1 Hello

VOCABULARY
Hello, I’m, My ...
I’m …
1 a 1.1 Look at the photo and listen.

Add words in the gaps.

1.1 goals
talk to someone for the first time
introduce yourself
say where you are from
ask people where they are from

. Carlos Puente.

Hi My is name Hello I’m

.
b Say hello and say your name. Peter Newman.
LISTENING 2 a 1.2Listen to the conversations.
Which photo?

1 2 3

b Read the conversations. Add I’m, my, your.

A B C
MIKE I’m Mike. What’s MARY Hello, KATE What’s name?
name? Mary Green. JO Jo.
SILVIA name’s Silvia. KLAUS Klaus Springer, KATE Hi, Jo. I’m new
MIKE Silvia, nice to from Frankfurt. Nice teacher. name
My name. Your name? meet you. to meet you. is Kate.

c 1.3 Listen to the short forms. P Practise saying them.

Full form Short form

I am Mike. What is your name? I’m Mike. What’s your name?
My name is Silvia. My name’s Silvia.

SPEAKING 3 a Look at this conversation. What is the order?

Nice to meet you.

Hi, Ali. I’m Ali.

Hello, I’m Luis. 1

What’s your name?

Luis Ali

b 1.4 Listen to check. Then have a conversation.

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 I’m from ...
VOCABULARY 1 1.5 Listen to the countries. Which picture?
Countries
England Russia China the USA
A B C D

GRAMMAR 2 a Listen to the conversations.

1.6 I’m from …
Questions What do the people say?

b What are the questions? Listen again and

write them correctly.
1 from / England / you / Are / ?
2 Where / you / are / from / ?

I am (I’m) … Am I … ?
You are (You’re) … Are you … ?
Where are you from?

I You c 1.7 Make questions and answers.

Then listen to check.

1 2
Where from? USA?
China.
Yes, Miami.
3 4
China? Where from?
No, USA. London.

SPEAKING 3 a Where are you from? Say the name of your country. Then write a sentence.
• I’m from …
b Answer these questions.
1 Are you from the USA?
2 Where are you from?
3 I’m from London. And you?
c Talk to other students. Ask and answer the questions.

Classroom language Letter, word, sentence ...

1 Look at the examples. What are they? 2 What are these?

a word a number a letter 1 from

a sentence a question 2 16
3 I’m from New York.
1 I’m Peter. a sentence 4 P
2 Are you Peter? 5 What’s your name?
3 Are you Peter? 6 m
4 I’m Peter. 7 100
5 I’m 10.

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 1.2 goals
Where is it? talk to someone for the first time
ask and say where places are
1 Look on p86. Which country? say where you live

GRAMMAR
2 a Where are these towns? Ask and answer questions.
It’s …,
Where is …? Miami
Where’s Oxford?
Oxford Los Angeles Manchester
b 1.8 Listen to the short forms. P Practise saying them.
It’s in England.
Full form Short form
I don’t know. London is in England. London’s in England.
Where is London? Where’s London?
It is in England. It’s in England.
(is → ’s)

Big, small ...

VOCABULARY 1 Talk about the picture.
A
big, small
It’s a house. It’s big. It’s small. B

2 a 1.9 Listen. P Practise saying the sentences.

It’s a house.
It’s a big house.
It’s big.

b Work in A/B pairs. Look on p86.

I live …
READING 1 a Look at the photos. Which is:
1 a flat (or an apartment)? 2 a house?
A B C
a an
a flat an apartment
a house

b Read the sentences. Which photo is it? Add words from 1a in the gaps.
1 I live in in Dubai. It’s a big apartment, with four rooms.
2 We have near Naples. It’s a town in Florida, in the USA.
3 I have in Paris. It’s very small, only one room.
c 1.10 Listen to check.

d 1.10 Cover the sentences in 1b and listen again. Then ask and answer the questions.
Photo A Photo B Photo C
Is it a house or a flat? Is it a house or an apartment? Is it a house or a flat?
Is it big or small? Is it big or small? Where is it?
Where is it? Where is it? Where is Naples?

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 GRAMMAR 2 a Read the examples.
I / We + verb
live have
I live in Paris. I have a flat in Paris.
We live in a flat near Paris. We have a house near Naples.
We live near Naples.

Classroom language b Write have or live.

1 We a new apartment.
2 I in London.
3 We two new apartments in Dubai.
4 We in a small house in Manchester.
I We 5 I in a small town near Moscow.
6 I an old flat in Paris.

LISTENING 3 1.11 Listen to Olga. Are these sentences true? Which is her flat?
1 I’m from Moscow.
2 I live in Moscow.
3 I have a big flat there.
4 It’s very nice.
A B

Olga

WRITING 4 a What about you? Write sentences.

• I live …
• We live …
• I have …
• We have …
• It’s ...
b Tell another student.

Sounds and spelling The letter i

1 1.12 The letter i often has these sounds. 2 1.13 Are these words with /i/ or /ai/? Add them

Listen. P Practise saying the sounds. to exercise 1.

/i/ /ai/ five it in China big I’m

is Hi 3 a 1.14 Listen to a conversation. Underline the

live nice words you hear.
Paris I
it’s in Paris nice big I’m Hi

b Practise the conversation.

