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WELCOME UNIT
A GETTING TO KNOW YOU
Asking questions Exercise 1
1 Are you 15? 2 What are you doing? 3 What do you do? 4 What do you like doing? 5 Do you like watching TV?
Exercise 2 Suggested answers
1 What are you doing? 2 Where are you from? 3 Do you like sports? 4 What’s your favourite hobby? 5 What do you do? / What’s your job?
The weather Exercise 1
1 B 2 E 3 C 4 D 5 A
Families Exercise 1
1 grandma 2 cousin 3 husband 4 mother 5 sister 6 granddad 7 uncle 8 father 9 aunt 02 Exercise 2 Relation to Zoë Age Nationality Job Jess cousin 14 English student Tom uncle (about) 40 Scottish policeman Karen grandma 62 American doctor
Audio Script Track 02
Ian That’s a great photo, Zoë. Zoë
- Thanks. I took it on holiday. We had a really big family
- reunion. Everyone was there.
Ian So who are these three in the photo? Zoë Well, this is my cousin Jess. She’s 14 like me and we’re best friends. Ian Where’s she from? Zoë She’s from London, so I don’t see her very ofuen. And the man next to her is her dad. Ian Your uncle? Zoë Yes, my uncle Tom. Ian So he’s from London too? Zoë Well, he lives in London, but he’s from Scotland. Ian So what does he do? Zoë He’s a policeman. Ian And how old is he? Zoë He’s about 40, I think. Ian And is that his wife? Zoë No! That’s my grandma, Karen. Ian Your grandma? She looks so young. Zoë She is. She’s 62. She’s a doctor. Ian Wow. So where does she live? Zoë She lives in Chicago. She’s American. Ian Your family are in lots of difgerent places! Zoë I know. That’s why it was so great to get everyone together for a holiday.
SUMMING UP
Exercise 1
1 cousin 2 is he doing 3 aunt 4 hot and sunny 5 Do you
B EXPERIENCES
Meeting people (tense revision) Exercise 1
1 C 2 A 3 B
Exercise 2
1 He didn’t eat 2 Did he eat; No, he didn’t. 3 He was eating 4 Has he ever eaten; Yes, he has.
Exercise 3
1 was 2 happened 3 missed 4 got 5 Did, see 6 started 7 went 8 were playing 9 saw 10 have, seen
Irregular past participles Exercise 1
1 thought 2 ridden 3 had 4 drunk 5 read 6 gone 7 seen 8 won 9 eaten 10 worn
Exercise 2
1 read 2 seen 3 ridden 4 worn 5 gone 6 won
Exercise 3
1 thought 2 read 3 lost 4 ran 5 went 6 seen 7 wore 8 rode
Losing things Exercise 1
3, 7, 11, 1, 9, 5, 4, 10, 6, 2, 8
Exercise 2
1 She felt horrible – it was like losing her whole life. 2 Because it had all her friends’ numbers on it. 3 She rang her mobile number from her mum’s phone. 4 She found it under her bed. 5 He thinks it’s not a story about losing something, it’s a story about being untidy.