complete the sentences.

1

Tom____ eats____ pasta.

2

Tom_____________ tea.

3

Susan and Tom

in a.

_____________TV in the

1 Her mother is a very nice___ person____

evening.

2 I have two_____________ My first_____________ is six

4

I_____________ the piano.

5

Susan_____________ tea.

3 Many American_____________ drink coffee.

6

I_____________ television in the evening.

4 Don’t go into that restroom, David! It’s for

7

Tom and Susan_____________ the piano.

8

I_____________ pasta.

9

I_____________ tea.

years old.

_____________ , not______________

You

10 Susan_____________ pasta.

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More Words to Learn

c Complete the sentences.
r

Write translations and try to remember the words.

1 I

don’t smoke (not / smoke).

2 My mother_____________ (study) English.

Word

Pronunciation

popular adjective

/'papyolor/

incredible adjective

/in'kredobl/

typical adjective

/'tipikl/

fantastic adjective

/faen'taestik/

terrible adjective

/'terobl/

just (= only) adverb

/d3ASt/

everywhere adverb

/'evriwer/

really adverb

/'rili/

too adverb

/tu/

a lot of quantifier

/ei lot ov/

manv quantifier

/'meni/

Translation

3 They_____________ (not I go) to school.

4 She_____________ (have) two children.

Study idea

5 The restaurant_____________ (close) at 11:00.

1

grammar, and the pronunciation of new words.

6 We_____________ (not I have) a yard.
7 Her father_____________ (not / work).

Study Link

Use your dictionary to find the meaning, the

the pronunciation

Student Book p.124 Crammar Bank 2A

the stress is on the
following syllable

the grammar

the translation

/-------------Y4
---r
incredible /in'kredobl/ adj. increible

4 PRONUNCIATION consonant sounds,-s
a Write the words in the chart.

2 Look at the Pronunciation column above.

smoke
work
have
does
typical
stand
has

TV
drive
like
cooks
when

Say the words two or three times.
Popular ... popular ... popular,

infill

f
vase

V
snake

dog

zebra

leg

witch

have
Can you answer these questions?

Q Do you smoke?

b Circle the word which ends in /iz/.

lives

works

drinks

likes

Cdances
washes

drives

finishes

plays

watches

cooks

speaks

reads

stops

kisses

catches

eats

goes

Do you live in an apartment?
Do you like soccer?
Do you read a newspaper every day?
Do you wear glasses?

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c Practice saying the words in a and b.

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1 GRAMMAR simple present LL

c Dong and Rachel are new friends. They go out for
coffee. Complete the questions.

a Complete the questions with Do or Does.

R So, Dong,1

where do you live_______?

D In Seoul. In a small house.

R 2__________________________ with your parents?

b Order the words to make questions.

D Yes, and my sister. What about you?

1 with / Do / live / your / you /mother

3__________________________ any brothers and sisters?

Do you live with your mother?

R I have a brother. He’s 19.

2 Where / have I does I lunch I Kate

?

— •

R No, he’s a student.

3 go / do I to I movies I When / you / the
■--------

?

R In a store downtown.
?

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D What about you? 5__________________________ work?

•

4 listen I you / in / the I the I Do / to / radio I morning
-

D 4__________________________ work?

D 6__________________________ your job?
R Yes, I like it a lot.

5 they / Where I soccer / do / play
?

--

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6 she I Does / French / study
_________ ____ ____ _____________ _____ ____ ____ __ ____ ____ __ ____ ___ _____ _____ ________ _ ___ __ __ __________

?

-______________ __ _________ ______ —_ ______ ______ — •

a Circle the word with a different sound.

7 brother / the / work / his / Does / hotel / in /
■

2 PRONUNCIATION consonant sounds

?
•

key

country

cook (^center^) coffee

8 friends I When / do / play I your I tennis

_________________________________________ .___________ ?•
9 have / do / When / lunch I you

-

?•

H giri

sh°wer

get

Germany

she

fish

golf

glasses

go

Russia

10 work / in / office / Do / an / they

____ __________________________________ _

-- - ?•

b Practice saying the words.

