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Unit Topic h unt hasa cross-c!rricular andage-appropriate c Studentswill f nd thetopicd rectlyrelates to theirI vesanosruoy be engagedand motvatedto learn

GrammarSkil! An in depih presentation of thetargeted unitskllls provided Studentswill be rntroduced to thegrammarskillin a clearand LJnderstandable way. be abletousethegrammartable and notesas a qulckand easyreference

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Grammarlllodel A mode listeningdiaogueor readng passages presentedwith accompanying noticing tasks Studentswi'l be introduced to thegrammar skillthrougha coniextua izedmode

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Fractice Book

A u d i oC E TheCD at ihe back of theStudent Bookprovides aLrd o suppodfor al gramrnar modes plus theaudioforthe Integration listening tasks

The48 page PracticeBook provroesstuoenls the opportunltyto furtherpracice the r gramrfarskilseither n rnec assroom or at home.Therearefourpagesof practice for eachStudentBookcoreunii, inkedby grammar skil andtheme SpecificPracticeBookpagesfor turtherpracticearesuggesiedin the SiudentBook coteunits.

Integration

Practice

Thegrammar skillis featured in integrated practice.

Thethree'stagegrammarpracticetakesstudentsfrom controlled,testljke structurepracticeto freeproductive practice.

Studentswill o havediscussions, dialogues or writingtasks basedon listening or reading inputs. ., develop thelanguage skillsneededforthe nextgeneration of integrated testsof English.

Studentswill ' buildtheirgrammarskillsthroughmeaningful exercises. o be givenallthe toolsto communicateeffectively usingthe granmarskill.

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Review Units

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Aftereverytwo coreunits thereis a reviewwhich consolidates the grammar skillsalreadystudied Studentswill be ableto seetheir progressIn using grammarskills.

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Contents Evaluation

andActivities Nature Theme:

Camping Adventures Loving Nature

Nature/ Leisure

Nature

Talkaboutthe Pastcontinuous thingshappening p . 9 tr!p. ona camprng

perfect Present

Wrtea paragraph p .1 3 abouta forest ranger's iob p l7

Review 1 Theme:Celebrations

\{e're having a party!

Culture and People

SpecialEvents

C! tureand People

and Countable uncountable n0!n5

Talkabouta birthdayparty usngn0uns

verbs Linking

Writea paragraph p.23 a specla aD0ul event

p.27

Review 2 Theme:TravelandPlaces

A Trip to EuroPe

/ Studies Social and Adjectives and Culture adverbs Peopl-"

pictures Describe lroma tnp to Europe.

North America

/ Geography Article:the SocialStudies

Wrltea paragraph aboutyour counily.

Review3

p.37

Theme:Movies

Moviesat Home

Artsand rmperarve Enterta nment 5entenceS

Talkaboutwhat to doto c eanup a lvlngr00m.

Acting Life

l\4odals; haveto / Artsand don'thaveto / Entertainraent beableto

Writea paragraph aboutyour p.4l favontemovie star.

Review4

p.47

ThemerSuperheroes

SuperWriter Stronger,Smarter, Faster!

C!ture

culture

Future with present form

Comparative andsuperlatrve a0lecltves

Review 5

Talk about plans forpubishing a 0ooK,

Writeaboutand

y0urcta55mateS p51

Theme: TheInternet

Yiileo Chat Room

Technology / questions Leisure

The Power of Blogs

Technology / Cutureand People

Review6 GrammarReference

Askandanswer questions in a chat p. 59 r00m

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Unit 1 Pastcontinuous Unit 2 perfect Present Unit 3 nouns anduncountable Countable Unit 4 Linking verbs Unit 5 andadverbs Adjectives Unit 6 Article:the Unit 7 sentences lmperative Unit 8 Modals: haveto / don'thaveto / beableto Unit 9 form Futurewith present Unit 1() Comparative andsuperlative adjectives Unit 11 Wh-/ Howquestions Unit 12 in / at / on/ to / by/ with Prepositions:

CampingAdventures

Listenand completethe dialogue.

Clqrq: Oh, nol I con't find my sondwiches. Who (1)

them?

It wqsn't me. I wqs (2)

fin:

the fire. Cloro: Wos it Tom? Jin:

I don't think so. He {3) for firewood. Look,

(4)

he's cutting it into pieces. Clorq: Whot obout Annq qnd Ben? Jin:

They (5)

the tentsup. And they'reloying out

(5)

the sleepingbogs now. Clqro: Hey,look ot Yun-Hee!She'swoving somethingover there ... Oh, my sondwichesl Jin:

Oh, yeqh. She(7)

(8)

for you this oftemoon.

