Unit 1 Starter

Where are you from?

Grammar reference Subject pronouns
Singular
j
A
Plural
Verb be: present simple
I we
Positive you you
Full form Short form he
I am I’m she they
You are You’re it
He/She/It is He’s/She’s/It’s
We are We’re • Always include the subject of the verb (noun or
pronoun).
They are They’re
Mark is my brother. He is good at Maths.
NOT Mark is my brother. Is good at Maths.
Negative
• Always write I with a capital letter.
Full form Short form
You’re English and I’m Italian.
I am not I’m not • Use you for both singular and plural, polite and
You are not You aren’t familiar forms.
He/She/It is not He/She/It isn’t You are brilliant.
• Use it about things.
We are not We aren’t
It’s a digital camera.
They are not They aren’t
Question words
Questions Short answers
What…?
Am I...? Yes, I am. No, I’m not.
Where…?
Are you...? Yes, you are. No, you aren’t.
Which…?
Is he/she/it...? Yes, he/she/it is. No, he/she/it isn’t. How old…?
Are we...? Yes, we are. No, we aren’t. Who…?
Are they...? Yes, they are. No, they aren’t. Why…?
How…?
• Use short forms in spoken English and when writing a When…?
dialogue, messages, notes, cards and informal letters.
• Don’t shorten the expression This is. Articles
This is my web page. NOT This’s my web page.
• There are three articles in English: the, a, an.
• Use the verb be to talk about facts, opinions and
• Use the for specific items – things you already know.
health.
the picture on the wall
Seb and Ginny are students.
She’s fantastic. • Use the for things that are unique.
How are you? the sun
the English
• Use the verb be to describe people and things.
Joe’s a great singer. • Use a/an for general things – when you don’t know
The boys next door aren’t very nice. which one, or it doesn’t matter.
My bedroom is small. She lives in a house.
He’s in a band.
• Use a before words that begin with a consonant.
a drummer
a great guitarist
• Use an before words that begin with a vowel.
an actress
an international language
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 • Use a or an to talk about professions. twenty-nine
He’s a doctor. NOT He’s doctor. thirty
• Some phrases don’t have an article. forty
at school fifty
in bed sixty
seventy
Plural nouns eighty
• Add an -s to form the plural of most nouns. ninety
an actor actors a hundred
a mobile phone mobile phones
Countries
• For words that end in a consonant + -y, change -y to
Austria
-i and add -es.
Belgium
party parties
Denmark
• Some nouns have irregular plurals. You have to
learn them by heart. France
Germany
Singular Irregular plural Greece
person people Hungary
child children Ireland
man men Italy
Luxembourg
woman women
(the) Netherlands
Northern Ireland
Word list Norway
Numbers Portugal
one Romania
two Scotland
three Spain
four Sweden
five Switzerland
six Turkey
seven (the) UK
eight Wales
nine Nationalities
ten Austrian
eleven Belgian
twelve British
thirteen Danish
fourteen Dutch
fifteen French
sixteen German
seventeen Greek
eighteen Hungarian
nineteen Irish
twenty Italian
twenty-one Luxembourgois
twenty-two Norwegian
twenty-three Portuguese
twenty-four Romanian
twenty-five Spanish
twenty-six Swedish
twenty-seven Swiss
twenty-eight Turkish

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 Vocabulary Subject pronouns
A

