- •Contents
- •Module 1 personal identification
- •Elementary – pre-intermediate
- •1 Read the article about music. Define if the sentences 1 - 8 ‘Right (a) or ‘Wrong’ (b)? If there is not enough information to answer ‘Right’ (a) or ‘Wrong’ (b), choose ‘Doesn’t say’ (c).
- •2 You will hear a woman speaking on the telephone. She wants some information about music lessons.
- •9 Write full sentences. Use am/is/are each time.
- •10 Complete the conversation with a question word and a verb from the boxes below. Use the contracted form of the verbs where possible.
- •12 Choose the best variant.
- •14 Put the words in the right order and write sentences.
- •15 Write a letter to your friend about your studies at the University. Write 25-35 words.
- •1 Dorita is an English student at a school in Queens, New York city. Complete her letter to her brother Miguel. Write one word for each space. Then listen and check.
- •2 Decide if the sentences are true or false. Write t for true sentences and f for false sentences. Correct those sentences which are false.
- •3 Write the questions about Dorita’s letter.
- •4 Listen to three conversations. Answer the questions.
- •5 You will hear some information about a sports club. Listen and complete questions 1- 5. You will hear the conversation twice.
- •Vocabulary & grammar
- •6 What have Ann and Jim got? What have you got? Look at the information and write sentences about Ann, Jim and yourself.
- •7 Complete the conversations with is, are, has or have.
- •8 Write has or is next to the sentence.
- •9 Match the questions 1- 6 and the answers a - f.
- •Landing Card
- •15 Draw your own family tree and write sentences describing relationships in your family using the possessive‘s.
- •16 Write an email message to your pen friend about your family.
- •1 Complete the conversation. What does Andrea say to Jason? For questions 1 - 5, mark the correct letter a - h on the answer sheet.
- •2 Look at the photos and decide where the people come from: Britain, Brazil or Japan. Match the photos and the descriptions below them.
- •3 Answer the questions in the written form.
- •4 Read the descriptions. Write sentences defining people’s jobs.
- •Vocabulary & grammar
- •9 Match a job in a with a line in b.
- •10 Write the negative.
- •I don’t play the piano very well.
- •11 Write the opposite (positive or negative)
- •12 Use the verbs in the box to make questions. Use the words in brackets.
- •13 Write a, an, or – in the sentences.
- •14 Fill in the letters in the word puzzle below.
- •15 Match the adjectives to the reasons, then use them to describe your friends and relatives, as shown in the example.
- •16 Write a note to your room mate expressing your feelings about your new girlfriend/boyfriend. Tell about her/ his character. Write 25-35 words in the box.
- •17 Write a letter to your friend about your favourite job. Say why you like it and what this person usually does. Don’t forget to write the address and the date. Write 25-35 words.
- •1 Read about a day in the life of Jenny, who is a sound engineer. Choose the best word (a, b or c) for each space (1 - 10). For questions 1 - 10, choose a, b or c.
- •Vocabulary & grammar
- •3 Read what Bobbi says about her weekdays. Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in the box. Look up new words in your dictionary.
- •6 Complete the five conversations. For questions 1- 5, choose the best answer a, b or c.
- •7 Write a note about the musician’s (Sam’s) working day. Say what time he gets up, what he does after that, what he does in the evenings. Use the third person singular. Write 25-35 words.
- •8 Write a letter to a friend. Say what time you do things in your country. Write 20-25 words.
- •9 Imagine that you are interviewing John Travolta. Ask him questions about a day in his life. Imagine his answers. Write down the interview.
- •10 Read this informal letter to a friend and answer the questions:
7 Complete the conversations with is, are, has or have.
Example:
1 Scott: 1. S Have you got a pen, please?
Lisa: Yes, I ______________.It _____________ on the table.
2 Steve: How many students ____________ there in your class?
Takako: There _________ nine students and we’ _______ all from Japan.
Steve: Who ________ your teacher?
Takako: We’ __________ got two teachers. Nicola’ __________ our teacher in the morning and we’ _________ got Paul in the afternoon.
3 Dan: How old _________ Michelle?
Rob: She’ ___________ 21.
Dan: ________ she French?
Rob: No, she ________ not. She’ __________Swiss.
Dan: _________ you got her phone number?
Rob: No, I ________ not.
Dan: __________ George got her phone number?
Rob: Yes, he _________. He’ _________ her boyfriend!
8 Write has or is next to the sentence.
Example:
He’s German. ____is_____
There’s calculator on the table. ________
Harry’s got my book. _________________
He’s twenty-two. ____________________
What’s your name? _________________
She’s got glasses. __________________
The coat’s red. ____________________
The book’s got 50 pages. ____________
Who’s Ken’s teacher? _______________
Sue’s got a mobile phone. ___________
9 Match the questions 1- 6 and the answers a - f.
1. Where are your keys? |
a. Yes, he is. |
2. Have you got a personal stereo? |
b. Yes, a little. |
3. Is he an actor? |
c. No, I haven’t. |
4. Who’s she? |
d. She’s our teacher. |
5. Does he speak English? |
e. They’re in my bag. |
6. Is he a good student? |
f. Yes, he is. |
10 Write the numbers for these words.
three thirteen thirty four fourteen
forty five fifteen fifty six
sixteen sixty seven seventeen
seventy eight eighteen eighty nine
nineteen ninety one hundred
11 Complete the missing information on the Landing Card with words from the box.
married surname address age job
first name phone number
Landing Card
1______________SHEPPARD
2______________ GREG
3____________ ACTOR
4______________ 23
5___________________ 365 AVENUUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK N.Y. 10021
6_______________ (212) 693 -4428
7____________ NO
12 Look at the Landing card in activity 10 and complete the description below.
___________Sheppard is an ________and he’s ___________. His address is 365 Avenue of the Americas, New York, and his __________ is (212) 693-4428. He isn’t ____________.
13 Look at the Landing Card below. Then look at the description in activity 11 again and notice how you join two pieces of information together with and.
Landing Card 1 Surname NORTH 2 First name FIONA 3 Job TEACHER 4 Age 25 5 Address 17, HILL STREET, BRISTOL 6 Phone number 01237 56731 7 Married YES |
Example: Greg Sheppard is an actor and he’s twenty-three.
14 Now write a description of Fiona North. Use the description in activity 11 to help you. Join two pieces of information together with and.
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