Completethe table. People Iin

whot is he/she doing right now? t,alkinqLo Clara

Whqt wos he/she doing before now? sl,arIitlq Lhefire

Tom Anncl Ben

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P a s tc o n t i n u o u s The past continuousis usedto talk aboutan actionthat [1]stantedat a specifictime beforenow hungry.l,or 12)happened at the sametime as anorhe.past actionU ryas lAt 23O I wa6 ea ng whenshe ca//ed.). Statements

Oue6tion6

looklng feellng makrng. runnng

He/ She/ lti (Name)

he/ she/ it / (Name) doing? you/we / they

Playing? drinkng?

Negetives

I H e / S h e/ l t / ( N a m e )

wasnol

playrng. eating sleepng runnrng

. lf the verbendswithe, deletethe e beforeadding -rng(make-> making). . Sometimes the lastconsonantin the verbmust be doubled(running,putting). . Someverbsare notusuallyusedin the continuousform (see,/ike,knoLv).

Circlethe cortect answer. 1I

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3

o:

10

somesoup when my cell phone rung.

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Whot

ot 10 otlock lost night?

a were prepqreing b om preporing c prepqred d wospreporing

a you ore doing C ore you doing

Therewqson extro condy bor in my bqckpock.Who it therc?

I sow Clorq ;ust minutes ogo. She o wolk neor the loke.

a put c is putting

b was putting

a tqkes

b weretqking

d puts

c were tqkeing

d wos tqking

b you did d wereyou doing

We cold eorlv this mornino so we mode o fire.

The wind blew stronglywhile Jin ond

a feel

b were feeling

c feeling

d were feel

a mokes c wos mqking

T^h

rho.nmnfiro

b were moking d were mqkeing

ReadAnna's blog and correctthe eight mistakes.Then listen and checkyour answers,

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We he+e somescory momentslqst nightl At about 10 o'clock,I ploying cordswith Yun-Hee, and Clorq tolk to her mom on the phone. Jin reodso mogozine,ond Ben ond Tom plqying on their PSPS. Suddenlythere is o loud voice outsideosking, "Is onyone here?" It turn out to be the pork ronget but his visit was so unexpectedit reolly moke us jump. The next scorewos even worse.An hour lqter.there wqs q beqr...

Look at the picturesfrom the campingtrip. Work with a classmateand talk about each picture using the past continuous.

YL'n- Ilee

Clara

Youcanstartbv askinoeachother questionslikel4hdtwdsClara daing?

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CompleteAnna's blog using the correctform of the verbs given.Then listen and checkyour answers. get

ScaryVisitors

cook

decide

peel

cut

90

butter

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The next morning we hod somemore beqr qdventures.We our breokfostrcqdy. Everyonewos

{1)

busy.Iom qnd Ben (2)

somesqusages,

qnd Jin (i) (4)

somebreod. Yun-Hee somehom. Clorq wosn't hungry

so she (s)

for q wolk insteod.I

(5)

somefruit. Thqt's when the beor

(7)

to come bock. But this time,

it brought d much bigger beor ...

Listento Anna'sstory and circlethe correctanswer, Jin(1)( sow / wosseeing)thebqbybeqrwhilewe(2)( prepored, were prcpodng ) breqkfqst.He yelled, "Beor!" ond dropped his breod on the ground. Then Ben sqw qnother beor ond shouted,"Big beor!" Bothbeqrs (3)( walked / werewolking ) right into our cqmpsite.lt wos terrifying!All the boys (a)( run / rqn ) owqy.Yun-Heeqnd I {5)( iumped / were jumping ) into our tent qnd (6)( do / did )up the zipper.A few minutes lqter, I (7)( heord / wos heoring ) Clqrq soying, Whot hoppened?Where is everybody?"

Workwith a classmate. Thinkof an endingfor Anna'sstory,Thentell the class. 12

Ioving Nature

Readthe passages. Then answerthe questions, The forestrongersot GlorywoodNotionol Pqrk hqve found somenew woys to protect onimols from compen ond hikers.They have mode speciolzonesfor cqmping thot qre fqr qwqy fuom the oreoswhere most onimols live. They hove olso put speciol signson hiking trqils to worn peoplenot i^ n^ ^ff thp

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Ch s hos been q forestronger for more thqn 15 yeors.As port of his job he hos hod mqny interestingexperiences.He hos rescuedsick onimols ond he hos helped hikers who were lost in the forest.He hqs even helped firefighten put out forestfires.

