English for distance education (giáo trình tiếng anh dùng cho hệ đào tạo từ xa) phần 1

VINH UNIVERSITY VŨ THỊ HÀ (Giáo trình tiếng Anh dùng cho hệ đào tạo từ xa) Part & Part Nghe an, 2011 Chief Editor Ph.D Vu Thi Ha B.A Nguyen Thi Lam Giang: Unit 1,2,3 M.A Le Thi Tuyet Hanh: Unit 4,5,6 M.A Nguyen Thi Lanh: Unit 7,8,9 M.A Tran Thi Phuong Thao: Unit 10,11,12 Chủ biên TS Vũ Thị Hà CN Nguyễn Thị Lam Giang: Unit 1,2,3 Th.S Lê Thị Tuyết Hạnh: Unit 4,5,6 Th.S Nguyễn Thị Lành: Unit 7,8,9 Th.S Trần Thị Phương Thảo: Unit 10,11,12 TABLE OF CONTENT UNIT Unit Unit Unit3 Unit Unit Unit Unit Unit Unit Unit 10 Unit 11 Unit 12 CONTENT The way we live What happened next? The market place! My hobbies! How people feel? Places and things Review: Unit1 – Unit PRACTICE TEST Fame! Do’s and don’ts What is your plan for the future? Things that changed the world What if? Earning a living Review: Unit – Unit 12 Tapescripts References PAGE 12 22 33 40 49 57 62 65 74 85 93 101 109 116 122 125 LỜI NÓI ĐẦU English for distance education giáo trình tiếng Anh dùng cho hệ đào tạo từ xa Giáo trình gồm 12 với thời lượng 90 tín (6 tín chỉ) chia thành học phần: Tiếng Anh Tiếng Anh 2, học phần 45 (3 tín chỉ), Mỗi bao gồm kỹ nghe, nói, đọc, viết với chủ đề khác nhau, nhiều hình ảnh minh họa sinh động.và kiến thức ngữ pháp kèm hệ thống tập phù hợp Trong phần ngữ pháp có câu hỏi cho học viên định hướng ôn tập (Grammar question) Các học viên phải trang bị số vốn tiếng Anh trước bắt đầu chương trình Qua giáo trình này, tập thể tác giả mong muốn giúp học viên ôn lại kiến thức ngữ pháp, từ vựng cung cấp kiến thức để học viên nâng cao trình độ tiếng Anh Phần nghe có kèm theo đĩa CD phần lời cuối giáo trình, học viên vừa nghe vừa theo dõi thuận tiện Cuối giáo trình có danh sách tài liệu tham khảo dẫn cách tìm website để học viên tự tải xuống nghiên cứu Mặc dầu tác giả cố gắng, đương nhiên tránh khỏi sai sót, mong góp ý chân tình phê bình thẳng thắn đồng nghiệp, học viên độc giả quan tâm Nghệ An, 12 2011 Các tác giả ĐỀ CƯƠNG CHI TIẾT HỌC PHẦN Tiếng Anh – NC10001 Tên học phần: Ngoại ngữ (Tiếng Anh 1) (30/30) Bộ môn phụ trách giảng dạy: Khoa ngoại ngữ Mô tả học phần: Tiếng Anh học phần bắt buộc dành cho sinh viên không chuyên ngữ liên thông từ trung cấp trường Đại học Vinh Chương trình gồm có (từ đến 6).Học phần phân bổ 45giờ tín (tương đương với tín chỉ).Qua học phần người học cung cấp số kiến thức tiếng Anh tổng quát, giúp họ rèn luyện kĩ thực hành tiếng nghe, nói, đọc, viết Kết thúc học phần sinh viên có tảng kiến thức để học lên học phần Tiếng Anh II Mục tiêu học phần: 4.1 Kiến thức: * Các vấn đề ngữ pháp bản: - Tenses (present simple, present continuous, past simple, past continuous, future simple), going to - Questions, question words - Expressions of quantity, articles - Verb patterns - Have/ have got - What……….like? - Comparative and superlative adjectives * Từ vựng chủ đề: sống, đất nước, âm nhạc, bạn bè, mua sắm 4.2 Kĩ năng: Môn học giúp sinh viên nâng cao kĩ nghe, nói, đọc, viết, trọng kĩ đọc hiểu 4.3 Thái độ: Sinh viên phải thấy tầm quan trọng học phần, cảm thấy hứng thú có thái độ nghiêm túc, chủ động học phần Nội dung họcphần: Unit 1:The way we live * Grammar - Present tenses (present simple, present continuous) - Linking words * Writing - Linking words * Speaking - Exchanging information - Discussion * Reading: Living in the USA * Listening: Listen and fill in the blank Unit 2:What happened next? * Grammar: Past tenses (past simple, past continuous) * Writing: Write sentences and a story * Speaking - Telling stories - Exchanging information * Reading: “Hetty Green – The Witch of Wall Street” * Listening: Listen to get information Unit 3: The market place * Grammar - Count and uncount nouns - Quantity (some, any, a few, a little, a lot of, ) - Articles * Writing: Write sentences and a story * Speaking - Discussion - Group work * Reading: The best shopping street on the world * Listening: Listen to get information Unit 4: My hobbies * Grammar - Present continuous - going to, will * Writing: Writing a postcard * Speaking - Discussion * Reading: