Lindsay Clandfield

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Lindsay Clandfield

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Beginner Student’s Book

MACMILLAN


Co n t e n t s

2

Lesson

Grammar

Vocabulary

lA My name p6

To be (1)

English around you: names

.

lam ; What is your name?

Functional language!
Greetings (1 )
Asking & saying names

My name is ...

IB My country p8

To be (2) (my, his, her)

Cities & countries

Greetings (2)
Asking & saying where
you’re from


lC My number plO

It

Numbers 1-10

Greetings (3)
Asking for & saying phone
numbers

ID Review p i2

Review lesson

2A Hotel lobby pl4

The alphabet

Spelling names

Numbers 11-20
English around you: abbreviations

2 i Hotel room p i 6

This/that/here/there

Common objects

2C Hotel cafe p l 8


Plurals, a/an

Food & drink

In a cafe

2D Review p20

Review lesson

Asking about jobs

1

&

2 Language reference p22

3A International workers p24

To be (affirmative)

Jobs

3B International train p26

To be (negative)

Colours & nationalities


3C International school p28

To be (questions & short answers)

Days of the week

Saying goodbye

English around you: the classroom

3D Review p30

Review lesson

4a Personal photos p32

It, they

4i

Personal web page p34

Possessive's

Numbers 21-101

Talking about age

Family

English around you: family words

4C Personal possessions p36

Prepositions of place

4D Review p38

Review lesson

Personal possessions

3 & 4 Language reference p40

5A Working life p42

Present simple (1 ) (affirmative)

Common verbs & nouns (1 )

SB Technology life p44

Present simple (2) (negative; and & but)

Technology

Emails

English around you: computers


5C Hard life? p46

Present simple (3) (questions & short

Adjectives (1)

answers)

5D Review p48

Review lesson

6 A Daytime p50

Adverbs of frequency

Common verbs & nouns (2)

Telling the time (1)

6 B Free time p52

Present simple (4) (wh- questions)

Common verbs & nouns (3)

Telling the time (2)

Free time activities
6 C Mealtime p54


6D
5&

2

Review >55

6 Language reference p58

Present simple + how often + time

Food (2) & meals

expressions

English around you: food labels

Review lesson


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Pronunciation

Reading

Infractions (1)

Dialogues: four greetings


IB

r:onation (1 ) (wh- questions)

t

-e alphabet

Speaking

Listening

Meet other students

Introductions

Dialogue: introductions

Four phone dialogues

Roleplay: phone numbers

At the hotel

At the hotel

Asking what something is in English

Dialogue: in a hotel room


Roleplay: in a cafe

In a cafe

_
3*

Insonants: M 3/, Id/, /r/ & /tj/

3:

Intractions (2)

,

-

.

___________

Communication: jobs

International workers
Dialogue on a train

Game: Correct or incorrect?

Dialogues about age


Talking about how old things are

United Nations International School

3®
"»:rd stress (1 )
■«€ Schwa /s/

1

Talking about your family

Family album web page

In a flat

4“1
^

Talk about where you live and work

Working life

I
5:

Consonants: /s/ & /z/

:


":onation (2): {yes/no questions)

if
: i

Communication: describe and draw

Dialogues about technology

Technology Life Survey

Interview with a man about his new job

Game: My new job - a hard life?

ille/, /a/, /u:/ & 111

Morning people and night people

Talking about your daily routine

Connected speech (1)

Community centre noticeboard

Phone call to a community

Roleplay: a famous person’s free time


centre
Eating habits survey

Make a healthy living survey


Vocabulary

Lesson

Grammar

7A City break p60

There is/there are (1)

Places in a city (1)

There is/there are (2) (questions &

Adjectives (2)

negative)

Places in a city (2)

7B City life p62
7C City tour p64

Travel words


Functional language

Survival English

English around you: signs

7D Review p66

Review lesson

8A

Was/were

Years

Was/were (questions, negative &

English around you: television

Film sequels p68

SB Film script p70

time expressions)

8C

Film reviews p72


Subject & object pronouns

8D

Review p74

Review lesson

Adjectives of opinion

Giving an opinion

7 & 8 Language reference p76

9A Holiday p78

Past simple irregular verbs

Big numbers

(affirmative)
Past simple regular verbs

English around you: songs

(affirmative & negative)

