Family And Friends - English Major | Trường Đại học Nam Cần Thơ

Unit 1 FAMILY AND FRIENDS VOCABULARY Family
 Activity 1
Look at these family words. Which are for women (A)? Which are for men
(B)? Are there any words that go in both groups? aunt brother cousin daughter father granddaughter
nephew grandmother grandson husband mother grandfather niece sister son uncle wife A B aunt brother
T1.1 Listen, repeat, and check your answers.  Activity 2
Look at the following family tree. 1
What is the relationship between these family members? 1. Paul – Bella
………………………………………………………………. husband - wife 2. Mavis - Matt
………………………………………………………………. 3. Darren - Todd
………………………………………………………………. 4. Uma - Daniel
………………………………………………………………. 5. Nina - Uma
………………………………………………………………. 6. Bella - Matt
………………………………………………………………. 7. Penny - Daniel
………………………………………………………………. 8. Charlie - Uma
………………………………………………………………. Jobs  Activity 3
Match the photos of the jobs with words from the box. actress artist designer cleaner politician shop assistant explorer engineer scientist farmer hairdresser bus driver nurse chef secretary writer
factory worker computer programmer
T1.2 Listen, repeat, and check your answers. 2  Activity 4
Match these words with the appropriate jobs. Ex E a x m a m t i t p i animals clothes kitchen outside
Before you do a matching task, read the task and
decide what the topic is, e.g., jobs. Then think about customers countryside
some key words that you might hear. For example, dish weather a nurse might say: department store
hospital doctors patients a chef a farmer a shop assistant  Activity 5
T1.3 Listen to four people talking about their jobs. Match the
speakers (1-4) with the jobs. Use the words from Activity 4 to help you. ❑ a chef ❑ a nurse
We use a or an when we say what somebody’s job is. ❑ a farmer
He’s a writer. She’s an engineer. ❑ a shop assistant Everyday verbs  Activity 6
Check the meaning of any new words. live work have study play travel
Write the correct verbs.
1. EHVA …………………………………..
4. LEVI …………………………………..
2. YPAL …………………………………..
5. SYTDU …………………………………..
3. KWRO ………………………………….
6. ETLRVA ………………………………….. 3  Activity 7
Complete the sentences with verbs in Activity 6.
1. They’re from the UK, but now they ……………. in the USA.
2. His parents ……………. two sons and three daughters.
3. We ……………. at a big supermarket downtown.
4. Mr John often …………….s soccer with his friends.
5. I’m a college student. I ……………. Finance.
6. She becomes an explorer to ……………. around the world. GRAMMAR
Simple present: The verb BE  Activity 8
T1.4 Listen to the interview with Mike Burney. Circle the subject and
underline the form of BE in each sentence. I Hello. What’s your name?
M My name’s Mike Burney. 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. 4  Activity 9
Complete the table on Page 5 wi
th the subjects and forms of BE. BE SUBJECT Positive Negative Interrogative Short answer (S) (+) (-) (?) Pronoun They is is not Yes, he is. He Is he (’s) (’s not / isn’t) No, he’s not / isn’t. It Noun Plural noun  Activity 10
T1.5 Listen and tick ( ) the form you hear. 1. A. ’m B. am 5.
A. aren’t B. are not 2. A. ’re B. are 6. A. ’re B. are 3. A. ’m not B. am not 7. A. isn’t B. is not 4. A. ’s B. is 8. A. ’s B. is 5  Activity 11
Complete the answers below.
1. Are you from Vietnam? Yes, ____________ 2. Is she nice? Yes, ____________ 3. THEY ARE NOT Are the students at school? No, ____________ 4. Is the dog in the garden? Yes, __ IT __ IS ________ 5. Are your parents farmers? No, _____ THEY _______ ARE NOY 6. Is his school bag blue? Yes, __ IT __ IS ________ 7. Am I your best friend? Yes, ____ YOU ___ ARE_____ 8. Is he a teacher? No, ____________ HE IS NOT 9. Is Mary a good doctor? Yes, ____________ SHE IS
10. Are Peter and you at home? No, ____________ WE ARE NOT  Activity 12
Write the words in the correct order to make questions.
1. your/ is/ friend/ here 1.Is your friend here? … I … s … yo… u … r … f … rie… n … d … h… e … re …
? …………………………………………………….? 6.Are the bags heavy?
2. are/ from/ where/ you 2.Where are you from? 3.How old is Mr. Green?