Hobbies * Listening: A song “You’ve got a friend” Unit 5: How people feel? * Grammar - ing/ed adjectives - so/ such -relative clause * Writing - join the sentences * Speaking - Discussion * Reading: How to be sensitive to other people’s feeling * Listening: Listen to get information Unit 6: Places and things * Grammar - What’s it like? - Comparatives and superlatives * Writing: Writing sentences * Speaking - Discussion * Reading: The Big Ben * Listening: Listen to a conversation Tài liệu tham khảo John and Lis Soars New Headway Pre-Intermediate, Second Edition, Student’s Book and Workbook Link to download: http://www.mediafire.com/?ajiclieehzt John and Lis Soars New Headway Pre-Intermediate, Third Edition, Student’s Book Link to download: http://www.scribd.com/doc/74969488 New Headway Third Edition Pre Intermediate Student’s book David Nonan Listen in 1,2,3 Link to download: http://www.mediafire.com/?yxi5vb6db5eng 4.Hutchinson Tom Lifelines – Pre-Intermediate, HaiPhong Publishing House 2004 Terry Hong New toeic listening comprehension, Long man, 2009 Raymond Murphy English Grammar in Use.Third Edition.Cambridgeuniversity Press, 2004 Link to download ebook PDFhttp://www.mediafire.com/?d3nzmmeymme Phương thức đánh giá học phần  Các phương thức kiểm tra, đánh giá Kiểm tra, đánh giá thường xuyên: chuyên cần, chuẩn bị bài, tích cực thảo luận, làm tập lớp: 1/10 Kiểm tra đánh giá định kỳ: kiểm tra kì: 2/10 - Kiểm tra (thi) kết thúc môn học: 7/10  Thang điểm: 10 quy đổi thang điểm điểm chữ ĐỀ CƯƠNG CHI TIẾT HỌC PHẦN Tiếng Anh – NC10002 Tên học phần: Ngoại ngữ (Tiếng Anh 2) (30/30) Bộ môn phụ trách giảng dạy: Khoa ngoại ngữ Mô tả học phần: Tiếng Anh học phần bắt buộc dành cho sinh viên liên thông từ trung cấp không chuyên ngữ trường Đại học Vinh sau học học phần Tiếng Anh I Chương trình gồm có (từ đến 12) phân bổ 45 tín (tương đương với tín chỉ) Qua môn học sinh viên cung cấp thêm số vấn đề ngữ pháp bản, rèn luyện củng cố kĩ nghe, nói, đọc, viết để đạt tới cấp độ Sinh viên sử dụng ngôn ngữ cách thành thạo nhờ kiến thức mở rộng từ vựng Mục tiêu học phần: 4.1 Kiến thức: * Các vấn đề ngữ pháp bản: - Tenses (present perfect, present perfect continuous, past simple) - Have to, should, must, might - Time and conditional clauses, What if ?, - Verb patterns, infinitives - Passives - Second conditional * Từ vựng chủ đề: âm nhạc, nghề nghiệp, du lịch, tình cảm, thái độ 4.2 Kĩ năng: Môn học giúp sinh viên nâng cao kĩ nghe, nói, đọc, viết, trọng kĩ đọc hiểu 4.3 Thái độ: Sinh viên phải thấy tầm quan trọng học phần, cảm thấy hứng thú có thái độ nghiêm túc, chủ động học phần Nội dung họcphần: Unit 7: Fame! * Grammar - Present perfect and past simple - For and since * Writing - Writing a biography * Speaking - Discussion * Reading: Lady Gaga-Best new artist * Listening: An interview Unit 8: Do and don’t * Grammar - have (got) to - Should - Must - Used to * Writing: Favorite job * Speaking - Discussion - Role play, group work * Reading: What every parents of a first-year college student should know? * Listening - Listen a conversation Unit 9: What is your plan for the future? * Grammar - Time clauses - First conditional * Writing: World in the future * Speaking - Discussion * Reading: The house of the future * Listening: Listen and fill in the blank Unit 10: Things that changed the world * Grammar - Passives * Writing: - Use the prompts to rewrite sentences * Speaking - Discussion * Reading - The invention of Google * Listening - Listen the conversation and fill in the blank Unit 11: What if…? * Grammar: - Second conditional - Might - Phrasal verbs * Writing: - Use the prompts to write / rewrite sentences * Speaking - Giving advice - Discussion – dilemmas - Group work * Reading: “Supervolcano” * Listening: if I were you Unit 12: Earning a living * Grammar - Present Perfect continuous * Writing - Use the prompts to write / rewrite sentences * Speaking - Exchanging information * Reading: Flying for a living * Listening: Listen and fill in the blank Tài liệu tham khảo John and Lis Soars New Headway Pre-Intermediate, Second