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People
 Full name: ____________________________
 Date: ____________  City: _____________
 Programme: _____________________________
 Instructor: ________________________________

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 Instructor signature  Apprentice signature

 LEARNING OBJECTIVES
2A READING | ◦ Read a blog about two people: numbers 11-100;
common adjectives
◦ Pronunciation: word stress in numbers
◦ Talk about groups of people: present simple be: we
you, they

2B LISTENING | ◦ Understand someone talking about their family

around the world: family; people
◦ Pronunciation: syllables
◦ Talk about your friends and family: possessive
adjectives
◦ Write a description of a photo; use and
VLOGS
Q: Where are you from? 2C HOW TO… | ◦ have short conversations: feelings
1 Read the question. ◦ Pronunciation: stress in phrases
2  Watch the video.
◦ Understand a show about a baking competition
How many speakers are 2D BBC |
◦ Ask about three people: wh- questions + be
in Italy now? PROGRAMME ◦ Write a message about a friend

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Unit 2 | Lesson A

2A Where are they?

GRAMMAR | present simple be: we, you, they
VOCABULARY | numbers 11-100; common adjectives
PRONUNCIATION | word stress in numbers

PRONUNCIATION
VOCABULARY 2 A.  2.03 | word stress in numbers | Listen and
numbers 11-100 underline the stressed syllable.
thirteen
thirteen ______________ thirty _____________
THIRty
1 A. Match the numbers with the words.
fourteen ______________
fourTEEN forty _____________
FORty
fifteen ______________ fifty _____________
FIFty
18
fiftEEN

15 14
sixteen ______________
SIXteen
seventeen ______________
sevenTEEN
sixty _____________
SIXty
seventy _____________
SEVenty
eighteen ______________ eighty _____________
EIGHty
11
eighTEEN

16 19 nineteen ______________ ninety ______________

nineTEEN NINEty

13 12
B.  2.03 | Listen again and repeat.

17 20 C. Work in pairs. Student A: Say a number from Ex 2A.

Student B: find the number.
3 A. Write the numbers.
11
eleven ____ sixteen ____
16 1 27 ________________
twenty-seven 3 73 ________________
seventy-three
twelve ____
12 seventeen ____
17 2 49 ________________
forty-nine 4 56 ________________
fifty-six
thirteen ____
13 eighteen ____
18
fourteen ____
14 nineteen ____
19 B. Work in pairs and take turns. Say the numbers.
fifteen ____
15 twenty ____
20
67 34 98 52 25 88
B.  2.01 | Listen and repeat the numbers in Ex 1A.
4 A. Write the names and ages of three of your friends.
C. Write the numbers. Philip Harris: 24
1 ___________________ 3 ___________________
yudy 25
30 thirty
________ 70 __________
seventy
2 ___________________
monica 30 4 ___________________
maira 28
40 forty
________ 80 __________
eighty
50 fifty
________ 90 __________
ninety
B. Work in pairs. Student A: Tell Student B the name of
60 ________
sixty 100 __________
a hundred your friend. Student B: Write the name and ask the age.
A: My friend is Philip.
D.  2.02 | Listen and check. Then listen again and B: How do you spell that?
repeat. A: P-H-I-L-I-P.
B: How old is Philip?
A: He’s twenty-four years old.

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Hi and welcome! 2A

Who are we? 2OnABikeUK

Hi, I’m Francisca. I’m Brazilian, but my home now is in MAY: We’re in London, by Regent’s Canal. The
London. I’m 28 and I’m an office worker. My big love is… canal is very old, about 200 years old. It’s nice
cycling! here, just bikes and people with children and
dogs.
Hello, I’m, Finn. I’m from a small town (only 180 ------------------------------------------------
people!) in Germany and I live in London, too. I’m 32 JUNE: This month we are in the north of England,
and I’m a digital designer. in the mountains. They’re beautiful. People ask,
‘Are you cold?’ ‘No, we aren’t, but we‘re tired.’
We’re married and we’re 2OnABikeUK. This is our bike! ------------------------------------------------
It’s new and it’s very good! In the photo, I’m at the front JULY: This month, hello Wales! We’re by the sea.
and Francisca is at the back. Welsh people are very friendly. They ask a lot of
questions: ‘Where are you from?’ ‘What’s the
Welcome to our blog about bike rides in the UK. One name of your blog?’
bike ride each month!

