UNIT 1

SPEAKING
Introduce yourself
Ask questions about
people
Give personal information
Check spelling
Speak about yourself and
your country

LISTENING
Listen to people say hello
UNIT

1
Listen to people give
personal information
Watch a BBC programme
about people around the
world

READING
Read descriptions of
people arriving at an
airport

WRITING
Learn to use capital letters
Write a personal
introduction

BBC content
Video podcast: Where
are you from?
DVD: Around the World

hello

Where are you from? p8 Arrivals p10 How do you spell ... ? p12 Around The World p14
1.1 WHERE ARE YOU FROM? 1.1
 grammar | be: I/you VOCABULARY | countries HOW TO | introduce yourself
1 2   WRITING  capital letters
A B C
5A  Underline the capital letters in sentences a)–f).
Beijing
Brasilia
a) I’m Karin.
b) I’m Ali Mansour.
c) Are you from Saudi Arabia?
d) No, I’m from England, from London.
3 4
e) Are you a student?
Moscow f ) Yes, I am.

B  Match rules 1–5 with sentences a–f above.

Canberra
Rules:
Use capital letters for:
5 6 1 the name of a person a), b)
2 a country
D
3 a city
  listening  Rome
4 I
London
1A  1.1  Listen and match conversations 1–4 with 5 The first word in a sentence.
photos A–D.
1 B
C  Find and correct the mistakes with capitals in the chat
2 3 4 7 8
messages below.
B  Listen again and match the person with the country
Warsaw hi, i’m jeanette, and i’m a teacher in
and city.
1 france. Hi,
Washington DC
Dublin
1 Carmen
Cork
Ireland Sydney 9 10 hi, i’m makiko. i’m from japan. are
2 Cindy 2 you from paris?
Australia Melbourne
Spain Barcelona
3 Tom Riyadh
the USA Madrid   Practice 
New York Tokyo 3 no, i’m from lyon. are you from tokyo?
4 Katie 3A  Complete the conversations with ’m or are.
San Francisco
Conversation 1
A:  Hello, I 1’m Janet.
  grammar  be: I/you B:  Hi, I 2 Paul. Nice to meet you.   VOCABULARY  countries 4 yes, i am. i’m a student.
A:  Nice to meet you, too. Where 3 you from?
2A  Complete the tables with ’m and are. B:  I 4 from South Africa. 4A  Match the countries in the box with pictures 1–10.
Carmen. A:  Oh, where in South Africa?
Brazil 1 Japan Russia Poland China England 6A  Work in pairs. Write a chat message to your partner.
I ’m B:  From Cape Town.
from Spain Australia Italy the USA Saudi Arabia Hi, I’m …
Conversation 2
A:  Hello, I 1 Kasia.
B  Swap messages. Answer the message.
Where you from? B  1.4  Listen and check.
2 A: Hi, I’m …
B:  Hi, I Peter.
you from Sydney? C  Listen again and underline the stress. Then listen and B: Hi, I’m …
A:  Nice to meet you. repeat.
Yes, am. B:  Nice to meet you, too. Where 3 you from? Brazil
I A:  I 4 from Poland.  SPEAKING 
No, not. D  Work in pairs and take turns. Student A: say a number.
B:  5 you from Warsaw?
Student B: say the country. 7A  Write a country and a city from the country.
B  1.2  Listen and underline the stressed words. A:  No, I’m not. I’m from Gdansk.
A: four B: Russia England – Manchester
I’m Carmen.
B  1.3  Listen and check. B  Work in groups and take turns. Guess the cities.
C  Listen again and repeat the sentences. speakout TIP
C  Work in pairs and practise the conversations. A: Where are you from?
➠ page 118 LANGUAGEbank
D  Work in pairs and talk about your name, country and
Write new words in your notebook and underline the B: I’m from England.
stress, e.g. Japan, Italy.
town/city. A: Oh, are you from London?
A: Hello, I’m … B: No, I’m not.
B: Hi, I’m …
➠ page 139 PHOTObank
A: Are you from ... ?

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1.2 ARRIVALS 1.2
GRAMMAR | be: he/she/it VOCABULARY | jobs HOW TO | ask questions about people

  VOCABULARY  jobs
1A  Write the jobs in the box under pictures 1–8. Welcome to Heathrow
teacher actor engineer doctor taxi driver
businessman/businesswoman singer waiter

1 2

3 4

Gong Yue is a student from China.

