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Blockbuster US 1a is designed for learners studying English at the Beginner level.The course is based on an integrated language learning approach.

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Published by Express Publishing

Liberty House, Greenham Business Park, Newbury,Berkshire RG19 6HW, United KingdomTel.: (0044) 1635 817 363Fax: (0044) 1635 817 463email: [email protected]

© Jenny Dooley - Virginia Evans, 2008

Design and Illustrations © Express Publishing, 2008

Color Illustrations: Stone © Express Publishing, 2008

Music Compositions & Arrangement by Ted and Taz © Express Publishing, 2008

First published 2008Seventh impression 2014

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ISBN 978-1-84862-000-1

Authors’ Acknowledgements

We would like to thank all the staff at Express Publishing who have contributed their skills to producing this book. Thanks for theirsupport and patience are due in particular to: Megan Lawton (Editor in Chief); Mary Johnson and Bill Smith (senior editors); MichaelSadler and Lisa Brown (editorial assistants); Richard White (senior production controller); the Express design team; Warehouse(recording producers); and Kevin Harris, Kimberly Baker, Billy Wilson and Christine Little. We would also like to thank those institutionsand teachers who piloted the manuscript, and whose comments and feedback were invaluable in the production of the book.

The authors and publishers wish to thank the following, who have kindly given permission for the use of copyright material: Module 6: © The Body Shop for the article on p. 92; Traditional Foods in England © Woodlands Junior School, http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk for the article on p. 96

Photograph Acknowledgements

Module 7: © Craig Williams, http://ourworld.compuserve.com for chart on p. 112; © Kenneth Libbrecht for snow crystal photographson p. 113

Every effort has been made to trace all the copyright holders. If any have been inadvertently overlooked, the publishers will be pleasedto make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity.

Acknowledgements

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1 Hello! (pp. 6-7)

2 Letters, Colors &Numbers (pp. 8-9)

3 What’s This? (pp. 10-11)

4 Meet My Pet! (pp. 12-13)

5 Meet My Family! (pp. 14-15)

VOCABULARY GRAMMAR READING & SPEAKING, FUNCTIONS WRITINGLISTENING & STUDY SKILLS

names

alphabet, colors,school objects,numbers (1-20)everyday objects

pets

family members

dialogues

numbers, spelling, &a song

a short text about aperson

people & pets,choose the correctpicture, /æ/, /∞/a letter

wh-questions - WB

a-an, subjectpronouns, the verb‘to be’ affirmativehow/what/whichquestions

Contents

Culture Corner 1: Famous Athletes: Venus Williams (p. 16), Cross-Curricular Cut 1: (Art) Colors (p. 17), Self-Check 1 (pp. 18-19)

introducing yourself/othersspelling words,counting from 1-20,identifying objectsidentifying objects

introductions,greetings, askingabout agepresenting yourfamily, capital letters

a short text aboutyourself

a short text aboutyouself and your pet

a letter to a friendabout your family

6 What’s Your Job?(pp. 22-23)

7 Where Are You From? (pp. 24-25)

8 Nice People, Nice Places (pp. 26-27)

9 Greetings From ...(pp. 28-29)

10 My Town (pp. 30-31)

jobs

countries &nationalities,numbers (21-1000)countries,neighborhoods

attractions in bigcitiessights/places intowns

dialogues

dialogue, choosingthe correct picture

song, specific words

postcards, /s/, /«/

a short descriptivetext about Montreal

‘to be’ (negative &interrogative), thereis/are

adjectives

Culture Corner 2: Capital Cities (p. 32), Cross-Curricular Cut 2: (Geography) US State Capitals (p. 33), Self-Check 2 (pp. 34-35)

talking about people& jobs, rememberingnew wordspresenting yourself,asking about people,counting (21-1000) describing yourneighborhood

