Student booklet Course 7 - Chapter 1 - Sections A, B, C and D

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Contents
Goal: Meet people............................................................................................................................................. 3

Grammar. The present perfect................................................................................................................6

Conversation. Ask for a recommendation......................................................................................10

Goal: Welcome someone to your country....................................................................................... 11

Vocabulary. Tourist activities around the world...........................................................................11

Grammar. The present perfect: already, yet, ever, before, and never......................12

Conversation. Ask for a recommendation......................................................................................13

Goal: Talk about body language around the world................................................................... 14

Vocabulary. Tourist activities around the world............................................................................14

Goal: Tell someone about a traveling experience..................................................................... 17

Vocabulary. Participial adjectives............................................................................................................17

 COURSE 7
Chapter 1, Section A

Goal: Meet people.

Preview.

Customs around the world

A greeting is a way of saying “Hello” to someone.

People greet each other differently around the world.
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Some ways of greeting.

1. Some people shake hands. 2. Some people bow. 3. Some people kiss on the
check once/twice.

Check this link to find out more

information about greetings around

the world. http://czyy.cooco.net.cn/

testdetail/46348/

4. Some people hug. 5. Some people pat on the

back.
Some ways of exchanging cards:

Some people have different

customs for exchanging business
cards around the world.

1. Some customers exchange cards with two hands.

That’s very formal.

2. Other customers exchange cards with one hand.

It’s informal but it’s OK in some countries.
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Getting acquainted.

What about small talk? - the topics people talk about when they don’t know each
other well. In some places certain topics are not polite for example asking people
about how old they are or how much money they make. But in other places, people
think those topics are OK.

Some small talk topics are:

1. the weather 2. sports

3. family 4. music 5. someone’s job

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Discussion.

1. In your country, how do people greet each other? How do they exchange
cards? What topics are appropriate to talk about? What topics are not
polite to talk about?

Expressions “Meeting people”

1. You look familiar, 6. We should keep in touch.

2. Haven’t we met before?
3. I’m not from around here.
4. My name is Sandra, but you can call me
Sandy.
7. When you visit Guatemala, I can show you
around.
8. I’m on my way to the airport now.
9. It was nice to meet you.

5. What have you been up to? 10. It was nice to see you again.

Grammar. The present perfect.

Use the present perfect to talk about an indefinite time in the past.
Form the present perfect with have or has and a past participle.

Affirmative and negative statements

have/ has past participle form of complement

Subject
haven’t/hasn’t the verb

I have gone sightseeing many

times.

You haven’t met my friends.

He has traveled to South America

twice.
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She hasn’t been to Tikal.

It has rained a lot.

in expensive
They have eaten
restaurants.

For regular verbs, the past participle form is the

same as the simple past form.
open - opened
arrive - arrived
study - studied
play - played

Yes / No Questions.
Contractions:
have eaten = ‘ve eaten
A: Have you met my new friend?
have not eaten = haven’t eaten
B: Yes, I have. / No, I haven’t.
has = ‘s eaten
has not eaten = hasn’t eaten
A: Has Ana taken a vacation?
B: Yes, she has. / No, she hasn’t.

Remember: Use the simple past tense to talk about a definite or specific time.

Present perfect: indefinite time Simple past tense: definite time

I’ve spent too much money. I spent a lot of money last weekend.
She’s traveled to France twice. She traveled to France in 2000 and in 2003.
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IRREGULAR VERBS LIST.

GROUP 1 GROUP 2

base form - past form - past participle form base form - past form - past participle form

cut cut cut bring brought brought

fit fit fit buy bought bought
hurt hurt hurt teach taught taught
read put put think thought thought
set read read build built built
shut set set keep kept kept
wet shut shut leave left left
become wet wet lose lost lost
come became become meet met met
run came come send sent sent
ran run sleep slept slept
spend spent spent
feed fed fed
find found found
have had had
hear heard heard
make made made
pay paid paid
say said said
sell sold sold
stand stood stood
tell told told
sit sat sat
win won won
GROUP 3 GROUP 4

base form - past form - past participle form base form - past form - past participle form

begin began begun be was, were been

drink drank drunk blow blew blown
ring rang rung do did done
sing sang sung draw drew drawn
sink sank sunk drive drove driven
swim swam swum eat ate eaten
give gave given
go went gone
grow grew grown
hide hid hidden
know knew known
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ride be – rode
was, were - been ridden
see blowsaw– blew - blownseen
take do – did - done taken
took
write draw – drew - drawn
wrote written
break drive –
brokedrove - driven
broken
choose eat
chose– ate - eaten chosen
forget give – gave - given
forgot forgotten
speak go – went - gone spoken
spoke
steal stolegro stolen
tear tore torn
wear wore worn
fly flew flown

Practice. Complete the sentences with the present perfect or simple past tense.

1. I two expensive computers for my new office. (buy)

2. My mom a delicious cake for my son’s birthday last Saturday. (bake)

3. The boys a lot of pizza. (eat)

4. We our new teacher yesterday. (meet)

5. you Paul? (see)

6. Jenny her homework last night? (do)

7. they to this class before? (come)

8. I your messages. (not read)

9. Martha eaten her vegetables. (not eat)

10. I a train two weeks ago. (take)

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Conversation. Get reacquainted with someone.

