WORKBOOK 7-8A
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Unit 1
Meeting people Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Lesson 4 Lesson 5
4 8 12 16 21
Unit 2
Food Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Lesson 4 Lesson 5
23 27 31 35 40
Unit 3
Spare time Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Lesson 4 Lesson 5
42 46 50 54 59
Unit 4
Asking the way Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Lesson 4 Lesson 5
61 66 72 76 81
Unit 5
Health Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Lesson 4 Lesson 5
83 88 93 97 102
Unit 6
Home Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Lesson 4 Lesson 5
104 108 114 119 124
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Unit 1
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lesson 1
Meeting people
Having a party.
Imagine you are throwing a party. Who would you invite? Write your guests in the picture. Choose from: mother – father – brother – sister – uncle – aunt – grandmother – grandfather – cousin – friend (not a classmate)
My birthday party Now write down their names.
2.
What are Liam and Lily talking about in the film?
A. Tick the right answer. O They are talking about Lily’s family reunion. O They are talking about Liam’s family reunion. O They are talking about Lily’s birthday party. O They are talking about mobile phones.
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B. Circle the family members that Liam and Lily talked about. Two words are left over. Write them down. cousin aunt son uncle daughter sister grandfather mother grandmother father The words are:
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Listen to the song. What is their favourite time of year?
Tick the right answer. O autumn O summer O winter O spring
4. Look at the text. Look at the title and the picture. What do you think the text is about? O The text is about a carnival in Rio. O The text is about public holidays in different countries. O The text is about Christmas in England. Public holidays Every country has its own public holidays. On those days (almost) everybody in the country has a day off, schools are closed and there are special events. Can you think of a public holiday in your country? Let’s look at some public holidays around the world. Turkey In Turkey they celebrate Children’s Day on the 23rd of April. On this day everybody in Turkey has a day off. People sing the national anthem and there are folk dances. Children get all kinds of presents. It is a bit like Christmas in England.
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5.
Listen to the dialogue.
Listen and repeat the phrases.
Alex:
What’s your name?
Grandmother: My name is Renate. Alex:
How old are you?
Grandmother: I’m 80 years old. Alex:
Where are you from?
Grandmother: I am from the Netherlands. Work in pairs and repeat the text. Now do it the other way around: Grandmother asks Alex the questions. Think up Alex’s answers yourself.
Finished? Do this.
Find the words in the puzzle. Cross out the letters. ( AUNT BROTHER
NEPHEW NIECE
COUSIN
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Finished? Write down the letters you did not cross out in the first two lines. What do they say?
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Finished? Test yourself.
Work in groups. Do you have family members that live, or used to live, in another country? Find as many countries as possible. Write sentences like this: My grandmother is from Germany. Which group has the most countries?
Nice to know Bank holiday: Each ye
ar in England there ar e liday’ weekends when
some special ‘bank ho Monday is a day off as
well. Children don’t go
to school and many ad to work either. Lots of
ults don’t have to go
people think May is a great month because it has two bank holiday Mondays!
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Unit 1
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lesson 2
Meeting people
Play a game.
Listen to your teacher. Then play buzz!
2.
What did Liam tell first to Lily in the film?
A. Read the sentences and number them. I had a family reunion last week. Look, here is Susie my cousin. My grandparents were very happy to have the whole family together. They are my aunt, uncle and their daughter Isla. We played lots of outside games. This is the water balloon challenge. B. Fill in the right answers. Choose from: cousins – members – country – family – grandfather – pictures reunion. He shows Lily some
It’s Liam’s family and
there. Jack and Susie are Liam’s
. Liam’s grandmother
are happy to have the whole family together. Isla lives with her mother
and father in another
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3.
Listen to the dialogue.
How many different names for the United States did you hear? Fill in the gaps. I heard
different names for the United States.
I heard the names: Other names I know:
4. Answer the questions about the dialogue. Tick the right box. 1. Why don’t Bill, Emma and Alec play a computer game? O Bill doesn’t like it. O Alec wants to play outside. O Grandma doesn’t have a computer. 2. How many cousins does Bill have? O 18 O 80 O 8 3. Bill has nieces and nephews. This means that he is their: O uncle O cousin O aunt 4. Alec’s sister is tiny. This means she is: O very big O very small O normal
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WORKBOOK 7-8A
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