Christina Latham-Koenig Clive Oxenden Paul Seligson with Jane Hudson Contents 4 A My name's Hannah, not Anna 6 B All over the world 8 C Open your books, please 10 PRACTICAL ENGLISH Arriving in Lond on 11 A A writer 's room 13 B Stars and stripes 15 C After 300 metres, turn left 17 A Things I love about Britain 19 B Work and play 21 C Love online 23 PRACTICAL ENGLISH C offee to ta ke aw ay 24 A Is she his wife or his sister? 26 B What a life! 28 C Live forever 30 A Do you have the X Factor? 32 B Love your neighbours 34 C Sun and the City 36 PRACTICAL ENGLISH In a clot he s shop 37 A Reading in English 39 B Times we love 41 C Music changes lives 43 A At the National Portrait Gallery 45 B Chelsea girls 47 C A night to remember 49 PRACTICAL ENGLISH Gett ing lost 50 A A murder story 52 B A house with a history 54 C A night in a haunted hotel 56 A What I ate yesterday 58 B White gold 60 C Quiz night 62 PRACTICAL ENGLISH At a restaurant 63 A The most dangerous road 65 B CouchSurf round the world! 67 C What's going to happen? 69 A First impressions 71 B What do you want to do? 73 C Men, women, and the internet 75 PRACTICAL ENGLISH Go ing home 76 A Books and films 78 B I've never been there! 80 C The English File questionnaire 82 LISTENING 88 1 GRAMMAR verb be [Il, subject pronouns a Comp lete co l umn 1 wi th the words in the box. Th en write the contractions in colu mn 2. she are they is + are is are 1 Full form 2 Contraction Lam I'm you 2 he 4 is it 8 we 10 11 you 12 13 14 are 15 b Comp lete the sentences wi th be. Use a con t raction. 1 I'm four. 2 ____ students. 5 ____ in a taxi. 6 ____ tourists. My name's Bond. James Bond. Ian Fleming, British writer 2 VOCABULARY days of the week, numbers 0-20, greetings a Put the l etters in order to make days of the week. b 3 7 Remember to start with a CAP [ TAL LETTER. 1 ARSAYDUT 2 NYAUDS 3 HRDYTUSA 40DNYMA 5 DFARYI 6 DSYEEAWND 7 EUASDTY Contin ue the ser ies. Saturda)l 1 five, six, seven, eight nine ten 2 six, eight, ten, 3 twenty, nineteen, 4 five, seven, nine, ____ in room 2. 4 ____ Thursday. ____ in room 317. 8 Hello. ____ inmy class. [...]... r ITlP ::I ni n a ::I n " n ronll n ri::l t ion i n ::l "irt io n ::l r v FILE 2 Summer afternoon, summer afternoon - the two most beautiful words in the English language 6 Kim _ _ _ _ _ _ _ fast food 1 VOCABULARY verb phrases 7 Kim 8 Ryan Complete the verb phrases animals ffiA.AeF economics exercise German glasses a new car a newspaper sorry an umbrella 1 cook 2 study 3 speak 4 read 5 say 6 wear 7... We usually see one new film a month We go to the cinema a month Adele doesn't do any homework at all Adele does homework They have English classes on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays They have English classes a week My mother goes to the hairdresser once a week, on a Friday Friday My mother goes to the hairdresser Eve walks to work once a year Eve ever walks to work I always buy a new pair of sunglasses... it? It's 15.99 3 SOCIAL ENGLISH Match the words to make Social English phrases 1 It's so [I] 2 Right 3 Don't 4 Wait 5 I have to 6 Have 7 What 's 8 No D D D D D D D a b c d e f g h way! wrong? be silly! rooH fun! now go a minute Shopping in the UK One of the best places to shop in the UK these days is at the Westfield Stratford City shopping centre in London - the biggest and newest of its kind in Europe... Love life? Read on to find the answer 1[9 You don't want to see your ex-boyfriend when your relationship finishes And you really don't want to know about his new girlfriend But Facebook tells you everything, including how happy he is with his new girlfriend 1 Max and Jessica meet in a Japanese restaurant 2 They have the same job 3 They work for the same airline 4 They like the same films 5 Jessica... These are small pieces of paper from shops medicine 3 PRONUNCIATION final-s and -es; th a ~~!Vthe word which ends in /Iz/ 1 coins wallets files books watches pens glasses 2 3 4 5 classes stamps ' photos tissues 6 magazines b ceurs~ scissors addresses headphones sandwiches newspapers Listen and check Then listen again and repeat the words c ~irc1.vthe word with a different sound (5 1 that they thanks mother... about which programmes to watch Some students live next door They all musical instruments and they aren't very good! Every night, they 8 noisy parties and 9 _ _ _ _ very loud music I want a new flat or some new neighbours! B I know That's the couple upstairs A 3 (they / argue)? (they / not shout) It's the TV They're very B No, 4 old, so they can't hear it 5 (they / wat ch) a film A Oh What's that... You don't need to be fit to walk to the top of Arthur's Seat 6 You can see the city very well from the top 7 Scottish people have a special name for New Year 8 You can't buy things to eat at the street party 9 Every year, people sing a different song at New Year 5 LISTENING Listen to the audio guide on a tour bus in Dublin and write the number of the stop At which bus stop do you need to get off i f... place to take some great photos of the city 3 WHEN IT'S COLD New Year has a different name in Scotland: Hogmanay - and the Hogmanay Party in Princes Street - is famous all over the world Over four days, thousands of people join in the fun in the street, and you can buy hot food and drinks all night At midnight, everyone sings a traditional New Year's song called Auld Lang Syne, and then they watch some... change 1changes quickly in Britain 5 My father don't cook 1doesn't cook 6 My boyfriend don't wear 1doesn't wear glasses 7 People don't have 1doesn't have 10 cards in Britain 8 We need 1needs a new computer 9 My English friend make 1makes good coffee 10 I don 't do 1 doesn't do exercise Look at the chart and complete the sentences Ryan eat fast food wear jeans drink mineral water do housework play the... to the paragraphs Listen to the three speakers talking about Britain Answer the questions with H (Hannah), A (Anna), or R (Roberta) A A nice cheap place to spend a morning B Have a nice meal and make new friends C Yes we can! o Shopping is so easy Things I love about the US Sarah Araf is British but she lives in Ohio, in the US Here are some things she loves about living there 1 In . 32 B Love your neighbours 34 C Sun and the City 36 PRACTICAL ENGLISH In a clot he s shop 37 A Reading in English 39 B Times we love 41 C Music changes lives 43 A At the. 73 C Men, women, and the internet 75 PRACTICAL ENGLISH Go ing home 76 A Books and films 78 B I've never been there! 80 C The English File questionnaire 82 LISTENING 88 1 GRAMMAR. phrases Complete the verb phrases. animals ffiA.AeF economics exercise German glasses a new car a newspaper sorry an umbrella 1 cook dinner 2 study 3 speak 4 read 5 say 6 wear 7