1. 1A

2. Contents
Module A
Unit 1 Grammar Exercises 3–5
Unit 1 Steps to Communication 6
Unit 1 Vocabulary 7
Unit 2 Grammar Exercises 8–10
Unit 2 Steps to Communication 11
Unit 2 Vocabulary 12
The Reading Room 13
Study skills:
Your Step Ahead CD and how it works 14
Step Ahead to exams:Writing 15
Step Ahead to exams: Listening 16
Revision 17–18
I know these words 19
Module B
Unit 3 Grammar Exercises 20–22
Unit 3 Steps to Communication 23
Unit 3 Vocabulary 24
Unit 4 Grammar Exercises 25–27
Unit 4 Steps to Communication 28
Unit 4 Vocabulary 29
The Reading Room 30
Study skills:
Your grammar and vocabulary notebook 31
Step Ahead to exams:Writing 32
Step Ahead to exams: Listening 33
Revision 34–35
I know these words 36
Grammar Reference 37–54
Mini Dictionary 55–56

3. Module A
Mo d u l e A
F r i e n d s
Unit 1
G r a mm a r 2 Fill in the sentences with the correct
pronoun. Use I, you, she, it.
e x e r c i s e s Hello,
Hi. ____ ’m fine.
1 how are
Subject pronouns you
______ ?
1 These kids introduce themselves.
Write what they say.
Tony, this is
Patricia. _____ ’s Sorry, what’s
2 _____ ’m
Italian. your name?
Patricia.
Hi, I’m
1 ___________ Daniel. 2 Hello, __________ Kate
and this is Andrew.
3 Oh, sorry! ______’s
OK.
3 Translate these sentences.
3 Hi, __________ Jack 4 __________ Hannah.
and this is Jessica. 1 Hi, how are you?
______________________________________
2 I’m fine, thanks. And you?
______________________________________
3 This is Ken. He’s American.
______________________________________
4 What’s your name?
______________________________________
5 ____________ Kevin. 6 Hi, __________ Sophie 5 Tim, this is Patricia.
and this is Tom. ______________________________________
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4. Module A Unit 1
6 Complete these short dialogues.
Use I’m, you’re, he’s, she’s, it’s.
G r a mm a r
e x e r c i s e s
Present simple be
(affirmative singular)
4 Fill in the table with the correct forms of 1 A Hi, I’m Peter.
the verb be. Use am / ’m, is / ’s or are / ’re. B Hello, Peter. _______ Sylvia.
Personal pronoun Verb be
I
You
He
She
It 2 A Hello. _______ Liz.
B Ah, hello, Liz. Nice to meet you.
5 Complete the sentence with the correct
form of the verb be. Use ’m, ’re, ’s.
3 A This is Emily. __________ my friend.
B Hi Emily, _______ Christopher.
’m
1 Hi, I____ Nick. 2 She_____ a film star.
4 A Luca’s my friend. _________ very nice!
B Luca? _______ a nice name.
3 She_____ my friend! 4 You______ nice!
7 Underline the contracted forms in the
sentences. Tick (✓) if they are true for you.
1 Angelina Jolie is my favourite actress.
She’s fantastic.
2 I’m from Prague.
3 Bono’s my favourite singer. He is fantastic.
4 Football is fun. It’s my favourite sport.
5 It______ a jet plane! 6 She______ in my 5 I am 12 years old.
volleyball team.
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5. Module A
______ name’s
Possessive adjectives 5 Sue.
my / your / his / her
8 Fill in the table. Use her, his, your, my.
Personal Possessive
pronoun adjective
6 Hi! ______
I name’s Andrea.
you
he
she
9 Complete the sentences using the
Christina,
possessive adjectives from the table. Thank you!
7 ______ walkman.
1 my
It’s ______
walkman.
Tony, this is Anna and
8 ______ sister, Laura.
Her
______ name’s Kiara, and
2 ______ name’s Marco.
