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The
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A1 Beginner Student’s Book
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Contents
U
Units 1–5
1 Welcome!
page 4
Grammar
Vocabulary
Reading & Listening
Pronunciation
∙Present
∙
simple to be: I, you
∙Present
∙
simple to be: he,
she, it
∙Hello
∙
& goodbye
∙Countries
∙
&
nationalities
∙Numbers
∙
R & L
•Introductions
•Talking about phone numbers &
ages
∙Word
∙
stress
∙Intonation
∙
page 10 Functional language: spelling
2At work
page 12
page 11 Speaking task: giving contact details
∙Present
∙
simple to be: we,
they
∙Possessive
∙
adjectives
∙This,
∙
that, these, those
page 18 Functional language: how are you?
∙Jobs
∙
∙Common
∙
objects
(work & study)
R My English class
L D
escriptions of offices
∙Plural
∙
nouns
∙Intonation
∙
∙Intonation:
∙
And
you?
page 19 Writing task: a form
page 20 Review A, units 1 & 2
3At home
page 22
∙Present
∙
simple: I, you, we,
they
∙Position
∙
of adjectives
∙Common
∙
objects
(at home)
∙Family
∙
members
∙Adjectives
∙
page 28 Functional language: describing people and things
4The good
things in life?
∙Present
∙
simple: he, she, it
∙Object
∙
pronouns
page 30
R Description of houses
L I nterview about family
∙People
∙
talking about their flats
page 29 Speaking task: talking about family
R Blog post about a special day
∙Food
∙
& drink
L Free-time activities
∙Free-time
∙
activities
∙Shops
∙
& places to eat ∙Profile
∙
of Michel Roux
page 36 Functional language: talking about prices
∙/∙ ɒ/ & /ʌ/
∙Intonation:
∙
What’s
it like?
∙/∙ ʃ/ & /tʃ/
∙Intonation:
∙
saying
please
page 37 Writing task: a post for a website
page 38 Review B, units 3 & 4
5A day in my
life
∙Wh∙
questions
∙Frequency
∙
adverbs
page 40
∙Everyday
∙
activities
∙Days
∙
of the week
∙at/in/on
∙
∙Everyday
∙
travel
∙Activities
∙
(staying in)
page 46 Functional language: talking about the time
R The perfect evening in
L P
eople talking about their daily
routines
∙Interview
∙
with a busker
∙schwa
∙
/ə /
∙Intonation:
∙
time
questions
page 47 Speaking task: a perfect day
page 48 Bring it together a, units 1–5
2
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Units 6–10
Contents
Grammar
6 Places to go
page 50
Vocabulary
∙There
∙
is/There are + some/ ∙Places
∙
in town
any
∙Rooms
∙
& furniture
∙Prepositions
∙
of place
page 56 Functional language: asking for directions
Reading & Listening
Pronunciation
R Holiday reviews
R & L A house swap holiday
∙/∙ ð/ & /θ/
∙Intonation:
∙
stress
page 57 Writing task: a description of a place
page 58 Review C, units 5 & 6
∙
continuous
7 Communication ∙Present
page 60
∙Present
∙
continuous &
present simple
R Instant messages
∙Communication
∙
∙Frequency
∙
expressions ∙Email
∙
from a friend
L N
∙Weather
∙
& seasons
ews reports
page 66 Functional language: making phone calls
8A big day
page 68
∙/∙ ŋ/
∙Intonation:
∙
‘Hello?’
‘Hi, Kelly.’
page 67 Speaking task: a one-minute interview
∙Past
∙
simple: to be
∙Dates
∙
∙Past
∙
simple: regular verbs ∙Life
∙
events
R A
n Olympic city
L Description of a place in the past
∙Past
∙
simple /ɪd/
∙Intonation
∙
∙Profile
∙
of Jonathan Ive
page 74 Functional language: talking about news
page 75 Writing task: an email about an event
page 76 Review D, units 7 & 8
∙
simple: irregular
9A work of art ∙Past
page 78
verbs
∙Past
∙
time expressions
∙Colours
∙
∙Feelings
∙
∙Parts
∙
of the body
page 84 Functional language: saying how you feel
10Going out
page 86
∙Present
∙
continuous for
future
∙Can/Can’t
∙
∙Present
∙
& past
simple verbs
∙Intonation:
∙
sounding
interested
page 85 Speaking task: a description of an image
∙Activities
∙
(going out)
∙Likes
∙
& dislikes
∙Future
∙
time
expressions
∙Clothes
∙
page 92 Functional language: deciding what to do
R Article about The Scream
∙The
∙
WEEE man
L Conversation about The Eden
Project
R O
nline forum about Melbourne
L T
alking about a college reunion
∙/∙ kən/ & /kæn/
∙Intonation:
∙
Let’s
page 93 Writing task: an email giving information
page 94 Review E, units 9 & 10
page 96 Bring it together b, units 6–10
page 98 Grammar reference
page 108 Word bank
page 120 Transcripts
page 127 Irregular verbs
page 115 Communication bank
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1 Welcome!
