COM1 STUDENT BOOK VER3 (edited 2019)

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Table of content 01

Greeting and Introduction

Jobs and career

How are you doing?

How are you?

II INTRODUCTION

1 Introducing oneself

2 Introducing someone else

3 What to say after meeting someone for the first time

May I introduce myself? My name is Peter

Let me introduce myself My name’s Anna

I’d like to introduce myself I’m Kelvin

WAY TO INTRODUCE SOMEONE ELSE

Less formal

More formal

Mike, this is Emily

Mike, have you met Emily?

Mike, I’d like you to meet Emily

Mike, let me introduce you to Emily

Mike, I’d like to introduce you to Emily

Mike, allow me to introduce you to Emily

WHAT TO SAY AFTER MEETING SOMEONE FOR THE FIRST TIME

Nice to meet you

Good to meet you

It’s a pleasure

Pleased to meet you

How do you do? (not used frequently)

Pleased to make your acquaintanceacquaintance

M: Hi, I’m Mike.

E: Hi Mike, I’m Emily.

To respond, either Emily or Mike might say:

III SELF- INTRODUCTION

• Hi May I introduce myself? – My name is Linh Nguyễn

• Hello I’m glad to introduce myself My name is Linh Nguyen

• Hey I’d like to introduce myself My name is Linh Nguyen

Step 1: Getting started

• My first name is Giang, which means “river”

• Please call me Linh

• Everyone calls me Linh

Step 2: Introducing your name

• I’m 21 = I’m 21 years old

• I’m over 21

• I’m almost 30 = I am nearly 30

• I am in my fifties (50s)

• I am around your age

Step 3: Introducing your age

• I’m from Hanoi

• I was born in Hanoi

• My hometown in Hai Duong but now I live in Hanoi to work

• I grew up in Saigon

• I spent most of my life in Hanoi

• I have lived in HCMC for ten years

Step 4: Introducing your hometown

I + am/come + from + a place

IV HOW TO SPEAK TO FOREIGNERS

• I work as a nurse in Sydney

• I’m working in furniture business

• I make a living as a hairdresser

• I’m very interested in learning English

• I have a passion for traveling and exploring

• My hobbies are reading and writing

• There are four of members in my family

• I don’t have any siblings

• My grandparents are still alive

• Nice/ Glad/ Pleased to meet you

• It’s a pleasure to meet you

• Good to know you

• Hello, nice to meet you!”

• “Good morning/afternoon, nice to meet you!”

• What’s your name?

• Where are you from?

• I am an English learner, so I come here to practice English with foreigners

Step 5: Introducing your job

Step 6: Introducing your hobbies

Step 7: Introducing your family

Step 8: Finishing your introduction

Step 1: Start talking

• What do you think about the weather in Vietnam?

• What is the season in your country now?

• You came here for vacation?

• What is your favorite season?

• How long have you been in Vietnam?

• How many places have you visited in Vietnam?

• How many countries have you been?/ How many countries have you traveled to?

What is the country you love most?

• Are you on your holiday or business?

• You travel alone or with your friends?

• Have you tried Vietnamese food?

• How do you think about Vietnam and Vietnamese people?

• How is the traffic here?

• What are your hobbies?

• What is your favorite singer or band?

Step 2: Keep the conversation going

• Before I leave, may I take a photo with you?

• I want to send this picture to you and I also want to keep in touch with you

May I have your Facebook or email please?

• Thank for helping me with English

• It’s very nice to talk to you

V HOW TO SAY GOODBYE

WAYS TO SAY GOODBYE

Catch you later

PAST SIMPLE: IRREGULAR VERBS

Many Past Simple verbs are irregular Study the grammar reference chart below.

Below are 64 commonly used Past Simple irregular verbs in English.

For example:

“My friend buys a newspaper every day.”

“My friend bought a newspaper yesterday.”

• be

• become

• begin

• bite

• blow

• break

• bring

• build

• buy

• can

• catch • choose • come • cost • cut • do • draw • drink • drive • eat • fall • feed • feel • find • fly • forget • freeze

• get • give • go • have • hear • was/were

• became

• began

• bite

• blew

• broke

• brought

• built

• bought

• could

• caught • chose • came • cost • cut • did • drew • drank • drove • ate • fell • fed • felt • found • flew • forgot • froze

• got • gave • went • had • heard • hit

• hold

• hurt

• keep

• know

• leave

• lose

• make

• meet

• pay

• put • read • ride • run • say • see • sell • sing • sit • spend • stand • steal • swim • take • teach • tell • think

• throw • understand • wear • win • write • hit

• held

• hurt

• kept

• knew

• left

• lost

• made

• met

• paid

• put • read • rode • run • said • saw • sold • sang • sat • spent • stood • stole • swam • took • taught • told • thought

• threw

• understood

• wore

• won

• wrote

Use the past simple to complete the sentences.

drive down town to visit her

friend on Sunday morning

5.

