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COMMUNICATIVE OBJECTIVES
Speaking
Talking about countries and nationalities
Giving personal information
Talking about possessions and physical appearance
Giving instructions
Greeting a person and introducing yourself
Listening
Listening to a short talk about English
Listening to an interview
Reading
Reading short pieces of speech
Reading a short informal magazine article
Writing
Filling in a form
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1UNIT
LANGUAGE AND PEOPLE
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READING 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
COMPREHENSION CHECK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
GRAMMAR 1: Present tense to be . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
GRAMMAR PRACTICE 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
VOCABULARY BUILDING 1: Countries, nationalities and languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
LISTENING 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
GRAMMAR 2: there is/there are . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
GRAMMAR PRACTICE 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
STOP AND SEND 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
READING 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
VOCABULARY BUILDING 2: Word fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
LISTENING 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
GRAMMAR 3: have (got) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
GRAMMAR PRACTICE 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
SPEAKING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
GRAMMAR 4: Giving instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
GRAMMAR PRACTICE 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
STOP AND SEND 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
WRITING: Filling in a form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
STOP AND SEND 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
MY LEARNER DIARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Looking for words that are
familiar
Skimming
Present tense to be
There is / there are
Have (got)
Countries, nationalities and
languages
Word fields
Reading instructions and listening
for the information you need
Listening for the general situation
before answering questions
Using your English as often as
you can
Writing clearly and using a
dictionary when filling in a form
READING GRAMMAR VOCABULARY
LISTENING SPEAKING WRITING
INDEX
CONTENTS
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1. Read and match the people to the countries and languages.
Li Dwight Pierre Brian Paola
a. The United States of America e. Canada i. Cantonese
b. English f. Italy j. French
c. Australia g. China
d. Italian h. Spanish
Reading strategy: When you read a text for the first time, look for words that
are familiar. Names of countries and languages are often similar in different
languages.
Hi. I'm Li. I'm a teacher. I speak two languages: English and Cantonese. They are both officiallanguages where I am from - that's Hong Kong. My mum is English and my dad is Chinese.Chinese is a great language. There are more Chinese speakers than speakers of English butEnglish is important for work and travel.
My name is Dwight. I'm a student of Spanish and I'm from New York. It's a really multiculturalcity. There are people from all over the world in New York but in the end everybody learns tospeak a little bit of English.
Hi there! My name's Pierre. It's a French name but I'm not from France, I'm from Quebec.I speak French and English. Everybody speaks French here. It's the official language.
Hello. My name is Brian Jones. Jones is a Welsh name but I'm not Welsh. I'm Australian, fromSydney. English is my mother tongue but I speak a little Italian too. I'm a waiter in an Italianrestaurant. My best friend Paola is from Rome. She is a waitress in the same restaurant andis very good at languages. She texts me in English and I text her in Italian!
1UNIT
READING 1
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1. Write answers to the questions.
1. Where is Li from?
___________________________________________
2. Why is English important for Li?
___________________________________________
3. Who is from New York?
___________________________________________
4. What is he a student of?
___________________________________________
5. Is Pierre from France?
___________________________________________
6. What is the official language in Quebec?
___________________________________________
7. What city is Brian from?
___________________________________________
8. What is his job?
___________________________________________
9. What is Paola’s mother tongue?
___________________________________________
10. What is she very good at?
___________________________________________
2. Match the words from the texts to their meanings.
1. dad finally
2. mum person who serves food
3. travel father
4. in the end send messages by phone
5. mother tongue going to other countries
6. waiter first language
7. text mother
COMPREHENSION CHECK
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1. Read the sentences and complete the table.
I’m Li. I’m from Hong Kong.
You are from Spain. You’re Spanish.
You aren’t French.
Dwight is American. He’s from New York.
Pierre isn’t French. He’s Canadian.
Paola is from Rome. She’s Italian.
Sydney isn’t the capital of Australia. It’s Canberra.
Paola and I work in the same restaurant. We’re good
friends.
