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Topic 1 Introductions

1 Role-play the dialogue.

Hello. My name’s Jane. Hello. I’m Tom.

I’m an English teacher. I’m a student.

Nice to meet you, Tom. I’m ten years old.

How old are you?

Have you got brothers I’ve got an older

and sisters? brother but I haven’t
got a sister.

Now, talk to Jane. Give true information about yourself.

2 Practise like in the example.

E.g. a teacher/ astudent A: I’m a teacher.

B: I’m a student.

1 an engineer/ adoctor 5 a driver / an electrician

2 abuilder/ acarpenter 6 a shop assistant / a photographer
3 ahousewife/ abeautician 7 a manager / a secretary
4 an actor / a writer 8 an architect / an artist

3 Practise pronouncing these words and phrases.

Hello Myname’s + NAME English teacher student old brother

Nice to meet you
4 Can you guess the job?

1 2 She types 3 4
I cut grass. He makes Ben cuts
letters. films. people’s hair.
You’re a 5
gardener. I sow seeds. director farmer barber
secretary gardener
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Topic 1 Introductions (Continued)

1 Role-play the following dialogue.

A: Hello. My name is David. What is your name?

B: My name is Nuha. Nice to meet you.

A: Nice to meet you too. Where are you from?

B: I am from Srilanka. And you?

A: I am English.

B: What do you do?

A: I am a lawyer. What about you?

B: I am an engineer.

2 Pairwork: Practise using the ideas below.

E.g. Reka 1 Kumar 2 Upul 3 Mike

Srilankan Indian Srilankan English
teacher lawyer mechanic carpenter

E.g.

A: What’s her name?

B: Her name’s Reka.

A: What’s her nationality?

B: She’s Srilankan.
4 Sudais
A: What does she do?
Saudi
police officer B: She’s a teacher.

3 Telltheclassabouteachofthepeoplein4. E.g. This is Reka and she is Srilankan.

She’s a teacher.
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Topic 2 Things we do(1)

1 Below are some leisure activities. Say whether you do them or not.

listen to music
eat out
go swimming
read story books
watch television
play football
visit relatives

E.g. Ireadstory books in myleisure time. Or

I don’t read story books in my leisure time.

1in my leisuretime.

2 in myleisure time.

3 in myleisure time.

4 in myleisure time.

5 in myleisure time.

6 in myleisure time.

2 Role-play the dialogue.

Pairwork: Practise dialogues like
A: What do you do in your leisure time? this for the other activities.

B: I read story books. What do you do …?

A: Really? I don’t read story books. Really?
I don’t …
B: Do you play football?
Doyou…?
A: Yes, I do.
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Topic 2 Things we do(2)

E.g. 1 2 3 4

Ramya     
Kumar     

cook surf watch the news the net hard

study wake up very well early

Ramya and Kumar are best friends, but they have different interests and personalities.

E.g. Ramya wakes up early, but Kumar doesn’t wake up early.

What about the following things? Tell your partner.

1 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
2 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
3 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
4 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

2 Tell your partner about yourself.

E.g. I wake up early. Or I don’t wake up early.

Remember.
cook  cooks / read  reads
I/You cook but She/He cooks
But
I/You don’t cook but She/He doesn’t cook
study  studies / fix  fixes /
teach  teaches/ miss misses /
wish wishes
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Topic 2 Things we do(3)

1 Role-play this dialog.

A: You look really fit.

B: Well, I do exercise every day. What about you?

A: I walk about two kilometres every day. Do you follow a diet too?

B: No, I don’t.

2 Decide whether the following statements are true () or false (). Correct the incorrect ones
b
y
changing the positive into the negative and vice versa.

E.g. Penguins fly.  Penguins don’t fly.

1 Srilanka exports tea. ……………………………………………………………..…………………..
2 Schools open on Sundays. ………………………………………………………..……………………
3 The sun shines during the day. ………………………………………………………..……………..
4 Themoongoesround Mars. ………………………………………………………..………………….
5 Water boils at 50 degrees Celsius. ………………………………………………………..……………
6 Snow falls in the winter. ………………………………………………………..……………………..
7 Most Srilankans speak English. ………………………………………………………..………………
8 January has thirty days. ………………………………………………………..……………………..
9 Tigers are domestic animals. ………………………………………………………..…………………
10 The tortoise runs faster than the hare. ………………………………………………………..………

3 Ask your partner whether they do these things.

dothegardening sendemails doexercise every day drink coffee in the morning

eat noodles watch action films rideamotorbike speak three languages

E.g. A: Do you do the gardening?

