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invaluable editorial work and guidance on Step Ahead.
Acknowledgements
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Welcome to
New Step Ahead 1 B
You started a fantastic journey to learn English and find out
interesting facts about English speaking countries and
cultures.The kids of New Step Ahead are with you every
step of the way, so let’s see what’s in store.
The adventures of the kids to Grammar, with fun illustrations Communication pages where you
help you discover new worlds and and easy exercises to help you practise everything you learn.
come into contact with English. learn and test your English.
Contents 1A
Starter Unit Review of topics, vocabulary and basic structures for:
classroom language and objects, colours, numbers from 1 to 20,
Back to school alphabet, animals, food and drink, days of the week, months,
seasons, weather, celebrations, How are you?, have you got…?
Grammar:
nouns, verbs, adjectives.
Module A Friends
Unit 1 Greetings: Personal subject pronouns (singular): Personal Names
Good morning, Hi, Hello, Goodbye I, you, he, she, it Colours
Meeting Introducing yourself and others: Present simple of be: affirmative form singular Alphabet
Kiara and Hi, I’m … This is … Nice to meet you. Possessive adjectives: my, your, his, her
Luca Talking about the colour of objects
Spelling
Unit 2 Asking and saying your age: Personal subject pronouns (plural): Numbers 1 – 20
How old are you? I’m … we, you, they Countries
New friends Asking and saying where you are from: Present simple of be: affirmative form plural Nationalities
Where are you from? The use of ’s in the possessive case
Where are they from?
Adjectives: nice, good, famous
Talking about other people
Plurals
Module B Family
Unit 3 Asking how to say something in English: Present simple of be: negative and interrogative Days of the week
What’s this in English? forms, short answers Objects used in
At Sally’s Asking and giving telephone numbers: Who? class
place What’s your telephone number? It’s … Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns: Members of the
Saying goodbye this, that, these, those family
Unit 4 Asking and telling the time: There is / there are Numbers 21 – 100
What’s the time? It’s … How many Rooms and garden
Sorry about Talking about quantity Questions with What, Who, Where Prepositions in,
my dad Asking and saying where someone or Articles: a, an, the on, under
something is: Where’s my T-shirt? It’s
under / in / on …
Describing objects, people and places
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Reading – understanding an email with Ice cream blues Countries of Exam practice Create a short
holiday greetings The sounds /i/ the UK, their Writing presentation of
Listening – understanding personal names, and /i:/ capitals and yourself with a
Open dialogue
someone offering something main cities. photo.
Student’s Book p. 38
Text messages Student’s Book
Speaking – asking and saying your name, Guided dialogue p. 25
spelling Student’s Book Workbook p. 15
pp. 34-5 Produce a
Writing – simple sentences of presentation Listening poster of a
Multiple choice listening famous person
Reading – understanding a profile of a famous One world and comprehension Student’s Book
person The weak sound /ə/ questions p. 33
Listening – identifying age, nationality and Workbook p. 16
preferences of three people
Study skills
Speaking – asking and saying your name, age,
nationality, preferences How to use the CD
Writing – describing your favourite famous person Workbook p. 14
Reading – understanding a homepage, with My travelling family A web page Exam practice Writing a brief
details about a boy, his family and preferences The sounds /θ/ about English Listening presentation of
Listening – understanding essential and /ð/ homes a classmate
Listening to identify the
information given by Simon about his family Information Student’s Book
correct picture
about pets p. 49
Speaking – asking and giving personal Student’s Book p. 62
information: age, telephone number, preferences Student’s Book Workbook p. 33 Writing a brief
pp. 58-9 description of a
Writing – simple sentences about a classmate Writing
favourite room
Filling in a form Student’s Book
Reading – understanding a simple personal Please let me know Workbook p. 32 p. 57
letter describing a house The sound /h/
Listening – understanding essential information Study skills
given by Sandra about her family Keeping a grammar and
Speaking – asking and answering questions vocabulary notebook
about your home and family Workbook p. 31
Writing – simple sentences about your favourite
room
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Contents 1B
Communication Grammar Vocabulary
Module C Birthdays
Unit 5 Talking about birthdays: The verb have got: affirmative, negative, Ordinal numbers
When’s his birthday? interrogative forms and short answers 1st–31st
Simon’s Talking about possessions Let’s + base form of the verb Months and dates
Ferrari Making suggestions: Animals
Let’s watch TV.
Giving personal information: Have you
got a big family? How many brothers …?
Unit 6 Offering, accepting and refusing Would you like…? / I’d like… Food and drink
something: Would you like …? Countable and uncountable nouns Parts of the body
A surprise Yes, please! / No, thanks.