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Whot two things hove the forestrqngersdone to protectthe onimqls?

2

Whot kinds of peoplehqs Chris helped?

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rottowtne instructionand answerthe question. In the possoges,underline the words hcveond hdJ.Then circle the verb thot goeswith eqch word. Which sentencetells us thot Chds is qn experiencedforestronger?

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Present perfect Thepnesent penfectis usedto talkaboutan actionth6t ['l]startedi. the pastandis stillcontinuing have a/rcady walked10kilom Il , [2] happenedat someunknowntime in th e Dastllhavebeen to Canadaonce),or 13]happenedin the past but still affectsthe presentl/haveeatena /ot). Statements

I

Ouestions

stopped ..

have

He/ She/ lt/ (Name) n a s

found

have Fegular verbs

rescue nerp stop

TlAVE

I

has

he/ she/ it/ (Name) started.. ?

flave

you/we/they

replied .?

made .?

lrregularverbs rescued helped sioppeo

rescued nerpe0 sroppeo

find

found

see go come

came

found eaten seen gone come

diary using the correctform of the listen and checkyour answers. stqy

put

stort

qdvise

Clrnve

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we havecampedmanyhmesbe{ore,

The foresl ranger ls1

bul lhs I'meis reallysped,al. We

us lo walch ouf for snakes.The wearner (6) hol, so lhere are more of |hern around. we havelo be

(1)

nea. lhe 6.and

Canyonl we lz)

al l:00p.m.

Now everylhng i5 ready.A4ymomand I (3) (4)

up lhe lenl and dad a nice fire.

c'a.efull

Work with a classmateand say each sentence.Thensay it again using the words given and by changingthe verb forms where n e e d e d . 1

The torestfonger hos olreody qrdved.

students / teocher / bus / compers

2

I hqve storteda fire.

moke/light/build

3

He hasn't seeno wild beqr before.

I/She/They/You

4

They hove been to crnotloncripcrrk.

H e ,f r o n , e / W p , l h e t r e a h / L o . o , . p r g o m ' / She, the zoo

5

We hove come bock eorly.

You, oflive / He, Iinish / Amy, woke up / They, set off

Pretendyou are a forest ranger.Writea paragraph about how you havehelpedhikers. useful words

plan organrzegivea talk ookafter nlured fieldtrips outdoorskrlls environment

Youcan usethe presentperfectwith time wordssuchasdkeady,befareard once.

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Listenand completethe passage.

We'rc on o schoolcomping trip. We (1) nqtionql pork. It s fqntosticl We (2)

setup cqmp,and the teqchers(3) to shqretents.The forestrqnger (4)

ond (s)

in a q place to

us into groups to visit us

how to look ofter the fire. He olso us not to mqke too much noise. We

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oll the rules so fqr!

Listento the forest ranger'sintroductionandtake notes.

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Useyour notesfrom ActivityG to tell the classwhat rulesto follow in the park. Thenadd one morerule of your own.

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cir.t" the correctanswer. At 2:00 yesterdoyqfternoon, Poul his bike

you ploying chesswith Sqm lost night?

a hos riding

b is dding

c rides

d wqs ding

a Are c Hove

She someoneyell while she wqs moking dinner.

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b Hqs d were

We this kind ofbug before. It is common in the summertime.

a heored

b wos heoring

a hove sqw

b were seeing

c heqrd

d is heqring

c hove seen

d seeing

Sorry,but I so fqr.

enough firewood

I didn't cotch the bqll becouseI the thrower

a wos found

a hoven't wqtch

b hqven't found

b wqsn't wotching

c is finding

c wqtched

d hosn't finding

d wqtches

Circlethe correctpair of answers. Whot he when the qccidenthoppened?

Fredqnd his fomily South Africo?

a is, do

a Hove,been

b wos, doing

b Hos,went

c hos, did

c Did, going

d were,done

d Are,90

Wereyou when the teocher the rules to us?

Ann the loptop this morning, but now she on the phone.

a listened,exploining

a is using, is tolk

b listen, exploins

b drd use,tolked

c listening, exploined

c is using, tolking

d listen, has exploined

d wos using, is tolking

to

complete the passageusing the correctform of the verbs given. Then listen and checkyour answers.