1
2
3
4
a
5
b
6
7
c
4
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1.0
Key vocabulary
Hello & goodbye
A Complete the table with the phrases in the box.
1 a
Work in pairs. Look at photos a–c. Find
1 hello to family. 2 goodbye. 3 hello to a new person.
b What do you say in your language?
2Complete A and B in the Key vocabulary panel
3 a
1
A
2
, I’m Laura.
! I’m Mark. Nice to meet you.
A
, Nico.
, Elena. See you!
B
3
Hello
Goodbye
.
1.3 Listen and complete the conversations.
B
Bye Hi How are you? Nice to meet you See you
●
1.1 Listen and check. Listen again and repeat.
B Match the phrases in the box to pictures a–c.
A
! Welcome home. How are you?
B I’m fine, thanks. And you?
A I’m fine.
Good afternoon
Good evening
a
Good morning
b
b Listen again and check. Match the conversations to
photos a–c.
4 Complete C in the Key vocabulary panel
5 a
.
Work in pairs. Practise the conversations in 3a.
b Change roles and repeat.
6
Work in pairs. Look at the pictures. Continue the
conversations with your partner.
c
Bye, Rachel.
●
1.2 Listen and repeat.
Notice
We use Good evening when we see people.
We use Good night when we say goodbye to
people at night.
C Read conversation 3 in 3a again. Complete the
sentences.
Hi, Anil. How are you?
7
Stand up. Introduce yourself to the class.
Hello, I'm Magda.
How are you?
I'm
And
, thanks.
?
Hi Magda, I'm Yannis. Nice to meet you!
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1.1
About me
a
Practise the verb to be: i, you
Talk about your nationality
b
c
d
3
e
Vocabulary: Countries & nationalities
4
1
G
Work in pairs. Match the countries in the table to photos a–f.
Country
1
Nationality
Brazil
f
Japan
2
Russia
Spain
3
the UK
the USA
Notice
the UK = the United Kingdom
the USA/US = the United States of America
2 a Complete the table in 1 with the nationalities in the box.
Reading & Listening
1 a Read the conversation. Find a question about
1 your name. 2 your country.
American Brazilian British
Japanese Russian Spanish
b
A Hi, I’m Katie. What’s your name?
BI’m Michi.
1.4 Listen and check. Listen again and repeat.
Word bank
A Where are you from, Michi?
B I’m from Japan. And you?
1.5
Are your country and nationality in 1? If not, add them. Ask
your teacher or use a dictionary.
b
1.6 Listen and repeat the conversation.
2 a
Work in pairs. Practise the conversation
in 1. Use your name and nationality.
6
A I’m from the UK. I’m British.
See page 109 for more countries and nationalities.
3
b Change roles and repeat.
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t
1.1
3 a
1.7 Listen and underline the words you hear.
Present simple to be: i, you
A Hello. / Hi. Am I in your class?
+ Full form
B What’s your name?
Contracted form
I’(1)
I am British.
A Cristina Torres.
You are British.
B Are you Brazilian / Spanish,
Cristina?
You’
− Full form
A Yes, I am. / No, I’m not.
I’m (3)
You are not Brazilian.
You’re in Class C.
British.
Contracted form
I am not Brazilian.
B No, you aren’t in my class.
British.
(2)
You
Brazilian.
(4)
Brazilian.
In questions, the verb comes before the subject.
?
Work in pairs. Practise the conversation in 3a.
(6)
you
Spanish?
We use contracted forms in short no answers:
No, I’m not./No, you aren’t.
