UNIT 23:

WORLD,
WEATHER,
WORK
Can we say "an internet", "a sky"?
No. We always say "the internet"
because it's the name of something
and "the sky" because there is only
one sky on our planet.
 A. Look and
websites
read. Choose
the correct a dentist
words and a cave
write them on a storm
the lines. a pop star
fog
a desert
a screen
the sky
a wave
B. Add information to Mr Wild's
business email! You choose!
WHAT DO YOU
THINK HE DOES
AT WORK EACH
DAY?
answers the phone, writes
messages, works on websites,
talks to lots of people, tells people
to do things, has meetings, thinks
of new ideas, sells things, visits
factories
 For example:
• he sells bicycles,
rockets, hot air balloons
• he makes chocolate,
phones, computer
apps, pasta, trainers,
pyjamas, racing bikes
• he works in a theatre, a
cinema, a restaurant, a
bank, a museum
WHAT KIND OF BUSINESS
HAS HE GOT? YOU
CHOOSE.
Choose your own business contexts and words to complete the email.

racing bikes
eleven thirty
new office wheels
cartoon
magazine DVDs
cinema
pizza

taxi
snow
big supermarket
C. Look at the three
pictures. Write
about this story.
Write 20 or more
words.
Mr Bell was late for work. He ran
quickly along the street. Outside
his office he hell over on some ice.
All the things in his bag fell on to
the ground. Some people came to
help him get up again. And a bird
gave Mr Bell his glasses and the
last piece of paper.
Mr Bell was very pleased and said
thank you to everyone.
D. Two words or one word?
We write "there's" like this because when we speak,
"there's" sounds like on word. It's quicker and easier to say
it like on word.
For example: There's a desk / light / bookcase / computer.

Find other contractions.

For example: it's, don't, you're, I've, we're, I'm, can't
NOTE:
"who's" and "whose" sound exactly the same and in
"who's" and "there's" the "s" is pronounced /z/ but
after the "t" in "it's", the "s" is pronounced /s/
E. Play the
game. The
verb-noun
chain!
HOMEWORK
Choose someone you know or
invent a person. Imagine you
work for a children's website
and need to interview this
person about a day work.
Complete an interview script
adding answers to the
questions.