Students Book

A2+

Mary Bowen, Liz Hocking & Wendy Wren

Unit 1 Magazines Page 7 2 City life Page 17

Reading The portrait project a magazine article including an interview The man at the fountain a descriptive narrative

Reading comprehension literal questions; gapfill; thinking skills; scanning; personal response multiple choice; thinking skills; adjective recognition; scanning; personal response

Working with words word classes; suffix -tion; spelling: ss sounding sh

Grammar present tenses: present simple They work for a magazine. present continuous Today they are reporting on a new project. past tenses: past simple + past continuous While Philippe was watching him, the man pointed his camera. while and when

3 Endangered animals in Life at the edge the north Page 27 an information text 4 Adventure sports centre Advertisements an advertisement Page 37

present participle adjectives; prefixes and suffixes; spelling: doubling final consonant before suffixing adjectives with literal questions; suffixes -al and -y; meanings of headings; thinking skills; definitions; spelling: words with ie / ei personal response literal questions; adjective words ending -ent / -ence and definitions; word choice; -ant / -ance; word classes; thinking skills; personal response spelling: words with ou / oo true/false questions; definitions; thinking skills; scanning; personal response literal questions; noun phrases; thinking skills; words in context; personal response suffixes: -ment / -ness spelling: words with gu words ending -ate; word classes; spelling: words with silent c

future: will predictions In three days time they will set out. future: going to plans / intentions They are going to count the otters. present perfect He has recently broken his arm. She hasnt tried the vertical slide.

5 Great lives Page 47 6 What a character! Page 57 7 This is what to do Page 67 8 A point of view Page 77

Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom a biography Mr Duffys workshop a description of a character

comparative adjectives: as ... as, not as as, -er than Victoria was not as free as other children. articles: a, an, the, zero article Flowers lled the courtyard. An old peach tree was in the corner. Near the tree was a door.

Ben and Bellas Brilliantly literal questions; Healthy Beefburgers discussion of writing a recipe with instructions style; matching/ordering sentences; personal response Wildlife World true/false questions; style a blog discussion; definitions; scanning; thinking skills; personal response How we see an explanatory text literal questions; multiple choice; thinking skills; vocabulary; personal response true/false questions; thinking skills; vocabulary; synonyms and antonyms; personal response

zero conditional past participle If you heat water to 100 Celsius, it boils. adjectives; prefix pre-; spelling: words ending -ture negative prefixes: in- / im-; homophones; spelling: words with ci / ti suffixes: -ible / -able; gerunds; spelling: words ending -sion extra information in clauses; suffix -ous; spelling: words ending -er / -re first conditional with if / unless You will see different animals if you visit the zoo. Unless people are given information, they will go on visiting zoos. the passive: present, past, present perfect, future The eye is protected by the eyelid. The eye was / will be / has been damaged.

9 How the body works Page 87 10 Later that day Page 97

A helping hand a narrative story

11 Sports reports Page 107

12 On stage Page 117

A match with a difference multiple choice; thinking a newspaper sports skills; definitions; report matching paragraphs to summaries; personal response Danger on the railway literal questions; thinking a playscript based on a skills; synonyms; Who classic text said it?; personal response Project pages 131135

present perfect simple and continuous for / since She has been interested in photography for a long time. She has been taking photos since her seventh birthday. compound nouns; reported speech hyphenated words; Someone shouted that the balloon was landing on the pitch. spelling: words with -tch adverbial phrases; second conditional suffix -ive; spelling: If a train came along the line now, it would crash. words with modified a after w

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Scope and sequence

Grammar in use stative verbs I live in / I go to school. / I like / Ive got used to I used to go to school.

Writing Individual writing (WB) features of interviews SB: an interview with Holly WB: an interview with Ross features of descriptive writing SB: a square at night WB: a square in the rain

Listening and speaking Conversation practice: introducing yourself Listening comprehension: a description of family members and the jobs they do Individual speaking (WB): talking about your family Conversation practice: first person memories: I used to Listening comprehension: a recount of childhood from a grandma Individual speaking (WB): a family members childhood

