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A q L.L Look at the photo. Listen to the A student has an interview at an English-language school.
conversation. Then repeat it in pairs.
A E L.zlisten. Tick { the sentences that are true.
1 The student's name is Miguel.
2 His family name is Fernando.
3 He's from Spain.
4 He lives in Chihuahua.
5 Chihuahua ls in the east.
B Listen again and correct the sentences in exercise A that
aten't true.

GnarrnnnnR The verb be

A Write the full forms.

t'm = I a,ttu
You're
He's
S he's
That's
We're
Have similar conversations with students They're
in your class. Use your names.
) rueed help? Read the grammar reference on page J.46.
Work in pairs. Try to say the names of
everyone in your class. For example: Complete the conversation with the correct short forms of the
verbbe.
l:

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Hi. Come in. 5it down. My name . .' lvy. I ......'] a teacher here.
What ......3 your name?
M: Miguel.
l: Right. Hi. Niceto meetyou.And what......ayour surname,

E M:
l:
Miguel?
Sorry?
Your surname. Your family name.

I
M: Oh, sorry. lt ......s Hernandez. That ......6 H*E-R-N-A-N-D-E-z.
l: OK. And where ......'you from, Miguel? Spain?
M: No, I ......8 not. I ......e from Mexico.
l: Oh, OK. Which part?
M: Chihuahua. lt ......10 in the north.

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Which part?
We ask which port (of a place) someone is from to
find out the town, city or region.To answer, say the
town, city or region - and then add information.

M: l'm from Mexico.

l: Oh, OK.Which part?
M: Chihuahua. lt's in the north.

A Complete the sentences whichthe places on the map,

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Listen again and read the audioscript on page 170 to a..

check your ideas. Strasbourg

ffi In pairs, practise reading the conversation.

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NATIVE SPEAKER ENGLISH o Moulins

surnome
We often say surname instead of family name.

What's your surname, Miguel?

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My first name's Lisa and my surname is Sjukur.
His s u rna me's La nsbu ry. SPAIN

VocaeuLARY Countries 1 l'm from - the capital

2 l'm from - in the north
A Work in pairs. Match the countries to the parts of the 3 They're from - in the south.
world. 4 l'm from - in the east.
5 My mum's from ................ in the west.

Brazil 6 My dad's from ................ in the middle.

Panama
Have conversations. Use countries from Vocabulary,
or cities / areas in your country. For example:
"Tapan
A: l'm from Argentina.
Thailand
B: Which part?
Poland A: Rosario.

Mexico
Europe C: I'mfrom Rome.
China D: Which part?
C: Morena - in the south.
Argentina
the Middle Easl
elordan Where are your parents / grandparents from? Tell a
partner.
Morocco
Oman
CoruvrnsATroN PRAcncE
Germany
Italy A Have conversations with other students, using these
questions:
Kenya . What's your name?
. And where are you from?
ts 't L.3 Listen and say the countries. . Oh, OK. Which part?
 Vocae u LARY Descri bi n g places

A Match the words in the box to the pictures.

achurch apalace acathedral traffic apark abeach arestaurant anartgallery afactory ariver

=
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il I
l'ro.-,

Say the plurals of the ten words. For example:

a church ) churches.
Which word has no plural?

Say the names of three other things in your town. For example:
a hotel.
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 Reaorruc GnarrnnnaR there is / there are

Read the four texts. Answer these questions.
1 Where is each person from?
2 ls the place nice? Why? / Why not?
Usethere is / there's with singular nouns.
Usethere are with plural nouns.
There's a nice beach and there's some lovely
countryside near there.

There are lots of nice cafes and restaurqnts.

Jeff:'l'm from New Romney, in the south of There are some great otd buildings.
England. lt's near the sea, so there's a nice
beach, and there's some lovely countryside Translate the examples in the explanation
near there, but there's not much to do. box into your language. Is the grammar the
There aren't any cinemas or art galleries or same or different?
museums. lt's a small town.'
Complete the sentenceswith there's or
there are.
1 .................. . a cinema in the town
2 lt's nice. . lots oftrees and
Nancy:'l'm from pa rks.
Pinedale, in the 3 lots of hotels near the station
middle of California. 4 It's not very safe. a lot of
It's not very nice. crime.
There's a lot of crime It's not a bad place, but ........................... too
It's not very safe many people!
- and there aren't It's a nice city, but a lot of
many jobs now but trafficl
it is cheap.' some nice shops and
restaurants near here.
-Y& It's OK. ........................... a nice beach and
a few cafes

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4 Rolando:'l'm from Seville, in the
We usually say there's and there are as
l6eazland l6eara/.
/ south-west of Spain. lt's a great
rp 1.4 Listen and check your answers to 1-8.
tT place to live.There are lots of nice
1.,.rj i; l.
tr\ caf6s and restaurants and there's
cales tnere' Then practise saying the sentences.
-]'Sd ;-1 .. a great cathedral as well. There's
a river in the city and there are Which sentences describe the place that
lots of beautiful parks as well.' you are from?