Mr Brown (go)

fishing at the lake

6.

They (have) lunch

together in the afternoon

Tom and Sally

(play) together all

to me His name is Eduardo and I am surprised to find out that he is also travelling to Vancouver to study English for the summer Finally, I watch an action movie and then our plane lands soon after that I have a wonderful time in Canada It is really fun and I make lots of new friends from all over the world Next week, I will fly back to Mexico but

I will never forget my time here

II EDITING PRACTICE

PAST SIMPLE

Answer the questions about you Use the past simple in your answers.

1 What did you do yesterday?

II EXERCISE 2

INTRODUCTIONS

ALL ABOUT ME!

Question: Do you already know any of your classmates? If ‘yes’, who?

Complete the paragraph on the right with the words on the left.

in the future I (9) _ an international business person, like my father I’m (10) _, not married

My (11) _ is Ji Su She studies English with

me, and in our (12) _ we like to go shopping in traditional markets We also like to go to Dongdaemun Market

on weekends and have coffee and talk with our friends My (13) _ TV show? Well, I love to watch Korean soap operas (which are also known as ‘daytime dramas’) Could you tell me a little about (14) _? What’s your name? What country and what city are you from, and how many people are there in your (15) _? I would really like to know!

(about 200 words)

A I’m getting married soon

A I’m from Canada

A He lives in Hong Kong

A They’re from Mexico

B I’m from Russia

B My father is a doctor

B I live in Chicago

B Nothing much

B I’m going to school

B He’s from Italy

C She works at City Bank

C I don’t like sports

C He’s a doctor

C They live in Tokyo

Listen and then, select the correct answer for each sentence, which may be missing one or more words.

II EXERCISE 2

III EXERCISE 3

1 What is the woman’s name?

1 What is the man’s name?

2 Where is the woman from originally?

2 Where was the man born?

3 About how old was the man when he returned to the United States?

3 Which sentence best describes his university studies?

4 What is the man studying?

4 Where does the man work?

5 What is the woman’s job?

5 What is one thing the man likes to do in his free time?

Listen to the conversation and answer the questions

Listen to the conversation and answer the questions

C He is computer programmer

C where the girl grew up

D He is a French teacher

D how old the girl was when she moved to her present location

A in Scotland B in France C in England D in the United States

1 Where does this conversation most likely take place?

2 What is the girl’s name?

3 Where does the girl probably live now?

4 What does the girl’s father do for a living?

5 What is one thing NOT mentioned about the girl’s family?

SPEAKING

TOPICS DISCUSSION

TOPICS DISCUSSION

• Discuss the questions below with your partner.

• Discuss the questions below with your partner.

Student ‘A’

Student ‘B’

1 Hi, what’s your name?

2 Where are you from?

3 How many people are there in your family?

4 What do you do?

5 Where do you live?

6 What do you like to do in your free time?

7 Do you like to study English? Why? / Why not?

8 What are you going to do after class?

9 Are you married or single? How many children do you have? / want?

10 How do you come to class? … bus, taxi, car, motorcycle, walk?

1 Hi, what’s your name?

2 How do you come to class? … bus, taxi, car, motorcycle, walk?

3 Are you married or single? How many children do you have? / want?

4 What are you going to do after class?

5 Do you like to study English? Why? / Why not?

6 What do you like to do in your free time?

7 Where do you live?

8 What do you do?

9 How many people are there in your family?

10 Where are you from?

INTRODUCTION

Lesson 2

HOW TO HAVE REACTION IN ENGLISH

I RESPONSE TO STATEMENTS

II RESPONSE TO YES/ NO QUESTIONS

1 A: The weather is so nice today, huh?

B: Yeah, how about going to the park?

- How about going to the park?

- What about going out for a drink?

- Why don’t we go out and grab something to eat?

