Fine, thanks.

Hi, how
And you? are you?

What are they doing?

What language are they using?
 UNIT 1
FACTS AND FIGURES
 1.1. Reading
• Exercise 2: Read and listen to Global English Facts and
check your guess (page 6)
1. English is the official language in…
a. 20 countries b. 50 countries c. more than 50 countries
2. English is the first or second language for more than…
a. 5 billion people b. 50 million people c. 500 million people
3. Many English words are not new for beginner English
students because…
a. they are similar in other language
b. they are from the world of business, travel, fashion and
music
c. both of the above (a and b)
 1.2. Vocabulary
• Exercise 1: Look at the A to Z of Global English.
Match the words to the categories in the box
below (page 7)
book duck emperor arm cat
farm yard ward xenon zebra
veal universe ring quiet parrot
university month king index ghost
jug nurse quiet table song
computers expressions food and drink jobs
music places sports transports other
 1.2. Vocabulary
• Answer
A - arm B- book C - cat D – duck E- emperor
computers drink expression
F- farm G- ghost H- home I- index J- jug, job
food
K- King L-land M- month N- nurse O- other
music opposite
P- parrot Q- Quiet R- ring S- song T- table
places sports transport
U-universe V- veal W- ward X, Y- xenon Z-Zebra
universiy yard
 1.3. Grammar
• use a/an with singular nouns
• use a with a consonant sound and use an with a
vowel sound
e.g. an airport, a doctor, a family, a sandwiches
• plural nouns are formed with s/ es/ ies
e.g. airports, doctors, families, sandwiches
 1.3. Grammar
• Exercise 2: write a or an (page 7)

___
an alphabet ___
a director ___
a hotel
___
a bus ___
an email ___
a pizza
___
a computer ___
a football ___
a telephone
 2.1.Vocabulary and Speaking
• Exercise 1: Put the letters in the correct order to
spell the numbers.
eozr____
zero reeht____ six
three xis _____ einn______
nine
noe____
one rouf ____
four vesne_____
seven net ______
ten
wot____
two evif ____
five theig______
eight
 2.3. Grammar
• e.g.
I’m Mr. Forbes.
It isn’t my car
Is it the red car? No, it isn’t
• use the contractions in speaking and informal
writing
• we don’t use contractions in formal writing
 2.3. Grammar
• Exercise 1: Circle the correct form of the verb in the two
conversations (page 9)
• Conversation 1
A: Hi. I’m Mr. Forbes – I’m / is here for my car.
B: Mr. John Forbes?
A: Yes, that’s right.
B: is / are your car the BMW?
A: Yes
B: Is it/ It’s over here.
A: But this isn’t my car.
B: Sorry?
A: It not/ It isn’t my car. My car license plate is / am 259 HFY
 2.3. Grammar
• Conversation 2
A: Hello, we is / are here for the car.
B: Your names please?
A: John and Lisa Thomson.
B: Ah yes, the Ford Focus.
A: That’s right.
B: Is the car / the car is in the car park. Number plate ACHT
713
A: Is the red car?
B: Not it isn’t. It’s / They’re the blue Focus over there. Here’s
the key.
A: Ok. Thanks.
 2.3. Grammar
• Exercise 2: Complete the world number plate facts with
is or are. (page 9)
Number plates ____are a combination of numbers and letters.
In the USA, the number plate____different
is in each state.
In Russia, taxi number plates ____yellow
are and black.
In Pakistan, all number plates ____in
are the Latin alphabet.
Number plates ____on
are the front and black of a car.
A personalized number plate ___a is special plate with words
and a phrase.
In Britain, number plates ____different
are colours at the front
and back.
They ____white
are on the front and yellow at the back.
 3.1. Vocabulary
• Exercise 1: Put these numbers in the correct order.
(page10)
eleven eighteen seventeen sixteen
fifteen twelve nineteen
twenty fourteen thirteen

• Answer
eleven sixteen
twelve seventeen
thirteen eighteen
fourteen nineteen
fifteen twenty
 3.1. Vocabulary
• Exercise 3: Write the numbers for the words
(page 10)
1. twenty-one ____
21 5. sixty-nine ____
69
2. thirty ____
30 77
6. seventy-seven ____
3. forty-six ____
46 7. eighty ____
80
4. fifty-five ____
55 8. ninety-three ____
93
 3.1. Vocabulary