Unit 1
2 Match the questions and answers. Complete the
Numbers replies with the correct subject pronoun.
1 Write the numbers. 1 What is that? L
c
1 8 __________
eight 2 Where are U2 from? L
2 13 __________ 3 Where am I? L
3 18 __________ 4 What band are you and your friends in? L
4 21 __________ 5 How old is your mother? L
5 28 __________
a __________’re from Ireland.
6 40 __________
b __________’re in London.
7 50 __________
c __________’s
It a photo of my family.
8 80 __________
e __________’re in The Blues.
9 90 __________
d __________’s 45.
10 100 __________
Question words
Countries and nationalities
3 Complete the question words.
2 Complete the missing countries or nationalities.
1 hat
W__________ is your phone number?
1 Helen is G__________
reek and she says Greece is beautiful.
2 H__________ are you?
2 Sabine comes from the N__________. She’s Dutch.
3 W__________ are you sad today?
3 Rob is British but he isn’t from England – he’s from
4 W__________ do you get home?
N__________ I__________.
5 W__________ do you live?
4 People from Norway are N__________.
6 H__________ do you come to school?
5 My friend lives in Romania but she’s not R__________
7 W__________ singer do you like best – Katy Perry
– she’s from France, so she’s F__________.
or Pink?
6 Danish people are from D__________ and Swedish
8 W__________ lives in your house with you?
people are from S__________.
7 My mum is from Spain. She’s S__________.
Articles
8 Jack’s best friend comes from S__________. He’s
Swiss. 4 Complete the sentences with a, an or – (if no
article is necessary).

Grammar 1 –
I live at __________ home.
2 Is that __________ new mobile phone?
Verb be: present simple 3 It’s __________ ice cream.
4 That’s __________ great guitar.
1 Complete the dialogues with the correct form of
5 My brother is still at __________ school.
the verb be.
6 English is __________ international language.
1 A __________
Are you happy?
B No, I __________. I don’t like this party. Plural nouns
2 A __________ they from Italy?
5 Write the plurals of these nouns.
B Yes, they __________.
3 A __________ Susie your girlfriend? 1 umbrella __________________
umbrellas
B No! She __________ my girlfriend! 2 phone __________________
4 A How old __________ your brother? 3 school __________________
B It’s his birthday today. He __________ 15. 4 actor __________________
5 A __________ this song by Duffy? 5 nationality __________________
B Yes. She __________ a great singer, isn’t she? 6 photo __________________
6 A __________ these your CDs? 7 dog __________________
B No, they __________. I don’t like rap. 8 country __________________
7 A __________ you and Marco Italian? 9 child __________________
B No, we __________. We __________ Portuguese. 10 baby __________________
8 A Jack Black __________ a very funny actor.
B Yes, he __________.

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 Starter Unit 2

j
A
Grammar reference
He’s got a band
• Possessive adjectives are always the same. They don’t
change form for the feminine or plural.
Andrew has got my CDs and my CD player.
Verb have (got): present simple
• Never use an article in front of a possessive adjective.
Positive This is your camera. NOT This is the your camera.
I/You/We/They have/’ve
got a car. there is / there are
He/She/It has/’s
Positive Negative
Negative
Singular There’s a bed. There isn’t a bed.
I/You/We/They have not/haven’t
got a car. Plural There are chairs. There aren’t any chairs.
He/She/It has not/hasn’t
Questions Short answers
Questions
Yes, there is.
Have I/you/we/they Singular Is there a TV?
got a car? No, there isn’t.
Has he/she/it
Yes, there are.
Plural Are there any CDs?
No, there aren’t.
Short answers
Yes, have. • Use There is before a singular noun or a list which
I/you/we/they
No, haven’t. begins with a singular noun. The short form is There’s.
Yes, has. There’s a poster.
he/she/it There’s a computer, a desk and a chair.
No, hasn’t.
• Use There are before one or more plural nouns. There
• In British English use the verb have got to talk about is no short form.
possessions. There are books and magazines.
I’ve got a new camera. • Use any + plural noun in questions and negatives.
We haven’t got an mp3 player. There aren’t any tables.
Has she got a cat? Are there any desks?
• Use some + plural noun in positive sentences.
Possessive adjectives There are some chairs.

Pronouns Possessive adjectives this, that, these, those

I my
Singular Plural
you your
this these
he his
that those
she her
it its • Use this, these and that, those in front of a noun (as an
we our adjective).
they their This picture is nice.
• Use this and these to talk about someone or
• Use his if the possessor is male. something nearby.
Where is Rick? I’ve got his guitar. This is my chair.
• Use her if the possessor is female. • Use that and those to talk about someone or
Where is Chloe? I’ve got her T-shirt. something further away.
• Use its if the possessor is a thing or an animal. That is my car.
Where’s the cat? I’ve got its dinner here.
There are three possessive adjectives for the 3rd person
singular.

