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Vocabulary Grammar Speaking Pronunciation Writing


• Physical • was / were • Talk about when you were young • Past simple: -ed • Afan page
descriptions • Past simple: • Do a quiz • Organize
• Jobs regular verbs • Go shopping information

CS!cAB~~Y} Physical descriptions - -- -- -- - - -- --

1 Match the people with the descriptions.


4 She's very slim . She 's got long, straight,
1 He's gotlong, brown hair and brown eyes .
brown hair.
Sergio Ramos
5 He's got short, black hair. His eyes are brown.
2 He's tall and he's got short, brown hair. His
6 She 's short. She's got wavy, blonde hair
eyes are blue .
and green eyes.
3 She's got curly, blonde hair and blue eyes.

2 ~ Write words from exercise 1. Listen 3 Describe a famous person. Can your
•and check. Then listen and repeat. partner guess who it is?
1 Three words to describe eye colour: He/She's a footballer I actor ...
brown, ... He/She's got . .. eyes I hair.
2 Three words to describe hair colour: He/She's tall I short . . .
3 Five more words to describe hair:
4 Three words to describe build:
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t~ Students describe physical


appearance .

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OVERVIEW .CVOCABULARY~ -- _,_ _ __ _

Vocabulary • Physical descriptions


• Physical descriptions Warmer
. • Jobs
• Play twenty questions. Tell students you are
Grammar thinking of a famous person. Students can ask
you twenty questions to guess the person's
• was /were
• was I were: questions identity, but you can only answer Yes or No. For
• Past simple: regular verbs example: Is it a woman? (Yes, it is.) Is she
American? (Yes, she is.) I!,

Reading • Students can then play the game in pairs or small


• Biographies groups.
• Culture: Cool clothes

Listening 1 ......

• An interview at a school for spies • Students match the people with the descriptions.

Speaking Answers
• Talk a.pout when you were young
1 Sergio Ramos 4 Michelle Wie
• Do a quiz
• English you need: Go shopping 2 Justin Timberlake 5 . Lewis Hamilton
3 Cristina Aguilera 6 Scarlett Johansson
Pronunciation ~

• Past simple: -ed


2 ~ 2.15 ~

Writing
• Students write the words from exercise 1.
• Organize information
• A fan page · • . Play the CD to check answers. Check students
understand the meaning of each word : Point out
that we use blond for men and blonde for
Extra Resources women.
· . .. My Portfolio pages 24-25 • Play the CD again. Students repeat the words.
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...Multi-ROM Grammar, Vocabulary ....:.;
and Pronunciation Answers / Transcript
:· ,... Tests
Teacher's All-in-one Book 1 eyes: brown, blue, green
·- ,... DVD 2 hair colour: brown, blonde, black
,... Mixed-ability Worksheets 3 hair: long, short, curly, straight, w avy
,... Speaking activities . 4 build: tall, slim, short
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• In pairs, students take it in turns to describe a
famous person. Their partner tries to guess who 'C.,'
it is. Encourage them to use the expressions.
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( Answers Students' own answers )

,. .. student's Book Word list page 109


, ,.. Workbook Word list page 83, Vocabulary page 84
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r BIOSRAPttlES
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1 Match the photos wi t h the peop le on page 63 .
A is ...

2 ~ Read the biog raphies. Match with the people in exercise 1.

@
was born on 22 nd
November, 1984 in New
York. Her father's from
He was born on 31 st
January, l 981 in Memphis,
Tennessee . He was a good
i His father's from Grenada,
in the Caribbean, but
he was born in England
Denmark and her mother's student, but he wasn't on 7t h January, 1985.
family is Polish. Her
parents weren 't rich
when she was a child. She
happy at school. When
he was twelve, he was
an actor and singer on a
His grandfather was a
driver on the London
Underground. His first
...
was only ten in her first TV show and in 1995 he go-kart was a Christmas
film, North, and fourteen was a singer in the boy present when he was six
in The Horse Whisperer. band 'N Sync. He's got a and his first race was
She's got a twin brother lot of restaurants in the when he was eight. He
called Hunter. She loves USA and his own clothes loves football and he's got ~

clothes and shopping. label. a black belt in karate. ~

3 True or false? Correct the false sentences. 4 Answer the questions.


Biography 1 Biograp hy 1
1 Her father was born in the United States. 1 What was the name of her first film? North
False - He was born in Denmark. 2 How old is her brother?
2 She was twelve years old in her first film. Biography 2
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Biography 2 3 What was his job on the TV show?
3 He was in a boy band when he was 4 What was the name of his first band?
fourteen.
4 Music is his only interest.
Biography 3
5 What was his grandfather's job?
,
Biography 3 6 How old was he in his first race?
5 He was born in Grenada.
6 His first go-kart was a birthday present.