Rosa Pérez López is from Mexico.
She’s a doctor from Acapulco. She’s in
London on holiday. ‘I’m very happy.
5 6
It’s my first time in England.’
Nicolas Dupont is from France. ‘I’m from Shanghai, but now I’m a
‘I’m an actor in Paris, but now I’m business student at the University of
a waiter here in a café in London. London.’ ‘Is it a good university?’ ‘Yes,
London’s a good city for actors.’ it is!’

  grammar  be: he/she/it   PRACTICE 

Ajay Kumar is a computer engineer 5A  Add ’s (is) in ten places.
7 8 from Delhi in India. He’s in England
4A  Underline the verb be in the sentences.
Ellie Turner’s from Montreal, Canada. She a teacher at
for an International Conference. ‘It 1 Ajay Kumar is a computer engineer.
McGill. It a big university in Montreal. She in London for a
isn’t my first time in England, but it’s 2 She’s a doctor from Acapulco.
my first time in London.’ conference.
3 It isn’t my first time in England.
4 Is it a good university? Yes, it is. Yong-Joon from Korea. He a taxi driver in Seoul, the capital.
He in London on holiday. He happy to be here.
B  Complete the tables.
B  1.5  Listen and check. Then listen and repeat.  reading  Pat a businesswoman from Auckland, New Zealand. She in
2A  Look at the conversation. Underline the correct is London on business.
alternative in the rules. 3A  Work in pairs. Look at the photos of people at He
’s
Heathrow Airport, London. Who is a tourist? She from France. B  Write the questions.
A: Are you a teacher? is not
It 1 Ellie / Canada?
B: No, I’m a student, an English student. Are you an actor? B  Read the texts and check your answer.
Is Ellie from Canada?
A: No, I’m a singer, an Italian singer. C  Complete the table with the correct information. 2 she / doctor?
from India? 3 McGill University / London?
Rules: name Ajay
he/she/it a doctor? 4 Yong-Joon / Japan?
1 Use a/an with words starting with vowels (a, e, i, o, u)
your first time here? 5 he / London / on holiday?
2 Use a/an with words starting with consonants (b, c, d ...) actor/
job Yes, is.
waiter 6 Auckland / New Zealand?
he/she/it
B  Work in pairs and take turns. Student A: say a job. No, .
C  Match answers a)–f) to questions 1–6 above.
Student B: say a or an.
where a) No, it isn’t. 3 d) No, he isn’t.
A:  doctor B: a doctor Mexico
from? Where he from? b) Yes, he is. e) Yes, it is.
C  Work with other students. Student A: mime a job. c) Yes, she is. f ) No, she isn’t.
Other students: guess the job. C  1.6  Listen and write sentences 1–5. Then listen and
B: Are you an engineer? first time in repeat. D  Cover the answers above. Work in pairs and ask and
A: No, I’m not. no answer questions 1–6.
London? ➠ page 118 LANGUAGEbank
C: Are you a doctor?
A: Yes, I am.  SPEAKING 
➠ page 139 PHOTObank 6  Work in pairs and take turns. Student A: turn to page
148. Student B: turn to page 152.
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1.3 HOW DO YOU SPELL ... ? 1.3
FUNCTION | giving personal information VOCABULARY | the alphabet LEARN TO | check spelling

  VOCABULARY  the alphabet

1A  1.7  Listen and repeat the
letters.

Aa Bb Cc
Dd Ee Ff
Gg Hh Ii
Jj Kk Ll A B C

Mm Nn Oo   FUNCTION  giving personal information B  Underline the correct alternative. Check your answers
in audio script 1.9 on page 154.
 LEARN TO  check spelling

Pp Qq Rr 2A 
1
1.9  Listen and match conversations 1–3 with photos A–C.
2 3
1 A: What’s/are your first name?
B: Stefanie.
5A  1.11  Listen to the conversation and underline the
stressed letters.
A: And your first name?
2 A: How do you spell/say that?

Ss Tt Uu B  Listen again and complete the information.

First name Family name Room number

B: S-t-e-f-a-n-i-e.
3 A: What’s your phone number?
B: It’s Frances.
A: F-r-a-n-c … is it i-s?
B: No, e. E as in England. F-r-a-n-c-e-s.

