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Brazil Spain
Mexican Chinese
Iran Saudi
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Australian New Zealand the USA
Nigeria Argentinian
Turkish
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American Canada
Polish Iranian
Germany Colombia
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China Britain
France Russian
Brazilian Pakistan
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Poland Italy Australia
Argentina Japanese
French
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South African
Japan Turkey
German British Russia
Vocabulary
Countries and nationalities1A
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Think of an example for ten of the people, things and places in the squares. Write the examples in
circles 1–10. Exchange sheets and match other students’ examples with the ideas in the squares.
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Adjectives
1 2
4
8 9
5 6 7
3
10
a popular
food / drink in
your country
an
amazing
song
a well-
known
person on TV
a great
film
a terrible
place to
live
a brilliant
sportsperson
a famous,
modern
building
a friendly
student in the
class
a famous,
oldbuilding
something
horribleto
eat or drink
a fantastic
book
a wonderful
place for a
holiday
a quietplace
to study

2A Vocabulary
Jobs
Activity A
Add vowels to make eight jobs. Write them on the lines.
1 ngnr
2 bsnssmn
3 trgd
4 clnr
5 nrs
6 rcptnst
7 ctr
8 phtgrphr
Activity B
Find ten more jobs in the word search, across or down .
m n a p s e t c o g s u t
e h l i p t i h e t e r a
c e d l b a k e i m c l x
h k r o n d p f o g r s i
a e a t h m a n a g e r d
n v u r s u o d x n t a r
i d e n t i s t a u a c i
c n c s p h i g e u r f v
f i f a r m e r o g y z e
w v o a y f a l t e m r r
s h o p a s s i s t a n t
p o l i c e o f f i c e r
Activity C
Mime jobs from A and B for other students to guess.

Vocabulary
Studying; Time2B
Activity A
Circle ten words in the word snake.
Activity B
Complete the sentences with the words from A.
1 Have you got a for our English classes? I need to look at the days.
2 I have a notebook to make during the lesson.
3 I don’t want a low – I need 60% or more.
4 I really want to the exam; it’s very important for me.
5 My brother studies a lot for the maths at the end of the year.
6 I think the is 12 weeks.
7 Do you have a study in the afternoon? Do you go for a walk?
8 I’d like to continue my English next year.
9 If you an exam, you can do it again in the summer.
10 We have a ten-minute in class every two weeks.
Activity C
Draw different times in the first six clocks.
YOUR CLOCKS
1 2 3 4 5 6
YOUR PARTNER’S CLOCKS
1 2 3 4 5 6
Activity D
Take turns to say the times on your clocks. Draw your partner’s times in the clocks.
term
passmarktimetableexamnotesbreakstudiesfailtest

Student 1 Student 2 Student 3
text ?
write ?
go on holiday?
watch on TV?
drive to ?
meet friends for ?
buy ?
wash your ?
drink tea or coffee?
cook?
go to a(n) lesson?
listen to ?
Vocabulary
Time expressions3A
}
every ...
once a ...
twice a ...
three/four/five times a ...
I don’t!
day
week
month
year
How often do you…

Vocabulary
Technology3B
Activity A
Match 1–6 with a–f to make six technology words.
1 head a board
2 sat b reader
3 smart c phones
4 lap d nav
5 e- e phone
6 key f top
Activity C
Put a tick (✓) next to the sentences in B that you agree with.
Compare your answers in small groups and explain.
Activity B
Complete the statements with the words in A.
That’s me!1 I always listen to music with
. I don’t want to annoy
other people.
2 I never want to buy an .
Real books for me, please.
3 Now that I have a tablet, I never turn on my
.
4 I use only two fingers to type on the
. I’m really slow.
5 Travelling with a in the car
is really dangerous!
6 I’ve got a , so I don’t need a
camera.

Activity A
Complete the crossword.
1 2
3 4
5 6 7
8
9 10 11
12
13
14 15
16
17
18 19
20
Vocabulary
Food4A
Down
1
2
3
6
7
11
12
15
19
Across
4
5
8
9
10
13
14
16
17
18
20
Activity B
Think of definitions for five of the words in A. Test other students.

Vocabulary
Talking about food4B
Activity A
Label the pictures with the words in the box.
fried boiled baked grilled roast
1 2
4
3
5
Activity B
How can you eat these different types of food? Add ticks (✓) and crosses (✗) in the table.
tomatoes rice potatoes chicken eggs steak onion pasta bread
fried
boiled
baked
grilled
roast
Activity C
Tick (✓) the correct sentences. Correct the mistakes.
1 Could you get me a jar of cola?
2 Do you want a bar of oil?
3 I’d like a packet of crisps.
4 I need to buy a tin of rice.
5 We can get a bottle of milk.
6 There’s a jar of strawberry jam in the cupboard.
7 Is that a bottle of cereal?
8 I’ve got a bottle of apples in the car.