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1.3 goals
Numbers talk to someone for the first time
ask and say if you are married
VOCABULARY 1 Listen. P Say the numbers.
1.15 say if you have children

Numbers 0–10 Then match them with the words.

0 1 2 3 4 5 three zero 0 five seven eight

one nine two four ten six
6 7 8 9 10

2 Say these numbers.

A B C D E

Vocabulary reference p105

Families
VOCABULARY 1 a 1.16 Who is in the picture? Use words from the box. Then listen. P

boy, girl …

Singular Plural E
C
(= 1) (= 2, 3 …)
a boy boys A
a girl girls
a child children
D
B

b Practice. Point to a picture. Say the words.

GRAMMAR 2 1.17 Read and listen to the sentences. Find the picture.
I’m not, we’re not A
1 I have three children, two boys and a girl.
2 We have nine children. We have five girls and four boys.
3 We’re married. We have only one child – a boy.
4 I’m not married and I have no children.
5 We’re married, but we have no children.

B C D E

3 a 1.18 Look at the sentences and listen. P

I’m married. I’m not married.

We’re married. We’re not married.

b 1.19 Write words in the gaps. Then listen to check.

1 We’re married and we have two children – a boy and a .
2 I’m , but I have no .
3 I have one – a girl.
4 We three children – two and a boy.
4 Work in A/B pairs. Look on p87.

5 What about you? Write two sentences.

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 Target activity 3
Talk to someone for the first time
TASK LISTENING 1 a Look at the people. Read the notes. What do you think they say? Make sentences.

Mark Claudia
the USA Brazil
I live – London flat in São Paulo
small apartment married
not married two sons

two sons = two boys

b 1.20 Listen to the conversation and check.

c What are their questions? Write them correctly.

Mark Claudia
1 your / name / What’s / ? 3 are / from / you / Where / ?
2 married / you / Are / ? 4 about / you / What / ?
TASK 2 a Choose one of the people. Student A, you are Claudia or Mark.
Student B, you are you! Talk to your partner, and ask questions.

b Now have a new conversation. Student A, you are you!

Student B, you are Claudia or Mark.

Keyword this
1 1.21 Look at the pictures and listen. What does Sophie say?

… my mother. … my father.

… my room.

2 a 1.22 Listen to the words. P Find them in the picture.

a door a desk a window a chair a bed a picture

b Practice. Point to the picture and make sentences.

This is a desk.

3 Cover the words. Look at the picture and test each other.

What’s this? It’s a desk.

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 EXPLORESpeaking 1.4 goal
say hello and goodbye
Hi, how
are you? 3 a Match these expressions with photo 1 or 2.
Goodbye. See you. Bye. Nice to meet you.

1 2

Fine, thanks.
How are you?

I’m fine.

1 a 1.23 Listen and practise the conversation.

b 1.24 Listen. Underline the words you hear.

Hello. How are you? I’m fine. b 1.25 Listen to check.

Hi! Are you OK? Fine, thanks.
I’m OK. Thank you. 4 Turn to other students. Say goodbye.

Say hello, say your name, p116

2 Meet other students. Have conversations.

Across cultures Students

1 Look at the photos and read. The words in orange are new.
Find Phuong, Karen and Wendy.
1 Read without a dictionary.
2 Use a dictionary to help. A I’m a student. I study English.

I live in Hanoi and I study

here too. I live at home
with my mother and father. B
Phuong from Vietnam

I have a room in a big flat in

Berlin with six other students.
This is normal in Germany. We
have a big kitchen, where we eat.
Karen from Germany

I live on a big campus with 1,000 C

students. I have a small room with a bed
and a desk. I eat in a student restaurant.
Wendy from Ghana

2 What is normal in your country?

• Students live at home.
• Students live in a house with other students.
• Students have a room on a campus.

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Look again
VOCABULARY GRAMMAR

1 a Find pairs of words. be present: am, is, are

student China
big three Full form Short form
hello girl I am I’m
flat window you are you’re
door restaurant we are we’re
five goodbye it is it’s
the USA small this is –
boy apartment
yes teacher
café no I’m not
married.
We’re not
b Which words can go in the gaps?
We’re from China. What’s your name?
Where are you from?
1 We’re from . Are you married?
2 I’m a . How are you?
3 We live in a . Where’s Moscow? Grammar reference, p99
2 Write plural forms.
1 student students
2 room Other verbs
3 window live …
4 I I
have …
5 boy We
study …
6 child
3 Write the numbers as words. 5 Correct the mistakes.
a We have three children. (3) 1 We is from the USA.
b Look at question . (2) 2 You are from England?
c students live here. (4) 3 I have two childs.
d It’s a small flat – just room. (1) 4 We have a house small.
6 Add the missing word.
SPELLING
1 My name Ahmed.
4 Each word has one letter missing. 2 I have flat in Beijing.
Write it correctly. 3 Manchester in England.
1 scool school 4 We live a big house.
2 hav
3 teachr
4 goodby
5 Rusia
6 hous Self-assessment
7 apartmen
Can you say things like this in English?
Circle a number on each line.
1 = This is difficult. 3 = I can say this – no problem.
Hi. My name is … 1 2 3
I’m from … 1 2 3
We have a small flat in … 1 2 3
I live in … 1 2 3
Where are you from? 1 2 3
I have … children. 1 2 3
How are you? 1 2 3
Fine, thanks. 1 2 3

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