Unit 2. Families and weekdays.

I.VOCABULARY. Exercise 1: Put the letters into the correct order about days of the week 1. AFRYID: Friday 2. UANYDS: Sunday 3. AYWDEDENS: Wednesday 4. NADYOM: Monday 5. TSARUYAD: Saturday 6. RHUDATSY:Thursday 7. SEYUTDA: Tuesday Exercise 2: Put days of the week into the correct place. School 1st day Monday School 2nd day Tuesday School 3rd day Wednesday School 4th day Thursday School 5th day Friday Weekend Saturday Weekend Sunday Family words Grandfather ˈɡran(d)fɑːðə Grandmother ˈɡran(d)mʌðə Husband ˈhʌzbənd Wife Waɪf Father ˈfɑː.ðər Mother ˈmʌðər Son Sʌn Daughter ˈdɔːtər Brother ˈbrʌðər Sister ˈsɪstər Younger brother ˈjʌŋɡər brʌðər Younger sister (n) ˈjʌŋɡər ˈsɪstər Uncle ˈʌŋ.kl Aunt ɑːnt Nephew ˈnefjuː Niece niːs Brotherinlaw ˈbrʌðər in lɔː Sisterinlaw (n) ˈsɪstər in lɔː Cousin (n) ˈkʌzn

Unit 2 Families and weekdays.

I.VOCABULARY.

Exercise 1: Put the letters into the correct order about days of the week

1 AFRYID: Friday

2 UANYDS: Sunday

3 AYWDEDENS: Wednesday

4 NADYOM: Monday

5 TSARUYAD: Saturday

6 RHUDATSY:Thursday

7 SEYUTDA: Tuesday

Exercise 2: Put days of the week into the correct place

Family words

Grandfather

/ˈɡran(d)fɑːðə/

Grandmother /ˈɡran(d)mʌðə/

Husband

/ˈhʌzbənd

Wife /Waɪf/

Father

/ˈfɑː.ðər/

Mother /ˈmʌðər/

Son

/Sʌn/

Daughter /ˈdɔːtər/

Brother

/ˈbrʌðər/

Sister /ˈsɪstər/

Younger brother

/ˈjʌŋɡər brʌðər/

Younger sister (n) /ˈjʌŋɡər ˈsɪstər/

Uncle

/ˈʌŋ.kl/

Aunt /ɑːnt

Nephew

/ˈnefjuː/

Niece /niːs/

Brother-in-law

/ˈbrʌðər in lɔː/

Sister-in-law (n) /ˈsɪstər in lɔː/

Cousin (n)

/ˈkʌzn/

Exercise 3 :Put family words into the correct place.

baby brother brother father grandfather grandmother mother sister

George is my Grandfather Pam is my Grandmother Peter is my father Susan is my mother John is my brother Carol is my sister Francis is my baby brother

II.GRAMMAR.

1 Possessive adjective

Subject Possessive

Adjective

We Our

You (pl) Your

They Their

We use possessive adjectives:

• to show something belongs to somebody:

That’s our house.

My car is very old.

• for relations and friends:

My mother is a doctor.

How old is your sister?

• for parts of the body:

He’s broken his arm.

She’s washing her hair.

I need to clean my teeth.

Its vs It's

Be careful not to confuse its and it's.

Its = The possessive adjective for It

It's = a contraction of it is

Exercise : Put the possessive adjectives into the correct place.

m y - y o u r - h i s - h e r - i t s - o u r - t h e i r

My father is driving his new car.

Hello! What's your name ?

I've got a sister her name is Mary.

Their names are Mark and Jorge (they).

The cow ate its food quickly.

The little boy is playing with his toys.

They like sport their favourite sport is rugby.

The girl plays tennis This is her racket.

This is a tortoise its name is Buga.

Is this Paul's cat ? Yes, it is his cat.

