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1 Greetings and introductionsa Audio CD1 T02 Ascolta e leggi il dialogo.

Adele: Hello. My name’s Adele.

Britney: Hi, Adele, I’m Britney, and this is David.

Jay: Hi, I’m Jay.

6 Welcome

Welcome!

b In piccoli gruppi esercitatevi nel dialogo.

A: Hello! I’m Michela. What’s your name?B: Hi, my name’s Stefano, and this is

Claudia.

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Audio CD1 T03 Completa il dialogo con le parole dell’elenco. Poi ascolta e verifi ca.

( nice name’s are this fi ne you well )Justin: Hello, Vicki! How 0 are you?

Vicki: Oh, hi, Justin! I’m 1 , thanks. How about 2 ?

Justin: Very 3 , thanks. 4 is my friend, Chris.

Vicki: Hello, Chris. 5 to meet you. My 6 Vicki.

Chris: Hi, Vicki!

Esercitati con altri due compagni in brevi dialoghi come quello dell’Esercizio 1c.

2 In your classroom Audio CD1 T04 Abbina le due parti

delle frasi. Poi ascolta e ripeti.

I comandi dell’insegnante

0 Read a at the board

1 Write b the door, please

2 Listen c this dialogue

3 Repeat d your books at page 3

4 Look e your name

5 Go f after me

6 Open g to the board

7 Close h to this dialogue

b Audio CD1 T05 Traduci le seguenti frasi. Poi ascolta e ripeti.

Per dialogare con i compagni.

1 Are you ready?

2 It’s my turn.

3 It’s your turn.

4 Thank you.

5 That’s OK.

c Audio CD1 T06 Scegli l’espressione corretta dall’elenco. Poi ascolta e ripeti.

Per dialogare con l’insegnante.

( Sorry, can you repeat that, please?

I don’t know. Excuse me.

Good morning, Mr Brown.)

1 Vuoi attirare l’attenzione dell’insegnante.

2 Vuoi salutare l’insegnante all’inizio della lezione mattutina.

3 Vuoi dire che non sai la risposta.

4 Vuoi scusarti perché non hai capito e chiedi di ripetere.

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3 Numbers 0–20a Audio CD1 T07 Scrivi i numeri

nell’ordine corretto. Poi ascolta e ripeti. ( zero/‘oh’ eleven fi ve sixteen twenty

eight twelve four fi fteen eighteen two

thirteen ten seventeen nineteen six

fourteen nine seven three one)

b Recita i giorni della settimana in un senso e nell’altro.

Monday, …Sunday, …

5 Months and seasonsa Audio CD1 T10 Ascolta, ripeti e scrivi i

mesi dell’anno. Stai attento all’ortografi a.

1 J

2 F

3 M

4 A

5 M

6 J

7 J

8 A

9 S

10 O

11 N

12 D

b Audio CD1 T11 Ascolta, ripeti e scrivi le stagioni. Stai attento all’ortografi a.

1 s

2 s

3 a

4 w

b Lavorate in coppia. Scrivete cinque numeri compresi fra 0 e 20 senza mostrarli al vostro compagno. Poi a turno dettatevi i numeri.

c Audio CD1 T08 Ascolta e scrivi i numeri dei cellulari.

1 Adele:

2 Britney:

3 Jay:

d Chiedi a tre compagni il loro numero di cellulare.

A: What’s your mobile phone number?B: It’s …

4 Days of the weeka Audio CD1 T09 Ascolta e ripeti i

giorni della settimana. Poi scrivi le lettere nell’ordine corretto.

( danyoM suTyeda neddesWay

haurTsyd yiFrad aytadSur yunSad )Monday

0 zero/’oh’ 1

2 3

4 5 6

7

8 9

10

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12

13 14 15

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18 19

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6 Giving Personal Informationa Audio CD1 T12 Kate vuole fare volontariato in un ospedale pediatrico per

un progetto scolastico. Ascolta la conversazione telefonica e completa il modulo.

b Completa le domande con le parole dell’elenco.

( address old spell repeat telephone What’s )1 How are you?

2 your surname?

3 How do you that, please?

4 What’s your ?

5 Can you that, please?

6 What’s your number, please?

c Abbina le domande alle risposte.

0 What’s your fi rst name? a I’m 14.

1 How do you spell your surname? b It’s Via Cavour, number 7.

2 How old are you? c It’s 349 6383346.

3 What’s your address? d Brad.

4 What’s your mobile phone number? e Yes, of course. It’s … .

5 Can you repeat that, please? f P – I – double T.

d Lavorate in coppia. Fatevi alcune domande dell’Esercizio 6c e rispondetevi.

What’s your fi rst name?It’s Fabio.

First name: Kate

Surname:

Age:

Address: York

Phone:

Mobile:

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He’s an actorAGrammar be (singular) be (plural) How old are you? I like / I don’t like

Vocabulary positive and negative adjectives countries and nationalitieso

bje

cti

ves

1 Read and listena Audio CD1 T13 Linda e Sue sono

in vacanza a Montecarlo. Leggi e ascolta il dialogo.

