Work in pairs. Take turns to describe one of the things below. Your partner must decide what you are talking about

Examples:

You eat it in Italy and all over the world. > pizza They're animals. They live in Africa or India. > elephants

letters, the Channel Tunnel, Madonna, Andre Agassi, cats, aborigines, watches, journalists, whisky, mobile phones, water.

 

Giovanna Appolloni lives in Milan and works in finance. Think of five things she does and five things she doesn't do. Use these words to help you.

come, work, live, visit, start, go, use, play, wear, travel, like, speak, finish.

 

Work in pairs. Take turns to make three sentences about yourself and three sentences about someone else. Toss a coin. When it's heads, make a positive sentence. When it's tails, make a sentence in the negative form.

Examples:

Heads: My boss speaks very good English.

Tails: Our teacher doesn't speak very good Spanish.

 

Look at the questions about Giovanna. Match each question on the left with an answer on the right.

1. Do you go to work by car? a) In Milan.

2. Who do you work for? b) A company called SLS.

3. Where do you live? c) No, in the suburbs.

4. Do you live in the centre? d) No, by train.

5. Do you like Milan? e) No, in a flat.

6. Do you live in a house? f) Not very much. It's noisy.

 

Now work in pairs. Cover the questions. Take turns to ask and answer the questions.

Ask your partner six similar questions.

What do you want to know about your teacher? Ask your teacher five questions.

Work in pairs. Think of questions for a general knowledge quiz. Ask your questions in a quiz.

Choose a right verb and fill each gap in the sentences below. Use the correct form of the verb.

go, wash, have, study, change, fly, do.

 

1. A balloon ___ without an engine.

2. A spider ___ eight legs.

3. A washing machine ___ clothes, but a dishwasher ___ the washing up.

4. A student in the UK usually ___ at the university for three years.

5. A chameleon ___ colour.

6. The river Amazon ___ from Peru, through Brazil, to the Atlantic.

 

Fill each gap with the words below. Be careful! Sometimes you need to change the spelling of the verb or use the negative form. (Short forms, for example, DOESN'T, take one gap).

study, like, like, work, speak, speak, live, come.

 

Mikhail and Elizabeth ___ in Moscow. Mikhail is Russian, but his wife, Elizabeth, ___ from England. She ___ for a multinational company. Mikhail ___ excellent English, but Elizabeth ___ very good Russian. So she ___ Russian with a teacher every day to get better. She ___ Moscow a lot; life is very exciting. But she ___ ___ Russian winters; they're too cold.

 

Now think of two questions that you want to ask Mikhail or Elizabeth. Write them.

Think of a person you know. Write his / her name. Then write seven things about this person.

Examples: He doesn’t drive a car.

He visits his mother every weekend.