Here we are in the north of England! Regent’s Canal in London By the sea in Wales

A B C

READING GRAMMAR
5 A. Work in pairs. Look at the photos in the blog (A-C). present simple be: we, you, they
Which countries are they? 6 A. Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
Use the blog to help you.
B. Read the blog and check your answers.
are ’re (x2) we aren’t
C. Read the blog again. Are the statements True (T) or
False (F)? 1 We ____
’re in London, by Regent’s Canal.
T
1 Francisca is married to Finn. ____ 2 This month _____we are in the north of England, in
2 Francisca is from the UK. ____
False
the mountains. They _____’re beautiful.
3 Finn is from a big city. ____
False
3 People ask, ‘_____
‘Are you cold?’
4 Finn and Francisca have a bike for two people. True
____ 4 No, we _____.
aren’t.
5 The blog is about bike rides around the UK. True
____
6 They’re in a different country every week. ____
False
B. Learn and practise. Go to the Grammar Bank.

D. Complete the sentences with the words in bold in  page 11 GRAMMAR BANK
the blog.
1 Tom is ninty-eight. He’s very ______.
old.
2 I’m ______.
cold. It’s only 16 degrees in the classroom.
3 It’s 3 a.m. I’m __________.
tired
4 Gina says ‘hello’ to everyone! She’s very ________.
friendly
5 The café only has three tables. It’s very _________.
small.

E. Learn and practise. Go to Vocabulary Bank.

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Unit 2 | Lesson B
 Mia
2B Family and friends A  Mark

GRAMMAR | possessive adjectives

VOCABULARY | family; people
PRONUNCIATION | syllables

 Jessica

 Emma
B  Justin

C  Thomas

VOCABULARY LISTENING
family 4 A. Work in pairs. Look at the photo of Mark and Mia
1 A. Look at photos (A-D) and find the people (1-5). and answer the questions.
1 brother and sister ___________________________
Emma and Justin 1 Who do you think is Mark’s sister?
2 husband and wife ___________________________
thomas and Jessica 2 Who is his brother?
3 parents and children __________________________
david an antonella ,david
4 father and daughter ___________________________
mark and mia B.  2.05 | Listen and check.
5 mother and son ___________________________
mariana and matias
C.  2.05 | Listen again and complete the table.
PRONUNCIATION
2 A. | syllables | Do the family words in Ex 1A have one name age country now job or studies
or two syllables?
two
1 brother ___
two and sister ___ (bro-ther, sis-ter) Mia 8.00 Italy a student at school

B.  2.04 | Listen and check. Then listen again and Jessica France has a restaurant
repeat.
one syllable: _________,
mum _________
dad
Justin USA a writer for a magazine
two syllables: _________,
brother _________,
sister _________,
father
________,
other _________,
daughter _________, _________, ________
Emma the UK a university student
C. Choose the correct word to complete the rule.
In words with two syllables, the stress is usually on David 38 BRAZIL a teacher
syllable one / two. ______
one

3 A. Work in pairs. Talk about your family. D. Work in pairs and cover the table in Ex 4C. Look at
My father is John and my mother is Carol. I have the photos again. What can you remember about
two brothers, Alek and Jeremy. the people?
Mia is eight. She’s in Italy. She’s a student at school.

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SPEAKING
6 A. Work in pairs and answer the question. How many
 antonella words do you know for people?
woman, friend …

B. Learn and practise. Go to the Grammar Bank.

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7 A. Work in pairs. Write questions with How old, Where,

and What to find the missing information (1-7) in
the text.
1 How old is Filipa?
Keith McKenny, forty-nine, and Filipa Zampa, ____,
 Mariana  David (age) are husband and wife. Filipa is ____________
(nationality) and Keith is from the USA. Their home
is in ___________ (country), but their children are in
Europe. Their daughter Zoe is ____ (age) and she’s in
 Matías Switzerland. She’s a ___________ (job) in Zurich.
Their son Andreas is twenty-three and he’s in
_________ (country). He’s a waiter at a restaurant in
D _________ (city).

B. Student A: Ask the questions to complete the text

in Ex 7A. Then answer Student B’s questions.
GRAMMAR
possessive adjectives 8 A. Write the names of friends or people in your family.

5 A. Complete the sentences with my, your, his, her, its, B. Work in pairs. Tell your partner about the people.
our, or their. Ask questions.
1 I have a sister in France, a brother in Colombia
our parents are in New York.
and _____
2 _____ sister Jessica and _____ husband Thomas
WRITING
are in France.
3 _____ son, Justin, is twenty-one. Write a description of a photo; use and
4 Justin is a writer for a magazine. I don’t remem- 9 A. Work in pairs. Look at the photo. Where do you
ber _____ name. think the people are from?
5 My brother David and his family are in Colombia. ____________________________________
_____ wife is Colombian.
6 David says ‘Come and visit! It’s perfect for _____ B. Read the beginning of the description and check
holiday!’ your ideas.

