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What do
you know?
Meet two students 2 Read the profiles again and answer the questions.
There may be more than one answer. Who … ?
Vocabulary: introducing 1 lives with three other people
yourself, your likes and dislikes 2 studies a language that they speak at home
3 doesn’t speak other languages
1 Read the profiles of two Year 9 students from
4 follows a star on social media
Highbury, London, and answer the questions.
5 talks about meeting friends at their favourite place
1 Where does Lucía’s father live?
2 Who is Lucía’s favourite actor? 3 Which person would you most like to meet?
3 Who is Juan? Tell your partner why.
4 Does Harley play football?
I’d like to meet Harley because I really like going
5 What type of food does Harley like? to the gym. What about you?

RMF I’d like to meet Lucía because I also

like watching series on TV.

I’ve got one brother, Juan. He’s 10. We live with

our mother and grandmother in Highbury. My
father lives in Guatemala.
I speak Spanish with my family, English and a little
French.
I like studying maths, but my favourite subject is
Spanish – it’s so easy!
Name: Lucía Age: 13 I like watching films and TV series. My favourite
Born in: Villa Nueva, actor is Finn Wolfhard. I love his Twitter posts.
Guatemala
My favourite place is the park. I go there to meet
my friends.

I’ve got two sisters and we live with my dad.

He works in a shop.
I just speak English. I can’t speak any other
languages.
My favourite subjects are history and PE.
I like swimming and going to the gym. I also
Name: Harley Age: 14 like watching football – I’m a big Arsenal fan.
Born in: Highbury, And I really like pasta!
London My favourite places are the sports centre and
Gino’s Italian restaurant.
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4 Copy and complete the table with words and 10 Complete the text with possessive adjectives
expressions from the profiles. and the correct form of have got.
School subjects maths I live with 1 (…) mum and 2 (…)
Sports husband, Ricky. I 3 (…) a sister
called Meadow. I 4 (…) any brothers.
Other free-time activities
I speak English and a little
Places in a town French.
5 Add as many words as you can to the table in My classmates and I really like 5 (…)
exercise 4. new music teacher. 6 (…) name is
Mr Dawson. Our school 7 (…)
Name: Shawna a good orchestra.
6 Read the description of a daily routine. Which Age: 14
student from the profiles in exercise 1 is Born in: Bristol I’m a big fan of Rihanna and Lorde.
I love 8 (…) music.
speaking?
My favourite place is the shopping
I get up and have a shower at about 7:00. I have breakfast centre. I love 9 (…) shops and it
and then I go to school. In the afternoon, I do my 10 (…) some nice cafés.
homework and I often go out and do sport. I have dinner
with my sisters and go to bed at about 10:00, but I usually
listen to music for another hour before I go to sleep. Grammar: likes and dislikes
11 Read the examples in the box and write
7 Work in pairs. Write the phrases in the sentences.
correct order for your day. Then find out if
your partner does things in the same order. I like watching TV. She doesn’t like swimming.
We hate getting up early. He likes pasta.
brush my hair clean my teeth do homework They love photography.
do sports/free-time activities finish school
get dressed get up go home go to bed love(s) like(s) don’t/ hate(s)
go to sleep go to school have a shower doesn’t like
have breakfast have dinner have lunch
make my bed pack my bag start school
wake up

1 I/ / get up / early.
Grammar: possessive
adjectives and have got 2 She / / watch videos on YouTube.

3 We / / our maths teacher.

8 Match subject pronouns 1–7 with the correct
possessive adjective in the box. 4 They / / live in the centre of the city.
her his its my our their your 5 He / / pizza.
1 I 4 she 6 we
12 Write two things you love, two things you like,
2 you 5 it 7 they
two things you don’t like and two things you
3 he hate. But write them in any order!
9 Copy and complete the table. Star Wars, playing the piano, tidying my room ...

Affirmative/negative 13 Work in pairs. Look at your partner’s notes

1 (…) and try to guess which things they love, like,
I/you/we/
haven’t a sister. don’t like and hate.
they
(have not) a brother.
2 (…) got OK, this is easy: you love Star Wars.
’s (has) cousins.
3 (…) pets. Right! What about playing the piano?
5 (…)
4 (…)

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Let’s get personal!

Vocabulary: personal information
1 Complete the profile with the missing headings in the box.
Family Favourite things Hobbies School The facts

2 (…)
1 (…)
Sister: Ada, 11 years old
Age: 14
Brother: Denis, 8 years old
Birthday: 19th November
Hometown: Berlin 3 (…)
Languages: German, English Year 9
TANER Mr Fischer
Favourite subject: art
4 (…)
Food: chicken and vegetables 5 (…)
Music: hip hop and rap Listening to music
Singer/actor: Tom Holland Hanging out with friends
Colour: black

2 Listen to Taner’s friend asking questions

1 6 Work in pairs. What do you know about
about the profile. Correct the incorrect your partner? Make notes individually.
information in the profile. Name: Sara
Taner's birthday is on 17th November. Age: 15
Birthday:
3 Listen again and add any missing information.
7 Ask your partner the questions in
Grammar: Wh- questions exercises 4 and 5 to check if the information
4 Complete the personal information questions. is correct. Add any missing information.
1 Where (…) from? Where are you from?
2 How old (…) ?
3 When (…) birthday? I live in Madrid now, but I’m
from a village outside the city.
4 What languages (…) speak?
5 (…) any brothers or sisters? Great. And what languages
6 How (…) spell that? can you speak?

