CONTENTS

Scope and Sequence.......................................................................................................... 4

UNIT 1
I Love Mixing Music!........................................................................................................... 6
UNIT 2
How Long Have You Been Doing Archery?..................................................................18
UNIT 3
What Should I Do?............................................................................................................ 30
UNIT 4
The Koala Was Taken to a Shelter.................................................................................. 42
UNIT 5
How Are They Made?....................................................................................................... 54
UNIT 6
Look at Those Narwhals!................................................................................................. 66
UNIT 7
It Might Have Been a Temple......................................................................................... 78
UNIT 8
It’s Taller Than the Eiffel Tower!..................................................................................... 90
UNIT 9
He’s a Great Actor, Isn’t He?.......................................................................................... 102
UNIT 10
I Wish I Could Be an Olympic Athlete!........................................................................ 114
UNIT 11
What Would You Do?..................................................................................................... 126
UNIT 12
Whole Grains Are Good for You.................................................................................. 138
Communication Activities............................................................................................ 150
Word List ......................................................................................................................... 157
Photo and Art Credits.................................................................................................... 159
Acknowledgments......................................................................................................... 160

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SCOPE AND SEQUENCE
UNIT FUNCTIONS GRAMMAR VOCABULARY PRONUNCIATION READ, WRITE, & WATCH

I LOVE MIXING MUSIC!

1
PAGE 6
Talking about Using verb + -ing: Hobbies Question Reading: Turning
hobbies and Do you like playing chess? Interests intonation Hobbies into Cash
interests Writing: Description
I enjoy doing jigsaw puzzles. Nouns and
Real English: verbs: effect vs. Video: Robot Games
Tell me about it! Baking is a lot of fun.
affect, advice vs.
advise, council
vs. counsel

2 HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN DOING ARCHERY?

Identifying Present perfect progressive: Sports Review: weak form
PAGE 18
Reading: Running a
different sports He’s been playing tennis. Collocations of been Marathon
Talking about I’ve been going to the gym. with record Writing: Biography
sports and Video: Life Rolls On
exercise Adverbs of time:
Real English: lately, recently, for, since
Give it a try.

3 WHAT SHOULD I DO?

Asking for and Modals for giving advice: Problems and Weak forms of
PAGE 30
Reading: Vision of Hope
giving advice should, could advice could and should Writing: Informal letter
Talking about Verbs with try: Phrasal verbs Video: Eco-Fuel Africa
possible careers with make
try talking, try asking
Real English:
On top of that, … Other expressions:
Why don’t you … ?
If I were you, …

4 THE KOALA WAS TAKEN TO A SHELTER

Talking about Passive voice without an agent: Wild animals Intonation in
PAGE 42
Reading: Bear Rescue
animal rescue The dog was left at the shelter. Animal rescue a series Writing: News article
Real English: Tags are being attached to the birds. Transitive and Video: Raising Pandas
It’s up to you. intransitive
How often are the animals fed?
verbs

5 HOW ARE THEY MADE?

Describing Passive voice with an agent: Manufacturing Contrastive stress
PAGE 54
Reading: Where Is the
manufacturing The wood is cut by a machine. and assembly iPhone Made?
processes Collocations Writing: Descriptive
The colors were chosen by the
Real English: customer. with global paragraph
I don’t get it. Video: Prosthetic Legs
The shoes have been customized
by the store.

6 LOOK AT THOSE NARWHALS!

Talking about the Non-defining relative clauses: Marine animals Pausing in relative
PAGE 66
Reading: Cities in the Sea
importance of The narwhal, which is a type of Coral reefs clauses Writing: Formal email
conserving marine whale, has a long tusk.
animals and their Approximation Video: Boneless Beauties
habitats My uncle, who visits us every expressions
summer, is a marine biologist.
Real English:
You’re telling me …

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UNIT FUNCTIONS GRAMMAR VOCABULARY PRONUNCIATION READ, WRITE, & WATCH

IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A TEMPLE

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PAGE 78
Discussing ancient Modals for expressing present Ancient Review: reduction Reading: Maya Mystery
and modern-day probability: civilizations and of have Writing: Short essay
mysteries could, might, must artifacts
Video: The Lost Colony
Talking about Modals for expressing past Natural
possibilities probability: disasters
Real English: could have, might have, must have
What on earth … ?

8 IT’S TALLER THAN THE EIFFEL TOWER!

Talking about Comparative and superlative Human-made Emphatic stress
PAGE 90
Reading: The Iron
architectural and adjectives structures and Ore Train
engineering Other expressions: wonders Writing: Descriptive
wonders Word web for essay
It’s too cloudy.
Real English: travel Video: The Green
What a shame! He’s old enough to ride the zipline.
Museum
Elevator 1 is just as fast as Elevator 2.