greeting people,saying goodbyedescribing a town,taking notes whilelistening

a celebrity poster

a postcard

a short article abouta city

11 Welcome! (pp. 38-39)

12 My House (pp. 40-41)

13 What Do You Have? (pp. 42-43)

14 Home, Sweet Home! (pp. 44-45)

15 My Home, My Castle (pp. 46-47)

furniture

rooms, householdobjects

possessions

types of houses,ordinal numbers, (1st-10th) floorshouses

dialogues, true/false statementsdialogue, renting aroom

check what peoplehave/don’t have

match pictures, /s/,/æz/, /z/ plurals, song

a letter, ad for ahouse

prepositions ofplace

have, this/that –these/those, plurals,possessives/poss.case

adjectives

Culture Corner 3: Famous Buildings (p. 48), Cross-Curricular Cut 3: (Art & Design) Perfect Places (p. 49), Self-Check 3 (pp. 50-51)

describing rooms

talking about theposition of objects

refering to objectsnear/far from you,spelling rules forpluralsaddresses

renting a house,rememberingadjectives

a paragraph aboutyour living roomlabel rooms in yourhouse

a short paragraphabout things in yourbedroom

a letter to a pen palabout your house

16 Working withAnimals (pp. 54-55)

17 Animal Magic(pp. 56-57)

18 Actions (pp. 58-59)

19 At Work (pp. 60-61)

20 Wild Animals(pp. 62-63)

jobs related toanimalsbody parts of animals,what animals can doverbs

jobs

wild animals

dialogues, finddifferencesdialogue, maketrue sentencestext about aperson, /s/, /z/, /æz/ A Life with Dolphins

The Timber Wolf,song, gap-filling

can

can, simple presentaffirmativeprepositions of time(at, in)

Culture Corner 4: Safari Park (p. 64), Cross-Curricular Cut 4: (Science) Animals (p. 65), Self-Check 4 (pp. 66-67)

describing pictures

describing animals,acting out dialoguestalking aboutabilities telling the time,understanding thetopicpresenting wildanimals

describing animalsand what they can doa short text about afamily member sentences aboutactivities you do

a short text abouttigers


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21 Day In, Day Out (pp. 70-71)

22 My Week (pp. 72-73)

23 All Year Round (pp. 74-75)

24 Free Time! (pp. 76-77)

25 People I Love (pp. 78-79)

everyday activities

days of the week,habitsmonths, seasons,activities related toseasonsleisure activities

people’sappearance &character

dialogues, finddifferences

dialogue, song

vacation ads,correct sentences,/∑/ Ben Affleck

adverbs offrequencysimple present,negative/interrogative,prepositions of timeopposites

Culture Corner 5: Springtime in Virginia (p. 80), Cross-Curricular Cut 5: (Literature) Spring (p. 81), Self-Check 5 (pp. 82-83)

describing your dailyroutine, rememberingnew wordspeople’s routine,using a dictionaryfamily habits, joinsentences (and/ but)

talking about leisureactivities, reading forspecific informationdescribing familymembers/friends,predicting content

sentences aboutyour daily routine

your weekly routine

a paragraph aboutyour favorite season

an ad about avacation spot

an article about afamous person

Special Days: Christmas Around the World! (pp. SD1-SD2), It’s Carnival Time! (pp. SD3-SD4), Pairwork Activities (pp. PA1-PA5), Grammar Reference Section (GRS) (pp. GR1-GR5), American English-British English (p. AE1), Word List (pp. WL1-WL4), Key to Self-Check Sections (pp. SS1-SS2)


5 Read the dialogues. Which people knoweach other? Which people are meetingfor the first time?

A: What’s your name?

B: My name’s Ann.

b) Make a list of some popular namesin your country in pairs.

2 Ask and answer questionsin pairs.

ñ My name’s Steve.ñ Nice to meet you, too.ñ How are you?ñ Fine. And you?ñ Pleased to meet you, too.ñ Not bad, thanks.

Reading

1 Steve and Jenny2 Laura and Greg

3 Laura and Wendy4 Bill and Ann

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Hello!1Listening

b) Read the sentences. Then close yourbooks and try to remember as many aspossible.

1 a) Look at the American names and saywhich are for boys and which are forgirls. Add two more American names tothe list.

Names

4 Listen and match the dialogues (A-C)to the pictures (1-4). There is one extrapicture.

3 a) Listen and repeat. Can you explainthese sentences in your language?

