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1 Holly and Justin are from England. ________________________'re from England.
2 You're from Germany. I'm from Germany. . 're from Germany.
i y>(my,
y your,
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Use possessive adjectives > hihis,>her) to
ur> describe
* - nouns. They tell us who /what
s ner e c
3 Tatiana's from Russia. __________________ 's from Russia.
something belongs to.
short form full form
possessives
my My name's Joanna. his How doyou spell n : name? I'm 1 am I'm from America.
your What's your name? her Her name's Maria. You're You are You from England.
He's He is He's from Spain.
_ Use possessive adjectives before a noun. Now go to She's She is She from Poland.
exercise 1.1 to practise. It's It is It's from Belgium.
We're We are We from Germany.
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Example married my isn't sister
O r-i O O* My sister isn't married.
1 retired he office worker a 's
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1 his is my sister.
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That's my brother. These are my
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Those are my
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rich are parents your ?
isn't rich woman a she
4 old my is car
children. children.
5 old Jaime is man an ?
The short form of that is = that's. 6 young Elena a doctor 's
There is no short form of this is, these are, or those are. Now go to exercise 2.3 to
practise. 2.5 Complete the sentences with a suitable adjective.
Example Mr and Mrs Jones are married .
adjectives 1 He isn't married or divorced. He's __________________________ .
Example Sandy's Bobs wife 2 His daughter is five years old. She's _
1 He's Steve father. 3 He's ________________ . His wife is a doctor.
2 They're Johns' books. 4 My father is ___________________ . He's 85.
3 She's my friend's teacher. 5 Paul is Carla's ex-husband. They're _________________________ .
4 We're Simons students.
2.6 Complete the text with a or an.
5 Sandra's Bob's childrens teacher.
6 They're Julia's sisters. Hi. My name's Jenny. I'm 1 a ____________ farmer. This is a photo of my
family and my friends. This is my sister. She's ; engineer.
2 articles a, an
1 The next Spanish lesson is-at Friday.
2 My tennis lesson is on Thursday morning.
at + a time at six o'clock.
a before a consonant sound She's a dentist. He's a Spanish actor.
on + a day on Monday on Tuesday evening
an before a vowel sound She's an actress. He's an English singer. no preposition + some time expressions this afternoon tonight tomorrow
Use a I an before a singular noun. Now go to morning
exercise 2.6 to practise.
Use this morning, this afternoon, this evening, and tonight to talk about parts of
2^ prepositions of time
today.'
For more information about prepositions of time, see lesson 4B. Now go to
That's my brother. He's ________________ footballer. Our father's
3 4 exercise .2.7 to practise.
actor and our mother's 5 _________________ singer. That girl's my friend. 3 The quiz is at tonight.
She's 6 ___________ doctor and her husband's 7___________________ English teacher. 4 The next class is tomorrow evening.
5 The news is on half past seven.
2.7 Right or wrong? Tick () or correct the sentences. Example Our
English class is on four o'clock. Our English class is at four o'clock.
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3B articles a, an, the Example
1
Is she a/an teacher at your school?
The/A capital of Australia is Canberra.
the only one Is Venice the capital of Italy?
2 Is the / a currency of Japan the / a yen?
a more than one, and the next word begins I'm from a big town in Spain.
with a consonant sound' He's a singer.
3 Is Milan the/a big city?
an more than one, and the next word begins Kenya is an African country.
4 What's the/a language of Brazil?
with a vowel sound This is an umbrella. 5 Jim is a/an English teacher.
6 Carmen Maura is a/an Spanish actress.
Now go to exercises 3.1 and 3.2 to practise.
7 Jamaica is the / an island and the / a capital is Kingston.
J plurals 3.2 Right or wrong? Tick (/) or correct the sentences.
Example It's an French restaurant. It's a French restaurant.
To form plurals
1 He's an Italian designer.
most singular nouns +s name > names shop > shops
+ es 2 Mary isn't a vet. She's an doctor.
nouns that end with church > churches actress > actresses
ch, s, sh, x brush >brushes fax>faxes 3 The bank is near the station.
4 Marbella is the town in Spain.
nouns that end with y + ies family > families nationality > nationalities
consonant +y 5 Is the euro a currency of Australia?
irregular nouns child > children person > people 6 My husband is an office worker.