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 Adjectives Classroom things
A
board

Unit 2
• In English, adjectives do not change.
purple walls NOT purples walls book
• They come in front of the noun. calculator
a big washbasin NOT a washbasin big chair
• They come after the verb be. clock
My room is big. NOT My room big is. desk
door
exercise book
Word list keyboard
Possessions mouse
badge paper
bicycle pen
camcorder pencil
CD player pencil case
CDs printer
computer screen
computer game table
designer watch
digital camera
football
Vocabulary
guitar
Possessions
laptop
magazines 1 Write the possessions.
mobile phone 1 You take photographs with this.
mp3 player d _i _g _i _t _a _l c a_ _m _e _r a_
poster 2 You call your friends on this. m _ _ _ _ _ p _ _ _ _
skateboard 3 You listen to music on this. m _ _ p _ _ _ _ _
telephone 4 You make music with this. g _ _ _ _ _
TV 5 You work or play games on this. l _ _ _ _ _
6 You read these. m _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Colours
black
Colours
blue (pale blue)
brown 2 Write the letters in the correct order to make
green colours.
grey 1 I’ve got a grnee carpet. ____________
green
orange 2 There’s a wlyleo armchair. ____________
pink 3 I’ve got a nkip T-shirt. ____________
purple 4 Her favourite colour is rppelu. ____________
red 5 He’s got a klbca mobile phone. ____________
white 6 My room has got naroeg walls. ____________
yellow
Classroom things
Furniture
armchair 3 Complete the missing words.
bath I like the classroom at school. I keep my 1 b__________
ooks
carpet in my 2 d__________. I’ve got a lot of 3 p__________
curtains and 4 p__________ in my 5 p__________ c__________.
sofa There’s a big 6 b__________ and the teacher writes on
wardrobe that. I sit at the front so I can see.
washbasin There’s a computer in the classroom too. It’s got a
7
 s__________, a 8 m__________ and a 9 k__________.
The students sometimes put 10 p__________ in the
11
 p__________.

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 Grammar there is / there are
6 Circle T (True) or F (False). Correct the false
Verb have (got): present simple sentences.
1 Complete the sentences with the positive form
of have got. Use short forms if possible.
1 We ’ve
__________
got a new teacher this year.
2 You __________ my pen!
3 I __________ a cat.
4 The boys __________ a computer.
5 Tom __________ a bike and a skateboard.
6 My sister __________ pink curtains in her room.
2 Make the sentences in exercise 1 negative.
1 We haven’t got a new teacher this year.
2
3
4
5
6
3 Make questions from the sentences in exercise 1.
1 Have we got a new teacher this year?
2
3
4 1 There are some chairs. T / F  No, there aren’t any chairs.
5 2 There’s a bed. T / F
6 3 There aren’t any clothes. T / F
4 There isn’t a wardrobe. T / F
Possessive adjectives 5 There’s a TV. T / F
6 There aren’t any exercise books. T / F
4 Complete the sentences with the correct
possessive adjective. 7 Write questions about the room and answer
1 That’s my dad. __________
His name’s Bob. them.
2 We are in the same class. __________ teacher is Mrs 1 computer? Is there a computer? Yes, there is.
Grant. 2 curtains?
3 That’s __________ cat. __________ name is Tiger. 3 CDs?
4 That’s my mum. __________ name’s Lucy. 4 telephone?
5 Hey, Elsa! Is that __________ bag? 5 washbasin?
6 My best friends are here. __________ names are Amy 6 posters?
and Sue.
Adjectives
this, that, these, those
8 Write the words in the correct order.
5 Match the pictures with the sentences. 1 pale / I’ve / car / got / blue / a
C I’ve got a pale blue car.
B
A 2 a / armchair / there’s / red

