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elementary

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by Martyn Hobbs and Julia Starr Keddle
with Cheryl Pelteret
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Contents

Real communication & Exam listening


Module 1 4-5
Module 2 6-7
Module 3 8-9
Module 4 10-11
Module 5 12-13
Module 6 14-15
Module 7 16-17
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Interculture
Module 1 Life in Britain/Sport in Britain 18-21
Module 2 Places in the UK 22-23
Module 3 Out and about in the UK 24-25
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Module 4 Home and schools 26-29
Module 5 Multiculturalism in the UK 30-33
Module 6 Ireland 34-35
Module 7 British Food 36-37
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Stories 38-45

CLIL
Module 1 Sport: basketball 46-47
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Module 2 Technology: gadgets 48-49
Module 3 Geography: deserts 50-51
Module 4 Civic studies: the UK political system 52-53
Module 5 History: the Romans in Britain 54-55
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Module 6 Earth Science: volcanoes 56-57
Module 7 Biology: nutrition 58-59

Roleplays 60-61

SONGS 62-64

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F i l e Unit 1
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Module 1 Real communication
F i l e Unit 2
Asking for ideas
Personal details
What shall we do?
Whats your...
Where shall we go?
first name / surname /
full name?
Suggestions
address / postcode?
What about ?
date of birth?
How about ?
email address?
Shall we go and see ?
home phone / mobile
Ive got an idea.
number?
Whats on?

Asking for personal


Opinions
information
I love / dont mind
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Are yousporty / musical /
I dont like / cant stand /
interested in drama?
hate
Do you like chatting
online / belong to any clubs
Agreeing
/societies
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Good idea. / Great.
Whats your school?
What kind of music / TV
Disagreeing
programmes do you like?
Oh no! I cant stand
No, lets not.
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Unit 1
1 Amy and Pete are deciding what to do. 3 a Shall b What about c Lets
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Complete the dialogue. Choose a, b or c. 4 a what time b whats on c what is
5 a stand b like c mind
AMY Its a bank holiday tomorrow, Pete. 1 ________ do? 6 a lets b why c shall
PETE 2 _________ some shopping at the Clarendon 7 a love b cant c mind
Centre?
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8 a Where b When c What
AMY Hmm Well, I dont think all the shops are
open, but the cinema is.
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Listen and check.
PETE _________ go shopping and then see a film.
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AMY Good idea. Well, its my idea, really. Do you


know 4 _________ ? Real talk
PETE Sure. Theres Brad Pitts new film.
AMY No, thanks. You know I cant 5 _________ him. 3 Complete the dialogue with these words.
Lets look in the newspaper. You know | Cool. | Im not sure | Sorry?
PETE Here, 6 _________ we go and see the new
Harry Potter film, then?
BETH Do you want to come to Jeds party with me?
AMY Too many kids. What else? Look a new
ALICE 1 _________ . I dont really like his friends.
Family Guy film!
BETH Jacks coming, 2 _________ , the Canadian guy.
PETE Oh, I 7 _________ Family Guy. OK, lets do that.
ALICE 3 _________ ? Who?
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_________ times it on?
BETH The Canadian guy from school.
AMY Quarter to three, half past four, six oclock.
ALICE OK, then. What time shall we meet?
Right. Shopping at two, then film at 4.30.
BETH Seven oclock at the bus stop?
Perfect.
ALICE 4 _________ . See you there.