3.1 Underline the correct word. 7 Ecuador is a country in South America.
Use prepositions of place to describe where something/someone is, e.g. They're on the Example understand Arabic do
bus. He's in the restaurant they 7 classes ____________
Do they understand 8 people : ____________
JJJ present simple BEE do, don't 1
Arabic?
two speak I languages
9 cash machines
Use the present simple to talk about things that happen sometimes or all the time, and 2 do coffee like you ?
things that are generally true, e.g. My class starts at 6 o'clock. Mark speaks Italian. 3 understand they English don't
- (n't = not) ? 4 we Cairo like
5 live they don't a in city
1 understand German. 1 don't understand German. Do 1 understand German?
6 speak do you Polish ?
You in a flat. You don't live in a flat. Doyouliveinaflat?
Wespedk French. We don't speak French. Do we speak French? 3.6 Answer the questions. Use the blue words.
They "coffee. They don't like coffee. Do they like coffee?
Example Do you like Spain? Yes, we do.
They're from Spain. They aren't from Spain. Are they from Spain?
1 Do you live in an old
short answers __________ . ___________ house?
, I/you/we/they do. JNo, I /you /we /they
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2 Do they like football? ____________________ ____ yes we
Now go to exercises 3.5 and 3.6 to practise.
3 Do you understand _______ yes I
Italian? no they
^"P adverbs of degree quite, very
__ yes we
Use adverbs of manner (e.g. well) to say how someone does something. 4 Do you speak another ____ no I
Use an adverb of degree (e.g. very, quite) to modify the adverb of manner. language? yes they
3.3 Write the plural. no we
1 watch ________________ 5 Do they live in Tokyo? _. ____________________
2 language ___________ 6 Do you like big
3 email address cities?
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not very well 1 don't speak English v e r y well.
>> Now go to exercise 4.5 to practise. 4D 2 Iris doesn't have a shower in the evening.
3 Jim teaches English.
a<^ver^s 4 Sally doesn't write emails at home.
f frequency
5 Chen studies French in Paris.
Use adverbs of frequency to say how often something happens.
0% 4.6 Rewrite the sentences using the red words.
always usually often sometimes never Example My brother is late for school, sometimes
Putan adverb of frequency afterthe verb He's usually in his office at 9 a.m. My brother is sometimes late for school.
be. 1 Mary has coffee in the morning, always
Put an adverb of frequency before 1 sometimes read the newspaper in the 2 Do you watch TV in the evening? usually
other verbs. morning. 3 We go to the theatre, never
Put an adverb of frequency between an 1 don't always have breakfast. Does 4 Does she listen to the radio? often
auxiliary verb and a verb. he often work on Saturday?
5 That shop opens on Sunday, never
Don't use never with a negative He doesn't never watch TV. X He
6 He leaves the house at 7.30 a.m. always
auxiliary. never watches TV. /
7 Jon and Ian play football on Sunday, sometimes
8 The London train is late, usually
Now go to exercise 4.6 to practise.
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Now go to exercises 5.5 and 5.6 to practise.
prepositions of place next to, opposite
5.1 Complete the conversations with an object pronoun.
Use prepositions of place to say where someone/something is. next to My friend is Example A Mr Brown is a very good teacher.
next to me. B I don't know him Is he new?
1 A Do you often listen to the radio?
B Yes, I listen to _____________________ in the morning.
2 A Do you use computers in your school?
opposite Pete is opposite Jude. B Yes, we use ... _______ to learn English.
3 A Hi. My name's Jane.
B Pleased to meet ______________________ .
4 A Do you and John know Mary?
B Yes, she works with _______________________ .
5 A Why don't you talk to Pablo?
B He doesn't like _____________________ and I don't like ______________
Use a subject pronoun to say who/what does an action. Use an object pronoun
to say who/what 'receives' the action. 5.2 Rewrite the sentences using an object pronoun.
subject pronouns object pronouns Example She works with Justin and Holly.
She works with them.
1 me She phones me at the weekend.
you you 1 know you. 1 Do you understand lohn?
he him She likes him. 2 He doesn't like coffee.
she her He speaks to her in' French. 3 She knows me and my brother.
it She watches it in the evening. 4 Listen to Mrs Jones.
we us David teaches us English.
