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Brian Abbs • Chris Barker. Ingrid Freebairn
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Text com positio n: TSI Grap hics
Text font: 1'1 / 14 pal at ine
ISBl -13: 978 -0-13-8 15045-7
ISBN-"IO: 0-13-815045-1
1 2 34 5 6 78 91O-QWD - 131 21110 09

Illustration credits
Mark Coll ins: p. 2 (top); Francois Escalmel, p. 23; Tim
Hagger ty: pp. 18,74,86, 111; Peter Gunthe r: p. 69; Bria n
Hug hes : pp. 5,12; Alan Neid er : p.78; Ch ris Reed : pp . 19,
40,54, 101; Bar t Rivers, pp. 50, 81, 121; Robert Roper : p. 65;
And rew Shiff: pp. 44, 70, 85; Jim Sta rr: pp. 22, 106; Anna
Vc1tfort: p. 28.
Text credits

P: 2 Source for Harry Potter's family tre e: wikipedia.org:
p. 20 " Becom ing a Fat Nation," adap ted from USA TODAY,
February 19, 2002 ; p. 40 Source of ch art: U.S. Bureau of
the Cen sus: p. 68 "A Modern -d ay Mozart," ad apted from
60 Mi nutes' "Prod igy 12, Com pared to Mozart," Novemb er
28,2004; P: 76 "A Laught er a Day Keep s the Doctor Away,"
ad apted from "Community Hero: Dr. Madan Kataria" by
Wendy Jewel l, which appeared on www..laughte ryoga.org;
p. '103 Ru les of behavio r, ada pted from 'T each ing Man ne rs
in a Manne r-less World" by Ellen R. Delisio, wh ich
appe ared on ed ucation-world .com.

Photo credits
All ang in al photog raphy by Ste ph en Og ilvey; cove r
(city) David No ta n/ Getty Images, (bu tton) Da rlin g


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(b) Ch ristophe Lovi ny/Corbis: p. 61 (c) Tom & Dee An n

McCarthy / Corbis, (d) Chri stine Osborne/ Corbis,

(e) National Ga ller y Collection by kind per m ission of

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Library /Al arny, (right) Victor ia & Albert Museu m,

London/ Art Resource, NY; P: 75 Dyn amic Graph ics

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Contents
Scope and Sequence
Characters

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UNIT

5

Ellerybodvs waiting tor us.

Game 2
roject 2
UNIT

6 What are !IOU going to wear?
7

You were awesome,Jllex!

UN IT

8

I used to dream of ...

2

Progress check
Game 3
Project 3

6

UNIT

90

Progress check

97

11

98

UNIT

32

9

Wide Angle 3

24

50
51

Pro gress check
id e Angle 2
IT

iv

Vou shouldn't be upset.


130

Peer editing checklist

134


Scope and Sequence

Unit

Communication

Grammar

De~cribe

Review of the simple prese nt
Possessive.pronouns: mine, yours (sinq.), hers, h is,

let!get started.
Meet Rlexandhis

som eo ne's personality

friends.

ours, yours (pl .), theirs
Whose?


not much, not many '
Pages 24-31
Pages 32-33

Wide Angle 1: International treats

How often do you go

Express pre fe re nces: would
rather

rock climbing?

Adverbs of f re q ue ncy
Ex pressio ns of freq uency
How often

Gerunds
Pages 34--40
Page 4 1

Progress check Units 3 and 4

Elferybody's waiting

for us.

Test-t aking tip: Stay positive and relaxed .


Pag e 59

Progress check Units 5 and 6

Pages 60-6 1

Wide Angle 2: What is beauty?

Scope and Sequence

Test -t aking tip: Keep your eyes on you r own paper.