Maria and Edu are from Rio. They’re Brazilian.
to be Affirmative Contraction Negative Contraction
I am I’m I am not I’m notYou are (1) _______ You are not (2) ________He is (3) _______ He is not (4) ________She is (5) _______ (6) ________ (7) ________It is (8) _______ (9) ________ It isn’tWe are (10) _______ We are not We aren’tThey are (11) _______ (12) _________ (13) ________
2. Listen and repeat.
3. Read the examples and circle the correct option in each rule.
1. In questions we put be (before / after) you, he, she, etc.
2. We form short answers with (you, he, she etc / you, he, she etc + to be).
Are you Spanish? Yes, I am.
Is Pierre from Paris? No, he isn’t.
Are they waiters? No, they aren’t.
4. Listen and repeat.
1UNIT
GRAMMAR 1: Present tense to be
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1. Complete the sentences with am, is or are.
1. Carmen is a teacher.
2. I ____ a student of English.
3. We ____ from Valencia.
4. Quebec ___ in Canada.
5. Karl and Eva ____ from Munich. They ____ German.
2. Write the sentences with contractions.
1. I am Spanish. I’m Spanish.
2. He is British. _____________________
3. He is not French. _____________________
4. It is an Italian restaurant. _____________________
5. They are not teachers. _____________________
3. Write the sentences in the negative.
1. She’s American. She isn’t American. 2. I’m from Manchester. __________________________
3. Hong Kong is the capital of China. __________________________
4. We’re from the United States. __________________________
5. They’re Japanese. __________________________
4. Make questions and answer them.
1. Steve / American? (Yes)
Is Steve American? Yes, he is.
2. Ann / Italian? (No)
___________________________
3. Mr and Mrs Brown / Australian? (Yes)___________________________
GRAMMAR PRACTICE 1
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1UNIT
1. Write the languages in the correct spaces.
Portuguese Spanish English / French Swedish Chinese Arabic Greek Italian Russian
Japanese English Thai Hindi / English German Arabic / French Irish / English
French / German / Italian French Turkish Korean
2. Listen to check.
3. Listen again and repeat.
NOTE:
We say: I am from Spain. (country) I am Spanish. (nationality)
Country Nationality Language
Argentina Argentinian
Australia Australian
Brazil Brazilian
Canada Canadian
Chile Chilean
China Chinese
Egypt Egyptian
France French
Germany German
Greece Greek
India Indian
Ireland Irish
Italy Italian
Japan Japanese
Korea Korean
Mexico Mexican
Morocco Moroccan
Peru Peruvian
Portugal Portuguese
Russia Russian
Saudi Arabia Saudi
Spain Spanish
Sweden Swedish
Switzerland Swiss
Thailand Thai
Turkey Turkish
United Kingdom British
United States American
Uruguay Uruguayan
VOCABULARY BUILDING 1: Countries, nationalitiesand languages
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LISTENING 1
1. Listen and circle the countries mentioned.
France the United States China India the United Kingdom Scotland Canada Australia
Nigeria Jamaica Ireland South Africa Japan New Zealand
2. Listen again and circle the correct information.
1. There are about (365 / 375 / 385) million people who speak English as their first language.
2. English today is probably the (first / second / third) largest language by number of native speakers.
3. There are over (115 / 205 / 215) million speakers of English in the United States.
4. There are (50 / 58 / 508) million in the United Kingdom.
5. There are (8 / 18 / 28) million in Canada.
6. There are (5 / 15 / 25) and a half million in Australia.
7. There are around (4 / 40 / 400) million in Nigeria, Ireland, South Africa and New Zealand.
3. Listen and read the text aloud.
Listening strategy: Before you listen, read the instructions and then listen carefully forthe information you need.
There are about 375 million people who speak English as their first language. English today is
probably the third largest language by number of native speakers, after Mandarin Chinese and
Spanish. However, when combining native and non-native speakers it is probably the most commonly
spoken language in the world. There are over 215 million speakers of English as a first language
in the United States, 58 million in the United Kingdom, 18 million in Canada, 15 and a half million
in Australia and around 4 million in each of Nigeria, Ireland, South Africa and New Zealand.
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1UNIT
1. Study the table and complete the rules.
Affirmative
Singular There’s a supermarket.
Plural There are some students.
Negative
Singular There isn’t a library.
