1A
Grammar be: positive and negative
People
✂ I
Sally and Ben
you
he
she
we
my friend
the students
the football team
the food
Cities
✂
Madrid
New York
Tokyo
Paris
Beijing
London
Moscow
Berlin
Rome
Ankara
Countries
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✂
Russia
Germany
Japan
Spain
England
Turkey
Italy
France
America
China
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Grammar be: questions and short answers
Imagine you are a different person. Ask and answer questions, and guess who your partner is.
WHO AM I? Are you ...
?? ? ?
??
??
1 a man / a woman?
11
2 famous?
12
?
3 married?
13
?
4 young?
14
?
5 pleasant?
15
?
6 French?
16
?
7 a student / teacher at this school?
17
?
8 in this room?
18
?
9 on TV?
19
?
10 pretty?
20
?
?
✂ Imagine you are a different person. Ask and answer questions, and guess who your partner is.
WHO AM I? Are you ...
?? ? ?
??
??
1 a man / a woman?
11
2 famous?
12
?
3 married?
13
?
4 young?
14
?
5 pleasant?
15
?
6 French?
16
?
7 a student / teacher at this school?
17
?
8 in this room?
18
?
9 on TV?
19
?
10 pretty?
20
?
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2A
Grammar Present simple: positive and negative
Student A Find the differences between what this family and your partner’s family do every day. The Brown Family 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
the mother and father
the son
the daughter
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Student B Find the differences between what this family and your partner’s family do every day. The Green Family 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
the mother and father
the son
the daughter
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Grammar Present simple: questions and short answers
Name
1
listens to music from the 1960s.
2
does sport at the weekend.
3
doesn’t eat breakfast.
4
finishes work/school/college early.
5
doesn’t watch TV.
6
speaks three languages.
7
reads newspapers.
8
writes a lot of emails every day.
9
does homework on the bus.
10
knows someone famous.
11
doesn’t live near here.
12
buys things online.
13
14
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3A
Grammar Position of adverbs of frequency
✂
208
How often do you go to the cinema?
No, I’m sometimes late.
Do you eat everything?
No, I watch television.
Are you always on time for lessons?
I always walk because it’s healthy.
Where do you usually go on holiday?
Every week. I love films.
How often do you check your email?
I sometimes talk to an English friend on the phone.
Do you cook at home?
Online or sometimes in the town centre.
Are you usually busy in the evenings?
I sometimes go to the mountains.
Where do you usually do your shopping?
No, I never eat tomatoes.
Do you often practise English outside the classroom?
Yes, but I sometimes order pizza for dinner.
How do you get to school?
About five times a day.
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Grammar have got
Ask questions with have got to hit your partner’s ships.
a laptop
a smartphone
a camera
a car an English friend an e-book
a pet
a big house
a lot of money
a tablet you
your mum
your dad
Hanna
Bob and Jim
Lucy and Katy
I
my brother
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4A
Grammar Countable and uncountable nouns; some, any, a / an
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Grammar Quantifiers: much, many, a lot of
Game A Test each other and play Noughts and crosses. 1 We’ve got any potatoes.
We’ve got some potatoes.
2 How much milk do we need?
Correct
3 There aren’t much students in the classroom.
There aren’t many students in the classroom.
4 There isn’t any chocolate in my bag.
Correct
5 I like quite a lot milk in my coffee.
I like quite a lot of milk in my coffee.
6 I’ve got a little money.
Correct
7 Can I have much beans, please?
Can I have a lot of beans, please?
8 How many eggs would you like?
Correct
9 I usually eat some biscuits at break.
Correct
10 Mum always gives me an sandwich for lunch.
Mum always gives me a sandwich for lunch.
11 Any people want to talk to you.
Some people want to talk to you.
12 Can I have little water, please?
Can I have a little water, please?
13 How many eggs do you need for some cake?
How many eggs do you need for a cake?
14 I haven’t got much pasta.
Correct
15 I need a little time, please.
Correct
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Game B Test each other and play Noughts and crosses. 1 There aren’t any chicken in this meal.