- Lovely (a): đáng yêu

- Charming (a): duyên dáng

- Gorgeous (a): đẹp ngiêng nước nghiêng thành

3 A: Hey I’ve got a new job

B: Congratulations

4 A: Thank you so much for tonight!

B: You’re welcome

Responses to “THANK YOU”

- Don’t mention it _ đừng bận tâm

- Not at all _ không vấn đề gì

- My pleasure! _ rất hân hạnh

- No problem! Không vấn đề gì

RESPONSE TO YES/ NO QUESTIONS

1 A: Can you swim?

B: Yes but not very well

2 A: Would you like some beer?

B: Sure

3 A: Have you ever been in America?

B: Yes I have / No I haven’t

4 A: Would you like to go to the cinema with me?

B: I’d love to but I’m sorry I’m busy

III RESPONSE TO WH QUESTIONS

IV HOW TO RESPOND QUICKLY

RESPONSE TO WH QUESTIONS

1 A: What time do you often get up?

B: I often get up at 6am

2 A: What do you do in your free time?

B: In my free time, I often go to the café

3 A: When do you feel happy?

B: I feel happy when I improve my speaking skills

4 A: How to speak English well?

B: Practice makes perfect

- Listening

- Rearranging

- Connecting

- Answering

If you had $ 1000, what would you do?

If I had $ 1000, I would…

If I had $ 1000, I would buy a new house

I usually get up at 7 am

I usually get up 7 AM???

I USUALLY GET UP AT…

What time do you usually get up?t

I usually get up…

Answer with a full sentence

V PRACTICE

Statements

1 I don’t think you should go to the party

2 Wow that cat is so lovely

3 I have a headache

4 I’ve lost my job today

5 I come from America

6 I am getting lost

7 I love cooking

8 I am trying my best to learn English

9 You are very beautiful

10 I gotta go now!

Yes/no questions

1 Are you a student or are you working?

2 Do you have a part time job?

3 Are you hard-working?

4 Are you going to school/ work tomorrow?

5 Have you ever lied to anyone?

6 Have you ever kissed someone?

7 Have you ever been to Thailand?

8 Did you stay up late yesterday?

9 Did you go to the Old Quarters last weekend?

10 Did you eat at home yesterday?

Wh questions

1 What would you like to drink?

2 Who do you feel closest to in your family?

3 How many members are there in your family?

4 Where do you go when you are sad?

5 What do you often do on holiday?

6 Which country do you want to go to?

7 What are you afraid of?

8 What time do you go to class?

9 How many days are there in a week?

10 What were you doing at 9 p.m yesterday?

Complete the sentences below with ‘for or ‘since’.

She has been working for two hours She has been working since ten o’clock

1 I’ve been working at this company five years

2 That restaurant has been open this morning

3 Kate has lived here 2012

4 It has been raining a long time

5 The TV has been on five o’clock

6 I have wanted to be a doctor I was a kid

7 Sam has studied at this college only a week

8 The telephone has been ringing a few minutes

9 Maria and Eduardo have been married three months

10 My uncle has been in the hospital last Tuesday

11 Dinosaurs have been extinct 65 million years

12 I’ve had this job June

13 I haven’t seen my friend last week

14 We’ve been waiting for our flight an hour

15 Stewart hasn’t eaten any junk food several months

for since

I GRAMMAR WORKSHEET

II GRAMMAR DISCUSSION

• Discuss the questions below with your partner.

• Discuss the questions below with your partner.

Student ‘A’

Student ‘B’

1 How long have you studied English?

2 How long have you had a cell phone?

3 How long have you been married / single?

4 How long have you been at school today?

5 How long have you lived in this city?

6 How long have we been classmates?

7 How long have you been awake today?

1 How long have you had long / short hair?

2 How long have you had an e-mail address?

3 How long have you been a student? / had a job?

4 How long have you lived in your house / apartment

5 How long have you lived in this city?

6 How long have you known me?

7 How long have we practiced “for and since” questions?

12 Aunt: cô/dì/bác gái

18 Grandson: cháu trai

3 Son: con trai

9 Brother: anh trai/em trai

15 Grandmother (granny, grandma): bà

4 Daughter: con gái

10 Sister: chị gái/em gái

16 Grandfather (granddad,

grandpa): ông

19 Granddaughter: cháu gái

FAMILY

Question: How many people are there in your family?

Complete the 20 sentences with the words on the left Some words are used more than one time.

II FAMILY TREE

FAMILY TREE QUIZ

Student A: Ask your partner about the people in the box and complete the family tree.

Example: Who’s Isabella?

Isabella Emily Mia Sophia Noah Kate Amelia Ben Ann Mary James Lily

III FAMILY TYPES

Student B: Use the information below to answer your partner’s questions.

There is one person missing from the family tree His name is Alex Write his name in the family tree and complete the sentences.