present continuous for future events study skills note taking and drafting Conversation practice: plans for the week Im meeting my cousin in the SB: a paragraph about the sea otter Listening comprehension: a description of a planned trip morning. WB: a report about the giant panda to London Individual speaking (WB): personal future plans Conversation practice: a dialogue about tasks done / not features of persuasive writing present perfect with for, since, just done yet SB: handout for a basketball final and yet Listening comprehension: an interview with a basketball WB: handout for a school Theyve just scored. team captain competition Have they won the match yet? Individual speaking (WB): talking about what you have done / Joe has been in the team for six havent done this week weeks / since May. superlative adjectives; irregular features of biographies Conversation practice: a personal dialogue about favourite comparative / superlative adjectives SB: a biography of Elizabeth I things to do: the most interesting, the best, etc. good, better, best; bad, worse, worst WB: a biography of a relative Listening comprehension: an extract from a TV programme Individual speaking (WB): your best project features of portraying character Conversation practice: a dialogue about future career plans: verb + -ing SB: a description of Mrs Duffy I dont like working indoors. I want to be a mountain guide. I enjoy working. WB: a description of George Listening comprehension: a monologue about future career verb + infinitive plans I want to study. Individual speaking (WB): future career plans Conversation practice: a dialogue about things in local features of writing instructions quantifiers with countable / shops / shopping centre SB: instructions for making fish uncountable nouns: Listening comprehension: conversations from different shops burgers some, any, a lot of, lots of, much, Individual speaking (WB): talking about a favourite shop WB: instructions for making many, a few, a little scrambled eggs Conversation practice: talking about buildings modal verbs: may, might, can, could, features of expressing a point of Listening comprehension: a councils plans for new buildings view should, ought to, must Individual speaking (WB): talking about new buildings in your SB: an opinion of mobile phones We ought not to build on the open town or city WB: an opinion of homework spaces. This park may be lost forever. Conversation practice: a dialogue about a market question tags features of explanations Listening comprehension: an interview with a market stall Its busy, isnt it? SB: an explanation of how the holder She doesnt look busy, does she? lungs work WB: an explanation of getting ready Individual speaking (WB): talking about a local market or one visited elsewhere and travelling to school Conversation practice: a dialogue about festivals and features of story plots present perfect with ever / never celebrations around the world SB: writing the next part of the contrasted with past tense Listening comprehension: a conversation at a festival Have you ever tried Morris dancing? narrative story Individual speaking (WB): talking about a festival WB: planning and writing a story Ive never seen it. with a simple plot defining relative clauses with which, who, that, where, when There are some streets where cars are banned. modals: have to, had to, dont have to, must, mustnt I had to edit the video. We must nish the project. We mustnt send it off late. features of newspapers and magazines SB: a newspaper sports report WB: a newspaper report about a person features of playscripts SB: writing the play scene from a different viewpoint WB: writing the next scene of the play Conversation practice: a dialogue about methods of transport Listening comprehension: train information announcements Individual speaking (WB): recounting a journey

Conversation practice: a dialogue about tasks to be done Listening comprehension: an email Individual speaking (WB): talking about past, present and future tasks

Scope and sequence

Introducing ... Reading comprehension

Laura Hardy
age lives in brother school interests/hobbies 15 West Hill, Hampton Jack, aged 12 West Hill Academy computer technology,  photography, films (with special effects) likes dislikes cartoon films, the internet  (I love it!!) going to the dentist

Jack Hardy
age lives in sister school interests/hobbies likes dislikes 12 West Hill, Hampton Laura, aged 15 West Hill Academy swimming, music beach holidays, talking to  people, Chinese food long car journeys, too much  homework

Holly Carter
age lives in brother sisters school interests/hobbies likes dislikes 14 Hampton town centre Micky, aged 9 Nancy, aged 9; Tammy, aged 6 Central High School design (especially clothes),  doing puzzles and quizzes fashion, shopping cold weather (especially wet,  cold weather), too much  homework

Ross Lawrence
age lives in brother sister school interests/hobbies likes dislikes 14 North Park, Hampton Harry, aged 16 Amy, aged 10 North Park College art, swimming, basketball animals (all of them but  particularly my cat, Claws) zoos, people who are cruel to  animals

The Language Lab

Look out for these characters throughout the course.They are there to help!
Somethings not right.

Perhaps we made a spelling mistake.

This is a very interesting verb!

Im making some new nouns!

Look what happens when you add an adjective!

Magazines

Check-in
You can buy magazines about all kinds of different topics: sport, fashion, music, films and film stars, news and TV. List the names of magazines that you know. How often do you read a magazine? Which one? Do you like it? Why? / Why not? If you could read another magazine, what would it be? You are going to read pages from a magazine for young people.

Grammar
Practise present tenses: present simple, present continuous. Practise verbs usually used in the simple form. Practise when to use make or do.

Reading
A  magazine article about the start of the Portrait project for school students. The article is set out in columns.  The article includes an interview. The interview is set out like a play. How is a play set out? These words are in the article. technology volunteer create session construct imagination What do they mean? Check in your dictionary.