Edition, Student’s Book and Workbook Link to download: http://www.mediafire.com/?ajiclieehzt John and Lis Soars.New Headway Pre-Intermediate, Third Edition, Student’s Book Link to download: http://www.scribd.com/doc/74969488 New Headway Third Edition Pre Intermediate Student’s book David Nonan Listen in 1,2,3 Link to download: http://www.mediafire.com/?yxi5vb6db5eng 4.Hutchinson Tom Lifelines – Pre-Intermediate, HaiPhong Publishing House 2004 Terry Hong New toeic listening comprehension, Long man, 2009 Raymond Murphy English Grammar in Use.Third Edition.Cambridgeuniversity Press, 2004 Link to download ebook PDFhttp://www.mediafire.com/?d3nzmmeymme Phương thức đánh giá học phần  Các phương thức kiểm tra, đánh giá Kiểm tra, đánh giá thường xuyên: chuyên cần, chuẩn bị bài, tích cực thảo luận, làm tập lớp: 1/10 Kiểm tra đánh giá định kỳ: kiểm tra kì: 2/10 - Kiểm tra (thi) kết thúc môn học: 7/10  Thang điểm: 10 quy đổi thang điểm điểm chữ 2.Which of these adjectives you thinks go with the photos? fantastic talented delicious PRESENTATION glamorous shocking romantic vietnamese skillful What’s it like? Look at the questions and answers A What is your teacher like? B She is very nice – kind and patient A What are his parents like? B They’re strict and a bit frightening GRAMMAR QUESTION 1.When we use the question “What…like?” What kind of word is “like”? GRAMMAR REVIEW What’s it like? 1.“What …like?” means “describe somebody or something Tell me about them I don’t know anything about them” What is your new boyfriend like? => He is handsome and intelligent What is your mother like? => She is kind hearted Note: How’s your mother? Ask about the health It doesn’t ask for a description How’s your mother? => She is very well, thank you In the question “What…like?”, like is a preposition Don’t be confused with “like” as a verb What is Jim like? => He is very talented What does Jim like? => he likes collecting stamps PRACTICE 1.Match the questions and answers Questions: Answers: What’s Phil like? a Very well, thanks What does Phil like? b Oh, the usual things – good food and How’s Phil? nice people c He’s tall, funny and very kind Thomas is answering questions about his home town, London Complete the questions with is or are and the correct words from the box London the restaurants the night -life the people the buildings the weather 1.Q What ‘s London like? T Well, it's a really exciting city! There's so much going on all the time Q What like? T It's OK, and not very cold in winter, but people don't come here for the sunshine! Q What like? T They're very interesting They come from all over the world London's a very cosmopolitan city Q What _ like? T Fantastic! Lots of them are historical and famous, but there are some wonderful modern ones, too Q What _ T They're great! You can find food from every country in the world Q What _ like? T Oh, It’s amazing! There are so many clubs and theatres, and, of course, the music scene is fantastic PRESENTATION Comparatives and superlatives 1.Look at the pictures What you know about them? 1.Berlin Detroit Tokyo Read and use the words below to complete the interview between a journalist and a singer historical buildings; like; birthplace; interesting; food; music; delecious; city A Do you travel a lot, Leroy? B Oh yeah, I sing all over the world Last year, I was in Berlin, Tokyo, Detroit A And what are they(1) ? B Well, they are all big, busy cities Tokyo is the biggest and the busiest It’s much bigger than Berlin A And is it more(2) _? B Well They are all interesting, but, in fact, for me, the most interesting is Detroit A Really? Why? B Well, in some ways, perhaps it isn’t as interesting as the other two cities – It hasn’t (3), or beautiful old Japanese temples – but you see, Detroit is the (4) _of soul music and that’s everything to me A Hmm, I see So Detroit is best for (5) _ What about (6) ? Which is _the best (7) for food? B Ah the food For me, ther’s no question, Tokyo definitely has the most (8) _food – I just love jananese food A Is it even better than chicken satay? B Ah, I don’t