1 Isabella is Liam’s grandmother and Jacob’s mother

2 Emily is Liam’s wife and Olivia’s mother

3 Mia is Olivia’s aunt and Liam’s sister

4 Sophia is Jacob’s sister and Liam’s mother

5 Noah is Ethan’s son-in-law and Mia’s father

6 Kate is Mia’s aunt and Jacob’s sister

7 Amelia is Oliver’s wife and Kate’s daughter-in-law

8 Ben is Jacob’s nephew and Kate’s son

9 Ann is Ben’s wife and Oliver’s sister-in-law

10 Mary is Sophia’s niece and Oliver’s sister

11 James is Ben’s nephew and Amelia’s son

12 Lily is Kate’s granddaughter and Oliver’s niece

Alex is Kate’s Alex is Ethan’s

Alex is Oliver’s Alex is Jacob’s Alex is Lily’s Alex is Ann’s

Make a sentence:

I’m very I’m extremely

I’m quite _ I’m a bit _ I’m not very I’m not at all

2 Speaking

1 Describe your personality

2 Do you think you are a generous person? Give an example

3 What kind of people you like and dislike?

4 Describe your roommate’s personality (If any)

5 Describe your best friend’s personality (If any)

6 Describe your father’s personality

7 Describe your mother’s personality

8 Describe your sibling’s personality

THERE IS / THERE ARE

I GRAMMAR WORKSHEET

There is a pen on the table.

There are (two) pens on the table.

There aren’t any pens on the table There aren’t (two) pens on the table.

There are (three) pens on the table.Yes, there is / No, there isn’t

Yes, there are / No, there aren’t

Is there a pen on the table.

Are there (two) pens on the table.

There is = There’s

There are → “There are” does not have a contraction form

• Fill in the blanks below to complete the sentences.

1 _ a library next to the park

2 All the students went home _ students in the classroom

3 _ 50 states in the United States

4 No, _ polar bears at the South Pole

5 A: _ a message for me? B: No,

6 Why _ so many cars in the parking lot?

7 A: I’m hungry B: _ a restaurant across the street

8 How many days _ in March, thirty or thirty-one?

9 _ a few things I have to do this afternoon

10 A: _ a post office nearby? B: I’m sorry, I don’t know

11 _ something I can help you with?

12 No, _ public holidays next month

13 How many countries _ in the world?

14 _ a woman in the picture She is smiling

15 _ only three more days before the exam Let’s study!

There is

There aren’t any

or

II GRAMMAR DISCUSSION

• Discuss the questions below with your partner.

• Discuss the questions below with your partner.

Student ‘A’

Student ‘B’

1 How many people are there in your family?

2 Is there a good restaurant near your school or college?

3 About how many countries are there in the world? (Answer: almost 200)

4 How many months are there in one year?

5 Is there a book on your desk?

6 How many chairs are there in the classroom?

7 How many planets (Earth is a planet) are there around our sun? (Answer: eight)

8 How many question marks – ? – are there on your paper? (Answer: eleven)

9 Are there any good movies playing at movie theaters now?

10 Finish this sentence: “There is a … near my home that I like very much.”

1 How many people are there in our classroom?

2 Is there a clock on the wall in our classroom? What time is it?

3 How many letters are there in the English alphabet (A, B, C, D, ….)? (Answer: 26)

4 How many seconds are there in one minute?

5 Is there a pen on your desk?

6 How many windows are there in the classroom?

7 How many bones are there in the human body? (Answer: 206)

8 How many pictures are there on this paper? (Answer: seven)

9 Are there any fun things to do in your town or city? What?

10 Finish this sentence: “There is a … near my home that I don’t like very much.”

READING COMPREHENSION

I EXERCISE 1

Read and complete the text with the words from the table You can choose each word only once There is one example.

Hello Nice to see you today! I would like to introduce my family There are five people in my family:

my grandmother, my parents, my older brother and I

My grandmother is a retired (1)………… Her hair is all white and she is very skinny now Grandma has a lot of wrinkles on her face Everyone loves her very much

My father is (2)……… a big company in Hanoi He is not really tall His face is (3)……… and

he has a big nose He is (4)……… and kind He is almost always busy He always spends an hour in our garden Gardening is his hobby I love my father

My mother (5)……… of the house She is a (6)……… woman My mother has an (7)……… face She cooks very well Her food is really delicious

My older brother, Viet is (8)…………and now he has a 1- year – old son He has a square face like my father I like talking to him He always gives me (9)…… advice My brother likes listening to music

He listens to music all the time

I am a student My dream is to travel all over the world in the future Thanks for listening!

