Favorite places

Lesson

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1 Vocabulary
A These are three students’ favorite places. Match the photos to the correct
texts. Then listen and practice.

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1 beach 2 zoo 3 wax museum

This place is in This place is in Los This place is in

Singapore. It’s Angeles. It’s fun, but it’s Mazatlán, Mexico. It’s
interesting. It’s not always crowded. There beautiful. It’s really
boring. There are are wax models of exciting, too. It’s my
animals from around the famous actors. There’s favorite place for a
world here. There are even a model of Harrison vacation.
kangaroos from Australia Ford as Indiana Jones.
in this place.

B Read the words. What places do you think of? Complete the chart
and then tell your classmates.

Word Place Word Place

beautiful Ipanema Beach interesting
boring crowded
exciting fun

Ipanema Beach is beautiful.

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 2 Language focus What’s it like?
What’s it like?
A Tyler and Yoshi talk about their favorite It’s fun.
places. Listen and practice.
Tyler What’s your favorite place
in Tokyo, Yoshi?
Y oshi It’s Odaiba.
Tyler What’s it like?
Y oshi It’s fun. There are a lot of
things there. There are beaches,
parks, stores, and museums.
Joypolis Park is also there.
Tyler What’s it like?
Yoshi It’s great. It has a lot of video games.

B Complete the conversation. Listen and

check. Then practice.
Tyler I like New York a lot.
Yoshi
Tyler It’s big and exciting. I like
the Empire State Building, too.
Yoshi
Tyler It’s really beautiful. And there’s
an observatory on the 102nd floor.

C Ask a classmate about a favorite place

in your town or city.
A What’s your favorite place in . . . . . . ?
B It’s . . . . . . .
A What’s it like?
B It’s . . . . . . .

3 Listening
Jenny, Paulo, and Sandra talk to Tyler about a museum.
What’s it like? Listen and check (✓ ) the correct words.

Beautiful Interesting Exciting Fun Crowded Boring

Jenny ✓ ✓
Paulo
Sandra

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 Talent show
Lesson

30
1 Vocabulary
A There is a talent show at Kent International School. Look at
the bulletin board. Label the photos with the words in the box.
Then listen and practice.

dance ✓ play Ping-Pong sing

draw play the guitar skateboard

Enter the Talent Show!

1 2 3

play Ping-Pong
4 5 6

B Who in your class can enter the talent show? Write one name
for each category.

Category Name Category Name

dance sing
play the guitar play Ping-Pong
draw skateboard

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 2 Language focus can / can’t
I can dance. She can’t sing.
A Paulo and Sandra talk about the Can you dance? Can she sing?
talent show. Listen and practice.
Yes, I can. No, she can’t.
Paulo Look! There’s a talent show
Use can for all subjects:
on Sunday. Let’s enter.
I, you, he, she, we, they
Sandra Um . . . no, thanks.
Paulo Oh, come on. I can play the guitar.
I can’t sing. Can you sing?
Sandra No, I can’t. I can’t sing at all.
Paulo Can you dance?
Sandra Yes, I can. But . . .
Paulo So, let’s enter the show.
Sandra You and me? You’re kidding! I’m too shy.

B Write two things Paulo and Sandra

can and can’t do. Then listen and check.
1. Paulo .
2. Paulo .
3. Sandra .
4. Sandra .

3 Speaking
Read the survey. Write questions 4 and 5. Complete the survey
for yourself. Then ask a classmate the questions.

What can you do? You Your classmate Can you skateboard?
Yes No Yes No
1. Can you skateboard? Yes, I can. No, I can’t.
2. Can you draw?
3. Can you play Ping-Pong?
4.
5.

4 Pronunciation can and can’t

A Listen to the pronunciation of can and can’t.
He can sing. He can’t dance.

B Listen and check (✓) can or can’t. Then listen again and practice.
1. can 2. can 3. can 4. can 5. can
can’t can’t can’t can’t can’t

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 Lessons
29 & 30 Mini-review
1 Language check
A Write a question and answer for each picture.

1. _Can she sing?

_______________________________ 2. ________________________________
__No, she can’t.
_______________________________ _________________________________

3. ________________________________ 4. ________________________________
________________________________ ________________________________

B Match the questions to the answers.

1. What’s your home like? b a. She’s fun and really friendly.
2. Can you swim? b. It’s nice. It has four bedrooms.
3. What’s your best friend like? c. Yes, I can. It’s really fun!
4. Is your English class interesting? d. Yes, it is. And my teacher is nice, too.
5. What’s your country like? e. No, she can’t. But she can play tennis.
6. Can your teacher play soccer? f. It’s beautiful. But some places are crowded.

