Getting to know you * Grammar Tenses and questions * Reading Ablind date © Vocabulary Right word, wrong word * Listening The three types of friends we all need Everyday English Social expressions * Writing Filling in forms ion began? 2 What do you thin alking about n 3 What do you thinkis going to happen next? Pee eee Cat epee d Cen ema reat oes Eiekovaee sag >Grammar Tenses and questions 1 Match the questions and answers. 1 Where were you born? 2 What do you do? 3 Areyou martied? 4. Why re you learning English? 5 When did you start learning English? 6 How often do you have English classes? a Twoyyears ago. b Twicea week. ¢ InHamburg, Germany. dNo,tmnot. ema student. f_ Because need itfor my job. 2 GIBB Listen and check. Ask and answer the ‘questions with a partner. Give answers that are true for you. My life up to now! 1 Look at the photo and listen to Brana. Where does she come from? Whereis she now? What’ abusker’? Say one thing about her present, past, and futures 2 Complete the text with verbs from the boxes. PRESENT |[PAST | [FUTURE come || eft sn golng tostudy ros =) imgoing to continue fave esto ike id want make | [couldnt say dont have miving studying ten again and check. Why is Brana working as a busker? Why did she leave home? Why is she excited? In your own words 3 Work with a partner. Talk to each other about Branna, Begin like this: Branna inLor mes from Ireland, but she's st 10 Unit 1 + Getting to know you Ireland PRESENT cof London! I ‘come from Ireland, but now I here in London because 1 * ‘Music. 15, ajo, so and playing my guitar in Covent Garden. I ‘my family a lot, but I ‘The college ® students from all over the world. PAST 1 was born in Portrush — it’s a lovely seaside town in Northern Ireland. 1". hhome two years ago, 1?___toleave, but 1 ‘a scholarship to study music and I". ‘no’ to that! FUTURE Next year, I my studies, but not in London. 1 Branna McGrady from Portrush, Northern Hil 'm Branna McGrady, and I'm a ‘busker’ on the streets at the Royal College of living in London, but it’s very expensive. abit of money singing lots of friends here. ‘____in Milan for a year, at the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi I's the largest music academy in Italy. I'm so excited!b 4 Look at the photos and read about Conor and Karen. Who are they? Do they both work? ‘What do you think an empty-nester'is? What are they doing now? 5 GEE) Listen to Conor and Karen. Who is Brady? Say one thing you can remember about their past, present and future, 6 Complete the questions about them. Ask and answer them with a partner. Retired teachers, ‘empty-nesters’, and global travellers AE EEE Talking about you 7 Write two sentences each about your present, past, and future. One is true and one is false! Read them aloud to the class. Can they spot the false ones? Hivein a house in the centre of town. Ciao 1 Find examples of present, pat, and future tenses in audioscript 1 How old are they? 1.30n p129. 2. How many children they 2 Name the two tenses in these sentences, What isthe dference 3 When their children leave home’ Ee 4 What Branna and Brady ASCE aoe at the moment? 5 Why Cee tne 3 Match the question words and answers. teaching any more? sewte veanned 6 How much money they Last night. for the camper van? 10. 7 What they last year? Aauitar, 8 Who___they. to visit next Fortwo weeks year? How many ...? Ina seaside town, : How much ..? My brother. GHD Listen and check. Practise again with your Eero frrebiiene partner. Whose ...? Its mine Which... ? Four Pym Unit 1 + Getting to know you 11-13 } pra2 uPractice A student in Canada - asking questions 1 Read the interview with Mehmet, a Turkish student in Toronto, Canada. Complete the questions with question words from the box. ~~ what where who why which how often _howmuch how many 1 Hijnice to meet you Mehmet. Can | ask you one or two questions? Yes, of course. First ofall m ' do you come from? Mm from Istanbul, in Turkey. 1 And, are you here in Toronto? m ' m Well Im here mainly because | want to improve my English. 2 English did you know before you came? Not allot. studied English at school for two years, but didn't, learn much. Now Im studying in a language school here. o school? The Global Village English Centre. (Oh, Global Village - | know it! Your English is very good now. 5 's your teacher? IM. My teacher's called Andy. Hes good. And © did you do back in Turkey? M_ Well, actually, was a teacher - a secondary schoo! teacher. | taught children from 14 to 18. z children were in your classes? Sometimes as many as 40. Goodness! That's a lot. do you go back home? Usually, [go back every two months, but this month my brother {coming here.|'m very excited. 'm going to show him round. Well hope your brother has a great vst. Thank you for talking tome. 2 HB Listen and check. Find examples of present, past, and future tenses in the interview. Then practise the interview with a partner, (© Watch a video and learn more about what life is like when you move to another country. 12. Unit 1 + Getting to know you Who's or Whose? Who's = whois Whose ... asks about possession. 1 Who's caling? tts brother: 2 Whose phone sringing? ‘i's mine! FZ, 3 Choose the correct word. Compare your answers with a partner. 1 ‘Who's / Whose brother is coming to stay? “Mehmet’s brother? 2 ‘Whos | Whose talking to Mehmet?” “Tthink it’s a reporter! 3 ‘Whos | Whose dictionary is this?” ‘It’s Mehmet? 4 ‘Who’ / Whose going to Bobs party tonight?” ‘Tm not? 5 ‘Whos! Whose is that expensive black car?” “Its my neighbour's! 6 ‘Do you know who’ / whose bag this is?" “Its mine? (GHB Listen to the sentences. Ifthe word is Whose?, shout 1! Ifthe word is whos?, shout 2! Talking about you 5 Each of these questions has one word missing. Write it in, do ‘What A you like doing in your free time? Do you lke listening music? ‘What sort music do you like? ‘What did you last weekend? ‘What you doing tonight? ‘What are you going do after this lesson? How many languages your teacher speak? ‘What your teacher wearing today? Listen, check and repeat. Pay attention to the stress and intonation 6 GHB Ask and answer the questions with your partner. Listen and compare. [Go online for more grammar practiceListening and speaking The three types of friends we all need 1 Write the names of some of your friends. Talk toa partner about them. + Why do you like them? + Who is your oldest friend? 2 QI) According to a magazine article, we all need three types of friends: 1 a‘forever friend’ 2 a‘new friend” 3 a‘teunited friend’ Look at the photo and listen to Jess, 27, talking about her three friends. Which type of friend is each one? ‘Write their names in the chart below. 3 QED Listen again. After each person, ‘complete the chart. Jess‘s three friends [Reeve How did they meet? How long ago? What do you lear about the friend's life? Why does Jess like her/him? 4 Answer the questions about the friends. What do you think? 1 Whose grandparents would like to meet the friends? pgcuss in small groups. 2. Whose mums became good friends? + Which friend do you think is most important to Jess? 3 Who went to Newcastle University? + Do youhave these three types of frends in your life? 4 Who's working near Jess? Tell the other students about them. 5 Who had a nickname at school? Why? + How many eal friends can a person have? Isit OK for 6 Which friends make Jess laugh? someone to have just one or two fiends? 7 Which friend lived abroad? Where? + Do social media sites make people feel they need more 8 Who is the ‘wild’ friend? Why? fitencst How sad win Unit + Getting to know you y