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• describe types of construction
• understand a house plan

Introductions

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Vocabulary Match photos A-E to texts 1-5.

1 Hello, I'm Kamal Boukhaled, from Morocco. I'm a plumber.
I'm Isabelle Roux, from France. I'm an architect
Hi, my name's Santiago Cruz. I'm from Venezuela. I'm a crane operator.
Hi, I'm Karol Nowacki. I'm from Poland. I'm a roofer.
Hello there. My name's Jun Takahashi. I'm from Japan. I'm a building
inspector.
Listening 2 Complete these conversations. Then listen and compare your
answers.
1 Jun: Hi! I'm Jun Takahashi, from the Ministry.
Isabelle: Hi, Mr Takahashi. (1) Isabelle Roux. I'm from (2)
I'm the architect on this project.
Jun: Ah, I'm a building (3)
Isabelle: Pleased to (4) you.
2 Karol: Hi! Karol Nowacki.
Santiago: Santiago Cruz.
Karol: What do you do, Santiago?
Santiago: I'm a crane (5) And you?
Karol: Me? I'm a(n) (6)
3 Kamal: Hi! My (7) _ . is Kamal Boukhaled.
Santiago: Hi, Kamal. I'm Santiago.
Kamal: (8) are you from?
Santiago: From Caracas, Venezuela.
Kamal: Ah, Caracas. A beautiful city. I come from (9)
4 Kamal: Hello. (10) name's Kamal Boukhaled.
Karol: Hi, Kamal. I'm Karol Nowacki And this is Isabelle Roux.
Kamal: Hello, Isabelle.
Isabelle: Pleased to meet you.
Karol: What do you (11) , Kamal?
Kamal: I'm a plumber.
Karol: I'm a roofer. And Isabelle designs buildings.
Kamal: She's a(n) (12) ?
Isabelle: Yes, that's right.

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 Reading 3 Read this text and underline the verbs.

Harun Rashid is 35 vears old. He comes from Alexandria,

but lives and works in Cairo.

Harun is a general contractor. He hires subcontractors to

work on building projects. He also organises the material
and equipment. Harun has a lot of experience in the
construction industry.

Harun always works hard. Sometimes he has meetings

with clients. Sometimes he visits construction sites. And
sometimes he deals with suppliers. He is always busy.

But Friday is different. Harun never works on Fridays.

Friday is a day off.

Correct these sentences.

1 Harun Rashid is a plumber.
2 He hires clients to work on building projects
3 He has a lot of experience in the tourist industry.
4 He never visits construction sites
5 He always works on Fridays
Language

Present s i m p l e : be

We use be to say w h o s o m e b o d y is or what s o m e t h i n g is. I'm Santiago Cruz. He's Harun Rashid.
This is a construction site. We're roofers.

We use be to ask personal questions. What's your name? My name's Karol.

Present s i m p l e : r e g u l a r v e r b s

We use the present s i m p l e to talk about routines, We work in an office.

permanent situations a n d general truths. Water freezes at 0°C.

We use adverbs of f r e q u e n c y a n d time e x p r e s s i o n s with Harun Rashid never works on Fridays.

the present simple. They work every Saturday.

Speaking 5 Work in pairs and introduce yourselves. Use this model to help you.
A B
Hi!/Hello./Good morning.
Hi!/Hello./Good morning.
I'm /My name's .
What's your ?
I'm /My name's .
Pleased to meet you.
Where are you ?
I'm from And you?
I'm from
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Listen and repeat the letters of the alphabet.

Speaking 3 Work in pairs. Student A look at the information on this page. Student B look at
the information on page 68.

Student A
Read the letters to Student B. Write the letters Student B says. What do the
letters mean?

HVAC rpm AC JCB

HVAC = heating, ventilation and air conditioning

rpm = revolutions per minute
AC = alternating current
JCB = JC Bamford Excavators Limited (a construction equipment manufacturer)

4 Practise this conversation with your classmates. Write the names.

A B
What's your name?
Jun Takahashi.
How do you spell that?
My first name is Jun - J-U-N.
My family name is Takahashi •
T-A-K-A-H-A-S-H-I.
Thank you.

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 Listening 5 Listen t o t h r e e c o n v e r s a t i o n s . W r i t e t h e j o b s y o u hear for each p e r s o n
1-.i.
1 Ahmed: Rob:
2 Tariq: Pierre:
3 Jacek: Kim:
4 Luis: 8 Antonio:
Language

Wh- q u e s t i o n s
Wh- questions begin w i t h a q u e s t i o n w o r d (e.g. What, Where, How).

We use what w h e n we want to know about s o m e t h i n g . What's your name?

What do you do?

We use where to ask about places. Where do you work?

We use h o w to ask about the way to do s o m e t h i n g . How do you spell that?

Questions w i t h b e

We reverse the order of the verb b e to f o r m a question. He is on site today. • Is he on site today?

6 Read t h e t h r e e c o n v e r s a t i o n s i n a u d i o s c r i p t 5 o n page 72 a n d u n d e r l i n e t h e
questions i n the conversations.

7 C o m p l e t e these sentences w i t h What, Where o r How.

- d o y o u live? t i m e is it?
_ d o y o u do? o l d are you?
_ are you? . is t h e site?
_'s y o u r address? . are y o u from?

8 Put t h e w o r d s i n 1-6 i n t h e c o r r e c t o r d e r t o make q u e s t i o n s . T h e n m a t c h t h e

q u e s t i o n s t o answers a-f.
1 • w h a t / he / d o / does / ?
2 ncan/you/help/I/?
3 O h o w / spell / y o u / t h a t / d o / ?
4 Q where / w o r k / y o u / do / ?
5 O what / y o u / do / do / ?
6 Q are / t h e / manager / site / y o u / ?

a) He's a crane operator.

b) I'm a plumber.
c) O n a b u i l d i n g site.
d) C-H-E-S-T-E-R-T-O-N-S.
e) I ' m l o o k i n g for K i m .
0 Yes, I a m .

Speaking 9 W o r k i n p a i r s . Take t u r n s t o ask a n d answer q u e s t i o n s a b o u t t h e p e o p l e i n 5.

A B
W h a t does K i m do?
She's a site manager.
W h a t a b o u t Tariq?
T a r i q is a
OK. Your t u r n .

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