Need help? Read the grammar reference on

I Yu Tsan:'l'm from Shenyang. lt's in the page L46.
s north-east of China. lt's not a bad place to
E live. There are lots of factories and lots of
people, and there's a lot of traffic too. But Spraxrruc
I there are also lots of places to go shopping
as well, so that's nice - and there are some A Work in pairs. Tell your partner about three
great old buildings as well.There's a palace places you know well. Use There's ... and
called Mukden Palace. lt's very famous.' There are ....

Where's the best / worst place in your

country to live? Why?

Which of the four places is best / worst for you?

Why? Compare your ideas with a partner.

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 VocaeuLARY Jobs * Work in pairs. Which place is bigger / more
important in a-h in exercise C?
A How many jobs can you write in English in one minute?
E Work in pairs. Have three conversations
Find out what jobs people in your class do. AskWhat do like this:
you do? A: What do you do?
B: l'm waiter.
a
Match the jobs 1-8 to the places people work a-h. A: Oh, yes? Where do you work?
B: ln a caf6 in town. What do you do?
{+J = z A: l'm a designer.
B: Where do you work?
A: ln a studio in Berlin.

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Listen to four conversationr.ifur.f q
1 reception ist the correct words.
1 Jan is a doctor / nurse in a clinic / hospital
in Warsaw.
2 Lara is a designer / teacher in a school / an
ofrice in Bristol. She enjoys / doesn't enJoy it.
3 Marta is a civil servant / receptionist.She
works in an office / a company in the north
of Brazil. Her job is great / OK.
4 Filippo is a waiter / shop assistant in a
department store / cafe in the centre
of town. He doesn't like it He wants to
3 shop assistant 4 nurse become a police officer / nurse.

Read the audioscript on page 170 and listen

again.

Choose one of the conversations and read it

in pairs.

Write the sentences in your language.

Translate them back into English. Compare
5 police officer 6 designer your English to the original.
What do you want to do?
Where do you want to go?
He wants to become a policeman.
I want to study Arabic.
She wants to be a designer.

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7 civil servant 8 waiter
lt #: olz),*st -..-;

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a in a clothes shop / in a department store
b in a clinic / in a hospital
c
d
in a tax office / in a local government office
at home / in a studio
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e in a big hotel / in a small company
f in a school / in a university
g at a local police station / in the traffic department
h in a cafe / in a restaurant

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Present simple questions and negatives
Read the three texts. Decide who is:
1 a journalist. To make questions, use do / does.
2 a designer. do + I I you / we / they+ verb?
3 an engineer. does+he/she/it+verb?

B Which is the best job? Why? To make negatives, use don't / doesn't.
II you I we / they + don't +verb
he / she / it + doesn't + verb

I work at home and I do jobs for Complete the sentences with dq does, don't ot
different companies and magazines. doesn't.
I don't get much money because I 1 A: What you do?
don't have much work, but I enjoy it B: l'm a cleaner.
because it's interesting. A: What ........................... he do?
B: I ........................... know.
A: Where your mother work?
l'm ............................ .
B: She ........................... have a job at the moment.
A: Where your parents live?
Iwork for a local newspaper. I work strange
B: Halifax.
hours - sometimes I get up really early,
A: ........................... you enjoy working there?
sometimes I work all night. Sometimes it's
B: No, not really.
boring because I have nothing to do. I meet t
A: We ........................... live near my office, so I take the
lots of interesting people, but sometimes
t train to work.
people get angry and shout at me.
* B: So what time ................. ... you leave home?
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t. aaacaaaaa aaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa 7 A: ........................... they have any kids?
l'm.... a
B: No, they
o a
a
a I work for a construction company. : Need help? Read the grammar reference onpageL4T.
a
a l'm a manager now, so it's a very :
o important job. I like my job, but lwork r Put the words into the correct order to make
a
o
very long hours. I start work at eight : questions.
& in the morning and finish at eight . 1 you get tlme do what up ?
c
or nine at night. I often work at the : 2 travel do here how you ?
a
a weekends and I don't see my wife or . 3 bed you go do to when ?
a kids very much. ' 4 live do you where ?
q
d ..............a.....! 5 with you do who live ?
6 your what free do time do in you ?
C Translate the words in bold in the text. Then 7 how Ianguages you speak many do ?

complete the sentences with the words.

1 1........................... work at nine and finish at six. Match the answers a-g to the questions above.
2 My boss isn't very nice. He sometimes gets really a I go swimming, I play football, I read.
with us. I don't know why. b In Belvaros, near the river.
3 I don't like my job it's boring. c I live on my own.
4 My ... ... ............. is good. She helps me and she d At about 12 o'clock most days.
doesn't shout at me. e I take the bus.
5 My town is ........................... because there isn't much to f Two- French and Spanish.
do. g At half past seven.
6 I usually at six and leave the house at
Seve n.
7 -two girls and a boy.
I have three........................... Spearrruc
8 I......... .. an important job in the company.
..........
9 I love my job. lt's really H Choose five questions from these pages to ask
another student. Write one more question.
B Choose one of the three people in the texts. Work in Remember your questions - then ask them.
pairs. Have conversations using these questions:
. What do you do?
. Where do you work?
. Do you enjoy it?

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