Oral Practice. Meeting people. Family. Occupation
Meeting people. Family. Occupation. Hobbies.
Patterns
Family: grandmother, grandfather, grandparents, mother, father, parents, son, daughter, children, brother, sister, cousin, uncle, aunt, husband, wife, father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, in-laws. Occupations: student, engineer, teacher, secretary, doctor, car mechanic, plumber, carpenter, photographer, librarian, laboratory assistant, hairdresser, nurse, bank clerk.
Exercise 1. Fill in the questioneer.
Personal details Surname...... First name..... Nationality.... Date of birth... Occupation.... Place of birth... Date of arrival in Britain..... Length of stay...... Exercise 2. Try to quess the job by asking questions like these:
Do you... wear a uniform / a suit/ overalls work inside/outside/ in an office/ in a bank/at a clinic make things draw schemes attend the lectures repair cars give lectures look after patients count the money
Are you a...? Exercise 3. Complete the following sentences.
1. My mother’s sister is my... 2. My father’s brother is my... 3.My wife’s father is my... 4. My husband’s mother is my... 5. My uncle’s daughter is my... 6. My wife’s brother is my... 7. My father’s mother is my... 8. My husband’s relatives are my...
Exercise 4. Learn the dialogue by heart and make a dialogue of your own, using the patterns.
Ben: Hello! My name is Ben. What is your name? Susan: My name is Susan. Ben: Nice to meet you, Susan. Where are you from? Susan: I am from York. And where are you from? Ben: I’m from Melburn. I’m Australian. Susan: Glad to meet you. What do you do? Ben: I’m an engineer. And what are you? Susan: I’m a teacher. Have you got a family? Ben: Yes, I’m married, with two children. Exercise 5. What questions would you ask if the replies are:
1. I’m from France. 2. She is a student. 3. He drives lorries. 4. Hans is from Germany. 5. I’m Swedish. 6. She is an assistant in a shop. 7. He’s a teacher. 8. They are from Russia.
Exercise 6. Pretend, you’ve been in England for three days, but you haven’t made any friends yet. Then, one morning, you are having coffee during the morning break and a student comes and sits next to you…. Think of some questions the student might ask.How would you reply? What questions could you ask?
Unit 2 Text 1
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