Plural There aren’t any teachers.
Questions and short answers
Singular Is there a school? Yes, there is. No, there isn’t.
Plural Are there any parks? Yes, there are. No, there aren’t.
We use (1) ________ and (2) _______ to say that something or somebody exists.
We use (3) ________ with singular nouns and (4) _______ with plural nouns.
(5) ________ is the contraction of there is.
2. Listen and repeat the examples.
3. Read the rules and complete the examples.
We normally use a/an, some and any with there is and there are.
We use some and any with plural nouns. We use some in positive sentences and we
use any in negative sentences and in questions.
1. There is _____ bus at the stop.
2. There is _____ orange on the table.
3. There are _____ students in the class.
4. There aren’t ______books on the table.
5. Are there _____ students in the library? Yes, there are. There are twenty.
4. Listen and repeat the examples.
GRAMMAR 2: there is/there are
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GRAMMAR PRACTICE 2
1. Complete the sentences with There’s or There are.
1. ______ a swimming pool in my school.
2. ______ some books on the desk.
3. ______ a TV set in my bedroom.
4. ______ two colours in the Spanish flag.
5. ______ a Chinese student in my class.
6. ______ millions of speakers of English.
2. Complete the sentences with a, an, some or any.
1. There’s _____ park near my house.
2. There are _____ eggs in the fridge but there isn’t _____ milk.
3. Are there ____ people in the room?
4. There is ____ underground station near here.
5. Is there _____ sports centre in your street?
3. Make the sentences negative.
1. There is a computer in Greg’s bedroom.
_______________________________________________
2. There are some posters on the wall.
_______________________________________________
3. There’s a sofa.
_______________________________________________
4. There are some plants.
_______________________________________________
5. There are some cars in the street.
_______________________________________________
4. Make questions with the words.
1. a cinema / in your street? __________________________________
2. plants / in your room? __________________________________
3. Chinese students / in your school? __________________________________
4. oranges / in your fridge? __________________________________
5. water / in that glass? __________________________________
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1UNIT
1. Complete the sentences about the people.
1. Carlos is from Brazil. He’s _____________ and he speaks ____________.
2. Fatima was born in Cairo. She’s ____________ and she speaks ___________.
3. Sean and Fiona are British. They’re from ________ and they speak _________.
4. Diego speaks ________. He was born in Buenos Aires and he’s ___________.
5. Laura is ________. She’s from Switzerland and she speaks three languages:
________, ________ and Italian.
2. Complete the chart and then make sentences like the example.
Name Country Nationality
1. A famous sports person Kobe Bryant The United States American
2. A famous novelist ___________ ___________ _____________
3. A famous actress ___________ ___________ _____________
4. A famous singer ___________ ___________ _____________
5. A famous politician ___________ ___________ _____________
6. A famous pop group ___________ ___________ _____________
1. Kobe Bryant is a famous basketball player. He’s from the United States. He’s American.
3. Read the information and mark the sentences true or false. Correct the false sentences.
Come to fabulous Brixton Recreation Centre! Our facilities include: a fitness gym, 2 dance studios,
a sauna and steam rooms, 1 indoor five-a-side football pitch, 8 badminton courts, 5 squash
courts, a 25-metre indoor swimming pool, table tennis tables, 1 basketball court.
1. There are some tennis courts. ____________________
2. There isn’t a sauna. ____________________
3. There are eight badminton courts. ____________________
4. There aren’t any squash courts. ____________________
5. There’s a gym. ____________________
STOP AND SEND 1
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1. Read the text quickly and circle the people and things it mentions.
Carlos Maria Brighton learning English teacher university student sales manager supermarket
First Certificate exam language schools Jose Madrid internet www.learnenglish.de dictionaries
Australia
2. Read the text more slowly and mark the sentences true or false.
1. Brighton is near the sea. TRUE FALSE
2. Many students study English in Brighton. TRUE FALSE
3. Carlos doesn’t like English music. TRUE FALSE
4. Montse’s company wants her to do First Certificate. TRUE FALSE
5. Juan works in an office. TRUE FALSE
6. Juan can’t practise speaking on his English course. TRUE FALSE
Carlos and Montse are in Brighton. They are there to learn English. Brighton is a popular seaside
resort in the UK where thousands of students study English every year.