9 HE’S A GREAT ACTOR, ISN’T HE?

Talking about Tag questions: Movie genres Intonation in tag
PAGE 102
Reading: Our Attraction
movies, actors, Meryl Streep is such a good actress, Evaluating questions to Fright
and the movie isn’t she? movies Writing: Movie review
industry
You haven’t seen every Star Wars Writing true Video: Free Solo
Real English: movie, have you? sentences
Same here.

10 I WISH I COULD BE AN OLYMPIC ATHLETE!

Talking about Making wishes: Wishes Contractions:
PAGE 114
Reading: Making a
wishes and hopes I wish I could dance well. Collocations ’ll and ’d Difference
Real English: Second conditional: with wish Writing: Blog post
You mean … ? Video: RoboBees
If I won a lot of money, I’d buy a
big house.
Where would you go if you could
go anywhere in the world?

11 WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

Discussing Language review: Moral dilemmas Final t or d with
PAGE 126
Reading: Thought
dilemmas • Present perfect progressive and Verbs that have initial y Experiments
Real English: passive form the same form Writing: Persuasive essay
What a relief! • Giving advice and talking about in present tense Video: Test of Character
imaginary situations and past tense
•  Describing probability

12 WHOLE GRAINS ARE GOOD FOR YOU

Talking about Language review: Health and Pausing between
PAGE 138
Reading: Your Amazing
health and • Gerunds nutrition thought groups Brain
nutrition Word root: sens- Writing: Action plan
• Describing and comparing
Real English: things Video: Food Allergies
Any ideas?
•  Tag questions
•  Non-defining relative clauses

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 I LOVE
MIXING
MUSIC!

PREVIEW
A 1.1 Listen. Circle each person’s hobby.
Hobby When
1 Sun-hee drawing / gardening on Sunday afternoons
Andy cooking / Instagramming
2 Eric mixing music / dancing
Megan reviewing videos / making videos
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 A teenager mixes music using
turntables and a sound mixer.

PEOPLE AND PLACES

B 1.1Listen again. When does each UNIT GOALS

person do their hobby? Fill in the When • describe your hobbies and interests
column in A.
• use language for talking about things people like doing
C Talk with a partner. What are your
hobbies? Ask follow-up questions. • learn about teenagers who are making money from
their hobbies

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LANGUAGE FOCUS
A 1.2 Listen and read. Why doesn’t Ming want to play
chess? Then repeat the conversation and replace the REAL ENGLISH  Tell me about it!
words in bold.

Stig: I t’s so hot today. Do you feel like doing a

jigsaw puzzle?
Ming: Not really. I’m not very good at puzzles.
(I don’t really like / I’m pretty bad at)
Stig: W
 ell, how about a game of chess?
(Monopoly / Scrabble)
Ming: Sorry, but that doesn’t really sound like fun.
Stig: I know! We both enjoy playing sports. We
can go skiing! (like / love)
Ming: I love skiing! But it’s the middle of summer.
Stig: Give me just a second …

Ming: Skiing sure takes a lot of energy!

(is so exhausting / is such good exercise)
Stig: Tell me about it! Is it time for a break yet?

B 1.3 Look at the chart. Then circle the correct answers below.

TALKING ABOUT HOBBIES AND INTERESTS (USING VERB + -ING)

What are your hobbies? I love reading comic books and fantasy novels.
What do you like doing in your free time? I enjoy doing jigsaw puzzles.
Yes, I love it!
Yes, I like it (a lot).
Do you like playing chess? I don’t mind it.
No, I don’t like it (very much).
No, I can’t stand it.
Skiing is such good exercise! Gardening is kind of boring.

1 After enjoy, we use to + base verb / base verb + -ing.

2 Base verb + -ing at the beginning of a sentence acts as a noun / verb.
3 If you hate doing something, you say I don’t mind it / I can’t stand it.

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C 1.4Complete the conversation. Use the correct form of the verbs in the box. Then listen
and check your answers.
dance   hike   play   sing   stay   watch

Kara: Hey, Paulo. Have you signed up for any after-school activities yet?
Paulo: No, not yet. I love 1  , so I might join the musical theater club.
Kara: That would be fun! You have a great voice.
Paulo: T hanks. The problem is I don’t like 2 very much. I find it hard to remember
all the steps. Hey! Maybe you should try out too. You enjoy 3 the guitar.
Kara: Me? No way! Performing in front of people makes me nervous.
Paulo: Well, there’s the Classic Film Club.
Kara: I don’t really like 4 old movies. Plus, 5 inside even longer
after school doesn’t sound like fun!
Paulo: So why don’t you join an outdoors club? Do you like 6  ?
Kara: That’s a great idea! I love the outdoors.