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& Students read biographies of famous


people .

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( READING_~ ·- - - - - Extension
Students read the b iographies again and find one
~ Biographies fact that was new for them, and one fact that
Warmer they already knew about each person. In pairs,
students compare the facts. Who knew the most
Students look at the famous people on page 63
about each person?
again. Ask them what they know about each of
these people in turn, for example, where they
are from, their songs, films, football teams, etc. _. ,.. workbook Reading pag~_88

1
• Explain that these photos show some of the
people on page 63 when they were children . "'
Students match the photos with the people.

Answers
A is Justin Timberlake. · C is Scarlett Johansson.
B is Lewis Hamilton.

2 ~ 2.16
• Students read and listen to the biographies, and
match them with the people in exercise 1. Check
students understand the phrase was born.

Answers
1 Scarlett Johansson 3 Lewis Hamilton
2 Justin Timberlake

3
• Students decide if the sentences are true or false,
and correct the false sentences. Encourage them to
write complete sentences.

Answers
1 False - He was born in Denmark
2 False - She was ten years old in her first film .
· 3 True
4 False - He 's got a lot of restaurants and his
own clothes label.
5 False - He was born in England.
6 False - His first go-kart was a Christmas
present.

4
• Students answer the questions.

Answers
1 North
2 the same age as her
3 · an actor and singer
4 'N Sync
5 a driver on the London Underground
6 eight

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• Ask students to tell you the short answers for all
(sR~~) --·- - ·- - - subjects and write these in a table on the board.
Encourage students to look at the tables of the
(I) was /were past of be in the affirmative and negative to help
them.
• Draw a table with two columns on the board.
• Write on the board: His father was from
Write Past at the top of the left column and
Grenada. Where ... ? Ask students to complete
Present at the top of the right column . On a
the question. Explain that the question word
different part of the board, write some keys
goes in front of the inverted subject and verb.
words and phrases from the biographies on page
64, for example : Scarlett - parents not rich, first 3
film/ten, clothes and shopping; Justin - actor and
singer on fv show, a lot of restaurants, singer in
• Students order the questions. Check students
boy band; ·Lewis - football, fi[ st go-cart/Christmas · have ordered the questions correctly before they
answer them.
present. Students decide if this information
refers to the past or the present. Then they look • Students answer the questions.
back at the biographies and find the
corresponding sentences to check. Answers
• Copy the tables of the past of be in the Answers to these questions will vary
affirmative and negative onto the board but 1 Where were you yesterday?
without was and were. Ask students to tell you 2 What was your favourite subject at primary
the different forms of be in the past. Explain that school?
the negative verbs are contracted forms, and 3 Was your first English teacher a woman?
that the full forms are was not and were not. 4 When was your last phone conversation?
5 Who were your friends at primary school?
1 6 Were you born in a big city?
~ Students complete the sentences so that they are
true for them using was I wasn't or were I
weren't. Consolidation
( Answers Studen ts' own answers ) In pairs, students ask and answer the questions in
exercise 3 . ~

2
.. Students complete the biography w ith was I 41) Go 4 it!
wasn't or were I weren't. Then they guess who
the woman in the ~photo is. 4
• Tell students that they are going to interview
Answers their partner about his/her childhood .
1 was 3 were 5 was 7 was • Students complete the questions using the past
2 weren't 4 was 6 wasn't 8 was of be.
Michelle Wie
Answers
1 Where were you born?
• was I were: questions 2 When were you born?
• Write this sentence on the board: He's an actor. 3 Where were your parents born?
Ask students to form the question. (Is he an 4 What was your favourite toy?
actor?) Remind them that, to make a question 5 What were your favourite TV programmes?
with be, we invert the subject and the verb. 6 What was the name of your first school?
Repeat this process with the same sentence in 7 What was your favourite food and drink?
the past.