Carlos is a university student in Spain and English is vital for his studies. "My English is OK now,”
he says. “I practise every day and that's really important. I’ve got a good teacher and she motivates
me a lot. I also watch films in English and listen to English music. It's hard work but it’s good fun.”
Montse is from Barcelona and she is a sales manager in a large multinational company. She uses
English at work. “English is really important for my job. I speak it a lot but now I need to pass the
First Certificate exam. It's a company requirement.”
There are of course hundreds of thousands of people learning English as a foreign language. So
it is not surprising that there are tens of thousands of language schools all over the world. It's big
business. But there are also places that offer English from the comfort of your own home, via the
internet.
Juan is a taxi driver from Madrid and he learns English from home. "I've got a computer and a
good internet connection. There are thousands of sites and lots of resources for me on the net. I
use www.learnenglish.de. It's got a lot of really good resources. They've got dictionaries and
grammars and there are places to practise vocabulary. It's got a great chat room too to practise
speaking. There are a lot of people on line. I've got friends from all over the world. Some are from
the States."
Nowadays there's no excuse not to learn English properly!
Reading strategy: Read the text first quickly to get the general idea. This is called skimming.
When you skim, do not read every word of the text. Let your eye move quickly and pick out the
words you recognise.
READING 2
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1UNIT
1. Circle the odd word out in each list.
1. five ten fifteen twenty first seven three one eight forty-two
2. blue black yellow white orange miner purple green brown
3. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Summer Sunday
4. teacher student father pilot businessman nurse banker actress
5. mother father son daughter priest uncle aunt cousin sister brother
2. Write these words in the appropriate word fields.
one March artist grandfather soldier four taxi driver April wife translator
twelve husband May baker sixteen secretary mother-in-law tour guide twenty
August parents singer September builder eight November architect
LEARNING TIP Collect new words in word fields in your notebook. This will help you to remember
them and revise.
NUMBERS MONTHS
JOBS FAMILY
VOCABULARY BUILDING 2: Word fields
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1. Listen and complete the information.
1. Name: .......................................................
2. Age: ..........................................................
3. Occupation: .............................................
2. Listen again and mark the sentences true or false.
1. Tom teaches on Saturday. TRUE FALSE
2. His mum and dad are teachers. TRUE FALSE
3. He has got two brothers and a sister. TRUE FALSE
4. His e-mail address is [email protected] TRUE FALSE
3. Listen and complete the information.
1. How do you spell your surname?
______________________________________________________________
2. What’s your telephone number?
______________________________________________________________
3. What’s your e-mail?
______________________________________________________________
Listening strategy: The first time you listen, do not write anything. Listen for the
general situation. Ask yourself: Who are the speakers? Where are they? What arethey talking about? Then listen again and complete the information.
LISTENING 2
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1UNIT
1. Study the rules and complete the sentences.
We use have (got)- to talk about possessions.
- to describe physical appearance.
has got haven’t got have got1. I love animals. I ________ three dogs and
two cats.
2. I ________ a hamster. I don’t like hamsters.
3. My sister Kathy is very pretty. She _________ a beautiful face.
2. Complete the table.
have (got)Affirmative Contraction Negative
I have got (1) __________ I haven’t gotYou have got You’ve got (2) ___________He/she/it has got He’s/she’s/it’s got He/she/it hasn’t gotWe have got We’ve got (3) ___________They have got (4) ___________ They haven’t got
Interrogative Short answers
Have I/you/we/they got? Yes, I/you/we/they have.No, I/you/we/they haven’t.
Has he/she/it got? Yes, he/she/it has.No, he/she/it hasn’t.
3. Listen and check, then listen again and repeat.
NOTE: We sometimes say have or has instead of have got or has got. To form negatives
and questions with have and has, we use do or does.
Do you have a dog? No, I don’t have a dog. My sister has a cat.