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3 VOCABULARY common verb phrases

William is 42. He 7_____________ the newspaper and

Who's the
best boyfriend

watches TV on weekends. He works in an office and

8 ________ a BMW. He lives in a big house and
9 _____________ the piano.

for Aisha?
David is 30. He 10_____________the electric guitar.

Aisha is 29. She wants to find a boyfriend.

He "_____________ fastfood, but he 12______________

She ____ lives____ in Montreal, and she

He 13_____________ soccer all weekend in the park.

2_____________ in a hospital. She 3______________

to New York on vacation. She 4_____________

Dino is 26. He's Italian, but he 14_____________ in Canada.

TV, but she 5_____________ to classical music.

He 15_____________ medicine. He 16______________ four

She 5_____________ Italian food in her kitchen

languages. He 17_____________ to the movies on Saturdays.

at home.

He 18_____________ going to restaurants.

a Complete the sentences with a verb in the correct form.
read
go (x2)
study
drive
play (x3)
not eat
live (x2)
cook
not like
drink

work
listen

not watch
speak

b Read the text again. Who would be the best boyfriend

for Aisha - William, David, or Dino?

More Words to Learn
Write translations and try to remember the words.

Word

Pronunciation

friends noun

/frendz/

boyfriend noun

/‘boifrend/

girlfriend noun

/'garlfrend/

Translation

glass (of water) noun /glaes/

4 INSTRUCTIONS
a Match the words and pictures.

supermarket noun

/'suparmarkat/

north, south,

/narO/ /sao0/
/ist/ /west/

east, west nouns

6

drink

cook verb

/kok/

late adjective

/leit/

Let’s meet...

/lets mit/

H Where do you live?

What languages do you speak?
a ask

J_

d cover the text

]

b answer

□

e test a partner

□

c say

g think

D

Do you have a car?

h copy

□

What sports do you play?
What food do you like?

f role-play
J

b Cover the words. Look at the pictures and try to
remember the words.
16

I

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An artist and a musician
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VOCABULARY jobs

a Complete the crossword.
Clues across

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b Write er or or.

d Complete the sentences with these words.

1 soccer play_£ r_ 3 act

5 doct

2 manag

6 police offic____

4 wait

at (2x)

in (3x)

with (2x)

of

for (2x)

1

My sister works

2

I work______ three other people.

3

I’m 16, and I’m______ school.

4

They work______ a hospital.

1 Artists are people who____ draw____ and paint pictures.

5

Maria works____ an office.

2 I don’t have breakfast when I’m_____________

6

Her brother works______ a newspaper.

3 David has 28 days of_____________ every year.

7

jack works______ home.

4 My father drinks four cups of coffee_____________

8

My boyfriend studies economics______ college.

5 My boyfriend has a very_____________ job.

9

Maria earns a lot______ money.

c Complete the sentences with these words.
just
lonely
draw
stressful
vacation

every day

in a hurry

6 People who work at home are sometimes_____________

10

for

the government.

Do you work______ a computer?

7 I_____________ have a sandwich for lunch.
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2 GRAMMAR a / an + jobs

3 PRONUNCIATION consonant sounds

a Circle the correct form. Then complete the answers
with a, an, or -. Then match the questions and answers.

a Write the words in the chart.

1 What do /(^oes)he do?

0

2 What do I does they do?

O

3 Is / Does she a housewife?

Lj

4 What do I does you do?

O

5 Is / Are they politicians?

lJ

6 Where do I does she work?

O

China
shop
photo
you
chair Germany
job
file
England
university
drink
person

7 Do I Does they study at a university? L
8 What does / do she do?

D

b Underline the stressed syllable in these words,

a She’s__ a__ hairdresser.

1 journalist

4 pilot

7 salesperson

b In a hospital - she’s______ nurse.

2 politician

5 musician

8 housewife

c He’s______ actor.