know about that GRAMMAR QUESTION 1.How many types of comparasion used in the interview? Which one? How to use these types of comparasion? GRAMMAR REVIEW Comparative and superlative Form Look at the chart Comparative Superlative Short adjectives cheap Cheaper cheapest small smaller smallest Adjectives that 'big funny bigger funnier biggest funniest end in -y earrly earlier earliest heavy heavier heaviest Adjectives with careful more careful most careful two syllables or boring more boring most boring more expensive more expensive most expensive interesting more interesting most interesting Irregular far further furthest adjectives good better best bad worse worst 1.For short adjectives with one vowel one consonant, double the consonant: hot/hotter/hottest; fat/fatter/fattest 2.Than is often used after a comparative adjective I'm younger than Barbara Barbara's more intelligent than Sarah 3.Much can come before the comparative to give emphasis She's much nicer than her sister Is Tokyo much more modern than London? 4.The is used before superlative adjectives He's the funniest boy in the class Which is the tallest building in the wvorld? Use Comparatives compare one thing, person, or action with another She's taller than me linden's more expensive than Rome Superlatives compare somebody or something with the whole group She's the tallest in the class It's the most expensive hotel in the world As as shows that something is the same or equal Jirn's as tall as Peter I'm as worried as you are Not as/so as shows that something isn't the same or equal She isn't as tall as her mother My car wasn't so expensive as yours PRACTICE Write the comparative and the superlative of each adjective Comparative Superlative easy expensive far sad interesting big good funny Complete the comparative or superlative form of the adjective in brackets 1.This restaurant is (cheap) than the other one in this street The food is really good I think it's the (delicious) food in town 2.Who is the _ _(popular) actor in your country? 3.Michael is a good player, but John is a _(good) player than him But Peter is the _ (talented) player in the team Could you tell me the (quick) way to get to London from here? 5.Eva is generous, but Laura is even _(generous) than her I've never been (happy) This is the _(happy) day of my life CHECK IT 1.Your friend is living in Australia for a year Ask questions about the country the weather: What’s the weather like? the countryside the people the towns Sydney the beaches the TV programmes Match a question in exercise with an answer a They’re mainly o the coast They’re very modern b It’s hot nearly all year round c It’s a lovely place The Opera House is fantastic d There are millions of sheep and there’s a lot of desert e They have beautiful white sand, and they’re miles long f They’re nearly nice and friendly g They’re OK Pretty similar to home, really Correct the sentences 1.He is more older than he looks Jessica is as tall than her mother “What does New York like?” “It’s really exciting.” London is more expensive that Paris The University of Oxford is one of oldest universities in Europe He isn’t as intelligent than her sister This is more hard than I expected Who is the most rich man in the world? Everything is more cheap in my country 10 Rome was hotter that I expected THE BIG BEN READING The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster, commonly known as the Big Ben, is one of London's most famous landmarks Big Ben The name Big Ben actually refers to the clock's hour bell, the largest of the clock's five bells, the others being used as quarter bells Big Ben There were two bells cast as the clock tower's hour bell A first, a 16 ton weighing bell was cast by John Warner and Sons in 1856 Since the Clock Tower was not yet completed, the bell was temporarily in the Palace Yard The bell soon cracked so it was recast in 1858 in the Whitechapel Bell Foundry as a 13.5 ton bell Unfortunately soon after this bell was placed in the belfry in July 1859, it cracked as well This time, instead of yet again recasting