Unit 1: FAMILY AND FRIENDS

WARM – UP:
• Talk about the pictures with a partner

• How many people are there in your family?

 Listen to the conversation and then practice it with a partner
I: Interviewer M: Mike

I: Hello. What’s your name?

M: My name’s Mike Burkey.
I: Are you from Great Britain?
M: Yes, I’m from Wales, but I travel all the time.
I: And are you married?
M: Yes, I am. My wife’s name is Sally. She isn’t at home at the moment.
I: Why? What’s her job?
M: She’s also an explorer and we often travel together.
I: Is she from Wales too?
M: No, she isn’t. She’s from Canada.
I: Are you the same age?
M: No, we aren’t. I’m thirty-six and Sally is thirty-five.
b. Read the following sentences and decide whether they are
true (T) or False (F).

1. Mike Burkey is from Wales.

2. He’s married.
3. His wife’s name is Sally.
4. Sally is from Wales, too.
5. They are the same age.
 LANGUAGE
Vocabulary
a. Look at Holly’s family tree. Complete the sentences. Choose the words from the box.
aunt brother cousin daughter father granddaughter mother
grandfather grandmother grandson husband wife son
nephew niece sister uncle great-grandfather mother-in-law grandparent

1. James is Holly’s father

2. Owen is her _ _ .
3. Leo is her .
4. Sarah is her _ .
4. Kate is her _ .
5. Charlie is her .
6. Emma is her .
7. Elliot is her .
8. Alice is her _ _.
Read the Learn this! Box. Then look at the family tree again and complete the
sentences using words from the box.

1. Leo is Sarah’s nephew. 5. Alice is Sarah’s __ .

2. James is Emma’s . 6. Kate is Owen’s _ .
3. Holly is Kate’s _ _ . 7. James is Kate’s .
4. Grace is Elliot’s . 8. Charlie is Owen’s __ .
GRAMMAR
Read the conversation in Listen and read again and circle forms of be in each sentence.
Look at the forms you circled in Exercise a. Which forms are 1) affirmative, 2) negative, 3) questions
and 4) short answers? And then look at the grammar box and check your answers
GRAMMAR: PRESENT SIMPLE OF TO BE

Affirmative
 I’m (am) from Wales.
 He/She/It’s (is) quite big.
 We/They/You’re (are) very happy.
Negative
 I’m not (am not) tall.
 He/She/It isn’t (is not) at home now.
 We/They/You aren’t (are not) there.
Questions and short answers
 How old is Ana? /What are their names?
c. Circle the correct option.

1. They am/are/is at school.

2. I am/are/is in ESO.
3. Brazil am/is/are in South America.
4. Camila am/are/is a shop assistant.
5. We am/are/is best friends.
6. He am/are/is from Italy.

d. Change the complete sentences into negative and questions.

PRONUNCIATION
Look at the stress in the questions and short answers

/də/
Are you married? Yes, I am. What’s your surname? Do you live in a big city?

/də/
Are you on holiday? No, I’m not. How do you spell that? Do you go to an Enlgish class?

Listen and practice the questions

SKILLS
Listening
a. Listen and fill in the gaps.

a. Laura is Marta’s ………….

b. Tony is Carmen’s………….
c. Laura is Tony’s…………..
d. Carlos and Carmen are Rosa’s…………
e. Luis is Marta’s ……………………..
f. Carlos and Carmen are Luis’…………………
g. Marta and Luis are Tony and Laura’s………….
b. People are talking about their families. How many brothers or sisters do
they have? Listen and write the numbers.
c. People are talking about their families. Listen and number the
pictures.
Speaking
Henry
a. Look at the picture below. Ask and
answer about the people in the picture.
Anna
Jenny
Tom 1. How many people are there in their family?

2.What are the parents’ names?

3. How many boys and girls do they have?

4. What are their daughters’ names?

Peter Jonny

5. What are their sons’

Nancy
names?
b. Take turns and talk about your family

- the number of people in your family

- the names of your parents
- the age of your mother/ father
- the place where your parents are from
- the name/age of your sister or brother
Reading
My name is Yuko Kamata. I’m from Japan. I live in
Kyoto. I study international relations at Kyoto
University of Foreign Studies. I don’t live on
campus. I live with my family. I have a part-time
job. On weekends I work in a convenience store. I
want to practice my English.

