UNIT 1

AT YOUR SURROUNDINGS

In this unit you will learn how to:

1. Say where people and things are from 4. Write about one’s personal
2. Have a good conversation about personal information
information 5. Write a letter to a friend
3. Start and finish a basic conversation
Grammar : Possessive pronoun
Vocabulary : countries and nationalities, families and jobs
Listening & reading:
 Personal information, families and jobs
Speaking & writing:
 giving personal information
 writing a letter to a friend

Activity 1
Have you ever visited some countries below? Which one and when?
 Activity 2
Read the column of country name list and their other morphological forms on:
nationality, adjective, and geographical name of the listed countries.
COUNTRIES NATIONALITIES ADJECTIVE GEOGRAPHICAL
(Functioned as modifier) NAME
Brazil Brazil an Brazil an Brazil an
Australia Australi _ _ Australi _ _ Australi _ _
Argentina Argentini _ _ Argintine* Argentini _ _
USA Americ _ _ Americ _ _ Americ _ _

The UK Brit ish Brit ish Briton*

Spain Span _ _ _ Span _ _ _ Spaniard*
Poland Pol _ _ _ Pol _ _ _ Pole*
Turkey Turk _ _ _ Turk _ _ _ Turk*
France French French Frenchman
Finland Finnish Finnish Finn
Denmark Danish Danish Dane
Azerbaijan Azerbaijani Azerbaijani Azeri
*irregular forms
Activity 3
a. Write the missing letters in the columns of nationality, adjective, and
geographical name!
b. Suppose that you are from other country. Where are you from? What’s your
nationality?

I’m from I’m Korean

Malaysia

c. Try to practice the conversation with your pair with the countries written in the
box above.

Activity 1
Below are the words you are going to hear. Read them and pronounce them well.
Name = /neɪm/ Doctor = /ˈdɒk.tər/ Years old = /jɪrz old/
Last name = /læst neɪm/ Do = /də/ Nationality = /ˌnæʃ.ənˈæl.ə.ti/
Spell = /spel/ Number = /ˈnʌm.bər/ Single = /ˈsɪŋ.ɡəl/
telephone = /ˈtel.ɪ.fəʊn/ From = frəm Occupation = /ˌɒk.jəˈpeɪ.ʃən/
Live = /lɪv/ Married = /ˈmær.id/ Got = /gat/
City = /ˈsɪt.i/ address = /əˈdres/ Indonesian = /ɪndoniʒən/
Children = /ˈtʃɪl.drən/ Come = /kʌm/ China = /tʃajnə/
Activity 2
Guess the answers from listed words in the table below:
occupation Nationality are name married come

live telephone number got have address

1. What's your ? (1) 6. How old (11) you?

My (2) is Jenny. I'm 28 years old.

2. Where do you (3) from? 7. What's your ? (12)

I (4) from China. I'm Indonesian.

3. Where do you ? (5) 8. Are you ? (13)

I (6) in Parramatta. No, I'm not. I'm single.

4. What's your ? (7) 9. Have you (14) any children?

My (8) is 54 Pine Street, Annandale. Yes, I . (15)

5. What's your ? (9) 10. What's your ? (16)

My (10) is 9723 4444. I'm a doctor.

Activity 1
Write the numbers below.
Twenty (20) Seventeen(.....) Four(.....)
Sixteen(.....) Twenty-one(.....) Ten(.....)
Three(.....) Fourteen(.....) Two(.....)
One(.....) Thirteen(.....)
Nine(.....)
Six(.....) Eleven(.....)
Five(.....)
Eighteen(.....)
Eight(.....) Seven(.....)
Fifteen(.....) Twelve(.....)
Zero(.....) Nineteen(.....)
Activity3
Listen and say the number 0 – 21. Then, practice to pronounce your date of birth,
your house number, your phone number, and other personal numeric information.
Activity 2
Watch the video and fill in the banks!

(Taken From
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpRA8rjtass)

Activity 1
Read the text and decide who is:
d. A journalist.
e. A designer.
f. An engineer.
 Taken from Outcomes book page 24
Activity 2
Complete the sentences below. You may use the words taken in the text
above.
g. I … jobs for different companies and magazine.
h. My boss isn’t very nice. He sometimes...with us. I don’t know why.
i. I don’t like my job. It … boring.
j. I meet lots of interesting people, but sometimes they … angry and shout at me.
k. I usually ………. at six and finish at seven.
l. I …kids –two girls and a boy.
m. I ………. an important job in the company.
n. I love my job. It … really interesting.

Activity 1
 Read and discuss this with your friend!

We use pronouns to refer to possession and ‘belonging’. There are two types:
possessive pronouns and possessive determiners. We use possessive determiners
before a noun. We use possessive pronouns in place of a noun:

Is that [determiner]your scarf? It’s very similar to [pronoun]mine. (It’s very similar to my scarf.)
That’s not [determiner]their house. [pronoun]Theirs has got a red front door.
It was [determiner]his fault not [pronoun]hers
possessive Reflexive Pronouns
personal pronoun possessive pronoun
determiner
I My mine Myself
you (singular and plural) Your yours Yourself
He His His Himself
She Her hers Herself
It Its its* Itself
We Our ours Ourselves
They Their theirs Yourselves
One one’s one’s* Themselves
 We avoid using its and one’s as possessive pronouns except when we use them with own:
The house seemed asleep yet, as I have said, it had a life of its own.
One doesn’t like to spend too much time on one’s own.