Music words


9C Independence day p82

Prepositions of time (in, on, at)

Months

9D Review p84

Review lesson

10A Good weekend! p86

Past simple questions (1)

lO B Good question! p88

Past simple questions (2)

9B

Last days p80

IOC Good deal p90

The date

Weekend activities

Guessing
Money & prices


In a shop

English around you: clothes labels

10D Review p92

Review lesson

9 & 10 Language reference p94
llA

Special people p96

Action verbs

Can,/can't

11B Special event p98

Present continuous

English around you: international
organizations

llC

Special paintings plOO

ll D


Review p i 02

Talking about a painting
Review lesson

12A The phone p!04

Telephoning

12B The airport pl06

Going to (1) future plans

English around you: at the airport

12C The end pl08

Going to (2); future time expressions

Feelings

12D Review pi 10

Review lesson

11 & 12 Language reference pi 12
Communication activities pi 14

Audioscripts pl20


Irregular verb list p!27

Telephone English

Best wishes for the future


Pronunciation

7A

Word stress (2)

Reading

Listening

Speaking

Presentation: a city you know

Take a break in the world's
top cities

7C

Communication: Two places

Dialogue about a neighbourhood


7b

In the city of York

/m/, /f/, /v/ & /p/

__

_

Roleplay: tourists in New York

_ ........... ..._____... ..

70

8a

Years

Talking about films and TV

Do it again

Presentation about you in the past

8b
8C


Dialogue from a detective film

Find someone w h o ...

Dialogues about opinions

Intonation (3)

Game: That's My Opinion

8d

Talk about a real or imaginary

Email about a holiday

9a

place you went on holiday

9b

Past simple regular verbs

9c

/e/

&


The Beatles’ last concert

Retell the story of the Beatles

Independence day holidays

/a/

Interview about independence day
holidays

9d

10a

Dialogue about the weekend

Diphthongs

Guided dialogue about the week­
end

10b

Connected speech (2)

10c

Quizzes in Britain


A quiz

Make a quiz

Night markets - the place for a

In a shop

Shopping questionnaire

good deal

Roleplay: in a shop

People look at us

Game: The English Challenge!

10D

11A
11B

Can/can't

At a concert

Dialogues on the phone

Special paintings


Dialogues about paintings

Describe a painting

Me and my mobile

Three phone calls

Guided phone call

At the airport

Describe a picture

h!

lie
11D
12A

Intonation (4)

12b

Roleplay: at the airport

1

12C


1

12P

Going to

The end o f the course!

Guided dialogue - end of course


1a My name
Fu n c t i o n a l
1 ®

language:

greetings (1)

1.1 Read and listen.

Hello.
Hi. Goodbye.
Bye.

2 ®

1.1 Listen again and repeat.


3 Say hello to other people in the class.

Re a d i n g &
1

1.2 Listen to the dialogues and point to
the correct photo.

2 ®
1
A:
B:
A:
B:

l is t e n in g

1.2 Listen again and read the dialogues.

Hello.
Hi.
W hat’s your name?
M y name’s Jack.

2
A: Goodbye.
B: Goodbye.
3
A:
B:

A:
B:

Hi.
Hello.
I’m ... Orion. W hat’s your name?
M y name’s Emily.

4
A: W hat’s your name?
B: W illy.
A: Goodbye, W illy.

Grammar To be (1); I am; What is your name? My name is ...
Vocabulary

Names

Functional language: Greetings (1); Asking & saying names


My name j 1a

Fu n c t i o n a l
1 ®

language:

asking & saying na m es


S p e a k in g
1 Walk around the class and meet other
students. Use the diagram to help you.

1.3 Listen and repeat.

A: W hat’s your name?
B: My name’s Ben. W hat’s yours?
A: I ’m Emma.
2 Work in pairs. Ask and say your name.

G r a m m a r : to be (1)
m ... What's ...?

Full form

Contraction

I am
What is
My name is

I’m

Q

W hat’s
My nam e’s

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Goodbye.

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En g l is h

Complete the dialogues with fm or's.

i

1
A: Hello. What (1 )____ . your name?
B: I (2 )
Thomas.
A: Hello, Thomas.

2
A: I (3) _
(4 )
B: M y name
A: Goodbye,
B: Bye.

2 ®

around you


: nam es

mi
.6 Listen to some popular names in
Britain.

