Goal: To express occupations

USEFUL EXPRESSIONS

1. Introducing ourselves Read and listen. (1-3)

Greetings (1-1) Responses (1-2) Nice to meet you. Glad to meet you.
A: Hi. I’m Martin.
Hi. Hello. I’m Lisa. It’s a pleasure to meet you.
B: Hi, Martin. I’m Ben.
A: Nice to meet you, Ben.
B: Nice to meet you, too

2. Greeting People
Greetings (1-4) Good morning.Responses
Good afternoon. Good evening.
I’m doing well. I’m good.
Read and listen (1-6)
Fine. / I’m fine. Great. / I’m great.
A: Hi Len. How are you?
I’m OK. B: Fine, thanks. And you?
Not bad. So-so. A: I’m fine.
More greetings (1-5)
How are you? How’s everything? How’s it going?
How are you doing?

3. Saying good-bye
Read and listen. (1-8)
Ways to say good-bye
(1-7)
A: Good-bye, Charlotte.
Good-bye Bye.
See you later. Take care. B: Good-bye, Emily.
A: See you tomorrow.
B: OK. See you!

OTHER USEFUL EXPRESSIONS

Sorry, I’m late.

Could you repeat that again, please? How do you sayin English?

Unit 1: Occupations
 1. VOCABULARY  Occupations – Read the descriptions below and circle the correct
option. Then listen and repeat. (1-9)

1. My name’s Mártin and I am 2. Laura is from Austria and

. she is .
a. an accountant a. an electrician
b. a bank teller b. a student
c. a teacher c. a florist

3. Tom is from the United 4. My sister is very talented.

States. He is . She is .
a. an architect a. a hairdresser
b. a gardener b. a mechanic
c. a grocery clerk c. an actor

5. Paul is from Poland and he is . 6. Beth is from Morocco. She is

a. an athlete .
b. a pharmacist a. a reporter
c. a professor b. a salesperson
c. a musician

7. Camilo is from Italy and he 8. My mother works at the bank. She is .

really loves painting. He’s a. a waitress
. b. a nurse
a. a salesperson c. a banker
b. an artist
c. a travel agent

9. My sister is . 10. Marc is . He

She’s in a band. works at American
a. a singer Airlines.
b. a secretary a. a clerk
c. a lawyer b. a police officer
c. a flight attendant

2. CONVERSATION MODEL Read and listen. (1-10)

A: What do you do?

B: I’m an architect. And you?

A: I’m a banker.

3. INTONATION Listen again and repeat the conversation model. Then practice the
conversation model with a partner.

Unit 1: Occupations
 4. GRAMMAR  Verb be: singular forms / Contractions

Singular Subject Pronouns Articles

Affirmative Statements / Contractions
I a singer
I am Elisa./I’mElisa. You He She an actor
You are
an athlete. / You’re an
athlete.

He is a musician. / He’s a musician.

She is a nurse. / She’s a nurse. Negative Statements / Contractions

I am notElisa. / I’m notElisa.

You are not an athlete. / You’re not an athlete. / aren’t
He is not a musician. / He’s not a musician. / isn’t
She is not a nurse. / She’s not a nurse. /isn’t

5. GRAMMAR PRACTICE Complete the statements with the correct form of be.

1. She a great student.

2. Caroline (not) an athlete.

3. I an English teacher.

4. My brother a flight attendant.

5. You a good singer.

6. Your sister (not) a pharmacist.

Write the article a or an for each statement.

1. I’m ___ teacher.

2. He’s ___ student.

3. She’s not ___ architect.

4. You’re
___ musician.
5. She’s
___ athlete.

6. He’s ___ accountant.

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 6. VOCABULARY/GRAMMAR PRACTICE Read the names and occupations. Write affirmative
and negative statements.

Shakira / Singer
Tom Holland / Actor

Angus Young/ Musician Luis Suárez/ Athlete

Dua Lipa / Singer Miquel Barceló / Artist

1. Shakira is a singer. She’s not a flight attendant .

2. Tom Holland .

3. Angus Young .

4. Luis Suarez .

5. Dua Lipa .

6. Miquel Barceló_ .

7. PAIR WORK Imagine you are famous people. Introduce yourselves. Say your names
and occupations. Start like this: Hi, I’m .
Don’t forget!
Good morning/afternoon/evening
What do you do? = What’s your occupation?
And you?