5 He teaches Ana and Satomi.
they them We usually see them on Sunday. 5.3 Right or wrong? Tick (/) or correct the sentences.
Example He drives a red old car.
Use an object pronoun in the place of a noun. He drives an old red car.
Put an object pronoun after the verb.
1 She's got long brown hair.
Now go to exercises 5.1 and 5.2 to practise.
2 He's got big blues eyes.
5A kJect pronouns 3 They live in a house white.
4 I've got two black cats.
5 She's a tall thin woman with grey long hair.
order of adjectives 6 We've got a small black dog and four browns cats.
7 My mother has got black short hair.
Adjectives are the same with a red book > two red books an 8 We've got a big yellow clock.
singular or plural nouns. old man > four old men
Adjectives go before the noun. a small car 5.4 Match 1-6 with a-f.
an English teacher
1 [a] Have you got a computer at home?
Colour adjectives go after other a big green house a
adjectives. new black bag
2 (7J Oh no! I haven't got any money.
3 |~J What sort of car have they got?
Now go to exercise 5.3 to practise. 4 ("J Have we got any tea?
5 |H What's 'book' in Spanish?
Use some in positive statements' with plural countable nouns and uncountable nouns. 2 Q Is there any sugar?
Use any in negative statements with plural countable nouns and uncountable nouns. 3 What's for breakfast?
Use any in questions with plural countable nouns and uncountable nouns. 4 Are there any tomatoes in this soup?
>> Now go to exercise 6.3 to practise. 5 [J There's a new computer shop in the town centre.
6 n There aren't any apples.
Order the words to make sentences. Example much water you how do
drink ? How much water do you drink?
1 week a hours they in work many do how ?
2 salt a use lot I of usually
+ nouns. ? 6.5 3 meat do much eat they ?
Use is with uncountable - 4 much homework don't we do
plural
Use are with plural
countable countable
There are a nouns.
lot of Now go aren't many
There How many oranges
to exercise 6.5 to practise. 5 are a there students of in lot class your ?
nouns sausages. eggs- are there? 6 a sugar in there tea of lot 's this
6E or,
uncountable
nouns
withThere's a lot of red
wine.
There isn't much
whitetea
wine.
How much water is
there?
7 do you films many
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7.1 Cross out the wrong word.
Example How about te going to the park?
Use Let's or How about to make a suggestion. 1 Let's 4o go to the theatre tomorrow.
+ verb Let's go to the cinema. 2 How about going to shopping?
+ noun How about a cup of tea? 3 How about we going to London? Let's r
How about
+ -ing form How aboutgoing to the pub? have a party.
5 How about to seeing a film tonight?
6 Let's go for skiing.
7B *orms
7 How about have a cup of coffee?
8 Let's going play cards.
+ - (can't = cannot) 2 A
1 can cook. 1 can't cook. Can 1 cook? B . you play it?
You can play the guitar. You can't play the guitar. jCan you play the guitar? 3 A
He/She/It can run fast. He/She/It can't run fast. Can he/she/it run fast? B . cook.
We can skate. Wecan'tskate. Canweskate?, What's the matter?
4 A
They : speak Greek. They can't speak Greek. Can they speak Greek?/ do it.
B
. they swim?
5 A
short answers B
Yes, l/you/we/they can. No, l/you/we/they can't.
7.4 Rewrite the sentences. Use the red words.
Yes, he/she/it r.a . No, he/she/it can't.
Example Her English isn't very good, badly
Use a verb after can. She speaks English badly.
* Don't use to after can.
1 He's a fast runner, fast
;> Now go to exercise 7.3 to practise.
2 You're a quick worker, quickly
3 I'm not a fast walker, slowly
adverbs of manner
4 They're good singers, well
5 He's a quiet speaker, quietly
Use adverbs of manner to say how someone does something.
To make adverbs 7.5 Adjective or adverb? Underline the correct word.
most adjectives +ly slow > slowly Example I can sing, but not very well/good.
adjectives that end consonant +y y+ily easy > easily
1 She's a good/well teacher.
irregular good > well
2 You write very quick/quickly.
fast > fast
3 Listen careful/carefully.
4 They can swim, but badly /bad.
Use an adverb of manner at the end of a sentence e.g. Do your 5 Can you speak slow/slowly, please?
homework quickly. Now go to exercises 7.4 and 7.5 to 6 Is she a quiet /quietly student?
practise.