. Mr Smith. What
your name?
(5 )
Jessica.
Jessica.

1.4 Listen to the recording to check your answers.

P r o n u n c i a t i o n : contractions (1)
1 ®

1.5 Listen and repeat.

I am
My name is
What is

I ’m
M y name’s
W hat’s

Practise the dialogues in Grammar exercise 1. Use contractions.

2 Do you know people with British names?

If yes, what are they? Which British names
are popular in your country?


1b My country
Fu n c t i o n a l
i

*

language:

Grammar

To be (2) (my, his, her)

Vocabulary Cities & countries
Functional language: Greetings (2); Asking & saying where you’re from

greetings (2)

1.7 Read and listen.
A:
B:
A:
C:

Hello, Lucy.
Hi, Dan. This is Philip.
Nice to meet you, Philip.

Nice to meet you, too.

2 Work in groups of three. Practise the dialogue.

V o c a b u l a r y : cities & countries
1

Match the countries 1-8 to the photos A-H.

1
2
3
4

Brazil
Italy
Britain
Russia

2

*
1.8 Listen to the recording to check
your answers. Repeat the words.

5 France
6 the US
7 China
8 Germany


B Moscow

Li s t e n i n g
i

1.9 Listen and write the names of the
countries or cities you hear.

1 M y name is Polly. I ’m from ______
2 This is Pierre. He’s from

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My country


G r a m m a r : to be (2) (my, his, her)
Full form

Contraction

He’s
He is
She’s
She is
We’re
We are
They’re
They are
My name is ...
His name is ...
Her name is ...

O

Fu n c t i o n a l

language:

1b

asking & saying

w h e r e y o u ’ re from
1


* * 1.10 Read and listen.

A: Where are you from?
B: I ’m from Milan.

Se e L a n g u a g e R e f e r e n c e p a g e 2 2

Underline the correct form of the verb to complete the
sentences.
1
2
3
4
5
6

I am / are Jennifer.
His name is / are George.
They are / am from England.
He is / am from London.
She is / are from Manchester.
We are / is from Russia.

2 Make sentences about the photos.

2

Work in groups. Ask other students, Where are you from?

S p ea k in g

Work in groups of three, A, B and C. Complete the
dialogue with information about you.

A Her name is Jin.
She’s from China.

A: Hi. I ’m
W hat’s your name?
B: Hello. My name’s
I ’m from
you from?
A: I ’m from ______
A:
C:
A:
C:
B:

H ello ,______
H i,______
This is
He/She’s from
Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you, too.

2

Practise the dialogue.

3


Close your books and
practise the dialogue again.

Where are


lc My number
Fu n c t i o n a l
1

®

language:

Grammar: It
Vocabulary: Numbers 1-10
Functional language: Greetings (3); Asking for & saying
phone numbers

greetings (3)

Li s t e n i n g

1.11 Read and listen.

1

A : Hello. How are you?


® 1.14 Listen to four dialogues. Match the
dialogues 1-4 to the pictures A-D.

B: I ’m fine, thanks. And you?
A : Fine, thanks.

B
Er^li-sk

c la js js

321
Mr_s

Kirjsck

B

James
345 0782
1.11 Listen again and repeat.

2

JF
/

3 Work in groups. Say hello to the other people.
Ask, How are you? and answer.
2


V o c a b u l a r y : n u m be rs 1 - 1 0
i

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1.14 Listen again and say the numbers in the
pictures in exercise 1.

1.12 Read and listen to the numbers.

one

two
seven

nine
2

10

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1.13 Listen and say the correct number.


My number

Fu n c t i o n a l


language:

asking for

& saying ph o ne nu m be rs
1 ®

P r o n u n c i a t i o n : i nt o na tio n (1)
1

1.15 Read and listen.

A: W hat’s your phone number?
B: It’s 928 2914.
A: My phone number is 926 0438.

lc

2

1.18 Listen to the intonation in these questions.
How^arePyou?

Where are you from?

W hat’s your^hame?

W hat’s your phone number?

m 1.18 Listen again and repeat the questions. Copy

the intonation.

S p ea k in g

Language note

1

£

1.19 Read and listen to the dialogue.

A:
B:
A:
B:
A:
B:

W hat’s your mobile number?
It’s 0793 812 9421.
OK. W hat’s your home number?
It’s 928 2914.
W hat’s your work number?
Sorry, I don’t have one.