B. Complete the table. Use the sentences in Ex 5A to Mei and Ken in the park.
help you. Mei and Ken are friends from Kobe, Japan. Mei is
subject pronoun possessive adjective my friend from…

I C. Write descriptions of your photos. Go to the Writing

its Bank.
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your
he
her
we our
their
C. Learn and practise. Go to the Grammar Bank.
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Unit 2 | Lesson C

2C Small talk
HOW TO… | have short conversations
VOCABULARY | feelings
PRONUNCIATION | stress in phrases

VOCABULARY How to …
have short conversations
feelings
1 A. Work in pairs. Complete the table with the words in
2 A.  2.06 | Listen and match the conversations (1-3)
with the photos (A-C).
the box. They answer the question How are you?
Conversation 1 ___
good great not bad really good not very good Conversation 2 ___
Conversation 3 ___

not very well B.  2.06 | Listen again. Match the topics in the box
_______________ with the conversations (1-3).
car ___ | children ___ | teacher ___ | work ___
1
OK
C. Complete the conversations.
_______________ Dave: Hey, Jen, how ___ you?
Jen: Hi, Dave. Not bad, thanks. Coffee?
well / fine Dave: Yes, ______. Black ______ sugar.
_______________ How ___ work.
Jen: It's OK. How ___ your children?
very well Dave: They're great, thanks.
_______________ Oh, look ___ the time! _____ for the coffee.
Jen: ___ problem.

_______________ Nick: It's a beautiful ____.

Katie: Yes, it is. How's your new car?
Nick: It's really good. We're very ______ with it.
Katie: Great!
B. Work in a different pair. Cover the words in Ex 1A. Nick: I'm really hot and tired.
Student A: Ask How are you? and point to a face. Katie: Me too. Ah, here's my street. See ____.
Student B: Answer the question. Nick: ____ you later! Say ‘hello’ to Greg!
A: How are you?
B: I’m OK. How are you? Susanna: How's your ____ teacher? Ms Brown?
A: Not very well. Andy: She's really good and she's very _______.

D.  2.07 | Listen and check.

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4 A. Work in pairs. Use the prompts to make a conversation.

Student A
Student B
Hi … / How / you?
Hi, Zara. How are you?
I / OK / thanks. How / you?

I / fine. It / beautiful / day.

Yes / it. How / work?

Good. How / your / work?

B It / not / bad.
How / your / children?

They / good.

Great. See / later!

See / later!

B. Practise the conversation.

C. Change five things in the conversation. Then practise

it again. Hey, Zara. How are you?
1 ___________________________
2 ___________________________
C 3 ___________________________
4 ___________________________
5 ___________________________

PRONUNCIATION SPEAKING
3 A. | stress in phrases | Match the phrases (1-4) with
the stress patterns (A-D). 5 A. Complete the You column in the table. Use words or
1 It’s a beautiful day. A ___ OOo pictures from Ex 1A.
2 No problem. B ___ OoOO
3 How’s your new car? C ___ OO You (A) Student B Student C
4 Me too. D ___
1 ooOooO
new job
B.  2.08 | Listen and check.
new car
C. Read the Future Skills box and answer the question.
new
apartment
FUTURE SKILLS
Self-management new
phone
Have a notebook to write phrases. When you
write a phrase, write the stress pattern. B. Work in groups of three. Ask about the things in Ex 5A.
See you later. OoOo. Complete the rest of the table with pictures or words.
A: How’s your new job?
What are the stress patterns for these phrases? B: It’s great! I’m really happy with it. How’s your
1 Thanks for the coffee. ________________ new apartment?
2 How are the children? ________________ A: It’s not bad, but it’s very small …

6 Work in pairs. Ask about three of the next things.

D. Learn and practise. Go to the Grammar Bank. Give real answers.
work, school, children, weather in your town,
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Unit 2 | Lesson D

2D Food

Best Home Cook

GRAMMAR | wh- questions + be
SPEAKING | ask about three people
WRITING | a message about a friend

A B C

PREVIEW
1 A. Work in pairs. Look at
the pictures and find.
D a baker
1 ___ 5 ___ a presenter D F G
2 ___ a birthday cake 6 ___ a manager
3 ___ a competition 7 ___ a winner
4 ___ a judge