1 a Lets b What shall we c Why dont


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Listen and check.
2 a How about b We can c What

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Unit 2
5 Tim wants to take part in the X Factor. Complete TIM September the 1st, 1991.
his telephone call to Jodie, the shows PA, with JODIE So thats 1/9/1991. Amazing. One more thing,
these words. Tim 7 ___________________________ of TV
whats your postcode | Whats your | have you got programmes do you like?
your date of birth | what about a | what kind | have TIM Music programmes, of course!
JODIE Well, good news, Tim. Theres a screen test on
let me see September the 1st!
JODIE Hi, Tim? This is Jodie Brook from the X
Factor!
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Listen and check.
TIM Oh, hi! Great! Does this mean Im on the
show?
JODIE Well, hang on a minute! Can I just check Real talk
some information with you first?
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___________________________ surname? 7 Complete the dialogue with these words.
TIM Oh, its Nascimento. My dads Brazilian. Dont worry | loads | Sure | Awesome
JODIE Interesting. Now, I have your address,
but 2 _______________________________ ?
ALEX Hows the DJ thing going?
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TOM Really well. Ive got a gig tonight at Squelch.
JODIE: And 3 _________________ an email address?
ALEX 1 _________ ! Is it OK if I come along?
TIM Yes. Its timnas@coolnet.co.uk
TOM 2 _________ . It starts at 10. Im a bit nervous.
JODIE So I 4 _________________ your home phone
ALEX Why?
number, but 5 ____________ mobile number?
TOM Ive got 3 _________ of new music to play.
TIM 09991 199119.
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ALEX Itll be fine. 4 _________ .
JODIE And 6 ______________________________ ?
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Listen and check.

Exam Listening Towards PET (Part 1)


Listen to the dialogues and tick N the correct picture.
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Example: Which sport does Amy watch on TV? 4 What sport is Mark good at?
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1 What musical instrument does Dan play? 5 What has Vanessa got in her bag?

2 Where is Jessicas mobile phone? 6 What does Tim do in his free time?

3 Which genre of film do Clare and Ben go to see? 7 What can Kirsty do well?

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Module 1
Interculture
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Home and family Young people
Only two or three people live in the average British home. At 13 years old, young people are allowed to do part-time
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Britons watch about 25 hours of TV a week. work.
Nearly 70% of adults can use the Internet at home. 84% of young people say they respect their parents.
Most families own a car, TV, telephone, fridge and washing 55% say they respect their teachers.
machine. 80% of families own a microwave oven. 24% of 15 year-old girls and 16% of boys are regular
6% of families own more than three cars. smokers.
8 million people have a cat and 7 million have a dog. The average weight of a British childs school bag is 5.5
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80% of people live in a house. kilos.

Food Religion
About 6% of Britons are vegetarian. People in Britain have the right to religious freedom.
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Britons drink an average of three cups of tea a day, but There are 8 million active members of a religion in the UK.
young people prefer soft drinks and mineral water.
Fish and chips is the favourite takeaway food. Multiculturalism
Only 40% of Britons regularly eat meat and two veg, 7.9% of the British population are from ethnic minorities.
the traditional family dinner. Nearly 200 languages are spoken across London.
Britons buy more ready-made meals than any other
European country.
Only four in ten young people eat fruit, vegetables
or salad daily.
1 Read the statistics above. Find out what the
numbers mean.
Free time 200 5.5 84 7.9 16 25 80 13
Watching TV is Britains favourite free-time activity.
Going to the cinema is the most popular cultural activity. 2 pairwork Answer the questions.
Seeing friends or relatives is also very popular. 1 Which facts are surprising?
The most common activity away from home is going 2 Which facts arent surprising?
to the pub. 3 Which facts do you think are unlike your country?
50% of Britons regularly do a sport. 4 Which facts do you think are like your country?
Walking is the most popular exercise.

