Starting Skills 1 WB

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Terry and Anna Phillips arne t

with Chris Gough
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Unit 1: Education 4
Unit 2: Daily Life 10
Unit 3: Work and Business 16
Unit 4: Science and Nature 22
Unit 5: The Physical World 28
Revision 1 34
Unit 6: Culture and Civilization 38
Unit 7: Technology 44
Unit 8: Art and Literature 50
Unit 9: Sports and Leisure 56
Unit 10: Nutrition and Health 62
Revision 2 68
Listening and Speaking
e 0 , Listen and match.

Write the correct number next to each picture.
4 STARTING SKILLS I - UNIT I: Education

listening and Speaking
C]) Read and match.

1 Write the correct number next to each question.
2 Practise the questions and answers in pairs.
1 What's your name? D I'm fine, thank you .
2 Are you English? D I'm from Kansas City.
3 How are you today? D Class K.
4 Are you a student? ITJ David.
5 Where are you from? D No, I'm a doctor.
6 What class are you in? D No, I'm American .
~ 0 2 listen and answer.

What is it?
Example:
You hear: What is number 8?
You say: It's a classroom.
a El
4!> Say and choose.

Say the words and tick V') the words with an /e/ sound .
teacher D ten 0 w here D begin D yes D pen D

speak D desk D read D question D check D Engl ish D
STARTING SKILLS I - UNIT I : Education 5
Reading and Writing
fi} Read and match.

Match the texts with the pictures.
1 My first name is Maria. I'm from Russia. D

2 My name is Tenzin Ggyatso. I am from Tibet. D
3 He is Portuguese. He is from Funchal in Madeira. D
4 My family name is Ciccone. I am from Michigan in the United States. D
5 She is Spanish. She is from Madrid, which is the capital of Spain. She is a famous actress. D
6 He is from Milan, which is in the north of Italy. He is a politician. D
«]) Read and complete. Use words from the box.
from family first in English an
Hello . My ____ name's Daniel and my ____ name's
Craig . I'm ____ actor. In the movies, my name's James Bond .
I'm _ _ _ . I'm ____ Chester, wh ich is ____ the north
of the country.
6 STARTING SKILLS I - UNIT I, Education

Reading and Writing
(i Read and complete.

Read and complete the cards.
Hello . My name's Lucas . My family name's Martinez.

First name:
Family name:
Hi . I'm Maria . Maria Brindelli .
Nationality:
Hometown:
No, I'm Italian. Are you Span ish?

l
Identify Card Greenhill College
Yes, I am . I'm from Granada .

It's in the south of my country. r--
First name:
I'm from Ven ice. It's in t he north of Italy. Family name:
Nationality:
I'm a student. Are you a student?
Hometown:
Identity Card Greenhill College
@ Write sentences.
Write the texts again with capital letters and full stops.
1 she is a student she is turkish she is from istanbul
2 my name's marina what is your name
3 my name's yoshi i'm fro m tokyo it is the capital of my country
STARTING SKILLS I - UNIT I , Education 7

Vocabulary and Grammar
e Write the numbers.
1 two+ one= thvc-c-
2 four- two =
3 four + three =
4 six + two=
5 five+ five =
6 six- five =
7 two +three +four=
8 nine - five=
9 ten -four=
10 one + one + three =
~ Write the words.
a B
&ook/;
El
8 STARTING SKILLS I - UNIT I : Education

~ Read and choose.

1 Tick (.1) the correct sentences. Cross (~) the wrong sentences.
1 How are you7 0 5 I Spanish. D

2 What are your name? D 6 Open you books . D
3 They is students . D 7 No, I'm not. D
4 Are you Eng lish? D 8 Where are you from? D
2 Write the wrong sentences correctly.
@ Look and write.

1 Write the contractions.
1 I am I'm 4 She is
2 You are 5 It is
3 He is 6 Th ey are
2 Write the words in the correct order.
1 you Turkey ? Are from
2 your David Is ? name
3 Jones teacher . Mr my is
4 not Spanish They . are
4} Think and write.

Write one example of each grammar word.
1 a singular noun
2 a plural noun
3 a verb
4 a pronoun
5 an adjective
STARTING SKIL LS I -UNIT 1: Education 9

UNIT 2 DailY Life
e 0 3 Listen and choose.

Which words do you hear? Circle them.
1~June
2 September I December
3 March I May
4 Tuesday I Thursday
5 a day I a date
6 What day is it? I What date is it?
7 5 a.m. I 4 p.m.
8 6 a.m. I 6 p.m.
9 the first day of the month I the last day of the month
10 the first day of the first week I the first day of the third week
41) 0 4 Listen . Read and complete the timetable.
11th February 2010
Morning
9.00 a.m. Lesson 1 1.00 p.m. Lesson 4

Lesson 2 2.00 p.m. Lesson 5
11.00 a.m. Lesson 3 Lesson 6
12.00 p.m. 4.00 p.m . School - -
~ Read and match.

1 What's the time? D It's the first of December.
2 What day is it today? D I'm 17 .
3 What year is it? QJ It's 10 p.m.
4 How old are you' D Yes, it is.
5 Is it your birthday? D 2010.
6 What's the date today? D It's Tuesday.
3 Now ask and answer with true answers about you.
10 STARTING SKILLS I - UNIT 2, Daily Life

0 Listen and answer.

1 0 s Answer the questions.
Example:
You hear: Is it Wednesday today?
You answer: Yes, it is. I No, it isn't.
You hear: Which month is yo ur birthday?
You answer: It's April.
2 0 6 What is the next word?

Example:
You hear: Monday I Tuesday I Wedn esday I Thursday ...
You say: Friday
4} 0 1 Listen and answer.

Listen and write the answers. Use the numbers in the box.
eleven fifty t hirteen twenty twe lve ~ fifteen fo rty
1 c-i&bt 5
2 6
3 7
4 8
C) Say and choose.

Say the words and write Iii or lai/.
six QJ t ime 0 f ive D listen D tick D

nine D w rite D fi fty D f ine D begin D
STARTING SKILLS I - UNIT z, Daily Life 11

Reading and Writing
fl} Read and complete.

Read the poster and complete the table.
Date of concert
Time concert begins
Time concert ends
Telephone
Address
«]) Read and choose.

1 Tick (w") the correct sentences. Cross (~) the wrong sentences.
1 Twenty-five hours is one day. D 6 Five weeks is a month . D

2 Forty-eight hours is two days. D 7 January is the first month in t he yea r. D
3 Seven days are a week. D 8 10 a.m. is in the morn ing . D
4 Fourteen days are three weeks . D 9 3 p.m. is in t he night. D
5 Thirty or thirty-one days are a month. D 10 Th is yea r is 2007 . D
12 STARTING SKILLS I - UNIT Z: Daily Life

Reading and Writing
~ Read and complete. Use words from the box.
end begin at at in have
Hello. I'm Carlos. I'm a student at university. I am _ _ _ year 1
and I six lessons each day. My lessons each
day 9 a.m. and they 5 p.m.
Write about your lessons.

H-e-llo, I'm
@ Write sentences.
Write the sentences again with capital letters and full stops.
1 monday is the first day of the week
2 my birthday is in february
3 the party is in south road at 9 pm
4 i am english and i live in greenhill
5 lessons begin in september and end in december
6 ella is 17 but she is 18 next month
STARTING SKILLS I - UNIT 2. : Daily Life 13

a Write these numbers and words as words only.

1 365 days d ~C.Cll'
36
2 seven days
3 28, 30 or 31 days
4 24 hours
5 60 minutes
€) Write these numbers as words.

1 20
2 30
3 40
4 50
+we-n~
60 3
5 60
6 70
7 80
8 90
24
~ Write the dates.
1 one the. fiv-e;+
2 two
3 three
4 four
t
5 five
6 six
7 seven
9
8 eight
9 nine
10 ten
14 STARTING SKI LLS I - UNIT 2: Daily Life

4!) Find the words.

Circle ten words connected with time.
k l(m 0 n t h) e e s k month
u 0 m k 0 u t v i i
n r u I d h a e t I
s n 0 z a i r n i I
n I a f y I r I p a
r n 0 w f I f n r s
y g b e r n i g h t
e s y e a r r e s I
0 m u k d e s I 0 n
p u n I s h t c n r
4} Read and choose.