10 Complete the dialogue. Use I’m, you, your.
______ name’s
3 nice. Thank you.
A Hello, Andy. How are (1)______ ?
(2)
B ______ OK. Thanks. And (3)______, Claire?
It’s ______ CD! OK. A I’m fine, thanks. And what’s (4)______ name?
4 C (5)
______ Stephanie.
A Hello, Stephanie. Nice to meet (6)______.
C Nice to meet (7)______, too!
B Ice cream?
A and C Good idea!
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6. Module A Unit 1
S t e p s t o
C o mm u n i c a t i o n
Greeting people
1 Complete the dialogues using these expression.
nice to meet you, too good morning goodbye good morning hello
1 MR TAYLOR Good morning
________________, Claire. 3 MRS BROWN Goodbye, Mr Lewis.
CLAIRE ___________, Mr Taylor. MR LEWIS ___________, Mrs Brown.
2 ANNIE Hi, I’m Annie. 4 SUSAN Hi, Sandra.
JOHN Nice to meet you. SANDRA ___________, Susan.
ANNIE __________________.
Introducing yourself and others David Nick Henry Alexandra ✓
Alexis Nicole Heather
2 Listen to the conversation and tick (✓) the names
you hear. Michael Kevin Mark
Track 3
3 Listen again and complete the conversation
with the expressions from the box.
Separate the words and put the correct
punctuation.
what’syourname she’smark’ssister
howdoyouspellthat I’mfinethanks
meetmyfriends andthisis
howareyou andyou
DAVID How are you
Hello, Alexandra. (1)__________________?
ALEXANDRA Hi. (2)_________________________. (3)__________________, David?
DAVID Yes, me too. (4)_______________________. This is Mark, (5)________________ Heather.
(6)
______________________.
ALEXANDRA Sorry? (7)____________________________?
HEATHER Heather.
ALEXANDRA (8)
____________________________?
HEATHER H - E - A - T - H - E - R.
ALEXANDRA It’s a nice name.
DAVID Hamburgers, everybody?
MARK Good idea!
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7. Module A
V o c a b u l a r y
The alphabet
1 Write the missing letters.
A B C E K L M
N S U
Colours
2 Write the names of the colours.
H I T EB L A
PUR EYW C KO EG RE E Y E LLOW R
PLE R R AN G E B L U N BR O W N ED
P IN K G
purple
1 _____________ 4 _____________ 7 _____________ 10 _____________
2 _____________ 5 _____________ 8 _____________ 11 _____________
3 _____________ 6 _____________ 9 _____________
3 Complete the sentences with a colour, making them true for you.
1 My favourite colour is _____________ 4 My walkman /MP3 is _____________
2 My school bag is _____________ 5 My notebook is _____________
3 My pencil is _____________ 6 My football team’s shirt is _____________
Proper names
4 Find the five boys’ and girls’ names hidden in the wordsearch.
Write them in the correct column.
■ T ■ S ■ S A Girls Boys
M O N I C A N
Sue
■ M ■ M ■ L D
J A C O B L R
S U E N ■ Y E
M A R T I N W
J E S S I C A
N I C O L A ■
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8. Module A How old are _____’m 14.
______? How old are ______?
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Unit 2
G r a mm a r
e x e r c i s e s
Subject pronouns (plural)
Oskar and Anke are Swedish.
6
1 Fill in the table with the personal ______’s 12 and she’s 15.
pronouns in your language.
we
you
they
2 Complete the sentences with I, you, he, it, we,
they. Present simple be
Mark, meet Jennifer and Pedro. (affirmative plural)
1 They
______ ’re Mexican.
3 Translate and complete the table.
We are / ’re
You
They
4 Rewrite these sentences using the
Hello, Ken and Frank. Hi. ______’re fine. contracted form.
2
How are _____ ?
!
3 What’s Hi! ______’s Hola! 1 She is Italian. 2 They are from London.
in Spanish?
She’s Italian.
_________________ _________________
______’re my How old are ______?
4 new friends.