D 1.5 Listen to the conversation. What does each person think of these activities?
Write , , or .

playing video
baking playing tennis singing
games
Lucia
Wes

E Talk with a partner. Look at the activities below. Do you like doing them? Why or why not?
singing baking drawing playing video games watching TV
gardening reading dancing listening to music doing puzzles

I like singing a lot. I’ve

always been good at it.

I like singing too.

I also enjoy …

Unit 1  9
 THE REAL WORLD

TYPICAL TEENS

A group of teens hang out

and use their cell phones.

A Predict. Do you think American teenagers today spend more time ( ) or less time ( ) on these
activities compared to teens 10 years ago?
doing homework   sleeping   socializing face-to-face   working for pay

B 1.1 Watch Part 1 of the video. Check your predictions in A.

Is any of the information surprising?
Paid work (0:26)
C 1.2 Watch Part 2 of the video.
How does a typical American teenager Other
(2:23)
spend their day? Complete the pie chart (1:12)
with these activities (a–d). (1:13)

a face-to-face socializing (1:27) Sleeping (9:43)

b unpaid work
c online leisure activities (3:04)
d offline leisure activities

Note: The number of hours and Education (4:32)

minutes is given in parentheses.

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D CRITICAL THINKING  Predicting Talk with a partner. How do you think teenagers 10 years from
now will spend their time? What do you think they will do more or less of? Give reasons for
your predictions.

PROJECT Create a pie chart. How do you spend a typical 24 hours? Note the number of
hours and minutes you spend on each activity.

PRONUNCIATION question intonation

Listen. Mark each question with the intonation pattern
1.6 or . Then listen again and
repeat the questions.
1 Do you like hiking?
DO YOU KNOW?
People in
2 Do you enjoy doing jigsaw puzzles? spend the most
3 Do you prefer playing board games or video games? amount of time on
leisure activities.
4 What sport do you like playing? a the United States
b Spain
c New Zealand
COMMUNICATION
A Look at the chart below. Complete the sentences with information that is true for you.
Then interview a classmate. Write their name and responses.

Name:
I like watching movies.
I enjoy hanging out at  .
I don’t mind spending time  .
I don’t like playing  .
I enjoy listening to music.
I love on weekends.

Do you like watching horror movies?

No, I don’t. I prefer watching sci-fi movies.

Where do you enjoy hanging out?

B Work in groups. Tell your group members the answers in your chart.

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READING
A Read the title. Brainstorm possible
ways people can make money from
their hobbies.
B Skim the article. Of the three
teenagers mentioned, who do you
find most interesting? Why?
C Skim the article again. Add these
headings (a–c) to the correct places.
a Helping Others Get Good Grades
b From Player to Developer
c A Tasty Road to Extra Cash

Ryan Wilson with

a s’mores cake

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 TURNING
HOBBIES
INTO CASH
1.7 They go to school, get good grades, and hang out with their friends.
In most ways, they are typical teenagers. But what makes these teens
different from their peers is that they have learned how to make money
from their hobbies.
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Ryan Wilson, 15, learned to bake by watching online tutorials. He enjoys
baking cupcakes and bread, but what he really loves creating are large,
colorful cakes. He usually bakes one cake every weekend. Each cake takes
about eight hours to make, and that doesn’t include the time needed to
10 upload videos to his social media pages—some of which receive more than
200,000 views. After uploading the video, he shares the cake with friends and
family. Ryan has appeared on several TV baking shows, and someday hopes
to have his own show. The self-taught baker also makes money—money that
will one day be used for college. And that’s the real icing on the cake!
15
Jasmine Shao was 13 years old when she asked her mother for permission to
post her videos online—videos featuring calligraphy, goal planning, and
study tips. At first her mother wasn’t sure it was a good idea, but, after seeing
how hard her daughter worked to create the videos, she eventually agreed.
20 Now 17, Jasmine is a social media influencer—someone who others follow,
get ideas from, and even copy. Many people have viewed her videos: In 2019,
she had over 270,000 Instagram followers, and 460,000 YouTube subscribers.
Her success has even led to a book on study tips. “It’s weird to think that I’m
able to affect people across the country and even the world,” she says.
25
Luke Tesarek, 19, earned some serious cash in high school. It all started at
age 13 when he first began playing video games. He quickly learned how to
program games from an online tutorial and, at age 15, began to earn money
as an online game programmer. He earned $8,000 that summer. Luke then
30 started work at a company as their team leader: The average age of his team
was 17! At first, his mother was not happy. “I used to yell at Luke to get off the
computer,” she said. That began to change when she asked him how many
online viewers he had. She thought he said 2,000. It was actually two million.
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COMPREHENSION IDIOM
The time that you are
A Answer the questions about Turning Hobbies into Cash.
not working is also
1 REFERENCE Who does They in line 1 refer to? known as  .
a slowtime
all teenagers around the world
a b backtime
c downtime
typical American teenagers
b
the teenagers mentioned in the article
c