Vocabulary
Places in a city5A
Activity A
Add vowels to make places in a city.
Activity B
Write ten places on the diagram.
Share your diagram with other students.
I live here
1 kilometre
5 kilometres
river
1 c nc_rt h ll
2 p st ff c
4 th tr
7 r st r nt
3 sp rts c ntr
5 r v r
6 beautiful p rk
8 m tr st t n
9 sq r
12 br dg
15 w ndm ll
10 p rtm nts
11 old b ld ngs
13 st d m
16 c f
14 p l c st t n

Vocabulary
Furniture5B
Student A
Label your own furniture and then describe it to your partner. Draw and label your partner’s furniture.
Student B
Label your own furniture and then describe it to your partner. Draw and label your partner’s furniture.
Your furniture
Your furniture
Your partner’s furniture
Your partner’s furniture
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2
2
3
3
4
4
5
5
6
6
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1 2 3 4 5 6
2 3 4 5 6

Vocabulary
Years and dates6A
Student A
Student B
Student B’s answers
1 the first of
February
2 April
3 (in) 2022 (two
thousand and
twenty-two)
4 the twenty-fifth
of June
5 the first of May
6 (in) 2012 (two
thousand and
twelve)
7 the eleventh of
October
8 July
9 the thirteenth of
November
10 the twenty-third
of September
Student A’s answers
1 October
2 March
3 the first of January
4 the fifteenth of
July
5 (in) June
6 August
7 the thirtieth of
November
8 (in) 2014 (two
thousand and
fourteen)
9 the twenty-first
of February
10 the third of May
YEARS AND
DATES QUIZ
YEARS AND
DATES QUIZ
Example Today is 2/11. What’s tomorrow’s date? the third of November
1 What is the tenth month of the year?
2 What month comes between February and April?
3 When is New Year’s Day?
4 Today is 14/7. What’s tomorrow’s date?
5 What month does Wimbledon start?
6 What month comes before September?
7 Today is 1/12. What was yesterday’s date?
8 When was the World Cup in Brazil?
9 Yesterday was 20/2. What’s today’s date?
10 Today is Monday, 30/4. What’s the date on Thursday?
Example Today is 2/11. What’s tomorrow’s date? the third of November
1 What date comes after 31/1?
2 What month comes after March?
3 When is the World Cup in Qatar?
4 Today is 26/6. What was yesterday’s date?
5 When is May Day?
6 When were the London Olympics?
7 Today is Friday, 9/10. What’s the date on Sunday?
8 What month comes before August?
9 Yesterday was 12/11. What’s today’s date?
10 Today is 22/9. What’s the date tomorrow?
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Vocabulary
Past simple irregular verbs6B
Student A
Play the board game on page 203 by completing these sentences
with the correct past simple irregular verb.
1 Last week I some new shoes.
2 I last Saturday at home watching films.
3 Last night I my sister about my new girlfriend.
4 I to the theatre last Saturday.
5 I a very good book last night.
6 Gigi’s from Argentina, but I she was Spanish.
7 I’m happy because my team the match.
8 My brother went to university and a doctor.
9 I my car to a friend for €1,000.
10 I my shopping at the supermarket yesterday evening.
11 Last week I out that my grandmother was Russian.
12 My father me €100 for my birthday this morning.
Student B
Play the board game on page 203 by completing these sentences
with the correct past simple irregular verb.
1 Yesterday my friend to my house for dinner.
2 I lunch for my family last Sunday.
3 The train ticket was very expensive; it me $85.
4 The burger was horrible but I it.
5 I that book to a friend; he really liked it.
6 I my homework on the bus this morning.
7 I my dictionary with me to class today.
8 I my phone yesterday. I think it’s probably in my office.
9 I was late, so I a bus to the station.
10 I a week in Greece last summer.
11 I my brother’s hair. It looks terrible!
12 I about the new school in the newspaper yesterday.
1 came
2 made
3 cost
4 ate
5 gave
6 did
7 brought
8 lost
9 got/took
10 spent/had
11 cut
12 read
1 bought
2 spent
3 told
4 went
5 read
6 thought
7 won
8 became
9 sold
10 did
11 found
12 gave
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7A Vocabulary
Transport
Activity A
Complete the crossword.
Across
1
3 Do you want to the train?
5
6
7
10
11 Let’s the bus now.
13
Activity B
Are the sentences true or false?
1 When you miss a plane, you have to take a different one.
2 When you change trains, you get off one train and get on a
different one.
3 When you catch a train, you have to wait for the next one.
4 When you miss a train, you can get a taxi.
5 When a bus arrives, you can get on it.
6 When a bus arrives, you can get off it.
7 You can take a train, a bus, a plane or a taxi.
8 You can miss a bus, a train, a plane or a taxi.
1 2
3
4 5
6
7 8 9
10
11 12
13
Down
1 We have to trains in Paris.
2
4 Hurry! I don’t want to the bus.
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7BVocabulary
Transport adjectives
Activity A
Do you agree or disagree with sentences 1–8? If you disagree, change them to make them true for you.
fast
Example: Travelling by plane is usually very slow.
Activity B: Student 1
Complete the dialogue with adjectives
and then check with your partner. Practise the
questions and answers together.
1 Is your computer quite ?
No, it’s very slow.
2 Was that dress ?
No, it was quite cheap.
3 Was the room ?
No, it was very clean.
4 Are those shoes ?
No, actually they’re very comfortable.
5 Is this bike ?
No, it’s quite safe.
6 Was the theatre ?
No, it was empty.
Activity B: Student 2
Complete the dialogue with adjectives
and then check with your partner. Practise the
questions and answers together.
1 Is your computer quite fast?
No, it’s very .
2 Was that dress expensive?
No, it was quite .
3 Was the room dirty?
No, it was very .
4 Are those shoes uncomfortable?
No, actually they’re very .
5 Is this bike dangerous?
No, it’s quite .
6 Was the theatre full?
No, it was .
Motorbikes are quite comfortable.
Motorbikes are a fast way to travel.
Stadiums are usually clean after a football match.
Buses are expensive in my country.
Metro stations are crowded in the mornings.
In my city, many streets are empty at night.
Trains with air conditioning are uncomfortable.
Trams are a very safe form of transport.
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Vocabulary
Sport and exercise8A
do yoga play badminton dance / go dancing play rugby
ride a bike do exercise play golf skate / go skating
ski / go skiing go fishing run / go running play volleyball
play hockey go sailing play football do judo
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Complete the table with sports and exercise.
Better on your own or with one other person Better with a lot of people
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Vocabulary
Parts of the body; Appearance8B
Activity B
Complete the table with words to describe what the people in A look like.
James Vanessa George Liz
thin
Activity A
Look at the picture for two minutes. Remember what the people look like.
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James Vanessa George Liz