C Now ask and answer the questions in Part B. Give your own information.
What’s your home like? It’s . . . . . . .

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 D What’s each place like? Write sentences about the places.
  beautiful   crowded ✓  fun
  boring   exciting   interesting

Ipanema Beach Paris, France New York City

Q: What’s it like? Q: What’s it like? Q: What’s it like?

A: It’s fun. A: A:

Disney World The Museum of Modern Art the bus stop

Q: Q: Q:
A: A: A:

2 Listening
Listen to the conversations. Circle the correct answers.
1. He (can / can’t) sing.
2. She (can / can’t) dance.
3. He (can / can’t) play Ping-Pong.
4. They (can / can’t) draw.
5. She (can / can’t) play the guitar. Go
6. They (can / can’t) skateboard.

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 School fashion
Lesson

31
1 Vocabulary
A These three students want new school uniforms. Listen and write their
names under the correct pictures.

Mateo Min George

blouse shirt T-shirt

sweater tie

skirt jacket shorts

socks
pants
shoes
sneakers

B Listen and practice.

C Look at the colors. Listen and practice.
1 2 3 4 5

blue white green pink orange

6 7 8 9 10

red black brown yellow purple

D Look at Part A. Complete the descriptions of the adjective + noun
school uniforms.
white blouse
1. Min’s school uniform is a pink blouse, black shoes
a blue skirt , black shoes, and a blue sweater .
2. George’s school uniform is a shirt, a green ,a tie,
and pants.
3. Mateo’s school uniform is a T-shirt, shorts, yellow
, and sneakers.

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 2 Language focus What color is / are . . . ?
What color is the shirt?
A Charlie and Lucas talk about their new school It’s white.
uniform. Listen and practice. What color are the pants?
Charlie Oh, wow! There’s a new school uniform They’re blue.
for next year.
Lucas Really? What’s it like?
Charlie It’s OK. There’s a shirt, a jacket, and pants.
Lucas What color is the shirt?
Charlie It’s white.
Lucas That’s nice. What color are the pants?
Charlie They’re blue.
Lucas And what color is the jacket?
Charlie It’s purple.
Lucas Purple? Oh, no!
Charlie Lucas, I’m kidding. The jacket is blue, too.

B What is your dream uniform like? Complete the questions

with is or are. Then answer the questions. Tell your classmates.
1. What color is the shirt? It’s orange.
2. What color the pants?
3. What color the socks?
4. What color the sweater?
5. What color the shoes?

The shirt is orange. The pants are . . .

3 Listening
Four students talk on the radio about school fashion.
Listen and number the pictures.

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 Teen tastes
Lesson

32
1 Vocabulary
A Read about students’ favorite things. Match the photos
to the correct sentences. Then listen and practice.

My favorite music is rap. My favorite music is rock.

My favorite school subject is biology. My favorite music is classical.
1 My favorite food is pizza. My favorite school subject is Italian.
My favorite food is hot dogs. My favorite food is hamburgers.

1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8

B Complete these statements. Then tell your classmates.

My favorite music is .
My favorite school subject is .
My favorite food is .

My favorite music is . . .

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 2 Language focus love / like / don’t like
I love rock music.
A What do Yoshi and Jenny like? I like rap music.
Listen and practice. I don’t like classical music.

I’m a big music fan. I love rock

music, and I like rap music. I can
play the electric guitar. I don’t
like classical music. I think it’s
boring. My friends and I have a
rock band. It’s really cool.

Yoshi
I love school! I really like all of my
classes, and I like my teachers and
my friends. The food in the cafeteria is
great. There are hot dogs and
hamburgers. There’s one thing I don’t
like about school – the homework!
Jenny

B What about you? Complete the statements with love, like, or don’t like.
Then compare with a classmate.
1. I rap music. 7. I the first day of school.
2. I math. 8. I classical music.
3. I soccer. 9. I hot dogs.
4. I pizza. 10. I my first name.
5. I English. 11. I my city / town.
6. I the beach. 12. I my school.

I love rap music. I think it’s cool. I don’t like rap music. I think it’s boring.

3 Listening
Nicole talks about her favorite things. Listen and check (✓ ) the
correct things.
Sport Music School subject Food Clothing
✓ volleyball rap art hamburgers jacket
tennis rock science pizza sneakers

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 UNIT 8
Read
A Read the article quickly. Write three things you can do at a New York City street fair.
1. 3.
2.