GRAMMAR 3: have (got)
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GRAMMAR PRACTICE 3
1. Complete the sentences with the correct form of have got.
1. I’ve got brown eyes.
2. Jaime can’t go to Sweden because he ______ a passport.
3. How many brothers and sisters _______ you _______?
4. My parents don’t like animals so we _______ any pets.
5. Marathon runners _______ a lot of stamina.
6. _______ you _______ an aspirin? I _______ a terrible headache.
2. Write questions using have got for the following things.
1. you / a car? Have you got a car?
2. you / brown hair? ________________________
3. you / a laptop? ________________________
4. you / English friends? ________________________
5. you / blue eyes? ________________________
6. you / a big house? ________________________
3. Answer the questions in exercise 2 about you.
1. Yes, I have. / No, I haven’t.
4. Write three more words in each group.
1. January, February, March, ___________________________________________
2. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, _______________________________________
3. four, six, eight, ____________________________________________________
4. twenty, thirty, forty, _________________________________________________
5. mother, sister, brother, ______________________________________________
6. teacher, student, pilot, ______________________________________________
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1UNIT
1. Match the dialogues to the pictures.
a) b) c)
1.
Susan: Good morning.
Joey: Morning.
S: How are you?
J: Fine thanks, and you?
S: Not bad, thanks.
2.
John: Good evening. My name’s John.
Ann: Hello, John. Nice to meet you. I’m Ann.
J: Where are you from?
A: I’m from Canada. And you?
J: I’m from England.
3.
Jane: Good afternoon.
Pablo: Good afternoon.
J: What’s your name?
P: Pablo.
J: Are you Spanish?
P: No, I’m not. I’m Mexican.
2. Listen and practise the dialogues.
Speaking strategy: To speak English well you need to practise. Don’t be shy! Even if you
only know a little English, use it as often as you can, like the people in these situations.
SPEAKING
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1. Read the examples and circle the
correct option to complete the rule.
Come in and sit down.
Read the text carefully.
Listen to the tape and mark the
sentences true or false.
Find the words in your dictionary.
In English the imperative is very easy. When we want to give a command or an
instruction we just say the verb (with / without) to.
2. Read the next rule and rewrite the instructions.
To make an instruction more polite, just add please to the beginning or the end:
Please sit down! Sit down please!
1. Read the text carefully.
____________________ or ____________________
2. Listen to the tape.
____________________ or ____________________
3. Find the words in your dictionary.
____________________ or ____________________
GRAMMAR 4: Giving instructions
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1UNIT
1. Match the verbs to a translation.
2. Now match these common textbook instructions to a translation.
1. Mark the statements true (T) or false (F). ___j____
2. Complete the sentences. _______
3. Study the rules and match them to the sentences. _______
4. Listen and repeat. _______
5. Find similar words or phrases in the text. _______
6. Make sentences with the prompts. _______
7. Listen to check. _______
8. Listen again and complete the table. _______
9. Match the numbers to the information. _______
10. Read the text and complete the table. _______
a) Busca palabras o frases similares en el texto.
b) Completa las oraciones.
c) Construye frases con las palabras dadas.
d) Escucha otra vez y completa la tabla.
e) Empareja los números con la información.
f) Escucha y repite.
g) Estudia las reglas y emparéjalas con las oraciones.
h) Lee el texto y completa la tabla.
i) Escucha y comprueba tus respuestas.
j) Señala si las frases son verdadero o falso.
1. Read
2. Listen
3. Write
4. Match
5. Repeat
6. Check
7. Mark
8. Use
a) Empareja
b) Escucha
c) Usa
d) Lee
e) Repite
f) Señala
g) Comprueba
h) Escribe
GRAMMAR PRACTICE 4
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1. Read the text and complete the missing information in the table.
My name’s Jenny and my surname’s Smith. I’m from the UK and I live in Bristol. I’m 19 yearsold. I’ve got a dog. His name is Spot and he’s a Labrador Retriever. My favourite possessionis my iPhone. It’s brilliant. My favourite colour is green. I’ve got a brother and a sister. Mybrother’s name is Bobby and he’s thirteen years old. My sister’s name is Brenda and she’ssixteen years old. My father is a bus driver and my mother is a librarian.