the bell, the crack was repaired and a lighter hammer was used to prevent any The hour bell was probably named after Benjamin Hall, more cracks the First Commissioner of Works Some sources however claim the bell was named after Benjamin Caunt, a British heavyweight boxing champion The Clock The clock was the largest in the world and still the largest in Great-Britain The clock faces have a diameter of almost 25ft (7.5m) The hour hand is 9ft or 2.7m long and the minute hand is 14ft (4.25m) long The clock is known for its reliability, it has rarely failed during its long life span Even after the nearby House of Commons was destroyed by bombing during World War II, the clock kept on chiming The clock's mechanism, designed by Edmund Beckett Denison, has a remarkable accuracy The clock's rate is adjusted by simply adding small pennies on the shoulder of the pendulum Read the text about Big Ben and answer the questions Where is the Big Ben? How many weight is the bell? Who cast the first bell? Why did the bell recast in 1858? What people use to prevent cracks? Was the Bell named after Benjamin Caunt? Read the text about the Clock Are these statements about the Clock true or false Correct the false ones The Clock is the biggest in the world The Clock is rarely exact The Clock was destroyed by bombing during World War II The clock's mechanismwas designed by Edmund Beckett Denison LISTENING You are going to listen to Jane Bland talking to her friend, Fran, about her life in Sweden Are these statement true or false in Sweden? 1.In winter there is only one hour of daylight Swedish people look forward to winter The houses are cold The houses are much better insulated than in Britain In parts of Sweden from May to July the sun never sets WRITING Londoners work longer hours than the Swedes Swedes always start work early in the morning Country cottages in Sweden are usually very luxurious All houses have a sauna 10 The whole family like to sit in the sauna together 1.Write the questions for the underline words New York is a very expensive city My parents are very well, thank you John likes going fishing very much Tokyo is more exciting than Beijing My husband is so funny Compare the things using the comparative and superlativeforms of adjectives The …is taller than the…, but the….is the tallest Tall Small Big Fast Expensive Dangerous Petronas Towers (Kuala Lumpur); Eiffel Tower (Paris) Empire Statue Building (New York) Monaco; Vatican City; Andorra Atlantic Ocean; Arctic Ocean; Pacific Ocean Horse; Human; elephant Porsche; Ferrari; Rolls Royce Lion; Shark; Hippopotamus REVIEW (UNIT – 6) QUESTIONS Make questions about the missing information Example: She earns a year => How much does she earn? 1.Peter has _children (Two? Three?) 2.I’m reading _at the moment 3.They went to _on holiday last year She works in the shop I got up early this morning because _ The supermarket closes at I go swimming .(Once a week? Once a month?) I borrowed _car (Tom’s? Anna’s?) TENSES Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in brackets 1.Emma (spend) every school holiday in Scotland Why ar you under the table? _you _for something? In my country, we _(not have) lessons on Saturday My wife (not like) football, but I (love) it I (buy) a new pair of shoes yesterday _you _(like) them? My grandfather (live) in the United – States She _(meet) her husband while she (work) for a publisher on Madison Avenue PAST TENSE FORMS What is the past tense of the following verbs? Some are irregular, some are regular Hear can break Phone put catch Live begin hit Try leave fall Make feel build PREPOSITION Complete the sentences with the correct preposition If no preposition is necessary, write nothing 1.I listened _the news _the radio I’ll see you 9’00 the morning I’m looking my neighbour’s cat while she’s on holiday What are you doing this evening She arrived England two years ago I’m going home I spoke _Mary a few days ago My sister’s coming to stay 19 December EXPRESSION OF QUANTITY 1.Complete the sentences with some; any I’d like _tea, but I don’t