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Steve: Hi! My name’s Steve. Steve Newton.Jenny: Hi! I’m Jenny Smith.Steve: Nice to meet you, Jenny.Jenny: Nice to meet you, too. Steve: Is this your first day at school?Jenny: Yes.

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Bill: Hi, Ann.Ann: Hi, Bill. How are you today?Bill: Not bad, thanks.

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b) Act out similar dialogues in pairs.

Laura: Hello, Greg. How are you?Greg: Fine. And you?

Laura: OK. This is my friend, Wendy.Greg: Pleased to meet you, Wendy.

Wendy: Pleased to meet you, too.

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6 Read the dialogues aloud in pairs.

Speaking

7 a) Look at Ex. 3 again. In pairs, say whatthe other speaker says.

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The Alphabet

2 Look at the capital letters. Then writethe small letters, as in the example.

1 Listen and repeat.

AaBbCcDdEeFfGg

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Vocabulary

ñ key ñ balloon ñ egg ñ rose

Colors

4 Look, listen and repeat. Which isyour favorite color?

3 Ask and answer questions in pairs, asin the example.


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1 It’s a brown book.

3 It’s a ........... ruler.

2 It’s a ............. eraser.

4 It’s a .......... schoolbag.

5 It’s a ........ pencil sharpener.

6 It’s a ............. pencil.

A: What’s this?

B: It’s a book.

A: What color is it?

B: It’s brown.

1 one2 two3 three4 four5 five6 six7 seven

8 eight9 nine

10 ten11 eleven12 twelve13 thirteen14 fourteen

15 fifteen16 sixteen17 seventeen18 eighteen19 nineteen20 twenty

Cardinal Numbers (1 – 20)

5 a) Write the color of each object, as inthe example.

b) Ask and answer questions in pairs,as in the example.

6 Listen and repeat. Count from 1-20in turns.

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7 Listen and answer the questions.

School Objects

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c) Ask questions about things in yourclassroom in pairs.

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There are so many colors,We see them every day.The sky is blue, the grass is green,The clouds are white or gray.

The world is full of colors,

It’s wonderful to see.

Lovely bright colors,

Look at them with me.

Flowers are red or orange,yellow, pink or blue.I want to take the flowersand give them all to you.

8 Name the colors. Listen and repeatthe ones you hear. Read and match thehighlighted words/phrases to thepictures.

What’s Tom’s friend’sname?..................................................................................

How old is Tom?..................................................................................

How many pencils doesTom have?..................................................................................


What’s This?3

Your teacher says words from the list.In teams, say the word, adding a or an.Each correct answer gets one point.The team with the most points is thewinner.

ñ dog ñ apple ñ friend ñ egg ñ ballñ umbrella ñ boy ñ flower ñ orange

Teacher: dog

Team A S1: a dog

Teacher: Correct! apple etc.

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2 a) Say a or an.

b) Ask and answer questions in pairs,as in the example.

1 This is Tim, Joe and Meg. It/ They are fifteen.

2 This is Sue. She/He is sixteen.3 My name is Rosa. We/I am eleven.4 This is Tony. He/They is twelve.5 This is me and Ann. I/We are thirteen.6 This is Pete. He/She is twenty.7 This is John and Tim.

He/They are my friends.8 This is me. I/We am eighteen.9 This is me and my friend Danny.

We/They are fifteen.10 This is Ashley. She/He is my cousin.

2 ...... egg1 a snake

4 ...... horse

3 ...... apple

6 ...... orange5 ...... parrot

8 ...... goldfish7 ...... rabbit

4 Circle the correct pronoun.

ñ We use 1) ... before a consonant (b, c, d,f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, w, x, y, z).

ñ We use 2) ... before a vowel (a, e, i, o, u).

Personal Subject Pronouns

The Indefinite Article (a - an)

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SINGULAR

Iyouhesheit

PLURAL

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they

A: What’s number one?

B: It’s a snake.

Exploring Grammar

a ball a cap an ice creamcone

an umbrella

3 Translate the pronouns into yourlanguage.

1 Look at the pictures and complete therules with a or an.

a mouse


35 Fill in the correct pronoun.

7 a) Look at the pictures. In pairs, guesshow old Jenny is. Listen and read. Wasyour guess correct?

b) Read again and complete thedialogue with ’m, ’s or ’re.