There isn’t any chicken in this meal.
2 Can you buy some bread later?
Correct
3 Are there any carrots in the carrot cake?
Correct
4 A few chocolate is good for you.
A little chocolate is good for you.
5 There is a lot of people in England.
There are a lot of people in England.
6 A doctor does many work every day.
A doctor does a lot of work every day.
7 There’s a little cheese but not much.
Correct
8 I usually eat quite much bread at breakfast.
I usually eat quite a lot of bread at breakfast.
9 We don’t have some breaks in the morning.
We don’t have any breaks in the morning.
10 My sister doesn’t eat many fruit.
My sister doesn’t eat much fruit.
11 Visitors often bring some flowers when people are ill.
Correct
12 My dad hasn’t got some printer in his office.
My dad hasn’t got a printer in his office.
13 You can’t have a pizza without any cheese.
Correct
14 How many rice do I need for three people?
How much rice do I need for three people?
15 Cut up some mushrooms and an onion.
Correct
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5A
Grammar there is / there are
Picture A Ask and answer questions to find ten differences between this picture and your partner’s.
Picture B Ask and answer questions to find ten differences between this picture and your partner’s.
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5B
Grammar Possessive pronouns and possessive’s
✂ ✂ the dictionary
the bag
the T-shirt
the car
the watch
the smartphone
the birthday cake
the purse
the tablet
the magazine
the pair of glasses
the cup of coffee
the hat(cap)
the laptop
the pen
the book
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6A
Grammar Past simple: be
Look at these pictures for ten seconds. Another student will ask you what there was and were.
MUM
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Grammar Past simple: positive
Activity A Find 14 irregular past forms in the word search, across
or down .
w
b
n
r
l
w
z
e
n
w
g
t
x
h
r
o
i
s
c
f
k
w
b
f
o
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n
d
j
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z
t
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l
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r
s
t
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s
k
p
g
d
u
s
t
f
n
d
c
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m
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b
h
o
m
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a
b
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d
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a
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g
v
m
p
s
p
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t
a
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r
b
m
f
d
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r
g
f
c
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q
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f
q
g
a
t
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f
a
l
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x
c
l
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x
e
w
c
j
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p
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v
u
Activity B Roll the dice and make sentences with the words you land on and a verb from the word search.
1
START
dog
happy
11
13
12
boy
20
pizza
19
market
15
dictionary
beach
18
phone
park
camera
14
angry
pilot
6
7
bridge
uncle
laptop
bus
8
9
5
4
sad
sister
10
FINISH
3
2
17
grandfather
16
money
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7A
Grammar Past simple: negative and questions
Picture A Ask and answer questions about the holidays you and your partner had.
✂ Picture B Ask and answer questions about the holidays you and your partner had.
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Grammar love / like / don’t mind / hate + verb + -ing
Make sentences about what you like, love, don’t mind, and hate doing.
1
START
car
GO FORWARD 3 SPACES
2
fish
4
6
homework
money
MISS A TURN
7
smartphone 10
8
bed
HAVE ANOTHER TURN
football
GO BACK 2 SPACES
14
maths
11
books
13
computer 12
music
16
17
countryside
dogs MISS A TURN
19
holidays
22
FINISH
reality tv 21
GO BACK 3 SPACES
newspapers
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8A
Grammar can / can’t, could / couldn’t for ability
Activity A
✂
1 two sister for use weeks computer couldn’t her my 2 in can do school library our after homework the we our 3 was well speak when ten could she rosie 4 this very new I phone quickly text on can’t 5 for you cook can dinner people 12 ?
✂ Activity B
Talk about it! ?
an old mobile phone 1 What can you do with a smartphone that you couldn’t do with
2 What could you do well when you were a child that you can’t do now?
3 What can you do in a town that you can’t do in the countryside? 4 What can you do when you have your own flat that you can’ live with your parents?
t do when you
5 What can you do in a hot country that you can’t do in a cold one? 6 What can you buy in shops today that your parents couldn’t they were your age?