want biscuits Is there sugar? I can’t see _ I bought _sugar yesterday I didn’t buy _coffee, because I thought we have _ We need bread I’ll get it later There is one mistake in each of the following sentences Find it and correct it How many money have you got? I only have a little potatoes I don’t have much time, so I can’t help you Sorry! In Nowy Swiat there are a lot of shops Close your eyes! I’ve got anything for you John lives anywhere near Bournemouth Anybody told me you’re getting married Is it true? ARTICLES Complete the sentences with a, an, the or nothing 1.China has _biggest population in world _Yangtxe River flows into East China Sea Do yo like _Chinese food? We had some for _lunch few days ago I come to school by bus, but I get lift home with friend VOCABULARY Match the verbs in A with phrase in B A Put on Do Make Drive Call Run out of Say Wash Lose Forget B A part time job A van Milk Make-up A decision Sorry My money Her wedding anniversary My hair The police VERB PATTERNS Put the verb in brackets in the infinitive or the – ing form John Frantz is American He has a wonderful lifestyle and he wants(1) (share) it with an English girl He enjoys (2) _(go) on exotic holidays, but he wouldn’t like (3) _(live) outside the United States He hopes (4) _(find) an English wife through the English Rose dating agency He’d like (5) (meet) someone who likes (6) (travel) GOING TO AND WILL Complete the sentences with a form of going to or will “Why have you got so much food?” “Because I (cook) a meal for ten people.” 2.”Someone told me that you’ve got a place at university.” “That’s right I _(study) maths at St Andrew, in Scotland.” My car isn’t working – “Ask Joe to look at it He (help) you.” I passed my driving test! “That’s great! I (buy) some champagne to celebrate.” “Why have you got your old clothes on?” “Because I (cut) the grass.” DESCRIPTION 1.Match the line in A with a line in B What’s the weather like? Horse riding What’s Anna like? They’re a bit strict What was the film like? Ok, but boring near the end What does she like doing? It’s quite hot What are her parents like? She’s very nice 2.Write the comparative and superlative form of the adjective Fast _ _ Funny _ _ Expensive _ _ Rich _ _ Hot _ _ Interesting _ _ Good _ _ Bad _ _ That was such a good party! SO/ SUCH Use so/ such What can you say? 1.At the end of a party 2.At the end of a long journey When you finish an interesting book with a sad ending As you go round a friend’s new flat At the end of a wonderful meal in a row with your boyfriend/ girldfriend/ husband/ wife PRACTICE TEST 1.Put the words in the right order to make a question English/ you/ start/ did/ learning/ when? tennis/ often/ play/ how/ does/ she? do/ doing/ what/ at/ you/ like/ weekend/ the? weekend/ do/ what/ you/ would/ to/ this/ like? dictionnary/ why/ got/ you/ haven’t/ a? much/ put/ my/ coffee/ sugar/ how/ did/ in/ you? phoned/ doing/ John/ when/ what/ you/ were? sandwiches/ make/ is/ who/ to/ going/ the? radio/ listening/ does/ enjoy/ to/ mother/ the/ your? 10 live/ Anna/ where/ was/ child/ a/ did/ when/ the? Look at the chart Name Xavier Mr and Mrs Ramsey Nationality French Australia Town London Melbourne Age 26 In their sixties Family One younger brother No children Occupation Chef Retired Holiday last year Home to paris for weeks months in Scotland – visiting relatives Use the information in the chart and write the correct questions to the following answers Example Where does Xavier come from? He comes from France 1. _ _ They comes from Australia 2. _ _ They live in Melbourne 3. _ He’s 26 _ Yes, he does He has one younger brother _ No, theyhaven’t got any _ He’s a chef _ He went home to Paris for two weeks _ They stayed there for two months _ They’re going to tour New Zealand 10. He’s going to drive to Morocco 3.Put the verb in bracket into the correct tense or verb form Example A Why did you go (go) to the seaside last weekend? B Because we like sailing (sail) A _you know Brian Bailey? B Yes, I (meet) him two years ago while I (work) in Germany _he still (live) there? A