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• Students interview their partner using these and
any other questions they can think of.
. .. Student's Book Grammar reference page 99
. . . Workbook Grammar reference page 80,
Grammar page 85

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(SRAMM,~ - . C • ®
Ci) was/were Ci) was I were: questions
He was a good student, but he wasn't happy at Was he a good student? ,
school. Her parents weren't rich. Where were her parents from?

Affirmative Neqative Question was/were Subject Other words


I was I wasn't word
You were , You weren't W as he a good student? •
He / She / It was He/ She / It wasn't W here were he r pa rents fro m ?
I
W e I You / They were We I You / They weren't
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Short answers

1 Complete the sentences for you. Use was I


wasn't or were / weren't.
Yes, I was .
Yes, they were .
l No, I wasn't .
No, t hey weren't .

1 I was very quiet when I was a child.


2 My parents ... born in China.·
3 Order the questions. Then answer them.

3 I .. . at home at three· o'clock yesterday. 1 where / you / yesterday / were ?


4 · The questions on page 64 .. . easy. Where were you yesterday?
5 We ... at school last August. I was at my grandparents' house.
6 It ... very cold yesterday. 2 your favourite subject at primary school /
was/ what?
3 your first English teacher / was / a woman ?
2 Complete with was I wasn't or were/
4 your last phone conversation / when / was ?
weren 't. Who is it?
5 were / who / your friends at primary school ?
She (1) was born in 1989 in Hawaii. 6 you I born / were / in a big city ?
Her parents (2) . .. born in America, they (3) .
born in South Korea. Her father (4) .. . her first
teacher. At school she (5) ·,· .the only girl in
the baseball team . But she (6) . . . only good at
sports, she (7) .. . also an excellent student. Complete the questions about the past.
At fourteen, she (8) ... the only woman to play 1 Where / you / born ? Where were you born?
in the Sony Open. 2 When / you / born ?
3 Where / your parents / born ?
4 What / your favourite toy ?
5 What/ your favourite TV programmes ? ·
6 What / the name of your first school ?
7 What/ your favourite food and drink?

5 Interview a partner.
A Where were you born?
B / was born in ...

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Students learn about each other's
childhoods.

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2QTt1 CENTURY Q.UIZ
CY_!cAB~~.Y} Jobs-
1 ~ Match the pictures with the jobs. Listen and check. Then list en and repeat.

an artist I astronauts I a doctor I mountaineers I a prince I a scientist I a writer I a tennis player

1 - Alexander Fleming was a doctor

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2 Can you name other people with these jobs?


Van Gogh was an artist.

~ STEN•~=)--·------ -- - - - - -
3 ~ Complete the sentences with the 4 ~ Listen again. Match the events with
people in exercise 1. Then listen to a radio the dates.
quiz and check your answers.
1- 1949
In the 20 th century ..
1 J. R. R. Tolkien finished The Lord of the Rings.
2 ... played her last match.
3 . painted Guernica .
4 . created the World Wide Web .
·~

5 . climbed Mount Everest .


6 discovered penicillin.
7 landed on the moon.
8 married Diana Spencer in London.

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fl Students learn about import ant


people in the 20th century.

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· -- - ~ STENl~~} ,- - -~ - - - - -
(i) Jobs 3- 2.18
Warmer • Read the incomplete sent ences and check that
In pairs, students write a list of as many jobs as students understand them.
they can in two minutes. Find out which pair has • Students complete the sentences with the people
the longest list and ask them to write their jobs in exercise 1.
on t he board. Then ask other pairs to add any • Explain to students that they are going to listen to
other jobs. a radio qu iz in wh ich a contestant (Alan) answers
questions about the 20th century. Tell them to listen
1~ 2.17
and check their answers.
• Students match the pictures with the jobs.
• Play the CD to check answers. Answer
• Play the CD again . Students repeat the jobs. 1 J .RR Tolkien
These come at the end. of each sentence. 2 Steffi Graf
• Explain that we use a,or an before a job: 3 Pablo Picasso
Alexander Fleming was a doctor; Pablo Picasso 4 Tim Berners-Lee·
was an artist. · 5 Edmund Hillary and Norgay Tenzing
6 Alexander Fleming
Ans'l/\7ers / Transcript 7 Neil Armstrong-and Edwin Aldrin
8 Charles Windsor
1 Alexander Fleming was a doctor.
2 Edmund Hillary and Norgay Tenzing were Transcript page 226
mountaineers.
3 J .RR Tolkien was a writer.
4 Pablo Picasso was an artist. 4 ~ 2.18
5 Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin were
• Review how we say years in English, for example:
astronauts .
nineteen twenty eight. In pairs, students practise
6 Steffi Graf is a tennis player.
saying the years in this exercise.
7 Charles Windsor is a prince.
8 Tim Berners-Lee is a scientist. • Students listen to the' quiz again and match the
events in exercise 3 with the dates.