B. Read the BBC programme information. Are

the sentences (1-3) true (T) or false (F)?
E
1 ____ Best Home Cook is a competition.
2 ____ Five men and five women are in the
competition this week. VIEW
3 ____ The programme information has the
names of the three winners. 2 A.  Watch the BBC video clip.
Who are the three winners?
1 ________________________
2 ________________________
3 ________________________

B.  Work in pairs. Match the names (1-6) with the

information (A-F). Then watch again and check.
1 Robin ____
C A is a model
2 Suzie ____ B is fifty-two
3 Georgia ____ C is from Bristol
4 Oli ____ D is from Northern Ireland
5 Katie ____ E is a restaurant manager
6 Elisabetta ____ F is thirty-three

C.  Watch the BBC video clip again and choose the

BBC: Best Home Cook words and phrases you hear.
Best Home Cook is a competition to find the 1 This is Good/Best Home Cook. _________
best home baker. The people in the compe- 2 Our presenter is Claudia/Clara Winkleman. _________
3 Suzie is 33/36. _________
tition aren’t bakers — they have other jobs.
4 Oli is 34/44 and he's married. _________
Today is week four, and seven bakers are in 5 Elisabetta is from Spain/Italy, but now her home is in
the competition. The task is to make a London. _________
children’s birthday’s cake. Who are the three 6 Sarah's 42 and has a son. They're from Manchester/
winners this week? Liverpool. _________

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GRAMMAR
wh- questions + be
3 A. Complete the questions for the sentences in
Ex 2D. Write Who, What, Where or How.
1 _____ is the name of the programme?
2 _____ is the presenter?
3 _____ old is Suzie?
4 _____ old is Oli?
WRITING
5 _____ is Elisabetta from?
6 _____ are Sarah and her son from? write a message about a friend
6 A. Read the message from Sonia.
B. Learn and practise. Go to the Grammar Bank. Choose the correct alternative.
1 Martina is her friend/someone
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in her family. _______________
2 She’s British/Argentinian.
SPEAKING _______________
3 Sonia/Martina is in Manchester.
ask about three people _______________
4 A. Write the names of three people.
» someone in your family: ________________ Hi Jen,
» a friend: ________________
How are you and the family? I’m
» someone from work or school: ________________
really well.
B. Work in pairs. Tell each other two or three things about each
My friend Martina is in Manches-
person.
ter now. She’s a good friend from
Adriana is a good friend. She’s from Romania. She’s 33 years old.
university. She’s from Argentina
and she has a job with an
C.  2.09 | Listen to a woman answer questions about three
Argentinian TV company. She’s
people. Match the names (1-3) with who they are (A-C).
really nice and very friendly.
1 _____ Judi A someone from work
2 _____ Dennis B a friend Can I give Martina your phone
3 _____ Kenji C a brother or sister number? She’s in Manchester for
two weeks.
D.  2.09 | Listen again and tick the Key phrases you hear.
Sonia.
KEY PHRASES
___ Who’s Judi? ___ Is he married?
B. Work in pairs. Write a message to
___ Where’s she from? ___ He has a wife and two sons.
your partner about one of your
___ She has a good job in a shop. ___ Kenji is someone from work. three people in Ex 4A.
___ He’s a good friend. ___ What’s his job?
Write your message here…
___ How old is she? ___ He’s really nice

1
5 Work with another partner. Ask and answer questions about your
three people in Ex 4A. Use the Key phrases to help you.
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REVIEW 
4 A. Look at the picture of a family.
GRAMMAR Who says the sentences (1-4)? Andy
Guy or Hena
1 My mother is Di. ________________
1 A. Complete the conversation with the words in the box. 2 My son is Ed. ___________________
3 My husband is Andy. _____________ Bella
’re are(x2) aren’t (x2) her his 4 My daughter is Hena. ____________
my their what where who

A: _______ are they?