1 Tick (./) the correct sentences. Cross (X) the wrong sentences.
1 Are you a stud ent? D 5 My birthday is in September. D

2 How old is you? D 6 I have one t eacher. He are nice. D
3 My first lesson are at 9 a.m . each day. D 7 Do you have a cake on your birthday? D
4 I have t hree lessons at t he morning. D 8 Classes end at 3 p.m . D
4) look and write.

Write the words in the correct order.
1 lessons I day six have . each _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
2 is month t he December last . of year t he _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _
3 you lessons Saturday have Do? on _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
STARTING SKILLS I -UN IT Z: Daily Life 15

UNIT 3 Work and Business
fl} 0 s Listen to the conversations. Draw a line from the name to the job.
D
a lawyer
D
a secretary
D
an engineer
Ahmed Karli
D
a typist
D
a receptionist
at a hotel
D
a programmer
Carla Yuka
D
a banker
D
a doctor
D
a teacher
Mario
16 STARTING SKILLS I - UNIT 3 , Work and Business

€) Read and match.

1 Excuse me? W hat 's th e date t oday? D No, I'm Chinese .
2 Is it March? D Yes, I am.
3 Are you Japanese? D No, I don 't.
4 Where are you from? D I'm from Beijing .
5 Are you in th is class? D I w ant to be a lawyer.
6 Do you want to be an engineer? D No! It's April .
7 What do you w ant to be ? OJ It's the tenth .
~ Choose and spell.

Choose five words from pages 35-37 of your Course Book.
Make a list. Spell the words to your partner. Compare your words.
My first word is 'doctor ' .
How do you spell that?
ce-C-T-0-RJ
(~o-
-O--T-
-C-
-0-~~.
c; -0--R~.J
~N-0-.D--0--C--T-
lei Iii Ia:! I ail

@ Say and write.
te-n ~ix c.-lac;~ n1nc.
Say each word in the box. Write it in the
correct column. Add one more word.
ask begin Ela55 end f ive

is it last Ma rch night Affle
si-x start teR test time twelve
STARTING SK ILLS 1 - UNIT 3 : Work and Business 17

Reading and Writing
fll Read and choose.

1 Right or wrong? Tick (.!') the correct sentences. Cross (X) the wrong sentences.
Mario Russo is ~. )Lf-

THE INTERNATIONAL HOTEL
He is Spanish . FIRST NAME: Mario
-----------------
SURNAME: Russo
He is from Madrid. -------------------
HOMETOWN: _:R.:..::o:.:..:m.:..:::e_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
He works at the National Hotel now. NATIONALITY: Italian

~~------------
JOB: Manager
He is a manager.
22108172
DATE OF BIRTH: ----------------
He lives at 23 High Road, Greenhill. ADDRESS: 23 High Street, Dubai
Virgie Lopez is 126.
FIRST NAME: ___:V:. :,:ir: !.:.g·e

l.: . _____________ She is Philippines.
SURNAME: ~Lo'!:.p::.:ez~----------
She is from Vanilla in the Philippines.
HOMETOWN:~M~a~n~ila~-----------
NATIONALITY: ~F.c:..'i!I~·PI::_::·na::..,___________ She is a nurse at Rashid Hospital.
JOB: Doctor, Rashid Hospital
He is a manager.
DATE OF BIRTH: _:0~5~~09:.c:IB~O~---
ADDRESS: 105 Zayed Road, Dubai She lives at 150 Zayed Road, Dubai.
@ Read and copy words with capital letters from Exercise A.

First names Surnames Countries Towns/Cities Organizations Nationalities
Marill
18 STARTING SKILLS I - UNIT 3: Work and Business

Reading and Writing
~ Read and write.

1 Write the words from the box in the correct
place on the card. SURNAME:
2 Write about Carl in the space provided. HOMETOWN:
04/03/87
Carl
Australian
Receptionist
NATIONALITY:
JOB:
DATE OF BIRTH:
ADDRESS:
I
Ill~ IIIII~I/IIIII/II
Canberra Warne
43 Blackbird Road
Greenhill OCEAN
0~~1000km
@ Think and write.

1 Write some information in each space on the card.
Carl ...
2 Write about yourself in the space below.
First name:
Surname:
Hometown:
Nationality:
Job:
Address:
'-'
CROWN COURT
() Read and write.

1 Read your partner's text. Complete the ID card. I ...
2 Compare ID cards.
First name:
Surname:
Hometown:
Nationality:
Job:
Address:
CROWN COURT
STARTING SKILLS 1 - UNIT 3: Work and Business 19

fll Write the words.
a B
d ~pi<;t ( df'\ offi~
a a
@ Read and choose.

Write these plural nouns in the correct column.
jobs weeks numbers offices schools classes banks ticks exercises
Is/ lz/ liz/
20 STARTING SKILLS I - UNIT 3: Work and Business

~ Read and write.

Read the notes about Leonardo diCaprio Leona..do diCap ..io
and Zhang Ziyi. Complete the two texts.
• H-e- ~~ ) 5.
• L-G-oni.lvclo z..hi.l~
•
• A~
DIC-i.lpvlo
)5
z..;1;
)D •
Ni.ltloni.lll-hj AMc-VJC...i.l '\ C-hino;c-
•
H"oMc-toV\11'\ L-o~ Ang-le-~ 5c-jl~
Job Adov i.ll'lcl fi lM Advc-~~ ZhangZiyi

I·
pvoclvc...c-v
I
•
•
•
•
@ Complete the sentences.

1 Use one question word to complete each question.
1 doyoudo? 3 do you start work?

I'm a teac her. At 8.30 in the morning.
2 _ _ _ __ do you work? 4 _ _ _ __ you work in London?

In a school in London . No, I don't.
2 Use one preposition to complete each sentence.
1 I begin work 9 a.m.
2 I have lessons t he morning and the afternoon.
3 I don't have lessons Frida y afternoon .
4 I work a bank.
5 She works Fairdale Hospital.
STARTING SKILLS I - UNIT 3 , Work and Business 21

UNIT 4 Science and Nature
e 0 9 Listen and draw.
€) Draw a picture in Box 1 J-. Choose four of these.
~ Work in pairs.
Student 1: Describe your picture. Student 2: Draw the picture in Box 2 J- .
Swap roles.
1 2
22 STARTING SKILLS I - UNIT 4: Science and Nature

@ Read and match.

1 What's your name? D Blue, I think.
2 How old are you? D He's a doctor.
3 Are you English? D 8.00 a.m .
4 Which days do you have schooJ7 D 12. It's my birthday today.
5 How many lessons do you have each day? D An accountant or a lawyer.
6 What time do lessons begin each day? D Four in the morning and three in the afternoon .
7 What does your father do? D Monday to Friday.
8 What do you want to be? OJ Pablo Vincente.
9 What's your favourite colour? D No, I'm Mexican.
4} 0 10 Listen and answer.

What colour is it?
Example:
You hear: sand
You say: yellow, orange, red, white
4} What is it?
Work in pairs.
Student 1: Choose something in the room. Tell Student 2 the colour.
Student 2: What is it ? Guess!
Swap roles
Student 1: It's green.

Student 2: My book?
Student 1: No.
Student 2: This?
Student 1: No.
Student 2: That?
Student 1: Yes
STARTING SKILLS I - UNIT 4: Science and Nature 23

Reading and Writing
e Look and read.

Look at the picture on page 46 of your Course Book for one minute.
Close your book. Right or wrong? Tick or cross the sentences.
Open your Course Book. Check your answers.
1 The sun is in the sky. 0

2 It is red. 0 It i.:; ~e-llow
3 The sky is blue . D

4 There are white clouds in the sky. D
5 There are some mountains in the picture. D
6 There is snow on some of the mount ains. D
7 It is black . D
8 There are three trees . D
9 They are red and green and brown. D
10 There are birds on the trees. D
11 There is grass on the mountains. D
12 There is sand. D
13 It is yellow and red . D
14 There is a rainbow. D
15 It is orange, yellow, green, indigo and violet. D
~ Read and copy words from Exercise A.
singular plural pronouns prepositions adjectives verbs
nouns nouns
<;vn c.-lovd.:; it 111 ve-d i.:;
24 STARTING SKILLS I - UN IT 4: Science and Nature

Reading and Writing
~ Scan the texts. Complete the table.

A There are two green circles .
text sentences capital letters numbers
One circle has eight green
A
B
3 3 5
m circles around it. One circle has
five green circles around it.
c
D
E
B There are four squares in a large
square . One square is black .
@Read and match.