 We don’t use ’s after possessive pronouns:

Are those gloves hers?
Not: Are those gloves her’s?
’s is not used with the possessive pronoun its. It’s means ‘it is’:
The team is proud of its ability to perform consistently well.
Not: … proud of it’s ability …
We don’t use another determiner with a possessive determiner:
I’m going to get my hair cut this afternoon.
Not: … get the my hair cut …

 We don’t use possessive determiners on their own. They are always at the beginning of noun
phrases:
That’s not my book. It’s yours. (or It’syour book.)
Not: It’s your.
 We don’t use possessive pronouns before nouns:
Lots of our friends were at the party.
Not: Lots of ours friends …
We use reflexive pronouns to show that we are talking about the same person or thing.
They are used:
after certain verbs (kill, cut, behave, burn, enjoy, hurt, look at, teach, etc…)
when the subject and the object of the verb are the same person...
I’ve cut my self with the knife.
Arkan can fix his bike by himself
 Personal information questions are the basis for any conversation in English and so are
important for when you meet somebody for the first time. They are the building blocks from
which the rest of the conversation can develop.
Some common questions and a correct form for the answer are as follows:
Notice that we are giving our answers in complete sentences to practice using them though
normally we only give short answers.

Activity 1
Practise these conversations with your partners. Exchange your role.
Names Work & Occupation

What is your name? What do you do?

My name is _______. I am a _______.

Can you spell your name? Where do you work?

Yes, it is __________ I work at _______.

What is your surname / last name? Do you like your job?

My surname / last name is _______. Yes, I do. or No, I don't.

Do you have a nickname? Why do you like your job?

Yes, my nickname is _______ or No, I don't. I like my job because _______.
Marital Status Family

Are you married / single? Do you have any children?

Yes, I am. or No I'm not. Yes, I have _______ children. or No, I don't

Do you have a boyfriend / girlfriend? What are their names?

Yes, I do. or No, I don't. Their names are _______.

What is your partner's name? How many brothers and sister do you have?
My partner's name is _______. I have _______ brothers and _______ sisters.
Age Habits

How old are you? Do you have any bad habits?

I am _______ years old. Yes, one of my bad habits is _______.

When is your birthday? Do you snore?

My birthday is on the _______ of _______. Yes, I do. or No, I don't.

Where were you born?

I was born in _______.
Contact Information Free time activities

Where are you from? What do you do in your free time?

I am from _______. In my free time I _______.

What is your address? What are your hobbies?

My address is _______. My hobbies are _______.

What is your phone number? What type of music do you like?

My phone number is _______. I like _______ music.

What is your cell phone number? Do you have a favourite singer or group?
My cell phone number is _______. My favourite singer / group is _______.

Do you live with your parents? What types of movies do you like?
Yes, I do. or No, I don't. I like _______ movies.

Do you live alone? Do you like to read?

Yes, I do. or No, I don't. Yes, I do. or No, I don't.

Who do you live with? What do you like to read?

I live with my _______. I like to read _______.

Do you live in a house or an apartment?

I live in a/an _______.

What is your e-mail address?

My e-mail address is _______.

Activity 1
Write the conversation in the correct order and practise with your classmate.
Activity 2
Read this text aloud. Change the italic words based on your facts.
My name is Beni and I come from Purwokerto. I am 20 years old and I live in a
small village called Suka Damai.
I am a student of Universitas Muhammadiyah Purwokerto. I am not married and I
live with my parents, in a nice house near a market. We don't have any children - maybe
next year.
My mother is an actress, but she isn't very famous. She acts in a small theater in
our town. My father is a civil servant. He works downtown. At the weekend, we like to go
swimming in a big lake near our house.
I normally get up at five o'clock, but on Sunday I get up at six o'clock because that is
the day when I go running in the park.
I like living in my village because it's not too big. There are some historical buildings
in the center of the town, there is a river where I go fishing sometimes when I want to relax.
Name / neɪm/ Noun the word or words that a person, thing, or place
is known by
Last name /læst neɪm/ Noun the last word or words that a person
Spell /spel/ Verb to form a word or words with the letters in
the correct order
Telephone /ˈtel.ɪ.fəʊn/ Noun A phone
Doctor /ˈdɒk.tər/ Noun a person with a medical degree whose job is
to treat people who are ill or hurt
Live /lɪv/ Verb to be alive or have life
City /ˈsɪt.i/ Noun a large town
Children /ˈtʃɪl.drən/ Noun Kids
Do /də/ Verb to perform, take part in, or achieve something
Number /ˈnʌm.bər/ Noun a unit that forms part of the system of
counting and calculating
Married /ˈmær.id/ Adjective having a wife or husband
Address /əˈdres/ Noun the number of the house, name of the road,
and name of the town where a
person lives or works, and where letters can
be sent
Come /kʌm/ Verb to get to a particular place
Nationality /ˌnæʃ.ənˈæl.ə.ti/ Noun the official right to belong to a particular country
Single /ˈsɪŋ.ɡəl/ Adjective one only
Occupation /ˌɒk.jəˈpeɪ.ʃən/ Noun Job