7.6 Underline the correct sentence,
like doing, like sth a Do you like skiing? b Do you like ski? b I hate cooking, b
Example
I enjoy sporting, b We love swim, b
1/You/We/They like + -ing cooking 1 a I hate cook. Does he enjoy to read? b I don't like
2 a I enjoy sport. writing emails.
He/She/It likes reading love like / enjoy
3 a We love swimming.
4 a Does he enjoy reading?
+ noun sport -. ^B.
5 a I don't like writting emails.
chocolate ice cream don't like hate
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+ 4 A This soup is horrible. B_ it.
B Her boyfriend.
Present simple and present continuous
8.5 Underline the correct form.
Use the present simple to talk about things that happen sometimes Example Mr Minnit speaks /'s speaking to his secretary now.
or all the time, and things that are generally true.
1 Listen. The teacher talks /'s talking.
Use the present continuous to talk about what's happening now.
2 They have / 're having breakfast now.
present simple present continuous 3 We always go / are going to school by car.
They work from nine to five. They're working in London this week.
4 I have/'m having a shower every morning.
1 do my homework in the evening. Be quiet. I'm doing my homework.
He usually has a shower in the morning. He's having a shower at the moment. 5 We go/'re going to the theatre now. Do you want to come?
6 He's Spanish. He comes /'s coming from Madrid.
7 I'm on the train. I go/'m going to Berlin.
Now go to exercise 8.5 to practise.
8 Shhh! Be quiet. The children sleep /are sleeping.
8.1 Complete with for or to.
Example Do you want to go for a swim?
9.4 Complete the sentences. Put the verbs in the past simple. Example We started
work at 8 o'clock this morning, start . The Legend ofZorro last night, watch
_____ the meal at that new restaurant, enjoy
They. _____ the chocolate cake, finish
They. __ in a lovely hotel, stay
We_ _ Holly yesterday, phone
Sheila. her mother last week, visit
I _______
He ______ _ to France in 2005. move
8 Arif_ our bags to the airport, carry
9 It _______ . yesterday, rain
10 They _ for hours at Ana's party, dance
Pasi simple HI 10.1 Order the words to make questions.
Example enjoy did holiday you your
past simple questions Did 1 arrive late? Did you enjoy your holiday?
Did you walk to school? 1 homework he do his did last night
Did hevisitthe Blue Mosque? 2 did what she at buy supermarket the
Did she phone you yesterday? 3 they yesterday go did out
Did it finish late?
4 yesterday time did finish he what work
Did we close the door?
5 Eiffel Tower they see the did
Did they ask the teacher?
When did you see John? What dicf he wear to 6 go why to you did Prague
the party? Why did she leave work at 12.00? 7 wife did meet where his he
Who did she meet? Where did they go on 10.2 Match 1-8 with a-h.
holiday? How much did it cost?
1 [c] Where did you go?
2 When did you go?
3 How did you get there?
4 I7J How much did the flights cost?
Now go to exercises 10.1 and 10.2 to practise. 5 Who did you go with?
6 Q Where did you stay?
7 What did you do?
8 Q Did you take your camera?
regular verbs + ed (see 9D for spelling rules) arrive > arrived a Yes, I did.
join > joined b By plane.
walk > walked c To Malta.
irregular verbs drive > drove d In March.
go > went e My best friend, lenny.
f 150.
leave > left
g We went to the beach and we visited Valletta.
h In a little hotel in Sliema.
Use the irregular past form in positive sentences only, not in negative
sentences or questions.
For a list of irregular verbs, see _48.
Now go to exercises 10.3 and 10.4 to practise.
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thing is less than you want or her. (She needs a bigger dress.)
need. 1 [c] Why didn't you do the homework?
[JJ
Now go to exercises 11.1 and 11.2 to practise. 3 Q Do you want to come to the park with us?
4 Why did you turn the radio up?
too much, too many, not enough
Use too many with countable nouns
when there is more of something than
too many +
noun
He bought too many apples at
the supermarket.