1 Look at the drawings on page 48 of your
Course Book.
n One is white and two squares
are grey.
2 Match a drawing to each text. 4
3 Write the number in the grey box.
C There are many blue circles in a

4) Read and draw.
1 Close your Course Book. Read each text (A-E).
Make a drawing under each text.
4
n circle . You can see the number
twelve in orange circles .
Write the correct colour word in each space.

2 Open your Course Book. Check your drawing.
4) Look and write.

D There are 48 black squares in six
Choose drawing 7 OR drawing 8 on page 48 of your rows of eight columns. There are
Course Book. Write a short text about the drawing. grey lines between the black
n squares . There are dots on the

grey lines . They are white .
E There are two main squares.

One square is white. One
square has four small squares.
o One is red, one is yellow, one is

blue and one is purple.
STARTING SKILLS I - UN IT 4: Science and Nature 25

a Write the words.

Write each jumbled word correctly.
1 The nus is oht. ~vn hot

2 The ysk is lube .
3 There are seven ucosorl in a wabrnoi.
4 terse are renge.
5 There is sown on the timanouns.
6 lucods are hetwi or grey.
7 dans is lowyel.
8 Look at the greoan swolfer.
9 At night the yks ·is kablc .
10 der, yellow and blue make wonbr.
€) Answer the questions.
1 What colour is t he sun?
2 What colour is the sky in the morning?
3 What colour is the sky at night?
4 What colour are clouds?
5 What colour is snow?
6 What colour is sand?
7 What colour are trees?
8 What colour is a rainbow?
~ Choose and spell.

My first word is 'yellow' .
Choose five words from pages 54-57 of
your Course Book.
How do you spell that?
Make a list. Spell the words to your partner.
Compare your words. C{::E-L-L-0-W l
[ Y-E-L-0-~
ce~N-0-.Y--E--L--L--0-W. J
26 STARTING SKILLS I - UNIT 4: Science and Nature

(!) Read and choose.

1 Tick (.1) the correct sentences. Cross (X) the wrong sentences.
1 What colour it is? D 5 The trees are tall. D

2 I can see orange flowers . D 6 What colour is grass? D
3 There is two trees in the picture. D 7 I don't can see a tree in the picture. D
4 It is a tree on the mountain. D 8 There is grass green in the picture. D
0 Complete the sentences.
1 Use do or does to complete each question.
1 How you spell it? 4 Where she live?
2 Why it change colour? 5 he speak English?
3 you live in a house or a flat? 6 What these words mean?
2 Use is or are to complete each sentence.
1 There clouds in the sky. 4 There a black bird in the tree .
2 There snow on the mountain. 5 There a rainbow in the sky.
3 There trees in my picture. 6 There seven colours in a rainbow.
3 Use It or There to complete each sentence.
1 is hot today. 4 is black and white.
2 are clouds in the sky. 5 are ten books on the desk .
3 is a kitchen in my flat. 6 is a small house.
STARTING SKILLS I -UNIT 4: Science and Nature 27

UNIT 5 The Physical World
e 0 ,, Listen and draw.
• town/city
) lake
"' mountains
~ island
ijj capital city
€) Add some more items to the map in Exercise A.
~ Work in pairs.
Student 1: Oecribe your items on the map.
Student 2: Add the items to your map.
Swap roles.
28 STARTING SKILLS I - UNIT 5 : The Physical World

5 Listening and Speaking
@ Work in pairs.
1 2
Student 1: Say one from each pair
Student 2: Say 1 or 2. can can't
Swap roles. do day
how hour
is east
C} Read and answer.
1 Read each question. Think of a like lake
true answer.
night not
2 Ask two more questions.
now no
3 Practise the conversation in pairs.
red read
say said
What's your hometown?
why white
year your
W here is it? Is that the capital city?
What about rivers or lakes? Is your country large'
W hich country are you from? Are there any mountains in your country?
STARTING SKILLS I - UNIT 5: The Physical Wo rl d 29

Reading and Writing
fll Look and read.

1 Right or wrong? Tick or cross the sentences.
2 Correct the wrong sentences.
1 China is a very small count ry. 0 Chin<l i<; <l v'c.t'lj lavM" c.-ovnil:J.
2 The capita l city is Beijing. D

3 It is in the northwest of the country. D
4 It is near a lake. D
5 There is a lake in t he centre of the co untry. D
6 It is called Qinghai . D
7 There are many high mountains in the
centre and the northeast of the country. D
8 They are called the Everests . D
9 There are two large rivers. D
10 They flow from the Himalayas to the
coast in the south . D
11 They are the Yangtze and the Red River. D
12 The Yangtze is north of the Yellow River. D
13 The city of Shanghai is on the Yellow River. D
Q Read and match.
1 China D a river
2 Beijing D the capita l city
3 The Himalayas D a city
4 The Yangtze D mountains
5 Shanghai D a lake
6 Qinghai QJ a country
30 STARTING SKILLS I - UN IT 5 , The Physical World

Reading and Writing
~ Scan t he texts. Complete the table.
text sentences capital letters AI L-----------------------~

I
A It is a large country. There are
mountains in the west of the
B
country. They are called the Sierra
c Madre. There is a lake in the
south, called Chapala. The
capital, Mexico City, is south of
0 Read and match . the lake.
1 Look at the maps on page 63 of your Course Book.
2 Match a map to each of the texts on the right.
Write the name of the country in the grey box.
B I
L-----------------------~
I
3 Label the maps in the Course Book.
It is a large country. There are
4} Look and write. mountains in the southeast. They

are called the Drakensberg. The
Look at the map of Egypt on page 63 of the
Orange River starts in the
Course Book. Write about the country.
Drakensberg . It flows to the west
of the country. The capital is
Pretoria. It is in the northeast of
the country.
c
It is a small country. There are
mountains in the centre of the
country. They are called the
Apennines. There are also
mountains in the north of the
country, called the Alps. The
capital, Rome, is in the east of
the country. There are two large
islands. One island is in the
southwest. It is called Sardinia .
One island, called Sicily, is in
the west.
STARTING SKILLS I - UNIT S: The Physical World 31

fil Do the crossword.
Across
a very big town
114 4
II II II
II II
5
1111 7
6 Nasser is a famous
Down
Mexico, India and Japan are all _ _ _ _ _ __
3 a very small town
5 opposite of south
4]) Think and write.

1 Complete each sentence with one word.
1 New York, Washington and Dallas are _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in the United States.
2 The Thames, the Amazon and the Ni le are
3 Everest, Kilimanjaro and Fuji are
4 Barbados, Grenada and Anguilla are _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in the Caribbean.
5 Superior, Nasser and Como are
2 Write the opposite of each word.
1 big 2 hot
3 top 4 left
5 north 6 east
32 STARTING SKILLS I - UNIT 5: The Physical World

~ Look and write.

Write about the island.
1 There ______ a small village in the south. 4 There are _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
2 There are _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ 5 There is _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
3 Thereis _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ 6 There are _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
@ Read and choose.

1 Tick (.f) the correct sentences. Cross (X) the wrong sentences.
1 I live at a big city. D 5 It is a large town on the coast. D

2 Is there a river in your hometown? D 6 Everest and Kilimanjaro is mounta ins. D
3 Are there in your country any lakes? D 7 It is a mountain very high. D
4 It is a town in the west of my country. D 8 There is a small village in the north. D
STARTING SKILLS I - UNIT 5: The Physical World 33

Listening
e 0 12 Listen and tick (.f) the correct picture in each pair.
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
June July
Su MoTu We Th Fr Sa Su MoTu We Th Fr Sa
1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
20 21 22 23 24 25 26 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
27 28 29 30
0
0
0 060
34 STARTING SKILLS I - Revision I

Reading and Writing
fl Read each text. Write the information in the

First name:
correct place.
Family name:
a Karli Bulent is 18. She is Turkish. She is

from Ankara, which is the capital of the
Nationality:
Hometown:
country. k:JerMy Card Greenhill College
First name:
El My name's Carla Rodriguez. I'm Spanish. I'm I Family name:

Nationality:
from Barcelona, which is in the east of the {
country. Hometown:
k:Jenlity Card Greenhill College

EJ Hello. I'm Mario. Mario Dionisi. I'm First name:
Italian. I'm from Rome. Have you ever Family name:
been to Rome? It is ... ,.-- Nationality:
Hometown:
a I'm Chieko Adachi. I'm Japanese.