We do not use contracted forms in short yes answers:
Yes, I am./Yes, you are.
Work in pairs. Underline these forms of the verb to be
in the conversations in Reading & Listening 1a and 3a.
1 I’m, I am, I’m not, am I?
2 you’re, you aren’t, are you?
2 Complete 1–7 in the Grammar panel
with the correct
forms of the verb to be.
3 a
Work in pairs. Rewrite the sentences.
Use contracted forms of the verb to be.
1 I am British. I’m British.
2 You are from Italy.
3 I am American.
4 You are in my class.
5 I am Roberto.
in your class?
Yes, I am./No, I’m (7)
.
Yes, you are./No, you aren’t.
Grammar
1
I
Yes/No answers
b Listen again and check.
4
(5)
See page 98 for grammar reference and more practice.
Speaking
1 a
Work in pairs. Act out a conversation between
the people in photos 1 and 2.
● Say hello.
● Ask and answer about names and nationalities.
Student A
Student B
b Change the sentences in 3a to the negative form. Use
contracted forms of the verb to be.
I’m not British.
4 a Make questions for your partner. Use the correct
form of the verb to be.
1 I / in your class? Am I in your class?
2 you / my teacher?
3 you / from Egypt?
4 I / your partner?
5 you / Stefan?
1 Name:Eliott
Nationality:American
2 Name:Nina
Nationality:Russian
3 Name:Jing
Nationality:Chinese
4 Name:Emre
Nationality:Turkish
b
Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions.
Use short yes/no answers.
.
n
Am I in your class?
Yes, you are.
b Repeat with photos 3 and 4.
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1.2
Practise the verb to be: he, she, it
Talk about phone numbers & ages
One, two, three...
Vocabulary: Numbers
Reading & Listening
1 a Match the number words to photos a–k.
eight
five
four
nine
a
one
seven
six
ten
b
1
Notice phone numbers
three
two
zero
G
In phone numbers we say oh or zero:
04 = oh four or zero four
We say double when two numbers are the same:
77 = double seven
c
1 a
2
1.9 Listen and write the numbers.
A What’s your phone number?
3
B 02325 486991. What’s your phone number?
A It’s 19 403
.
B What’s the country code?
AIt’s
d
e
f
, for Poland.
b Listen again and repeat.
2
Work in pairs. Practise the conversation
with your phone number.
Word bank
a
1.10 & 1.11
See page 109 for numbers 11–100.
3 a
i
h
g
1.12 Read and listen to the conversations.
Match them to photos a–c on page 9.
1 A How old is she?
B She’s twenty-two. And how old is she?
A She’s twenty-four.
2
A How old is it?
B It’s thirteen years old. Is it a Honda?
A No, it isn’t. It’s a Nissan.
b
B OK. What’s the phone number?
A It’s 020 394 56210.
3
j
k
A How old is he?
B He’s sixty-seven.
A And how old is she? Thirty?
B No, she isn’t thirty. She’s about forty.
b
c
Work in pairs. Practise the conversations.
Notice age
b
1.8 Listen and check. Listen again and repeat.
2 a
Count from one to ten around the class. Start
again from one every time there is a mistake!
b Count backwards from ten to one in the same way.
8
We use to be + the number for age:
She’s nineteen (years old).
We use about when we don’t say the exact number:
She’s about twenty.
4
Work in pairs. Ask your partner the question below.
How old are you?
I’m thirty-two.
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1.2
4 Make positive (+) and negative (–) sentences and
Grammar
1
Work in pairs. Look at the sentences from Reading
& Listening 3a. Which of the verb forms in bold are
a) full forms? b) contracted forms?
1He’s sixty-seven.
2 Is it a Honda? No, it isn’t.
3 No, she isn’t thirty.
2 Complete 1–4 in the Grammar panel
questions (?) with to be. Use contracted forms if
possible.
1 ? he / a student
4 ? how old / he
2 − she / from Argentina
5 + he / Russian
3 + it / three years old
5 a
Ask and answer the questions with your partner.
Use short answers.
Are you
1 a student?
3 eighteen?
2 British?
4 from Brazil?
with the
correct forms of the verb to be.
3 Match the questions to the answers.
1
2
3
4
5
How old is she?
Is he Italian?
How old is it?
Is she a student?