Linda: Sue! Look!

Sue: What?

Linda: Look over there!

Sue: Where?

Linda: Over there near the fountain. It’s that famous actor.

Sue: It’s who?

Linda: You know… what’s his name? He’s an American actor, really famous … um … lots of Hollywood fi lms …

Sue: Oh, yes, you’re right! He’s very good-looking, isn’t he? But he’s got grey hair. How old is he?

Linda: Oh, he’s about 50 now, but he’s very handsome.

Sue: Yes, he is. Who’s that woman with him? Is she an actress too?

Linda: I think she’s a model. She’s very attractive too. I’m jealous!

Sue: Is she American?

Linda: No, she defi nitely isn’t American. She’s Italian. Or is she Spanish?

Sue: I think she’s French.

Linda: Let’s ask them for their autographs!

Look over there!

Over there near the fountain. It’s that

You know… what’s his name? He’s an American actor, really famous … um … lots of Hollywood fi lms …

Oh, yes, you’re right! He’s very good-looking, isn’t he? But he’s got grey hair. How old is he?

Oh, he’s about 50 now, but he’s very handsome.

Yes, he is. Who’s that woman with him? Is she an

I think she’s a model.

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b Audio CD1 T14 Chi sono queste celebrità? Scrivi i nomi sotto le foto. Poi ascolta e controlla le tue risposte.

2 Grammar The verb be (singular)a Osserva gli esempi.

I’m jealous. You’re right. Is she an actress? She isn’t American.

b Completa la tabella.

Positive (Affermativo) Negative (Negativo) Questions (Interrogativo) Short answers (Risposte brevi)

I’m (am) I’m not (am not) Am I … ? Yes, I am.No, I’m not (am not).

you 1 (are) you aren’t (are not) 2 you … ? Yes, you 3 .No, you 4 (are not).

he/she/it 5 (is)

he/she/it isn’t (is not)

6 he/she/it … ? Yes, he/she/it 7 .No, he/she/it 8 (is not).

Completa le frasi con ’m, ’re, o ’s.

1 I a model, not an actress.

2 He a tennis player, not a footballer.

3 You very intelligent.

4 She an excellent actress.

d Osserva la tabella dell’Esercizio 2b. Poi cerchia le parole corrette per completare la regola.

Con il verbo essere, la frase affermativa diventa negativa aggiungendo not prima / dopo am, is, are.

Per formare le domande si mette am/is/are all’inizio / alla fi ne della frase. Il soggetto si mette prima del / dopo il verbo essere.

Le risposte brevi si formano con: Yes, + pronome personale (I/you/he/she/it/we/they) + am/are/is. oppure con: No, + pronome personale + ’m not/aren’t/isn’t.

Attenzione! Nelle risposte brevi affermative non si possono usare le forme contratte.✔ Yes, I am. (✘ Yes, I’m.)

rule

e Riscrivi le frasi in forma negativa.

1 She’s a model.

2 You’re a good student.

3 I’m Italian.

4 He’s a footballer.

f Completa le domande.

1 I late? 3 you American?

2 it here? 4 she an actress?

g Lavorate in coppia. Alternatevi nel farvi le domande.

( brother, sister, mother, How old is your

father, best friend? )A: How old is your best friend?B: She’s …

1 2 3 4

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Focus on it!In italiano si usa il verbo avere per dire l’età, in inglese il verbo be (essere).My friend is 15. = Il mio amico ha 15 anni.Sono possibili due forme.I’m 15 years old./ I’m 15. (✘ I’m 15 years.)

Attenzione! My computer is one year old. (✘ My computer is one years old.)

( Cameron Diaz

Zac Efron

Robert Pattinson

Keira Knightley)

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3 Read and listena Lavorate in coppia. Pensate a tre complessi musicali che attualmente in Italia sono popolari.

b Audio CD1 T15 Leggi e ascolta l’intervista. Poi rispondi alle domande.

1 What’s the name of the band?

2 How many people are there in the band?

c Le affermazioni sono Vere (T) o False (F)? Correggi quelle false.

1 Martin is the drummer.

2 The members of the band are all Welsh.

3 Martin and Matt are at school.

4 One person in the band is not at school.

5 ‘Are we in paradise?’ is an old song.

Interviewer: Tonight there’s a fantastic new boy band with us in the studio: Same Direction! Martin, tell us about the band.

Martin: Yes, hi everyone! It’s great to be here tonight. We’re a new band from Bristol. I’m Martin, the lead guitarist and singer; that’s Matt on bass guitar, and he sings too; that’s Tim on drums, and Steve on keyboards.

Interviewer: And are you all from Bristol?

Martin: Yes, we are.

Steve: No, we aren’t. I’m from Wales actually!

Martin: Oh, sorry, Steve.

Interviewer: So Steve is Welsh. And are you at school together?

Martin: No, we aren’t. Matt and I are, but Tim and Steve are 19 years old.