How much and how many
party Giving and carrying out commands:
Some and any
Close your eyes. Don’t look!
Imperatives
Prepositions of movement
Unit 8 What to say if you don’t understand Why / because Adjectives for
Simple requests: Can you close the door? Present simple: negative, interrogative forms describing
Kiara helps and short answers emotions and
Talking about free time: Do you like
Sally watching TV? Yes, I do. No, I don’t. Like / hate / love and -ing form
feelings
Sport
Unit 10 Asking and saying prices of clothes: Comparison of Present simple and Present Prices and foreign
How much is this shirt? continuous currency
Trying on It’s twenty-five pounds. Question tags Shops
a T-shirt Buying something, indicating what you Possessive adjectives: my, your, his, her, its, our,
like and asking the price: I’d like a pair your, their
of jeans. How much are they?
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Reading – understanding the homepage of a He’s got the whole Celebrations Exam practice Describing your
girl talking about her life and love for animals world in his hands Student’s Book Speaking favourite
Listening – understanding a question and Intonation pp. 26-7 possessions
Giving personal
invitation to do something Student’s Book
information
p. 17
Speaking – asking and talking about Student’s Book p. 30
possessions Writing Writing a short
description
Writing – describing your favourite possessions Writing a text giving of a real or
personal information imaginary
Workbook p. 15
animal
Reading – understanding descriptions of strange Hungry kid Listening Student’s Book
animals The sounds // Listening to identify the p. 25
Listening – understanding someone offering and /ɑ:/ sequence of pictures
food and drink Workbook p. 16
Speaking – describing a picture so that a
Study skills
classmate can recognise it
Writing – simple sentences about a real or How to prepare the Portfolio
imaginary animal Workbook p. 14
Reading – understanding the daily routine of a I’m so busy A web page Exam practice Describing your
young reporter by reading an article The sounds /e/ about the Reading typical day
Listening – identifying a kid’s routine and /:/ British Royal Student’s Book
Understanding signs and
family p. 41
Speaking – describing your weekly routine notices
The role of Student’s Book p. 54 Writing a brief
Writing – simple sentences about your typical
the Queen text about your
day Writing
and her and your
family Reading and writing family’s
Student’s Book messages favourite sports
pp. 50-1 Workbook p. 32 Student’s Book
Reading – understanding a newspaper article Sports-hater blues Listening p. 49
Listening – understanding essential Joining sounds Listening to identify the
information in a conversation about sports correct picture
Speaking – asking and talking about favourite Workbook p. 33
sports Study skills
Writing – simple sentences about your family’s Identifying your learning
favourite sports style
Workbook p. 31
Reading – understanding the diary of a school A dream come true A page on Exam practice Describing an
day on a homepage Pronunciation of London Speaking evening with
Listening – identifying someone by their the suffix -ing Information your family
Describing a picture
clothes about Student’s Book
Student’s Book p. 78
London and p. 65
Speaking – describing what someone is Writing
wearing interviews Writing a short
with people Writing a postcard text about
Writing – a diary of an evening with your Workbook p. 49
from London shopping
family
and tourists Listening Student’s Book
Student’s Book Listening to identify p. 73
Reading – understanding an article about I’m a window pp. 74-5 correct prices
shopping shopper
Workbook p. 50
Listening – understanding essential The stress in a
information from an interview about shopping word Study skills
Speaking – asking and answering questions How to organise your
about shopping ideas with a mind map
Workbook p. 48
Writing – a short text about shopping
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Mo d u l e C
B i r t h d a y s Prerequisites
• days of the week
• verb be
• personal pronouns
Review • possessive adjectives
1 Find out when their birthdays are.
Rick
Julia
Tamara
Jamie
2 Write sentences.
Rick: His birthday’s on Monday, 17th June.
________________________________________________
Julia: Her …
________________________________________________
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Module C
Objectives
Grammar Vocabulary
- the verb have got - ordinal numbers
Communication
- Let’s + base form of the verb - months and
- Would you like…? / I’d like… - talking about birthdays dates
- countable and uncountable nouns - talking about possessions - animals
- how much and how many - making suggestions - food and drink
- some and any - giving personal information (family) - parts of the
- imperatives - offering, accepting and refusing body
- prepositions of movement something
- giving and carrying out commands
Warm-up
Let’s buy
a present.
It’s Vanessa’s
birthday.
id y o u know? Now
start
D the
There are a lot of module
special days in Britain.
Two special days are:
* 14th
*
5th November
February
>
What do they celebrate? 9
Module C
Lead in
U n i t 5 1 Look at the photos and answer the questions.
