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 Getting to know you
Questions • Tense revision • Right word, wrong word • Social expressions

1 Match the questions and answen..

Where Wffe you born? Two years ago.
What do you do? Twice a week.
Are you married? In Scotland.
Why are you learning English? I'm a teacher.
When did you start learning Engli sh? No, I'm not.
How often do you have English classes? Because I need it for my job.

1 . . . . listen and check. Ask and answer them with a partner.

WHERE DO YOU COME FROM?

Tenses and questions
1 . . . . Listen to Anto n Kristo ff. Where does he
come from1 Say one thing you can remember
about his present. past, and future.

2 Complete the text about Anton with verbs

from the boxes.
present past future

was born 'mgoing back

""""
.am arrived 'm going to study
had
"""
lice
'mimg
moved
didn't speak
'm worblg
".s;wq
_ Listen again and check. present 'Hill'm Anton. I ' eoMf from Canada,
but at the moment 11 here in New York.
1 \\Ork wilh a partner. Make sentences about him.
1I<gin1iUthi£ p,_ _ _ _ as a bike messenger. I really 4_ _ __
New York, it's the center of the universe and it's very
Mtt. c.-a: tr. c..uu. kit ICIW oW', III'OftirIg ill ...
~oDsrnol)oh;tao' , 1 S friends from all overthe
4 Write ~ smfmOO> each about your present. past, _ _ _ _ about $100 a day in this job. That's
and futurt Read lhon aloud (0 the class.. _ _ __ money for my education.

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 S Look at the photo of Rowenna Lee. Where does she com e
from? W hat do you think her job is?

6 . . . . Listen to Rowenna. What can you remember about

her present, past, and future?

present past future

7 Complete the questions about Rowenna. Ask and answer

them with a partner.
1 Where does sbe live? Who with?
2 What do?
3 What doing at the mom ent?
4 When and why to England?
5 How long study law?
6 How much money _ _ _ _ borrow from the bank?
7 How many children _ __ _ have?
8 Why excited?
l1li Listen and check. Practise again.

GRAMMAR SPOT
Find examples of pre~t. past. and future tenses
in . . . . onp118.
1 Name the two tenses in these sentences. What is
the difference between them?
He lives in Toronto.
He's living in New York at the moment.
1 Match the question words and answm.

What.. .? ~1 8ecause I wanted to.

IIIIm '18 in Toronto, but my parents are
Who ... ?
Where ... ?
last night.
$10.
fro m Bulgaria. They 9 to Canada thirty years When ... ? A sandwich.
ago. When they first 'O , they" any Why .. .? For two weeks.
English. They worry about me. Last month, I "_ _ __ How many 1 In a small village.
a bad accident on my bike, but I'm fine now. How much 1 My brother.
How long ...? The blue one.
Whose ... ? It's mine.
' Next September, I ·J,_ _ _ _ home to Which ... ? Four.
Toronto and 114 for a Master's degree, and
then I hope to get a good job.' ... Grammar Reference 1.1-1.3 p1l6

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 Who 's or Whosf?
3 Whose and Who;: sound the same.
11m Listen and repeat.
Whose ... asks about possession.
Whol=who is
'Whose phone is ringing?'
'It's mine.'
1 'Whol calling?' 'It's my brother.'

4 Work with a partner. Choose the correct word.

I ' Whos / Whose brother is coming to stay?'
'Serkan's brother:
2 'Whos / Whose talkin g to Serkan?'
'I think it's a repo rter.'
3 'Who;: / Whose d ictionary is this?'
' It's Serkan's.'
I Hi, Serkan.. Nice to meet 4 'Whos / Whose going to Ben's party?'
=:..;.;;..,;.;.;..
s y... o f _ ' I'm not.'
I --:- 5 'Whos / Whose is that expensive car?'
'It's my neighbour's.'
....- -s;:-r:rm fnmlJ1oo.... in 'IIIrlcey.
6 'Do you know who;: / whose bag this is?'
I And 2_ _ are you here in England? 'It's mine:
S Well, I'm htte mainly because 1 want to improve my English_
I ' _ _ English did you know before yo u came? 5 . . . . Listen to the sentences.

S Not a lot I studied English at school, but I didn't learn much. If the word is WJMKrl sho ut 1 !

Now I'm stud ying in a language school here.

If the word Is Wbo'sl shout 2!
I · school?
S The Shakespeare School of English. Quest ions about you
I A good name! Your English is very good now. 5_ _ 'S your teacher? 6 Each of these questions has one word missing.
S Thank you very much. My teacher's called David. He's great. Write it in.
do
I ' _ _ did you do back in Turkey? What)you like doing in your free time?
S Well, actually, I was a teacher, a history teacher. I taught children 2 Do you like listening music?
from 14to 18. 3 What kind music do you like?
I ' _ _ children were in your classes? 4 What did you last weekend?

S Sometimes as many as 40. 5 What you doing tonight?

