CONTENTSInside a Unit x Acknowledgments xvi Credits xvii UNIT 1 People 2 The Verb Be LESSON 1: Simple Present of Be; Contractions with Be 4 Reading: Say hello! 4 1.1 Simple Present of Be: Affirmative Statements 6 1.2 Contractions with Be 7 LESSON 2: Be + Singular Noun; Be + Plural Noun 11 Reading: Dereck and Beverly Joubert 11 1.3 Be + Singular Noun 13 1.4 Be + Plural Noun 14 1.5 Simple Present of Be: Negative Statements 16 LESSON 3: Descriptive Adjectives 21 Reading: Tank the Bear 21 1.6 Descriptive Adjectives 23 LESSON 4: Possessive Adjectives; Possessive Nouns 28 Reading: Sami Reindeer Herders 28 1.7 Possessive Adjectives 30 1.8 Possessive Nouns 31 Review the Grammar 35 Connect the Grammar to Writing: Write about Two Family Members 38 UNIT 2 Celebrations 40 The Verb Be: Questions LESSON 1: Simple Present of Be: Yes/No Questions 42 Reading: Happy name day ! 42 2.1 Simple Present of Be: Yes / No Questions 44 2.2 Simple Present of Be: Short Answers 45 LESSON 2: Prepositions of Place; Questions with Where + Be 50 Reading: Eiffel Tower Tour 50 2.3 Prepositions of Place 52 2.4 Questions with Where + Be 54 LESSON 3: Questions about Time and Weather 58 Reading: New Year’s Celebrations around the World 58 2.5 Questions about Time 60 2.6 Questions with When; Prepositions of Time (Part 1) 61 2.7 Questions about the Weather 63 LESSON 4: This, That, These, Those 66 Reading: Holi Festival 66 2.8 This, That, These, Those 68 2.9 Questions and Answers with This, That, These, Those 69 Review the Grammar 73 Connect the Grammar to Writing: Write about a Celebration 76 UNIT 3 Work 78 Simple Present: Part 1 LESSON 1: Simple Present: Affirmative Statements 80 Reading: Doctor Bugs 80 3.3 Irregular Verbs: Do. Go.Questions 131 Reading: The Amish 131 4.5 Prepositions of Time (Part 2) 91 3.3 Frequency Adverbs 127 4.7 Verb + Object / Verb + Preposition + Object 99 3.1 Simple Present: Affirmative Statements 82 3.2 Simple Present: Short Answers to Yes/No Questions 121 LESSON 2: Frequency Adverbs and Expressions 125 Reading: Night Markets 125 4.8 Object Pronouns 100 LESSON 4: Imperatives 104 Reading: How to Get a Job in Game Design 104 3.6 Who Questions about a Subject 134 Review the Grammar 139 Connect the Grammar to Writing: Write about Someone’s Daily Life 142 iv Contents .6 Like.4 Simple Present: Negative Statements 90 3.1 Simple Present: Yes/No Questions 120 4.2 Simple Present Spelling Rules: -s and -es Endings 83 3. and Have 84 LESSON 2: Simple Present: Negative Statements and Contractions 88 Reading: Life on the Space Station 88 3.4 Frequency Expressions 128 LESSON 3: Simple Present: Wh.9 Imperatives: Affirmative 106 3. and Want + Infinitive 92 LESSON 3: Verbs + Objects 97 Reading: Elephant Keepers 97 3.Questions 133 4.10 Imperatives: Negative 107 Review the Grammar 111 Connect the Grammar to Writing: Write about a Job 114 UNIT 4 Lifestyles 116 Simple Present: Part 2 LESSON 1: Simple Present: Yes/No Questions and Short Answers 118 Reading: The People from the Nicoya Peninsula 118 4.5 Simple Present: Wh. Need. 7 Indefinite Pronouns: No One. Any 154 Reading: Erik’s Food Blog 154 5. Articles 146 Reading: At the Grand Hotel 146 5. A Few. Many. Everyone.3 A/An vs. .2 There Is/There Are: Yes/No Questions and Short Answers 181 6. Nobody.3 How Much .4 Too Much/Too Many + Noun 189 6.1 Count and Non-Count Nouns 148 5.5 Some. Many.2 Using A/An with Count Nouns 149 5. Some. Are There? 