2 Answers
• Students name other people with the jobs in 1 1949 3 1937 5 1953 7 1969
exercise 1. 2 1999 4 1994 6 1928 8 1981
Transcript page 226
( Answers Students' own answers )
, ,,. Workbook Listening page 89
Reinforcement
In pairs, students take it in turns to mime one of
the jobs in exercise 1. The other student has to
guess what the job is by asking Are you a(n) .. . ?

Extension
In pairs, students compare the lists they made in
exercise 2. Then they prepare questions about
the people, for example: Who was Van Gogh?
Finally, they ask another pair their questions .

, ,.. Student's Book Word list page 110


,,,,. Workbook Word list page 83, Vocabulary page 86

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CSRAMM~) ·- - - - - 4 ~ 2.19
• Students write the past simple form of each verb
in the correct column of the table.
(I) Past simple: regular verbs
• Play the CD to check answers. Students hear each
• Students look at the sentences in exercise 3 on word twice.
page 66. Ask: Are they about the present or the
• Play the CD again and pause for students to
past? (The past) ·What two letters are at the end
repeat.
· of all the verbs? (-ed)
• Explain that these verbs refer to completed Answers '/ Transcript
actions and events in the past. They are examples
of the past simple tense and that these verbs are / d/ climbed, played, married , discovered
regular: to form the past simple affirmative we /t/ finished, stopped, watched, helped
: add -ed to the infinitve. To form the past simple /rd/ landed, invented, studied, painted
negative we use didn 't and the infinitive without
-ed.
5
• Point out th.at the form of the past simple is the
• Students write negative sentences.
· · same for all subjects. Then expla in the spelling
rules. Answers
1 1 Astronauts didn't land on Mars in 1997.
• Students complete the sentences using the past 2 Walt Disney created Mickey Mouse.
simple. Then they match the sentences with the 3 The Italians didn't invent pasta. (It was the
names. Chinese.)
4 Tom Cruise didn 't marry Penelope Cruz.
Answers 5 The Second World War stopped in 1945.
6 Davo Karnicar skied down Mount Everest in
1 invented - Alexander Graham Bell
2000.
2 played - Sigourney Weaver
3 studied - Prince William ,,,.
4 finished - Jane Austen - (l) Go 4 it!
5 robbed - George Clooney
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6 discovered - Marie Curie
6 ""'
• In pairs, students write three quiz questions
2 using the verbs. Encourage stronger students to ...
• Students write negative sentences. They then try to write more questions.
correct the sentences.
7
Answers • Pairs read their questions to another pair who try
to answer them.
1 Marconi didn't invent the telephone. He
, ,..Student's Book Grammar reference page 100
invented the radio .
2 Steffi Graf didn't play football . She played . . .workbook Grammar reference page 81,
tennis. Grammar page 86
3 French astronauts didn't land on the moon ~

first . American astronauts landed on the moon


first .
4 Victoria Adams didn 't marry Christiano
Ronaldo. She married David Beckham. t·

5 Picasso didn 't paint the Mona Lisa. Leonardo


Da Vinci painted it. v
6 Marie Curie didn' t study History at university.
She studied Physics .

