P E N G U I N ENGLISH

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Published by Penguin Books, 1994 1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

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Introduction

Section One: People Personal details 3 Describing people: Clothes 1 The family 4 Describing people: Clothes 2 Parts of the body: The face 6 Describing people: Physical Parts of the body: The body 7 appearance Verbs to describe daily routines 8 Describing people: Character Verbs you can use to talk about Nationalities

your life 10 Useful phrases

Section Two: House and home Places to live 24 Rooms of a house: The bathroom Inside a house 26 Rooms of a house: The bedroom Outside a house 28 Jobs and activities in the home Rooms of a house: The kitchen 30 Things in the home Rooms of a house: The living-room 31 Useful phrases

Section Three: Jobs, sport and leisure Jobs 1 39 Places where you play Who does what? 42 or do sports Jobs 2 43 Popular sports Who uses what? 46 What do you use? Adjectives you can use to Hobbies and pastimes

describe a job 47 What are they called and In an office 48 where do you use them?

Useful phrases

Check 1 [based on Sections 1-31

Section One: People

Personal details Put the following words i n the correct places 1-1 0 i n the form below.

Age Children Christian name Country Job

Married or single Nationality Street Surname Town/Village

Address 4

Smith

William

thirty-six

64 Highland Road

Bournemouth

England

Canadian

married

1 boy, 2 girls

taxi driver

Parts of the body: 'The face Look at the drawing below and write the correct numbers 1-1 6 next to the following words.

cheek eyebrow jaw nose chin eyelashes lip teeth ear forehead mouth throat eye hair neck tongue

Parts of the body: The body Look a t the drawing below and write the correct numbers 1-20 next to the following words.

anMe elbow heel thigh arm finger knee thumb back foot 1% toe bottom hand shoulder waist chest head stomach wrist

Verbs to describe daily routines Read about Linda Taylor's typical day below and supply the missing verbs 1-30. Choose from the following:

brush buy catch eat fall asleep find out finish get dressed

get home have a break pop into get UP have a shower read go to leave home set go to bed lie start work goes off listen to turn off have breakfast meet wake up have dinner phone watch TV have lunch

I usually (1) at 7.00 when my alarm clock

(2) . 1 (3) it straight away and then usually just (4) there in

bed for another five or ten minutes before I finally

(5) .I go to the bathroom, (6) 7

(7) my teeth and then (8)

I usually (9) - cornflakes, toast, a boiled egg and coffee - at about 7.40. While I (10) I nor-

mally (11) the news on the radio.

I(12) at about 7.50. I always

(13) Mr Brown the newsagent's on my way to the station to (14) a daily newspaper.

I(15) the eight o'clock train to work and usually

(16) the newspaper on it.

I(17) at 9.00 and (18) at 5.00. At eleven o'clock we (19) for tea or coffee and I

always (20) at 12.30 - I usually go with some

friends to an Italian restaurant just round the corner.

Verbs you can use to talk about your life Look at the drawings ofPeter Steele's life. Write the correct verb under each drawing. Use the past simple tense of each verb.

be born get divorced live by the seaside be buried get engaged meet his future wife become a grandfather get married move buy a house go to university remarry die have children retire fall in love learn to drive start school get a new job leave school start work