I can speak Spanish, French

5 Order the words to make questions. Add and some English.
capital letters.
1 what’s / favourite / your / subject ? 8 Make a profile of your partner like the one in
2 favourite / your / what’s / food ? exercise 1.
3 who’s / actor or singer / favourite / your ?
4 your / favourite / what’s / colour ?
5 of / music / you / what / do / kind / like ?
6 you / do / what / do / in / free time / your ?

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A world of languages 5 Complete the quiz with question words.

Vocabulary: countries and

languages
1 Copy and complete the table with the
languages of the countries.
Country Language
China 1 Chinese
France 2 (…)
What do you know about languages?
Italy 3 (…) Do the Language quiz.
Japan 4 (…) 1 How many languages are there in the world?
Mexico 5 (…) a 7,000 b 500 c 3,500
Portugal 6 (…) 2 (…) is the most common language?
Turkey 7 (…) a English b Spanish c Chinese

3 (…) invented the ‘Elvish’ languages

Language note in literature?
Remember that countries, nationalities and
a William Shakespeare (Romeo and Juliet)
languages start with a capital letter.
b J. R. R. Tolkien (Lord of the Rings)
c J. K. Rowling (Harry Potter)
2 Work in pairs. Which language do you
4 (…) of these places has 500 words for ‘rain’?
think these English words come from? Match
them with a language in exercise 1. a Hawaii, USA b Mawsynram, India
c Tutendo, Colombia
1 alligator
2 banana 5 La Gomera, an island in Spain,
has got a special language. (…)
3 café do people communicate?
4 karate a with smoke b with pigeons
5 ketchup c by whistling
6 kiosk 6 (…) can you hear ‘Chalcatonga Mixtec’?
7 umbrella a in Mexico b in Brazil
c in Papua New Guinea
3 2 Listen and check your answers.
7 (…) is International Language Day?
Grammar: question words a 1st January b 21st February c 3rd June

4 Match the question words in the box with the

information we use them for. 6 Work in pairs. Answer the quiz
How How many What Where Which
questions.
Who Why
7 3 Listen to the radio programme. Check
1 a reason
your answers to the quiz.
Why?
2 a person fun There are more than 200 invented
3 a number facts languages in books and films. Some
people learn to speak and write these
4 an object languages. Klingon is an invented
5 a place language in the television series Star
6 to give options Trek. You can read Shakespeare’s
Hamlet in Klingon!
7 the way to do something

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Grammar: there is/are Grammar: object pronouns

1 Read the examples. Copy and complete the 3 Read the sentences then match subject
table with the words in blue. pronouns 1–7 with object pronouns a–g.
How many languages are there in the world? La Gomera has a special language. Some students
There’s a special language in La Gomera. learn it in school.
There aren’t 500 words for rain. They whistle. You can hear them.
Is there an invented language in Romeo and Juliet?
No, there isn't. 1 I a him
2 you b us
Affirmative/Negative 3 he c them
1 (…) / There isn’t a special language. 4 she d me
There are / 2 (…) 500 words for rain. 5 it e it
Questions Short answers 6 we f you
3 (…) a special Yes, there is. 7 they g her
language? No, 4 (…) .
Are there 500 words? Yes, there are. 4 Complete the sentences with an object
No, there aren’t. pronoun.
How many 5 (…) ? 1 This is Ellen’s dictionary. Can you give it to (…) ?
languages 2 I love computer games. I play (…) every weekend.
2 Complete the questions and answers with the 3 Our teacher gives (…) homework after every class.
correct form of there is/are. 4 I don’t understand this exercise. Can you help (…) ?
5 What do you think of Justin Bieber? I love (…) !

FUN FACTS about

languages 5 Work in pairs. Ask each other questions
about the people or things in the box.
comics computer games Daisy Ridley
1 Q: (…) an official language in the USA?
horror films shopping homework ice cream
A: No, (…) an official language
Mo Salah Selena Gomez
in the USA, but most people
think it’s English.
What do you think of horror films?

2 Q: How many words for colour (…) I love/like/don’t like them.

in Pirahã, a language in Brazil?
A: None. (…) any words for colour 6 Choose the correct option.
in Pirahã. Melissa May, a British teenager, loves 1 learn/learning
languages. She can 2 to speak/speak German,
3 Q: (…) any languages with only one speaker? French and Spanish, and she 3 read/reads in five
A: Yes. (…) a language called more languages. She also 4 is speaking/speaks
Yaghan in Argentina with ‘Sknvnns’ – a language that she invented.
only one speaker. The language 5 have got/has got 1,500 words,
and 6 there is/there are two ways to write
7 their/them – using the
4 Q: How many letters (…) in the normal alphabet and using
Cambodian alphabet? symbols.
A: (…) 74 letters, or characters. Melissa May lives with 8 his/
her father, but she 9 can’t/
don’t speak the language
5 Q: How many words (…) to 10 he/him. She’s the
in English?
hello only person in the world
A: (...) over 250,000. who can speak 11 it/him!

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