Yes, he does He (live) in Frankfurt He (have got) a good job there but at the moment he _(work) in London He’s here for a few days and I’d like (invite) him and you for dinner Can you _(come)? B Yes, I hope so I’d love (see) Brian again! When I was in Germany we _(see) each other quite often because his office is near the school where I (teach), so we sometimes (have) lunch together I always enjoyed _(talk) to him I wanted (write) to him but he moved and I _(not have) his new address A Well What about dinner on Friday? B That’s fine What time? A Is o’clock OK? I _(ring) Brian yesterday to check the day, and I _(ring) him again tomorrow to check the time B Well, o’clock is fine for me I (come) at about and I _(bring) a bottle of wine A See you on Friday then! Here are twenty verbs Ten are irregular and ten are regular Write the past tense form of irregular verbs only Buy Put cook speak Do Start happen take Have talk hear visit Laugh wait leave watch Listen whisper make write Underline the uncount noun in the following pairs of words Example Cheese/ egg Money/ pound rice/ potato meat/ hamburger Flower/ flour loaf/ bread song/ music Job/ homework luggage/ suitcase food/ meal Furniture/ desk Complete the text with a, an, the or nothing Example: I had -dinner with the Queen My Aunt Vanessa is artist She lives in _beautiful old cottage by _sea and she paints small pictures of wild flowers and birds She doesn’t like leaving cottage, but once year she travels by train to London and has tea with me at _Savoy Hotel At the moment I’m a bit worried about her because she is in hospital, but I’m sure she’ll be better soon I’m going to visit her next week 7.Correct the mistake in each sentence Is there any milk? I can’t see one There’s some potatoes, but only a little There’s much cars parked in the street Have you got much unemployed people in your town? Only a few people believes his story How many homeworks you have tonight? There isn’t much rice and there isn’t any eggs There was a little snow last winter but not many How lovely! Anybody gave you some flowers 10 I went anywhere interesting for my holiday Underline the one word in each group that is different Example: castle cathedral cottage house (We can’t live in a cathedral) language translator art dictionnary poem story joke sing handbag wallet suitcase purse mobile phone fax photography mail video walkman CD player iron make-up toothpaste soap towel untidy messy clean dirty break smash mend destroy hairdresser shopkeeper customer banker 10 tomorrow morning yesterday evening the day after tomorrow in two weeks’ time 11 worried nervous excited friendly 12 impossible illegal careful unemployed 13 speak talk tell print 14 posters magazines newspapers books 15 butcher’s greengrocer’s chemist’s baker’s Complete the dialogues with the words from box Worst latest more as (x2) funniest funnier than friendlier Tastier like was what the most A I started a new job today, working in an office B Really? How did it go? A It was OK I was a bit nervous B What are the other people ? A They are very nice They seem than the people in my old job, and the job is much _interesting B You worked in the shop before, didn’t you? A Yes, working in an office is better _working in a shop I’ll tell you! That was the _job I’ve ever had I hated it C We went out for a meal to Luigi’s last night – you know, that new Italian restaurant D Mm, I know What _it like? C.It was _best Italian meal I’ve ever had, it wasn’t as expensive. Giovanni’s,so I think we’ll go there again D Yes, Giovanni’s used to be the popular restaurant around here, but then it started getting very expensive C And the service isn’t _good as it used to be D What did you have? C Paul and I both veal, but mine was cooked in wine and herbs, and it was _than Paul’s But he liked it D It sounds great E Have you read John Harrison’s book, Going Round the World? F No ’s it like? E I think it’s the book he’s written I laughed out loud all the way through F I didn’t like The Truth and The Light, the one that came out last year E Neither did I This one’s much F Can I borrow it? [...]