Unit2

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2 Listening

a 1.19 ListentoRobertotakingthequiz.What'shisscore?

b 1.19 Listenagainandcircletheexpressionsyouhear.

Wrong!We’re experts.

Pretty awesome!Whoops!

How much do you know about California?

1. Where’s California?

a West of Nevada b East of Oregon c South of Arizona

2. What’s the population of California?

a 25 million b 50 thousand c 36 million

3. What’s the capital of California?

a San Diego b Sacramento c Schwarzenegger

4. Which Disney resort is in California?

a Euro Disney b Disney World c Disneyland Park

5. Where’s Hollywood?

a In Los Angeles b In San Diego c In San Francisco

6. New York’s nickname is “The Big Apple.” What’s California’s nickname? a “The Sunshine State” b “The Golden State” c “The Movie State”

Totalpoints:____/6

0–2Whoops!Nottoogood!Checkoutwww.visitcalifornia.com

3–4Prettygood!Visitthewebsiteaboveanyway.It’scool!

5–6Awesome!You’reanexpertonCalifornia!

1 Reading

a Workinpairs.Takethequiz.

b Checkyouranswers.Thenenteryourscore.

Student A: turn to page 115. Check questions one, three and five.

Student B: turn to page 122. Check questions two, four and six.

Different placesDifferent places

Unit 2

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a LabeltheitemsinJoelandLaura’shouse.

chairs refrigerator stereo closet microwave oven

bed sofa

b 1.20 ListentoJoelandLauraandwritethenamesoftheroomstheydescribe.

1.

2.

3.

4 Pronunciation:/T/

a Lookatthewords.Whatsounddotheyhaveincommon?

1. north 2. bathroom 3. south

4. mouth 5. thousand

b 1.21 Listenandrepeateachword,payingattentiontothe/T/sound.

5 EverydayEnglish:asking about places

a Completethequestions.

capital north population

1. What's the of Nevada? Two million.

2. What's the of Nevada? Carson City.

3. Which city is to the of Reno. Carson City?

b Workinpairs.Writefivequestionsaboutastateorcountry.Thenaskanotherpairyourquestions.

living roomdining roomkitchen

bathroom bedroom

armchair

stove

shower

toiletsink bookshelves

chest of drawers

table

3 Vocabulary:houses and apartments

Laura's room

Joel's room

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CometoSanFrancisco!Talk about your town or city

1 Vocabulary:towns and cities 1

a Check(3)theplacesyoucangotoinyourtownorcity.

a museum a bridge

a church a stadium

a movie theater a mall

a park a supermarket

2 Reading

a ReadtheInternetarticleaboutSanFranciscoandunderlinealltheplacesmentioned.

b NowreadtheFAQsandmatchthemwiththeanswersinthearticle.

a What's the best way to travel?

b Is there a good store for video games?

c Is there a big soccer stadium?

d What’s San Francisco famous for?

e Are there any cool things for kids to do in SF?

f Are there any amusement parks is SF?

c WritetwoplacesyouwouldliketovisitinSanFrancisco.Compareyourchoicesinpairs.

I'd like to visit the Golden Gate Bridge and Sony Metreon.

TherearealotofcoolthingsforkidstodoinSF!Forexample,therearetwointeractivemuseums—theExploratoriumandtheRandall.

SFisprobablymostfamousfortheGoldenGateBridge.Rentabikeandrideacross!

Therearen'tanyamusementparksinSF,buttherearetwonearthecity(GreatAmericaandSixFlags).

SonyMetreonhasthebestPlayStationstoreintheworldand15movietheaters.

Thereisn’tabigsoccerstadium,butthere’sareallyfamousbaseballstadium(homeoftheGiants)andthere’safootballstadium(homeofthe49ers).

Takethecablecar—it’sfunandnotveryexpensive(itcostsabout50centsforkids).

It’s great being a kid in San Francisco!

Lesson 1

faqsaboutsanfrancisco@kids.com

@Questions

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3 Grammar:There’s a cable car.

a UsingthearticleandtheFAQs,completethesentencesaboutSanFrancisco.

1. a football stadium.

2. two interactive museums.

3. a big soccer stadium.

4. any amusement parks in SF.

5. a good store for video games?

6. any cool things for kids to do in SF?

b Nowreadtherulesandcirclethecorrectoptions.

1. We use there's…, there isn’t… and is there…? with singular / plural nouns.

2. We use there are…, there aren’t…, are there…? with singular / plural nouns.

c Workinpairs.Lookatthepicture.Thencloseyourbook.Askandanswerquestionsaboutthetown.

Is there a movie theater in the town? Yes,thereis. / No,thereisn’t.

Are there any bridges in the town? Yes,thereare. / No,therearen’t.

Spelling of pluralnouns:

restaurant—restaurants

church, bus, box, dish—churches, buses, boxes, dishes

city—cities

4 Pronunciation:plural nouns

a 1.22 Listentothewordsandwrite/s/,/z/or/Iz/ineachbox.