Interviewer: OK, so are you ready?

Martin: Yes. This is our favourite song. It’s new – ‘Are we in paradise?’

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4 Grammar The verb (plural)a Osserva gli esempi.

We’re a new band from Bristol. We aren’t all at school together. Are we in paradise?

b Completa la tabella.

Positive Negative Questions Short answers

you’re (are) you aren’t (are not)

Are you … ? Yes, you 1 .No, you 2 (are not).

we 3 (are) we 4 (are not)

5 we … ? Yes, we 6 .No, we 7 (are not).

they 8 (are) they 9 (are not)

10 they … ? Yes, they 11 .No, they 12 (are not).

c Completa i dialoghi con la forma corretta del verbo be.

0 Mum: Are you and Carol at school?Sally: No, we ’re in the park.

1 José: they Spanish?John: No, they . They Mexican.

2 Karen: your parents famous?Manuel: No, they . But they very rich.

3 Kevin: Coldplay American?Jim: No, they British.

4 Kevin: Emma Watson English?Jim: Yes, she .

5 Kevin: Martin and Matt good singers?Jim: No, they terrible!

6 Kevin: Kylie and Danni Minogue Irish?Jim: No, they Irish. But the surname Minogue Irish.

d Completa le frasi, poi abbinale alle foto.

1 Green Day American?

2 Reese Witherspoon British?

3 What the Coen brothers famous for?

4 the Giza pyramids in Tunisia?

5 New York the capital city of the USA?

6 paella a French dish?

A D E

F

B

C

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5 Vocabulary Positive and negative

adjectivesa Leggi le parole dell’elenco. Signifi cano very

good o very bad?

( fantastic awful excellent terrible great )b Completa le frasi con le parole

dell’Esercizio 5a.

0 Matt sings really badly. He’s a/an awful singer.

1 Juventus play very well. They’re a/an team.

2 The weather is today – cold, wet and miserable.

3 Have a/an day!

4 Vancouver is a/an city – it’s so beautiful!

6 Grammar and speaking I (don’t) like … / Do you like …?

a Scrivi i verbi delle due frasi nella tabella.

I don’t like football. I like swimming.

b Che cosa ti piace? Rispondi in modo personale.

1 A sport I like:

2 A sport I don’t like:

3 My favourite sportsman/woman:

4 My favourite sports team:

Question Short answer

Do you like ... ? Yes, I do.No, I don’t (do not).

Positive Negative

I like ... I don’t like ...

c Lavorate in coppia. Leggete le risposte date nell’Esercizio 6b.

I like tennis. I like Valentino Rossi.I don’t like golf. I like Manchester United.

d Lavorate in coppia. Fatevi alcune domande sulle immagini e rispondete. Usate le parole dell’elenco e dell’Esercizio 5a.

( hamburgers swimming

heavy metal music Internet

ice cream onions Maths spiders)

A: Do you like swimming?B: Yes, I do. It’s great! Do you like spiders?A: No, I don’t. They’re awful. Do you like

hamburgers?B: Yes, they’re great.

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7 Vocabulary Countriesa Audio CD1 T16 Ascolta e ripeti.

Italy France Germany China Japan Portugal Brazil Australia Britain Austria the USA Canada

b Osserva i nomi. Sai da dove provengono queste persone?

( Rafael Nadal Nicolas Sarkozy Emma Watson Pope Benedict XVI

Ronaldinho Justin Bieber Nicole Kidman Meryl Streep )A: I think Pope Benedict’s from Austria, but I’m not sure.B: No, he’s from Germany. Rafael Nadal’s from Spain.A: Yes, that’s right. Is Emma Watson from Australia?

c Osserva la cartina dell’Unione Europea. Riconosci qualche paese? Scrivi il numero corretto accanto ai nomi.

(( Belgium Bulgaria Greece (( Belgium

Hungary

Bulgaria Bulgaria

Ireland

Bulgaria

Lithuania (( Hungary

the Netherlands

Ireland

Poland (( the Netherlands

Portugal

the Netherlands

Romania (( Portugal 1 Sweden

Romania

the United Kingdom)

d Audio CD1 T17 Ascolta e controlla le tue risposte. Ripeti i nomi dei paesi. Riconosci altri paesi sulla cartina?

Nationalitiese Copia e completa la tabella con gli aggettivi relativi a questi paesi.

( Turkey Canada Spain Denmark America Italy China

Malta Britain Albania Poland Sweden Ireland

Germany Algeria Brazil Belgium Japan Russia Portugal)

f Scrivi le nazionalità sotto le bandiere.

( German Japanese Italian Polish American Spanish Swedish Chinese )

g Di che colore sono le bandiere dell’Esercizio 7f?

0 The Swedish fl ag is blue and yellow .

1 The fl ag is green, white and red.

2 The Spanish fl ag is .

3 The fl ag is red, white and blue.

4 The German fl ag is .

5 The Chinese fl ag is .

6 The Polish fl ag is .

7 The fl ag is white and red, too.

American

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American Turkish Portuguese