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Contents
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J.t,l
t' En.
flU
s11[o r S.:IIt'ols St.JrUr .

Wha
l'
s in
c.
"" briJ.er EnJ!lisll
for
Slhools
S
t"'
rt
t~
__. 6
1
INTRODUCTORY

26
LANGUAGE
FOCUS
3 1
REVISION
. 3fl
Where
we
liv
e
S
6
7
B
Anima
l
wor
ld
c
8
9
10
TOPIC A ni
ma
l
facts
LANGUAGE
FOCUS
REVISION
.

uth
14
TOPIC T
he
clothe
s we w e
ar
. 62
15
LANGUAGE
FOCUS
67
16
ACTIVITY
A class calendar 72
F
In
t
he
sun
17
T
OPI
C
What
's
th
e t
im
e? . . 74

T
ha
nks and ac
kn
o wl ed gem e
nt
s 96
Map
of
Cambridge
Englishfor
Schools Starter
UNIT
1 Lea
rn
E
ng
lish! 8
W;ly
S
to
le
arn
English;
some
basic verbs and
Il O
UIl
S;
sociallanguage

2
TOPIC
Aroun
d
the
world
Say
ing
your name, ;
lgl',
wh
ere y
Oll
co
me
from and
where youlive: so
me
adjec tives: n
umb
ers
20+
.
14
B
c
Wh
er
e
we

ulum li
nk
s:
H
i"
"
~ l!
Y
"
"d
ElIl'in
JIIlll
m l,d
.,rim(I' - animal life
and
habitat.
5
TOPIC
Your
co
un t
ry
26
Na
mes of
co
untries,
c
ont
inents

E
F
T
he
ci
rcle
o
fl
ife
Curr
-ic
ul u m l
ink
s: Biol
'J
.
l;
¥- fo
od
chams:
C/"(~I!r<lJl"¥
- f acts ab
out
the
wo
rld.
No
rt
h a
nd

th
e su n
C ur
r-
icul um
lin
ks: 1'
1I
)'.'i($and
C
(,
I
~
I!
r<lfl
lt
}'
- sun .
shadows and time ,
11
TOPIC N
atural
food
F
oo
d chains: th e lift' cycle ofa
bu
tterfly.
14
TOPIC

me
fmm the sun; daylight
ho
urs in England
and yo
ur
country; sun rise
/s
uns
et:
nu
king a
s
un
dial.
50
62
74
20
Q
ues
tio
n
tim
e! 86
A ga
me
to revise th e 'Ii'p
;c
and

'this'. 'that', 'b

· in positive sent
ences
and
Makin
g a post

r
about
English in YOUf lite.
questions.
In I/' t' d,
ISSfl'('
II/; classro
om
w
onk
6
LANGUAGE
FOCUS
3\
7
REVISION
36
R o
om
s in a house; discov

ring a grammar rul

till
' d,lSm"
"".
: classroo m phrases (I).
R evisi
on
of
Units
H 9 ,
12
LANGUAGE
FOCUS
Pets: Present simple: 'there iv/ then- an- .
0
11/
<1
1
/1
1" tWit: ill the sho ps (2).
15
LANGUAGE
FOCUS
Clothes. possessive 's: colours: all ex peri
me
nt with
flowers 31111
co
lours.
Out
,md

Units 11- 12,
16
ACTIVITY
A
cla
ss calend ar
A calendar
to
show climate

vents for each
month
of
the y
""
ar,
19
REVISION
Make
a rest
Self-asses
sm

nr
R evisi
on
of
Uni
ts 14
-I

de
nt's Book,
a Workb
oo
k and a Workb
ook
Cassette.
The
Student's
Book
I
Th
e Student's Book has six
Th
em es. Match the
Th
em
e, the name and the pi
ctur
e.
r
l
'
"
, ,
' f ·
Animal world
In
the SU Il
Th

k in your book.
Wh
at Unit arc the pictu res in?
The
Workbook
and
Workbook
C
assette
,

- -
,
3 Ca n you use the cassette wi th these
exercises?
.,
._.
_-
-,-
_
Yes No
a Unit 2 Exercise 3
D
D
b Unit 6 Exercise 1
D D
c Unit 10 Exercise 4

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6
What's
in Cambridge EnglIsh tor Schools Starter'?
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Cf/
30
16
11
4/
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.
•
Unit

Ex. 1
6 Eat English
w,th
v,
.wrid:;e ""3
1"
,,"
fa
r
Svhools
!JO
lI
c.ar\
""'
-
\
5 Write English
Listen to your teacher. Do the ac
tion
s.
2.1
P la
ya
gam
e
2 Have
fun
!
W rite
~ e

Ii
,*,
for
~
Is
!J
ov
l" Q
n "
3
Think
!
2.2
A puzz le
Write the words
ill the pu zzle.
Wh
;H
is w
or
d 7?
o
Word
~
Ul
Mpvter
so
.,Jwid1es
Unit 1 l earn English! 9
~

r./
(/
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[[
'U E\". s
A ina school D
B i
na
park 0 D
inatown
0
4.2
Pra
cti
se
with
y
our
teac her
Talk
to
yo
ur
reacher.
Fine, thanks.
How are
you?
4.3
Practi se in p
air