Writing
Learn about the writing features of an interview. Compose interview questions. Write an interview using the questions. Work out questions and write an interview.

Listening
L  aura, Jack, Holly and Rosss discussion about planning their project. A dialogue in which Jack finds out about Ross. Ross telling his new friends about his family. Have you met any new friends at school?

Vocabulary and spelling

Learn words to do with working on a group project. Learn about words ending -tion. Learn about spelling words with ss sounding sh. Have you ever done a project in a group? What was it? Who did you work with?

Speaking
Talk to your friends; find out about them. Tell the class about your family. How many people are there in your family at home?

Reading

1.01

Do you like...

Art?

Technology?

Will Jones and Patsy Parker report on how these subjects meet in

The portrait project

City Hall was buzzing with excitement last week. More than fty enthusiastic volunteers came for the start of a new arts and technology project for school students.
In the project, A portrait of our town, students create a portrait of the place where they live. Professor Brown of Hampton University explained to them, You must decide what to tell people about your town. You could tell them about buildings and places or you could tell them about some of the people who live there. Its your chance, too, to give your own opinions. What is happening in your town now? How do you feel about it? The students were evidently motivated by the professors questions. After the rst session, there was a rush for the leaets about the project. Groups of boys and girls began to discuss ideas.
Professor John Brown is running the project.

our town
National student project

A portrait of

In the second session, Professor Brown talked about producing the portrait. You can decide what to use, he explained, lm, photography, recordings of voices, sounds and music, different kinds of writing and art. The only limit on what you can do is your own imagination. The students are aged from 1216 and they come from different schools in all parts of the town. They are going to work in groups of 46. Most students met for the rst time at City Hall. They had to choose who they would like to work with. To help students to nd out about each other, Professor Brown put up some message boards. One said I like Others said I dont like I am interested in Students were invited to respond by writing on pieces of paper and sticking them on the board. While they were busy writing and reading responses, Professor Brown explained that students from all over the country are creating Portraits. Some of them live in very big cities. But they dont have to include the whole city, he said. They can construct a portrait of their part of it. It could be just their local neighbourhood.

How to begin Ask yourself these questions

Reading: a magazine article and interview

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This is great. Im making new friends here today and Im really enjoying it. I like making new friends! Holly Carter, 14

We chatted to students at the message boards a popular meeting place.

Reading the messages is fun. Im interested in people and I like nding out about them. Ross Lawrence, 14

Fifteen-year-old Laura Hardy is the rst student who volunteered to take part in the project. Shes the subject of this weeks

Patsy Parker interview

Patsy: Why did you want to do this project, Laura? Laura:  I thought it sounded interesting. Were going to meet every week to work on the project. At the end of the year, we are going to present our nished portraits. I like creating things and I like looking at things and taking pictures of them. Patsy: Are you interested in photography? Laura:  Yes, I am. Im interested in lm, too, and computers. Im doing a computer animation project at school at the moment. I go to a computer club every Monday. Patsy: Which school do you go to? Laura: I go to West Hill Academy. Patsy: Have you got any brothers or sisters? Laura:  Yes, Ive got one brother, Jack. We go to the same school and hes here today, too somewhere, but I cant see him. Hes probably looking at the message board or hes chatting to someone. He likes talking to people. Patsy: What things do you like? Laura: Cartoon lms and surng the internet. Patsy: Do you have any dislikes? Good luck to all the Laura: Not really but I dont like going to the dentist much. students working on the Patsy: Me neither!

project. Well tell you how they get on later in the year.

Reading: a magazine article and interview

Reading comprehension
1
Answer these questions.
1 Which subjects come together in the new project? 2 Who are the writers of the magazine report? 3 Where did the group of volunteers meet? 4 Who is running the project? 5  What did Professor Brown tell the students they could use to create their portraits? 6 What age are the students who are doing this project? How were students invited to respond to the message 7  boards? 8 What could students who live in big cities do? 9 What did Ross say he was interested in? 10 How often does Laura go to a computer club?

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Choose the correct word or phrase to complete each sentence.

portrait technology volunteer sessions present include get on 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Im a bit nervous because Im going to my project to the class today. well in the computer lesson. Ben was fed up because he didnt at the university. My brother is studying of Grandfather is hanging in the hall. A huge . The lesson was very long so the teacher divided it into two enough pictures in our project. Our teacher said that we didnt who can help me carry these books? asked the teacher. Is there a Why do you think there was a rush to get leaflets about the project after the first session? Why was Holly enjoying the sessions at City Hall? Why do you think the interview with Laura is included in the report? What two things does Laura think Jack is probably doing? What kind of person do you think Jack is? Do you think Laura and Jack get on well together? How do you know?