I'm from Tokyo. Today I would like /
k:Jennty Card Greenhill College
First name:
to tell you ...
Family name:
Nationality:
Hometown:
Q Read about Karli. k:Jennty Card Greenhill College

Write notes in the table.
name Karli Milly

nationality Fre~Uit,
My ~ u Kar/b. I (,I.,UV
Twkidv. I (,I.,UVfro~ Anf<.ara. I

hometown Pa.ru
f,I.,UV 13. I f,I.,UV d (4reenJUit Sclwol.
age 14 I (,I.,UV irv 1£. I /w._ue, sclwol o/1/
school No~HotM~ScJwot Moitday, Tuut0', Wedlteft0',
class 2A Tlwrst0' fJ..I1d FridAy. We- /uwe,
school week M, Tu, Th, F, fa-
sl,x Lusort£ a, t0'· Le_;sort£ b~irv
lessons each ar eijkt irv thh uwrrWtj. T/uy
week s
md d four irv thh ajtenwoYv.
school day 9 a.uu- 4 !"""'
~ Read the notes about Milly. (!) Write about you and your school in the
Write a text. same way.
STARTING SKILLS I - Revision I 35

Vocabulary
a Write these numbers in words. 4!) Write the opposites.
1------ 2 - - - - -- 1 big
3------ 4 - - - -- - 2 left
5 ------ 6 3 hot
7 8 - -- - - - 4 north
9------ 10 - - - - - - 5 begin
6 open
4]) Write the missing word.
7 east
1 Monday I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I
Wednesday I Thursday 8 ask
2 ten I twenty I ______ I forty

4} Name each physical feature.
3 January I February I March I
1 Madrid I Milan I Cairo I London
4 thirteen I fourteen I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I
2 The Thames I The Nile I The Amazon
sixteen
5 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I second I third I fourth

3 Everest I Kilimanjaro I Fuji
6 day I week I _ _ __ _ _ _ I year
4 Nasser I Huron I Como

~ Name each item.
Example: Pierre, Esteban, Anna, Dinara =
5 Madagascar I Sicily I Barbados
first name
1 Smith 1 Rodriguez I Kidman I Sharapova

() Name the grammatical items.
2 engineer I doctor I teacher I accountant 1 job I computer I book
3 Russia I Brazil I Bahrain I Canada 2 do I read I write
4 Japanese I Turkish I French I Spanish 3 big I nice I white
5 2nd June I 4th of February I July 24 4 she I he I it I they
6 orange I blue I red I violet 5 in I on I to I for
36 STARTING SKILLS I - Revision 1

Grammar
a Choose t he correct answer, A, B, C or D. 8 There two people in
1 a student? the picture .
A You are B Is you A are B is
C You is D Are you C be D do
2 you have lessons 9 snow in the mountains?
every day? A There is B Is there
A Are B Do C There are D Are there
C Is D Have
10 What colour 7
3 My lessons start 9 a.m. A it is B is
each day. C is it D are there
A on B in
11 There are
C at D for
A two mountains high
4 Tina in an office five B two highs mountains
days a week. c two mountains highs
A works B does work D two high mountains
C work D is work
12 Paris is the River Seine .
5 Where Marco come A in B on
from? C at D to
A do B is
13 Are there any trees in your picture?
C does D are
No, there
6 on Saturday morning? A is B are
A Work you B Do you work C isn't D aren't
C Is you work D Are you work
14 I live of my country.
7 I want a doctor after A in north B at the north
university. C in the north D at north
A I am B be
C work
15 Tokyo is the capital
D to be
Japan .
A of B in
C on D for
STARTING SKILLS I -Revision I 37

, I .
UNIT 6 Culture and
~ ~
Civi1 li~ation ;
a ~ 13 Listen and match.
Mr. and Mrs. Ashworth

request the pleasure of
the company of
at the marnage of their daughter

Amy,
to
Mr. Keith Miller,
at Rochdale Reg1ster Off1ce
on Wednesday, September 6th, 2009,
at 1:15 p.m.,
and afterwards at The Grand Hotel,
Oldham Road.
Spotland Gate, Rochdale.
R.S.V.P.
€) Read the sentences.

1 Complete the ten conversations. Use sentences from the box.
2 ~ 14 Listen and check your answers.
3 Practise the conversations in pairs.
506 734. It's blue. PO Box 113, Greenhill .

A lawyer. It's on A. We say 'ad-ult'. Really? How old are you?
A-D-U-L-T Milan. Room 4.
And your address? No, I don't. That's right.
Barcelona . ~Jo, I'm not. What about mountains?
Esteban . No, it isn't. What colour is it?
Happy Birthday! No. Rome is the capital. What do you want to be?
I' m 13 . No, there aren't. Where is the stress?
2C. Which room are you in? Sorry. What's your name? Yes. What about you?
Is it the capital city? Oh. So you are Spanish . Yes, there are.
38 STARTING SKILLS I - UNIT 6 : Culture and Civilization

Example:
Conversation 1 Conversation 6
1: Hello. My name's Mrs Ling . Are you Mario? 11 : Do you want to be a doctor?
2: No, I'm not. 12:
1 : So~. What'<; ~ovv name.-? 11 :
2: ~tc.-ban. 12 :
3: Where are you from, Esteban? 13: Is your book red?
4: 14:
3: 13 :
4: 14:
5: Are you in 2B? 15: What's your hometown?
6: 16:
5: 15:
6: 16 :
7 : It's my birthday today. 17 : Are there any rivers in your country?
8: 18:
7: 17 :
8: 18:
9: What's your telephone number? 19: How do you spell adult?
10: 20:
9: 19:
10: 20:
STARTING SKILLS I -UNIT 6: Culture and Civilization 39

Reading and Writing
a l ook and read.

1 l ook at the picture on page 74 of your Course Book for one minute.
2 Close your book. Right or wrong? Tick or cross the sentences.
3 Open your Course Book. Check your answers.
1 It is a picture of a hotel.
0 It i<; a pic.-fvr-c.- of an offic.-c.-.
2 There are six people in the picture.

D
3 There is one man .
D
4 There are three desks .
D
5 The desks are brown .
D
6 There is a computer on each desk . D
7 There is a chair at each desk.
D
8 The chairs are black . D
9 There is a person in each chair. D
10 The woman on the right has a t elep hone. D
11 The teenager in the middle is typing. D
12 The teenager on the left is pointing at t he com put er. D
13 The computer on the right desk is off . D
14 You can see the blue sky in the pict ure. D
15 There are clouds in t he sky. D
16 You can see green trees outside the office. D
€) Read and find.
Fi nd in the sentences in Exercise A:
three numbers .;ix,
four adjectives
four prepositions
six verbs
four plural nouns
three nouns beg inn ing w ith c
three pronouns
40 STARTING SKILLS I - UNIT 6 : Culture and Civ ilizatio n

Reading and Writing
~ Read and write.

1 Wh at can you remember about laws in the UK?
Complete the second column of Table 1.
2 Ch eck w ith the Know the Law! text on page 75
of your Course Book.
Table 1: When can you do things in the UK and USA?
UK USA
1 buy a pet
2 work in a shop
3 drive a car
4 deliver papers
5 be an actor
6 vote
7 marry
8 leave school
@ Read and fi nd .
1 Scan th e text. Complete t he third column of Table 1.
2 W hich laws are the same in the UK and the USA?
3 W hich laws are different?
What can I do at my age ? According to the law, you can do the following things in the USA.
When you are you can deliver newspapers. You can be a baby-sitter. You can be an actor in a
13 ... film or a play. You can work in your parents ' business. A girl can marry in New
Hampshire, if her parents say 'Yes' .
When you are you can work in an office, a shop or a restaurant. A boy can marry in New
14 ... Hampshire, if his parents say 'Yes'.
When you are you can work in a safe job . You can't work in a dangerous job, for example you
16 ... can't work in a mine. You can drive a car in most states .
When you are you can do any job for any number of hours. You can vote. You can marry in most
18 ... states, even if your parents say 'No' .
When you are you can marry in Mississippi, even if your parents say 'No'.
21 ...
STARTING SKILLS I - UNIT 6: Culture and Civilization 41

fll Think and write.