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8B
Grammar have to / don’t have to
Student A Write sentences with the words in the box and have to / don’t have to. Check them with your partner.
carry your own food make a reservation queue pay before you sit down wait for your food wear smart clothes use forks and knives put your rubbish in the bin
✂
Student B Write sentences with the words in the box and have to / don’t have to. Check them with your partner.
carry your own food make a reservation queue pay before you sit down wait for your food wear smart clothes use forks and knives put your rubbish in the bin
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9A
Grammar Present continuous
✂
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Grammar Present simple or present continuous
in the café
at 10.30
watch the TV
cup of coffee
fish and chips
clean the living room
by bus
jeans
newspaper
a sandwich
email
at night
with my friends
flowers
on Monday
play football
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10A
Grammar Comparative adjectives
✂
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expensive
comfortable
kind
easy
boring
pretty
happy
good
hot
bad
heavy
fast
long
healthy
small
clever
friendly
funny
difficult
pleasant
big
popular
dangerous
exciting
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Grammar Superlative adjectives
Adjectives
✂
interesting
fit
beautiful
short
cheap
important
unusual
slow
Nouns
✂ book
month
TV show
job
person
animal
actor
song
film
free-time activity
gadget
food
car
clothes
drink
sport
holiday
journey
toy
photograph
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11A
Grammar Present perfect
Make sentences using the present perfect to win pieces of the puzzle. 1
2
read 8
9
15
go
eat
30
paint 36
37
travel
1
15
22
29
36
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31
r e E
38
break
2
9
16
23
30
37
32
39
leave
W e n
3
n c
31
10
17
24
38
e a j o g l
4
11
18
25
32
39
’ l o u l a
12
19
26
33
40
35
41
v l y r i s
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put
wear
5
28
34
40
begin
study
listen
meet
21
27
33
buy
find
sell
cook
14
20
26
take
make
spend
swim
know
13
19
25
7
wait
do
run
speak
teach
12
18
24
6
see
have
understand
think
choose
watch
walk
drink
5
11
17
23
29
write 10
16
22
4
hear
be
8
3
climb 42
catch
6
13
20
27
34
41
sing
e y e
7
s s
35
✂ ✂
14
21
28
42
d h .
11B
Grammar Present perfect or past simple
✂ win a competition
eat something unusual
sing in public
do a dangerous sport
meet someone famous
read a novel in English
be on TV
swim with dolphins
cook a meal for more than four people
fly in a helicopter
sleep in an unusual place
pass a very difficult exam
be on a plane for more than eight hours
experience terrible weather
have an argument with someone
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12A
Grammar going to
Name
Details
1 buy something expensive. 2 learn another language soon. 3 go to bed early tonight. 4 phone someone after class. 5 learn to drive soon. 6 travel to another country soon. 7 go to a music concert/festival. 8 celebrate a birthday soon. 9 go to the dentist soon. 10 start a new sport or hobby. 11 find a (new) job soon. 12 buy a present for someone. 13 enter a competition. 14 have dinner with someone special soon. 15 go on a train soon. 16 do homework all evening.
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Grammar should / shouldn’t
Tell these people what they should and shouldn’t do.
START
11 “It’s my wife’s / husband’s birthday tomorrow.” 10 “I want to get a pet.”
1 “I need some money.”
9 GO BACK 2 SPACES
2 “I can’t sleep at night.”
8 “I want to make some new friends.” 3 GO FORWARD 3 SPACES
4 “I don’t understand some grammar points.”
7 “I’ve got a job interview.”
6 “I’ve got an important exam soon.”
5 MISS A TURN
FINISH
12 “I want to have a big party.”
22 “I’d like to find an English friend.”
13 “I want to improve my English.”
21 “I need a new smartphone.”
14 “I’ve got a bad headache.”
20 GO FORWARD ONE SPACE 19 “I want to be famous.”
15 HAVE ANOTHER TURN
16 “I want to live on my own.”
18 “I’m always late.”
17 MISS A TURN
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