3 curtains / got / black / she’s

4 got / a / Juliet’s / watch / new

D
1 Look at this photo. L
2 Look at that photo. L 5 expensive / it’s / camera / an
3 Look at these photos. L
4 Look at those photos. L 6 bicycles / any / there / yellow / aren’t

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Unit 3 Starter
She likes films
Grammar reference
j
B
• For verbs that have a base form ending in -ch, -s, -sh,
-x or -z, the letter e is added before the letter s.
Present simple positive • Form the present simple negative with:
Subject (I, you, we, they) + do not / don’t + base form of
Present simple positive the verb
I / You / We / They like he, she, it + does not / doesn’t + base form of the verb
music.
He / She / It likes
Usage
Use the present simple to talk about:
• Form the present simple positive with:
• actions in our daily routine.
subject (I, you, we, they) + base form of the verb
They don’t go to the gym in the morning.
• Form the third person singular of the present simple
• likes or dislikes.
positive with:
She doesn’t like dancing.
subject (he, she, it) + base form of verb + -s
• facts that are always true.
Usage He doesn’t play an instrument.
Use the present simple to talk about:
• facts that are always true, habits and routines. Present simple questions and short answers
He plays the guitar.
Yes / no questions
He watches TV every Saturday.
• likes and dislikes. Do I / you
We like rock music. Does he / she / it go to a gym?
Jason hates TV. Do we / you / they

Pronunciation of –s Short answers: positive

• Pronounce a final -s as /s/ after the consonants /p/, /t/, I / you do.
/k/, /f/ or /T/. Yes, he / she / it does.
helps, gets, likes, laughs, paths we / you / they do.
• Pronounce a final -s as /z/ after the consonants /b/,
/d/, /g/, /v/, /D/, /l/, /m/, /n/, /N/ and the vowels. Short answers: negative
robs, lands, bags, lives, bathes, travels, comes, wins, I / you don’t.
sings, knows
No, he / she / it doesn’t.
• Pronounce a final -es as /Iz/ after /s/, /z/, /tS/, /dZ/, /S/
we / you / they don’t.
sounds.
passes, dances, buzzes, watches, judges, washes
Wh- questions
Present simple negative do I / you
Where does he / she / it live?
Negative
do we / you / they
Full form
I / You do • Form present simple questions with:
He / She / It does not speak French. do + I/you/we/they + base form of the verb
We / You / They do does + he/she/it + base form of the verb
• Form present simple positive short answers with:
Short form Yes, I/you/we/they + do.
I / You don’t Yes, he/she/it + does.
He / She / It doesn’t speak French. • Form present simple negative short answers with:
We / You / They don’t No, I/you/we/they + don’t.
No, he/she/it + doesn’t.

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 • If the question begins with an interrogative pronoun, Vocabulary
adjective or adverb (Wh- question), use:
interrogative + do / does + subject + base form of Days
the verb
Do you understand Chinese? – No, I don’t. 1 Which day(s):
Does she want milk in her coffee? – Yes, she does. 1 do you have English lessons? __________
When do they finish classes? 2 do you see your friends? __________
3 do you do a lot of homework? __________
Let’s 4 do you go shopping? __________
• Use let’s (let us) + base form of the verb to form the 5 do you like best? __________ Why?
‘we’ form of the imperative. 6 don’t you like? __________ Why?
Let’s go.
• Use let’s + base form to suggest doing something with Months
someone else. 2 Complete the months.
Let’s use my laptop.
__________ly
Ju
N__________ber
Word list S__________r
Days D__________ber
A__________il
Monday
F__________ry
Tuesday M__________h
Wednesday Au__________t
Thursday M__________ O__________
Friday
Saturday Ja__________y __________ne
Sunday
3 Write the months.
Months 1 When is your birthday? __________
January
2 When is your mum’s / dad’s birthday? __________
February
3 When is your friend’s birthday? __________
March
4 When is Christmas? __________
April
5 When do you go on holiday? __________
May
6 Which is your favourite month? __________ Why?
June
July Free-time activities
August
4 Match 1–8 with a–h to make free-time activities.
September
October 1 do a to friends online
November 2 go b books / magazines
December 3 listen c TV / DVDs
4 play d emails
Free-time activities
5 read e shopping
do homework
6 talk f computer games
do water sports
7 watch g to music / the radio
draw
8 send h homework / water sports
go shopping / to the gym / to the cinema
listen to music / the radio 5 Write true sentences about the activities in
play computer games / football / tennis exercise 4.
read books / magazines 1 I do my homework in my room.
send emails 2
surf 3
swim 4
talk to friends online 5
watch TV / DVDs 6
windsurf 7
8