1 Write the plural form of each word.
1 person 3 woman
2 man 4 child
2 Complete each sentence with one word.
1 In my class, there are seven boys and ten _ _ _ _ _ __
2 At what _ _ _ _ _ _ _ can people drive in your country?
3 When people are 18, they become _ _ _ _ _ __
4 Most engineers in my country are male but some are _ _ _ _ _ __
5 The teacher I have in the morning is _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . He is 22.
6 The teacher I have in the afternoon is . She is 60.
7 Look at the picture of my _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . She's nine months old now.
8 My children are now. Jenny is 14 and Joe is 16.
9 Tina is in my class. She is a good
«]) look and choose.

Circle the one word with a different vowel sound in each line.
1 male®age 4 people I teenager I man
2 young I adult I boy 5 girl I child I person
3 baby I men I friend 6 children I woman I old
~ look and write.
1 Write the words in the correct order.
1 country ? teenagers Can in your vote
2 at stop Most 65 work . people
3 at can Children in work. 14 shop a
4 do When most ? marry people
42 STARTING SKILLS I - UNIT 6: Culture and Civilization

2 look at the pie charts and complete the sentences with the words below.
many most a few some

childre n
t hat leave
schoo l
at 16
children that
have a computer
1 children have a pet. 3 _ _ _ _ _ _ children have a job.
2 chi ldren have a computer. 4 - - - - - - children leave school at 16.
@ look and choose.

Delete the wrong prepositions in each sentence.
1 In most countries peop le can't drive before I after they are 17 .
2 I work at I for two hours on I in Satu rday morning.
3 I ride my bicycle home until I after school.
4 Some peop le live in I at home until I before they are 30.
5 Most people work on I from Monday at I to Friday.
4} Think and write.

Write one example of each grammar form.
1 a question word
2 a subject, a modal verb and an infini t ive
3 a preposition of t ime and an object
4 a preposit ion of place and an obj ect
STARTING SKILLS I - UNIT 6: Culture and Civilization 43

UNIT 7 Technology i
fll Look and speak. ~ ~ 16 Listen and write.

What can you see in the figure and the table? 1 Listen to some information.
What's the next word in each case?
41) ~ 1s Listen and speak.
2 Write an age in the box next to each
Listen to each question. Discuss the answer category.
in pairs.
Figure 1: Borland Driving Licence (front and back)
~
up to
Light Motorcycle 125cc
A
~ Heavy Motorcycle MaxWt
410kg
~ MaxWt
Motor Tricycle
~~ 500kg
8 •o-o•
rn Passenger Vehicle and
Small Goods Vehicle
MaxWt
3500kg
Up to 8
seats
+Driver
!!!~
MaxWt
c ~
Medium Goods
Large Goods
7500kg
Up to15
Joiib- Minibus seats
D +Driver
'J•~ Ill l~ Large Passenger
Table 1: Categories for Borland Driving Licence
44 STARTING SKILLS I -UNIT 7: Technology

@ Work in pairs.
1 2
Student 1: Say one from each pair.
Student 2: Say 7 or 2. about a boat
Swap roles. now know
around a road
4) Read and answer.
1 Read each question. Think of a true answer. found phone
2 Ask two more questions. flower flow

3 Practise the conversation in pairs. live leave
train trying
way why
wait white
How far is it from your house to the school?
red read
had hard
How do you get to school? How long does it take?
How does your father get to work? Do you like walking?
Do you have a driving licence? Does your mother have a driving licence?
STARTING SKILLS I -UNIT 7: Technology 45

Reading and Writing
fll Look and read.

1 Look at the picture on page 82 of your Course Book for one minute.
2 Close your book. Right or wrong? Tick (.f) or cross (X) the sentences.
3 Correct the wrong sentences.
4 Open your Course Book. Check your answers.
1 There are two planes in the sky. 0 Thc-vc- ;we- thvc-c- plane-<;.
2 The sky is blue with some black clouds. D

3 There is snow on one of the mountains. D
4 There are two ships at sea. D
5 There is a large town on the coast. D
6 One of the trains is brown. D
7 The green train is on the right of the picture. D
8 There are three people on motorcycles. D
9 The motorcyclists are going to the village. D
10 The bus is not going to the village. D
11 There is a small boat on the lake . D
12 The boat has three people in it. D
13 It is going very fast. D
14 There are two cyclists near the lake. D
15 At the top of the picture, four people are walking . D
16 It takes about five minutes to drive from the lake to the village. D
17 There is a large island near the coast. D
18 The island is about 100 kilometres from the coast. D
(E) Read and find. <;malt
two size adjectives
Find in the sentences in Exercise A:
four colour adjectives
six numbers
seven verbs
eight prepositions
nine plural nouns
46 STARTING SKILLS I -UNIT 7: Technology

Reading and Writing
Olga lives in the tiny village of Esk.

It is on the island of Davos.
However, she works in the city of
Gorvan on the coast. Every morning,
she walks one kilometre to the train
station in the village of Arvo and
catches the 7.30 train to the town
of Mersa. It takes 15 minutes. She
catches the ferry at 8 o'clock to the
Key
town of Artel on the coast. She gets
to Artel at 8.30 . There is a bus at
• village ~ walk ~ ship/ferry
@ town
8.30 from Artel to Gorvan. She gets
to Gorvan at 9.00. • city
~train &Iii bus
Ferry Timetable Bus Timetable Train Timetable

Mersa to Artel Artel to Gorvan Arvo to Mersa
Every hour. Every 15 minutes. Every 30 minutes.
First ferry: 5.00 a.m . First bus: 5.30 a.m. First train: 6.30 .
Last ferry: 9.00 p.m. Last bus 11.00 p.m. Last train 11 .30 p.m.
Artel to Mersa Gorvan to Artel Mersa to Arvo

Every hour. Every 15 minutes. Every 30 minutes :
First ferry: 5.30 a.m. First bus: 5.00 a.m. First train : 6.00 a.m.
Last ferry: 9.30 p.m. Last train: 11 .00 p.m.

Last bus: 10.00 p.m.
{j Read, label and draw. () Write about Olga's journey home.

1 Label the map with names of villages,
towns and cities. Use the key.
2 Mark Olga's route to work. Show the
method for each part. Use the key.
4!) Think and speak.

Work ends at 5.30. How does Olga get home?
Which bus, ferry and train does she catch?
What time does she get home?
STARTING SKILLS 1 -UNIT 7: Techn o logy 47

f) Write the numbers.

1 Complete these numbers with commas, hyphens and the word and.
1 twenty _ _ one
2 three hundred _ _ forty _ _ six
3 seven thousand _ _ two hundred _ _ eight _ _ four
4 thirty _ _ one thousand _ _ one hundred _ _ twelve
5 five hundred __ ninety __ four thousand _ _ one hundred _ _ twenty _ _ seven.
6 ten million _ _ six hundred _ _ forty _ _ three thousand _ _ six hundred _ _ nineteen.
2 Write each number as a figure.
1 4 ----------------
2 ________ 5 _______________
3 ________ 6 ----------------
fj) Think and write.

1 Circle the word in each line that is different.
1 boat I ship ~ 4 train I car I bicycle
2 ship I bicycle I motorbike 5 taxi I bus I plane
3 plane I underground I ferry
2 Read the sentences carefully. Then complete them with the correct answers from exercise 1.
1 ________ is different. You can't sail a ________
2 ________ is different. You can't ride a ________
3 is different. You can fly a ________
4 is different. You can catch a ________
5 is different. You can't get on and get off a ________
3 Write these jumbled words correctly.
1 prostrant
2 noyujre
3 pesed
48 STARTING SKILLS I -UN IT 7: Technology

~ l ook and w rite .

Com pl ete t he text with the correct form of the verbs in the box. Use each verb once.
I go work ride walk take get
John lives in Hastings but he (1) _ _ _ _ _ in London. He (2) _ _ _ _ _ to London by train every
day. He (3) _ _ _ _ _ his bicycle to the station in the morning and then (4) _ _ _ _ _ a train to
London . He (5) _ _ _ _ _ to his office from the station in London. The journey (6) _ _ _ __
nearly two hours.
@ look and match.

Match the pie charts to the sentences.
1 Exactly half the journeys are by car.
2 Nearly half the journeys are by car.
3 Over half the journeys are by car.
4} Read and choose.