3 hairdresser

6 engineer

9 student

d No, they’re______ doctors.

c Practice saying the words in a and b.

e I’m______ lawyer.

f No, she’s______ journalist.

More Words to Learn

g They’re______ engineers.

Write translations and try to remember the words.

h Yes, they’re______ students.

Word

Pronunciation

factory noun

/‘faektori/

hands noun

/haendz/

other adjective

/'Adar/

earn verb

/orn/

relax verb

/riTaeks/

normally adverb

/'normoli/

together adverb

/to'gedar/

inside adverb

/in'said/

outside adverb

/aot'said/

It depends

/it di'pendz/

b What’s my job? Read the texts and complete the

sentences.
n
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1

"I work inside and outside, and I work

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during the day or at night. I drive a car or

a motorcycle, and sometimes I walk along
the street. I don't earn a lot of money. I
wear a uniform."

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2 "I work in an office with a computer

or outside with other people. I speak
other languages, and I sometimes travel
to different countries. I don't wear a

uniform. I work for a newspaper."
She's_______________________________
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What do you do?

1

I wear a uniform, and I work with

Where do you work or study?

other people. I have special qualifications, i
I
but I don't earn a lot of money. I work
i

during the day or at night, but I don't

I
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What does your father do?

7
7

What does your mother do?
In your country, what jobs are well-paid?

work outside. I work in a hospital."
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I want to be the white man's brother, not his brother-in-law.
Martin Luther King, American civil rights activist

1 GRAMMAR possessive s

c Look at the s in these sentences. Write a letter in the

box: A = possessive, B = is.

a Order the words to make sentences.
1 house I Miami I sister’s / in / My I is
My sister’s house is in Miami.

2 works / her / in / Barbara / store / brother’s

3 Japanese I Her / car I boyfriend’s I is
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5 from I girlfriend I Brazil / brother’s / is / My
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2 His name’s Robert.

[B]

3 Phillip’s brother is an actor.

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4 My son’s wife likes animals.

O

5 His brother’s very nice.

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6 Clare’s children work in Chicago.

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7 Our mother’s 50 today.

[ I

8 Their father’s an engineer.

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4 father I you / Do / know I Jennifer’s
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1 My father’s apartment is downtown.

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2 VOCABULARY the family

6 daughter’s I bank / in / friend I Our I works I a

a Complete the chart.

7 job / stressful / Is / Tom’s I very
__________
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8 money I mother I lot I earns / of / Susan’s I a
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— ■

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_______________________________

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grandmother

grandfather
father

b Correct the sentences. Add an apostrophe (’).
aunt

1 Martha is my brothers girlfriend.

husband

Martha is my brother’s girlfriend.

sister

2 This is my parents car.

son

This is my parents’ car.

niece

3 Do you know Kathys brother ?
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4 The womens restroom is over there.

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b Complete the sentences.

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5 I think this is that womans bag.
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I.......................................................

cousin

?

1 My mother’s sister is my____ aunt____
2 My brother’s son is my_____________

. I

- -

6 Our teachers wife is French.

•

3 My father’s brother is my_____________

4 My mother’s father is my_____________
5 My uncle’s son is my_____________

7 We have coffee in the Teachers Room at 10:00.

6 My sister’s daughter is my_____________
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3 PRONUNCIATION consonant sounds

More Words to Learn

Write the words in the chart. Practice saying them.

Write translations and try to remember the words.

housewife
think
brother
nurse
matches
three
men
builder
nephew

book

this
have

Word

Pronunciation

relatives noun

/'rslativz/

possessions noun

/po'zejnz/

shoes noun

/Juz/

hat noun

/hast/

cap noun

/kaep/

Which? pronoun

/witf/

Who? pronoun

/hu/

How manv? quantifier

/hao 'meni/

Translation

4 READING

The Rainforest Children

QUESTION TIME

John Allen is 43 years old, and he has four children: two

Can you answer these questions?

daughters and two sons. John is a plant scientist, and he lives

with three of his children in the South American rainforest. Their

"house" is a group of tents near the River Orinoco in Venezuela.