2 Plural nouns

- Most nouns: + s

stamps, keys, cameras

- Nouns ending in –s, -ss, -sh, -ch: + es

buses, classes, wishes, matches

- Nouns ending in a consonant + y: the y changes to –ies

countries, parties

- Nouns ending in a vowel + y: + s

keys, days

- Some irregular nouns:

 a child – children

 a person – people

 a woman – women

 a man – men

 a tooth- teeth

* Exercise: Write the correct plural of these words:

2. potato potatoes

4. class classes

5. student students

9. lady ladies

* Exercise: Write the correct plural of these words:

1 These (person) people _ are friendly

2 The (woman) women _ over there want to meet the manager

3 My (child) children _hate eating pasta

4 I clean my (tooth)teeth _ three times a day

5 The (student) students _ are doing the exercise right now

6 They are sending some (man) men _ to fix the roof

7 (Piano)pianoes _ are expensive.

8 Some (policeman) policemen _ came to arrest him1

III.LISTENING

(Part 1,2 in online)

Exercise 1:Listen and then number the family members Use numbers: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.

Exercise 2: Listen and order the days.

Monday

Sunday

Exercise 3: Listen and complete the dialogues

Dialogue 1:

Man: What day is it today?

Woman: It’s (1)………Tuesday…… Why?

Man: Because it’s my wife’s birthday on (2)……Friday……….and I don’t have a present!

Dialogue 2:

Woman: Is it (3)………Wednesday…….tomorrow?

Man: No, (4)……Thursday……….Today is (5)………Wednesday……

Passage 1

1 Jackie Chan is a movie star F

2 Jackie Chan’s wife is from Taiwan T

3 Their son is an actor in the United States F

Passage 2

4 Both Venus and Serena are tennis players T

5 Their father is a bank manager F

6 Serena has three more sisters F

Passage 3

7 Vicente is Alejandro’s brother F

8 Both Vicente and Alejandro are famous all over the world F

9 Vicente has three sons F

IV SPEAKING

Exercise 1

Who am I? Fill in the correct member of the family.Introduce this family to your partner.

You should say:

- How many members there are

- Who they are

- How old they are

Tom + Sue

Tina Joe + Jane Ellen Mark + Gloria

1 My father is 65 years old His name is Tom

2 My mother_ is 62 Her name is_Sue

3 I have got a_sister She is 37.

4 My_brother is 40 He is married with two children

5 I have got two_children, too.

6 My daughter_is called_Tina_.She is 17.

7 My son_is called Joe He is married.

8 His_wife is called_Jane just like my sister

9 Do you know who am I? My name is Phil

Exercise 2: Have a look at James’s weekly activities and answer the questions in complete

sentences Put the time expression at the end of the sentence Then tell your partner about his

week.

Football Shopping Meeting Ring Jane Buy flowers Picnic

Cinema Tennis English Italian

restaurant

Bar

1 When is his English course?

On Thursday

2 When does he go shopping?

On Tuesday

3 When does he buy flowers?

On Friday

4 When is his meeting?

On Wednesday

5 When does he play football?

On Monday

6 When does he go for a picnic?

On Saturday

7 When does he go to bar?

On Sunday

IV WRITING

Exercise 1: Change the sentences below to the plural form

1 There’s a fly in my soup

There are flies in our soup.

2 The shelf is full of books

The shelves are full of books.

3 The policeman works here

The policemen work here.

These crystal glasses are beautiful.

5 This church is old

These churches are old.

6 I love the red dress

I love the red dresses

7 I ate a sandwich for breakfast

I ate sandwiches for breakfast

8 That woman is my teacher

Those women are our teachers

9 This person has a great life

These people have great lives

10 My child is at school now

Our children are at school now.

Exercise 2: Rewrite these sentences using the possessive ‘s’.

1 Billy favourite footballer is David Beckham

David Beckham is Billy’s favourite footballer

2 My parents car is very old

My parents’ car is very old

3 My best friends names are Mikkie and Sarah

Mikkie and Sarah are my best friends’names

4 I collect everybody plate after the meal

I collect everybody’s plate after the meal

5 The children room is messy

The children’s room is messy

6 Her babies toys are new and expensive

Her babies’ toys are new and expensive

7 Give me those people addresses

Give me those people’s addresses

8 Women clothes are often colourful

Women’s clothes are often colourful

9 Police uniform is orange

Police uniform is orange

10 The teacher will return the students tests tomorrow

The teacher will return the students’ tests tomorrow