6 What are you going do after this lesson?
I Goodness! That's a lot. 1_ _ do you go back home?
7 How many languages your teacher speak?
S Usually I go every two months, but this mo nth my brother is
8 What your teacher wearing tod ay?
coming here. I'm very excited I'm going to show him round..
I Well, I hope rOUT brother has a great visit. lID Listen, check, and repeat.
7 Ask and answer the questions with a partner.
2 lID Listen and check. Find examples of present, past, and future
tenses in the interview. Roleplay the interview with a partner. 11m Listen and compare.
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 LI STENING AND SPEAKING
My oldest friend

1 Write down the names of some of your friends.

• Why do you like them?
• When did you first meet them?
• Who is your oldest friend?
Discuss your list with a partner.

1 Three people are talking about their oldest friend. Look at the
pictures. Who are they talking to? Who are they talking about?

1 IIIII Listen to their conversations. When and where did

they meet their oldest fr iend? What did they like about them?
Make notes after each conversation.

_ _ I Kenny _ __ __ __ _ _ _ _ __

4 I1III Listen again. Answer the questions about the people.

1 Who has a lot of friends on Facebook? How many?
2 Whose mums met before they were born?
3 Who's going to travel the world with a friend?
4 Whose oldest friend lives in Canada?
5 Who's talking to their oldest friend?
6 Who doesn't have many friends?
7 Which friends don't see each other very often?
8 Who named his son after the friend?
9 Whose friend is like a sister?
10 Whose brother is boring?
Check your answers with a partner.

5 Put the words in the right order to make sentences about the people.
son named

wants t he brother

from has times

.... WRmNG Describinc friends pl04

Unit 1 • Getting to know you 9

 READING AND SPEAKING
Ablind date

in a survey. IO,{)(X) couples were asked how and where

Blind date
the)' first met. How do you think most couples meet?
Look at the chart and match a line with a percentage.
This week

How did they meet? %

Sally Fox, 25, tennis coach
at school or university
at work
12% meets Dominic Evo, 29, actor.
at a bar or dub 15% 20 %
online They met in a Chinese restaurant called
hrough friends 8% 5% Ping Pong. Will they ever meet again?
through family 13 %
a blind date 4%
, ... hite shopping
none of these 22 % 1%

IIIiI Listen to the survey results. Did

anything surprise you? Talk about couples
you know. How did !.hey meet?

2 Each week the Guardian newspaper organizes

a blind date ben,-een two of its readers. Look at
the pictures and read the introduction .
Who are fhEo people~ How old are they?
• What are thell' JObs?
• Where did they meet?
3 Work in two groups.
Group A Read what Sall~' savs about Do minic.
Group B Read wh at Dominic says about Sa11),.
Answer the questions in your group.
Were they both nervous when they met?
2 How does he/she describe her/ him?
3 What did ther talk about?
-! Why was she/he embarrassed?
5 What did ther use to eat their food?
6 \\"hat were the best things about him/ her?
I \\"hat didn't he/she talk about?
8 How did the evening end?
9 How did she/ he tran-l home?
4 Compare ans\,"ers h"ilh someone from the other group.
What do Sally and Dominic have in common? What
don't ther have in common?

What nappened next?

5 Do you think Sallr and Dominic will meet again?
Take a class vote.

6 IIIEI Listen to Dominic and Sally. What did they do?

\\"hat are they doing now? \"hat are they going to do?

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 t=irst 1m Nssions? He was friendl y, tall. and
attractive . We laughed togethe r from t he start,
think because we were both a bit nervous.
Wha IJI you talk abOut? So many things - places
we want to travel to, such as South America. Sport. of
course. Unfortunately Dam doesn't play much spo rt, but
he's going to run the marathon t his year. His acting -
I don't often go to the theatre so I didn 't have a lot to say.
Any difficult moments? I couldn't decide how to
greet him when we first met. I shook his hand and he
tried to kiss my cheek. That was a bit embarrassi ng,
but we laughed about it.
Good table manners? Yes, very. He couldn 't use
chopsticks, but he tried .
Best thing about him? He was chatty and funny. He
didn' t just talk about himself, he asked me questions. It
was nice to meet a guy who wasn't crazy about football.
Did you go on somewhere? Just to the square
next to the restaurant. There was a piano with a notice
'Please play me' - so Dam did . He can play the piano
very well. It was a great
way to end the evening.
He lives out of town ,
so he went to get
his train .
Marks out of 10?
I liked him more and
more as the evening
progressed . 8.
;;;;;;;;;;;; ;;;;;;;;;:;:;;:;;=::1
so we'll see.
'First impressions? She smiled a lot. She has a lovely
smile and amazing green eyes. I think she was a bit
nervous. I loved her red dress - it was very red indeed.
What did yot.( tal abOUt? Everything - travel, we both
want to visit Chile; cooking, I love it. Sally hates it; sport.
I hate it , Sally loves it, but I am training to run the marathon
for charity; t he theatre, I have a small part in a small theatre
at the moment.
Any difficult moments? Not really. Oh yes, I could
see t hat the waiter knew it was a blind date. That
was embarrassing.
~ood table manners? Very good. I like a girt who
enjoys her food and she could use chopsticks. I was
impressed with that.
Best thing about her? The green eyes! And she was
really easy to talk to. She was interested and interesting.
She didn't just talk about sport.
Did you go on somewhere? Well , we didn't go far.
W e found a piano - they are all over the city at the moment
with signs saying 'Please play me'. I played, but I'm not very
good. Sally sang, she can't sing at all . We made a terrible
noise! It was good fun . Then she caught the bus home.
Marks out of 107 She can't sing, but I like her. 9
Would you like to meet again? Definitely. She left
very hurriedly. but she has my number.
Vocabu lary
7 Match the li nes about Sally.
Sally was interested
Sally was interesting
I because she was funny and made him laugh.
so she asked him a lot of questions.
8 Complete the adjectives with oed or ·ing.
Thank you. That lesson was really interest _ _ .
2 It's my birthday tomorrow so I'm wry excit_ _ .
3 Look at the view! It's amaz_ _ .
4 I didn't like her new boyfriend. He \,-as \'err bor_ _ .
5 Don't be embarrass___ Everybody cries sometimes.
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VOCABULARY
Right word, wrong word