1

How many brothers and sisters do you have?

2

Where do your grandparents live?

J

3 What's your mother's first name?

John's wife and one of his daughters prefer to live in London.
John's children don't go to school because John is their

4

Do you live in your parents' house?

teacher. He teaches them everything he knows, including how to
survive in South America.

Do you have any cousins?

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The children don't know how to use a PlayStation™, but they

can all drive, even his 9-year-old son, Simon. At night they drive

their car 50 yards from the kitchen tent to the bedroom tent

because there are a lot of wild animals in the area. They spend

CAN YOU REMEMBER.,.?

their free time playing and reading books, and in the evening

Complete each sentence with one word.

they listen to the news on the radio. They don't have a TV or a

CD player. In the summer the children's friends come from
London to visit. When they go home, they tell their parents

incredible stories of their vacation in the Venezuelan rainforest.

/fileS^

D Hello, Gary. How_____________your mother?

2

My girlfriend's from Paris. She's_____________

3

Martin's English, and_____________ wife's American.
Please_____________ off your cell phone.

a Write T (True) or F (False).

1

John is a biology teacher.

2

John’s four children live in Venezuela.

3

They live in a house.

4

John teaches the children in a school.

5

The children don’t play computer games.

6

Simon doesn’t drive.

7

They don’t watch TV.

8

The children’s friends visit with their parents.

5

That man_____________ four different languages.

6

A _____________ you smoke?

B No, I don't.
Her father's

engineer,

My sister's

is my niece.

b Look at the highlighted words. What do you think
they mean? Check your dictionary.
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4 READING

Complete the words.

a Match the hotels and the guests. Write the numbers
in the boxes.

1 A lawyer and his friend want to spend a weekend in
Oxford to walk, talk, and play golf.
2 A company director wants to have a two-day meeting

in Oxford with managers from other European offices.
3 A family with a dog wants to travel to Scotland, but

they want to stay the night in Oxford because their

journey is too long for one day.
1

the reception

4 the f___________f____________

2

the e____________

5 a d_____________ room

3 the b____________

6 a s_____________ room

Hotels in Oxford

□

2 CHECKING IN
Complete the conversation with a phrase from the box.
Here you are.
I have-a-res-er-v-abom
It’s OK.
Non-smoking, please. That’s right. Where’s the elevator?

A Good evening, madam.

Hinksey Hill Top, Oxford
0X1 5BG

102 St Clements, Oxford
0X4 1 AR

14 double rooms,
6 single rooms

9 double rooms,
1 single room

Parking lot

Restaurant

Restaurant

Parking lot

B Just a moment.3________________________________

Bar

Television

A Do you want a smoking or non-smoking room?

Cable / satellite television

Pets welcome

B 4________________________________

Near golf course

Near highway

B Hello, i

I have a reservation.

My name’s Melissa Grant.

A For two nights?

B Yes. *
2________________________________

A Can I see your passport, please?

A Here’s your key. It’s room 212 - on the second floor.

B Thank you.5________________________________
A It’s over there. Do you need help with your bags?

B No, thanks. 6________________________________

3 SOCIAL ENGLISH
Complete the sentences with the missing words.

A 1

Would

you like another drink?

B No, I 2 h_____________ to go now. It’s late. Sorry.
A 3 T_____________ OK. It’s no problem. 4 S______________

b Underline five words or phrases you don’t know.
you tomorrow.
B Yes,5 g_____________ Sleep well.

Use your dictionary to look up their meaning and

pronunciation.
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1 VOCABULARY common adjectives

2 PRONUNCIATION vowel sounds

a Complete the crossword.

a Circle the word with a different vowel sound.

Clues across -»

cheap

study

high

comb

red

niece

blue

dry

book

pen

eat

new

big

slow

me

(wear)

do

wife

no

wet

b Underline the stressed syllable in these words.

c

1 beautiful

3 expensive

5 ugly

2 empty

4 difficult

6 dirty

Practice saying the words in a and b.