Bdon is on o schoolvisit to the nqtionql pork todoy. In the moming, he qnd his clossmotes (1) {2)

q tqlk on wildlife. They o lot qbout plonts ond onimols.

But somethingfunny hoppenedthis ofternoon.At 3:00 they (3) Brion (a)

q video qbout wild onimols. somejuice during the

video. when one ofthe lions roored loudly, Brion wos so scqredthqt he spilled his juice qll over his T-shirt. He

(s) the other students(6)

reolly emborrossedbecouse ot him.

alrl one of Brian'sclassmates hastakenthesepictures.Describeeach -- picture usingthe pastcontinuous.

We'rehaving a partyl, Countable and uncountable nouns

L i s t e na n d c o m p l e t et h e d i a l o g u e .

Hyun-Ki: Hi, iudy Whot'sup? ludv:

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rli Hvun-\i lm mu\ing for Sorq's brrthdoy porty. Could you help me?

Hyun-Ki: Sure.Whot do you hove so for? ludy:

We1l, fruit

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I con moke

fresh fruit juice

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Hyun Ki: Oh, OK. Do we olso need Iudy:

L.

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Hyun-Ki: Fruit?Whot do you needthot for? ludyl

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ond somestreqmers?

Ycs,I hove those on the list. And we hove to get wrqpping poper,

ond

Hyun Ki: Don't forget some CDsi We need

F i n dt h e n o u n sf r o m t h e d i al o g u ea n d w r i t e t h e m i n t h e t a b l e . q + (noun)

some+ (noun)

some+(noun)+-,t

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Countable a n d u n c o u n t a b lneo u n s Countablenounsare thingsthat can be counted.Wecan usea/an with singulafcountablenouns. Uncountable nounsare the thingsthat cannotbe countedas separateobjects. Uncountable nouns

Countable nouns

a list a candle a balloon a streamer acD a game anapple anorange a cookE a milkshake a sandwich a snack

[sts cakes can0tes balloons streamers CDs some games aPPles oranges cooKtes milkshakes sandwiches snacks

fruit lurce water milk Drea0 rice su0ar some - -, rooo music money paper toothpaste information

|1elea@someways to makeuncountable nounscountable: 'aglassofjuice . a pieceof paper ' a tube of toothpaste

adMce

Circlethe correctanswer. Soro'sdod hos given her birthdqy.

qt the pqrty qnd it Dovid popped mqde everyoneiump.

a somemoney

b somemoneys

a somebolloon

c o money

d monies

c o bqlloons

He put in four

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for her

to moke the fruit solod.

Could you pqssme

b bqlloon d q bolloon , pleose?

b somebreod d breod

a bononq

b opple

a breqds

c bonqnos

d rice

c somebrcods

It's fun to plqy

ot o porty.

Mostpeopledronk juice,but I hod

a gome G q gqmes

b somegomes

a o glossof milk C somemilks

d somegome

b qn milk d o glossof milks

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A n s w e rt h e q u e s t i o n su s i n gc o u n t a b l eo r u n c o u n t a b l en o u n s .

Whot did Kin hqve for lunch?

Whqt hos Alex prepored for the porty?

Whot did Louro get lor her birthdoy?

Look at the picture of Sara'sbirthday party. Work with a classmate.Talk about w h a t y o u c a n s e eu s i n gc o u n t a b l eo r u n c o u n t a b l en o u n s . Usetulwords

present potatochips posteT streamer

memberto used of d/]withsingular countable nounsandiomewith uncountable nounsandpluracoLt ntao e noun5

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ReadElla'spassageand correctthe ten mistakes. Thenlistenand check your answers.

I've been invited to my friend [ulie's housefor o slumber porty. All our friend ore coming-it's 9oin9 to be excitingl I'll toke somesleepingbog. Also, I'll needto toke o food-moybe o opple ond somesnqck.Moybe we'll plqy some gome, so I should toke o pqck cqrds just in cqse.Oh, ond I'll needto pock my poiomo! I'd better toke some CD too-Julie's musicsis not so good.

Pretendyou are goingon a picnicfor your friend'sbirthday.Writefive things you will takewith you,Thenaska classmate and write his/herideas, My things I'11tqke ... 2

I'll need to toke ... I should tqke ...

4

l'll needto pock...

5

I'd better tqke ...