(I) Past simple: -ed

3
• Students look at the table. Model the sounds
represented by each phonetic symbol and the ;-
pronunciation of the verbs climbed, finished and
landed for students to repeat.
• Students copy the table. '-

1'42 ;4
~ AM~~)
_, Past sim I
c,~~-- __
-~- -- -- - - - -
P e: regular verbs
Past simple: -ed
He finished his book.
Jane Austen didn't finish her last book. 3 Copy the table.
Subject Verb Object
Affirmative She finished /d/ I /t/
the book. climbed
Negative They didn 't finish
- =·

/'Spelling rules "


+ ed climb climbed 4 ~ Write the verbs in the table. Listen
+d create created and check . Then listen and repeat.
consonant-,¥'+ ied marry married
double con sonant + ed st op sto pped eHmB fiftlSft l:anEt invent play stop
-,(one syllable verbs) study watch marry discover paint help
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1 Complete the sentences. Use the past simple.
Then match the sentences with the names. 5 Write true sentences. Use the past simple
affirmative or negative.
G~orge Clooney J ane Austen
Alexander Graham Bell Sigourney Weaver 1 Astronauts/ land/ on Mars in 1997
Marie Curie Prince William Astronauts didn't land on Mars in 1997.
2 Walt Disney / create / Mickey Mouse
1 He invented (invent) the telephone in 1876. 3 The Italians / invent / pasta
Alexander Graham Bell 4 Tom Cruise / marry / Penelope Cruz
2 She ... (play) Ripley in the 1979 film Alien .
5 The Second World War/ stop/ in 1945
3 He .. . (study) Geography at university
6 Davo Karnicar / ski / down Mount Everest
4 She .. . (finish ) her novel Sense and
in 2000
Sensibility in 1809.
5 His character ... (rob) casinos in the film
Ocean's Eleven .
6 She .. . (discover) radium in 1898.
In pairs, write three quiz questions. Use
these verbs.
2 Write negative sentences. Can you correct
the sentences? create discover invent marry paint play
1 Marconi invented the telephone . He played Han Solo in the Arst 'Star Wars' Alm.
Marconi didn't invent the telephone. What's his name? (Harrison Ford)
He invented the radio.
2 Steffi Graf played football.
3 French astronauts landed on the moon first. 7 Read your questions to another pair. Can
4 Victoria Adams married Cristiano Ronalda. they answer the questions?
5 Picasso painted the Mona Lisa.
6 Marie Curie studied History at university.

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l!IJi. · Students describe important events in


~~ the 20th century.

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1 Answer the questions. 3 ~ Read the descriptions. Match the
1 How often do you wear the things in the descriptions with the clothes .
pictures? 1- T-shirt
2 Are you wearing any of the things now?

2 Do the quiz.
II) in the Second World War a lot of
American soldiers travelled to Europe.
They discovered a cotton shirt in the
shape of the letter T

~ The original ones didn't have a left foot A


or a right foot. In the United States they
called . them sneakers because they
were very quiet.
'.I. Where and when did people first use sunglasses?
a) in China in the 11 ODs
b) in Italy in the 1880s ~ They were in fashion in the 1950s but
c) in the United States in the 1950s people first used them in ancient China ;
~
in the 12 th century. Some of today's
models have an MP3 playe r.

E They were popular in the United


States in the 1850s because they were
·2 Where did the name jeans come from? strong. The name comes from a kind of
a) an American inventor
b) a place in France material. They're usually bl ue .
c) a type of material

4
- . True or false? Correct the false sentences.
1 The first T-shirts were cotton. True
2 Jeans were popular because they were blue.
3 What do they call trainers in the United States?
3 You can use sunglasses to listen to music.
a) plimsolls
b) sneakers 4 T-shirts come from the United States.
c) runners 5 The verb "to sneak" means to move quietly.
6 The first trainers were two identical shoes.

4 How did the T-shirt get its name?


a) The letter T stands for Travel .
b) The T stands for Troops (American soldiers). • Levi's is a famous brand of jeans. Who
c) It's in the shape of a letter T. created the brand? When?

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G Students learn about the history of


clothing.
0 Students autonomously use the
media available to them to research
a topic.

