PART I. VOCABULARY AND PRONUNCIATION Exercise 1: Complete the exercise on days of the week. You have to fill in the blanks using the pictures to help you. On each day of the week a person is doing a different activity. Days of the week exercise On Sarah meets her best friend On David swims, On Jane plays basketball. On James plays the violin. On Chloe does some gardening. On Jack visits is grandma. On John plays football. Family words Grandfather ˈɡran(d)fɑːðə Grandmother ˈɡran(d)mʌðə Husband ˈhʌzbənd Wife Waɪf Father ˈfɑː.ðər Mother ˈmʌðər Son Sʌn Daughter ˈdɔːtər Brother ˈbrʌðər Sister ˈsɪstər Younger brother ˈjʌŋɡər brʌðər Younger sister (n) ˈjʌŋɡər ˈsɪstər Uncle ˈʌŋ.kl Aunt ɑːnt Nephew ˈnefjuː Niece niːs Brotherinlaw ˈbrʌðər in lɔː Sisterinlaw (n) ˈsɪstər in lɔː Cousin (n) ˈkʌzn Exercise2: Rearrange the letters to complete the family words
UNIT TUTOR’S HANDOUT FAMILIES AND WEEKDAYS PART I VOCABULARY AND PRONUNCIATION Exercise 1: Complete the exercise on days of the week You have to fill in the blanks using the pictures to help you On each day of the week a person is doing a different activity Days of the week exercise On Sarah meets her best friend On David swims, On Jane plays basketball On James plays the violin On Chloe does some gardening On Jack visits is grandma On John plays football Family words Grandfather /ˈɡran(d)fɑːðə/ Husband /ˈhʌzbənd Father /ˈfɑː.ðər/ Son /Sʌn/ Grandmother /ˈɡran(d)mʌðə/ Wife /Waɪf/ Mother /ˈmʌðər/ Daughter /ˈdɔːtər/ Brother /ˈbrʌðər/ Younger brother /ˈjʌŋɡər brʌðər/ Uncle /ˈʌŋ.kl/ Nephew /ˈnefjuː/ Brother-in-law /ˈbrʌðər in lɔː/ Cousin (n) /ˈkʌzn/ Sister /ˈsɪstər/ Younger sister (n) /ˈjʌŋɡər ˈsɪstər/ Aunt /ɑːnt Niece /niːs/ Sister-in-law (n) /ˈsɪstər in lɔː/ Exercise2: Rearrange the letters to complete the family words ehfrta mehtor hobrrte ons tuhgdaer _ rseits nuecl tuan gandetohrrm 10 scunoi 11 maeirdr _ 12 fiew 13 dsbahun _ 14 dntgarfehra _ 15 famiyl _ Exercise 3: Using the family tree, type the relationships in the boxes below Anne is George's George is Anne's George is Kate's Anne is Bob's Kate is Anne's Bob is George's Bob is Kate's Kate is Bob's Kate is Billy's 10 Bob is Cindy's 11 Cindy is Bob's 12 Billy is Kate's 13 Anne is Billy's 14 George is Cindy's 15 Lyn is George's 16 Billy is Anne's 17 George is Susan's 18 Anne is Phil's 19 Susan is Anne's 20 Phil is George's 21 Bob is Phil's 22 Susan is Kate's PART II GRAMMAR Possessive adjectives Subject Possessive Adjective I My You Your He His She Her It Its We Our You (pl) Your They Their We use possessive adjectives: • to show something belongs to somebody: That’s our house My car is very old • for relations and friends: My mother is a doctor How old is your sister? • for parts of the body: He’s broken his arm She’s washing her hair I need to clean my teeth Its vs It's Be careful not to confuse its and it's Its = The possessive adjective for It It's = a contraction of it is Exercise : Complete the sentences: I’m Marcus and this is garden My mother’s Susan and this is hat They are Robert and Adam and this is Marco and this is bedroom living room We are Betti and Barbara and this is favourite book is Rachel and this is These are my teachers sister names are Paul and Rita This is my brother We are friends title is Twilight name is Peter a student in Hungary hobbies are gardening and walking I’m Sophy and this is dog, Aladin Plural nouns - Most nouns: + s stamps, keys, cameras - Nouns ending in –s, -ss, -sh, -ch: + es buses, classes, wishes, matches - Nouns ending in a consonant + y: the y changes to –ies countries, parties - Nouns ending in a vowel + y: + s keys, days - Some irregular nouns: a child – children a person – people a woman – women a man – men Exercise : 1The plural of "line" is The plural of "enemy" is ? lines a ? enemys ? linies b ? enemies ? lins c ? enemyes ? linses The plural of "key" is d ? enemes The plural of "loss" is ? keys a ? loss ? keyies b ? lossies ? keies c ? losses ? keyes d ? lossys The plural of "baby" is The plural of "church" is a ? babys a ? churchs b ? babies b ? churchies c ? babyes c ? churches d ? babyses d ? churies The plural of "wish" is The plural of "way" is a ? wish a ? waies b ? wishies b ? wayes c ? wishs c ? wayses d ? wishes d ? ways The plural of "show" is 10 The plural of "box" is a ? showes a ? boxs b ? showies b ? boxies c ? showers c ? box d ? shows d ? boxes PART III SPEAKING Activity Who am I? Fill in the correct member of the family Introduce this family to your partner You should say: - How many members there are - Who they are - How old they are Tom + Sue Jane Phil + Anne Terry + Mary Tina Joe + Jane Ellen Mark + Gloria My father is 65 years old His name is Tom My is 62 Her name is I have got a _ She is 37 My _is 40 He is married with two I have got two , too My is called .She is 17 My is called Joe He is married His is called just like my _ Do you know who am I? My name is Talk about your family PART IV READING Read the text and answer the questions: My cousin Blanca is a motor mechanic She woks in a busy garage in the middle of the town, about five minutes’s walk from home She likes everything about the job, except for the fact that she can never seem to get completely clean at the end of the day All the other mechanics, except for the supervisor, are men She gets on well with everyone very well, although she occasionally has trouble with the customers who think that, being a woman, she cannot be a good mechanic As it happens, she is considered by most of her workmates to be the best mechanic in the garage Her husband Gianni is the accountant and works at the Company head office, which is just outside the town Her only daughter is Sarah, a student, studies at a university in the city She sometimes comes home to see her parents at the weekends What does Blanca dislike about working in the garage? Why some customers think that she cannot be a good mechanic? What is her husband’s job? How many children does she have? Why does Sarah come home at the weekends Read the text and answer the questions: My name is Petty and this is my husband, Phil We both work in offices in London We have breakfast at half past seven We don’t have a big breakfast We usually have bread, coffee and orange juice For lunch we usually have a salad or soup and sandwich That’s at about 1.30 We usually have dinner at half past seven in the evening It is a big meal of the day and we have meat or fish with vegetables and potatoes or rice We have orange juice with the milk On Saturday evenings we go to a restaurant for dinner at about eight o’clock Who is Petty’s husband? What they have for lunch? What time they usually have dinner? What they drink for dinner? Where they have dinner on Saturday evenings? V WRITING Exercise 1: Change the sentences below to the plural form There’s a fly in my soup ………………………………………………………………………………… The shelf is full of books ………………………………………………………………………………… The policeman works here ………………………………………………………………………………… This crystal glass is beautiful ………………………………………………………………………………… This church is old ………………………………………………………………………………… I love the red dress ……………………………………………………………………………… I ate a sandwich for breakfast ……………………………………………………………………………… That woman is my teacher ……………………………………………………………………………… This person has a great life ……………………………………………………………………………… 10 My child is at school now ……………………………………………………………………………… Exercise 2: Rewrite these sentences using the possessive ‘s’ Billy favourite footballer is David Beckham ………………………………………………………………………………… My parents car is very old ………………………………………………………………………………… My best friends names are Mikkie and Sarah ………………………………………………………………………………… I collect everybody plate after the meal ………………………………………………………………………………… The children room is messy ………………………………………………………………………………… Her babies toys are new and expensive ……………………………………………………………………………… Give me those people addresses ……………………………………………………………………………… Women clothes are often colourful ……………………………………………………………………………… Police uniform is orange ……………………………………………………………………………… 10 The teacher will return the students tests tomorrow ………………………………………………………………………………