First name JennySurname __________
Country /City __________ / ________
Nationality BritishAge ___________
Pets? A dog (Spot - he’s a Labrador Retriever)Favourite possession? ___________
Favourite colour? ___________
Brothers or sisters? ___________, 13; __________, __________.
Father’s job? ___________
Mother’s job? ___________
2. Complete the table about you.
First name __________
Surname __________
Country /City __________ / _________
Nationality ___________
Age ___________
Pets? ___________
Favourite possession? ___________
Favourite colour? ___________
Brothers or sisters? ___________
Father’s job? ___________
Mother’s job? ___________
3. Write a description about you with the information in the table.
STOP AND SEND 2
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1UNIT
1. Read the form and choose the correct options.
1. Brian wants to study (a) Spanish (b) Italian (c) German.
2. Brian lives in (a) Italy (b) the UK (c) France.
3. He is (a) single (b) married (c) separated (d) divorced.
4. He works as (a) a teacher (b) an electrician (c) a lawyer.
DOLCE VITA ACADEMYAPPLICATION FORM
Course: Intermediate Italian
Title: Mr Mrs Ms MissFirst name: Brian
Surname: Douglas
Gender: M FMarital status: Single
Occupation: Lawyer
D.O.B: 27. 10 1975
Nationality: British
Country of residence: France
Address: 12 rue du Chateau, Duras, 47120 France
Passport Number: 709553183
Tel no: (33) 552876449E-mail: [email protected]
For more info: www.dolcevitaroma.com
Writing strategy: When filling in a form, make sure you write clearly. Use a dictionary to
look up the meaning of words you do not know.
WRITING: Filling in a form
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2. Write the full forms of the abbreviations.
1. D.O.B: _________________________________________________
2. M _________________________________________________
3. F _________________________________________________
4. Tel. no. _________________________________________________
5. Info _________________________________________________
NOTE:We use the abbreviations Mr, Mrs, Ms and Miss in formal situations. We can use
them either with a person’s surname or with their first name and surname combined:
Mr Smith. Mr John Smith. We do not use the abbreviations with the first name alone:
Mr John. Mr is used for men. Mrs is used for married women. Miss is used for single
women or girls. Ms is used for both married and single girls and women.
3. Complete the form with information about you.
Title: Mr Mrs Miss
First name:
Surname:
Gender: M F
Marital status:
Occupation:
D.O.B:
Nationality:
Country of residence:
Address:
Passport Number:
Tel no:
e-mail:
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Create an application form for a language academy. Print it out and complete it
with information about you.
GUIDE TO WRITING: FILLING IN A FORM
Follow these steps when you fill in a form:
Complete the form in pencil.
Step 3:
Check words you are not sure about in a dictionary.
Step 2:
Look carefully at the information required.
Step 1:
Reread the form and check for mistakes:
- Is the information correct?
- Is the spelling correct?
Step 4:
Complete the form in ink.
Step 5:
STOP AND SEND 3
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1. Make a list of useful vocabulary you have learnt in this unit.
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2. Translate these useful phrases into your language. Then add two more.
1. Nice to meet you. __________________________________
2. Where are you from? __________________________________
3. How do you spell your surname? __________________________________
4. What’s your email address? __________________________________
5. My sister has got brown eyes. __________________________________
6. She’s very good at languages. __________________________________
7. English is important for work and travel. __________________________________
8. ________________________________________________________________________
9. ________________________________________________________________________
3. Circle how well you can do the following:
Very well 5 – 4 – 3 – 2 – 1 – 0 Not at all
I can greet a person and introduce myself. 5 – 4 – 3 – 2 – 1 – 0
I can give personal information. 5 – 4 – 3 – 2 – 1 – 0
I can talk about countries and nationalities. 5 – 4 – 3 – 2 – 1 – 0
I can talk about possessions and personal appearance. 5 – 4 – 3 – 2 – 1 – 0
I can give instructions. 5 – 4 – 3 – 2 – 1 – 0
I can fill in a form. 5 – 4 – 3 – 2 – 1 – 0
MY LEARNER DIARY
LEARNER TIP If you score yourself low, look again at that part of the unit. Try doing
the activities again. Remember: the more you practise the better you will get!