6 f ~J
5 J7J Did he go to work this morning?
Did you win the football match?
a It wasn't loud enough for me to hear,
you want or need. b No, we weren't good enough.
Use too much with uncountable nouns too much + There's too much sugar in c It was too difficult.
when there is more of something than noun this coffee.
d No, he wasn't well enough.
you want or need.
e No, it's too far.
Use not enough with countable and not enough + We haven't got enough eggs
uncountable nouns when there is less noun for breakfast. There isn't f No, thanks. It's too cold.
of something than you want or need. enough hot water for a bath. 11.3 Write sentences using too much, too many, or not enough.
Now go to exercise 11.3 to practise. Example There are five chairs. There are seven people.
There aren't enough chairs
comparatives 1 The book is five pounds. He's got four pounds.
He __________________________________________________________ to buy the book.
Use a comparative + than to compare two things, e.g. His house is bigger than your 2 There are six people. The taxi can take five people.
house. There_____________________________________________________________ for the taxi.
To make comparatives 3 We've got 100books. We only have one shelf.
one-syllable adjectives* + er quick > quicker There____________________________________________________________ for the shelf.
small > smaller
4 We wanted two litres of milk. You bought four litres.
adjectives that endy y+ier easy > easier
You
happy > happier
_____________________________________________________________________________________
adjectives with more more + adjective beautiful > more beautiful
.
than one syllable expensive > more expensive
5 There are two rooms. There are five guests.
irregular adjectives good > better
There
bad > worse
_____________________________________________________________________________________
.
* Spelling note
6 We've got one kilo of ham. We want two kilos for the
one-syllable adjectives that + r nice > nicer party. We __________________________________________________________________ ham.
ende
big > bigger 11.4 Write the comparatives.
one-syllable adjectives that end double the
vowel + consonant consonant + er Example cheap cheaper _______________________________
1 old _________________________________________________
Now go to exercises 11.4 and 11.5 to practise. 2 hot _________________________________________________
3 uncomfortable ____________________________________
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A time expressions
Use who to ask about people. Who's coming to the party tonight?
Use what to ask about What are you doing tomorrow? What are we having
things/activities. Use where to for dinner tonight? Where are you meeting Peter?
past present future
ask about places. Use when to When are they going on holiday? Why is she leaving
last night today tonight
yesterday this week tomorrow ask about times. Use why to ask work early?
the day before yesterday the day after tomorrow about reasons. Use how much / How many people are coming to the meeting? How
12.2 Complete the text. Use these verbs in the correct form.
drive finish have meet visit watch
It's Friday and Lynda's finishing work early today.
1 She ________________ her husband, Paul, at four o'clock.
2 They.
. to Edinburgh tonight.3 They_
Lynda's family. It's Lynda's sister's birthday and
4 she _________________ a party tomorrow evening. Paul doesn't
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+ ? 7 we not go on holiday this year
8 I take my daughter dentist after lunch
I'm working tomorrow. I'm not working tomorrow. Am 1 working tomorrow? 12.4 Write wh- questions.
You're taking a day off You aren't taking a day off Are you taking a day off Example Where are you going?
next week. next week. next week? We're going to the park.
He/She/It's leaving He/She/It isn't leaving Is he/she/it leaving Pablo and lim are coming to the pub. I'm wearing my
tonight. tonight. tonight?
blue dress tomorrow. Gran's meeting Arif at the
We're meeting him for We aren't meeting him for Are we meeting him for
airport. Justin's catching the train to Paris tonight.
lunch. lunch. lunch?
Thirty people are coming to her party. I'm getting
They're going home after They aren't going home Are they going home after
him a hat for his birthday.
the lesson. after the lesson. the lesson?
short answers 12.5 Order the words to make sentences. Example 're improve to English
Yes, 1 am. No, I'm not. going our We We're going to improve our English.
Yes,you/we/theyare. No, you/we/they aren't. going study I next 'm to weekend do is going to homework on
Yes, he/she/it is. No, he /she /it .. Panos his Sunday 're going we tomorrow buy car new to a use to
Use wh- questions to ask for information. are they the this evening going Internet speak going
English we every day to 're Satomi at the 's watch going
a film weekend to to learn next going Jim 's year French
going we to aren't this arrive afternoon late
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