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Life in Britain
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My name's Ellen and I'm fifteen.
I live with my mum, dad and
three brothers and sisters in a My names Ryan, Im sixteen and Im
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terraced house. We haven't got a black. My family is West Indian. My
mum and I live in London in a flat. We
car but we all have bikes. We've
havent got a pet, were away from home
got a dog called Toby.
too much. Ive got a part-time job, I
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I like watching TV and we watch work in a clothes shop. In my free time I
it most evenings. I also like like playing football with my friends, and
surfing the net. At the weekend watching TV. My mum works and she
my family often go for a walk, doesnt have time to cook every evening,
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and my dad goes cycling. I
so sometimes she heats up a ready-
made meal in the microwave. She has a
sometimes go to see a film with
cup of tea in the evening, but I usually
my friends. I don't like fish or
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drink fruit juice. Mum works really hard,
meat because I'm a vegetarian - I I respect her a lot. We go to church
eat a lot of fruit and vegetables. on Sunday, and we often go and visit
Generally I live a really healthy relatives, too.
life, but I smoke, and I know I
must stop.
Project
What about your country? Find out statistics from the
Internet.
Do a project similar to the article and illustrate it with
3a Read about Ellen and Ryan. Underline the ways pictures from magazines.
in which their lifestyle is average. Circle the
information that is not average. Glossary
average (adj); an average (n); own; takeaway food;
3b pairwork Discuss your answers with your ready-made; be allowed to; weight; right
partner.

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Module 1
Interculture j
www.bsb/aboutculture

Cycling Cricket Rugby Union Running Tennis Urban Games Rowing Horse Racing Football Couch Potato

Cycling Urban Games


Cycling is very popular for the whole This is held in July on Clapham
family. There are cycle tracks in the Common, one of Londons parks.
countryside and lots of charity races. It includes BMX riding, skating,
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The London Bikeathon is for the breakdancing and DJ mixing.
support of the Leukaemia Research
Fund and goes past many famous Rowing
London sights. The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race
between the two historic universities
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Cricket takes place on the River Thames in
This is a summer game and people London. 400 million people watch
play it throughout Britain. London it worldwide. In September there is
has two famous cricket grounds: Lords the spectacular Great River Race on
and the Oval. England plays Test the Thames. There are 150 boats,
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matches against international teams including Chinese dragon boats and
such as New Zealand, the West Indies, Hawaiian war canoes.
Australia, South Africa and India.
Horse racing
Rugby Union Royal Ascot, in June, is a famous
This sport is increasingly popular in horse-racing event. It is a mixture of
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Britain and people consider the players high fashion, royalty, the best racing
to be heroes. Twickenham is the home and women wearing incredible hats.
of Rugby Union and it is where the Six The Grand National at Aintree, near
Nations and Cup Final matches take Liverpool, is an annual race. Millions
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place. of British people watch it on TV.

Running Football
Many people go running and also enjoy Millions of British people go to
running marathons for charity. The matches, watch it on TV or play it.
most famous one is the Flora London Football is the nations favourite sport.
Marathon. It is a 26-mile race and London is home to Chelsea, Arsenal
attracts thousands of competitors from and Spurs. The season is from the
all over the world. autumn, through winter and spring.

Tennis Couch potato!


Wimbledon Lawn Tennis The British government is trying
Championships, in late June or early to persuade the British to do more
July, is world-famous. Top international sport. They are worried about the
tennis players come to play on its nations health. But many people
grass courts. The traditional food of prefer watching sport on TV or going
Wimbledon is strawberries and cream. to the pub. They watch matches on big
screens while drinking beer!

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Sport in Britain
Football
1 pairwork Look at the pictures on page 20 and
discuss the sports.
against racism
1 What is the name of the sport?
Football is the biggest sport in the world, but there are
2 Do you like doing or watching that sport?
unfortunately many incidents of racism both on and off
3 Is it popular in your country?
the football pitch. British organisations such as Show
Racism the Red Card and Kick Racism out of Football,
2 Read the web article on page 20 and write the
the European FARE (Football Against Racism in Europe)
names of the events.
and many famous footballers aim to force racist abuse
1 a historic race between universities and violence out of the sport. They believe that the
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colour of a player or fan, or where he or she is from,
2 a race where women wear fashionable clothes doesnt matter, and they celebrate the contribution that
___________________________________________ all ethnic groups make to football.
3 a 26-kilometre race in London They organise petitions, posters and protests, visit
schools and clubs and have websites, such as www.
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srtrc.ord, www.farenet.org and www.kickitout.org.
4 for unusual, not traditional, city sports
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5 a bike race in London
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6 there are all sorts of strange boats
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7 mostly English-speaking nations play it
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3 Complete the table with the names of sports.