2

Complete the chart with your phone numbers.


Say zero or oh for phone numbers in English.

2 ®

1.16 Listen and repeat the phone numbers.

Phone
numbers

You

Student 1

Student 2

1 687 054 265
2 44 0378 543 0157
3 350 2871
3 What’s your phone number? Tell a partner.

G r a m m a r : it
My phone number is 966 0438. It's 966 0438.
It’s = It is
Use it for things.

O

Talk to two other students, Complete the chart with
their phone numbers.


Se e L a n g u a g e R e f e r e n c e p a g e 2 2

Useful language
1 Replace the words in italics with he or it.
1 Where is Mark from?
Mark is from Britain.
2 Mary is from Glasgow.
Glasgow is in Scotland.
3 W hat’s her phone number?
Her phone number is 753 891.
2

W hat’s your

home
number?
work
mobile

It’s . . .
OK.
Sorry, I don’t have one.

flU 1.17 Listen to the recording to check your answers.

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d

Review

Fu n c t i o n a l

language

1 Complete the words.

Re a d i n g &
1

1

vocabulary

Read the text about three teachers and complete
the table.

Meet your teachers!

3

m

Nice to
you.

This is Olga Grau. She’s

from Germany. Her work
phone number is 0470.

Name:

From:

Work
number:

2

Complete the table in exercise 1 with information about
your teacher. Ask questions.

W hat’s your name?
Where are you from?
W hat’s your work number?
2

1.20 Listen to check your answers. Repeat the
phrases.

12 I

3

Write a text similar to exercise 1 about your teacher.

This is ...



Review I I

S p ea k in g

- M MAR
_!ã:ô at Reading & vocabulary exercise 1 on page 12.
]; ~olete the sentences with the correct form of the verb.
My nam e.
. W ill Goodfellow.
from Australia.
They______ Sofia and Olga.
Sofia______ from Italy and Olga .
from Frankfurt.
We _ _ your teachers,
nice to meet you.

d

1 Work in pairs. Choose one of the pictures. Prepare a
dialogue. Use the expressions in the Useful language
box to help you.

* 1

*. C M

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from Germany.

2

Practise your dialogue. Then present your dialogue to
another pair in the class.

Useful language
Hello./Hi./Goodbye./Bye.
How are you?
Fine, thanks.
My name is ... / I ’m ...
W hat’s your nam e?
This is ...
Nice to meet you , too.
Nice to meet you.
Where are you from? I’m from ...

Self-assessment (/)

Make sentences about the people in the picture above.

His name is ...
He’s from ...
His phone number ...

□
□
□
□

□

I
I
I
I
I

can
can
can
can
can

greet other people.
introduce myself and other people.
count to ten.
say my phone number.
say where I am from.

3 Complete the sentences so that they are true for you.
My name ...

I’m from ...
My phone number ...
13


2a Hotel lobby


Vocabulary The alphabet; Numbers 11-20; Abbreviations
Functional language: Spelling names
Listening: At the hotel

Li s t e n i n g
1

1.24 Listen and tick ( / ) the name you hear
the person spells.

Look at the photos. What city is it? What country is it?

Tom __
Je n __
M ik e__
M a ry __
Stephen__

T im __
Jim __
Mack _
Marie _
Steven.

4 Work in pairs, A and B.
A: Spell the names from exercise 3.
B: Point at the correct name.

5


2 ®

m 1.25 Look at the forms. There is a mistake in each
name. Listen and correct the mistake.

R

e g is t r a t io n

1.21 Listen and check.

F

orm

3 Who is at the hotel?
a)

Tom and Em ily

Vocabulary &

b) Tom and Katy

c) John and Katy

pronunciation

:


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1.22 Listen and repeat the alphabet.

ABCD EFG
ORS LMNOP
^

Cast name:

CrCMuse

Country;

the a l p h a b e t
l

First n a m e :

W XYZ

R e g is t r a t io n

F o rm

F irst n a m e :
L ast nam e:
C o u n try :



Hotel lobby

- u n c tio n a l
1 ®

language:

spe lling nam es

2

2a

1.28 Listen and complete with numbers.

s

1.26 Listen and repeat.

Hotel Reservations
File

A: How do you spell your last name ?
B: C-R-E-W-E-S.