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-• . Students decide if the sentences are true or false,
and correct the false sentences.
• Cool ·Clothes
CLIL objective: Students learn about the origins Answers
of various items of clothing .
1 True
Warmer 2 False - They were popular be cause they were
• Tell students that the word cool is also used to strong.
describe something or someone that is good or 3 True
fash ionable (as we ll as temperature), for 4 False - T-shirts come from Europe.
example: Mary's bag is cool. Johnny Depp is a 5 True
cool actor. 6 True
• Ask students to write the name of one thing and
one famous person they consider to be cool. In
pairs, students compare what they wrote . Consolidation
• Write these words on the board: sunglasses, • • Students write a short text_,about either the
jeans, trainers, T-shirt. Check students understand cool person or the cool thing they chose in the
the mean ing of t hese words, then ask if they warmer. They also write a quiz question for
think they are cool. their text.
• In pairs, students read out their texts , and ask
1 and answer the questions they wrote.
• Students answer the questions.

( Answers Studen ts ' own answers ) (.i) Quest

• Ask students to name some famous brands of


Consolidation jeans.
In pairs, students ask and answer the questions • Students find out who created the Levi's brand
in exercise 1. of jeans and when . They can do this by entering
Levi's history into an Internet search engine or by
consulting reference books.
2
• Students do the quiz.
Answers
• Compare answers to see if the class generally
agrees, but don't check answers at this point. Levi's were created by Levi Strauss in 1853.

( Answers 1a 2c 3b 4c ) Did you know?


• NIKE is the name of the Greek goddess of
3 ~ 2.20 victory. ·
• Students read and listen to the descriptions. They • The A DIDAS brand name comes from the
match the descriptions with the clothes and nickname (Adi) and surname of A,dolf Dassler,
accessories in the qu iz. the shoem (;l.ker who started the company.

Answers
1 T-shirt 2 trainers 3 sunglasses 4 jeans

• Students use the descriptions to check their


answers to the quiz. How many questions did
they answer correctly?

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( EffGLl9i_\'OU tfEED} - - - -·- - - - Reinforcement·
In pairs, stuclents practise the dialogue in
• Go shopping exercise 2. Then they change roles and repeat.

Warmer
• Draw a square on the board to represent the Extension
shop window. Draw the outlines of two shop
w indow dummies in the squa re. Students write three more useful expressions to
• Tell students that you need to put some clothes use in a clothes shop in their own language. Help
on the dumm ies. What it ems of clothing can they them translate these expressions into English.
- name? As they tell you words, writ.e them on the Teach the useful phrase: I'm just looking.
board and draw the clothes on the dumm ies. Put
boys' clothes on one dummy and girls' clothes on
the ot her. 4
• In pairs, students prepare and practise a shop
1 dialogue, using the clothes in the picture .
• Students match the clothes with the pictu re. • Invite some students to perform their dialogue in
• Ask if any of the other clothes listed on the boa rd · front of the class.
during the warmer appear in the piq ure.
, ,.. Student's Book Word List page 110
Answers , ,.. Workbook Word List page 83, Engl ish you need
page 89
1 a skirt 3 shorts 5 ajacket
2 shoes 4 ajumper 6 atop

2 \:, 2.21
• Students complete the dialogue with the
sentences.
• Play the CD to check answers. <..µ

Answers
1 I'm looking for some shorts. ,:_,;,
2 Can I try them on?
3 How much are they?
4 I'll take them.

Consolidation
Ask students which clothes in exercise 1 are
plural (shoes , shorts): Which phrases in the
dialogue in exercise 2 r efer to a plural item?
(. ..some shorts. Can I try them on? They're perfect.
How much are they?) Explain that when the·item
of clothing is singular-, we need to change these
phrases. Ask: What do we say if the item of
\ -&
clothing is a skirt? (. ..a skirt. Can I try it on? etc.)

3 ~ 2.22
• . Students complet e the sentences.
• Play the CD to check answers.
• Play the CD aga in. Students repeat the sentences.

( Answers 1 a 2 it 3 it 4 It 5 it 6 it )

1·4E?
( ENGUStf.- ~~ H__~~) -Go shopping - - -- -.....;..._ __ _ __

1 Match the clothes with the picture.


1- a skirt
shoes a top a jumper a jacket shorts -a----skitt

2 @ Complete the dialogue with the 3 @ Complete the sentences. Listen and
sentences. Then listen and check. check. Then listen and repeat .