Tellthe classyour ideasfrom ActivityG. 22

My clqssmotet things

SpecialEvents verbs Linking

Readthe passage. Thenanswerthe questions.

Holloweenis o populor event in mony countries.In oncient times, peoplebelievedthot it wos the niqht when evil spirits come out. These doys it is q fun event for kids. They dressup in costumesso lhey qppecu scory They go trick or treotingknockingon doorsqnd oskingfor snocksthot usuolly toste sweet.They qlso cqrve pumpkins to moke them look like lhe heods of scory monsters Kids olso do other fun octivities hke bobbing for qpples. Holloweenhqs been celebrotedfor monv centuries,ond it remoins o populor event in North Americq ond WesternEurope

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According to the possoge,which ports of the world like to celebroteHolloween?

2

why do kids corve pumpkins?

Match the three parts to complete the senrences. Hqlloween

. remolns .

. the heqdsof scorymonsters

2

Holloween

. look like .

. scoryin Holloweencostumes.

3

Kids

. rosre

. the night when evil spirits come out.

4

Snocks usuolly

. wos

. sweet.

5

Pumpkins

. oppeqr

' o PoPulorevent.

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L i n k i n gv e r b s Linking verbsaneverbsthat do not expressactionsWhattheydo is to connectthe subjectto its relatedinfonmation. Theverbsbe becomeand see,zrfunction as linkingverbsonly Otherverbs like appeatlfeel look,remain,sme/l sound taste and tum can functionas eithef linkno verbs or act|0nverDs, Linking verbs only Haloween is a funeveniforkids

Wa be o1a e.c rFdwhenlhe fireworks start.

AlltheseNewYeartreatsseerndelcous.

Linking/action verbs Linking NowHaloween fees morehkea funevent Action

He Feels his hatto checkthatit is OK.

Linking

Kidsdressup so theyappearscafy.

Action

A rainbowsuddenlyappearsIn the sky

Linking

Theywantto get treatsthattastegood.

Action

It is thefirsttimetheytaslethesespecialtreats.

the correct answer.Then listen and checkyour answers. Sqint Lucio'sDqy used to be celebrqtedqll over Europe,ond it (t)( rcmqins / feels ) populor in countriesIike Sweden,Norwqy qnd Denmork. To honor Sqint Lucio, o girl weqls q white dressond hos condleson her heod. This (2)( looks / smells ) dongerous but o speciolcloth protectsthe girl's heqd ond she doesnot (3)( feel / sound )thehot wox. When oll the lights qre off, the girl (4)( feels / becomes) the symbol ofsqint Lucio. All the other girls sing o song thot (s)( sounds / .mall.

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Write a sentencefor eachpictule using the words given.

Write a paragraphabout a specialevent or holiday in your country. Useeach word givenat leastonceas a linkingverb. feel

look

tqste

sound

lfthe eventhappens oftenor regularl,usethesimplepresent.

CompleteTim'spassageusingthe correctform of the verbs given.Then listenand checkyour answers. be

sound

toste

look

feel

Our clossporty this yeor (t)

reolly

fqntqsticlOur teocherbokedq huge( oke thqt (2)

so greqt, qnd oll the studentsdecorqted

the clossroomso it (3)

completelydifferent.

We put on somehip-hop music thot (a) very lively. Everyone(5)

hqppy qnd

reloxed. It wqs the bestpdrty ever!

Listento Gina'spassageand circlethe correct answet. This yeor our clqsspqrtyfl)( look / wos ) notgood. Nobody wqnted to mqke ony decorotions,so the clqssroom(2)( looked / oppeored ) just like normql. AIso nobody brought ony new music, so the teqcher ployed some CDs thot (3)( become / sounded ) oldfqshioned.He olso brought o cqke that (4)( sounded / tqsted ) o little stronge.We (s)( seemed / were ) so borcd throughout the porty. gi

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Work with a classmate.CompareTim's and Gina,sclassparties. 26

circlethe correctanswer. 1

This qpple pie

so deliciousl

a tostes

b is tqsteing

c is seeming

d sound

4

The weqther

b is feel c feel

I drqnk somesodo ond ote while I wqs ot the porty

a cookie C

qn cool(re

d feels bod, so I don't

fhis ftuit solod wont to eot it.

b somecookies

b ore smell d q smell

a smells

d o cookies

c smell Shewos hoppy becouseshegot for her birthdoy

very humid, don't

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Don't forget to pock

toothposte

for your trip.

a somenew gome

ao c o bowl of

b somenew gomes c o new gomes

b roll of d o tube of

d new gome

circlethe correctpair of answers. Mom boking breod when we got home from school.