Vocabulary
Shopping; Money and prices9A
Activity A
Match 1–8 with a–h to make eight places.
1 shopping
2 information
3 bus
4 car
5 department
6 clothes
7 cash
8 fast food
a park
b machine
c mall
d stop
e restaurant
f desk
g store
h shop
Activity B
Write the answers to these questions.
1 Where do you leave a car?
2 Where do you wait for a bus?
3 What’s another word for an ATM?
4 How do you go up or down in a building?
5 Where can you go to ask questions in a shopping mall?
6 Where do you go in a shop or building?
7 Where can you buy trousers?
8 Where can you buy a hamburger?
9 Where can you get a cup of coffee?
10 What’s another word for pharmacy?
Activity C
Ask and answer the questions in B.
Activity D
Write six prices in ‘Your prices’ using £, p, $, and c. Tell your partner your prices and write down your
partner’s prices.
Your prices Your partner’s prices
1 14 4
2 25 5
3 36 6

Vocabulary
Clothes9B
Activity A
Write the answers and then test your partner.
Activity B
Ask and answer the questions.
1 Do men and women wear everything in 1–12 in A?
2 Do you prefer jeans or trousers?
3 Women – do you prefer skirts and dresses, or trousers?
4 Men – do you prefer shirts or T-shirts?
5 Men and women – do you like wearing jewellery? If so, what do you wear?
6 What did you wear yesterday?
1 You wear these on your feet.
2 You wear these on your hands when it’s cold.
3 You wear these over your legs.
4 You wear these on your ears.
5 You wear this round your neck when it’s cold.
6 You wear these on your legs when it’s hot (not trousers).
7 You can wear this over a shirt.
8 You can wear this under a shirt, or when it’s hot.
9 You wear this on a finger.
10 You wear this round your neck, especially women.
11 You wear this when it rains.
12 You wear this and it tells you the time.
shoes
CLOTHES RACE

