A Is Eddy listening to some music? A Is Susan touching her nose? A Is John eating an ice cream? A Is Mrs King writing a letter? A Is Jim showing Joe’s leg? A Is Joe playing the drums? Tape-script and key:

office right now. My mother is reading a book in the living room and my brother, Mike, is eating a sandwich in the kitchen. Mike is 12 now and he eats a lot. Our dog, Brown, is playing in the garden. Thats all for now. Write me soon and give my best wishes to your family. Love, Susan P.S. Here’s a recent photo of me and my family. Exercise 4 p.1116 Key: 1. A Is Eddy listening to some music? B No, he isn’t. He’s playing tennis. 2. A Is Susan touching her nose? B No, she isn’t. She’s touching her mouth. 3. A Is John eating an ice cream? B No, he isn’t. He’s eating a sandwich. 4. A Is Mrs King writing a letter? B No, she isn’t. She’s reading a book. 5. A Is Jim showing Joe’s leg? B No, he isn’t. He’s showing Joe’s arm. 6. A Is Joe playing the drums? B No, he isn’t. He’s playing the trumpet. Exercise 5 p.1116 Example answer: Brad’s house has got a garden. There are three bedrooms and a bathroom upstairs. Downstairs there is a kitchen, a dining room, a living room, and a toilet. There is also a garage. PRONUNCIATION p.1117 Pronouncing compound words 2 Tell students to listen carefully and try to repeat the sounds after the actors. Underline that in compound words, there are generally two main accents. The first is generally on the first syllable. Developing Oral Skills p.1118 Listening p.1118

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This is John’s house. Right now, John is in his room and he is using the computer. The computer is on a table and next to the computer there are five books. There are also three CDs on a chair and two posters on the wall. John’s brother, Alex, is in the living room. He’s watching television. The TV set is in the corner of the room. On the TV, there are some flowers. Mrs Morrow, John’s mother is in the kitchen. She’s cooking dinner. Pete, the canary, is in his cage. The cage is on the fridge. Next to the fridge there is a table. On the table there are three glasses and behind the glasses there is a bottle of orange juice. Listeningspeaking p.1118 2. Tape-script and key: Eddy Where’s John right now? You He’s in his room. Eddy What’s he doing? You He’s using the computer. Eddy Where’s the computer? You It’s on a table. Eddy Where are the books? You They are next to the computer. Eddy How many books are there? You There are five books. Eddy Where are the CDs? You They are on a chair. Eddy How many posters are there on the wall? You There are two posters. Eddy Where’s Alex now? You He’s in the living room. Eddy What’s he doing? You He’s watching television. Eddy Where are the flowers? You They are on the TV set. Eddy Where’s Mrs Morrow? You She’s in the kitchen. Eddy What’s she doing? You She’s cooking dinner. Eddy Where’s Pete, the canary? You He’s in his cage. Eddy Where’s the cage? You It’s on the fridge. Eddy Where’s the table? You It’s next to the fridge. Eddy How many glasses are there on the table? You There are three glasses. Eddy Where’s the bottle of orange juice? You It’s behind the glasses. Workbook 1 Plus Activity 1 p.W149 Key: Down 2. HOUSE 3. BATHROOM 6. DINING ROOM 7. GARDEN Across 1. KITCHEN 4. HALL 5. BEDROOM 8. LIVING OOM 9. GARAGE 10. TOILET Activity 2 p.W149 Key: Possible answers: 1. I have breakfast in the dining room. 2. I watch TV with my family in the living room. 3. There are a lot of flowers in the garden of Alison’s house. 4. I generally study in my bedroom. 5. My mother cooks in the kitchen. 6. Upstairs in an English house there are usually two or three bedrooms, a bathroom, and a toilet. Activity 4 p.W150 Key: Mark is in the kitchen. He’s having breakfast. Alison is in her bedroom. She’s writing a letter. Jennifer and her cat are in the garden. They’re playing hide-and-seek. Mr Carter is in the living room. He’s reading a book. Jason is in the dining room. He’s eating a sandwich. Tim and Sheila are in the living room. They’re watching TV. Activity 5 p.W151 Key: 1. Eddy is listening to music. 2. Susan is studying in her room. 3. Sandra is watching TV. 4. Alison and her cat, Pussy, are playing in the garden. 