3 We are from Tokyo. 4 Tony and Ben, you
_________________ are very good.
_________________
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9. Module A
5 Complete the sentences using the words Possessive case
in the box.
7 Write the sentences.
it’s they’re I’m you’re
he’s we’re she’s I’m 1
I’m
1 Hi! _____ Sylvia, Tony’s sister.
2 This is Kevin – _______ in my football
team. Ken CD
3 A We’re from France. 2
B Oh. _______ French.
4 I’m Karl, and he’s Thomas – _______
German. Nicole computer
5 Annie’s my friend – _______ 16! 3
6 A What’s ‘yes’ in Russian’?
B _______ ‘Da’.
7 Meet Pierre and Marie. _______ French.
Claire ice cream
8 A How old are you?
4
B _______ 14.
Adjectives
Bianca T-shirt
6 Separate the words and write the 5
expressions under each picture.
o uscityagood
a ni c
eT- a fam
or t
i ce
sh Lucy volleyball
ir ta rp
n t ai
c ream
nim porta 6
David walkman
7
a nice T-shirt
1 _________________ 2 _________________
Steven hot dog
Number one is Ken’s walkman.
1 __________________________________
2 __________________________________
3 __________________________________
4 __________________________________
3 _________________ 4 _________________
5 __________________________________
6 __________________________________
7 __________________________________
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10. Module A Unit 2
e f
G r a mm a r
e x e r c i s e s
Plural nouns
8 Write the plurals using the number in
g h
brackets.
three ice creams
1 one ice cream (3) ____________________
2 one man (2) ________________________
3 one airport (5) ______________________
4 one knife (11) _______________________
5 one tooth (8) ________________________
6 one person (17) ______________________
i j
7 one woman (12) _____________________
8 one photo (15) ______________________
9 one boy (16) ________________________
10 one child (19) _______________________
9 Make these sentences plural.
1 The man is from London.
The men are from London
__________________________ k l
2 The T-shirt is old. ____________________
3 The child is nice. ____________________
4 My friend is Swedish. _________________
5 The hot dog is good. _________________
6 The shop is nice. ____________________
10 Match the sentences with the pictures.
a b c
1 The hamburger’s good. ____
2 The women are from Paris. ____
3 The boys are in the football team. ____
4 The hamburgers are good. ____
5 The woman is from Rome. ____
6 The women are from Rome. ____
7 The man is famous. ____
c d 8 The girls are in the volleyball team. ____
9 The knives are old. ____
10 The knife is old. ____
11 The knives are new. ____
12 This boy is in the volleyball team. ____
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11. Module A
S t e p s t o
C o mm u n i c a t i o n
Asking about and saying your age
1 Complete the questions and answers.
1 A How old are you, Sandra? 3 A ___________ you, Tom and Vic?
I’m sixteen
B ___________. (16) B We’___________. (15 and 16)
2 A ___________, Tony? 4 A ___________ is Peter?
B ___________ (19) B ___________ (14)
Talking about where someone is from
2 Where are these people from? 3 Think of two famous people and write a
Write short dialogues. similar dialogue.
1 EFACNR Pierre Where’s Naomi Campbell from?
A _______________________________
Where’s Pierre from?
A _____________________ She’s from England.
B _______________________________
He’s from France.
B _____________________ Oh, she’s English!
A _______________________________
Oh, he’s French!
A _____________________
2 TPLUOARG João
3 DOHLANL Wim
4 RLEDANI Adam and Linda
4 Listen to the conversation and tick (✓) the countries and names you hear.
Track 5
Ireland Spain France ✓ Germany Roberto Paddy George Pierre
Italy UK Finland Timothy Adam Victoria Marie
5 Listen to the conversation again and fill in the gaps using the expressions in the box.
she’s from where are you from They’re from you’re French he’s Irish Where are they from
JOHN They’re from
Roberto, meet my friends Pierre and Marie. (1)_____________________ France.