Work with a partner. These exercises will help you think

about how you learn new \·ocabulary. Use a dict ionary.

Verbs of similar meaning Prepositions

I Choose the correct verb fo r each line. 3 Complete the sentences with the correct preposition.
pia}! go
Can you _ _ the piano?
I to from at about of on in with for

Do ),ou _ _ running every morning? He comes from Istanbul...lL Turkey.

2 do make 2 He's crazy _ football , but I'm not interested _
I _ _ too man}' mistakes in English. it al aU.
1 _ _ mr homework in the evening. 3 I am married _ John. I met him _ university
3 speak talk 2007.
She can _ _ three languages. 4 I live _ my parents _ a flat _ the first floor.
He can _ _ forever! He never shuts up!
S He's very good _ playi ng the piano.
-4 say teU
6 I like going _ a walk _ the park.
Pardon! What did you _ _ ?
Can rOll _ _ me the time, please? 7 This is a photo _ me _ holiday _ Spain .
8 I got this jumper _ my sister _ my birthday.
5 pay for bu)'
How much did r Oll _ _ that meaJ?
Where can r some sun cream? Words with two meanings
4 Look at these sentences. What are the n'/o meanings
Adjocti YO' ;ond noun , that So tosether of date?
1 t,;nderline ~I'O nouns that go "ith the adjective. I met my husband on a blind date.
important person I meeting I price Dates and raisins are good for you.
2 delicious holida), I cake I meal
5 Write n'/o sentences that show n",o possible meanings
3 high price I mountain I man for these words.
4 long tree I journey I time
[eft
5 heavy bag I sunshine I rain
6 bus)' street I day I traffic train
,"n

rest
kind
flat
mean

III!I Listen to some sample answers.

EVERYDAY ENGLISH
Social expressions
1 In everyday situations we use a lot of social expressions. Read the expressions. Where are the people?

A 'Hi, Anna. How are your C 'Thank you so rooch: E 'Can I help yoo?' G 'Excuse me! Is that seat freer
B 'I'm fine. thanks. How are you?' D ·My ~.' F 'No, thank you. rm just Iooking.' H 'No. sorry. rm afraid it isn't.'

lID Listen and repeat. Pay attention to stress and intonation .

1 Match a line in A with a line in B.

Bye! See you later!

1 Good morning! ~ Bye! See you later!
2 See you tomorrow! _ Of course. What's the problem? Of course.
3 How do you do? _ Never mind. Perhaps another time. What's the problem?
4 Thank you very much indeed. _ Thanks! Same to you.
5 I'm sorry. I can't come tonight. _ Good morning! lovely day again.
6 Can you help me with this exercise? _ Yeah! About 9.00, in the coffee bar.
How do you do?
7 Bye! _ It doesn't matter. You're here now. . I
8 Bye! Have a good weekend. _ Don't mention it. My pleasure. Good mormng.
9 Sorry I'm late. _ How do you do? Pleased to meet you.
10 Cheers! _ Cheers! Here's to your new job! Thank you
IIIlI Listen, check, and practise. very much indeed.

1 Choose a line to continue the conversations. 4 With a partner, choose two of the conversations.
a Idon't know what this word means. Continue them if you can and act them to the class.
b Yes, it's really warm for the time of year.
c Pleased to meet you, too.
Good mOnlillgl
d Thanks a lot. I'm excited, but a bit nervous.
e It was so kind of you!
f I'm free tomorrow night. What about that?
g Fine. 9.00 is good for me too.
h Yes. let's meet after ctass. U'f If s: goUsg to raill 'gaill
i Thanks. Are you doing anything special? toMomJwI EIIjoy it whil. it /acts!
Yeah. I missed the bus.
II1II Listen and check.

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