5. Mr Carter is reading a book. 6. Joe, the clown, is drinking milk. Tape-script John What are you doing now, Eddy? Eddy I’m listening to music. Sheila Hello, Mrs King. Is Susan at home? Mrs King Yes, she is. She’s studying in her room. Alison Sandra, what are you doing? Are you studying? Sandra No, I’m not. I’m watching TV. Mrs Fox Where’s Alison? Mr Fox She’s playing with Pussy in the garden. Eddy Look That’s Mr Carter over there. He’s reding a book. Sandra Hey, isn’t that Joe, the clown? Alison Yes, it is. What’s he doing? Is he drinking milk? Sandra Yes, he is. Activity 6 p.W151 Tape-script and key: Man What’s Eddy doing now? Woman He’s listening to music. Man And what about Susan? Is she listening to music, too? Woman No, she isn’t. Man What is she doing? Woman She’s studying. Man Is Sandra listening to music or watching TV? Woman She is watching TV. Man What are Alison and her cat, Pussy, doing in the garden? Woman They’re playing. Man Is Mr Carter listening to music? Woman No, he isn’t. Man What is he doing? Woman He’s reading a book. Man What’s Joe the clown doing? Woman He’s dinking milk. Activity 7 p.W152 Key: 1. Do you want some milk for dinner? Yes, please. 2. How many rooms are there downstairs? Four. 3. What’s Jennifer doing? She’s playing hide-and-seek. 4. Where’s Jason? He’s in the bathroom. 5. Is Mrs Wilson cooking? yes, she is. 6. Where’s Mrs King? She’s in the living room. Activity 8 p.W153 Key: Picture 2 Activity 9 p.W153 Key: 1. It’s in London, in Highgate. 2. There are three bedrooms, a bathroom, and a toilet. 3. It’s downstairs. 4. No, there is only one bathroom. 5. Yes, there is one. 6. There are three bedrooms, and they are upstairs. 7. Yes, she has got a dog and a cat. 8. The cat lives in the garage and the dog has a little house in the garden. Activity 10 p.W154 Key: 1. Is Jason having toast for breakfast? 2. Cheryl is staying at Susan’s house for the weekend. 3. Mike is eating a big sandwich in the kitchen. 4. Where’s Cheryl right now? 5. Mr King is working in his office right now. 6. There are three sandwiches and some cheese on the table. 7. The milk, fish, and cheese are in the fridge. 8. How many omelettes are there on the table? Activity 11 p.W154 Key: 1. A What are you doing? B I’m watching TV right now. 2. A Do you want some meat? B Meat? No, thanks. 3. A What’s Heather doing right now? B Heather? She’s playing in the garden with her cat. 4. A How many floors are there in your house? B There are two floors in my house. 5. A Is there a bathroom downstairs? B A bathroom downstairs? No, there isn’t, but there’s a bathroom upstairs. 6. A Where’s Alison house? B Alison house? It’s in Sussex Road. 7. A Do you live in a house? B I live in a flat, not a house. 8. A Is Sandra drinking a glass of milk? B Sandra? No, she isn’t drinking a glass of milk. She’s drinking a glass of water. UNIT 9 CAN YOU PLAY A SOLO? LESSON PLANS SKILLS Listening comprehension Matching aural and visual information Understanding a dialogue Listening and locating buildings Listening and matching aural and visual information Reading comprehension Reading a message Intensive reading of a dialogue Understanding and answering a questionnaire Oral production Dramatizing a dialogue PairGroup work: Asking for and giving directions Where’s the pub? It’s in Hampstead Street, opposite the arcade. Locating places Is there a bookshop in this street? Yes, there is. Where is it? It’s opposite the hotel. Asking and talking about ability Can you use a computer? Yes, I can. No, I can’t. He she can surf the Internet, but he can’t play a video game. Describing a picture Written production Making an enquiry LANGUAGE BREAKDOWN Structures Want + infinitive Modal verb can permission and ability Prepositions in front of and opposite Pronunciation Pronunciation of the weak and the strong forms of can Topics and cultural items Shops Places Free time activities Active vocabulary Nouns arcade aspirin bookshop car park chemist’s drummer English evening film football French gym instrument keyboard library post office rock band roll solo stamp Verbs borrow can can’t cannot dance do keep-fit exercises get meet phone play practise ride a bike sing speak swim tell jokes use Adjectives ready Prepositions in front of next to opposite Adverbs exactly later on Interjections brilliant er. . . fantastic Expressions Hold on My place Of course You can’t miss it Recalling Vocabulary p.1120 PLACES 2 Listening p.1120 1. Students listen and match the actions to the pictures of the shops. Introduce meanings and pronunciation of the new vocabulary. Key: buy a book  bookshop borrow a book  library buy some aspirins  chemist s buy a roll of film  chemists buy a stamp  post office do keep-fit exercises  gym play a video game  arcade Tape-script Dialogue 1 Susan Where are you going, John? John I’m going to the bookshop. I want to buy a book. Susan A book? John Yes. A book about photography. I got a camera for my birthday and I want to learn how to . . . Dialogue 2 Mrs Adams What’s the matter Eddy? Eddy I have to do a project about ancient Egypt and I don’t know anything about it. Mrs Adams Well, go to the library and borrow a book about Egypt. Eddy Borrow a book