1 Tick (.1') the correct sentences. Cross (X) the wrong sentences.
1 She goes to work by bus. 4 How get you to school in the morning?
2 It take an hour to get to work. 5 How far is your house from your school?
3 I want to rides my bicycle. 6 How long time does the journey take?
2 W rite t he wrong sentences correctly.
STARTING SKILLS 1 -UNIT 7: Technol ogy 49

UNIT 8 Art and Literature
I
fl) Look and speak.

1 What kind of pictures can you see below?
2 What can you see in each picture?
@ 0 11 Listen, choose and speak.

listen to some people speaking.
1 Which painting are they talking about in each case?
Write the number of the conversation under the painting.
2 What is the painting called?
3 Who is the painting by?
50 STARTING SKILLS I - UNIT 8: Art and Literature

~ Think and write. vwitc.(r-~t

night
You are writing a poem . Think of words year
to rhyme with each word opposite.
lake
town
I remember, I remember, west
The house where I was born, friend

The little window where the sun old
came peeping in at morn; bus
He never came a wink too soon , car
Nor brought too long a day, fly
But now, 1often wish the night go
Had borne my breath away!
sail
Thomas Hood (1 799-1845) walk
see
@ Say and write.

be boat child coast drive end give go hate
1 Say each word in the box.
~ male me or2nge people read river road
Write it in the correct column.
send ~ ~ test time tod_QJ' west
2 Add one more word.
6 3 5 0 8 10
~hip ~ late.
Q Read and match.

1 The painting on t he right is beau t ifu l. D I love landscapes .
2 What's it called? D Yes, I do .
3 Who painted it? . D I don't like it.
4 Do you like t he one on the left? D I don't know.
5 What do you think of the one in the centre? D I think it's 'Sunflowers '.
6 What's your favourite kind of pa inting? D Yes, it is.
STARTING SKILLS I - UNIT 8 : Art and Literature 51

Reading and Writing
f.ll Think and speak.

You are going to read about a famous painter in Western art.
What questions will the text answer about the man? Make a list. e.g., When was he born?
C) Scan the top text and the bottom text opposite.

Complete the table.
How many ...

paragraphs? sentences? names?
top
bottom
~ Read and write.

Work in pairs.
oooooooooooooooo
1475 born
Student 1: Read the top text opposite.

Student 2: Read the bottom text opposite.
1 Make a timeline of key events.
Add interesting information.
2 Cover the texts. Check the key
-
events and interesting information.
-
Add extra information to your
timeline. -
4!) Read and write.

Write a text about Michelangelo. Use information from your notes in Exercise C.
Do not look back at the text.
52 STARTING SKILLS I - UNIT 8: Art and Literature

Reading and Writing
Michelangelo Buonarotti At the age of 26, he started his most famous
b. 1475; d. 1564, painter, sculptor, architect

sculpture. It was a statue of David, the boy who
killed Goliath . In 1508, he started his most
Michelangelo Buonarotti was born in Caprese, a
famous painting . It was on the ceiling of a
village near the town of Florence, Italy. At 13, he
religious building in Rome . It took him four years
left home to study painting with a famous painter
and is, perhaps, the best painting in Western
called Ghirlandaio. His family were not happy
culture. He continued painting and making
about this. They did not want him to be a painter.
sculptures for the rest of his life .
A year later, he went to a school for sculptors to
study sculpture. Michelangelo died in 1564 in Rome. He was
buried in Rome but his family later took his body
Michelangelo wanted to know all about the
back to Florence.
human body. He got the bodies of dead people
from a local hospital and cut them up . He learnt to
draw, paint and sculpt people with great accuracy.
Source: Author's sources.
He was born on March 6th, 1508 to work on the ceiling

1475, near Florence, Italy. His of the Sistine Chapel.
father was a lawyer. A few
weeks after his birth, his He moved around Italy for
family moved to Florence. the next 25 years. He painted
and made sculptures. He
In 1488, Michelangelo began never married.
to study painting in Florence
with Domenico Ghirlandaio. In 1534, he left Florence for
He worked in the garden of the last time and moved to
the ruler of the city, Lorenzo Rome. He painted several
Michelangelo was one of
de' Medici, and became a more famous works and also
the most famous painters
kind of son to him. and sculptors in the history designed parts of several
of Western art. buildings.
When Lorenzo died in 1492,
Michelangelo left the city. He When he moved back to Michelangelo died on
went north to Bologna, then, Florence in 1501, he was February 18th, 1564.
in 1496, he moved to Rome. famous. He started work on
He became well-known in his sculpture of David.
Rome for his sculptures. He moved back to Rome in Source: Author's sources.
STARTING SKILLS I - UNIT 8 : Art and Li te rature 53

(l Look and write.

1 Write the jumbled words in the correct column.
vensol spemo cretarchuiet slapy gapinint puseltruc epobigrashi
Art Literature
2 Complete these definitions.

avti~t
1 A person who creates art is an
2 A person who paints is a
3 A person who writes a novel is a
4 A person who writes poems is a
5 A person who creates architecture is an
6 A person who writes a biography is a
7 A person who makes sculptures is a
8 A person who writes plays is a
0 Look and choose.

Say the words and write (S} if the vowel sound is the same or (D) if the vowel sound is different.
p
1 art I marry
2 write I life s
3 play I paint
4 move I love
5 pQem I go
6 literature I still
7 SC.!J.Ipture I become
8 wrote I portrait
54 STARTING SKILLS I -UNIT 8: Art and Literature

~ Read and write.

Complete the text with the correct form of the verb.
Antonio Gaudi (1) _ _ _ _ _ (is) a Spanish architect. He (2) _ _ _ _ _ (born) in Tarragona, in
Catalonia in 1852. He (3) _ _ _ _ _ (go) to a school of architecture in 1873 and (4) _ _ _ __
(l eave) in 1877 . He (5) _ _ _ _ _ (have) a number of jobs before he (6) _ _ _ _ _ (become) a
successful architect. He (7) _ _ _ _ _ (start) work on La Sagrada Familia in 1884 and he
(8) _ _ _ _ _ (spend) most of the rest of his life working on it. He was not a rich man and for the
last few years of his life, he (9) (live) in part of the church. The project was not finished
before Gaudi (1 0) (die) in 1926 at the age of 73.
@ Read and choose.

1 Tick (.t) the correct sentences. Cross (X) the wrong sentences.
1 Leonardo da Vinci borned in 1452. D

2 I moved to London when I was young. D
3 Did you went to art school? D
4 When did Shakespeare write Hamlet? · D
5 What did write Mary Shelley? D
6 When died Michelangelo? D
STARTING SKILLS I -UN IT 8: Art and Literi'ture 55

UNIT 9 Sports and Leisure
fl Look and speak.

What is the man doing in each drawing?
,.._
1'
..
............... ~·
\_ _2
a a a
ll
·~
.ra t-- ~ ~ ~ ~
m m m m m
1 skateboarding 6 wind surfing 11 squash
2 walking 7 paragliding 12 badminton
3 cycling 8 swimming 13 tennis
4 ice skating 9 golf 14 volleyball
5 surfing 10 table tennis
€) ~ 1s Listen, choose and speak. Figure 1: Leisure activities (adult males) in Australia
1,200,000----,-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . ,
Listen to some people speaking.
Discuss the answer in pairs.
~ ~ 19 Listen.
Work in pairs.
Student 1: Listen for information about males.
Student 2: Listen for information about females.
1 Complete the correct graph. ~ Figure 2: Leisure activities (adult females) in Australia
2 Tell your partner about your graph. 2,000,000----,-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . ,
1,500,000 -+-1--- -
1 ,000,000 - -
500,000 - ---
0~~~----~--~~
Walking I Swimming I Golf
n~~~•~
I Cycling I Running
56 STARTING SKILLS I - UNIT 9 : Sports and Leisure

C!) Think, write and speak.

1 2
1 Which sports do you like playing?
live leave
Write A, B, C next to the drawings opposite.
2 Which sports do you like watching? at art
Write 0, E, F. cat cart

3 Which sports do you hate? mall male
Write X, XX and XXX.
men mean
4 Tell your partner.
ten t een
4} Read and say. it eat

Work in pairs.
head heard
Student 1: Say one word from each pair
say see
Student 2: Say 1 or 2.
ca lled cold
Swap roles.
C) Read and answer.