My name 1) ......... Jenny. I

2) ......... seventeen years

old. This is me in my ski suit.

It 3) ......... pink and blue.

These are my favorite ski

boots. They 4) ....... orange.

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Reading & Listening

6 a) Look at Ex. 5 and complete the table.

b) Complete the sentences with am, is,or are.

1 They are twenty years old.2 It ........... a pencil sharpener.3 Hi. I ........... Amy.4 You ........... eight.5 They ........... friends.6 It ........... a parrot.7 He ........... two years old.8 We ........... friends.9 She ........... Alison.

10 He ........... my brother.

LONG FORM

I 1) ..........you areheshe 2) ..........itweyou 3) ..........they

SHORT FORM

I’myou’reheshe ’sitweyou ’rethey

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The Verb ‘to be’ (affirmative)

1 This is Bill, Shauniceand Alison. They aremy friends.

5 This is Mae. ...... is fifteen.

4 This is Leroy. ...... is sixteen.2 This is me.

....... am nine.

3 This is me andmy friend. .......are nine.

Exploring Grammar

8 Portfolio: Find a picture of yourself.Stick it on a piece of paper. Then, writea small paragraph about yourselfsimilar to the one in Ex. 7.

Writing


Meet My Pet!4

Reading

2 Read the texts (A-D)again. How old iseach animal?

3 Present each animal to the class.

1 This is Lisa’s parrot, Polly. She is red, orange,

yellow and blue. She is three years old.

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D My name is Shaquille.This is my goldfish, Jaws.He is orange. He is twoyears old.

C My name isJim. This ismy dog, Rex.He is whiteand brown.He is fiveyears old.

A My name isCourtney.This is mycat, Fluffy. He is gray. He is fouryears old.

B My name is Lisa. This is my parrot, Polly.She is red, orange, yellow and blue. Sheis three years old.

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b) Read and listen. Match each animal(1-4) to the correct text(A-D). What is thename of each animal?


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Introductions, Greetings & Asking About Age

ñ A: Hello. I’m Rick Johnson. What’syour name?

B: My name’s Bill Martyn. A: How do you spell that?

M–A–R–T–I–N?B: No, M–A–R–T–Y–N.A: And how old are you, Bill?B: I’m twelve. And you?A: I’m thirteen.

ñ A: Hi, Claire.B: Hi, Debbie.

ñ A: Goodbye, Sally. B: Bye, John. See you!

4 Listen and choose the correct picture.

b) Portfolio: Act out similar dialoguesabout yourselves in pairs. Record yourdialogues.

7 Portfolio: Write a short text aboutyourself and your pet. Stick a picture ofyour pet under the text. Use the texts inEx. 1 as models.

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6 a) Listen and repeat.

Listening

Everyday English

Pronunciation /æ/, /∞/

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A B C

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Writing

b) Listen and check the correct box (✓).Then repeat the words.


b) Look at the picture and complete the dialogues (1-4).

1 A: Who’s he?B: He’s Mary’s dad.A: What’s his name?B: His name is David.

2 A: Who’s she?B: She’s Mary’s mom.A: What’s her name?B: Her name ....................... .

3 A: Who’s she?B: She’s Mary’s ....................... .A: What’s her name?B: Her ....................... .

4 A: Who’s he?B: He’s Mary’s ....................... .A: What’s ....................... ?B: ....................... .

Speaking

S1: Who’s David?

S2: He’s Mary’s dad. Who’s Linda?

S3: She’s ...

1 dad – David

2 mom – Linda

4 brother – .........

3 sister – Ann

Me – Mary

2 Ask and answer questions, as in theexample.

3 Complete the table. Then presentyourself and your family to the class.

my name: ................... age: ...........

mom (name): ...................

dad (name): ...................

brother (name, age): ................... , ...........

sister (name, age): ................... , ...........

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Meet my Family!5

Listening

Family Members

Vocabulary

Skills Work

1 a) What isMary’s brother’sname? Listen and repeat.


dear carl,

hello! my name’s leslie. i’m twelve

years old.

this is a picture of me and my family.

this is my mom, ann, and my dad, fred.

my brother, gary, is ten years old.

my pet rabbit, hoppy, is white. she is

eight years old.

that’s all about me. what about you?

your new friend,

leslie

4 a) Read the letter. What is wrong with it?

b) Rewrite the letter and write the capitalletters.