……………………………………………………………
where are you from? ………………………….? 4.Am I a good student? 7.Where are we?
3. Green/ old/ Mr/ how/ is 8.Are the watches expensive? 5.Where is the blue car?
……………………………………………………………………………………….?
4. good/ a/ am/ student/ I am i a good student?
……………………………………………………………………………………….?
5. blue/ the/ car/ is/ where
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6. the/ are/ heavy/ bags
……………………………………………………………………………………….? 7. we/ are/ where
……………………………………………………………………………………….?
8. expensive/ watches/ the/ are
……………………………………………………………………………………….? 6  Activity 13
Complete the conversations with the correct forms of BE. A Where (1)…… ar . e my books? A Excuse me. (6)……. are you Mrs Maria? B They (2)…… are. in your bag. B Yes, I (7)……. am
A Yes, but where (3)…… is . my bag?
A Well, Mr Jones (8)…i… s . here now. B (4)…i… s . it in your room? He (9)…… is . over there. A No, it (5)……. is not B Thank you. A (10)…….a w re e in room 30 today? are
A (17)……. you from Germany? aren't
B No, you (11)……. You (12)……. are in the aren't
B No, we (18)……. We (19)…… are . from conference room. Spain. is is
A That (13)……. fine. It (14)……. a good are
A Oh, I see. (20)……. you from are
room. (15)……. all the books and cassettes Madrid? in the room? are B Yes, we (21)……. are
B Yes, they (16)……. 7 Possessive adjectives  Activity 14
Read the text and decide whether the sentences are True (T) or False (F). TRUE
1. ___ Ben is Scottish. 2. __ F _ His ALSE sister is 17. FALSE
3. ___ Ben and Clare are at the same school.
My name’s Ben. My hometown is York in England, but I’m not English –
I’m Scottish. I’m 16 years old. This is a photo of me and my sister. Her
name is Clare. She’s 19. She isn’t at school. She’s at university in London
In the photo we aren’t at home, we’re on holiday in Spain. We’re at our grandparents’ house.  Activity 15
Find THREE possessive adjectives in the text in Activity 14 and complete the table. Subject pronoun
Possessive adjective my I 1. ___________ you your we 2. _____ our ______ they their he his she 3. _____ her ______ it its 8  Activity 16
Choose the correct word to complete the sentences.
1. I / My parents are Spanish.
2. I / My am the only boy in my family.
3. What’s you / your name?
4. Where are you / your from?
5. She / Her is a cleaner.
6. He / His uncle is in the USA.
7. We / Our family is from Asia.
8. They / Their cousins are both girls.  Activity 17
Complete the sentences with appropriate possessive adjectives. TÍNH T S HU
1. I’m married. ………… MY …… wife is a doctor.
2. In this photo we’re with …………
our …… friends, Jasna and Mikhail.
3. There’s John in ……… his ……… new car. her
4. Mrs Kuhmar is over there with ……………… husband, Suresh.
5. This letter is for Mr and Mrs Wells. What’s ………… t … hei… r address? his/ her/MY
6. A Is this ……………… book?
B No, it isn’t. That’s my book. 9
Demonstrative pronouns  Activity 18
Look at the photos and complete the sentences with THIS / THAT / THESE / THOSE. 1… t … his these …. is my book.
3………. are my sunglasses. 2………. that those is your bag.
4………. are your shoes.  Activity 19
Complete the Learn this! box with THIS / THAT / THESE / THOSE. Demonstrative pronoun Singular Plural S! HI this these
T 1……………….
2………………. N R that those
LEA We use 3……………
this …. and 4……………
these …. for things that are close to us (“here”). We use 5………t… h …
at …. and 6……………
those …. for things that are further away (“there”).  Activity 2 0
Circle the correct answer.
1. Are those / that your grandparents? They’re great.
2. This / These is my new friend. He’s from Vietnam.
3. Is that / those pizza for me?
4. This / These politician lives near my house.
5. I think these / this cell phone is expensive.
6. That / Those are her shoes. 10 home wwork  Activity 21 THIS / THAT / THESE /
Write questions using demonstrative pronouns. THOSE. Is this your MP3 player? are those your 1. ................. 1. …............. …………………. ……….books? …..….books? are these is that your
2. ………...trainers?
3. ……………....bike? is this your are these your 4. ………..CD?