Edit

View

Insert


Format

§'

Help

U
2

1

1
2

Name

3

4

Room number

Tom Crewes

3
4

Kate Middledown


5

Mr and Mrs Bickham

6

George Clunie

A

▼

7

Spell your first name and last name.
Work in pairs, A and B.

S p ea k in g

A: Choose one of the British (first) names from English
around you on page 7.
B: Ask A how to spell the name.
Swap roles and continue.

Vocabulary &

l is t e n in g

:


num be rs 1 1 - 2 0
l

S

1.27 Listen and repeat the numbers.

1

«

1.29 Read and listen to the dialogue.

Sarah:
Receptionist:
Sarah:
Receptionist:
Sarah:
Receptionist:
Sarah:
2

Excuse me. I have a reservation.
Yes, what’s your name, please?
Sarah Paline.
How do you spell your last name?
P-A-L-I-N-E.
Thank you, Ms Paline. You’re in room 15B.
Thank you.


Work in pairs. Prepare a similar dialogue.

■-

Useful language

eleven

Excuse me.
Please.
Thank you.

12.
th ir te e n

14

En g l i s h
1

fourteen
sixteen

Read the abbreviations. How do you say them in
English? What do they mean?

UK US

eighteen


Fi 1
£

: ab b re v ia ti o n s

BBC IBM CNN

seventeen

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around you

\

tw enty

2

1.30 Listen and check. Read audioscript 1.30 on
page 120.

3

Do you know any other English abbreviations?

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2b


Hotel room

Grammar: T his/that/here/there
Vocabulary: Common objects
Reading & listening: Dialogue: in a hotel room

V o c a b u l a r y : co m m on objects

1

*

1.31 Look at the picture and listen to the words.

1 & 1.32 Cover the dialogue. Listen and tick { / ) the
words you hear from Vocabulary exercise 1.
This is your hotel room.
Thank you.
This is the bed, here. A lamp and a television
here. Look - the television has CNN, BBC ...
Mmm. OK.
That is the desk over there and ... a chair.
Thank you.
Excuse me, what’s that?
That’s ... the radio.
Oh. Thank you.
This is your key.
Thank you. Here you are.
Thank you!


a notebook
2

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1.31 Listen again and repeat.

2
16

m 1.32 Listen again. Read the dialogue and check
your answers.


Hotel room

D a m m a r:

2

th is /th a t/

Here
What’s this ?
This is a + noun

.

r


There

2b

« 1.33 Listen and check your answers. Say the
sentences with a partner.

S p ea k in g
1 Work in small groups. One student points to an object
on the page or in the class. Ask, What’s th is /th a t in
E nglish? Another student answers.

What's that?
That is a + noun
7he plural of this is these. The plural of that is those.
se these and those with plural nouns.
0

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page

22

underline the correct word to complete the dialogues.

What’s this / that in English?
5 :Ts a CD player.


i- iS

2

A: W hat’s that / this ?
B: It’s my phone.

A: Where is he?
B: He’s here / there. In the hotel!

V

k

A: Is this / that your pen?
B: Yes, it is. Thank you.

Useful language
What's this/that in English?
It's a ...
I don't know.

A: Look over there / herel
B: Where?
A: It’s Superman!

u

17



2c Hotel cafe
V o c a b u l a r y : food & drink
1

Match the words in the box to the photos A-H.
a coffee
a tea
a cheese sandwich
a croissant
an orange juice
an omelette
an apple juice
a mineral water

2

®

3

18 |

1.34 Listen and check.
1.34 Listen again and repeat the words.

Grammar: Plurals, a/an
Vocabulary: Food & drink
Listening: In a cafe



Hotel cafe

_ ISTE NIN G

2c

P r o n u n c i a t i o n : / i :/

1 % 1.35 Listen to some people at a cafe. Tick
food and drink on the menu you hear.

the

HOTEL PALACE CAFE
DRINKS

FOOD

Coffee
Tea
Juice
Mineral water

Cheese sandwich
Tuna sandwich
Croissant

1 ® 1.36 Listen to the underlined sound in
these words.

cheese
2

®

Cheese and tomato omelette and a coffee 2€!

please

coffee

speak

1.37 Listen and repeat the sentences.

1 Three teas and three coffees.
2 These are your keys.
3 Excuse me, please.

Fu n c t i o n a l
1 ®

TODAY’S SPECIAL:

three

A:
B:
A:
B:


language:

in a cafe

1.38 Listen and repeat the dialogue.

I ’d like a sandwich, please.
Would you like cheese or tuna?
Cheese, please.
Here you are.