... says I ……… my friends so much 10 You made this mess, so you ………… it up! 11 Can I ……… an email from your computer? 12 How can you ……… to music while you’re working? 13 She is always so tired after work, she just want to …………… in front of the TV 14 My mum cooked a ………… for ten people last night 15 I didn’t forget to ………… my homework, I forgot to bring it 16 Can you wait for a minute? I need to ……….…... work 8 Carol doesn’t study / isn’t studying hard for her exam 9 Cats see / are seeing very well in the dark 10 You look nice, Anne Do you wear / Are you wearing a new dress? 11 Japan has / is having many high mountains 12 I go / ‘m going to work now Goodbye! 13 I read / ‘m reading a book about astrology 14 Do you want / Are you wanting to go out tonight? 15 We go / ‘re going to a party on Saturday 7 What... (14 know) _ them well, but we are very friendly and we (15 take) _ our friends to a restaurant instead We (16 have) so many excellent places to eat, and meals (17 be) _ cheap I - Why (18 be) _ you here in England, Yupin? Y - I (19 enjoy) _ travelling, and I (20 want) _ to visit many different places in Europe I - Well, I ( 21 hope) _ you have a good holiday Thanks for. .. in 19 95 6 When ………… Tom …………… (arrive)? 7 Mike ………….(fix) my computer for me last night 8 My parents ……………………(have) a house by the sea 9 When …………… the programme …………… (finish)? 10 They …………… (organize) a surprise party for her 11 I ………………… (visit) Istanbul in 19 95 I ………… (go) there with my friend We only ………… (speak) English unfortunately! Sometimes people …………… (not understand) us, but it …………… (not... right now PRACTICE 1 Complete the sentences with the Present Simple form of the verbs in the box leave forget not / eat go live play have not / speak 1 Anna …………… in the States 2 She ……… German or Spanish 3 I often ………… people’s names 4 The train …………… at 10 .30 exactly 5 Mary ………… very healthy food 6 She ………… shopping for clothes every weekend 7 Her brother ………… the guitar 8 We ……… an English lesson on... people (7 like) _ foreigners very much At the moment Thailand (8 make) _ a lot of money from tourism I - (9 have) _ visitors from England _ a problem with the language? Y - Most Thai people (10 not understand) _ English very well, so please (11 not speak) _ too quickly if you go there I - What can visitors (12 learn) _ about life in Thailand? Y - We (13 not invite) _... eat meat Water boils at 10 0oC We come from Spain c a fact which is true for a long time I live in Oxford She works in a bank 3 Time expression: Adverbs of frequency We use some adverbs to describe how frequently we do an activity 10 0% 90% 80% 70% Adverb of Frequency always usually normally / generally often 50% sometimes Frequency Example Sentences I always go to bed before 11 pm I usually walk to work... night looking for it She never bought clothes and always wore the same long, ragged black skirt Worst of all, when her son Ned fell and injured his knee, she refused to pay for a doctor and spent hours looking for free medical help In the end Ned’s leg was amputated When she died in 19 16 she left her children $10 0 million (worth $9.3 billion today) Her daughter built a hospital with her money 1 Hetty came... January 18 no preposition yesterday (evening) the day before yesterday last night / week two weeks ago PRACTICE 1 Complete the sentences with the Past Simple of the verbs in brackets 1 Mary …………… (stop) working at 6 p.m 2 My wife and I …………… (work) in a hotel last summer 3 We ………………… (not/see) our grandparents last week 4 ……… Mike and Peter ………(go) to Finland in July? 5 My sister ……………(leave) school in 19 95... the moment? …………………………………… …………… 10 What's she doing? ……………………… ………………………… 11 What does she do? ……………………………………………………… 12 What does she doing now? ………………………………………………… 8 Put the verbs in brackets into the correct present tense I ………… … (work) for a construction company We …….…… (build) roads, dams, bridges and things like that At the moment my company ………… (produce) a plan for a new motorway I usually ……