LISTENING EXCERCISES

I FAMILY ACTIVITIES

II FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

1 In addition to paper books, what did the little girl make with paper at school?

2 What thing did she NOT talk about when making the object in Question 1?

1 Where is Pancho from?

2 How many brothers and sisters does Pancho have?

3 What did the girl do after school?

3 What is his father’s job?

4 Who did she meet and play with at the junior high school?

4 What does his mother do?

5 Which thing does Pancho NOT say?

5 Where does this conversation most probably take place?

A His brothers and sisters

help his mom

C She works at a bread shop

C His mother enjoys her job very much

C at a park

A His name is Chris.

A There are five people in

my family

A She’s a writer

A Since 1978

A In 1984

A They’re both lawyers

A Yes, two daughters

B They’re from Australia

B Yes, I like children

B I have two sisters

B We met at a Christmas party

C His name is Greg

C Everyone calls her Nancy

C My sister isn’t married

C She works in a library

C She turned 10 in May

C On September 21st

C They live in London

C Yes, two brothers

C I live with my brothers

C My wife and I got married

in May

SPEAKING

TOPICS DISCUSSION

TOPICS DISCUSSION

• Discuss the questions below with your partner.

• Discuss the questions below with your partner.

Student ‘A’

Student ‘B’

1 How many people are there in your family? Tell me about someone in your family

2 Who is the oldest person in your family? Tell me about him / her

3 What do your parents do?

4 How many cousins do you have? Where do they live?

5 Do you live far from your family? If yes, how often do you visit them?

6 How do you usually spend time with your family?

7 Who usually cooks food in your family?

8 Will you live with your parents after you get married? Why? / Why not?

9 How many children do you want to have?

10 Describe what someone in your family looks like

1 How many people are there in your family? Tell me about someone in your family

2 Who is the youngest person in your family? Tell me about him / her

3 What do you parents do?

4 How many aunts and uncles do you have? Where do they live?

5 Describe your mom/your dad

6 How do you usually spend time with your family?

7 Do you live far from your family? If yes, how often do you visit them?

8 Who do you feel closet in your family?

9 Who do you look like most in your family?

10 Who is the funniest person in your family?

FAMILY

FAMILY

JOBS AND WORK

Question: What kind of job would you like to have? Why?

Complete the 15 sentences with the words on the left.

air-4 I don’t like my job I want to

5 I play a guitar I’m a

6 My company wants to _ new workers

7 I type letters and answer the telephone for my boss I’m a

8 Last week I had a A man asked me a lot of questions, and later the company hired me!

9 I work in a restaurant and I take people’s orders and serve them food I’m a

10 I want to find a job, but I don’t have any I’ve never worked before

11 I have a good job, but I have to drive for an hour to get to work I don’t like to so much

12 I love my job! I use my camera to take pictures of lots of teresting things I’m a

in-13 I work in a big company and I have to go to a lot ofmeetings I’m a

14 I work in a library I’m a

15 You can see me when you watch news on television I’m a TV news

Job

What do you do?

What do you do for a living?

What sort of work do you do?

What line of work are you in?

• I’m a teacher/ students/ doctor

• I work as a journalist

• I work with computers/children with disabilities

• I stay at home and look after the children.

• I am a housewife.

Company Who do you work for?

• I work for an investment bank/ the council

• I am self-employed.

• I work for myself.

• I have my own business

• I’ve started at…

Working

Status

• I’ve got a part-time/ full -time job

• I’m unemployed / out of work.

• I’m looking for a job

• I’ve been fired

• I am retired

Training

and

experience

• I’m training to be a nurse

• I’m a trainee accountant

• I am doing an internship

going to cook.

IYouHeSheItWeThey

am not aren’t isn’t isn’t isn’t aren’t aren’t

going to cook

IYouHeSheItWeThey

am not aren’t isn’t isn’t isn’t aren’t aren’t.

aren’t = are not isn’t = is not

Fill in the blanks below to complete the sentences Use the words in the boxes above.

1 I meet my friends after class Would you like to join us?

2 A: _ your brother travel next week? B: Yes, he _

3 Alex go to work today because he is sick

4 Bob and Cathy see a movie tonight It starts at seven o’clock

5 A: _ you do your homework? B: Yes, I _

6 We’re too busy, so we have lunch

7 A: _ you watch TV tonight B: No, I _

8 Where _ they _ stay when they visit Paris?

9 My classmates and I have a test next Monday We have to study!

10 What _ you _ buy for your sister’s birthday present?

11 We go to the beach today because the weather is bad

12 I’m tired, so I take a short nap

13 My cousin doesn’t like her boss She look for a new job

14 It’s almost three o’clock _ we leave for the airport soon?

15 Look at those dark clouds! I think it rain soon

am going to