• Exercise 4: Listen and circle the correct

number (page 10)
1. 13 30
2. 15 50
3. 17 70
4. 19 90
5. 14 40
6. 16 60
7. 18 80
 3.2. Reading
• Exercise 2: Read and listen to The power of
numbers on page 11 and find example of…
(page 10)
1. A common number in religion 3
2. A lucky number 8
3. An unlucky number 13
4. A number in a sequence 1
 3.2. Reading
• Exercise 3: Work in pairs. Ask each other these
questions (page 10)
Are there special numbers in your culture?
What are they?
Do you have a lucky/ unlucky number?
What is it?
 3.3. Listening and vocabulary
• Exercise 1: Read and listen to these ordinal numbers
(page 10)
1st first
2nd second
3rd third
4th fourth
5th fifth
6th sixth
7th seventh
8th eighth
9th ninth
10th tenth
 3.4. Listening and speaking
• Exercise 1: Listen and write the numbers
 3.4. Listening and speaking
• Exercise 2: Work in pairs. What are the next two
numbers in each sequence? Listen and check
your answer.
• Useful phrases:
The next number is ….
I think it’s …
may be it’s …
 3.4. Listening and speaking
• Exercise 3: create anther sequence and tell your
partner. Can they guess the next two numbers in
the sequence?
e.g. My sequence is 4, 5
What are the next two numbers?
Answer: 4, 5, 9, 13
 4.1. Reading and listening
• Exercise 1: Read and listen to Telecommunication facts
and figures. Are these sentences True or False? (page 12)
1. The words for portable phone in Britain and the US are
different. True
2. Britain has more fixed phones per 100 people than the
US. True
3. The emergency number in Britain and the US starts with
the number nine. True
4. The freephone numbers are the same. False
5. The information number in Britain and the US is the
same. False
 4.1. Reading and listening
• Exercise 2: What are important numbers in your
country? (page 12)
number for police 113
number for fire 114
number for emergency 115
 4.2. Vocabulary
• Exercise 1: Listen and repeat these email and
website addresses (page 12)
jenny@britmail.co.uk
baxter21@phonemail.net
www.bbc.co.uk
www.independent.co.uk/sport
 4.2. Vocabulary
• Exercise 2: How do you pronounce these
symbols? (page 12)
1. @
2. .
3. www
4. /
 4.3. Listening
• Exercise 1: Listen to two conversations. Match
the pictures a to c to the correct conversations.
(page 13)
Picture a
Picture b Conversation 1
Picture c Conversation 2
 4.3. Listening
• Exercise 2: Listen again and complete the
information (page 13)
• Name: Mrs. And Mr. Steinbeck
• Nights: 2
• Telephone: 00 44 1845 705 881
• Email: peter.steinbeck@bcl.net
• Room: 224
 4.4. Grammar

• E.g.
My name’s Steinbeck.
What’s your telephone number?
Here’s their key.
• Use possessive adjectives such as my, your before
a noun
• use both singular and plural
 4.4. Grammar
• Exercise 1: Rewrite the sentences so they mean the
same.
1. You’re Keyi.
→ Your name is Keyi.
2. His name’s Paolo
→ He’s Paolo
3. She’s Brigitte
→ Her name is Brigitte
4. Our names are Bernard and Julie.
→ We are Bernard and Julie.
5. They’re Paolo and Luis.
→ Their names are Paolo and Luis.
 4.4. Grammar
• Exercise 2: Read the dialogue and circle the
correct answer. (page 13)
S: Good morning. I’m / My Sergei Andropov and this
is I / my wife Katya.
R: Hello – welcome to International English. I /
My name’s Antonia. You / Your teacher is Don
Miller. He’s from / His from Australia. You’re /
Your in class room 6
S: Thank you.
 5. Function Globally
5.1. Warm up
• Work in pairs. Do you remember the names of
other people in the class? Take it in turns to
introduce them.
• Useful phrases:
His name is…
Her name is …
This is…
That is …
 5.1. Listening
• Exercise 1: Listen to four conversations. Match
each one to a picture. Which conversations are
formal (F) or informal (I)? (page 14)
• Answer
Conversation 1. picture a (I)
Conversation 2. picture c (F)
Conversation 3. picture d (I)
Conversation 4. picture b (F)
 5.1. Listening
• Exercise 2: Listen again and choose the correct
option (page 14)
Conversation 1. the man and the woman are / aren’t
friends
Conversation 2. It is / isn’t her first day
Conversation 3. The man and the woman are / aren’t
in the taxi together.
Conversation 4. The second / third man is Mr. Brown
 5.2. Language focus
• Exercise 1: Put the words in the correct order
to make phrases. (page 14)
1. meet you pleased to.
→ Pleased to meet you.
2. OK, I’m thanks.
→ I’m OK, thanks.
3. going how’s it?
→ how’s it going?
 5.2. Language focus
• Exercise 2: Complete the table with phrases from
exercise 1 (page 14)

Hello Nice to meet I’m fine, My How are

you thank you name’s... you?
Hi. Pleased to Fine, I’m…
thanks. How’s it
Hey. meet you
going?
Good to see I’m OK,
you. thanks.
 6. Global voices
6.1. Warm up
Who are they? Where are they from?

David Beckham Lee Min Ho Ho Ngoc Ha

United Kingdom Korea Vietnam
 6.2. Listening
• Exercise 1: Listen to people saying their names
and where they are from. Tick the places you
hear. (page 15)

Australia China √ Germany √

Italy Mexico Moscow √
Rome Russia √ Saudi Arabia √
Switzerland √ Tokyo √ Ukraine √
 6.2. Listening
• Exercise 2: Listen again and complete the information
about each speaker (page 15)
• Speaker 1: Aki from ______
Tokyo
• Speaker 2: Menahi from ___________
Saudi Arabia
• Speaker 3: Christina from _______
Russia
Saudi Arabia from _______
• Speaker 4: Hani from ___________, Riyadh
• Speaker 5: Elodie from __________,
Switzerland from _________
Geneva
• Speaker 6: Liliya from _______
Ukraine
• Speaker 7: Sarah from _______
Rome
• Speaker 8: Maxim from _______,
Russia from ________
Moscow
• Speaker 9: Elizabeth from ________
Germany
China
• Speaker 10: Amy from _____
 6.3. Language focus
Look at different ways the speakers say where
they are from. Make similar sentences about
yourself. (page 15)
• I’m from Tokyo.
• I come from Russia.
• I am from Saudi Arabia, I am from Riyadh. Riyadh
is the capital of Saudi Arabia.
• I come from Switzerland, from Geneva.
• I live in Rome