Rules AIM: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to: • Use simple present tense with the verb “to be” to say some normal situations • Say some imperatives • Read for details a
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Grammar
The verb to be
Grammar in use
1 2.1 Read and listen to the conversations.
2 Answer these questions.
1 Where is the meeting?
2 Where is Ms Watson?
3 Where are Mr and Mrs Smith from?
Rules
1 Look at the table.
a Add the short forms of the verb to be.
´re ´s ´m
am not _
He
She
It
is
is not _
We
You
They
are
are not _
b Find the negative short forms in the conversations
Add them to the table
2 How do we make questions with the verb to be?
The meeting is here.
here?
Rules
AIM: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
• Use simple present tense with the verb “to be” to say some normal
situations
• Say some imperatives
• Read for details and write a paragraph about someone
• Listen and complete conversations, use the conversations to talk to their friends
• Know how to read word stress of English words
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from America?
3 Look at the conversations again.
a Complete the short answers
1 A Are you Ms Watson?
B No, I’m _
2 A Are Mr and Mrs Smith from America?
B No, they
3 A Is the meeting here?
B No, it _
b Give the short answers for these conversations
Practice
1 Complete the conversations with the correct form of the verb to be.
1 A this your pen?
B No, it _
2 A you from Spain?
B No, I _, I _ from Argentina
3 A Where _ the meeting?
B It _ in the room over there
4 A Mr and Mrs James _ here
B Where they?
A They _ on holiday
5 A Excuse me _ you Mr and Mrs Wilson?
B No, we _ We Mr and Mrs Smith
2 Work with a partner Ask and answer about the people in your class or on page 7.
E XAMPLES
A Is _ from Brazil?
B Yes, he / she is / No, he / she isn’t He / she’s from .
A Are _ from Turkey?
B Yes, they are / No, they aren’t They’re from .
3 Write true sentences.
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2 I _ from Canada
3 My name
4 My partner _ from Britain
5 We _ in a meeting
6 My favourite colours _
7 I tall
8 New York _
9 my favourite city
10 Our teacher
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writing
People and jobs
1 2.3 Read and listen
to the texts.
a I’m Walter Bergen and I’m from
New York in the USA I’m thirty-one years old and I’m a doctor
I’m married My wife’ name is Candy and she’s an architect
She’s thirty-one, too In this photo we’re on holiday in Florida
b
My name’s Meena Kuhmar
I’m twenty-six years old and I’m from Bristol in England, but my parents are from India I’m a dentist and I’m married My husband is twenty-seven and he’s an engineer His name’s Suresh
In this photo we’re in our garden
c
My name’s Tim Caldwell
I’m from Melbourne in Australia I’m twenty years old and I’m a student I’m not married My girlfriend is
a secretary Her name’s Glenda and she’s twenty-two In this photo we’re with her parents at their house
2 Match the texts and the pictures.
1 Who are the people in each picture?
2 Where are they?
Language focus: Possessive adjectives
a Look at the texts again and complete the table
Subject pronoun Possessive adjective
Vocabulary
Classroom language (2)
1 Look at these instructions.
2 2.2 Listen and follow the instructions.
3 Work with a partner Give him/ her some
instructions.
a
b
c
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b Look at these sentences
His name’s Tim Her name’s
Glenda
c When do we use his or her? Is it the
same in your language?
3 Complete the sentences with his, her, he’s, or
she’s.
1 This is my wife _ name’s Maria
_ a doctor and _ twenty-nine
years old.
2 My boyfriend’s a waiter _ name’s
Sven In this photo _ in London with
_ parents.
3 This is Alan with _ girlfriend
_ a teacher _ name’s Annette
and _ from Belgium.
4 Suzie is a hairdresser _ married
_ husband is a shop assistant
_ name’s Joe.
4 Look at the texts again Glenda, Suresh, and
Candy are introducing themselves and their
partners Write their texts.
5 Write a paragraph about yourself Add a
photograph.
My name’s _ I’m from _ in _ I’m _ years old and I’m a/an _ I’m (not) married My wife / husband / girlfriend / boyfriend is
_ His / her name’s _ He / she’s _ years old In this photo we’re .
Vocabulary file: Jobs
a Complete the names of these jobs Use a dictionary to help you
stu _ sec _
waiter / waitress arch _
shop assistant den _
bank clerk pil _
b 2.4 Listen, check, and repeat.
c Look at these sentences Compare them with your language
I’m a dentist
She’s an architect
d Work with a partner Ask and answer about the people in the pictures
EXAMPLE
A Is Suresh a bank clerk?
B No, he isn’t He’s an engineer
e Ask people in your class about their jobs
EXAMPLE
A What do you do?
(or what do you want to be?)
B I’m a hairdresser
(or I want to be a hairdresser.)
Listening and speaking
Meeting people
1 Look at the pictures.
a 2.5 Listen to the conversations.
b Label these people
Ken Melanie Barry Maria jason
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1 Where is Ken from?
2 What is his job?
3 What is Maria’s job?
4 Is Melanie a doctor?
5 Are Ken and Melanie married?
6 How does Melanie feel?
3 Complete the paragraph about Ken.
Ken is an _ He’s from _ in _
He’s _ His wife _ Her name
_.
Conversation pieces: Meeting people Complete the conversations.
Pleased from a do about interesting How are I’m an
A Hello, _ Barry.
B _ do you do, Barry? I’m Maria.
A _ to meet you What _ you do?
B I’m _ nurse.
A That’s _.
B What _ you?
A I’m _ engineer.
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A I’m _ Canada.
all you bye be fine Hi
are See How
2 A _ How _ you?
B I’m _, thanks And _?
A Oh, not bad _ are the kids?
B They’re _ fine.
A Well, I must _ off _ you.
B Yes, _.
b 2.6 Listen and check.
c Practise the conversations with a partner.
4 You’re at a party.
a Go around and meet new people
Use conversation 1 above (You can invent a job!)
b Go round again This time use conversation
2 to talk to your friends
Pronunciation The IPA; word stress
1 The IPA (the phonetic alphabet)
English spelling and pronunciation are often not the same The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) shows you how a word is pronounced
a Look at these words and sounds
same spelling different sound
difference spelling same sound
b Look at the list of phonetic symbols on p127 Match the sounds and the words
vowels consonants /i:/ my /h/ nice
c Compare your ideas with a partner Practise saying the words
2 Word stress
In words with more than one syllable,
we usually stress only one of the syllables
a 2.7 Listen and repeat
Stress on the first syllable
Stress on the second syllable
Stress on the third syllable
Italy America Argentina
b Write these words in the correct column.
telephone Japan hamburger forty umbrella engineer girlfriend understand lemonade address fourteen architect
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d 2.8 Listen, check, and repeat
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