1 Read each question. Think of a true answer.
2 Ask two more questions.
3 Ask and answer in pairs.
How do you spend your free time? Do you ever go skateboarding?
Do you like playin g sports? W hat about watching them?
Where can you pl ay tennis in t his place? Do you like going to the beach?
STARTING SKILLS I -UN IT 9: Sports and Leisure 57

Reading and Writing
fl Think and speak.
You are going to read a text from an encyclopedia. It is about a leisure activity.
What questions will the text answer? Make a list, e.g., What is it called?
€) Scan the three texts opposite.

Complete the table.
paragraphs sentences dates money numbers

left
right
bottom
~ Read and write.

Work in groups of three.
Choose one of the texts to read.
1 Complete Table 1 for your item.
2 Cover the texts. Find out about the other items.
Table 1: Three leisure activities
the DVD skateboarding golf
defin ition
origin s of name
history
the present day
4!) Read and write.

Choose one of the it ems you heard about. Write a text about it. Use information from Table 1.
Do not look back at the text.
58 STARTING SKILLS I - UNIT 9: Sports and Leisure

Reading and Writing
The DVD Golf

A DVD is a disk with lots of information on it. Golf is a ball game for two or more people .
The information can be computer files, music or You hit a ball into holes in the ground .
films.
The name comes from an old Scottish word gouf.
The name comes from the first letters of Digital It means 'stick' or 'bat' .
Versatile Disk or Digital Video Disk. It is versatile
Some people say that the game started in
because you can do many things with it.
Scotland in the 15th century. Other people say
The Japanese company Pioneer made the first DVD people played the game in China 500 years
in 1994. In August 1996, the first DVDs appeared before, in 945 CE. The ancient game in Ch ina
in the shops in Japan . was called chuiwan . It means 'to hit a ball with
a stick while you are walking' .
At first, DVDs and
DVD players were Over 50 million people play golf around the world .
very expensive but
the price came
down very quickly.
In 2004, sales of
DVDs reached
$15 .5 billion .
Skateboarding
Skateboarding is a kind of skating on roads and In the 1950s, surfing became very popular in the
pavements. You stand on a piece of wood . It has USA and Australia. However, many people did
wheels on the bottom . not live near the sea . They
You can also jump and wanted to 'surf' on the streets.
do tricks. In the early 1960s, two
American companies made the
The name comes from
first skateboards .
the words skate and
board. To skate meant In the first two years of the
'to move on ice' at first. new sport, people bought ove r
A board is a long piece 40 million skateboards . There
of wood. are now more than 50 million
skateboarders worldwide .
Source: Author's sources
STA RTING SKILLS I - UNIT 9: Sport s and Leisure 59

f1.) Think and write.

1 Circle the word in each line that is different.
1 novel I biography I radio 4 cinema I stadium I theatre
2 chess I football I tennis 5 shopping I swimming I reading
3 film I mall I play 6 radio I music I novel
2 Now look at the highlighted words and complete the sentences with the correct answers
from exercise 1.
1 _ __ __ __ is different. You can't read a _ _ _ _ _ __
2 _ _ __ __ _ is different. _ _ _ __ _ _ is not a ball game.
3 _ __ __ __ is different. You don't go to watch a _ _ _ _ _ __
4 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is different. You watch sports in a _ _ _ _ _ __
5 - - - -- - is different. You can't go _ _ _ _ _ __
6 _ _ _ _ __ _ is different. You can't listen to a _ _ _ _ _ __
41) Choose and write.

Complete each sentence with one word from box A OR box B.
A B Nationality
Country
Egypt Egyptian
France French
India Indian
Greece Greek
Portugal Portuguese
China Chinese
Spain Spanish
1 Mahatma Ghandi was a(n) political leader.
2 Tutankhamen was a(n) king .
3 Pi casso was but he lived and worked in
4 Cristiano Ronalda, the footballer is_ but he plays in
5 Aristotle and Ptolemy were philosophers .
6 Mao Tse-Tung was the ruler of from 1949 to 1976.
7 Monet and Matisse were artists.
8 Zhang Ziyi is an actress from the city of Beijing .
60 STARTING SKILLS I - UNIT 9 : Sports and Leisure

~ Look and write

Look at the picture and complete the sentences 1 - 4. Then write four more sentences about
t he pict ure.
----
1 A boy _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ a bicycle.
2 Three children _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
watching a tennis match.
3 A girl _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to the radio.
4 A man _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ with his dog.
@ Read and choose.

1 Tick (I') the correct sentences. Cross (X) the wrong sentences.
1 What is you doi ng? D 5 I can't talk now. I watch a good film. D
2 I reading my book. D 6 W here are they going? D
3 Are you listening to me? D 7 There are two men watching football. D
4 I like play tennis very much . D 8 I hate reading biographies. D
STARTING SKILLS I - UNIT 9, Sports and Leisure 61

UNIT 1Q Nutrition and\ Health
1600
1400 D
1200 II
Vl
QJ
1000 D
·;::
0 800 D
ro
u 600 D
400 D
200
0
Figure 1: Average daily calorie intake - developing countries Source: FAO
fll Read, think and speak.

At Greenhill Hospital. GR, is it J'SI::lF 8iFtRSi3J'
Study Figure 1. tetlay+
How old are they?
1 What do the columns represent? Oh. Can you drive?
I come by car.
2 What does the first column for each On the first syllable:
I think it's Miguel
time period probably represent? PEO pie .
Cervantes.
P-E-0-P-L-E.
4]) 0 20 Listen and write. I think it's Monet.
So do you want to be a
1 Listen to the information about I want to work with
programmer?
1964-66. Complete the key with one computers.
word on each line. The boys are six and
I'm a doctor.
eight and the girl's
2 Listen to the information about I'm watching this film .
four.
1997-99. Write the number in each
In a small village.
column. What' s it about?
Is he still alive?
3 What is the speaker going to say Where do you work?
about 2030? Listen and check. Is it on the coast?
Where's the stress?
It's a love story.
Who is it by?
~ Read the sentences. No! He died in 1616-
Yes, it is. I love
1 Complete the ten conversations. the day before
landscapes.
Use sentences from the box. Shakespeare.
¥es, it is. It's a 8iFtR8ay
2 0 21 listen and check your answers. No! My father brings me.
pFesent
3 Practise the conversations in pairs. No, it's on a lake.
Yes, three. Two boys and
Not really. I want to be a girl.
an engineer.
¥es . I'm 14.
62 STARTING SKILLS I -UN IT 10: Nutrition and H ealth

Example:
1: That's nice . Is it new? 11 : Do you have any children?
2: Y c.<;, it i~ It'~ <l birl-hch~ pr-c-~c-nt. 12 :
1: Oh, i~ it ~ovv birl-hclil~ tocl<l~? 11 :
2: Yc.<; I'm 14. 12 :
3: What do you do? 13 : How do you get to school ?
4: 14:
3: 13 :
4: 14:
5: What do you want to be? 15 : What a lovely painting!
6: 16:
5: 15:
6: 16:
7: How do you spell 'people'? 17: Who is the most famous w riter in your culture ?
8: 18:
7: 17:
8: 18:
9: Where do you live? 19 : What are you doing?
10: 20:
9: 19:
10: 20:
STARTING SKILLS I - UNIT I 0 : Nutrition and H eal t h 63

Reading and Writing
fi} Think and speak.

You are going to read about a popular drink. What questions will the text answer about the
d rink? Make a list, e.g., How do you make it?
Q Scan the top text and the bottom text on the page opposite.
Complete the table.
paragraphs sentences place names dates numbers

top
right
~ Thi nk and speak. 0 Read and write.

The drinks are lemonade and bottled water. Work in pairs.
What do you know about these two drinks? Student 1: Read the top text opposite.
Cover the texts. Make a list of facts. Student 2: Read the bottom text opposite.
1 Complete Table 1 for your drink.
Add interesting information.
2 Cover the texts. Find out about the
other drink.
Table 1: Two cold drinks
lemonade bottled water

How do you make it?
When did it first appear?
Where did it first appear?
How did it spread?
How popular is the drink today?
4) Read and write.

Write a text about the drink
you heard about. Use
information from Table 1.
Do not look at the text.
64 STARTING SKI LLS I -UNIT IQ, N ut ri tion and H ealth

Reading and Writing
lemons to Spain and North Africa.

Lemonade
The juice of the fruit became popular
Lemonade is a kind of cold drink. It is
for cooking and for drinking with
made from the juice of lemons, with
sugar and water. The drink spread to
sugar and water. Sometimes the
Europe and then to North America.
water has carbon dioxide (C0 2) in it.
The name comes from the Arabic Who first decided to put lemon juice
/aimoon . in a glass and add sugar and water?