ROBERTO Hi Pierre, hi Marie. Nice to meet you.
MARIE Nice to meet you, too.
ROBERTO So (2)_____________________________ ?
PIERRE Yes, we’re from Paris. And (3)_____________________________ ?
ROBERTO I’m from Italy. From Bologna.
MARIE Ah, it’s a nice city.
ROBERTO And your friends Adam and Victoria. (4)_____________________________ ?
MARIE Adam’s from Ireland.
ROBERTO Oh, (5)_____________________________ !
PIERRE Yes, and Victoria’s from the UK.
ROBERTO From London?
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12. Module A Unit 2
V o c a b u l a r y
Countries and nationality adjectives
1 Write the names of 12 countries of the European Union you can remember.
1 _______________________ 5 _______________________ 9 _______________________
2 _______________________ 6 _______________________ 10 _______________________
3 _______________________ 7 _______________________ 11 _______________________
4 _______________________ 8 _______________________ 12 _______________________
2 Write the corresponding nationality adjectives.
1 _______________________ 5 _______________________ 9 _______________________
2 _______________________ 6 _______________________ 10 _______________________
3 _______________________ 7 _______________________ 11 _______________________
4 _______________________ 8 _______________________ 12 _______________________
3 Look at the world map. Can you match the countries and continents with their names in English?
Australia Canada China Japan New Zealand USA South America
USA
1 _______________________
2 _______________________
3 _______________________
4 _______________________
5 _______________________
6 _______________________
7 _______________________
4 Write the name of the country or 5 Which three places would you like to visit?
continent next to the nationality. Mark them on the map.
American USA
_________________________ 1 ______________________________________
Japanese _________________________ 2 ______________________________________
Canadian _________________________ 3 ______________________________________
South American _________________________
Chinese _________________________
Australian _________________________
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13. Module A
T h e R e a d i n g R o om
1 Read the three emails. Who are they from? Write the names.
Text A _____________ Text B _____________ Text C _____________
A
B
Yes! I’m in the scho very
ol football team! Hi, I’m from a
I’m so happy. Footba a
ll is fantastic. famous city in
It’s my number one try.
sport. European coun
My friends Ron and
Mike are football The city’s very,
fans too. Our favourit e
e team is very nice, and th
Liverpool, and our fav o.
ourite player is country’s nice to
Steven Gerrard. of it.
Here’s a photo
He’s very try’s
What’s my coun
famous. Here’s y
name? What’s m
a photo of Ron,
city’s name?
Mike and Paul. oto!
Look at the ph Martine.
(Paul? Yes, By the way, I’m
(Yes, it’s Paris!) :-)
I’m Paul!) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)
Bye!!! :-) :-) :-)
C
This is my new friend. His name’s Nathan Capriati, and he’s from
New York. He’s 15 years old. Nathan is in my school’s basketball team.
He’s a very good player. His favourite colour’s blue, his favourite
number’s 16, and his favourite name’s Erica. It’s my name!
Nathan’s very nice. I’m happy!
2 Read the emails again. For each sentence, choose the correct answer A, B or C.
1 Martine is from A London. B Amsterdam. C Paris. ✓
2 Paris is in A the UK. B Holland. C France.
3 Paul’s in the school A volleyball team. B basketball team. C football team.
4 Ron, Mike and Paul’s favourite team is A Liverpool. B AC Roma. C Manchester United.
5 Their favourite player is A Michael Owen. B Steven Gerrard. C Ronaldo.
6 Erica’s new friend is from A Rome. B New York. C Berlin.
7 Nathan’s favourite colour is A green. B pink. C blue.
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14. Module A
S t u d y s k i l l s
Your Step Ahead CD and how it works
Have you got a CD player? Do you listen to English songs? Well, now you can also listen to your Step
Ahead CD and use it to study and learn with your Workbook.
What’s on the CD?
The opening dialogues of each unit in your Student’s Book.
The conversation in each Steps to Communication section of your Workbook.