1. bridges 4. museums

2. supermarkets 5. malls

3. parks 6. churches

5 Speaking:Our town

a Makeatablelikethisoneaboutyourfavoritepartoftown.

My favorite part of town is... There's... There are...

Downtown a cool store-

OneMusic

two movie

theaters

b Workingroups.Talkaboutyourfavoritepartoftown.

Downtown there’s a cool store—OneMusic.

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3 Grammar:It’s under the bed.

a 1.24 Listenandunderlinethecorrectprepositionineachsentence.

1. The red T-shirt's on / in the closet.

2. The green tennis shoes are under / behind the bed.

3. The blue jeans are in front of / on the bed.

4. The brown boots are behind / on the chair.

5. The black hooded jacket's under / next to the desk.

6. The orange blouse is in front of / on the chair.

b Lookatthepicturesandwritethecorrectprepositions.

in under next to on behind in front of

c Workinpairs.SaywhereanobjectisinTina’sroomuntilyourpartnercanguesswhatitis.

It’s in the closet. The red T-shirt. No. It’s next to the tennis balls. The tennis racket!

1 Vocabulary:clothes

a Lookattheroom.Isitaboy’soragirl’sroom?Labeltheclothes.

skirt dress hooded jacket socks boots blouse T-shirt cap

2 Listening

a 1.23 Listentotheconversation.Who’sspeaking?

b 1.23 Listenagainandcirclethesixitemsofclothingmentioned.

Lesson 2

Where’syourredsweater?Talk about your clothes

Talk about where things are

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Pants, shoes, jeans and boots are plural nouns. When we count them we say:

apairof pants twopairsof jeans, shoes and boots

4 Grammar:Where’s my T-shirt?

a Lookatthesentences.Aretheysingular(S)orplural(P)?Circlethecorrectanswer.

1. The jacket is under the bed. S / P

2. Where are your pants? S / P

3. The shoes are on the chair. S / P

4. Where’s your sweater? S / P

6 Speaking:Cool clothes!

a Workinpairs.Describeyourfavoriteoutfitforyourpartner.

My favorite outfit is a pink T-shirt, white jacket and blue skirt.

b Askwheretheclothesareanddrawtheminthecorrectplace.

Student A: turn to page 115. Student B: turn to page 122.

b Completethetable.

Questions Answers

1. ’s my ‘s in the closet.

blue jacket?

2. Where my behind

brown pants? the table.

We usually contract the verb to be in singular questions, but not in plural questions:

Where’s your backpack? Whatare their addresses?

5 Pronunciation:singular and plural questions

a 1.25 Listentothequestions.Aretheysingular(S)orplural(P)?

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

b 1.25 Listenagainandwritethequestions.

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1 Listening

a 1.26 ListentoJoelandLaura.WhichpictureisofJames?

b 1.26 ListenagainandwritewhatJoelandJameshave.

Here are some questions you can ask about belongings:

Whatbrand is it? Howold is it? Whatcolor is it? Where is it?

b Check(3)thesentencesthataretrueforyou.

1. I have a computer.

2. My computer has a webcam.

3. My sister doesn’t have a cell phone.

4. I don’t have my own room.

5. I don’t have a cell phone.

6. I have a TV in my room.

c Nowcompareyouranswersinpairs.Askaboutthethingsyourpartnerhas.

I have a laptop. What brand is it? It’s a Dell.

I have a cell phone. They don’t have bicycles.

Do you have a TV?

Does it have a flat screen?

He has a laptop computer. He doesn’t have a webcam.

c Whichismoreimportantforyou:friendsorcoolpossessions?Tellyourpartner.

James

2 Grammar:She has a lot of friends.

a Lookatthesentences.Whendoweusehaveandhas?Whatdoweaddtomakequestionsandnegativesentences?

Idon’thavealaptop.Talk about your belongings

Talk about your school

Lesson 3

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Joel

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3 Speaking:A questionnaire

a Readthequestionnaireandwritetwomorequestionstoaskyourclassmates.

b Workingroupsofthree.Asktheotherstudentsthequestionsandwritetheanswers.Thenreportbacktotheclass.

Jack has two sisters. His family doesn’t have any pets.

4 Vocabulary:places at school

a Matchthepictureswiththeplacesatschool.

1. gym 6. teachers’ room

2. computer lab 7. classroom

3. library 8. sports field

4. cafeteria 9. language lab

5. science lab

b Writeaboutyourschool.

Our school has 25 classrooms and three science labs. It doesn’t have a language lab.

5 Speaking:Who has what?

a Askquestionstocompletetheinformationaboutthekids.

Student A: turn to page 115. Student B: turn to page 122.

Do you have a cell phone? Yes,Ido. / No,Idon’t.

Does she have a dog? Yes,shedoes. / No,shedoesn’t.

And so ... what else do you have?

1 Do you have any brothers and sisters?

2 Do you have any pets?

3 Do you have a cell phone?

4

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5

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Student 1 Student 2

a

b

c

d

e

h

f

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Activities

3 Thismonth’spuzzle

a Findandcircleeightitemsofclothing.

b Workinpairs.Makeaclothespuzzle.Thengiveittoanotherpairtosolve.