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Learn to learn

Vocabulary

Personality traits

Reading : Identify peo ple from descriptions
Listening: LIsten fo r specific information to
complete a chart
Speaking: Describe people's personalit ies; Talk
about yourself
Writing: Write about your ideal person

Expand you r vocabu lary

Woufdyo u

Reading: Read a bar graph
Listening: Listen for specific information
Speaking : Talk about w hat you like and don't
like doing w hen you don't have school
Writing: Write about w hat you like and don't
like doing during your f ree time

Learn coll ocat ions in
context

The sound 101 in soccer

Reading : Read a blog for specif ic information
Listening : Listen to discriminat e information
Speaking : Talk about reasons for running late
Wr iting: Write about what usually happens at
school

Role-play to practice
English

Words begi n ning with
s + another consonant

Reading: Read for specific informatio n
Listening: Listen to discriminat e information
Speaking : Talk abo ut th e kind of clot hes you
like; Discuss your opinio n


Express opin io n

Conjunctions: and, but. so
Used to for pa st ha bits

Pages 62- 69

Pages 70-76
Pag e 77

Progress check Units 7 and 8 Test-taking tip: Wr it e neat ly.

Page 78
Page 79

Game 3: Q & A baseball
Project 3: A snapshot of my childhood

We were walking
home ...

Talk about the weat he r
Talk about past activities

The past continuous
The past continuous w it h when and while
The simple past and the past continuous

Pag es 80-87


Game 4: Say and do the opposite
Project 4: A snapshot of a trip

ru teach you if vou

Talk ab out summer plans

want to learn.

May/Might for possi bility
First conditional: If clause + w;/Ilmight

Pages 108-114

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Page 115

Prog ress check Units 11 and 12 Test-taking ti p: Stay focused on your work.

Pages 116-117

Wide Angle 4: Summer camps

Scope and Sequence


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classmat e used to do

Personalize what you
learn in school

The pro nunciatio n of
used to

Adjectives for describing
the weather

Reading : Read for specific information
Listening: Listen to discriminate information
Sp eaking : Talk about stories you like; Discuss
similarities and differences
Writing: Put sentences in order to write a story

Make pred ict ions

The pro nunciat io n of hi
in walk

Adject ives of quality
(positive and negative)

Reading : Read for specific information
Listening : List en to determine true and fa lse
informatio n
Speaking: Express personal op inions; Express
pref erences

Wri ting: Wr ite an e-mail abo ut your summer
pl ans

Use t he publisher'S
web sit e for additional
information and
practice

Stress in verb + noun
combinations

Scope and Seque nce

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Vo

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1 Personal Information
Read the information. Then complete the form wit h yo ur own inf ormat ion.

Last name
Hudson

First name



countries

5. expensive:

Spain,

rooms of a house

kitchen,

places in a town

park,

occupations

teacher.

6. interesting:
7. long :

8. short:
9. tall :

B. What words begin with capital letters in
Exercise A7 Give one more example for
each.

8 Verbs

She

have/has

it

It

put

We

sing

you

You

take

They

tell

B. Write the subject pronouns from Exercise A
in the correct column.
First person

Second person



They're on the bag.


A.

-A2

Listen to the questions and the
answers.
A: What's today's date?
B: It's February 13th.
A: What time is it?
B: It's twelve o'clock.

A: What day is it?
8: It's Wednesday.

Where's the balloon?

It's above the table.

It's in front of the TV.


A: What year is it?

B: It's 2010.

B. PAIRS. Take turns. Ask where four

That's an apple.

Those are apples.

4. Have a great weekend/day/trip.
5. Take care.

B. PAIRS. Point to two things that are near
you and two things that are far from you.
Ask your classmate what the objects are.
Switch roles .
FOT

example:

A: What's this'?
B: It's a ruler.
A: What are those on the teacher's table?
B: Those are dictionaries. Your tum.

B. Write the appropriate response below each
expression in Exercise A. A response can be
used to respond to several expressions in
Exercise A.
• Sure.
• Thanks./Thank you.

• Bye./See you,
• You, too .



Yes, I am .

Yes, she is.

Yes, the y are.