TUV W XY Z
I
i:!
h
ili
r:(,[Jr:~f'1
I
/\,
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.
J
I'
r 'J I.
-
Iju:!
•
5 Le
arn
th
e alp
ha
bet
5.1
Th
e E
ng
lish al
phabet
rJl'
Look at t

your partner.
Y
our
pa
rtn
er
write
s it do
wn
. C
hec
k if you are right!
lei
Spell yo
ur
nam
e and address.
r;:.:;;
l Learn tilt: sounds.
Say the letters in
gro
ups.
IC
II
•
•
•
11
U
nit

friend
(How
are
you?)
~
Lis
ten
(Q
'
He
llo. frie
nd
(How 3Te you?)'
and sing it w ith
your
class.
. .
The
wo
rds are
on
page
RH
.
7 L
earn
th
e
numb
ers

Writ
e so
me
n
um
bers for your neigh
bour
to complete.
7
.3
Play a ga
me
! What 's t
he
wo
rd
?
12 Unit 1 Learn English!
l
N
o
t
~
What'
s num ber
fjft een?
What
's nu
mbe
r

rk with your neighb
our
. Ask:
8
Your
Lan
gu
age
Re
cord
YOUR NEIGHBOUR'S WORDS
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
I
UIIIIlLLLllJIIl
I
YOUR WORDS
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Il
llILLILlLLLIlJT
l
Writ
e the meani ngs
of
the
word
s in yo
ur
IanS'1IJ!;e.
Language
Record

.
Pl
ay J game!
Read
this
boo
k.
Sing a song!
Sing a
song
.
I read a book in English.
S
ing
it
wit
h
your
class.
Yo
ur
own
phra
se
bo
ok! SAY
ING
H ELLO
Wr
ite

W
hat's
yo
ur narrre?
b;;) R ead and listen.
Can you understand?
.V'l/lles dud (/.1.'('$
1:".\"1
,
<1
P'lICI;(/' • /l OB Ex.
Peop
le
and
places;
cu
rric
ular
link
s with
Geog raphy
I'm years old.
10 ten 13 thirteen
11 eleven 14 fourteen
12 twelve 15 fifteen
I
'm

My name's
Tell the class.

Check your answers with the cassette
or
your teacher.
14 Theme A
Sata
ru
2
Around
th
e
world
2.1
The
y live in

.
R ead abo ut
Carolina and
Marek .Join
them to the
right country.
This is Carolina.
She's twelve years old.
She's from Italy,
2.2
P
aul
a and
Sa
to ru

is is

H
e-
's

This
is
me!
m,Y
nome
/5
Bety
,
I'm
tLJelve
!dears
old.
I'm
from
Argentina.
People
alll
i
places
Ex tf<l
pf<lcri
fl' • JI'n
f::x. 2, 3, 6
Brasilia

your
hou
se
or
Rat.
Writ
e about it.
This is
IWj
ho''''lf
lat
.
It
is
i" ,_
__
__
IS a .
Put your pictures and writing 011 a
poster. Put them
on
the classroom
wall.
This
is
~
hcvse
.
It
IS

by yourself, with a partner
or
in a small group.
Exercise
4.1 is a vocabulary exercise.
Exerc
ise
4.2
is a
wri
ting exercise.
4.1
Wh
at's
the
word
?
Put the words in the puzzle. What is
word
6?
1 ._. .
_,
__

_,__.,old are you?
2 Satoru is Japan.
3 What is y name?
4 England is
as
country.

Some
more
countries
Chile Russia New Zealand Australia Norway Ecuador
Write about
them
.
e h
;le
is
a
c.cv
l11ry
.
16 Theme A
6
Learn
some
more
numbers
~
~J
Listen to 'Hello. hello!' and sing it with your class.
The words are
0 11 page 88.
5
Sing
a
song!
Hello, hello!

225
1M>
hvrelreJ a
rel
"-' i>
·-!ive
,
., :,
.
~
.
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.
:
:
.
.'
:.l ,/.:.,

,
.,

100 a hundred
a
hv
rdred and olle
, 01 .,_,_,

__
._,

30 thirty J
6.2
Thirt
e
en
or
thirt
y?
Write the nu mbers.
21
~
=
O
"
~
32
th
i
rl
~
C
fwo

6.1
Ten, twe
nt
y. th
irty
.


80
61
45
22
Choose
one
of
\h~e
eJlerc
iSes.
1 Write a sente
nce
f
or
each
per
son . (See Exercise 2. 1.)
2
Wha
t's the answer?
Twenty-two and thirty-six and forty
-two
is
Thirty-nine and six and five is .
Twelve and five and three is .
Writ
e some
mo
re sums for
othe

y.
a flat
My flat is big.
J hou se My h
ou
se is small.
a name What's your n
ame
?
:
a~
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,
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y
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us

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t
,
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~
C hile is a
long
'-'
C(
.
'
~
n
_
n
_
"
~
y