The listening exercise for exam preparation at the end of each module in your Workbook.
How can you use the CD?
Don’t worry if you can’t understand everything the first time. It takes practice, like everything.
If you want to be cool like the people on the CD, or your favourite English singer or actor,
try this technique:
Start the CD and close your eyes.
Pause after each sentence. Imagine you are the person on the CD and repeat the sentence
exactly as you hear it.
How can you do an exam listening?
Read the instructions carefully. Here’s an example from page 16.
You listen to a boy and mark the correct answer.
When you listen for the first time, answer as many questions as you can.
Listen again and now even the difficult questions will seem easier.
1 Listen to Luis (exercise 1, page 16). Tick the correct answer.
Track 6 1 What’s his name? A Luis de Silva. B Luis da Silve. C Luis da Silva.
Turn on your CD player, press Play and away you go! Good luck!
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15. Module A
S t e p A h e a d t o
e x am s : W r i t i n g
Guided dialogue
1 Here are some instructions. Match them
* In some tests or exams, you have to write
a dialogue.
with the sentences below.
1 Greet. ____
* There are instructions to tell you what to
write. 2 Ask A his/her name. ____
3 Answer. Ask B his/her name. ____
* The dialogue is short. Don’t write more
than you have to. 4 Ask A where he/she is from. ____
5 Reply and ask the same question. ____
* Remember to write a question if the
instructions say ‘Ask…’.
a Where are you from?
b I’m Marcus. What’s your name?
c Hi!
d I’m German. Where are you from?
e What’s your name?
2 Complete the dialogue. Write the lines for A and B.
A B
Greet.
Hi!
______________ Greet. Say your name. Ask A his/her name.
____________________________________________
Answer B’s question.
Say it’s nice to meet B.
____________________________________________
Reply. Ask A where he/she is from.
Reply and ask B the same question. ____________________________________________
____________________________________________
Reply. Ask A how old he/she is.
Reply and ask B the same question. ____________________________________________
____________________________________________
Reply. Say goodbye.
Say goodbye. ____________________________________________
____________________________________________
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16. Module A
S t e p A h e a d t o
e x am s : L i s t e n i n g
Listening for specific information (KET)
* First look at the photos or instructions to
understand who or what the content is
about.
Then read the questions and try to guess
* the kinds of words you will hear.
* Listen very carefully to the recording.
You will hear it twice. Try to answer all the
questions the first time, and check your
answers during the second recording.
Luis
1 Listen to Luis. Tick the correct answer.
Track 6 1 What’s his name?
A Luis de Silva
B Luis da Silve
C Luis da Silva
2 How old is Luis?
A 14
B 15
C 16
3 What’s his nationality? Silvia
A Brazilian
B Spanish
C Portuguese 2 Luis is talking to Silvia. Listen and write
Track 7
the answers.
4 What are the colours of his country’s flag?
1 What’s her name?
A Red and green
Silvia Hagen.
______________________________________
B Yellow and green
2 Where is she from?
C Red and yellow
______________________________________
5 Who’s his favourite actor? 3 What are the colours of her country’s flag?
A Tom Cruise ______________________________________
B Toby Maguire 4 Who’s her favourite actress?
C Leonardo di Caprio ______________________________________
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17. Module A
R e v i s i o n
Present simple be
1 Complete the table with the contracted
forms. Use he’s, we’re, she’s, you’re, it’s, 4 __________ my CD.
they’re.
Long form Contracted form
I am I’m
You are
He is
She is 5 __________ from Canada.
It is
We are
You are
They are
2 Fill in the gaps with the contracted forms
from the table. 6 __________ Polish.
She’s
1 __________ from Brussels.
7 __________ nice.
Colours
3 Write the names of the colours in the grid.
1 C
2 _________ 14 years old. 2 O E
3 P L
4 Y O
5 U
6 G R
S
3 __________ my new computer.
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18. Module A
Saying your age
R e v i s i o n 6 Write how old they are.
