V. Form nouns from the following verbs.

1. improve 7. distribute

2. manage 8. compare

3. agree 9. compete

4. perform 10. create

5. supervise 11. investigate

6. participate 12. provide

Resource File. Activate your Grammar.

UNIT 1

Grammar: Present Simple; Much/Many/A lot of; Little/Few/Some/Any/No

Reading: Jobs

Ex.1. Make up the list of the jobs you know arranging them in the following table.

-er	-or	-ist

Which of the jobs wouldn’t you like to do? Why not?

Ex.2. Guess the jobs.

1. This person catches thieves.

2. This person teachers you English.

3. This person is the boss on a ship.

4 This person works with machines or engines.

5. This person checks your teeth.

6. This person writes books.

7. This person sells meat.

8. This person repairs cars.

9. This person plays a musical instrument.

10. This person looks after patients in hospital.

11. This person treats patients.

12. This person sings songs.

13. This person designs houses.

14. This person studies science.

15. This person paints pictures (or walls).

16. This person works on board a ship.

Ex.3. What’s my job?

Think of some job you don’t really do.

Your partner asks you 10 yes/no-questions to find out what your job is.

For example:

Do you work with your hands?

Do you wear a uniform?

Do you work at weekends?

UNIT 2

Grammar: Present Simple vs Present Continuous; It takes…; Possessive Case

Reading: A working day of a Sales Manager

Ex.1. Ask and answer questions about these people and their daily routine. Use the listed word combinations in your answers.

Judith	Peter and Paul
secretary 18 the office/5 days a week 7.30 nothing orange juice parents the office/8.15 in the canteen home/5.30 evening classes 11.00	students 19 university/5 days a week 8.00 cornflakes milk mother university/8.15 at university home/4.00 television 9.00

Ex.2. Work with your partner.

1. Ask about your partner’s daily routine using the following words

get up, have breakfast, go to university, have lunch, go out.

The question starts with: When…? Where…? What…? How…?

2. Tell the group about your partner’s daily routine. Use the following expressions:

Always, never, usually, as a rule, sometimes, from time to time, often.

Ex.3. A telephone conversation.

Call your partner and find out what all members of his/her family are doing now. (Don’t forget to ask about the pet!)

Find out if they always do these activities at that time.

Example

• What is your uncle doing now?

• Does he always do it at this time?

• How often does he do it?

Ex.4. Answer the questions.

1. How long does it take you to

a) get to the university

b) do your homework

c) translate an English text

d) prepare for a test

e) cook dinner for five people?

UNIT 3

Grammar: Past Simple

Reading: The History of the Ford Motor Company

Ex.1. Guess who the person is.

Student A:

Prepare a story about a famous person of the past everyone knows but do not give his/her name and tell it to the group.

The group:

Guess who the person is. If you fail, ask yes/no-questions.

UNIT 4

Grammar: Present Perfect, Past Simple

Reading: Travelling on Business.

Ex.1. Find out what the person has already done in his/her life

Have you ever … ? When did you…?

Ex.2. Tell the group

- what you haven’t done today

- you did yesterday

- you didn’t do yesterday

- you have done recently

UNIT 6

Grammar: Modal Verbs

Reading: The Work of a Sales Manager

Ex.1. Answer the questions:

1. What can you do?

2. What could/couldn’t you do when you were four years old?

3. What should/shouldn’t you do to be a successful student?

4. What can/can’t you do at university?

5. What must you do at university?

6. What mustn’t you do in the library? on the bus? in class? in the canteen? during a test? during exams?