Negative answers

No, I'm not.

No, she's not. / No, she isn 't.

No, they're not./ No, they aren't,


Information questions

Who is she?

Howald are you?

Where are they?


Short answers

My teacher.



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A. Write affirmative (+) and negative (-)
statements, describing each person. Use
the verb be and the adjectives you have
learned.



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1. shy

2. tori:

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B. GROUPS. Imagine you are one of the
characters. Describe yourself to your
classmates. They will try to guess which
character you are.

Practicing grammar
4 Pradice

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3. talkative
4. competitive
5. serious


6 Practice

8 Communication

Playa game. Go to page 130.

Describe someone's personality

7 Practice
A. Write information questions about the
self-introductions on pages 6-7. Use the
cues.

1. (Who) Paul

Q:

Who's Paul?


2. (What) Teen Scene

A.


GROUPS. Talk about yourself.
Tell your classmates the following
information about yourself:

Q:
6. (Wh at) Lori's last name
Q:
7. (Who) from Los Angeles
Q:
B. PAIRS. Take turns asking and answering
the questions in Exercise A. Don't look at
the reading.

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your name
your nickname if you have one
your age
other interesting information about yourself
and your personality

Useful language:
• My name's ...
• My nickname is . ..
• I'm _ _ years old.
• I'm friendly/shy/scrious/etc.
• r enjoy ...

have a show in November.
That's gre at! What kind is it?
It's a musical. It's a mixture of hip
hop, pop, and Broadway.
Really? Sounds interesting. Whose
idea was it?
I'd like to say mine, but .. .
Yours? Ours, Diane. Not just yours.
That's enough, you two. So, how's
your new director?
Paul? He's OK He's friendly, but I
think he's a perfectionist.
Yeah, he makes us practice a lot. He's
really serious.
That's not so bad.
It is. He's not exactly easygoing.
I bet he keeps you busy.

10 Comprehension
A. Answer the questions.
1. When is the Teen Scene show this year?
2. What kind of show is it?
3. What adjectives does Diane use to
describe Paul?

A7 Read along as you listen again. Check
your answers.

11 Useful expressions
A.

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1 Readi g
Read along as you listen to Alex and
his friends.
A3

Hi. My name's Alex Romero.
I'm 15 years old. I'm a member
of Teen Scene. a drama and
music group. I play t he guitar.
I'm easygoing. and I'm not s hy!

Communication

Describe some one' s personality
Grammar

Review of the simple present
Possess ive pronouns: mine,
yours (sinq .), hers, his, ours,
yours (pl.), theirs
Whose?
Vocabulary

Personality tr a it s

a. makes a Jot of rules to be follow ed

2. ea sygo ing _ _
3. q uiet _ _

b. liked by a lot of people

4. studious _ _

d. enjoyable or entertaining

5. smart _ _

e. spends a lot of time studying

6. serious _ _

f. intelligent

7. outgoing _

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g. very calm; not noisy or loud

8. sh y _ _
5. He plays the guitar.
6. She's in Green Fire with
Di ane and Karen.


A: I'm pretty eas ygoing, but I'm also shy. What about you ?
B: I'm not shy at a ll. I'm very o utgoin g .
C. GROUPS. form groups of four. Choose adjectives from
Exercise A t hat describe one of your classmates. Describe that
person to th e members of your group and have them guess
the person's name.

I'm Paul Cha n, t he

direct or' of Teen
S cene. I'm 26 . I
enj oy working with
teenagers. They're
fun, but th ey're also
c fla llenging.

I'm serious, but I'm
not st rict . I'm ju st
a perfect ionist l

Expand your vocabulary.
When you learn a new adjective, try to learn its
opposite, too. This will double your vocabu lary.
Match the adj ectives with their oppos ites. Use a
dictionary if you need to.
1. studious
2. friendly
3. fun
4. outgoing
5. popular


Lori and Diane are friends.

We're in Green Fire.