4 Replace the numbers with the names of
the colours from exercise 3.
Write the sentences.
1 my computer (6)
My computer is grey.
______________________________________
2 Your T-shirts (4)
______________________________________ 1 Tim, 14 2 Jessica, 16
3 Sara’s walkman (1)
______________________________________
4 Tom’s football (2)
______________________________________
5 Annie’s T-shirts (3)
______________________________________
6 Tony’s T-shirt (5 and 2) 3 Lara, 14 4 Amy and Liz, 12
______________________________________
7 my footballs (2)
______________________________________
Saying where someone
is from
5 John and Dave, 15 6 Pamela, 13
5 Separate the words and write the
sentences. Tim is fourteen.
1 ______________________________________
1 CharliesfromtheUK. 2 ______________________________________
Charlie’s from the UK.
______________________________________ 3 ______________________________________
2 BarbaraandPeterarefromGermany. 4 ______________________________________
______________________________________ 5 ______________________________________
3 LuisandhissisterMariaarefromSpain. 6 ______________________________________
______________________________________
4 KiaraandLucaarefromItaly.
______________________________________
5 MaryandTomarefromIreland.
______________________________________
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19. I k n o w t h e s e w o r d s
Module A
Look at the words in the mind map and tick the ones that you know.
If you can’t remember a word look it up in the dictionary.
Easy English words Greetings
■ airport ■ film star ■ love
Colours ■ good morning
■ book ■ football team ■ shop ■ black ■ pink ■ goodbye
■ CD ■ friend ■ sister ■ blue ■ purple ■ hello
■ cinema ■ hamburger ■ video ■ brown ■ red ■ hi
■ computer ■ hot dog ■ volleyball ■ green ■ white ■ How are you?
■ dictionary ■ jet plane ■ walkman ■ grey ■ yellow ■ Nice to meet you.
■ orange
Countries
■ Austria ■ Germany ■ Poland
■ Portugal
Nationalities
■ Belgium ■ Greece ■ Austrian ■ Finnish ■ Maltese
■ Bulgaria ■ Holland ■ Romania
■ Belgian ■ French ■ Polish
■ Cyprus ■ Hungary ■ Slovenia
■ British ■ German ■ Portuguese
■ the Czech ■ Italy ■ Spain
■ Bulgarian ■ Greek ■ Romanian
Republic ■ Ireland ■ Sweden
■ Cypriot ■ Hungarian ■ Slovenian
■ Denmark ■ Latvia ■ the UK / United
■ Czech ■ Italian ■ Spanish
■ Estonia ■ Lithuania Kingdom
■ Luxembourg ■ Danish ■ Irish ■ Swedish
■ Finland
■ Malta ■ Dutch ■ Latvian
■ France
■ Estonian ■ Lithuanian
Favourites
■ actor Friends Adjectives
■ easy
■ actress
■ footballer ■ famous
■ singer ■ favourite
Subject Possessive
■ sportsperson ■ good
pronouns adjectives ■ happy
■I ■ it ■ my ■ nice
■ you ■ we ■ your
Irregular plurals ■ he ■ you ■ his
■ child / children ■ she ■ they ■ her
■ knife / knives
■ man / men
■ person / people Expressions
■ tooth / teeth Numbers 1–20 ■ Hi, guys.
■ woman / women ■ 1 one ■ 11 eleven ■ How are you?
■ 2 two ■ 12 twelve ■ How old are you?
■ 3 three ■ 13 thirteen ■ No problem.
Question words ■ 4 four ■ 14 fourteen ■ Oh, right!
■ How? ■ 5 five ■ 15 fifteen ■ Stop!
■ How old? ■ 6 six ■ 16 sixteen ■ What colour is …?
■ What? ■ 7 seven ■ 17 seventeen ■ What’s your name?
■ Where … from? ■ 8 eight ■ 18 eighteen ■ Where are you from?
■ 9 nine ■ 19 nineteen
■ 10 ten ■ 20 twenty
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