4. Read Danka’s email to Jacek and do the tasks after it. An Email from England1

Dear Jacek, How are you? I’m fine. Here’s an email in English. It’s good practice for you and me! I have classes in English at The Embassy Language School. I’m in a class with seven students. They’re all from different countries: Japan, Brazil, Switzerland, Germany, and Italy. Our teacher’s name is Simon. He’s very funny and a very good teacher. I live with an English family in a small, old house near the centre of town. Robert and Valerie have a daughter and a son. Their daughter, Becky, is 19. She’s a student at Brighton University. Their son, James, is a software designer for a computer company. He’s 25. They’re all very friendly, but it isn’t easy to understand them. They speak very fast! Brighton isn’t very big, but it’s very exciting! The restaurants and nightclubs are expensive, but the student bars and cafes are cheap. It’s hot now, and it’s lovely to be near the sea. I’m very happy here. Email me soon! Love, Danka

5. Decide if the statements are true or false.

^{1 Danka is from Poland.}

^{2 She is on holiday. No, she isn’t. She is at school.}

^{3 She is in London.}

^{4 The students in her class are all from Germany.}

^{5 It is a very big class.}

^{6 Becky and James are both students.}

^{7 The student bars are cheap.}

^{8 Danka is happy in Brighton.}

6. Match the questions to the answers. Ask and answer them in pairs.

1. Where’s Danka from? 2. What countries are the students from? 3. What’s her teacher’s name? 4. Who are James and Becky? 5. How old are James and Becky? 6. Is Brighton very big? 7. What is James?

a. No, it isn’t. b. They are brother and sister. They live with Danka. c. Poland. d. James is 25 and Becky is 19. e. Japan, Brazil, Switzerland, Germany, and Italy. f. He is a software designer. g. Simon.

^Grammar

^{Pronouns (See Grammar Reference on page …)}

7. Complete the sentences with the right form of the pronouns.

^{1 Mary works as a designer. She is a good specialist (she, her, hers).}

^{2 It’s difficult to understand ____. They speak very fast (they, them, their).}

^{3 I study at University. ___ am a first-year student (I, he, it).}

^{4 It’s good practice for ___ and me (our, you, his).}

^{5 My friend and I study Law. ____ are students (they, you, we).}

^{6 My family live in Brighton. This is ___ photo (our, her, us).}

^{To be (See Grammar Reference on page …)}

8. Complete the sentences with am, is, are.

^{1 My name _is_ Emma.}

^{2 Where ­­­­____ you from? - I _____ from Italy.}

3. ^{What _____ your name? - My name’s Daniela.}

^{4 Lisa and Mike _____ from Boston.}

5. ^{This _____ my teacher. His name ____ Richard.}

6. ^{Where _____ he from?}

7. ^{This _____ my sister. Her name ___ Miho.}

^{8 What ____ your father? – My father __ a doctor.}

^{9 Who ___ you? – I ___ James.}

^{10 What ___ their names? – They __ Victoria and Margaret.}

^{To have, have got (See Grammar Reference on page …)}

^{9. Use the words from the box to make expressions with “have/has + noun”. Make questions and negatives with them.}

breakfast lunch a snack dinner a sleep a shower a bath a shave a wash a rest a break a headache

^{e.g. Do you have breakfast in the mornings? - I don’t have breakfast in the mornings.}

^{Does she usually have breakfast? - She doesn’t usually have breakfast.}