Do you think these

a ls, o

a o sondwich,tosting

b wos, some

b sondwiches,toste

c con, the d did, q glossof

c sondwich,look

I'm feeling sick-l've , I think. a qte, popcorn

Thow

^ lifrle

ore bod?

+wesand book cover

SeptenberZ1-pnr* tLe book Endo{ oclober-book launch in a bookslore

Sincethisisnot a regular lile schedule

a traintimetable, usethepresent continuous withfuturewordsto talkaboutthefuture.

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Completethe email using the correctform of the verbs given. Then listen and checkyour answers. leove

x x+x

finish

stqrt

orrive

send

need

meet

=l

Hi Chin-Hwo, Here is some informotion about the book lqunch in Bqnkstown. It ot 10r30q,m. on Mondoyqnd (2)

(1)

11:30.You{3}

to cotch o troin to get there, ond we qt

you the ticketsloter todoy. It (5)

t4)

qt

7:30frcm the stotion there.You (6)

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Bqnkstown ot 9:50. Someone(7) you ot the stotion qnd tqke you to the bookstore.Good luckl YouIs, Horry Gibbons

Listenand completethe voice messageChin-Hwagot later that day. HelloChin-Hwq-this is Ioyceftom the publisher'soffice.Wehod to mokesomechongesto your schedule. Thebooklounch ot 10:00,so you {2) leove eorlier.Sorry qbout thot! Your new troin (3) to Bonkstown ot 9:10.Of cou$e, therc someonethere to meet you ot the stotion. Cqll us ifyou hove ony questions.Bye!

Pretendyou arethe chairperson of the book clubat school.Discuss with a classmate and makea planfor Chin-Hwa's visit to your school.

Stronger,Smarter,Fasterl, adjectives Comparative and superlative

Readthe passage.Then answerthe questions.

Meet the Teqm of Four.This is lron-Arm Joe.He's reolly strong-stronger thon 30 elephonts.Actuoll, he'sthe strongestboy in the world. Then there'sSuper-Brorn Amy. She'sweokerthon foe,but she's much more intelligent. Shecon think fosterthqn the most odvoncedcomputer. Next is Ropid Ruby.She'snot qs intelligent os Amy but shecqn move fosterthon o cheetoh.She'sthe fostestpe6on on loul. eorth Lostwe hove Powerbeom He'snot os strong os |oe, ond he's slowerthqn Rubt But he cqn use omozing powerbeqms-the most powerful electricroys in the universe.

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Accordingto the possoge, how fqstcon Rubymove?

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qmqzing? Why ore Poul'spowerbeqms Follow the instruction and answerthe question.

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wdte [+] or [ ] to showwho hos moreor lessof o quolity thon the otherperson. a

strong

loe [+]

b

intelligent

Ruby [

]

Amv[- ] A*v [ ]

c

fost

Ruby [

]

Pqul [

]

d

powedul

Ioe [

]

Poul [

]

Which sentencestotesthot Joeis strongerthon oll other boys?

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mokesbig webs/ normql spiders

is populorsuperhero / ot our school

hqs q dqrk costume/ is fqst femqle superhero is tough/ mostmen / in the universe

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is kind / wolvedne

con mokefrightening storms/ in the world

is_powerful / on ormy ot rcbots

is ugly superhero / in the world

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superhero.

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other superheroes,

but he is (3)

thon mony of them.

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hos (5)

costume.I think his

chorocteris (6)

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superheroes.He looks ond tough, ond he tqlks (3)

sometimes-But octuolly, he is much (4)

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Mike:

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is it there now?

this week?

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Congrotulqtionsl(s)

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by

to

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with

mony woys. My clqssmqteEvo uses

her blog to shqrestudytips (2) usefulsites(3)

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your answers. Kim went(r)

Cqnqdo to ottend an English

cqmp.While shewos thereshemode regulorentrie5 (2)

her blog. Shewrote obout leqrning to

speqkEnglish (3)

her new fdends ond posted

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schoolin Conqdo. Shelisted some

progroms (s)

Conqdiqn TV thot helped her

undeNtqnd the country better.Shedescribedher experiences (5)

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the coqch. I the locql tennis club.

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