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uses a boat rowing
team game
individual sport
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played with a bat or racquet
uses wheels
played on grass

4 groupwork Decide which two sporting events


from the article you want to go and watch.

5 Read the newspaper article on the right and


Project
answer the questions. Do a project about sporting events in your country.
Use the website article as a model.
1 What three organisations help fight racism in
football?
2 What do they do? Glossary
3 Is there racism in football in your country? cycle tracks; charity; match; ground; increasingly;
4 Visit one of the sites in the article. Write a short grass courts; DJ mixing; war canoe; couch potato;
report about it. health; pitch; racist abuse

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1 CLIL
Sport: Basketball
Module

Warm up Vocabulary
1 Answer the questions. 2 Match the words with the pictures.
1 Do you like watching basketball? pass | court | kick | basket | throw | bounce | ladder
2 Do you play basketball? | ball

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Millions of people all over the world play 4 5 6


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basketball. But what do we know about the history
of this game? Lets go back to 1891 to find out!
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Its cold 7 8
outside. What
new sport can
I invent?
I need a game
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to play
indoors
Suddenly he has an idea! I know!
We can hang up
a basket,
and use a ball.
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We throw the
ball into the
basket! What
1891 A PE teacher in Canada, called James Naismith, a great idea!
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needs a new game for his students to play.

her
Naismith has anot
great idea!

Students play
the first game
of basketball.
They climb a
ladder to get
the ball out of
Now, when the ball goes into the basket, it falls out
the basket!
through the hole!
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5 Listen again and circle the correct answer
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How do you play?

Module
a, b or c.
There are two teams. 1 How often does Katy play basketball?
Each team can have twelve players, but only five players from a a once a week
team can play on the court at the same time. b twice a week
There are two baskets, one at each end of the basketball court. c only at weekends
To score a goal, you get the ball into the basket. You can score 2 When does she play matches?
2 or 3 points each time the ball goes into the basket. a every weekend
The team with the most points, wins! b every holiday
c only during the school term
The game lasts for one hour. There is a break in the middle.
3 What does she usually do in the summer holidays?

a She goes swimming.
What are the rules? b She coaches basketball.
DO c She goes to a basketball coaching camp.

Move the ball only with your hands. Pass, throw or bounce 4 What is the best thing about the camp?
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(dribble) it. a the other students
Jump up high and drop the ball into the basket. b the other activities
c the coaches
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5 Who is her favourite basketball player?
Dont run with the ball.
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a Michael Jordan
Dont hang onto the basket. b Magic Johnson
Dont kick the ball. c Jesse Owens

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6 pairwork Ask and answer about your partners
favourite sport or activity.
Reading (
A What is your favourite sport?

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B Football.
3 Read about basketball on page 46. Circle T
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A How often do you play it?
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(True) or F (False).
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B I play it every Saturday.
1 Basketball is more than 100 years old. T / F
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A Why do you like it?
2 The game of basketball comes from the USA. T / F
3 Twelve players from each team can play on the court at
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B Because I play with my friends.
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the same time. T / F
4 When the ball goes into the basket, you score
Writing
points. T / F 7 Write rules about your favourite sport. Write
5 There is a break in the game after 30 minutes. T / F two lists do and DonT.
6 Its wrong to hold the ball and run on the court. T / F

Think about this! Project


Choose one of these sports: baseball, tennis, volleyball.
How many English words about sport do you use in your
Find out about the sport and write lists How do you
language?
play? and What are the rules? similar to the ones
goal? corner? play off? time out? above.
Make a list. Include information on:
How many people play
Where you play
Listening What you play with (racket, bat, ball etc)
How you score
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Listen to Katy. What is she talking about? The rules
a her basketball team
b a basketball camp
c her basketball coach

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