G r a m m a r : plurals, a/a n
Use a/art with singular nouns.
a + consonant
a sandwich
an + vowel
an omelette
To make nouns plural, add -s or -es.

two coffees
two sandwiches
O

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page

22


Complete the phrases with a or an.
1
2
3
4

orange juice
sandwich
key
chair

5
croissant
6____ apple juice
7 ___ bed
8____ desk

2 Choose the correct phrase or sentence, a or b.
1
a) Three coffee.
b) Three coffees.

2

2 Work in pairs. Turn to page 119.
3 Work in pairs, A and B.

a) A tuna sandwich, please.
b) An tuna sandwich, please.


A: You work in the cafe.
B: You are the customer.

3
a) I have two notebooks.
b) I have two notebook.

Prepare a dialogue.
Use the Functional language and the menu in
Listening exercise 1 to help you.

a) The omelette is two euro.
b) The omelette is two euros.
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2d

Review

Fu n c t i o n a l

Vocabulary

language

1 Match the words in the box to the objects A-l in the
picture. There are three extra words you don’t need.
a key
a bed

a chair
a desk
a pen
a television
a notebook
a telephone
a lamp
a coffee
a croissant
an orange juice

1

Put the dialogue in the correct order.

□
HI
□
□
□
□

Gomez.
Hello.
Thank you.
Hello. W hat’s your last name?
G-O-M-E-Z.
How do you spell your name?

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®

1.39 Listen and check your answer.

3 Work in pairs. Make a similar dialogue.

Li s t e n i n g
i

& 1.40 Listen to four dialogues. Underline the
correct spelling of British place names.

1 Canbridge / Cambridge
Torquay / Torquee

2

2

3
4

Cheshere / Cheshire
Greenwich / Grennich

Work in pairs. We have some strange place names
in Britain - see one below. Do you know any strange
place names? How do you spell them? Tell a partner.



Review j 2 d

■Vork in pairs. Cover the words. Test each other.

Gr a m m a r

- What's this in English?
3 It's a telephone.

1

Underline the correct word to complete the dialogues.

1
A:
B:
A:
B:
A:
B:

Hello.
Hello, I ’d like two tuna sandwiches / sandwich , please.
Two sandwiches / sandwich.
Yes, and an / a orange juice, too, please.
Here you are. One / Three pounds, please.
Thank you.

Complete hotel key cards 1 and 2 with the name of a

-otel and a room number.

HOTEL
HOTEL
R oom

Hi, I ’m Martin.
Hello, Martin. This is your desk / desks.
Good.
This is your chair. Your phone is here, and a / an lamp
... here.
A: Thank you. M y key?
B: Oh, yes. Here you are. Two keys / keyes for you.
A: Thank you.

open door 1
-O T E L

*

2
A:
B:
A:
B:

R o om #

ark in pairs. Ask and answer to find the information
roout the key cards from your partner. Write the

•“formation in key cards 3 and 4.
- What is the name of your hotel?
3: It's ...
- What's your room number?
3: It's ...

S e lf- a s s e s s m e n t ( / )
□
□
□
□

I
I
I
I

can spell words.
can count to 20.
can ask what wordsare in English.
can ask for a drink orfood in a cafe.


1 &2
This, that, here, there

Grammar
To be: present simple
full form


contraction

I am

I’m

You are
He is
She is

Here
What’s this?
This is a table.

You’re
r
, TT„
from the US.

He’s
She’s

It is

It’s

We are

We’re


They are

They’re

from the US.

There
What’s that?
That is a chair.

It
Use it for things.

What’s your phone number?
It’s 9328 2289.

Other contractions
What is your name?
That is the hotel

What’s your name?
That’s the hotel.

My, his, her
Plurals, a/an
Use a, an with singular nouns.
a + consonant

a sandwich, a table, a chair, a country
an + vowel

an omelette, an apple juice
To make nouns plural, add -s or -es.

Two coffees, three sandwiches, phones, keys

These, those
The plural of this is these.