B: Yes, I do. Or No, I don’t.
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Topic 2 Free time (1)

1 Read the information about these people’s free time.

Peter, 41 Kate, 30 Mike, 52

I write short stories in I’m a very busy person. I’m a farmer and I love
my free time. At the I’m only free on Sundays, spending my day with the
weekends I go shopping so I visit my relatives in animals on my farm. I play
with my family or watch a the county. Sometimes I the guitar when I’m not
video. I don’t play sport. go on a picnic. working.

Practise asking and answering questions with a partner.

E.g. 1 (Peter/go shopping)?

Does he/she/it + speak?
A: Does Peter go shopping? Who/What/Where/Why+ does he/she/it + speak?
Yes, he/she/it does.
B: Yes, he does. No, he/she/it doesn’t.
2 (Who/Kate/visit/on Sundays)?

A: Who does Kate visit on Sundays?

B: She visits her relatives.

1 (Kate/go on a picnic)? 5 (Who/Mike/spend/his day with)?
2 (What/Peter/write/in his free time)? 6 (Peter/play sport)?
3 (Where/Mike/love spending his day)? 7 (When/Kate/go on a picnic)?
4 (What/Kate/sometimes do)? 8 (What/Mike/do when he isn’t working)?

2 Tell your partner about yourself.

Do I/we/you/they + speak?
E.g. A: Do you go shopping? Who/What/etc + do + I/we/you/they + speak?
B: Yes, I do. Or Yes, I/we/you/they do.
No, I/we/you/they don’t.
No, I don’t.
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Topic 2 Free time (2)

Practise the following dialogues.

Dialogue 1: Two friends talking about their free time. D=David, J=John

D What do you do in your free time?

J I usually listen to music or sometimes I readmagazines.

D I don’t read magazines, but I read newspapers.

Dialogue 2: Ways to relax. M=Mike, J= Jane

M What do you do to relax, Jane?

J I go to the park or perhaps listen to music.

M What kind of music do you listen to?

J I listen to pop music mostly.

M Do you listen to folk music?

J No, I don’t listen to it much.

Dialogue 3: About free time. F=Fred, K=Kim

F So, tell me about your free time.

K I watch a lot of TV … and … I just chat online. How about you?

F Well, I don’t have much free time. When I have any time free, I hang out with

friends, go somewhere … restaurants, parks, beaches, youknow.

K Do you do sport?

F I don’t do sport I’m afraid, but I do exercise.

Dialogue 4: Fishing is an interesting pastime. U=Uma, R=Ravi

U What do you like doing in your leisure time?

R I like playing cricket, I like reading … and I like fishing…

U Wow. It’s an interesting pastime.

R Yes, it’s very interesting.

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Topic 3 Questions(1):‘Yes/No questions’ inthepresentsimple

1 Change each sentence into a question.

E.g. 1 You read magazines in your free time.

Do you read magazines in your free time?

2 Sheteaches English atuniversity.

Does she teach English at university?

1 The sun shines in the summer.
………………………………….……………………………………………..……………………..
2 They speak Englishfluently.
………………………………….……………………………………………..……………………..
3 Your teacher comes from the UK.
………………………………….……………………………………………..……………………..
4 Our parents live in the countryside.
………………………………….……………………………………………..……………………..
5 Anand works in amultinational company.
………………………………….……………………………………………..……………………..
6 You and I waste our time playing computer games all the time.
………………………………….……………………………………………..……………………..

2 Write a question for each answer.

E.g. 1 A: (you/work)? Do you work? 2 A: (Amala/send emails)? Does Amala send emails?
B: Yes, I work in a bank. B: No, shedoesn’t.
1 A: (they/ play cricket in the street)? ………………………………………………………………
B: Yes, they do. They break our windows.
2 A: (your mother/go shopping)? ………………………………………………………………
B: No, my dad does it.
3 A: (you/speak English)? ………………………………………………………………
B: Yes, but not very fluently.
4 A: (Tom/oftenfail his exams)? ………………………………………………………………
B: No, he always passes them.
5 A: (it/snow in Srilanka)? ………………………………………………………………
B: No, it doesn’t