What’s your phone
number?
a
b
c
d
e
It’s ten years old.
Yes, she is.
No, he isn’t.
It’s 049 3981 3560.
She’s twenty-four.
b Write four true sentences about your partner.
She’s a student.
Present simple to be:
he, she, it
Full form
Contracted form
+ He/She/It is twenty.
− He/She/It is not thirty.
?
a
(3)
He’/She’/It’(1)
(2)
He/She/It
twenty.
thirty.
he/she/it twenty?
Yes/No answers
Yes, he is./No, he (4)
.
See page 98 for grammar reference and more practice.
Pronunciation: Word stress
1
1.13 Listen and repeat.
13
b
2 a
30
thirteen
1.14 Listen and underline the stress.
eighteen fifteen fifty forty
seventeen seventy sixty
c
thirty
ninety
b Listen again and repeat.
Speaking
1 a
Work in pairs. Look at photos 1–6 on page 115.
How old is he/she/it?
I think she’s about
twenty years old.
.
No, I think she’s twenty-five.
b Compare answers around the class.
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1.3 Functional language: spelling
ABCDEFGHI
JKLMNOPQ
RSTUVWXYZ
Tune in
5
1 Look at the alphabet. Is it the same in your language?
2
Work in pairs. Practise the conversation in 4a.
Use a different country.
P
3
3 a
6 a
E Y J U L
/iː/
/e/
/aɪ/
/əʊ/
/juː/
/ɑː/
A
H
B
C
F
I
O
Q
R
K
(3)
(4)
M
b
A Thanks.
(5)
W
G
S
P
X
T
Z
V
A Excuse me. What’s your name?
BAidan.
N
(2)
Work in pairs. Put the conversation in order, 1–5.
BA-I-D-A-N.
/eɪ/
D
1
1.18 Listen to how the speaker says Excuse me.
Practise saying the words with the correct intonation.
Focus on language
(1)
T
Intonation
1.15 Listen and repeat the letters of the alphabet.
Work in pairs. Complete the pronunciation table
with the letters in the box.
S
1.16 Listen and check. Repeat the letters.
4 a Read the conversation.
Underline the question
about spelling.
A How do you spell that?
b
1.19 Listen and check.
Over to you
7
Work in pairs. Practise the conversation in 6a.
Use your name.
8 Stand up. Ask and answer What’s your name? and How
do you spell that? with the other students in the class.
A Excuse me. How do you
spell Russia?
BR-U-S-S-I-A.
b
1.17 Listen and repeat
the conversation.
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1.4
Speaking task: Giving contact details
Tune in
1 a
2 Read about Antonia. Complete the form.
Work in pairs. Answer the questions.
My first name’s Antonia
and my surname’s Rivera.
Do you keep contact details
My home phone number is
34 29 304 6817 and my
mobile number is
34 703 422 801.
1 on your phone?
2 on your computer?
3 in your address book?
My email address is
[email protected].
Z
CONTACT DETAILS
(1)
name: Antonia
Surname:
(3)
phone number: 34 29 304 6817
(4)
b Compare your answers with the class. Where do most
people keep contact details?
3 a
number: 34 703 422 801
Email
Prepare for task
(2)
(5)
: [email protected]
Notice email addresses
1.20 Listen and complete the conversation.
In email addresses we say at for @ and dot for .
[email protected] = matthew at mailuk dot com
[email protected] = antonia dot rivera at
mailnet dot com
.
4 Are the contact details for Antonia (A) or Matthew (M)?
1
2
3
4
Surname: Huang
Email: [email protected]
Home phone number: 027 73 408951
Home phone number: 34 29 304 6817
Task
5 a
A OK, what’s your name, please?
BMy
Work in pairs. Ask about your partner’s contact
details. Use the conversation in 3a as a model.
(1)
name is Matthew and my
is Huang.
A How do you spell that?
BH-U-A-N-G.
A Thank you. What’s your phone number?
(2)
BMy (3)
number is 027 73 (4)
A And what’s your (5)
B (6)
b Change roles and repeat.
Report back
.
6 a Stand up. Give your contact details to the class.
Use Antonia’s words in 2 as a model.
address?
@mailuk.com.
b How many students have the same first name
or surname?
b
Listen again and check. Work in pairs. Practise
the conversation.
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