Please be my ePAL! Email me!

Hi, I’m Abdulmalik. My friends call me Malik. I

live inTripoli, in Lebanon. I’m a student at the
American University of Technology. I live in an
apartment with three friends. I study modern
languages. I like basketball, but I don’t play sports.
I also like music a lot. I want to have a lot of friends
from different countries.
a. Read the web profiles. Write Y (Yoko) or M (Malik) for each statement

1. _____ I like basketball.

2. _____ I live with my family.
3. _____ I don’t play sports.
4. _____ I want to practice my English.
5. _____ I don’t live on campus.
6. _____ I work in a convenience store.
7. _____ I live in an apartment.
8. _____ I study modern languages.

b. Answer the questions.

1. What’s her/his name?

2. Where is she/he from?
Writing
Write a short web profile about yourself. Look at the Study guide to help you.
Study guide

Write a web profile about yourself

1. Write your name and where you are from. Ex:
My name’s ………, I’m from …… My name is Yuong-Hee. I’m
2. Say where you live
from Korea and I live in Seoul.
I live in ……
3. Say where you study and what you study. I’m a student at ……
I’m a student at ……., I study …..
4. Write about your accommodation
I (don’t) live with …., I live ……
5. Write about your part-time job if you have one
I’m a ……/ I work in …../ I don’t have a
part-time job.
EXPANSION
 Vocabulary
a. Match each job with a picture

1.____a waiter/ waitress

2. ____ an office assistant
3. ____ a clerk in a
convenience store
4. ____ a tour guide
5. ____ a nurse
6. ____ a doctor
b. Write the verbs in the circles below
work go live speak study eat drink

in a flat for a big company

live in a big city long hours

in London

English to English classes

out of flat
Russian
 at university fish

a lot a lot of chocolate

Economics in restaurant

Tea

Cofee

c. Add these words and phrases to the diagrams in exercise a

 
Chinese meat law with my parents in an office
beer lemonade in a small town to the cinema a lot
GRAMMAR
Look at the two sentences below. What is the main verb? What verb do you
add for a negative sentence?

I live in Kyoto. I don’t live in on campus. I like basketball but I don’t play sports.
GRAMMAR Present simple (I/you/we/they)

I live in Tokyo.

We eat in cafes.

You don’t live in London.

They don’t go to work by bus.

b. Choose the correct form to make these sentences
true for you. Then tell your partner.

1. I live/don’t live in the city centre.

2. I have/ don’t have a car.
3. I go/ don’t go to work by bus.
4. I eat/ don’t eat in cafes at lunchtime.
5. I meet/ don’t meet friends in the city centre.
6. I like/ don’t like shopping in the city centre.
c. Are your sentences from exercise 2 also true for most people
in your town or city? Make more sentences about life in the
city with these phrases.

eat lunch go to work have a car like shopping live work

 
Ex: Most people in the city centre don’t have a car. They go to
work by bus.
 d. Match the questions with the answers.

1. Do you have a car in London? a. I’m a student at university and

2. Where do you live? I work in a restaurant at
3. Do you like art? lunchtimes.
4. What do you do? b. No, I don’t. I go everywhere
5. What time do you finish by bicycle.
work? c. At about three o’clock.
d. Yes, I do. And I like the
theatre.
e. In the city centre.
e. Look at the questions (1-5) in Exercise d. Answer the questions.
1. What is the main verb in each question?
2. What extra verb do you add?
3. Which questions have yes/no answers?

GRAMMAR Present simple: Questions (I/you/we/they)

Do you like shopping? Yes, I do. / No, I don’t.

Do they live in London? Yes, they do. / No, they don’t.

What do you do?

Where do you live?

What time do we have lunch?

f. Write “do “ in the correct place in these questions?
1. What you do?
2. Where you live?
3. you like shopping?
4. What time you finish work?
5. you have a car?
6. you eat in cafes at lunchtime?
7. What time you eat dinner?
8. you meet friends after work?
 g.

What do you do?

I’m a student.

Ask and answers the questions in exercise f with a partner.

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