I'm
I'ln
twelve years
old
.
she Paula is eleven yeJrs old. S
he
is from Brazil.
be Sar
oru
is fo
urt
een years old. H e is f
rom
Japan.
this
Thi
s is my
hous
e.
what
Wh
a
t'
s
your
name?
your
W hat's
yo

28
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e
i
T
t
39
th;
~-
n;
ne
84
99
43 110
59
200
18 Theme A
Languagefocu5
1 A n
ew
school
and
new
fri
end
s
'this
',
'that

and
T
on
y.
H ello. Are you
new
h
er
e?
Yes. It's my first day.
What'
s your
nam
e?
Susan.
I'm
Kate.
Thi
s is
Ton
y.
Hi, Susan.
Are you n
ew
here?
Oh,
n o. We're in Class2M.
Wh
at class are you in?
Class 2

TE:
SU
SAN:
K ATE:
SUSAN
:
KAT
E:
T O NY:
SUSAN:
TO
N Y:
L
ook
at the picture.
What are they saying?
Susan is at a new sch
oo
l.
She is
with
Kate
and
T
on
y.
Can you u
nd
erst
and

s
thi
s?
What'
s
that?
2.1
'This' or <tha
t'?
M
ake
a r
ule
When do you say'this'?
When do you say
't
hat'?
('that's'
=
't
hat is')
Talk to your neighb
our
.
Make a rule.
'1IJ
i
~
'
I

and
.
Isabel .
my house.
Put 'thisis'
or
'that's' in the sent
ence
s.
=
;:":"
::':"::
~
ll.J.L
~
Introduce two people
to
your class.
2.3
I
uu-od
uce so
meo
ne
2.2
Test
),our ru le
3
Her
e we are

!Ji:z1 she' s
! ltS!
it's
! WI:J! we
're
! p
:!
y
ou
're
Exnapraaier »
II
·U Ex . 1
Extroll,r
ol
o ic('
·"I"n
li s. 3
.1
from En rland.
in Ital .
It·_.
__
H e'.

She'he?
-"

r .,.M _
n am'
Yo
u
';

(You are'
from
Ene
land.
We·

( We ar
;:)
in ltalv,
Yo
u',
,

,
.,
,.,

,. ,.
(You arc)
T
h
c
v
'

ARGENTINA :
Dave Tim
tl.
tr
4
,
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c:j
pb
3
.3
Play a ga
me!
Memor
y
She's in Turkey.
W
or
k in pairs. Ask
eac
h other.
Make J. li

t of the people in Exercise 3.2. Look at th e Illap again.
then clo-

c your book. Test each o ther.
Where's Valen
tina

ain
Play another game. Look at the p
cop
hWh
ere arc they?
Dr
aw a pic
tur
e of them in a
train , a bO;H. a bus or a plane. 1)0
11
'[ )
1,.'[
your neig
hb
our
sec!
r
J7a~c~
k
'"""""-""'-'-'-'
-
'"
and
Linda
4 G u
ess

Linda on a bus?
Yes.
Unit 3 Language foc us 21
6
6
C/<lSSnJIJ
III
woni
s
Extr'l preairc» I
I"H
f:.\". s
~
-
.

.

Cassette
p
.,
I-
4
-
TH
-
-
1 5 7 8
B
I

ngs
in
yo ur classr
oom
5 In the cla
ssroom
Work in pairs. Ask each
ot
her about things in
your
classro
om
.
vVhats this? It
's
a
bo
ok. U1wt'sthat? It
's
a desk.
6 Y
our
Lang u age R e
cord
Now complete your
Lan
glla
gc R
ec
ord.

iSes.
Hello.
My name's Sa
l11.
W h
at'
s your name?
Wh
at class arc you in?
I'm in 2B. My
teacher is
Mr
Long.
T hat's
t
he
bell. Bye!
22 Theme A
Language
Record
Mean
ing
Writ
e the me
anin
gs
of
th e
word
s in yo

tr
ain
.
first T his is my
first
day at school.
IH
: \
\,
Th
is is Illy
new
bag.
this
h
er
e
that
This
is m)' classroom, here.
T his is my classroom.
he
re.
Th
at'
s my classroom, there.
then: T hat's m), class
room
,
ther

C omplete the sen ten ces with '1'. 'It
t",
'sh
e',
'i
t',
'y
o
u',
'w
e',
or 'they'.
Hello! 'm Peter. Here are my friend s.
This is Pierre. is from France.
isThis is Maria.
This is my cr
ocodi
le. is from Africa.
This is Steven and this is Ja
ck
.
are from England.
This is me and my family.
are from England.
Where are you from?
from Spain.
Unit 3 Language
focus
23
~ctivity

ord
s and
phr
ases
that you kn
ow
?
2
English
is
everywhere!
.f!ig(ish
words
complAter
radio
stop
colour
TV
M aki ng a po sle<'of
Engli
sh
in
you
r
lil
e
Extra I'
r</
aicr • I I 'H
Ullil

C
Ie~
ace-
Carta
ec";;.,,,"~
.
(;;;,
~
elise
1Il/lz
papier •
GenbruQSpapir
.
I(r
j ng
loop
II ap i e r .
Resirkulett
p
aprr
,
AtefVinnin
s
24 Theme A