My life

4.1 About me
GOALS ■ Use present simple positive w ith common verbs ■ Talk about your life .

Reading & G ram m ar present simple positive

1 Look at the photos. Are they...
a husband and wife? b brother and sister?

2 4.1))) Read and listen to the text about Auma and Barack.
What is similar about their lives? What is different?
• parents • children • home • job

3a Match the highlighted verbs in the text to photos a-g.

h is is A u m a O b a m a . S h e liv e s in N a i r o b i in K e n y a
b Compare your answers with a partner. Say each verb.

4a Read the text again and complete the sentences in the

T a n d s h e h a s a d a u g h t e r n a m e d A k i n y i. S h e w o r k s
f o r a c h a r it y - s h e te a c h e s y o u n g p e o p le f r o m p o o r
Grammar focus box. f a m i l i e s . T h is is h e r b r o t h e r , B a r a c k . T h e y h a v e t h e
s a m e f a t h e r , b u t d i f f e r e n t m o t h e r s . B a r a c k liv e s in t h e
GRAMMAR FOCUS present simple positive U S A w i t h h is w i f e a n d t w o d a u g h t e r s . H is d a u g h t e r s

To make the present simple positive, we use: s tu d y a t a s c h o o l th e r e . H e g o e s a b ro a d a lo t b u t w h e n

1 l/You/We/They + verb h e h a s t i m e , h e p la y s b a s k e t b a ll, r e a d s b o o k s a n d

11 study at a school in the USA. w a t c h e s f i l m s - h is f a v o u r i t e s a r e C a s a b la n c a a n d O n e

They2_________the same father.
2 He/She/lt + verb + (e)s
H e 3_________basketball.
She 4_________for a charity.
To make the he/she/it form, we ...
1 add -s to most verbs: play -* plays read -* reads
2 add -es to verbs ending in -ch, -sh, -ss, -o: go -* goes
3 delete -y and add -ies to verbs ending in consonant + -y:
study -» studies
Note: the he/she/it form of the verb have is has.
-> Grammar Reference page 122
b Compare your answers with a partner.
F le w O v e r t h e C u c k o o 's N e s t A n d h e lik e s S p id er-M a n
c o m ic s ! A u m a a n d h e r b r o t h e r h a v e d i f f e r e n t liv e s ,
b u t t h e i r j o b s a r e s im ila r . T h e y w a n t t o h e l p p e o p l e .
5 Complete the sentences about Auma and Barack.
1 Barack reads books.
2 Auma________ young people.
3 Auma and Barack_________different mothers.
4 Barack_________ Spider-Man comics.
5 Auma________ a daughter named Akinyi.
6 Barack and his family________ in the USA.

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PRONUNCIATION present simple w ith he/she/it 10 Tell the class about you and other students. Who is similar?
Who is different?
The present simple ending -(e)s is pronounced in three ways. Jakub lives in Prague, but I live in Kladno. We study at
/s/ likes works Charles University.
/z/ goes lives plays reads studies
READING SKILLS u n d e r s t a n d in g v e r b p h r a s e s
/IZ / teaches watches
To understand verb phrases ...
• Focus on the verbs first (e.g. study, like, lives, goes).
6a 4.2 )| Listen and repeat the sounds and verbs.
• Look at the 'idea' that comes after the verb:
b Work with a partner. Say the sentences in exercise 5. • noun (a teacher, a hotel)
• a longer idea (in a small hotel in Kiev, at university
in London)

Vocabulary & Speaking common verbs 1 Match verbs 1-6 to nouns and phrases a-f.
1 go c a the guitar
7 a Complete phrases 1-9 with the verbs in the box. 2 watch b in a hospital
go like live play read study teach watch w ork 3 play c to the beach
4 live d TV
1 in Kenya/in a flat
5 study e in Lisbon
2 at a school/English
6 work f art
3 abroad/to Italy
4 for a charity/in an office 2 Underline the verb phrases in sentences 1-6.
5 basketball/the violin 1 In her free time, Amelia goes to the cinema.
6 comics/cars 2 We watch a lot of films.
7 young people/English 3 Anton studies English at university.
8 TV/films 4 Severine plays golf at the weekend.
9 newspapers/books 5 Omar teaches maths in a school.
6 Bryan and Anna like music.
b 4 . 3 ))) Listen and check your answers.
3 Read the text and answer questions 1-5.
C Work with a partner. Add one more word or phrase to
each verb. M y n a m e 's G io r g ia a n d t h is is m y
live in Kenya/in a fla t /in. Zurich s is te r V a le n tin a . W e a re tw in s ,
b u t w e h a v e v e r y d if f e r e n t liv e s .
8 Write two true and two false sentences. Read your I liv e in M ila n a n d I'm a n u rs e .
sentences to your partner and say true orfalse. I w o r k in a h o s p it a l in t h e c ity .

A I live in a fla t. V a le n tin a s tu d ie s m u s ic a t th e

U n iv e r s ity o f P a le r m o . S h e
B False. You live in a house.
te a c h e s c la s s e s , to o . V a le n tin a

9a Work with a partner. Use the prompts to talk about a n d I lik e s p o r t a n d m u s ic , b u t I

h a v e n 't g o t tim e f o r s p o r t. A t th e
your life.
w e e k e n d , V a le n tin a p la y s te n n is a n d
1 I live in... s h e g o e s t o t h e b e a c h . B u t I re a d b o o k s
2 I work at/in/for... a n d w a tc h T V a t th e w e e k e n d .
3 I study at/-...
4 I play (+ noun)... 1 Where does Giorgia live?
5 In my free time, I watch/read (+ noun)... 2 Where does Giorgia work?
3 What does Valentina study?
b Work with a different partner. Tell them about your
4 What do the twins like?
partner in exercise 9a.
5 What do they do at the weekend?
Chelsea lives in a fla t on Tackley Road. She works in a
school...

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