Can I try them on? I'll take them. 1 I'm looking for a top .
How much are they? 2 Have you got .. . in size 40?
I'm looking for some shorts. 3 Can I try ... on?
4 ... 's perfect.
Assistant Can I help you? 5 How much is ... ?
Barbara Hi. Yes . (1) I'm looking for some 6 OK. I'll take ...
shorts.
Assistant What size are you?
Barbara 40. 4 In pairs, prepa re and practise a shop
Assistant OK. Here you are .
dialogue. Use the clothes in the picture.
Barbara Great. (2 ) .
Assistant Yes, of course.
Well? What do you think?
Barbara They're p erfe ct. (3) ...
Assistant 30 euros .
Barbara OK. (4).

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Students use language that can .be
transferred to real- life situations.

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~ Afan.page, · ·- - -- -- -- - - -- -

1 In pairs, discuss w hat you know about the person in the photo.
A His name's Rafa Nadal.
B Yes. And he's from Mal/area.

2 Read Sandra's description and check your answers . Why does Sandra like him?

Rafa Nadal was born in Mallorca in 1986.


His uncle M iguel was a foot bal.ler and his
uncle Toni was a tenn is player. Orig inall y,
he wanted to be a footba ll er and he didn't
like t ennis. But whe n he was twelve, Rafa
decided to dedicat e his life to tennis.
When he was seventeen, he was already
one of the world's top ten tennis p layers.

Today Rafa is rich and famous. He's t all .


He's got long hair and brown eyes . He
wea rs short s and a T-shirt.

I like Rafa because he's a normal person. He


loves t enn is, hi s frie nds and hi s fa mily. A nd
I like his clothes.

(j) Organize informatio·n


-3 Order the sentences.
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5 Make notes. Then write about someone
.
a He 's rich and fam ous. you admire .
b He was in the world 's top 50 tennis Paragraph 1: Early life
players. Paragraph 2: Physical description
c He was born. 1 Paragraph 3 : Why I like this person
d He wanted to be a footballer.
e He decided to dedicate his life to tennis .
6 Now read your work again. Can you find
any errors?
4 Match the words and phrases with the \_

" sentences in' exercise 3-.


1 When he w as 12, he decided to dedicate CJ,~rJ illtUffl ft, imi#I u1a.-
his life to tennis. '
2 ... in 1986.
3 Today .. .
4 Originally, .
5 When he was 17, .

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Students use strategies to plan their
own written work.

• Students use strategies to evaluate


and develop their own written work.
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(i) Organize information


( WRITINS) 1-- - - - -- --
3
(i) A fan page • Students order the sentences.
Warmer - -- - - -- - - -- -- -- - - - i

( Answe-r~ 1' c 2 d 3 e 4 b . 5 a )
• Ask students to list three famous people who
· they admire, for example: actors, sports people,
etc. 4
• In pairs, student s compare their lists and say why • Students match the words and phrases with the
they admire these people. sentences in exercise 3.
1 Answers
• In pairs, students discuss what they know about
the person in the photo. 1 he decided to de d1cate his life to tennis .
2 He w as born
Answers Students' ow n answers ) 3
4
he is rich and famo us .
he w anted to be a footballer.
5 he w as in the world's top' 50 tennis players
2
• Students read the description and check their
answers from exercise 1.
5
• Students prepare to write about someone they
• Students answer the question. adniire. First, they make notes about the person's
early.life, their appearc;1nce and why they like him/
Answers her. Then they write their composi'tion. Encourage
Sandra likes Rafa Nadal because he is a normal students to use the phrases in exercise 4.
person and sh e likes the clothes he w ears .
6
• Students read their composition and check for
Extension errors. Write the following checklist on the board
for students to refer to:
• Dictate t h ese sentences:
Physical descriptions vocabulary
1 Rafa N adal is 21 years old
was /were
2 Two of his uncles p layed sports.
Past simple: regular verbs (-ed and didn 't+
3 Rafa always wan ted to b e a tennis player
infinitive)
4 He was one of the world's top p layers wh en
he was a teenager
5 He's got short, curly h air and brown eyes. Consolidation
6 His family is very important to him. • Students bring a picture of the fam_o us person
• Students de.c ide if t h e sentences are true or to class. Display the descriptions w ith the
false, and correct the false sentences. pictures on the classroom wall.
Answers
1 False - He 's (age depends on today's date).
2 True , ,.. workbook Writing page 90
3 False - He wanted to be a footballer.
4 True
5 False - He's got long, wavy hair.
6 True

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