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 Grammar Interviewer So Gail, I hear you and your boyfriend are
B
in a band. 1 __________
Do you perform in

Unit 3
Present simple positive public?
Gail Yes, we 2 __________.
1 Complete the sentences with the correct form
Interviewer 3 __________ you sing?
of the verbs in brackets.
Gail Yes, I 4 __________, but Martin
1 Emily ____________
reads her emails every morning. (read) 5
 __________.
2 Prince William ____________ playing football. (enjoy) Interviewer 6
__________ Martin play an instrument?
3 Tom ____________ books. (write) Gail Yes, he 7 __________. He’s a great
4 I ____________ a little English. (speak) guitarist. I 8 __________ play anything,
5 My girlfriend ____________ samba. (dance) I just sing.
6 Jill ____________ and ____________ the guitar. (sing, Interviewer I’m sure you sing very well. 9 __________
play) you do anything else in your free time?
7 My sisters ____________ in the summer. (surf) Gail Well, yes, I 10 __________. I paint. Martin
8 My brothers ____________ in a gym. (work) 11
__________ paint, but he’s a good actor.
Interviewer  __________ he act in plays?
12
2 Complete the sentences with the correct
Gail Yes, he 13 __________. He’s great.
form of the verbs in brackets. Be careful with
spelling! 4 Write the words in the correct order to make
1 Carly ____________
fixes bicycles. (fix) questions.
2 He ____________ in a big house. (live) 1 music / like / of / what / do / kind / you
3 My sister ____________ football. (play) What kind of music do you like?
4 Bill ____________ a lot. (sleep) 2 shopping / you / where / do / go
5 Chris ____________ all his exams. (pass)
6 Simon ____________ TV every night. (watch) 3 on Sunday / breakfast / for / you / have / what / do

Present simple negative, questions and 4 weekend / at the / who / computer / plays / games
short answers
5 films / do / on your computer / watch / you
3 Read the information about Gail and her
boyfriend, Martin. Then complete the dialogue
6 up / time / get / what / do / you / on Fridays
with do, does, don’t or doesn’t.

7 instrument / a / do / play / musical / you

8 do / when / you / the weekend / go out / at

Let’s
5 Make suggestions with let’s for these situations.
1 Your friend is bored.

2 You and your friend are hungry.

3 Your brother has got a test.

4 You are at the beach with friends.

Gail Martin
performs in public 3 3 5 It’s your teacher’s birthday tomorrow.
sings 3 8 6 The TV doesn’t work.
plays in a band 3 3
plays an instrument 8 3
paints 3 8
acts 8 3