Vocabulary
IT collocations10A
Activity A
Find ten IT words in the word search. Words can go across or down .
F W N C L E M A I L S
W Q D C R J O E O M A
E D O W N L O A D B V
B J C R S U R F P B E
S L U C H M O I H O U
I D M M P Q C L I C K
T H E W E B R E E S E
E K N E G A H G Y O M
E E T D L O G O N W A
Activity B
Complete the collocations with the words from the box and then talk about how often you do them.
check visit surf click on download save (x2) make log on
1 to a computer
2 a call on Skype
3 emails on your phone
4 the Web to find information
5 a file on your computer
6 a website which is in English
7 a music file from the Internet
8 a link to watch a video
9 a document on your smartphone

Vocabulary
High numbers10B
Student A
Play the board game on page 203 by saying these numbers correctly.
Your numbers
Student B
Play the board game on page 203 by saying these numbers correctly.
Your numbers
1 nine hundred and forty
2 five million
3 five thousand four hundred
4 six hundred thousand
5 two thousand and ten
6 seven thousand six hundred and twenty
7 two hundred thousand seven hundred
8 eight hundred and seventy-five
9 four thousand eight hundred and fifty
10 nine thousand
11 seventeen thousand three hundred
12 six hundred and eighty-two
1 two thousand
2 three hundred thousand
3 one thousand five hundred
4 four million
5 one thousand two hundred and fifty
6 five thousand and fifty-five
7 four hundred thousand two hundred
8 two thousand and sixty
9 seven hundred and ninety-two
10 eight thousand five hundred and seventy-seven
11 four hundred and ninety-one
12 three million five hundred thousand
940
5,400
600,000
2,010
7,620
200,700
875
4,850
9,000
17,300
682
5,000,000
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
2,000
1,500
4,000,000
1,250
5,055
400,200
2,060
792
8,577
491
3,500, 000
300,000
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2
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4
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9
10
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Activity A
Circle 13 past participles in the word snake.
Vocabulary
Irregular past participles11A
fellh
adeate
nreadw
roteboughtflewb
eenfallflo
wnbro
kensawheardw
rite
forgottenbuyw
rittenfalle
natese
en
flybroke
n
Activity B
Complete the sentences with the correct past participle from A.
Then ask questions to complete the names
has their arm or a tooth. 1
has a Harry Potter book. 4
has to do their English homework. 7
has a curry. 10
has across the Atlantic. 2
has to Africa. 5
has when skiing. 8
has dinner in an expensive restaurant. 11
has a famous person in the street. 3
has a present for their teacher. 6
has a short story. 9
has their teacher sing. 12
Find someone who ... Name

Activity A
Complete the questions with the correct music word.
Vocabulary
Music11B
Activity B
Write your answers to questions 1–8 in A and ask your teacher question 9.
Then ask and answer questions 1–10 with other students.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
LETTHEMUSICPLAYON!
1 When and where do you usually listen to p music?
2 Who is your favourite s at the moment?
3 Do you know anyone who plays in an o ? If so, who?
4 Do you think j is interesting or boring?
5 Do you like any girl b ? If so, who?
6 Is f music popular in your country? Can you name a famous f song?
7 Are you a good d ?
8 Can you name an o by Mozart?
9 Does your teacher like c music, e.g. Vivaldi, Beethoven?
10 How many people in your group like r music?

Activity A
Add vowels to complete the geography words.
Vocabulary
Geography12A
1 sl nd 4 w t rf ll 7 f ld 10 r v r
2 w d 5 b ch 8 m nt n 11 h ll
3 f r st 6 j ngl 9 l k 12 c st
Activity B
Complete the table with the words from A. Which places have water? Which have trees?
Water Trees
Activity C
Write an example for each word and then test your partner.
1 an island Ibiza 5 a rainforest/jungle
2 a lake 6 a waterfall
3 a river 7 a beach
4 a mountain 8 a desert
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Complete the crossword and then ask and answer the questions.
p a c k
a
a
a
a
a
a
a
a
a
Where did you go on last year?
Have you ever lived ? If not, which country would you choose to live in?
What do you put in first when you your bag for a trip? ✓
What plans do you before you go on a trip?
Do you right after you get home?
How often do you to other countries? Where have you been this year?
Do you usually at a hotel or with friends?
What do you do when you go home after a long trip?
Are you going to a holiday this year?
Do you ever your plans at the last minute?
pack
Vocabulary
Travel collocations12B

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