Table of Contents

Language Focus: Conversation = C Grammar = G

Unit
Unit 1: Meet and Greet

Lesson
1: Introductions 2: Making Introductions 3: The Verb be 4: Where are you from?

Page C G
1 5 11 20 23 33 41 48 55 58 63 65 76 79 86 98 103 108 120 125

Unit 2: I'm from

5: The Present Tense 6: Describing Places Review: Lessons 1-6

Unit 3: Small Talk 1 Unit 4: On the phone

7: Good Morning! 8: Hello? 9: The Possessive s 10: Departments 11: The Present Continuous 12: Dropping By Review: Lessons 7-12

Unit 5: Small Talk 2

Unit 6: The Water Cooler

13: Sports and Hobbies 14: Personal Characteristics 15: Making Requests 16: The Past Tense 17: Could You Take a Message? 18: Past Tense of the Verb Be

Unit 7: Requests

Review: Lessons 13-18

129 142 152 161 166 175 182 188 194 199 204 210 216 217 223 226

Unit 8: Talking Time

19: Telling Time 20: Going to Lunch 21: Eating Out 22: The Future Tense Part 1 23: The Future Tense Part 2 Review: Lessons 19-23 24: I need to

Unit 9: Foods

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Unit 10: Giving Advice

25: Giving Advice 26: The Comparative 27: IT

Unit 11: IT and HR

28: HR 29: Forms Review: Lessons 24-29

Putting it all Together

Applying for a Job Answer Key

Unit 1: Meet and Greet

LESSON 1: INTRODUCTIONS
Vocabulary
meet introduce want let pleased = happy too = also hi = hello

LESSON 1 Exercise 1

Vocabulary

A. Complete the sentences. Choose from the vocabulary words list above. Check your answers in the Answer Key at the back of the book.
1. Nice to __________ you, Bob! 2. __________ to meet you too!

3. Let me __________ you to my colleague, Janet. 4. __________ Mr. James!

B. Practice saying the sentences out loud.

Listening: Introducing Yourself

Listen to conversations 1 3. Then answer the questions that follow. Conversation 1
A: Hello, Im Kareem. May I ask your name? B: Im John Smith. A: Pleased to meet you, Mr. Smith. B: Pleased to meet you, too

Conversation 2
A: Hi! Im Claire. Whats your name? B: Hi, Claire. Im John. A: Nice to meet you. B: Nice to meet you, too.

Conversation 3
A: Hi! Im Kareem. B: Oh! Hi, Kareem. Im John. A: Nice to meet you. B: Nice to meet you, too.

LESSON 1 Exercise 2

Which Conversation?

1. Which conversation would you use with a colleague? 2. Which conversation would you use with your supervisor or manager? 3. Which conversation could you use with someone that you just met at a restaurant or party?

__________ __________

__________

LESSON 1 Exercise 3

What Kind of Language?

Choose the right kind of language to use in each situation. Choose formal, informal or slang.*
1. You talk to your manager about a problem. ______________________ 2. You eat dinner with a good friend. ______________________ 3. You talk about yesterdays meeting with a colleague. You do not know your colleague well. ______________________ 4. You discuss a job candidate with a colleague. You know your colleague well. ______________________

Formal is used in the office. Informal is used with friends. Slang is used with close friends and family only.

Unit 6: The Water Cooler

LESSON 13: SPORTS AND HOBBIES

Vocabulary
Cars Playing sports Basketball Golf Soccer Going to the gym working out lifting weights Reading Swimming Writing2 Painting3 Traveling Baking4

When people say I like to write or I write, it means that they like to compose fiction or nonfiction. For example, a person may write novels or essays in his spare time. 3 Painting in this case means painting pictures to sell or for decoration. 4 Some people enjoy baking cakes and desserts and such things in their spare time.

Sewing Knitting Crocheting5

LESSON 13 Exercise 1 Sports

Match the word with the picture of the sport.
A

________ 1. [Doing] martial arts B

________ 2. Lifting weights C

________ 3. [Playing] tennis D

________ 4. [Playing] soccer

Knitting and crocheting are similar in that both use yarn. Some people knit sweaters or crochet doilies in their spare time.

________ 5. Running

Listening: What do you like to do?

