2A Grammar

Simple present: affirmative and negative

Student A
Find the differences between what this family and your partner’s family do every day.
The López Family

1 2 3 4

the mother and father

5 6 7 8
the son

the daughter

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Student B
Find the differences between what this family and your partner’s family do every day.
The Green Family

1 2 3 4

the mother and father

5 6 7 8
the son

the daughter

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2B Grammar
Simple present: questions and short answers

Name
1 listens to music from the 1990s.

2 plays sports on the weekend.

3 doesn’t eat breakfast.

4 leaves work/school/college early.

5 doesn’t watch TV.

6 speaks three languages.

7 reads newspapers.

8 writes a lot of emails every day.

9 does homework on the bus.

10 knows someone famous.

11 doesn’t live near here.

12 buys things online.

13

14

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2A Vocabulary
Jobs

Activity A
Add vowels to make eight jobs. Write them on the lines.
1 ngnr
2 bsnssmn
3 trgd
4 jntr
5 nrs
6 rcptnst
7 ctr
8 phtgrphr

Activity B
Find ten more jobs in the word search, across or down .

m n a p s e t c o g s u t

e h l i p t i h e t e r a

c e d l b a k e i m r l x

h k r o n d p f o g v s i

a e a t h m a n a g e r d

n v u r s u o d x n r a r

i d e n t i s t a u a c i

c n c s p h i g e u r f v

f i f a r m e r o g y z e

w v o a y f a l t e m r r

s a l e s p e r s o n n t

p o l i c e o f f i c e r

Activity C
Mime jobs from A and B for other students to guess.

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2B Vocabulary
Studying; Time

Activity A
Circle ten words in the word snake.
p a s s g ra t e s b reak
er de n o st u
sc m dy

t
he d l e exa
es
fa
sem u ilt
es
t
Activity B
Complete the sentences with the words from A.
1 Do you have a for our English classes? I need to look at the days.
2 I have a notebook to take during class.
3 I don’t want a low – I need 60% or more.
4 I really want to the exam; it’s very important to me.
5 My brother studies a lot for the math at the end of the year.
6 I think the is 15 weeks.
7 Do you have a study in the afternoon? Do you go for a walk?
8 I’d like to English more next year.
9 If you an exam, you can take it again in the summer.
10 We have a ten-minute in class every two weeks.

Activity C
Draw different times in the first six clocks.
YOUR CLOCKS
1       2       3       4       5       6

YOUR PARTNER’S CLOCKS

1       2       3       4       5       6

Activity D
Take turns saying the times on your clocks. Draw your partner’s times in the clocks.

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Unit 2 Wordpower
work

Student A
Ask and answer questions to complete your text.
John works as 1 . He works for English Now, a small school
in Sydney. From Monday to Thursday, he starts work 2 , and
he leaves work at 4:30 p.m. When he’s at work, he 3 . On
Fridays, he goes to work at 7:30 a.m., and he leaves work 4 .

John’s brother, Simon, has three jobs. He works in a café every morning, and he
works 5 every afternoon. He also works as a receptionist in
6
on Saturdays. He doesn’t like his jobs. He’d like to work
as a photographer and work for 7 . Simon has three jobs
because his wife, Sally, is out of work right now.

Student B
✂
Ask and answer questions to complete your text.

John works as an English teacher. He works for 1 , a small

school in Sydney. From Monday to Thursday, he starts work at 8:30 a.m., and he leaves
work 2 . When he’s at work, he has two cups of coffee. On
Fridays, he goes to work 3 and he leaves work at 2:00 p.m.

John’s brother, Simon, has three jobs. He works in 4 every

morning, and he works in a bookstore every afternoon. He also works as
5
in a hotel on Saturdays. He doesn’t like his jobs. He’d like
6
to work as and work for a newspaper. Simon has three
jobs because his wife, Sally, is 7 right now.

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2A Pronunciation
-s endings

Questions Card
Find the correct answers to these questions. Their –s endings have an extra syllable.

1  How does she go to work? 2  What’s his job? 3  Does he have a hobby?

4  Will she do it? 5  Why is he so sad? 6  Is the store open?

7  Is it the same? 8  Is the game over? 9  Where does the train go?

10  What’s her hobby? 11  How does it work? 12  Is it a good business?

Answers Card A
✂
1 She takes the bus. 2 He teaches French. 3 He takes dancing lessons.

4 She promises to. 5 He needs a vacation. 6  No, it closes at seven.

7  No, it changes every day. 8 It looks that way. 9 It passes through Boston.

12  No, it needs a new

10 She plays tennis. 11 It has a battery.
manager.

Answers Card B
✂
1 She catches the train. 2 He works in a factory. 3 He plays video games.

4 She says she will. 5 He misses his wife. 6  No, but it opens again soon.

7  Yes, it always looks like that. 8 John says it is. 9 It goes past Boston.

10 She dances the tango. 11 It uses electricity. 12  Yes, it makes a lot of money.

Answers Card C
✂
1 She walks there. 2 He makes computers. 3 He watches a lot of TV.

4  She really wants to. 5 He lives in an awful apartment. 6  Yes, it works 24 hours.

7 It seems to be. 8 It finishes soon. 9  The driver knows.

10 She goes swimming. 11 It needs two batteries. 12  No, it loses a lot of money.

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2C Pronunciation
Sound and spelling: ou

Activity A
Add ou to the words below and write them in the chart.

snd  abt  fr  t
yr  rnd  frteen  ld

course /ɔ/ house /ɑʊ/

sound

Activity B
Read the clues. For each one, say a word from A.
1 Not in.  out
2 You live here.
3 3 + 1 = ?
4 You play golf on this.
5 The moon, an orange, and a face are this.
6 Music makes this.

7 Is this umbrella? You left it in class.

8 Not quiet.

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Activity C
Ask and answer the questions.
1 Do you want to be famous?
2 Do you live in a house or an apartment?
3 What course would you like to take?
4 Where do you like to go out?
5 Do you do a dangerous sport?
6 Tell me one thing about your town / city.

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