New York City Street Fairs

What are New York City street fairs like? Well,
they’re really fun. Some fairs are small block or
neighborhood parties. But some fairs are really
big – 30 city blocks long! There’s great food, good
music, and a lot of shopping.
So, is the shopping good? Yes! The shopping is
awesome – and cheap. And there are some really
nice things. You can buy bags, T-shirts, sneakers,
CDs, toys – everything!
Are you a big music fan? At some street fairs, you
can walk around and listen to music. There’s rock, rap, and jazz, too!
And, there’s a lot of good food, too – pizza, hot dogs, and ice cream.
There’s food from all around the world. You can eat Italian, Thai,
Mexican, Chinese food, and more.
So, go to a street fair for an exciting time! It’s crowded, but it’s fun!
Go

B Read the article slowly. Check your answers in Part A.

C Are these statements true or false? Write True or False. Then correct the false statements.
1. All New York City street fairs are really big.
False. Some New York City street fairs are small.
2. You can buy a lot of really cool things there.

3. You can’t listen to music at a street fair.

4. There’s only American food at street fairs.

5. A street fair is exciting, fun, and crowded.

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What’s it like? Listen
A Jessica and Ruben are talking about the school fair.
Listen and answer the questions.
1. Is the school fair on Friday? No, it’s on Saturday.
2. What’s the school fair like?
3. Can Jessica juggle?
4. What colors are the school colors?
5. Can Ruben sing?

B What do you think? Write I agree or I disagree (don’t agree).

1. School fairs are fun.
2. Talent shows are exciting.
3. Pizza, hot dogs, and hamburgers are healthy.
4. Races are cool.

Your turn Write

A Answer the questions about a fair (or event) at your school, or in your
neighborhood or city.
1. What’s the name of the fair / event?
2. When is it?
3. Where is it?
4. What can you do there?
5. What’s it like?

B Write about the fair or event. Use the answers in Part A to help you.

I really like the

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Unit 8 Review
Language chart review
What’s . . . like? love / like / don’t like can / can’t
What’s New York like? I love this town. I can sing.
It’s fun. I like the mall. He can’t sing.
What color is / are . . . ? I don’t like my room. Can you sing?
Yes, I can. / No, I can’t.
What color is Kate’s sweater? Can they play soccer?
It’s blue. Yes, they can. / No, they can’t.
What color are Kate’s shoes?
They’re black. can’t = cannot

A Amy meets Ivan. Complete the conversation with the sentences in

the box. Write the letters in the boxes.

a. I can play the guitar. I’m pretty good. d. No, I can’t. I don’t like baseball. Can you play?
b. Well, I love soccer, but there are no e. It’s great! The people are friendly, and there
soccer fields near here. are a lot of beautiful places.
✓ c. Yes, I am. I’m Ivan. f. Yeah, it’s interesting. But this town is boring.
Amy Excuse me. Are you Jon’s cousin from Mexico?
Ivan c
Amy Hi, I’m Amy. So, what’s Mexico like?
Ivan
Amy Wow, that’s cool! Do you like the U.S.?
Ivan
Amy Really? Why is it boring? I love our town.
Ivan
Amy Yeah, you’re right. But there’s a baseball
field. Can you play baseball?
Ivan
Amy Yes, I can. I love baseball. So, what other
things can you do?
Ivan
Amy Really? I can play the guitar, too.

B What do you think Ivan and Amy say? Circle the correct words.
Ivan Amy
1. I (like / don’t like) the U.S. 4. I (can / can’t) play baseball.
2. I (like / don’t like) this town. 5. I (like / don’t like) this town.
3. I (can / can’t) play baseball. 6. I (like / don’t like) music.

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 C Look at the picture on page 112. What are Amy’s clothes like? What are
Ivan’s clothes like? Circle the false sentences.
1. Ivan’s pants are brown. 5. Amy’s shoes are green.
2. Amy’s T-shirt is red. 6. Ivan’s sneakers are purple.
3. Ivan’s shirt is white. 7. Amy’s hat is blue.
4. Amy’s skirt is blue. 8. Ivan’s jacket is black.

D Now correct the false sentences in Part C.

1. Ivan’s pants are black.
2.
3.
4.

E Write the questions or the answers about Andrea.

1. Q: What color is Andrea’s blouse?
A: It’s white.
2. Q: What color are Andrea’s pants?
A:
3. Q:
A: It’s green.
4. Q: What color is Andrea’s sweater?
A:
5. Q:
A: They’re pink.
6. Q: What color is Andrea’s hat?
A:

F Write questions beginning with Can you. Then answer

the questions with your own information.
1. (sing) Q: Can you sing?
A:
2. (skateboard) Q:
A:
3. (draw people) Q:
A:
4. (play tennis) Q: Go
A:

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