Vv Ww Xx 1
2
Taylor B: It’s ow/oh five three two, four one nine.
4 A: What’s your email address?
B: It’s stef at/it yahoo point/dot com.
speakout TIP

Yy Zz
3 Some names of letters are difficult, for example Y, J and
C  1.10  Listen and tick the correct intonation. Then G, I and E. Write words to help you remember, e.g. Y as in
3A  Complete the form with the words in the box. listen and repeat. ‘yes’, J as in ‘Japan’. Do this for G, I and E now.
B  Complete 1–7 with letters from the
box. Each group has the same vowel First name Email address Nationality Family name Phone
a) What’s your email address? B  Work in pairs and correct the spelling.
sound.
1 Obdul – Abdul
H Y T E W J M S
A: Is it O-b-d-u-l? B: No, A. A as in Australia. A-b-d-u-l.
b) What’s your email address?
2 Stevin – Steven
1
2
3
A  H  __ K
B C D __ G P __ V
F L __ N __ X
Riverside Gym ➠ page 118 LANGUAGEbank

4A  Write a phone number and an email address.

3
4
5
Cinthia – Cynthia
Suzan – Susan
Geanette – Jeanette
B  Work in pairs and take turns. Ask questions and write
4 I __ the answers. 6 Eves – Yves
5 O
MEMBERSHIP FORM
A: What’s your phone number?
6 Q U __ B: It’s 382 7492.  SPEAKING 
7 R First name: Stefanie
6  Work in groups and take turns. Ask and answer
C  1.8  Listen and check. Then listen questions to complete the table.
and repeat. : Young
D  Work in pairs. Student A: turn to Student 1 Student 2 Student 3
page 148. Student B: turn to page 152. : American First name
Family name

number: 0532 419 Nationality

Phone number

: stef@yahoo.com Email address

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1.4 AROUND THE WORLD

speakout you and your country writeback a personal introduction

4A  1.12  Listen and answer the questions for 6A  Read the personal introduction for a class blog.
Kaitlin. Tick the information in the introduction.

Kaitlin a) name ✓ e) city

Name: _____________
b) nationality f ) country
1 Where are you from? ________________
c) email address g) ‘Hello’ and ‘Goodbye’.
2 Is your city big or small? ________________
d) job h) languages
3 Is your city old or new? ________________
Canada Santiago, Chile Malaysia 4 What's your job? ________________
aboutme.com
5 Where’s your job? ________________ Rita Peterson's blogspot

6 Is English important for you? ________________ Hello, or ‘hallo’ in German. I’m Rita
7 Is the countryside beautiful? ________________ Petersen and I’m from Germany. I’m
a businesswoman with Volkswagen. I
speak German and English in my job.
B  Listen again and tick the key phrases you hear.
I’m from Berlin, the capital city of
keyphrases Germany. Berlin is a city with a mix of
old and new buildings. The countryside
Hello or ‘dia duit ’ from Ireland.
in Germany is beautiful, with mountains
I’m/My name’s … and rivers.
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Helsinki, Finland Oman
I’m a/an (teacher/engineer) in …
5 comments posted by Rita
Dublin/Cannes is a (city/a town/a village) in …
DVD preview DVD view
It’s/It isn’t very (big/beautiful/hot/small/old/new).
1A  Work in pairs. Find the words in the box in 3A  Watch the DVD and number the places in the The countryside (in Ireland) is beautiful. B  Write a personal introduction. Use the
the photos. order you see them. introduction above to help. Write 50–70 words.
I (really) love it (here).
a) British Columbia, Canada __
city countryside sea beach
b) Santiago, Chile 1
__
mountain river village building 5A  Prepare to talk for thirty seconds. Write your answers
c) Helsinki, Finland __
to the questions in Exercise 4A. Use the key phrases to help.
B  Work in pairs and take turns. Say an adjective d) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia __
e) Muscat, Oman __ B  Work in pairs and take turns. Student A: give your talk.
from the box below and a word from the box
Student B: listen and ask Student A two questions.
above.
B  Work in pairs. Which things from Exercise 1A are
old new big small beautiful in the places?
cold hot Chile building, mountain

A: an old city B: an old building A: an old … C  Watch the DVD again to check your answers.