3 GRAMMAR adjectives
Order the words to make sentences.

1

has I boyfriend I rich I Cathy I a
Cathy has a rich boyfriend.

2

expensive I drives I Jack / car I an
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lipstick I wears / Helen I red
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Saturdays / a /1 / lunch I cook / on / big
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b Write the colors.
1 red + green

brown

2 black + white =

_____________

3 red + yellow =

_____________

-

_____________

5 blue + yellow -

_____________

4 white + red

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4 VOCABULARY appearance, very
a Match the pictures and the sentences. Write the
letter in the box.

1 He’s very tall and he has short, dark hair.

Je_.

2 He’s heavy, with long, dark hair.

G]

3 She’s old and heavy with short, blond hair.
4 She’s young, tall, and she has dark hair.

5 He’s young. He’s tall and thin with short hair.
6 She’s short and thin, and she has long hair.

b Complete with an expression from the box.
I’m cold.
I’m tired.

I’m hot.
I’m sad.
I’m angry.
I’m thirsty.
I’m hungry.
I’m happy.

1 My friend is very late.

____ Im angry.____

2 It’s 2°C.

__________________

3 It’s my birthday!

__________________

4 It’s 85°F.

__________________

5 It’s time for lunch.

__________________

6 My boyfriend doesn’t love me.

More Words to Learn

__________________

Write translations and try to remember the words.
7 I want a glass of water.

__________________

Word

Pronunciation

president noun

/'prezadant/

airline noun

/'erlain/

clothes noun

/klooz/

moon noun

/mun/

hair noun

/her/

good-looking adjective

/god'lokig/

prettv adjective

/'priti/

41 girlfriends, but they are all different. Some have brown hair,

feel verb

/fil/

some have blond hair, some have dark hair, and some have red

separate verb

/'seprat/

another determiner

/a'n Adar/

8 It’s very late.

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5 READING
Who is the perfect Bond girl?
There are 20 Bond films in the "Bond, James Bond" exhibition at
the Science Museum in London. In these films, James Bond has

hair. But experts now know exactly what type of girl James Bond

Translation

Adapted from a website

likes. They say Bond's typical girlfriend has brown hair and

brown eyes. She is tall (lm 70), thin and, of course, very

beautiful. And who is the perfect

QUESTION TIME

Bond girl? They say it's Diana

Rigg in the film On Her Majesty's

Can you answer these questions?

Secret Service.

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Q Is your apartment big or small?

2

Are you tall or short?

3

What color hair do you have?

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Check (/) the correct boxes.

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James Bond likes girls who...

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are rich

b

are short IJ

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have blue eyes

c

are tall

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f

have brown eyes

d are beautiful

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h are heavy

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Are you hungry?

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Are restaurants cheap or expensive in your country?

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3 o'clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do.
Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher

Wake up, get out of bed...
1 GRAMMAR telling the time

3 VOCABULARY daily routine

Write the times.

a Complete the phrases with go, get, take, or have.

1

It’s twenty to six.

6

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1 . get dressed

5

2

to the gym

6

to work

10

up

3

shopping

7

a shower

11

to work

4

a coffee

8

home

12

dinner

.

breakfast

9

b Circle the action which you usually do first.
2 PRONUNCIATION the letter o

1 get dressed I(^take a shower^

Circle the word with a different vowel sound.

2 get up I wake up

Practice saying the words.

3 make dinner / have dinner

4 sleep I go to bed

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5 go home I get home

not

school

no

slow

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two

son

go

shop

food

mother

comb

job

hot

from

brown

6 start work I get to work
7 have lunch I have breakfast

8 have dinner / have a coffee
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4 GRAMMAR the time, daily routine

5 What__________________________________________ ?

She has dinner and watches television.

a Complete the sentences with have, go, take, or get.

6 What time____________________________________ ?

She goes to bed at 10:30.

A housewife's life is very
stressful - or is it?

7 _______________________________________________ ?

No, she doesn’t. She goes to bed late.

Many people think that housewives have a very stressful life.

