My profi le > Say hello Unit > Give personal information Goals > Spell your name > Describe people and places > Ask and answer about people and places > Write about a person you know > Say how you are UNIT SAMPLE I’m the winner of the Geography and Spelling contest! This is Mr Olson and this is Jack Myers. He is my friend. His favourite subject is Geography too. We are in the Geography competition. I am the winner and he is a fi nalist. We are very happy! 6 WHATS UP_SB_STAARG_9789876154291_006_015.indd 6 09/06/16 17:52 PRE-READING 1 Read the profile on page 6 and complete the cards. Monta Vista High School Monta Vista High School student card student card First name First name Patricia Surname Surname Myers Age Year Age Year 14 Email address Email address [email protected] Monta Vista High School studentUNIT card First name Richard Surname Age Year 62 Email address Hi! My name is Patricia Jenkins. [email protected] I’m 14 years old and I’m in SAMPLE year 8 at Monta Vista High School. My favourite subject is Geography. Our Geography teacher is Mr Olson. He is great! PROJECT Let’s create a Facebook page for your class! In groups and with the supervision of your teacher, you will be creating a Facebook page for Preview your class. You will be including information about you and about your teachers too. Look for tips on how to build your project on p. 11. You will complete the project on p. 15. 7 WHATS UP_SB_STAARG_9789876154291_006_015.indd 7 09/06/16 17:52 VOCABULARY Numbers The alphabet 1 a. Read and practise. 4 a. 02 Listen and repeat. 1 one 6 six 2 two 7 seven 3 three 8 eight 4 four 9 nine 5 five 10 ten b. Complete the number pattern. 1. one , two, three, four 2. , four, six, eight 3. ten, seven, , one 4. one, , fi ve, seven 5. seven, , nine, ten 6. ten, , eight, seven 2 a. Read and practise. 11 eleven 16 sixteen UNIT 12 twelve 17 seventeen 13 thirteen 18 eighteen b. Practise saying the letters. What 14 fourteen 19 nineteen 15 fifteen 20 twenty do the letters in each colour have in common? b. Do the maths and write the answers in numbers and letters. a h j k b c d e g p t v 1. 10 + 8 = 18 , eighteen f l m n s x z q u w 2. 6 + 6 = , 3. 9 + 4 = , SAMPLEi y o r 4. 8 + 6 = , 5. 5 + 5 + 5 = , 6. 20 - 1 = , 5 a. Take turns to read the following acronyms. Do you know all of them? 3 Reorder the letters to write the numbers. Then, match. CD OMG DVD NASA MTV IBM 1. isetexn: sixteen a. 11 USA UK VIP CIA BBC ASAP 2. ethgi: b. 10 b. Spell the name of your favourite 3. ereht: c. 3 singer or band. Ask your classmate 4. wtnety: d. 20 to write it down. 5. net: e. 8 6. veeeln: f. 16 c. Tell your classmate your home phone number and ask her / him to write it down. Then spell your name! 8 WHATS UP_SB_STAARG_9789876154291_006_015.indd 8 09/06/16 17:52 READING MY PROFILE 11 Members 2,868 members GLOBAL STUDENTS Description Join Group A place to meet other students from different Public Group countries around the world. Carmelo Laguna Florida Negra Río San San José ta Lucía Recent Activity Carlos Zuñiga with Catalina Horne and 23 others Nueva Helvecia de Mayo Minas Juan Lacaze Santa Lucía Rocha in Montevideo, Uruguay. Colonia del Canelones Sacramento Pando 1 hour ago. Ri Las Piedras o La Paz San Carlos de CiudadC la Maldonado OCEANO Pl MONTEVIDEO de la Costa ata Hi! I’m Carlos Zuñiga. I’m 14 and I’m a student at ATL ANTICO Liceo 59 in Montevideo, the capital city of Uruguay. ARGENTINIA This is my friend Catalina Horne. We’re in year 1 at secondary school. Catalina is from Viña del Mar, a city in Chile. I’m not from Montevideo. I’m from Chuy, a small city in the Rocha Department, Uruguay. There are 25 students in our class. Our classroom is big. The school day starts at 7:00 am and ends at 2:00 pm. I like my school. It is modern. And I like Montevideo. It’s a nice city! Aikito Miyasato with Ana Pérez, Simon Dupont and 23 others in Kyoto, Japan. 