from the library? That’s a great idea. Thanks a lot, Mum. Dialogue 3 Mr Morrow Sneezes and coughs Mrs Morrow I am afraid you’ve got a cold, dear. Mr Morrow Yes, I think so. Mrs Morrow Don’t worry. I am going shopping just now. I’ll go to the chemist’s and buy some aspirins for you. Mr Morrow Aspirins? Thanks a lot. Ah, by the way, if you go to the chemist, can you buy a roll of film? John wants some more film for his new camera. Mrs Morrow OK. Aspirins for you and a roll of film for John. Dialogue 4 Italian tourist Excuse me. Police officer Yes, good morning, sir. Italian tourist I want to buy a stamp for this post card. Is there tobacconist near here? Police officer No, sir. Tobacconists don’t sell stamps in England. You want a post office. Italian tourist A post office? Police officer Yes, look. There’s a post office over there. You can buy your stamps there. Dialogue 5 Mike Phew, what a drag I am tired of playing the same video game all the time. Susan You’re right. Dad should buy you a new one. Why don’t you go to the arcade in Clifton Street? Mike The new arcade? Susan Yeah. You can find dozens of video games there . . . and I can do my homework in peace. Dialogue 6 Doctor OK, Mr Adler. You are in good health. Your heart is fine, your lungs are perfect. Only one thing, you don’t do any spots, do you? Mr Adler No, I don’t. I haven’t got much time for sport. Doctor Well, I think you are a bit too thin. You should do some keep-fit exercises. Mr Adler Keep-fit exercises? Doctor Yes. Why don’t you go to the gym once or twice a week? You would feel better and it would help release the stress . . . Dialogue p.1121-1122 Let the students read and understand the message on their own. Explain that Eddy found it pinned on a board at the Hampstead School of Music. Then, ask questions to check comprehension. Which of the characters plays the drums? How old is he? Do you think he wants to answer the message? Is Nick the leader of a rock band? Does he want a drummer for his band? What is his phone number? Does he live in London? Use the techniques discussed in the previous notes to the units to present and exploit the dialogue. Then, tell the students to cover the text of the dialogue on the next page and ask them to find out whether Eddy is accepted as the drummer of the rock band. Then, let the students listen to the dialogue and elicit the answer. Go on asking questions like the ones below and using all the techniques for exploitation of the dialogue. What are the names of the members of the rock band? What instruments do they play? What’s the name of the rock band? Communication Practice p.1123 Readinglistening p.1123 1ab. Before doing the activities, have students look at the plan, identify the places, and learn to pronounce their names. Tell them that some of the buildings on the plan do not have names. Let students find the bus stop and the pub and elicit from them the meaning of the prepositions in front of and opposite. Make sure that everybody understands the difference between them. The students will then listen to the recording and find out the missing names of the buildings. Tape-script There’s also a bookshop in Hampstead Street. It’s opposite the library. And there’s a car park, too. It’s in front of the supermarket. In Park Road, there’s a bank. It is in front of the park, next to the cinema. If you need a chemist’s, there’s one opposite the cinema. If you are looking for a good restaurant, there’s a small Italian restaurant in the park, behind the hotel. And if you don’t feel like walking there, there’s a bus stop nearby. It’s just in front of the hotel. Reading p.1124 3. Let the students try and guess the meanings of the new lexical items with the help of the pictures. Move around the classroom and help. Explain that each student will answer the quiz by writing Yes or No in the column “You”. Speaking p.1124 4. Then, the students will work in pairs asking and answering the questions in turns and writing their answer in the column “Your partner”. Spoken production p.1124 5. Finally, ask single student to report what their partners can or can’t do according to the model. Enquiry p.1124 6. Help the students to make an enquiry to show what they can do. Ask questions Teacher- Class or have single student ask the questions in turns: How many of you can play a video game? etc. Students will put their hands up. Have students write the results on the board. Grammar Practice p.1125 Exercise 1 p.1125 Key: 2. She wants to red a book. 3. They want to eat the cheese. 4. She wants to drink a glass of water. 5. He wants to know his name. 6. He wants to dance with her. Exercise 2 p.1126 Key: Possible dialogues: 1. A Dad, can I go to the cinema with Mario?