B: They’re _______ friends.
A: _______ are _______ names?
B: _______ name’s Mira and _______ name’s Abdul.
Ed Fran
A: _______ you friends from university? Chris Di
B: No, we _______. We’re friends from work.
A: _______ are they from?
B: They _______ from Canada.
A: _______ they married? Hena Guy
B: No, _______ . They’re brother and sister.
B. Write three more sentences about the people in Ex
VOCABULARY 4A. Use sentences 1-4 to help you.
1 _____________________________
2 A. Write the answers. Use words. 2 _____________________________
1 Thirty-seven + five = ________________
forty-two 3 _____________________________
2 Seventy-five - fifteen = ________________
3 Twenty-two + sixteen = ________________ C. Work in pairs. Student A: Say one of your senten-
4 Ninety-two - fifty-two = ________________ ces. Student B: Say the name of the person.
(+ plus, - minus)
5 A. Work in pairs and take turns. Say the words. How
B. Complete the questions with a number. do you say the underlined sounds?
1 What’s 11 + ______? ______ six where
2 What’s 48 - ______? ______ sixteen what
3 What’s 16 + ______? ______ good afternoon who
4 What’s 90 - ______? ______
B. Learn and practise. Go to Sounds and Spelling.
C. Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions in Ex 2B.  SOUNDS AND SPELLING | short and long sounds

6 A. Choose the correct alternative.

3 A. Complete the adjectives with vowels (a, e, i, o, u)
1 b __ g 8 fr __ __ ndly
9 t __ r __ d
A family business
2 h __ t
Burger24/7 is a hamburger restaurant in Adelaide,
3 n __ w 10 b __ d
11 sm __ ll Australia. Tom, the manager, says, ‘We're all family
4 y __ __ ng
5 g __ __ d 12 c __ ld here. _____ My / Your mother is here from 10 o’clock
6 b __ __ __ t __ f __ l 13 __ ld in the morning. My son and daughter _____ is / are
7 f __ v __ __ r __ t __ 14 gr __ __ t at school, but _____ their / they're in the restaurant
at weekends.’
B. Work in groups and play a memory game. Cover the Tom's wife _____ is / are also in the family business.
words in Ex 3A. Student A: Say the number of She's Samantha, and she's the head chef. ‘People
letters and the first letter. Other students: Say the ask us, “_____ Why / Where are you open 24/7?”’
adjective. says Samantha. ‘Well, _____ we're / our open 24/7
A: It has four letters. The first letter is ‘g’. because people are hungry 24/7.’
B: Good!
Samantha has a brother, but he's not in the family
business. ‘He says we're crazy. He asks me,
C. Take turns to say a sentence. Use one of the adjec-
tives from Ex 3A. “Samantha, _____ what/ who are your summer
Good morning. Jack's a good student. My phone is holiday plans?”’ Samantha says, ‘What holiday?
very good. _____ We're / Our restaurant is our life!’

B.  R2.01 | Listen and check.

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2A present simple be: we, you, they

Wh- questions
REFERENCE  page 3
Where be subject
We use you for one person or for two, three, four, etc.,
Who we?
people are
Where they from?
Positive (+)
subject be phrase PRACTICE
We ’re Spanish. 1 Choose the correct alternative.
You are actors. A: This is a photo of Ruby and Max.
They married. you you / we friends?
B: Are ____
A: Yes, we’re
____ we / we’re friends from university.
We use ’ for a missing letter. B: Are ____
they you / they married?

We are  We’re You are  You’re They are  They’re A: Yes,they

____are.they are / they’re.
B:Are
____
theyAre they / Are British?

We use contractions (we’m, you’re, they’re) in speaking A: No, ____

they aren’t / they aren’t.
aren’t.

and in emails and messages to friends. B: Whereare ____

theythey are / are they from?

We’re waiters. You’re happy. They’re from Italy. A:They’re

____ They / They’re from Australia.

Negative (-)
2 Change the phrases in bold to we, they or you. Write
the complete sentence.
subject be phrase 1 Harry and Tony are singers.
They’re singers.
_______________________________________
We From the UK. 2 Julie and I are shop assistants.
aren’t _______________________________________
We are shop assistants.
You are not students.
3 Are Camille and Sara from Scotland?
They old.
_______________________________________
Are they from Scotland?

We use a contraction (they aren’t) in speaking and in 4 My teachers are Mr Vega and Ms Fox.
emails and messages to friends. They aren’t Polish. _______________________________________
Are they from Scotland?
5 Where are you and Paola?
We can also say We’re not, You’re not, They’re not. _______________________________________
Where are you?