More Words to Learn

We ask two, Maggie and Eve, about their typical day.

Write translations and try to remember the words.

Word

Pronunciation

cup (of coffee) noun

/kAp/

expert noun

/'eksport/

9______ fruit and orange juice for

same adjective

/seim/

breakfast. Then I 10______ a bath

invite verb

/in'vait/

ride verb

/raid/

pickup verb

/pik Ap/

Translation

Eve Standish is from Houston,
Texas.

"18______ up at ten o'clock and

and get dressed. At 11:30, I meet
my friends downtown. First, we
11 ______ a coffee, and then we
12 ______

shopping. We usually

guide noun

/gaid/

15______

lunch at about one

more quantifier

/mor/

all quantifier

/□l/

because conjunction

/bi'koz/

First Maggie Macallan, from

o'clock in a restaurant in town. In

Quebec, Canada.

the afternoon,

we

sometimes

up at 7:30, and I make

14 ______

to the gym. When 1

breakfast for my children. Then I

15 ______

home, I 16______

2........... . dressed and take the

drink with my husband. In the

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children to school. Then 1*3______

evening we17______ to the theater

1

shopping. I go to the supermarket

or to a nightclub. I normally

and buy food and things for the

18______ to bed very late."

"11 get

a

house. When I 4______ home, I
make the beds and clean the
house. 15______ a shower before

I pick up the children from school at

Use a highlighter pen to highlight
words that are difficult to

remember (in your Student
Book and Workbook).
2 Cover the Word column (above) and test your

memory. Which words are difficult for you to
remember? Highlight them.

four o'clock. In the evening we
6______

dinner

television. I 7______

and

watch

to bed at

10:30 because I'm very tired."

QUESTION TIME
____________________________________________________________________

Can you answer these questions?

What time do you get up?

b Write questions about Maggie or Eve.
1 What time_____________ does Maggie get up_____________ ?

She gets up at 7:30.
2 _________________Does Eve have breakfast _______________ ?

Yes, she does. She has fruit and orange juice.

2

What do you have for breakfast?

3

Where do you have lunch?

4

How do you get to work or school?

What time do you go to bed?
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No, she doesn’t. She takes a shower in the afternoon.
4 Where_________________________________________________ ?

She meets her friends downtown.

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1 GRAMMAR adverbs of frequency

b Write the adverb of frequency in the correct place in

the sentence.

a Complete the You column in the chart. Then

complete the sentences with a verb and an adverb
of frequency.

&

often ZZZ

sometimes ZZ
hardly ever Z

never -

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Robert

ZZ

ZZZZZ

—

ZZZ

zzzz

ZZZZ

drink alcohol

ZZZ

Z

be sick

ZZZ

Z

vegetables
play sports or

exercise
be relaxed

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Steffi

eat fruit and

2 My boyfriend is late, (never)

3 The children walk to school, (usually)

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Tom sometimes rides his motorcycle to work.

/^\

always ZZZZZ

usually ZZZZ

1 Tom rides his motorcycle to work, (sometimes)

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4 I’m hungry, (always)

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5 Teachers are stressed, (often)

6 I see my uncle and aunt, (hardly ever)
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7 Professional soccer players are rich, (usually)
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8 Pilots sleep in hotels, (often)

1 Steffi___sometimes eats

fruit and vegetables.

2 She___________________ sports or exercises.

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5 She___________________ sick.

Complete the sentences.
6 Robert___________________ fruit and vegetables.

stay at home
sunset
rice

7

popular
busy

meat
unusual
take my time

beach

8

1

9

2 The secretary is very______ ______ - she has a lot of work.

10

3 That restaurant is_____________ because the food is good.

Chinese people eat a lot of_____rice_____

4 The opposite of usual is_____________

5 I like to_____________ ! I don’t like to be in a hurry.

6 In the summer, I go to the_____________ every day.
7 I love the_____________ when the sky is orange and red.

8 Vegetarians don’t eat_____________
9 I don’t want to go out tonight. I want to_____________

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