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 Starter Unit 4

j
B
Grammar reference
Can you dance?
Present continuous positive
Full form
Modal verb can
I am
Positive You are
I / You / He / She / It / We / They can swim. walking fast.
He / She / It is
We / You / They are
Negative
I / You / He / She / It / We / They can’t swim. Short form
I’m
Questions
You’re
Can I / you / he / she / it / we / they swim? walking fast.
He’s / She’s / It’s
Short answers We’re / You’re / They’re
Yes, I / you / he / she / it / we / they can.
• Form the present continuous with the present tense of
No, I / you / he / she / it / we / they can’t.
the verb be followed by the -ing form of the main verb.
• Form the positive with:
Can is a modal verb that means ‘to be able to’, ‘to know
subject + am / are / is (full forms) + -ing form
how to’. Remember, with modal verbs:
subject + ’m / ’re / ’s (short forms) + -ing form
• don’t add an -s when the subject is he, she or it.
He can surf. Usage
• use the base form of the verb, ie the infinitive without Use the present continuous to talk about:
to. • actions happening at the moment of speaking.
I can swim. Martha can’t hear you. She’s talking on the phone.
• in the negative use modal + not + the base form. • temporary situations.
He cannot (can’t) swim. We’re revising for the exam today.
• in questions modal verbs come before the subject.
Can you swim? Possessive ’s
Usage • Show that something belongs to someone by adding ’s
• Use can to express ability or the possibility of doing (apostrophe + s) after their name. Put the name of the
something. person before the thing. Don’t use the article.
I can play the piano. This is Peter’s book.
She can’t play tonight. Have you got Helen’s address?
Can you come tomorrow?

interested in / good at / terrible at

• Some adjectives need a preposition after them. You
have to learn these by heart.
• When a preposition is followed by a verb, use the -ing
form.
I am interested in English.
I am good at swimming.
She is terrible at playing football.

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 Word list Family
B

Unit 4
Abilities 2 Look at the family tree and circle the correct
act word.
cook a meal
dance
do maths in your head
download music
draw
juggle
make a web page
paint
play a musical instrument
remember birthdays
ride a bike John + Suzanna
send an email
send text messages
tell jokes
use a calculator
Family
aunt
brother
children
cousin
daughter
father (dad)
grandchildren
Eric + Anna Heidi + Richard
granddaughter
grandfather
grandmother
grandparents
grandson
husband
mother (mum)
parents
sister
son
uncle
wife

Vocabulary Amy Conor Luke Tim

Activities 1 Suzanna is John’s husband / wife.

1 Write the letters in the correct order to make 2 John is Luke’s grandfather / uncle.
activities. 3 Suzanna is Luke’s mother / grandmother.
1 loodnwad siucm _____________________
download music 4 Heidi is John’s daughter / aunt.
2 apyl a silucma trumtinsen _____________________ 5 Eric and Heidi are John’s children / grandchildren.
3 breemmer hbdyirtas _____________________ 6 Heidi is Eric’s aunt / sister.
4 sned xtet segssame _____________________ 7 Amy, Conor, Luke and Tim are John’s grandsons /
5 gjeugl _____________________ grandchildren.
6 npita _____________________ 8 Amy is Conor’s cousin / sister.
7 eltl sekoj _____________________ 9 Eric is Tim’s father / uncle.
8 sue a clautalorc _____________________ 10 Anna is Amy’s daughter / mother.

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 Grammar
Modal verb can
1 Write questions using can and the words listed.
Write true answers.
3 Greg / help / his parents
spell maths in your head
tell difficult words
do a musical instrument
play names
remember jokes
4 My parents / drink / coffee
1 Can you spell difficult words? Yes, I can. I’m good at spelling.
2
3
4
5

interested in / good at / terrible at 5 Her brother / play / a computer game

2 Write the prepositions. Then complete the
sentences for you.
1 I’m interested .
2 I’m not interested .
3 I’m good .
4 I’m terrible .
6 I / send / a text message
Present continuous positive
3 Complete the sentences with the correct form
of the verbs in brackets.
Right now…
1 I ____________ an email. (write)
2 My mum ____________ the piano. (play) 7 Paolo / do / his homework
3 My brother ____________ a DVD. (watch)
4 My friends ____________ football. (play)
5 My teacher ____________ on the board. (write)
4 Write positive sentences.

8 My dad / cook / dinner

1 Susi / write / a letter

Possessive ’s
Susi is writing a letter. 5 Write five sentences about who things in your
house belong to.
It’s my dad’s laptop.



2 Janice / download / music

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