5. …………pencils? LISTENING  Activity 22
T1.6 Read the article below. Then listen to Matt and Paul. Find TWO
differences between the text and the conversation.
Paul Alexander is a creative designer for a
company called City Star. The company’s
headquarters are in Vancouver, Canada. Paul is
Canadian, but he isn’t from Vancouver. He and his
wife Ana are originally from Ottawa. They aren’t
together at the fashion show this evening because 11  Activity 23
T1.7 Listen and complete Laura’s network of people she meets regularly.
Use the names in the box.
Baker Jake Hannah Lucy Molly Pete Sam 6 3 7 4 5 2 1 SPEAKING  Activity 24
Draw a network of the people you meet regularly.
Work in pairs. Give your partner the names of FOUR people from your network.
Ask and answer about the people on your list. 1. Markk 2. Janice Who’s Mark?
He’s my cousin. He’s 18 years old. Who’s Janice?
She’s my friend. She’s in my volleyball team. 12  Activity 25
Complete your personal information, and then introduce yourself to a partner. ➢ MEETING PEOPLE Greeting people First name
………………………………………. Hello. / Hi. Good morning. Surname
………………………………………. Good afternoon. Age
………………………………………. Good evening. Hometown
………………………………………. Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you too. / You, too. Family members
………………………………………. Saying goodbye
………………………………………. Nice meeting you. Dream job
………………………………………. Nice talking to you. See you later. / See you.
………………………………………. Have a nice day. / Take care. READING  Activity 26
Read about the Leakey family. Answer these questions.
1. Where are they from?
………………………………………………………………………………………..
2. Are Louise and Maeve explorers?
………………………………………………………………………………………..
3. What is Richard’s job?
………………………………………………………………………………………..
4. What is Colin’s job?
………………………………………………………………………………………..
5. Is Samira an explorer?
……………………………………………………………………………………….. 6. Is Phillip married?
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The Leakey family is similar in many ways. They live in East Africa, but the
family is from England. Louise Leakey is an explorer, but for her family that’s
normal! Louise’s mother is Maeve and she’s an explorer.
Her father is Richard Leakey. Richard is also in East Africa, but he’s a farmer.
Richard’s half brother is Colin Leakey. Colin isn’t in Africa, but he’s an explorer
and a scientist at Cambridge University in England.
Louise’s grandparents (Louis and Mary) are dead(1), but they were(2) also
famous explorers. Louise’s sister is Samira, but she works for the World Bank.
Their uncle and aunt are Phil ip Leakey and his wife Katy. They have an international company.
(1) dead (adj) /ded/ not living
(2) were (v) /wə(r)/ past tense of are  Activity 27
Read the article again and complete the family tree. 1_ ____ 2 3 4 5 _____ _____ _____ _____ _ 6 ____ 14 WRITING  Activity 28
Read the two online introductions. Tick ( ) the information they write. First name Hi! My names’s Gary Surname and I’m a scientist. I’m from the UK, but Age I work in the USA. I’m married and I Job have two children. Hometown/ Country Family Hello. I’m Valérie Moreau and I’m from members Italy. It’s a beautiful country in Europe. I’m 30, but I still live with my parents.  Activity 29
Look at the words and and but in the introductions in Activity 26. Answer the two questions below. and but
1. Which word is for extra information?
2. Which word is for a difference? 15 homework  Activity 3 0
Make one sentences from the two sentences with and or but.
1. I’m in Spain. I’m from Argentina.
…………………………………………
but ……………………………………………………….
2. I’m 19. My sister is 19. and
………………………………………………………………………………………………….
3. I’m British. Hindi is my first language.
…………………………… b …
ut ………………………………………………………………….
4. He’s from Germany. He’s in China at the moment.
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5. My friend is 30. He is single.
………………………………………………………………………………………………….
6. I live in Italy. I work in France.
………………………………………………………………………………………………….
7. She’s a student. She’s at Oxford University.
………………………………………………………………………………………………….
8. My family is in the countryside. I’m in the city.
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Write a short introduction about yourself (AT LEAST 50 words). Use and and but.
1. Write your name and where you are from.
My name’s ……….. I’m from ………..
2. Say where you live and who you live with.
I live in an apartment/on campus/…… with …….
3. Write your job and how old you are.
I’m a ……… at……. I study Finance/…….. I’m …….. (years old).
4. Say members in your family.
I have …… My mother is ……. My father is …… Al A l l l a b a o b ut u t m e m e
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