Think about the answers to these questions. Discuss your ideas.

1 2 3 4 5

Scan the text and find:

1 three words for places where people learn 2 two words that mean talk 3 three words that mean the same, or nearly the same, as make

Your views

Do you like working in a group? Why? / Why not? What is the best project you have ever done? Did you do it on your own or with others? Why was it your best project?
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Reading comprehension: literal, inferential and deductive questions; vocabulary: synonyms; personal response

Working with words

AWord classes
1
Read these words from the article, by Will Jones and Patsy Parker, then read all the questions. Write the answers.
present session get on technology volunteer include portrait

1
2
Read the words in Activity 1 again. Which -tion words were in the report by Will Jones and Patsy Parker?

If you arent sure, check in your dictionary!

1  Which words are used as nouns? 2  Which words are used as verbs? 3  Which word is used as both a noun and a verb? 4  Which word is used as a verb in the report but is a noun when it is pronounced differently?

An ending that can be added to a word to make a new word is called a suffix.

C Spelling
ss sounding sh
In some words double s sounds like sh. e.g. session. There was a rush at the end of the session.

Read these words aloud then answer the questions.

discussion mission impression procession 1  Can you find a root word that means to talk about? 2  Look at the other words. Can you find a word inside one of them that means to push down?

B Making new words

A lot of words in English end with -tion. This ending sounds /n/. station nation

Its called the root word because its the part that you start with.

Match each word in Activity 1 to the correct definition. Use your dictionary to help you.
1  the mark left on something by pressing on it 2  a talk between two or more people about something 3  a number of people walking forwards together 4  a task done by an individual or a group

The ending -tion can often be added to another word.This word is called the root word. Read these pairs of words and answer the questions.
root word invite imagine animate motivate create produce construct present new word invitation imagination animation motivation creation production construction presentation

The endings of some verbs ending -e change when -tion is added.

1 What class of word is the root word? 2 What class of word is made by adding -tion?
Working with words: word classes; words ending -tion; ss sounding sh

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Grammar
1
Read.
Will Jones and Patsy Parker are reporters. They work for Teen Talk, a popular magazine for young people. They report on all sorts of things, such as sport, fashion, music, books and films. They often meet interesting people and interview them. Today Will and Patsy are at City Hall, where they are reporting on a new project called A portrait of our town. They are interviewing Professor John Brown, who is running the project. Professor Brown teaches English at Hampton University but he is not teaching today. He is explaining the Portrait project to Will and Patsy.

Answer these questions.

1 What do Will and Patsy do? 2 What do they report on? 3 Who do they often meet? 4 Who are Will and Patsy interviewing today? 5 Why are they interviewing Professor Brown? 6 Where does Professor Brown work? 7 What does he teach? 8  What is Professor Brown talking about with Will and Patsy?

6 Professor Brown and Will are wearing jackets. 7 Patsy is holding the microphone. 8 Will is looking at Patsy.

Write and talk. Answer the questions.Then discuss your answers.

1 2 3 4 5 6 What do you do every day? What do you often do at the weekend? What do you never do? What are you doing now? What are you wearing today? How are you feeling today?

Ask and answer. Use the present simple.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Which magazine Will and Patsy work for? A: Which magazine do Will and Patsy work for? B: They work for Teen Talk. Who they often interview? What they write about? Patsy report on fashion? Who they meet? Where Professor Brown teach? he teach Russian? What he teach?

Remember!
U  se the present simple for things that happen regularly. Joe watches TV every day.  Use the present continuous for things that are happening now.  At the moment he is watching his favourite programme.

Look at the picture above. Correct the sentences.

1 2 3 4 5 Professor Brown is interviewing the reporters. Professor Brown is recording the interview. The young reporters are speaking. Will Jones is making notes. Professor Brown is wearing glasses.

 Think of some more sentences using the present simple and the present continuous.

