Look forward. Background notes

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Lionel Messi: An Argentinian footballer, born in 1987. Currently plays for Spanish club FC Barcelona and is captain of the Argentinian national team.

Emma Watson: An English actress and model, born in 1990. Played Hermione Granger in the eight Harry

Potter films (2001–2011).

Background notes

Johnny Depp: A North American actor born in 1963. Films include Edward Scissorhands (1990), Charlie and

the Chocolate Factory (2005) and the Pirates of the Caribbean film series (2003, 2006, 2007 and 2011).

Madonna: A North American singer, songwriter and actress, born in 1958. Songs include Like a Prayer (1989), Vogue (1990) and Die Another Day (2002), the theme song to the film of the same name; films include Evita (1996).

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Ask Ss to introduce themselves to one other person in the class and ask their name. Then they ask two further questions:

How old are you? What’s the name of your brother/sister/ friend?

Ss then introduce this person to the rest of the class, e.g.

This is Maria. She’s fifteen. Her brother’s name is Tony.

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Exercise 1

1 How are you? 2 This is 3 Nice to meet you. 4 Stop it Exercise 2

B Daniel C Katy D Alice E Tom Exercise 4

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Point to another name and date of birth and ask Ss, in pairs, to work out how old that person is.

They race their classmates to give the answer first. (As well as the photos on page 7 of the Students’ Book, there are other photos of celebrities in the following units and lessons: Unit 4b, Unit 5c, Unit 7b, Unit 10b. The Background notes for the individual lessons give the dates of birth of each person.)

Extension

Numbers

On the board, write the names and dates of birth of a number of celebrities – pop stars, actors and actresses, sportsmen or women, etc. If you can, bring in some photos as well.

Demonstrate what you want Ss to do first, by pointing to a name and date of birth on the board and showing the photo if you have it, e.g. Katy Perry, born 1984, and saying: Her name is (Katy Perry). She’s (31). Exercise 5 14 Exercise 7 1 B: What’s his name? A: His name’s Max. 2 A: How old are

you?

B: I’m seventeen. A: No, you aren’t.

You’re twelve. 3 A: Are you new

here? B: Yes, I am. A: Is that your phone? B: No, it isn’t. Exercise 8 2 ’m 3 aren’t, ’re 4 ’s 5 Are, am 6 ’m 7 Is, isn’t 8 is Exercise 9 2 ’m 3 Is 4 isn’t 5 ’s 6 ’s Exercise 10 b 50 c 18 d 80 e 17 f 40 g 90 h 14 Exercise 11 2 his 3 I 4 you 5 my 6 She 7 her 8 he

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MOTIVATOR 1a

Photocopiable activity page 164

Video and Animation

Grammar: Verb to be: singular Pronunciation: /i:/, /i/

Grammar: Possessive adjectives Go to ActiveTeach or Teacher’s DVD-ROM.

Extra practice

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Demonstrate first, using one of the forms e.g.

My surname is … [spell out the first two or three

letters] OR

My address is … [say the address].

Extension

Give personal information

Ask Ss to swap the forms they completed about their partner in Exercise 6, so that each S now has a new form about another S. They should read out some of the information on the form for their classmates to guess who the form is about. They shouldn’t give away too much information at the beginning!

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back

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Numbers

Write some numbers between 1 and 100 on the board. Point to numbers at random for individual Ss to read them aloud. Exercise 1 01773 869214 Exercise 2 First name: Daniel Address: 52 Cowper Road, London Postcode: SW9 5TH Mobile number: 01773 869214 Age: 15 Exercise 3b 1 D, E, G, P, T, V 2 M, N, S, X, Z 3 H, J, K 4 U, W 5 Y Exercise 5 Surname: Stanton First name: Katy Address: 19 Windmill Street, London Post code: SW8 3KL Mobile number: 07978 650022

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MOTIVATOR 1b

Video and Animation

Use your English: Say hello and goodbye Go to ActiveTeach or Teacher’s DVD-ROM.

Extra practice

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1 -an/-ian 2 -ish 3 -ese 4 other Chilean Indian Italian Mexican Russian Exercise 4a and 4b

1 -an/-ian 2 -ish 3 -ese 4 other

Argentinian Polish Chinese French

American British Japanese German Australian Irish Portuguese Greek Brazilian Spanish Canadian Turkish

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back

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Days of the

week

Ask quickfire questions about days of the week. If necessary, use L1 to include questions about what the Ss do on particular days of the week, but they must say the day in English, e.g.

What day is it tomorrow? What days do you come to school? What day is your birthday on this year? etc. Exercise 1 1 Lulu, Yinglun 2 Maria, Duarte 3 Pawel, Maja Exercise 2 1 – Canada 2 – the USA 3 – Mexico 4 – Brazil 5 – Argentina 6 – Chile 7 – the UK 8 – Ireland 9 – Portugal 10 – Spain 11 – France 12 – Italy 13 – Germany 14 – Poland 15 – Greece 16 – Turkey 17 – Russia 18 – India 19 – China 20 – Japan 21 – Australia

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as they ask their questions. You may need to explain that the cities marked on the map are the capital cities (except New York). When they have guessed the country, give each S a slip of paper with the name of a country or let them choose a country. Ss then play the game in groups or as a class.

Extra

practice

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Video and

Animation

Pronunciation: Word stress Grammar: Verb to be: plural Go to ActiveTeach or Teacher’s DVD-ROM.

MOTIVATOR 1c

Extension

Countries

Play 20 questions with ‘Guess the country’. Think of a country from the 21 named countries in Exercise 2 of the Students’ Book. Tell the Ss they have 20 questions to guess which one you are thinking of. Exercise 5

1 north-east 2 south-east 3 south 4 west 5 north-west Exercise 8

2 Is Cristiano Ronaldo Portuguese? Yes, he is. 3 Are you and Olga from Russia? Yes, we are. 4 Are your teachers Spanish? No, they aren’t. They’re

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Extension

Group Ss in teams of three or four. Tell Ss to look again at the maps in this lesson and in Lesson 1c, to remind themselves of the names of the cities shown there. Ss then close their books.

Using the names of cities on the two maps, ask each team to name the matching country and nationality. Award one mark for the correct country and one mark for the correct nationality.

Exercise 2 1 United Kingdom 2 London 3 Wales – Cardiff; Scotland – Edinburgh; Northern Ireland – Belfast 4 British Exercise 3 1 D London 2 A Edinburgh 3 B Cambridge 4 C Cardiff Exercise 4 2 Scotland (Edinburgh) 3 Polish 4 university 5 English Exercise 5 2 Scotland 3 Kirkcudbright 4 Tighnabruaich 5 west

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Exercise 1 First name:

Antonio

Surname: Dodd Nationality: British City and country: Newcastle, England Languages: English and Italian Exercise 2 1 A 2 C 3 B Exercise 3 2 This is my sister. 3 David is from Manchester. 4 It’s my new phone. 5 Today is Wednesday. 6 It’s in the south of

England. 7 Yes, I am. 8 They’re

Japanese. 9 No, we aren’t. 10 I’m from Brazil.

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Photocopiable activitiespages 167 and 168 Exercise 4

1 Italian 2 Chinese 3 American 4 Greek 5 British Exercise 5

1 north-east 2 east 3 south 4 south-west 5 west 6 north-west

Exercise 6

Exercise 1

1 ’s 2 ’s 3 Is 4 isn’t 5 ’s 6 Are 7 aren’t 8 ’re 9 are 10 ’m 11 are

Exercise 2

1 your 2 my 3 her 4 Its 5 His Exercise 3

MOTIVATOR 1

ROUND-UP 1 ROUND-UP 2