182 LESSON 2: Too Much/Too Many. A Little 163 Reading: The Hadza People 163 5.4 Measurement Words 156 5. Somebody. .6 Much. Someone.5 Enough/Not Enough + Noun 190 LESSON 3: Indefinite Pronouns 193 Reading: Dune Shacks 193 6. Everybody 197 Review the Grammar 201 Connect the Grammar to Writing: Write Your Opinion about a Place 204 Contents v . Enough/Not Enough 187 Reading: Home Design 187 6.1 There Is/There Are: Statements 180 6. Anything.7 A Few.6 Indefinite Pronouns: Nothing. The 150 LESSON 2: Measurement Words. A Little 166 5.8 Questions with How Much and How Many 166 Review the Grammar 171 Connect the Grammar to Writing: Write about an Event 174 UNIT 6 Homes and Communities 176 There Is/There Are LESSON 1: There Is/There Are 178 Reading: Side Trips from Shanghai 178 6.UNIT 5 Food and Hospitality 144 Count and Non-Count Nouns LESSON 1: Count and Non-Count Nouns. Something. Is There? / How Many . . Anyone. A Lot Of 165 5. Everything 195 6. A Lot of. Any 157 LESSON 3: Much. Anybody. . 9 Simple Past Irregular Verbs: Group 2 267 8.6 Spelling Rules: -ed Forms 259 8.1 Present Progressive: Affirmative Statements 210 7. and Ago 245 LESSON 2: Simple Past of Be: Questions 249 Reading: Iceland 249 8. Present Progressive 228 Reading: Tornado! 228 7.Questions 222 7.1 Simple Past of Be: Statements 244 8.5 Simple Past: Affirmative Statements with Regular Verbs 258 8.7 Simple Past Irregular Verbs: Group 1 261 LESSON 4: Simple Past: Negative Statements 265 Reading: Amazon Explorer Ed Stafford 265 8.3 Simple Past of Be: Yes/No Questions 251 8.2 Past Time Expressions with Last.2 Present Progressive: Negative Statements 212 7.4 Simple Past of Be: Wh. Yesterday. A Travel Blog 242 8.Questions with Who 223 LESSON 3: Simple Present vs.8 Non-Action Verbs 231 Review the Grammar 235 Connect the Grammar to Writing: Write about the Activities in Your Life 238 UNIT 8 Travel 240 The Past: Part 1 LESSON 1: Simple Past of Be: Statements 242 Reading: Next Stop .3 Spelling Rules: -ing Forms 213 LESSON 2: Present Progressive: Questions 218 Reading: An Interview with Stephen Alvarez 218 7.7 Simple Present vs.10 Simple Past Irregular Verbs: Group 3 268 Review the Grammar 272 Connect the Grammar to Writing: Write a Blog Entry about a Trip 274 vi Contents . Present Progressive 230 7.Questions 252 LESSON 3: Simple Past: Affirmative Statements 256 Reading: Antarctic Adventure 256 8.8 Simple Past: Negative Statements 267 8.UNIT 7 Extremes 206 Present Progressive LESSON 1: Present Progressive: Statements 208 Reading: Highliners 208 7.6 Wh.5 Present Progressive: Wh. .4 Present Progressive: Yes/No Questions and Short Answers 220 7. . 2 Adjectives with How and What Questions 314 10.2 Simple Past: Wh.Questions 282 9.1 Modifying Nouns with Adjectives 312 10.8 Adjective or Adverb + Enough 332 Review the Grammar 336 Connect the Grammar to Writing: Write about an Animal 338 Contents vii .4 Past Time Clauses with Before and After 290 9. Past Progressive 300 Review the Grammar 303 Connect the Grammar to Writing: Write a Biography 306 UNIT 10 Human and Animal Encounters 308 Adjectives and Adverbs LESSON 1: Adjectives 310 Reading: Fennec Foxes 310 10. and Enough 329 Reading: Save the Iberian Lynx 329 10.3 Wh. Very.3 Using Nouns as Adjectives 316 LESSON 2: Adverbs of Manner and Adjectives 320 Reading: Gorilla Encounter 320 10. Adverbs of Manner 322 10.6 Past Progressive 