Listen to the conversations and then answer the questions.

Conversation 1 A: So what do you like to do? B: I like going to the gym. A: Oh, really? Conversation 2 A: So what do you like to do? B: I like playing basketball. A: So do I!

LESSON 13 Exercise 2 Check Your Understanding

1. What does Oh, really? mean? ____________________________________________________________________ 2. What does So do I mean? ____________________________________________________________________ 3. When someone asks what you like to do, are they asking about work or leisure activities? (A leisure activity is something that you like to do when you have extra time, like reading, sewing or traveling.) ____________________________________________________________________

4. If you say you like to do something, does it mean you do it sometimes or that you would like to do it in the future? ____________________________________________________________________

LESSON 13 Exercise 3
Read the words in the box. Complete the conversations using the pictures to help you choose which sport to write about.

swimming

[playing] basketball

[playing] golf

bicycling

1.

A: So what do you like to do? B: _________________________________________ A: _______________________________

2.

A: So what do you like to do? B: _________________________________________ A: _______________________________

3.

A: So what do you like to do? B: _________________________________________ A: _______________________________

4.

A: So what do you like to do? B: _________________________________________ A: _______________________________

Listening: Do you go often?

Listen to the conversation and then answer the questions.

Conversation 3 A: So what do you like to do? B: I like going to the gym. A: Oh, really? Do you go often?

LESSON 13 Exercise 4 Check Your Understanding

A. What is another way to say Do you go often?
a) b) c) d) Do you hardly go? Have you ever gone? Do you go quite a bit? Do you go sometimes?

B. Choose 2 other ways to say Oh, really?

a) b) c) d) Thats interesting. I already know that. Thats nice. Thats awful.

LESSON 13 Exercise 5
Write two conversations using the scenario given.
Kumiko and Diana discuss their hobbies. Kumiko likes to do origami6. Diana likes to crochet7. Kumiko: Diana: Kumiko: _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________

Diana: Kumiko: Diana:

_____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________

Listening: Pretty often

Listen to the conversations and fill in the blanks with the words you hear. Then answer the questions.

Conversation 4 A: So what do you like to do? B: I like ____________ books. A: Oh, really? Do you read often? B: ____________ often.

6 6

Origami is paper folding. To crochet is to make things using a special hook and yarn.

Conversation 5 A: So what do you like to do? B: I like to go hiking. A: Oh, really? Do you go hiking often? B: ___________ often. Five or six ____________ a month.

LESSON 13 Exercise 6 Check Your Understanding

1. What does pretty mean? a) b) c) d) beautiful very hardly extremely

2. What does often mean? a) b) c) d) quite a bit hardly never sometimes

3. Is hiking something you do at work or in your spare time? ______________________________________________________ 4. What kinds of books do people read in their spare time or for fun? ______________________________________________________

LESSON 13 Exercise 7 Understanding Frequency

We use some words to talk about how often we do something (frequency). Look at the picture below.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

never hardly ever sometimes often usually always / all the time

Look at the pictures below. Decide which word above best describes it. A

1. ________ B

2. ________ C

3. ________

4. ________ E

5. ________ F

6. ________

LESSON 13 Exercise 8 Expressing Frequency

A. There are some phrases we use to say how often we do something.
Once Twice / A couple of times A few times Here is an example: Twice a week A month A week A year

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B. Match the picture to the phrase.

A D

1. once a month 3. a few times a year 5. a couple of times a week

________ ________ ________

2. twice a month 4. once a week 6. a few times a month

________ ________ ________

LESSON 13 Exercise 9
Fill in the blank with the best frequency word.
1. A: I like swimming at the beach. B: How often do you do that? A: Actually, _________________________. Only a few times a year. 2. A: I love going to museums. B: So do I! Do you go often? A: Actually, _____________________. Once a week!

LESSON 13 Exercise 10
Answer these questions about yourself.
Do you travel often? How often do you read? How often do you visit your family? What is an activity that you hardly do? What is an activity that you do sometimes? What kinds of sports do you like to play? What kinds of programs do you watch? _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________

Partner Practice
Find a friend to practice speaking with. Practice your speaking using Conversations 4-5 from Exercise 6. Practice the conversations together until you can speak without looking at the book.