2 hours ago. My name is Aikito Miyasato. I’m from Kyoto in Japan. It is in the Kyoto Prefecture. Kyoto is a big city, but it isn't the capital city of Japan. The capital city of my country is Tokyo. I’m 12 years old and I’m in year 7 at Yokohama International School. There are 20 students in my class. Students are from Japan and from other countries. They are from France, Spain, etc.UNIT Ana Pérez is from Madrid, the capital city of Spain. She is 13 and she is my friend. She is very intelligent. Simon Dupont is 12, he’s from Bourgogne, France, and he is my friend too. The classroom isn’t very big, but it is modern. The school day starts at 9:00 am and ends at 4:00 pm. 1 Complete this table with information about Carlos, Catalina, Aikito, Ana and Simon. Name Surname Age City Country 2 Find these numbersSAMPLE in the text. 3 Choose the correct option. Complete the information with 1. The capital of Uruguay is Chuy / Montevideo. the numbers. 2. Catalina is from Chile / Uruguay. 3. Aikito’s school is in Tokyo / Kyoto. 7:00 — 2:00 14 59 • • • 4. Ana is 12 / 13. • 9:00 — 4:00 • 25 • 7 5. Aikito’s classroom isn’t very big / very small. • 13 • 12 What about 1. School hours: 7:00 - 2:00 , you? 2. Age: , 4 Write about yourself. 3. Class size: , 4. School number: 1. My name is . 5. Grade or year: 2. I’m years old. 3. My school is . 9 WHATS UP_SB_STAARG_9789876154291_006_015.indd 9 09/06/16 17:53 GRAMMAR Subject pronouns b. Complete with ’m, ’s or ’re. 1 a. Read and practise. 1. They ’re Mike and Sonia. 2. He Max. Singular Plural 3. I Katie. 4. You Alex and Ken. I we you you Possessive adjectives he Study the box. she they it I’m My You’re Your a student. teacher is Mr Hale. b. Classify the subject pronouns. She’s Her He’s His > See Grammar Reference 1, Extra Practice Book, p. 2 We 3 Complete the sentences with possessive adjectives. His Verb to be - affirmative 1. He’s Max. phone number is 23-8755.UNIT Study and complete the box. 2. I’m Alex. email address is [email protected]. I am Shelly. = I’m Shelly. 3. She’s Sonia. phone number You are Ken. = You’re Ken. is 566-7776. He is Max. = He’s Max. 4. You’re Ken. email address She is Sonia. = She Sonia. is [email protected]. It Roxie. = It’s Roxie. 4 Read about Katie, Mike and Jessie. They are Katie and = They Katie and Mike. Mike. Write about them. We Shelly and Ken. = SAMPLEWe’re Shelly and Ken. > See Grammar Reference 1, Extra Practice Book, p. 2 Name: Katie Bell School: Kent School Year: 9 Short forms are very Name: Mike Mendez common in spoken English. School: Wells College Year: 7 2 a. Complete with am, is or are. 1. I am Max. Name: Jessie Stuarts School: Brighton School 2. You Katie. Year: 6 3. She Sonia. 4. We Mike and Shelly. Katie is a student at Kent School. She’s in 5. We in a classroom. year 9. 6. It a very nice classroom. 7. I very happy. at + name of a school in + year 8. We in our English lesson. 10 WHATS UP_SB_STAARG_9789876154291_006_015.indd 10 09/06/16 17:53 GRAMMAR Verb to be - negative Verb to be - Wh- questions Study and complete the box. Study and complete the box. I am not in Spain. = I’m not in Spain. What is your name? Julia. You are not in Paris. = You aren’t in Paris. is the capital of China? Beijing. He is not in London. = He isn’t in London. Where is Nairobi? In Kenya. She in Rome. = She isn’t in Rome. Where are you from? England in the UK. It is not in Brazil. = It in Brazil. am I? At school! They in Rio. = They aren’t in Rio. > See Grammar Reference 1, Extra Practice Book, p. 2 We are not in Japan. = We in Japan. > See Grammar Reference 1, Extra Practice Book, p. 2 What is = What’s Where is = Where’s in + city 8 a. Put the sentences and questions in + country in order. 1. is / Susan / my / teacher / . / English 5 Rewrite the sentences. Use Susan is my English teacher. contractions. 2. Kyoto / big / city / is / a / in / Japan / . 1. She is not 14. UNIT 3. and / Carlos / Catalina / neighbours / . / aren’t She isn’t 14. 2. I am not 15. 4. are / in / Tokyo / and / Kyoto / Japan / . 3. He is not at school. 4. They are not in year 8. 5. are / Where / you / ? / from 6 Correct the sentences. Use contractions. b. Turn sentences 1 and 2 into negative. 1. Rome is in Spain. Rome isn’t in Spain. It’s in Italy. 9 2. Beijing and ShanghaiSAMPLE are in Japan. Ask and answer the following 3. Tokyo is in Kenya. questions.