2  Read the programme information and D  Work in pairs and underline the correct
underline the countries. alternative. Then watch the DVD again to check  
your answers.
1 Santiago, Chile is old/old and new.
  Around The World 2 The mountains in Chile are hot/cold.
3 Eric is a waiter/driver on a train.

I n this programme, people from around the

world answer the questions: Who are you?
Where are you from? What’s your job? We speak
to Kustaa in Finland, Mizna in Oman, Pablo in
Chile, Aisha in Malaysia and Eric in Canada.
4 Mizna is a teacher/student at university.
5 She is from a city/village.
6 In Finland, the countryside is good for winter/summer
sport.
7 Kuala Lumpur is a(n) old/new city.
8 Aisha is a(n) shop/office assistant.

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1.5 LOOKBACK

  BE: I/you    JOBS    THE ALPHABET 

1A  Complete the conversation 3A  Add the vowels to the jobs. 5A  Correct the spelling.
with the words in the box. 1 w__ __ t__r 1 fone phone
2 t__x__ dr__v__r 2 telivison ________________
Are ‘m I am in you
not six 3 __ng __n__ __r 3 camra ________________
4 d__ct__r 4 univercity ________________
A: 1 Are you from Rome? 5 __ct__r 5 resterant ________________
B: No, I 2 not. 6 t__ __ch__r 6 emial ________________
A: Are 3 from Seoul? 7 s__ng__r 7 futbal ________________
B: Yes, I 4 . 8 b__s__n__ssw__m__n 8 choklat ________________
A: Are you 5 Tokyo now? 9 infomashion ________________
6 B  Work in groups. Student A:
B: No, I’m . 10 intenet ________________
choose your job. Other students:
A: Are you number 7 ? guess the job.
8 B  Work in pairs and take turns.
B: Yes, am. A: Are you a nurse? Ask and answer about the spelling.
B  Work in pairs and take turns. B: No, I’m not. A: How do you spell ‘phone’?
Student A: choose a sentence C: Are you a doctor? B: p-h-o-n-e.
from 1–6 below. Student B: ask B: Yes, I am. A: Right.
questions and guess the sentence.
1 I’m from Rome. I’m in London now.   BE: he/she/it   GIVING PERSONAL
2 I’m from Madrid. I’m in Cork now.
4A  Find and correct the wrong   INFORMATION 
3 I’m from Seoul. I’m in Tokyo now. information in the sentences below. 6A  Look at the information and
4 I’m from Rome. I’m in Cork now. 1 Madrid is in Portugal. write questions for 1–5.
5 I’m from Madrid. I’m in Tokyo now. No, it isn’t. It’s in Spain.
6 I’m from Seoul. I’m in London now. 2 Vladimir Putin’s from Canada. 1 2

B: Are you from Madrid? 3 The Eiffel Tower’s in Argentina.

A: Yes, I am. 4 Jackie Chan’s from South Africa. 3
B: Are you in Cork? 5 Maria Sharapova’s from Poland. 4

A: No, I’m not. 6 Tokyo’s in Italy. 5

B: Number 5! 7 Queen Elizabeth is from Spain.

1 What’s your first name?
8 The Taj Mahal’s in Mexico.
 COUNTRIES  9 Barack Obama’s from Scotland. B  Change three things in 1–5
2A  Work in pairs. Write the 10 Kylie Minogue’s from China. above.
countries. Phone: 034 387 4425
B  Work in pairs. Write three false
1 Torino Italy
sentences – one about a man, one C  Work in pairs and take turns.
2 Calcutta I about a woman, and one about a Student A: ask questions 1–5.
3 St. Petersburg R place. Student B: answer the questions.
4 Mecca S A Student A: find the three changes.
C  Work with other students
5 Xian C and take turns. Student A: say a
6 Osaka J sentence. Other students: say the
correct information.
B  Write five countries and a city in
A: Cate Blanchett is from Canada. VIDEO PODCAST
each country.
China – Beijing B: No, she isn’t. She’s from Australia.
Watch people talking
about their names and
C  Work in pairs and take turns. where they come from
Student A: say a city. Student B: say on ActiveBook or on
the country. the website.
A: Beijing
iews
ic BB C interv
B: China Authent
www.pearsonELT.com/speakout

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