Reading

Capital Letters

We use a capital letter for:ñ the first word in a sentence.

e.g., He’s twelve.

ñ names. e.g., Karen

ñ the personal pronoun ‘I’. e.g., I’m Sally and I’m nine years old.

ñ days of the week. e.g., Monday

ñ nationalities. e.g., Canadian

Dear ............ ,

Hello! My name’s .......... . I’m ..........

old.

This is a picture of me and my family.

This is my mom, .......... , and this is my

.......... , .......... . My .................. years old.

My pet ........................ . .......................

years old.

That’s all about me. What about you?

Your new friend,

(your first name)

Writing

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Capital Letters

In English, some words begin with capitalletters. Read the theory box on the right andcompare the rules with the ones in yourlanguage.

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ñ spell namesñ count from 1 - 20ñ talk about myself, my family and my petñ ask for personal information ñ ask about ageñ introduce myself and greet othersñ use capital letters in Englishñ write a short text about myselfñ write a short text about myself and my petñ write a letter to my pen pal about myself

and my family


3 Read again. Complete Venus Williams’family tree.

2 Listen to the recording, read the text andcheck your answers.

1 Look at the picture and the title and try to answerthe questions.

1 Who is she?2 Where is she from?

3 What is she famous for?4 Does she have brothers

or sisters?

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4 Project: Write about a famousathlete from your country.Attach a picture to your poster.

Think about:

his/her name

what he/she is famous for

where he/she is from

his/her family

his/her hair & eyes

when he/she was born

Venus Williams is from the US. Her full name is Venus EbonyStarr Williams. She is a famous tennis player. Her hair islong and brown and her eyes are brown, too.She was born on June 17th, 1980 in Lynwood, California.Her mother is Oracene and her father is Richard. She hasfour sisters, Isha, Lyndrea, Yetunde and Serena. Serena is afamous tennis player, too. Venus’ favorite color is blue andher favorite band is Green Day.

Understanding What a Text is About

Before you read the text, look at the picture and thetitle. This helps you understand what the text is about.

Richard

Isha

Lyndrea

Venus


2 Say the secondary colors.

3 Look at thepictures. Name thecolors you can see.Which of thesecolors are warm/cold?

4 Find pictures inmagazines. Tellyour partner whichcolors are in eachpicture.

Red

Red

Blue

Yellow

Blue

Yellow

1 Look at the wheels.Name the warm colors.Name the cold colors.

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1 Complete thecrossword puzzle.

2 Name the colors.

3 How old are they? Look and write sentences.

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5 Make a sentence with eachword, as in the example.

6 Write five words which take‘a’ and three which take‘an’.

0 oldHow old

are you?

1 color2 name3 mom

4 years old5 dad6 brother7 sister8 shoe

Self-Check 1

9 Match the answers to the questions.

1 How old are you?2 What’s your name?3 How do you spell that?4 Who’s this?5 How are you?6 What’s your last name?7 What’s your favorite color?8 What’s this?

A M–A–R–Y.B I’m fine, thanks.C Robinson.D Red.E This is my dad.F Mary.G It’s a snake.H Twelve.

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Student A looks at page PA1. Student B looksat page PA3. Ask questions and complete thecards.

a cat

an egg

( )Points: –––-16

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Great ...... Good ...... Could be better ......

7 Complete the text with is orare.

Josh 1) ........ twelve years old.This 2) ........ his sister. Her name3) ........ Claire. His mom 4) ........Ann and his dad 5) ........ Peter.This 6) ........ Mitzi, his dog, andthat 7) ........ Sooty, his cat. They8) ........ his pets.

( )Points: –––-16

Grammar

8 He, she, it or they?

1 ................

2 ................

3 ................

5 ................

6 ................4 ................

Speaking

What’s your

name?

Um, wait.

“Happy birthday to you,

happy birthday to you,

happy birthday dear

Bill.”

Oh yes! It’s Bill.

( )Points: –––-6

My score


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