Unit 1: Occupations
 Goal: To identify our classmates and other people

1. VOCABULARY  More occupations Read and listen. Then listen again and repeat. (1-11)

1. She’s a chef. 2. He’s a writer. 3. She’s a manager.

4. She’s a scientist. 5. He’s a doctor. 6. She’s an engineer.

Do you know someone

with these occupations?
7. He’s a photographer. 8. He’s a pilot.

2. CONVERSATION MODEL Read and listen. (1-12)

A: Excuse me. Are you Marie?

B: No, I’m not. I’m Laura. That’s Marie.
A: Where?
B: Right over there.
A: Thank you.
B: You’re welcome.

3. INTONATION Listen again and repeat the conversation model. Then practice with a
partner.

Unit 1: Occupations
 4. LISTENING COMPREHENSION Listen to the conversations. Complete the chart with
words from the box. Don’t use all the words. (1-19)

Tina Juan Steve musician .

Paul doctor teacher mechanic
architect engineer
pilot scientist
musician chef
photographer
flight attendant

7. GRAMMAR  Be: plural statements / Singular Nouns and Plural nouns

Singular Nouns Plural Nouns Singular Pronouns

Plural Pronouns
a photographer photographers I We You They
You
an engineer engineers He
She
Affirmative/ Contractions

We are photographers. /We’re photographers. Negative/ Contractions

You are engineers. / You’re engineers. We are not doctors. /We aren’t doctors. / We’re not…

They are managers. / They’re managers. You are not chefs. / You aren’t chefs. /You’re not …

They are not managers. / They aren’t managers. / They’re not…

8. GRAMMAR PRACTICE Complete the following statements with the correct form of be.

1. They great pilots. 4. My sister a fantastic manager.

2. Tom and Tina (not) 5. My brothers good singers.
scientists. 6. Diane and Andrew _____ (not) writers.
3. Your sister and I doctors. They are chefs.

9. GRAMMAR  Be: yes/no questions and short answers

Yes/No questions
A: Are you a chef?
You are an architect. (statement) B: Yes, I am. / No, I am not.
Are you an architect? (question)
A: Is Maria a doctor?
B: Yes, she is. / No, she is not.
Diane and Andrew are writers. (statement)

Are Diane and Andrew writers? (question) A: Are you and Jose students?
B: Yes, we are. / No, we are not.

Unit 1: Occupations
 10. GRAMMAR PRACTICE Complete the following conversations. Use contractions
when possible.
1) A ______ they Tina and Laura? 4) A: _ you teachers?

B: Yes,_____________. B: No, .

2) A: Maria a nurse? 5) A: a writer?

B: No, ___ . B: Yes, I .

3) A: Evan a student? 6) A: Peter and Tom lawyers?

B: Yes, . B: No, .

11. PAIR WORK Ask your partner yes/no questions about occupations of different

people. Circle the correct occupations.

Is Tina an architect?

No, she is not.

Is Tina a pilot?
No, she isn’t.

Is Tina a musician?
Yes, she is.

Unit 1: Occupations
 Goal: To spell names

1. VOCABULARY  The Alphabet Read and listen. Then listen again and repeat. (1-13)

2. LISTENING COMPREHENSION Listen. Circle the letter you hear. (1-14)

1) A - K 4) U – O 7) F – X 10) J – G 13) D - G
2) B - E 5) B – Z 8) X – S 11) L - N 14) H - K
3) M – N 6) T – C 9) Z – V 12) K - J 15) P - E

3. PAIR WORK  Ask your partner to spell some words.

How do you spell doctor?

D–O–C–T–O-R

4. CONVERSATION MODEL Read and listen. (1-17) (v)

A: Hello. I’m John Bello.

B: Excuse me?
A: John Bello.
B: How do you spell that?
A: B-E-L-L-O
B: Thanks!

5. INTONATION Listen again and repeat. Then practice the conversation model with a
partner.

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 UNIT 1 - REVIEW

1. LISTENING COMPREHENSION Listen to the conversations. Write the number of

each conversation in the correct box. (1-18)

Do you know someone with these occupations?

2. VOCABULARY/ GRAMMAR PRACTICE Answer the following questions about

famous people.

Mario Vargas Llosa Writer Miley Cyrus Singer Cristiano Ronaldo Athlete Anya Taylor-Joy Actor

1) Is Mario Vargas Llosa a scientist or a writer? 4) Is Cristiano Ronaldo a teacher?

. .
2) Is Miley Cyrus a singer? 5) Are Cristiano Ronaldo and Mario Vargas Llosa
. musicians?
3) Is Anya Taylor-Joy an architect or an .
actress? 6) Are Miley Cyrus and Anya Taylor-Joy nurses?
. .

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