Negative statements
I'm not in Teen Scene.
Diane's not shy. / Diane isn't shy.
They 're not sisters. / They aren't sisters.
We're not in Green Fire. / We aren 't in Green Fire.

Yes/No questions

Are you in Teen Scene?

Is Diane outgoing?

Are Alex and Joe best friends?


Affirmative answers

Yes, I am.

Yes, she is.

Yes, they are.




I'm 15.

They 're at school.


Discovering grammar
Look at the
questions.

3. Paul:

grammar chart. Answer the

1. What are the simple affirmative present
forms of the verb b e? -

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6. Diane:


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characters. Describe yourself to your
classmates. They will try to guess which
character you are.

4 Practice

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5. Joe:

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Practicing grammar

(_)

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(+) - - -(- ) -

3. What ilr~ some examples of question
words used in information questions?

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Q:

Who's Paul?


2. (What) Teen Scene

Describe someone's personality
A.

AS

List e n to the conversation .

A: Who's that?
B: He 's m y classmate.
A: WhClt' s his name?
B: Adam.
A: He look s reall y cool.
B: He is, but he's pretty shy.
B. PAIRS. Role-play the conversation with
a partner.

Q:

3. (Howold) Paul
Q:

4. (What) Green Fire

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your name
your nickname if you have one
your age
other interesting information about yourself
and your persona lily

Useful language:
• My name's .. .
• My nickname is . ..
• I'm _ _ years old.
• I'm friendly/shy/serious/etc .
• I enjoy . ..

Unit 1

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9 Dialogue
A6

Cover the dialogue and listen.

Mom:
Joe:
Mom:
Diane:
Dad:

At schoo l.

long answers
He practices after school.
They practice at school.

Discovering grammar

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PAIRS. Look at the grammar chart. Complete the rules with
do or does.

+ th e base

1. In quest ion s w ith he, she. and it, use

Practice

PAIRS. Ask and answer t w o
Yes/No questions about each
article in Exercise 12.
Fo r ex ample:

form of a verb.
2. In questions wit h /, you , we, and they, use
b ase form of a ve rb .

+ t he


For examp le:

Q: Where do Angelina J olie
and Brad Pitt live?

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A: They live In Ca lifo rn ia.

readlng and drawing.

15 Writing
1. Bract Pitt and 1\ngeli no Jolic (be)

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Hollywood actor s.Th ey (live)
in Ca liforn ia.They (do)

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a lot.of

chnrity work. Angcline (t ravel)

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eround the wo rld to he lp the poor. Brad (use)
_ _ _ __ _
envi ronmcnt,

my
your
her
his
our
your
their

mine
yours
hers
his
our s
your s
theirs

Questi on with Whose?

Whose is that?

Whose idea is it ?


Possessive

adjectives

It's my book.

It's your book.


1. Every person in your group
puts three items ina bag.
Don't look at the items.
2. hoose th ree items from
the bag. Don't tak e yours!
3. Find out to whom each item
be longs. Whoever find s the
owners of all three items
firs t wins.

Short answer

Mine.

Ours .


Long answer


For example:

It's mine.

It's ours.


Discovering grammar
Look at the grammar chart. Circle the correct a nsw e rs.

Practicing grammar
16 Practice

A: Whose'----'idea w asv it?
B: It was his.

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Rewrite the sentences. Use posse ss ive pr o nou ns.

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1. Those are their CDs .

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Tho5e C05 are the;rf;.

A: Whose
is it?
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B: It's ours.
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3. That's our soccer ba ll.

B. PAIRS. Practice the
quest ions and answers.

4. That's my com ic book.

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5. Those are b is sneakers.
6. This is your cell p hone.

19 Listening
A10 List e n to the conversation.
Put a check (II) below the
name of t he perso n who owns
each object .

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B. GROUPS. Discuss: Which do you t hink is bet te r, a st rict teacher o r an easygoing one?
Explain your answer.

Unit 1

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