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Grammar: present simple; present continuous

Grammar in use
1
Listen and read. Ross: Well, where shall we start? Holly: Shall we introduce ourselves? Laura: Good idea. My names Laura and this is my brother, Jack. Ross: Hi. Im Ross and this is Holly. Laura: Hello! Nice to meet you. Jack: I think this Portrait project is a great idea. Laura: Me, too. It sounds brilliant. Holly: What are we going to include? We should decide. Ross: The river? Interesting buildings? Jack: Famous people in the town? Our football team? Laura: Lets make a list. Holly: How can we all help? Jack: Yes, what do we all like doing? I mean, what are we good at? Laura: I like computers and photography. Ive got a video camera. Holly: Great! Thats useful. We need equipment like that. Ross: Im good at art and I love sport. Holly: Well, I hate sport. I prefer fashion and going shopping. Laura:  You could do something on the new shopping centre. Its the grand opening next week. Holly: I know! I cant wait! All those new shops! Jack:  OK. Lets write down some ideas. Number 1: Shopping centre. What else?
1.02

City Hall A Portrait of our to wn Session 2 Form a group! Plan your project

Answer these questions.

1 Where are the teenagers and what are they doing? 2 What do Jack and Laura think of the project? 3 What do they need to make? What does Laura like? What useful equipment 4  has she got? 5 What does Ross love? 6 Who hates sport?

Talk about it.

1 2 3 4 5 6 What do you love and what do you hate? What do you want for your birthday? How many languages do you understand? Do you have any pets? Talk about them. What do you remember about being a child? What do you think about the Portrait project?

Complete the sentences with verbs from the box. Use the present simple.
think sound like mean need prefer know 1 The Portrait project brilliant. many interesting 2  Professor Brown facts about the town. the project is brilliant. 3 Laura tennis but the boys 4  The girls swimming. the word imagination ? 5  What to plan their project. 6  The teenagers

Remember!
There are some verbs which are normally only used in the simple form, e.g. like, love, hate, want, understand, remember, need, prefer, know, mean, sound, think (have an opinion), have (possession). I know that man.

 Use some of the verbs to make sentences of your own.

Grammar extra p127

Grammar in use: present simple (stative verbs); Grammar extra: make and do

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Writing
Features of interviews
In an interview, one person asks questions and the other one answers. The people in an interview
The person who asks the questions is the interviewer. The person who answers is the interviewee. In the magazine article on page 9: Who was the interviewer? Who was the interviewee?
ACTIVITY

Interview questions
The interviewer asks the interviewee for information. The questions often begin with question words: What ? When ? Where ? Which ? Who ? How ?
ACTIVITY

Look at Jacks profile. There are eight pieces of information. Write the question for each piece of information. Profile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
name: age: lives in: sister: school: interests: likes: Jack 12 West Hill, Hampton Laura, aged 15 West Hill Academy swimming music beach holidays talking to people Chinese food long car journeys too much homework

Questions

dislikes:

Layout
An interview is set out like a play. Look at this extract from the magazine article. The names of the interviewer and interviewee The words that they say are on the right. are on the left.

Patsy: Laura: Patsy: Laura:

Which school do you go to? I go to West Hill Academy. Have you got any brothers or sisters? Yes, Ive got one brother, Jack.

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Writing features: interviews

Writing
Writing together
Patsy is interviewing Holly. As a class you are going to use the information below to write up the interview.

Read Hollys personal profile.

name: age: lives in: brother: sisters: school: interests/hobbies: likes: dislikes: Holly 14 Hampton town centre Micky, aged 9 Nancy, aged 9;  Tammy, aged 6 Central High School design (especially clothes),  doing puzzles and quizzes fashion, shopping cold weather (especially wet, cold  weather), too much homework

Things to think about.

For Patsy, the interviewer: Use the questions you wrote on page 14. Use the information in Hollys profile to write extra questions. Write the questions in full sentences. For Holly, the interviewee: Use the information in Hollys profile to write her answers to Patsys questions. You can use extra information about Holly in her answers. What did she say on pages 9 and 13? Write the answers in complete sentences.

What do you like designing?

I love I hate

Remember!
Set out the interview like a play. Patsy: Whats your name? Holly: My names ... Use the question words on page 14.

Write the interview.

Individual writing

WB p9

Writing together: an interview

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Listening and speaking

1

Conversation practice

Jack and Ross are talking. Look at the pictures and the words in the box. What do you think they are talking about?
live have got interested in good at like dislike

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Listen to Jack and Ross. Were you right? Listen again. In what way does Rosss family differ from Jacks? In what way are  Jacks interests similar to Rosss?

Talk to your friends. Find out about each other. Start like this: Do you live in an apartment or a house?

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Listening comprehension
1.04

Listen to Ross talking about his family. Write the family members he mentions. What are their jobs or what do they want to be? Listen again. Tick the correct pictures.

1.04

Talk about Rosss family.

Individual speaking
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You are going to talk about your family.

WB p10

Listening and speaking: conversation in pairs; listening comprehension; individual speaking