UNIT I
GETTING ACQUAINTED
Vocabulary
Cheers! I cant wait!
How do you do? accountant
How are you? on holiday
Pleased to meet you. weekend
Dont mention it. exciting
Excuse me. expensive
Graduate from (v) cheap
Hard= difficult be from
Have a good weekend. come from
Last (v) live in a flat
Railway engineer live in a house
Never mind. wear (v)
Relationship Let me introduce myself.
See you later. parents
Single grandparents
Married grandchildren
RelativesNice to meet you.
Study (v) What do you do?
be going to Where are you from?
plan to (v) How old are you?
Enjoy (v) this evening
live in a flat/in a house Im late.
Housewife This is my friend.
live with (v) Have you got brothers or sisters?
stay with (v) Ive got a sister/brother.
Ex.1 Write the words denoting relationships in the correct place.
Girlfriend, father, daughter, wife, son, sister, uncle, grandfather, niece, cousin
Boyfriend brother
Mother cousin (girl)
Aunt son
Grandmother husband
Nephew daughter
Ex.2 Read about Patrick Binch. Write the peoples names in the correct place.
This is a photo of Patrick and his family. Patrick is fifty-five. His wifes name is Brenda. She is a teacher. His daughters name is Lara. Shes twenty-one and she is Nicks wife. They are newly married and they are students. Patricks sons name is Rob and he is married to Anne.Rob and Anne have three children: Ben (12), Fanny(8) and Suzy (5). Rob is a railway engineer and Anne is a housewife. Patrick is a railway engineer, too.
Ex.3 Ask and answer questions about Patricks family.
Who is Fanny? - She is Robs daughter.
How old is Patrick? - He is fifty-five.
What does he do? - He is an engineer.
Ex.4 Read about Lara. Complete the text, using the verbs in the box.
| lasts, m enjoying, come from, miss, m going, m studying, m planning, live, really like |
Hello! My names Lara Binch, and I __________ London, the capital of England. Im twenty-one, and I __________ economics at the University of Newcastle. The course _______ four years. Its hard work, but I ________ it a lot. I ______ in a flat with my husband, Nick. He is at the University, too. I _______ my family: my mother and father, and my brother Rob. I_________ to see them on holidays. I want to see my nieces and nephew! I __________ playing football with them. I cant wait to see them again.
After I graduate, I___________ to work as an accountant in a big company.
Ex.5 Complete the questions about Lara. Answer the questions in pairs.
1. Where does she come from?
2. Where _______________ live?
3. Who _______________ live with?
4. What _____________ at the University?
5. ______________ married?
6. What _____________ on holidays?
7. Who _____________ to see?
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8. What _____________ after she graduates?
Ex.6 Match the questions and the answers. Ask and answer the questions.
| Where are you from? Where were you born? What do you do? Are you married? Where do you live now? Who do you live with? Are you studying at the university or school? What are you studying? When did you start University? | In September. Railway engineering. From Vologda. At the University. No, Im not. Im single. In a students hostel. With my parents. In Kazakhstan. Im a student. |
Ex.7 Complete the questions with one missing verb: do, does, did, is, are
1. ___ you like listening to music?
2. Where ____ you come from?
3. Where ____ you live?
4. What ____ you like doing at the weekend?
5. What ____ you do last weekend?
6. ____ you go to University yesterday?
7. Where ____ your parents now?
8. What _____ your mother/father do?
9. ____ you often wear jeans?
10. ____ you wearing jeans now?
11. What ____ you planning to do this evening?
12. What ____ you going to do after you graduate?
Ex.8 Ask and answer the questions in pairs.
Ex.9 Marisa is a student at an English language school in Brighton, England. Read her email to Danek, her brother in Bulgaria.
| From: [email protected]/uk To: [email protected] Date: 12th August Subject: Hi! Dear Danek, Im studying at Rutland School of English. Im in a class with ten students. They are from different countries: Japan, Brazil, Germany, Russia, Italy and Spain. We have very good teachers here. I live with an English family in a small house near the center of town.Ken and Susan have a daughter and a son, Becky and Ron. They are students at Brighton University. They are studying computer technology. They are very friendly, but it isnt easy to understand them. They speak very fast! Brighton isnt very big, but its really exciting! Restaurants and night clubs are expensive, but the student bars and cafes are cheap. Brighton is near the sea, and I often go to the beach to sunbathe. Im very happy here. Email me soon! Love, Marisa. |
Ex.10 Correct the false sentences.
1. Marisa is from Poland. No, she isnt. She is from Bulgaria.
2. She is on holiday.
3. She is in Brighton.
4. Her class is very bi9g.
5. The students in her class are all from Germany.
6. Marisa is staying with a Spanish family.
7. Becky and Ron are both at school.
8. The student bars and cafes are very expensive.
9. Marisa is emailing her parents.
Ex.11 Write an email about you, your family and your University.
Ex.12 You are in a new class. Present yourself to your group mates. You can do it in the following way: Hi everyone! My names Im 18 years old and Im from the town of My father My mother Ive got a brother and a pet cat called Fluffy. I love basketball and listening to music. Nice to meet you all!
Everyday expressions.
Match an expression in A with one in B. Which expressions are informal? Which are more formal?
| 1 Hi. How are you? 2 Good morning! 3 How do you do? 4 Thank you very much. 5 Excuse me! 6 Im sorry. I cant come tonight. 7 Can you help me with this exercise? 8 Sorry Im late! 9 Can I help you? 10 Bye! 11 Bye! Have a good weekend! 12 Cheers! 13 Let me introduce myself. 14 It was nice meeting you. | a Bye! See you later! b Of course I can. No problem. c Never mind. Perhaps another time. d Im fine, thanks. How are you? e Good morning! Lovely day again. f Thanks. Same to you! g OK. About nine, in the coffee bar. h Its OK. Come in and sit down. i No, thank you. Im just looking. k How do you do? Pleased to meet you. l Cheers! m Yes. Can I help you? n Not at all. Dont mention it. |
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Ex.13 Complete short dialogues with the words in the box. Practise the dialogues in pairs.
| planning, studying, University, name, brothers or sisters, do, to visit, meet, nice, from |
1) - Hello. Whats your _________?
- Anna. And you?
- Im Nick. I come from Paris.
- Really? Im _________ to visit Paris in July.
2) - What do you do?
- Im a student.
- Where are you__________?
- In Petersburg State Transport____________.
3) - Where are you _______?
- From Rome, Italy.
- Oh, Id love ________Italy one day.
- You must. Its really beautiful.
4) - Have you got any _________________?
- Yes. Ive got a brother.
- What does he _____?
- Hes a student, too. Oh, Im sorry. I have to go now. Goodbye.
- Bye.
5) - Well, it was _______ meeting you.
- Nice meeting you too.
- Can we _______for a coffee some day?
- Yes, that would be lovely.
Ex.14 You are going to study at the Oak Tree School of English. Fill in the following form.