We do not know. Lemonade was
The Ancient Greeks and Romans
perhaps the sherbet of ancient Arabic
probably did not know lemons.
stories, because the Arabic word
Lemon trees grew first in Southeast
shariba means 'a drink.'
Asia. From there, they spread to China in the
north and Persia in the west. There are now over 250 commercial brands of
lemonade in the world .
In the 1Oth century, Arabs knew about lemons.
They appear in a book on farming by Quatus Lemons now grow in the United States, southern
AI-Rum i. In the 12th century, Arabs brought Europe, North Africa and South America .
Bottled Water People bottled water from a spring in France in

1850. Perrier, one of the most famous bottled
We sometimes think that water is free, but waters, first appeared in 1863.
bottled water from springs is now a multi-biilion
dollar industry. Sometimes the water has carbon For many years, bottled water was only for the
dioxide (C0 2). It may be natural or people may put very rich . But in the 1970s, scientists started to
it in the water in a factory. write about the importance of drinking lots of

water and sales of bottled water went up .
The Romans knew the importance of clean water
for bathing and drinking . They looked for In 2002, people
underground sources of water called springs in drank over 120
every country of their empire . This water was billion litres
cleaner than surface water in rivers and lakes. of bottled water
However, with the end of the Roman Empire, from springs.
interest in underground water went down. Some of the

Roman springs
In the 18th century, people in Europe became still produce water
interested in springs again. In France, Italy and
for the industry.
Britain people travelled to springs to 'take
the waters' . Source: Author's so urces
STARTING SKILLS I - UNIT 10: Nu t ri tion and H ealth 65

a Write the words.

1 Write each jumbled word correctly.
1 Do you take guras in your fecefo?
2 I drink nogare cejui for breakfast.
3 Put some tubtre on your dreba
4 Do you like klim in your eat?
5 malb is a kind of team .
6 tesopota are my favo urite gevableets.
7 I'm making a kechnic hiscwand.
8 I love shit and phisc.
Q Thi nk and write.

W ri te a, an or some and the name of the food under each picture.
a El
a a
66 STARTING SKILLS I -UNIT 10: N ut ri tio n and H ealt h

~ Look and write.

1 Complete the conversations about the picture. Use one word in each space.
1 ( there potato~ ( Yes, there six)

2 ( the re mea:) l Yes, th ere
Ia~
3 (How oil the~ ( There one bottle of ~
4 (How ap ples the6J ( There four apple~

@ Read and choose.
1 Tick (.f) the correct sentences. Cross (X) the wrong sentences.
1 Are there some orange juice for breakfast? D 4 I want lambs in my sandwich. D
2 How many oranges are there? D 5 Butter are made from milk . D
3 How much water is there in the bott le? D 6 Omelettes are make from eggs. D
STARTING SKILLS 1 - UNIT 10: N utrition and Health 67

~~--------------------------------------
Listening
e 0 22 Listen and tick {.f) the correct picture in each pair.

Reading and Writing
fll Read about Algeria.

Complete the column with notes.
Algeria Turkey
In A/gena, teenagers can get ajob and leave school
get a job 13
at lb. Males can many at 2.1 but females can many
leave school 14-
at 18. People can drive and vote at 18.
marry 17 (MJ IS !Fl
drive 18
vote 18
Q Read the notes about Turkey. Write a similar text.
~ Study the timeline of Shakespeare's life.

15b4- hom (April 2.3rdl, stratford;
Write a short biography. cerrh-e of Erg/and
William Sh<3kespeare was a famous English playwright. 1582. married Anne l-1ath.3way
1583 first child hom (Susanna)
1585 moved to London
1585 +wins"" hom Uudith and l-1amnetl
158'1-15'12. wrote first play, 'l-1enry VI'
15'14- ~oined a group of adors
15'15-lbll wrote about 3b plays
lbll stopped writirg plays
Ibib died (April 2.3rdl
* twins= two children born at the same time
@ Write about your favourite sport. Say:
how people play it
if you like to play it or watch it
why you enjoy it
if you are good at it or not
STARTING SKILLS I - Revision 2 69

Vocabulary
fl' Write plurals.
1 person 4 child
2 man 5 baby
3 woman
@ Complete each sentence with the correct verb.

1 In most countries, you don't _ _ _ _ _ _ _ an adult until you are 18 years old .
2 People can learn to _ _ _ _ _ _ _ a car at 17 in most countries.
3 When did you learn to ________ a bicycle?
4 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ a train to the capital every morning . (2 options)
5 In most countries, you can _ _ _ _ _ _ _ school at 16 but most people _ _ _ _ _ __

for longer.
6 Do you want to _ _ _ _ _ _ _ football in the park later?
7 I want to _ _ _ _ _ _ _ swimming after school.
~ Complete the table. Write one word in @ Match each activity with a place.
each space.
1 shopping a a stadium
Noun Person
2 watching a film b a theatre
art
3 watching a play c a sports centre
writing
architect 4 watching a football match d a mall
sculptor 5 learning a sport e a cinema

poem
() Give one example of each item.

1 a kind of meat
2 a soft drink
3 a hot drink
4 a vegetable
5 a fruit
6 something you put on bread
7 food that comes from an animal but is not meat - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Grammar
e Choose the correct answer, A, B, C or D. 9 There are three people
1 Are to me? television in the room .
A you listen B listening you A watch B watching
C you listening D listen you c are watching D what watch
2 My brother is only three but he can 10 what age do people
his name. usually leave home?
A writing B to write A In B At
C write D wrote C For D On
3 I want to stay at school 11 How your leisure time?
I am 18. A do you pass B do you spend
A when B until C pass you D spend you
C to D and
12 I can't come now. I
4 How long you to get my homework .
to work? A do B am doing
A does it take B time does it take C doing D can do
C takes you D is it taking

13 sugar do you like in
5 When ? your tea?
A did die Karl Marx B Karl Marx died A How much B How many
C died Karl Marx D did Karl Marx die CH ow D What
6 Claude Monet in 1840. 14 fruit on the table?
A was born B did born A Are there B Is there
C born D was borned C Is there any D Are there any
7 Did you the film on 15 Butter from milk.
television last night? A makes B made
A I saw B seeing C is making D is made
C see D to see
16 I don't like very much.
8 It took him 1910 to A cheese B a cheese
1916 to write his first novel. C no cheese D some cheese
A in B between
C at D from
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e 0 , Listen and match.

4 STARTING SKILLS I - UNIT I: Education

C]) Read and match.

1 What's your name? D I'm fine, thank you .

2 Are you English? D I'm from Kansas City.

3 How are you today? D Class K.

4 Are you a student? ITJ David.

5 Where are you from? D No, I'm a doctor.

6 What class are you in? D No, I'm American .

~ 0 2 listen and answer.

4!> Say and choose.

teacher D ten 0 w here D begin D yes D pen D

fi} Read and match.

1 My first name is Maria. I'm from Russia. D

«]) Read and complete. Use words from the box.

from family first in English an

Hello . My ____ name's Daniel and my ____ name's

Craig . I'm ____ actor. In the movies, my name's James Bond .

I'm _ _ _ . I'm ____ Chester, wh ich is ____ the north

6 STARTING SKILLS I - UNIT I, Education

(i Read and complete.

Hello . My name's Lucas . My family name's Martinez.

No, I'm Italian. Are you Span ish?

Yes, I am . I'm from Granada .

Identity Card Greenhill College

1 she is a student she is turkish she is from istanbul

2 my name's marina what is your name

3 my name's yoshi i'm fro m tokyo it is the capital of my country

STARTING SKILLS I - UNIT I , Education 7

e Write the numbers.

1 two+ one= thvc-c-

7 two +three +four=

10 one + one + three =

~ Write the words.

8 STARTING SKILLS I - UNIT I : Education

~ Read and choose.

1 How are you7 0 5 I Spanish. D

@ Look and write.

2 Write the words in the correct order.

1 you Turkey ? Are from

2 your David Is ? name

4 not Spanish They . are

4} Think and write.

STARTING SKIL LS I -UNIT 1: Education 9

Listening and Speaking

e 0 3 Listen and choose.

6 What day is it? I What date is it?

Hello . My name's Daniel and my name's

I'm _ _ _ . I'm Chester, wh ich is the north