Wanttogetadailyfashiontip?Go to… www.dailyfashion.com

3 Thismonth’spuzzle2 Designyouridealroom

S E S P B O O T S J

S K I R T R X A S B

T U F P M S D K C L

J A S D R O C V B O

E B N R R C B H M U

A R G E U K N M M S

N N F S H S Q H K E

S Y T S E S W A T T

E D V S A S H C A P

M N B D E E C R T H

J A C K E T E E R Y

Home sweet home!

1 Spotthedifferences

1 Spotthedifferences

a Findandcirclesixdifferencesbetweentherooms.

b Workinpairsandcomparethedifferences.

In picture A, there's a cat on the sofa. In picture B, the cat's under the sofa.

2 Designyouridealroom

a ReadaboutLily’sidealroomandlistthethingsshehasthere.

a bunk bed,...

b Designyouridealroomandwriteaboutit.

Send your design to: Awesome

Magazine, Design Your Ideal Room

competition, PO Box 43, Hamilton, NY

In my ideal room there’s a bunk

bed for my sister and me.

There’s a flat screen TV and there

are two desks. I have a laptop on

one of the desks. There’s a cool

stereo next to the bed and there

are posters of my favorite rock

band, Panda, on the walls.

Lily, 13

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Unit 2

6 TheAlmostAwesomes

5 What’sthemysterycity?

My hometown is a great place for tourists.

It’s in the northeast of the country, on the

Mediterranean coast. There’s Las Ramblas

—the main street. My favorite soccer team

celebrates in the cafes there! Specially

for kids there is the zoo and the aquarium.

Tibidabo Amusement Park is great fun, too.

Newville, the Johnsons’ hometown, has a BIG problem… there’s a giant insect in the mall.

The Almost Awesomes are now in front of the mall. But where’s the giant insect?

4 Fashionreport

a 1.27 ListentoNatalie’sreport.What’sherquestion?

b 1.27 Listenagainandcorrectthesentences.

1. Barbara has green tennis shoes. 2. She has eight blouses. 3. Mikey has six pairs of khaki pants. 4. He has a T-shirt with the Houston logo.

5 What’sthemysterycity?

a Readaboutthemysterycity.Unscrambletheredlettersandwriteitsname.

FindoutaboutmorecoolcitiesinEurope.Goto…www.goeurope.about.com

6 TheAlmostAwesomes

a 1.28 Listenandcircletrue(T)orfalse(F).

1. The town is called Oldville. T / F

2. The Superbug Spray is under the TV. T / F

3. Mr. Stone is a teacher. T / F

b Workinpairs.Drawtheendofthestory.Thencheckonpage128.

4 Fashionreport

Look! It has Mr. Stone, my science teacher!

There’s no time —let’s go!

Where’s the…?

Disneyland Park receives 65,000 visitors a day.

Los Angeles’ full name is “El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula.”

Eight percent of Californians are vegetarians.

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Learning English in the 21st Century

church

librarydesk

Fren

ch

grandmotherbed

airplane

sweater

flower teacher

chair

sofa

b Matcheachwordwithitsdefinition.

1. po·ta·to n. pl. po·ta·toes /p´"teItoU/

2. gor·geous adj. /"gOrdZ´s/

3. down·town n. /"dAUntAUn/

c 1.29 Listentoeachwordandrepeat.

church

librarydesk

Fren

ch

grandmotherbed

airplane

sweater

sofa flower teacher

chair

Thisonlinedictionaryhasagreatlinkforkids! www.m-w.com/dictionary

very good-looking

the business center

of a city or town

1 Visualizingwords

a Lookatthewordsfor30seconds.Thencloseyourbookandwriteallthewordsyoucanremember.

b Nowlookatthewordsagainandvisualizetheminascene.Describethescenetoyourpartner.

There’s a grandmother on a sofa. She has a flower on her sweater.

c Closeyourbookandseehowmanywordsyouremembernow.

d Nowchoose12newwordsthatyouwanttolearnandrepeattheexercise.

2 Usinganonlinedictionary

a Lookatthisonlinedictionaryentryandlabelthedifferentparts.

part of speech audio definition pronunciation word

actorOne entry foundac·tor n. /"œkt´r/ A theatrical performer.

1

2

3

4

5

a hard round vegetable

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Project Unit 2

b Workingroups.Imagineyouridealtown.Discusswhatfacilitiesthereare.Whatfacilitiesdoesn’tithave?

c Makeamodelorposterofyourtown.

d Makeatouristleafletthatinvitespeopletocomeandvisit.

e Presentyourtowntoothergroups.Whichdoyoulikebest?

a Completetheinformationontheleaflet.

Our ideal town

Cometo(1) T !

Thisisagreattown.There’sa(2) s andtherearetwo(3) m t andtwo(4) c .There'sacool(5) a p onthebeach.Itdoesn'thaveaschool!