2 VOCABULARY What’s another way of saying the icing on the cake (line 14)?
the extra benefit
a b the main reason c the strange result

3 COHESION Where is the best place for this sentence in the paragraph about Jasmine?
All this brings in extra cash.
after sentence 1
a b after sentence 2 c after sentence 3

4 DETAIL According to the article, whose mother used to get angry at them?
Ryan’s
a b Jasmine’s c Luke’s

5 SEQUENCE Which activity happened last?

Luke made $8,000.
a
Luke worked as a team leader.
b
Luke learned how to program games.
c

B Look at the descriptions (a–h) below.

Write them in the Venn diagram. Ryan Jasmine
a makes something you can eat
b led a team of people
c wrote a book
d watched online tutorials
e helps people plan for the future
f has been on TV
g creates their own videos
h has an online/social media presence
Luke

C CRITICAL THINKING  Evaluating Talk with a partner. Do you think earning money from your
hobbies is a good idea? Are there downsides to what these teenagers are doing?

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VOCABULARY
A Find the bold words below in the article. Then circle the correct answers to complete
the sentences.
1 A(n) actor / director is someone who appears on TV.
2 When you post information on the internet, you check it for accuracy /
make it available to other people.
3 If something eventually happens, it happens immediately / after a long time.
4 When something affects you, it changes / doesn’t change you in some way.
5 The leader of a group of people controls / finds problems with it.
6 The average of 5, 20, and 50 is 25 / 75.

B Read the information below. Then circle the correct answers.

Some nouns and verbs in English can be easily confused with each other.
For example, the verb affect means to have an influence on someone or
something, and the noun effect means a consequence or result.

1 The new rule will affect / effect adults, but it won’t have any affect / effect on teenagers.
2 The instructions on the box advise / advice users to seek medical advise / advice.
3 The student counsel / council wants teachers to counsel / council young people in making
career decisions.

After school, I’m usually

busy with my club
activities. I’m a membe
r of the Outdoor
Adventure Club. At hom
e, I spend about four
hours a day online. I like
playing online games
and chatting with my fr
iends. I …

WRITING
A Read the paragraph.
B What leisure activities do
you like doing? Make a list.
C Write a description.
Describe what you like doing
in your leisure time, and how
much time you spend on
these activities.

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 VIDEO ABOUT THE VIDEO  Every year, students take part in the FIRST Robotics Competition.

ROBOT GAMES
Before You Watch
Talk with a partner. What are some things that robots can do? What would you like a robot
to do for you?

While You Watch

A 1.3 Watch the video. Check (✓) all the things you see robots do.
speak
   cook something  move forward
hang something
   carry something  go underwater

B 1.3 Watch again. Circle the correct answers.

1 The FIRST Robotics Competition is for high school students from all over the world /
the United States.
2 FIRST was started by Dean Kamen, a famous athlete / inventor.
3 Kamen had the idea for the competition after seeing how much kids enjoy sports / robotics.
4 A(n) adult / student leader guides each team.

C Rank. How well do you think robots would do in these sports?

Rank them from 1 (the best) to 4 (the worst). Then share your
ranking and reasons with a partner.
 golf   skiing  
 swimming   weightlifting

After You Watch

Talk with a partner. Every year, the events
at the FIRST Robotics Competition are
changed to create new challenges.
Make a list of challenging tasks
you would like to see robots
do in the competition.

Participants at the FIRST

Robotics Competition

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REVIEW

A Match the verbs with the correct nouns to form hobbies.

1 bake comic books
2 mix jigsaw puzzles
3 read music
4 do movies
5 watch cakes

B Complete the sentences. Use the correct form of the verbs in

the box.
cook   dance   hike   sing   spend   watch

1 I enjoy time with my friends on the weekend.

2 I can’t stand black-and-white movies. They’re so
boring.
3 I love  . My music teacher says I have a great voice.
4 I don’t mind  , but it’s not my favorite outdoor
activity.
5 is a lot of fun, but no one wants to eat my food!
6 I don’t like very much. People say I have two
left feet!

C Complete the sentences. Use the words in the box. Two words
are extra.
advice  advise  affect  council  counsel  effect

1 Can I give you some  ?

2 His injury had no on his performance.
3 The town is having a meeting right now.
4 How will the new rules you?

SELF CHECK  Now I can …

describe my hobbies and interests
talk about things people like doing
talk about teenagers who are making money from
their hobbies

Unit 1  17