Practice 1 Complete the conversations with the correct form of the verb to be... I’m thirty-one years old and I’m a doctor.. Language focus: Possessive adjectives a Look at the texts aga
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Grammar
The verb to be
Grammar in use
Rules
1 Look at the table.
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
AIMS:
1 Use simple present tense with the verb “to be”.
2 Use imperatives.
3 Write a paragraph about oneself.
4 Make conversations about greetings.
5 Read word stress.
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´re ´s ´m
I
am _
here
am not _
He
She
It
is _
from Portugal
is not _
We
You
They
are _
in room ten 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?
They are from America.
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?
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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.
1 We _ in room 10
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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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?
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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adjectives
a Look at the texts again and complete
the table
Subject
pronoun Possessive adjective
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 _
do _ eng _
tea _ nurse 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
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2 Listen again and answer these questions.
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?
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A That’s _.
B What _ you?
A I’m _ engineer.
B Where _ you from?
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 /Ä:/ please /s/ this /i/ fax /dZ/ he’s /æ/ word /m/ orange
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
b Write these words in the correct column.
telephone Japan hamburger forty umbrella engineer girlfriend understand lemonade address fourteen architect
c Compare your ideas with a partner.
d 2.8 Listen, check, and repeat.
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1 Complete the conversations with the
correct form of to be Use short forms
where possible
1 A Where are my books?
B They … in your bag.
A Yes, but where …… my bag?
B …… it in your room.
A No, it ……… .
2 A … we in room 30 today?
B No, you …… You …… in the
conference room
A That …… fine It …… a good
man …… all the books and
cassettes in the room?
B Yes, they ……… .
3 A Excuse me …… you Mrs
Maiorova?
B Yes, I ……
A Well, Mr Jones …… here now.
He …… over there
B Thank you.
4 A …… you from Germany?
B No, we ……… We …… from
the Netherlands
A Oh, I see …… you from
Amsterdam?
B Yes, we ……
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order to make questions.
1 your is friend here
Is your friend here ?
2 are from where you ……… ?
3 Green old Mr how is ……… ?
4 good a am student I ……… ?
5 blue the car is where ……… ?
6 the are heavy bags ……… ?
7 We are where ……… ?
8 Expensive watches the are ……… ?
3 Answer these questions Use short answers. 1 Are you from the USA? No, I’m not 2 Are you a student? ………
3 Is your teacher tall? ………
4 Is your teacher from London? ……
5 Are you married? ………
6 Are you good at English? …………
7 Are you English books red? ………
8 Are your friends on holiday? ………
4 Make these sentence negative 1 I’m thirty-five I’m not thirty-five 2 We’re from Australia ………
3 This is my book ………
4 My friends are here ………
5 The apples are expensive ………
6 Joe’s fat ………
Instructions 5 Write instruction to match the pictures Use the words in the box (Each item is used only once.) 1 Pick up your book mmmmmmmmmm 2 ………
3 ………
4 ………
5 ………
pick up your address don’t here close don’t your book write go to sit down the door room 15
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6 What are their jobs?
1 He’s a nurse… 2 ………
……… ………
3 ……… 4 ………
……… ………
5 ……… 6 ………
……… ………
7 ……… 8 ………
……… ………
Possessive adjectives 7 Write the descriptions using his or her. 1 This is Yannis He’s a student His girlfriend’s a student, too …………
2 ………
………
3 ………
………
4 ………
………
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1 I’m married My wife is a doctor m
2 In this photo we’re with ………
friends, Jasna and Mikhail
3 There’s John in …… new car
4 Mrs Kuhmar is over there with ……
Husband, Suresh
5 This letter is for Mr and Mrs Wells
What’s …… address?
6 A Is this …… desk?
B No, it isn’t That’s my desk
People
9 Complete the text
My name’s Burak ……… from Istanbul
……… Turkey I’m 25 ……… old
……… I’m ……… bank clerk I’m
……… My wife ……… a ……… ,too
……… name’s Yonca and ……… 24
……… this photo we’re ……… a café
……… Miami
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1 Cristina / Milan / Italy / 20 / student /
not married / boyfriend / student, too /
21 / Silvio / photo / my parents / our
house
………
………
………
………
………
………
………
………
2 Cassia / 32 / Recife / Brazil / teacher / married / husband / Sergio / engineer / 34 / photo / holiday / Europe ………
………
………
………
………
………
………
………
Meeting people
11 choose the correct answers Write them in the speech bubbles
I’m from Uruguay They’re fine, thanks Pleased to meet you Oh, not bad, thanks Yes, bye She’s fine, thank you
Oh, that’s interesting I’m a shop assistant
OK See you I’m fine, thanks And you?
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12 Match the phonetic symbols to the
correct word Use the list of IPA
symbols in the Student’s Book to help
you.
men
with
thick
woman
5 [,siks'ti:n] sixty
sixteen
red
forty
who
fat
here
Pronunciation: Word stress
13 Put a dot over the syllable with the
stress
1 children
2 person
3 twenty
4 Brazil
5 husband
6 Australia
7 assistant
8 expensive
9 Canada
10 married
11 meeting
12 exercise
13 repeat
14 engineer
15 pronounce
16 Portugal
17 cassette
18 lemonade
19 excuse
20 pencil