We’re not tired. You’re not young. They’re not new. 6 Len and I are at university.
_______________________________________
We are at university

Yes/No questions
They are actors. Are they actors? 3 Complete the conversation with the words in the box.

be subject phrase are (x2) ’s I it’s ’m n’t ’re

we in Paris? what where we we’re you
Are you from Colombia?
A: Hi. My name _______’s Alex.
they office workers? B: _______
What’ ’s your name?

short answers C: _______

I’ ’m Bridget. I _______
’m married to Alex.
B: _______
Where are you from?
Yes/No subject be A: _______
We’re from Switzerland.
B: Where are _______
you today?
Yes, we are. C: Today we _______
’re in Argentina.
B: _______
Are you in Buenos Aires?
you
No, aren’t. A: No, we are _______.
n’t. _______’re
We’ in Puerto Iguazú.
they C: Yes, _______
it’s beautiful here.
A: And the people _______are really friendly.
We don’t use contractions with short answers with yes. B: Have a good day!
Yes, we are. NOT Yes, we’re. you’re. A/C: Thanks.
We can also say No, we’re not.

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2B possessive adjectives
REFERENCE  page 5 PRACTICE
1 Choose the correct alternative.
A: Hi, is today ____
your your / you first day at school?
B: Yes. Are you ____my your / my teacher?
A: No, I’m a student. ____Our Our / We teacher isn’t here.
B: What’s ____
her our / her name?
A: ____
Our Our / Her teacher is a man.
My name’s Pete. His name’s Andy. ____
her His / Her name is Mr Santo.
B: Where is ____he he / she?
A: ____
He’s He’s / His in the office, with the other teachers.
B: Where is ____
their they’re / their office?
A: ____
It’s It’s / Its in room 515.

2 Correct the conversations. Add two words from the box.

Her name’s Diana. Its name’s Boots. my his its our your (x2) their

1 A: Hello, name’s Thalia.

Hello, my name’s Thalia.
____________________________
B: Hi, Thalia.
A: What are names?
____________________________
What are your names?
Their names are
Our surname’s Lucas. Suzie and Phil. B: I’m Adam and this is Janine.

2 A: This is a photo of children.

subject pronoun possessive adjective ____________________________
This is a photo of our children.
I my B: What are names?
____________________________
What are their names?
you your A: Maya and Penny.
he his B: Oh, they’re beautiful!
she her
3 A: Is Lorraine married?
it its B: Yes, husband’s a businessman with a big company.
we our ________________________________________________
Yes, her husband’s a businessman with a big company.
A: What’s name?
they their ____________________________
What’s its name?
We use possessive adjectives before nouns. B: Samsung.
Where’s my book? What are their names? A: Samsung’s a very big company.

We say your books, their names, our lessons. 4 A: Hi Liz, I’m at the airport, but brother isn’t here.
NOT yours books, theirs names, our lessons ________________________________________________
Hi Liz, I’m at the airport, but my brother isn’t here.

We use its for things and animals. B: Oh, no. Just a moment. I have phone number.
________________________________________________
Oh, no. Just a moment. I have his phone number.

Notice the spelling. A: Thanks.

It’s = It is. It’s a cat. B: It’s 035927 4832725.
Its = possessive. Its name is Boots.

They’re = They are. They’re my parents.

Their = possessive. Their names are Zhang Wei and Li Na

You’re = You are. You’re in room 52.

Your = possessive. What’s your surname?

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2C How to … have short conversations

REFERENCE  page 7 PRACTICE
We use How questions to start conversations. 1 Match the question (1-8) with the answers (A-H).
1 How’s your job? ___
F A He’s OK.
work? 2 How’s university? ___
G B It’s great. It’s small but
How’s school? 3 How’s your apartment? it’s in the city.
How is your new phone? 4 How’s your brother? B C It’s beautiful. Its name
___
your sister? 5 How’s your mother? is Mitzy.
you? 6 How are things? ___
A D Not bad but I’m very
7 How are your parents? tired. My brother’s not OK and
your children? my apartment is very small.
How are 8 How’s your new cat?
your classes? H E They’re fine, thank you.
___
things? My mother’s fifty now.
D F It’s great, thanks. The
___
We use these phrases to answer. people in the office are very
friendly.
It’s
___
E G I’m very happy with it.
I’m My classes are difficult, but
He’s good/great! they’re good.
She’s OK/not bad. ___
C H She’s great, thank you.
We’re
They’re 2 Choose TWO correct answers for each conversation.
1 A: Are you OK?
Not very good. x Yes, I’m well. /___ No, thanks. / ___
B: ___ x I’m fine, thanks.
Fine.
2 A: See you later.
We use these phrases to start conversations. B: ___ No problem. /___ X See you.
X Bye. / ___

starting a conversation responding

3 A: How’s your sister?
Hi, Kate! Hi. B: ___ X She’s fine.
X She’s OK. /___ It’s not very good. / ___
Are you OK? Yes, I’m well.
It’s beautiful day. Yes, it is. 4 A: Coffee?
B: ___ X Black, please. / ___ It’s great.
X White, no sugar. /___

We use these phrases to end conversations. 5 A: It’s a beautiful day.