Simon’s Ferrari 1 Where are they?
2 Who are they?
3 What can you see in picture B?
Module C
Comprehension Vocabulary
Months
3 What will they buy for Vanessa?
a a DVD player c a horse 6 Listen and repeat. Then write the missing
b a CD d earrings months.
Module C Unit 5
c d
G r a mm a r
Have got (affirmative)
A Look at the examples, the rule and the box.
I’ve got an idea! e f
She’s got a laptop.
We’ve got a Ferrari.
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Module C
3 Make these sentences negative. 4 Put the words in order and write the
questions.
1 they / new / got / have / a / computer?
Have they got a new computer?
______________________________________
2 got / has / Sarah / a / horse?
______________________________________
3 got / you / idea / an / have?
______________________________________
4 he / problem / got / a / has?
______________________________________
5 Cathy and John / a / got / new house /
1 He’s got a horse. have?
He hasn’t got a horse.
______________________________ ______________________________________
2 I’ve got a big family. 6 a / got / have / homepage / they?
______________________________ ______________________________________
3 We’ve got a laptop.
WB p. 4, ex. 7 / p. 5, ex. 8
______________________________
4 She’s got a DVD player. Have got (short answers)
______________________________
5 They’ve got a big house. E Look at the examples and the rule.
______________________________ Have you got a horse? Yes, I have.
No, I haven’t.
6 I’ve got a walkman.
Has she got a DVD player? Yes, she has.
______________________________
No, she hasn’t.
CD-ROM Dictation, Step 1, 2
WB p. 4, ex. 4 / p. 4, ex. 5, 6 * In the short answers, we don’t use the word
got! We usually add another comment after
the short answer.
Have got (questions)
5 Write the short answers. Look at the
adjectives in italics to decide if the answer
D Look at the example, the rule and the box.
is Yes or No.
Has she got a DVD player?
1 Has he got a video?
To make a question with have got, Yes, he has . It’s new.
_________________
* we invert the subject and have/has. 2 Have you got a small family, John?
_________________ . It’s very small.
Interrogative form 3 Has she got a new computer?
Have I got _________________ . It’s old.
Have you got 4 Have they got a big house?
Has she / he / it got _________________ . It’s very big.
a horse?
Have we got 5 Have Steve and Sue got an expensive DVD
Have you got player?
Module C Unit 5
S t e p s t o
C o mm u n i c a t i o n
Pronunciation Intonation
1 Listen and repeat. Go.
Let’s go.
Play. Let’s go to the beach.
Let’s play. Let’s go to the beach
Let’s play football. on Sunday.
Let’s play football
on Saturday.
Vocabulary Animals
2 Listen, look at the photos and repeat. Find each animal and write the number in the correct circle.
5 1
1 elephant
2 lion
3 hippo
4 snake 10
5 giraffe
6 tiger
7 deer
8 kangaroo
9 wolf
10 tortoise
11 eagle
12 spider
13 beetle
13
14 bee
Module C
Help Box
Making suggestions To make a suggestion, we can use Let’s + base form
of the verb: Let’s go (to the beach).
5 Listen and repeat. What do you like doing If you like the idea, you can say: Great or Good idea.
in your free time? If you don’t like the idea, you can say: I’m not sure.
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Module C Unit 5
S k i l l s
Reading
1 KET Read Samantha’s homepage. Then write T (= true), F (= false), or N (= not in the text).
1 Samantha Carrie’s from Africa. F 5 Samantha’s favourite animals are kangaroos.
2 Samantha’s 15. 6 She’s got a video. It’s called Tarzan is back.
3 Samantha’s got about 13 books. 7 She’s got two friends, Tammy and Nick.
4 Samantha’s favourite book is American Wildlife. 8 She often goes swimming with them.
Listening
2 Listen and tick (✓) the correct answer.
1 When is Steve’s maths test? A On Monday. ✓ B On Saturday.
2 What day is ‘today’? A Wednesday B Friday
3 Who’s got an idea? A Steve B Steve’s mum
4 Mum says, ‘Let’s go to the zoo on …’ A Thursday. B Saturday.
5 Mum can help Steve on … A Saturday B Sunday
6 Is Steve happy? A Yes, he is. B No, he isn’t.
Module C
In my room I`ve got a secret box. In my bedroom, I`ve got three posters of my
There are wonderful things in it: my favourite band: Oasis. They are fantastic!
favourite book, my diary, a photo of my I`ve got a stereo with lots of CDs, and
horse and two CDs by my favourite band. a walkman, but I haven`t got a DVD.