299 9.4 Adjectives vs.7 Simple Past vs.UNIT 9 Achievements 276 The Past: Part 2 LESSON 1: Simple Past: Questions 278 Reading: Wangari Maathai 278 9.7 Too/Very + Adjective or Adverb 331 10.1 Simple Past: Yes/No Questions and Short Answers 280 9.5 Linking Verbs + Adjectives 323 10.6 Adverbs and Adjectives with the Same Form 324 LESSON 3: Adjectives and Adverbs with Too.5 Past Time Clauses with When 292 LESSON 3: Past Progressive 297 Reading: Tenzing Norgay 297 9.Questions with Who or What 284 LESSON 2: Past Time Clauses 288 Reading: Ernest Shackleton’s Expedition 288 9. 1 Can/Could for Ability and Possibility: Statements 344 11.5 Superlative Forms of Long Adjectives 386 12. But.6 Questions with Superlatives 387 LESSON 3: Possessive Pronouns. and So 359 Reading: Challenges for Athletes 359 11. Whose 391 Reading: Frank Gehry: An Unusual Architect 391 12.2 Comparative Forms of Long Adjectives 377 12.5 And. But.3 Be Able To 354 11.UNIT 11 Challenges and Abilities 340 Modals: Part 1 LESSON 1: Can/Could 342 Reading: Look! I can fly! 342 11.4 Know How To 356 LESSON 3: And.2 Can/Could for Ability and Possibility: Questions 346 LESSON 2: Be Able To.7 Possessive Pronouns 393 12.Questions with Whose 394 Review the Grammar 399 Connect the Grammar to Writing: Write a Comparison between Two Places 402 viii Contents .3 Questions with Comparatives 378 LESSON 2: Superlative Adjectives 383 Reading: The National Museum of Anthropology 383 12. Know How To 352 Reading: Winter the Dolphin 352 11. So 361 11.6 Contrasts after But 362 Review the Grammar 367 Connect the Grammar to Writing: Write about a Challenge 370 UNIT 12 Amazing Places 372 Comparative and Superlative Adjectives LESSON 1: Comparative Adjectives 374 Reading: Two Amazing Mountains 374 12.4 Superlative Forms of Short Adjectives 385 12.8 Wh.1 Comparative Forms of Short Adjectives 376 12. Have To/Don’t Have To 413 Reading: You can’t do that here! 413 13.7 If Clauses 454 14.5 Future with Will: Questions 447 14.2 Should for Advisability: Questions 409 LESSON 2: May and Can. Possibility with May/Might 443 Reading: The Internet and the Future of Education 443 14.7 Can I/Could I/Would You Like for Polite Offers 425 Review the Grammar 428 Connect the Grammar to Writing: Write a Request 430 UNIT 14 Education and Learning 432 The Future LESSON 1: Future with Be Going To and Present Progressive 434 Reading: An Unusual College Experience 434 14.8 Future Time Clauses with Before.1 Future with Be Going To: Statements 436 14.3 Future with Present Progressive 438 LESSON 2: Future with Will.1 Should for Advisability: Statements 408 13.4 Future with Will: Statements 445 14.5 Have To for Necessity: Questions 418 LESSON 3: Can/Could/Would: Polite Requests and Offers 422 Reading: Disappearing Cultures 422 13. Future Time Clauses 452 Reading: Color and Test Scores 452 14.6 Possibility with Might/May 448 LESSON 3: If Clauses. and When 455 Review the Grammar 460 Connect the Grammar to Writing: Write a Personal Statement 462 Appendices A1 Glossary of Grammar Terms G1 Index I1 Credits (cont’d) C1 Contents ix .UNIT 13 Customs and Traditions 404 Modals: Part 2 LESSON 1: Should/Shouldn’t 406 Reading: Subject: A Business Trip to Tokyo 406 13.3 Can/May for Permission 415 13.2 Future with Be Going To: Questions 437 14. After.4 Have To for Necessity: Statements 417 13.6 Can You/Could You/Would You for Polite Requests 424 13.