B: ___ Yes, I’m well. /___
X Yes, it is. / ___
X Yes.
ending a conversation responding
Look at the time! Put the word in the correct order to make a conversation.
Thanks for the coffee. No problem. Maria: nice / Kemi, / see / Hi, / to / you.
See you later. See you./Bye. Hi, Kemi, nice to see you.
__________________________________________
Kemi: things? / are / Maria. / Hi, / How
__________________________________________
Hi, Maria. How are things?
Other useful phrases: Maria: thanks. / Good, / Coffee?
__________________________________________
Good, thanks. Coffee?
A: B:
Kemi: please. / Yes, / sugar. / Black, / no
No, thanks. __________________________________________
Yes, black, no sugar, please.
Yes, please. Maria: are / children? / your / How
Coffee? Black, please. __________________________________________
How are your children?
White, no sugar. Kemi: well. / ’re / very / They
__________________________________________
They’re very well.
I’m tired. Me too.
Maria: the / Thanks / for / coffee.
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Thanks for the coffee.
Kemi: problem. / No
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No problem.

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2D wh— questions + be PRACTICE

REFERENCE  page 9
1 Complete the questions with the words in the box.

How’s How are What’s What are When

When’s Who’s Who are Where’s Where are

What’s your email address?

1 _________
It’s domway34@hetmail.ac.com
What? Who? 2 _________
Where’s Verona?
It’s in Italy?
3 _________
Who are your parents?
They’re Michael and Sheila.
4 _________
How’s your new car?
It’s great! I‘m very happy with it.
5 _________
What are the answers to Exercise 3A?
Number 1 is ‘a’, number 2 is ‘an’ and number 3 is ‘a’.
Where? When? 6 _________
When’s our English class?
It’s on Wednesday.
7 _________
Who’s Kiera?
She’s my wife.
8 _________
Where are your children?
They’re at school.
9 _________
How are your classes?
How? How old? They’re difficult, but they’re great!
10 _________
When is the weekend in your country?
We use wh- question words and be to ask questions about: It’s on Friday and Saturday.
» a thing. A: What’s in your bag? B: My laptop.
» a person. A: Who are your teachers? B: Stuart and Emma.2 Correct the mistake in each question.
» a place. A: Where is Tennessee? 1 A: What are Diana and Kayla?
B: In the USA.
» a time. A: When’s our class? ___________________________________
Who are Diana and Kayla?
B: At ten o’clock.
» manner. A: How are your parents? B: They’re well. B: They’re my sisters.
» age. A: When are they?
A: How old is Stefan? B: He’s fifteen.
___________________________________
How old are they?
wh- question word be subject or phrase B: They’re very young, two and five.
What ’s Gideon’s job?
2 A: How’s ‘fútbol’ in English?
are their names?
____________________________________
What’s ‘fútbol’ in English?
Who ’s your friend? B: It‘s ‘football’.
are you? A: What’s your favourite football player?
Where am I? _____________________________________
Who’s your favourite football player?
’s Leyla from? B: Cristiano Ronaldo.
are my pens?
3 A: How old has Tom?
When ’s her birthday? ____________________________________
How old is Tom?
are their classes? B: He’s twenty-two.
How ’s Gianna? A: Who’s he now?
are you today? _____________________________________
Where is he now?

How old ’s his car? B: He’s at university in Toronto, Canada.

are his children?
4 A: When are the children?
We use contractions (What’s, Who’s, Where’s, When’s, ____________________________________
Where are the children?
How’s) in speaking, in emails and in messages to friends. B: They’re in the park.
What’s her name? Where’s she from? A: What are they with?
_____________________________________
Who are they with?
We also often use the full form. B: They’re with Rosa.
What is her name? Where is she from?

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2A common adjectives 2B people

REFERENCE  page 3 REFERENCE  page 5

1 A. Match the adjectives (1-11) with the pictures (A-K). 1 A. Match the people (1-8) with the photos (A-H).
E beautiful
1 ____ I happy and sad
7 ____ C man
1 ____ A girl
5 ____
J big and small
2 ____ B hot and cold
8 ____ D woman
2 ____ G boy
6 ____
K easy and difficult
3 ____ D new and old
9 ____ F child
3 ____ B friend
7 ____
G favourite
4 ____ H tired
10 ____ E baby
4 ____ H person
8 ____
C friendly
5 ____ A young and old
11 ____
F good and bad
6 ____ A B

A B C

C D
D E F

G H I

E F

J K

G H

B.  VB2.01 | Look at the pictures again. Listen and

repeat.