This pen. These pens.
The plural of that is those.

That key. Those keys.

Her name is Paula.

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Language reference

Fu n c t i o n a l

language

Greetings
Hello./Hi.
Goodbye./Bye.
How are you?
I’m fine, thanks. And you?


Asking & saying names
What’s your name?
My name’s (Jack). What’s your
name?
I’m (Tania).

Meeting people
This is (Philip).
Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you, too.

Asking & saying where you
are from
Where are you from?
I’m from (Germany).

Asking & saying phone
numbers
What’s your phone number?
It’s (928 2914).
My phone number is (932 82289).

In a cafe
I’d like a sandwich, please.
Would you like cheese or tuna?
Cheese, please.
Here you are.

Spelling names
How do you spell your first/last

name?

W ord list

Common objects

Cities & countries

bed n ***
card n ***
chair n * * *
desk n * * *
key n * * *
lamp n **
mobile phone n **
notebook n *
pen n **
phone number n *
radio n ***
telephone n ***
television n ***

Australia n
Beijing n
Brazil n
Britain n
China n
France n
Frankfurt n
Germany n

Italy n
London n
Moscow n
New York n
Paris n
Rio de Janeiro n
Rome n
Russia n
Thailand n
the US n

/n'streilis/
/.bei'tfeir), ,bei'3 ii)/
/bre'zil/
/'brit(s)n/
/'fains/

/fra:ns/
/'fraer)kf3:t/
/'c^3:msni/
/'iteli/
/'Lvndsn/

/'mnsksu/
/,nju: 'jo:(r)k/
/'paeris/
^riisu ds c^s'msrsu,
3 s'msrsu/
/rsum/
/'rAjs/

/'tailaend, 'tailsnd/
/6s ju: 'es/

Numbers 1 -2 0
one ***
two ***

/waii/
/tu :/

th re e
fo u r
five
six
se v e n
e ig h t
n in e
te n
e le v e n
tw e lv e
th ir te e n
fo u rte e n
fifte e n
six te e n
s e v e n te e n
e ig h te e n
n in e te e n
tw e n ty

/ 0 ri:/

/fs:(r)/

1& 2

/bed/
/ka:(r)d/
/tfeo(r)/

/desk/
/ki:/

/laemp/
/,msubail 'fsun/
/'nsut,buk/
/pen/
/'fsun lnAmbs(r)/
/'reidisu/
/'telifsun/
/'telilvi3 (s)n/

Food & drink
apple juice n
cheese n **
sandwich n **
coffee n ***
croissant n
mineral water n
omelette n
orange juice n
tea n ***


/'aep(s)l ,cfeu:s/
/tji'z/
/'sasn(d)witf/
/'kofi/
/'kwaesb/
/'min(s)rsl
^oitsCr)/
/'nmlst/
/'nrincfe ,cfeu:s/
/ti:/

/farv/

Other words & phrases

/siks/
/'se v (s)n /
/eit/
/n ain/
/ten/
/i'le v (s)n /
/tw elv/
/, 03 :(r)'ti:n/

ask y * * *
cafe n * *
excuse me
greeting n *
home n ***

hotel n * * *
please ***
popular adj * * *
room n ***
spell u * *
strange ad; * * *
thank you * * *

/,fo:(r)'ti:n/
/,fifti:n /
/,sik s‘ti:n/
/,sev(s)n'ti:n/
/,ei'ti:n/
/^ a in 'tiin /
/'tw enti/

/disk/
/'kaefei/
/ik'skjuis ,mi/
/'grirtirj/
/hsum/
/hsu'tel/
/pliiz/
/'populs(r)/
/ru:m/
/spel/
/streincfe/
/'0aepk ju/

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Grammar: To be

3a International workers
Re a d in g
1

Read the texts. Match the
people 1-5 to the photos A-E.

International workers
This is Sylvie. She’s from France.
She’s a doctor.
Q

He’s Edward and she’s Francesca.
They’re from Britain. They’re police
officers.

H

My name’s Frank. I’m from the
Czech Republic. I’m an aid worker.

Q

This is James. He’s from the US.
He’s a diplomat.
| I’m Giovanni and this is Sabina.

We’re from Italy. We’re architects.

2 Read the texts again and complete

(affirmative)

Vocabulary: jobs
Reading: International
workers