C. Work in pairs and test each other. Then swap roles.

1 Student A: Point to a picture in Ex 1A. Student B: B.  VB2.02 | Look at the photos again. Listen and
Say the word or words. repeat.
2 Student A: Say one word in a word pair. Student B:
Say the other word.
2 A. Write the singular form.
person 2 men ________,
1 people ________, man
3 women ________,
woman 4 children ________
child
D. Work in pairs. Student A: Choose an adjective from
Ex 1A and say a noun that goes with it. Student B:
B.  VB2.03 | Listen repeat.
Guess the adjective and say the phrase.
A: a coffee 3 Work in pairs and test each other. Student A: Point
B: a hot coffee
to a photo in Ex 1A. Student B: Say the word.

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2B write a description of a photo; use and

REFERENCE  page 5

1 A. Look at the photo of your friends. Complete the

notes.

Names
_______________
maria,lucas juan ,and sofia
Where are they in
the photo?
_______________
Walk to the beach
Nationalities
_______________
Peru
Jobs or studies
_______________
maria,lucas trabajan en oficina , juan and sofia sofia studies

Mei and Ken in the park Family relationships

Mei and Ken are friends from Kobe, Japan. Mei is (son, daughter, etc.)
my friend from university. She’s a teacher and _______________
Maria mama lucas papa ,juan hijo ,sofia hijo

her husband Ken is a businessman. They have

two children, a daughter and a son, aged one
and three. Their names are Sora and Aya. They’re
a lovely family and we often have video calls B. Write a description of the people. Use your notes in
with them. Ex 2A. Add more information. Use and three or four
times.
Wrtite your description here…
1 A. Look at the photo and read the description. What
are the people’s names?
1 The woman is _______________
Mei
2 The man is _______________
Ken
3 The girl is _______________
Aya
4 The boy is _______________
Sora

B. Correct the sentences. Add and. Then check your

answers in the text in Ex 1A. C. Swap descriptions with other students. Are they
1 Mei Ken are friends from Kobe, Japan. different from your description?
__________________________________________
Mei and Ken are friends from Kobe, Japan
Wrtite your description here…
2 She’s a teacher her husband Ken is a businessman.
________________________________________________
She’s a teacher, and her husband Ken is a businessman.
3 They have two children, a daughter a son …
__________________________________________
They have two children, a daughter and a son.

C. Read the text in Ex 1A again. Find four more exam-

ples of and.
1 _____________________________________________
She’s a teacher and her husband Ken is a businessman.
2 _____________________________________________
A daughter and a son.
3 _____________________________________________
They’re a lovely family and we often have video calls with them.
4 _____________________________________________
Mei and Ken are friends from Kobe, Japan.

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Reflect, jot down key points, questions, and ideas. Review your notes later for better understanding.

Our Lives and the People Around Us

Hello! My name is ________. I live in ________, a beautiful city with many people. My family and I are very
happy here. We have a comfortable home and a good life.

My family is big. My parents’ names are ________ and ________. They are ____ and ____ years old. My
father is a ________ and my mother is a ________. They work hard, but they always have time for us. We
love spending time together.

I have ____ siblings: a brother and a sister. My brother’s name is ________. He is ____ years old and he is
a student. He is very ________ and ________. My sister’s name is ________. She is ____ years old. She is
very ________ and always helps me with my homework.

Our grandparents are very important to us. They are ____ and ____ years old. My grandfather’s name is
________. He is very ________ and tells great stories. My grandmother, ________, is very ________ and
makes delicious food. They live in ________, so we visit them every holiday.

I also have many friends. My best friend is ________. He/She is ____ years old and lives near my house.
We like to ________ and ________ together. We are in the same class at school.

At school, I have good teachers. My favorite teacher is ________. He/She is ____ years old and very
________. Our classes are interesting and fun. We learn a lot every day.

On weekends, my family and I do different activities. Sometimes, we go to the park. Sometimes, we visit our
relatives. We also like to play board games and watch movies. Our family is very united, and we always help
each other.

In my neighborhood, there are many people. Our neighbors are very ________. Some are old, and some are
young. The children play in the park, and the adults talk and laugh. It is a nice place to live.

Life is good when you have family and friends. They make every day special.

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
◦ Eales, F., & Oakes, S. (2022). Speakout A1. Pearson.

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