A: Pam, have you met Patty?

B: No, I haven’t.
A: Patty, I’d like you to meet Pam.
C: Hi, Pam. You look familiar. Have we met before?
B: I don’t think so.
C: I know! Last week. You were at my brother Mike’s party.
B: Oh, that’s right! How have you been?

Extra reading practice.

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Chapter 1, Section B

Goal: Welcome someone to your country.

Vocabulary. Tourist activities around the world.

1. climb Pacaya Volcano 2. go sightseeing in Antigua 3. go to the top of the Great
Guatemala Jaguar temple

4. try Guatemalan food 5. take a tour of “Castillo de San 6. take pictures of Tikal Park
Felipe”
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Practice. Write about the tourist activities you have done.

Grammar. The present perfect: already, yet, ever, before, and never.

Use ever or before in yes/no questions Use yet or already in yes/no questions
about life experiences. about recent experiences.

Have you ever eaten Kimchi? Have they visited Central Park yet?
Has he been to Korea before? Has Bob already been to Petén?

In affirmative and negative statements

You’ve already gone sightseeing in Antigua Guatemala.

They have never eaten octopus. = They haven’t ever eaten octopus.
She’s been to Mexico before.
He hasn’t tried Kimchi yet.
We haven’t been to Guatemala before.
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Practice. Unscramble the sentences.

1. volcano / climbed / has / my / never / sister / a /

__________________________________________.

2. ever / ceviche / George / tried / has

_________________________________________?

3. mountain / gone / top / yet/ the / we / to / haven’t/ of / the

_________________________________________.

4. have / City / before / Guatemala / been / to / French / friends /my

_________________________________________.

5. your /ever / on / flown/ an / have / airplane / parents

_________________________________________?

Conversation. Welcome someone to your country.

A: Welcome to Guatemala. Have you

ever been here before?

B: No, it’s my first time. But yesterday I

went to Cobán. It was awesome!

A: That’s great. Have you tried kak’ik yet?

B: Kak’ik? No, I haven’t. What’s that.

A: It’s a famous Guatemalan dish. I think

you’ll like it.
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COURSE 7
Chapter 1, Section C

Goal: Talk about body language

around the world.

Vocabulary. The hand.

1. thumb 2. index finger 3. middle finger 4. ring finger

5. pinkie 6. palm 7. fist

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What gestures do you use…..

….for the number six? ….for “Come here” : palm up or down?

…. for pointing? Do you use your index finger or an open palm?

Reading.
Body Language
Body language is a way of communication and is used throughout the world. It’s also used to
communicate with somebody directly when language is not possible. Body language can vary
depending on the country and its culture. So, body language can have different meanings in
different places. For example: in many European countries and in The United States, Come with
me is gestured palm up, but in southern Europe that gesture means “good-bye”. And in other
countries this is considered rude and it is done palm down. In some Asian cultures, an open palm
is preferred for indicating a third person.

Pointing at someone with your index finger is considered offensive in some places. In Japan, they
prefer to point with the palm open and facing up.

Another gesture that we think is the same everywhere is the thumbs-up sign for great but be
careful. The thumbs-up sign is extremely rude in Australia and the Middle East. That’s why it is
very important to know about these cultural differences.
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Gestures for saying the numbers also vary in some countries. In Chinese culture, there are
gestures for the number 6 through 10 using one hand.

So, before you travel to other countries check the internet to find out what their customs are and
what gestures are polite; this way you’ll have a nice travel experience.

Practice. Answer.

What gestures are common in your country? Explain.

Complete the chart. Choose a topic and discuss your country’s customs.

Topic:
Customs:

Topics:
Showing respect to older people.
Are the rules the same for both men and women? How Do’s and don’ts for gestures.
about for young people or older people? Explain. Topics for polite small talk.
Invitations.
Visiting someone’s home.
Giving gifts.
Offering or refusing food.
Touching or not touching.
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COURSE 7
Chapter 1, Section D

Goal: Tell someone about a

traveling experience.

Vocabulary. Participial adjectives.

1. The safari was fascinating. 2. The ski trip was thrilling.

(They were fascinated.) (He was thrilled.)

3. The sky-dive was frightening. 4. The food was disgusting.

(They were frightened.) (She was disgusted.)
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Practice. Read and underline the correct word.

1. Nick travels to have (thrilling / thrilled) experiences.

2. What have been the most (fascinating / fascinated) places you have visited?

3. I couldn’t eat that food because it looked (disgusting / disgusted).

4. I was (disgusting / disgusted) because the food was terrible.

5. The children were (frightening / frightened) because they saw a (frightening

/ frightened) movie.

Reading.
Traveling experiences.
Hello, I’m Frank Gregg. Let me tell you about some of my traveling experiences. I’ve traveled a
lot and I’ve done some unusual things. I’ve done things that would be kind of frightening for most
people but not scary for me. Just exciting. I swam with sharks last year. It was really thrilling but I
liked it.

I have also climbed Mount Everest. The highest mountain in the world. It was really cold. I was
really thrilled to be on the top of this mountain.

Two months ago, I went hang gliding. I was frightened, but it was really thrilling. Well, these are
some of my traveling experiences. I hope to have more adventures on my future trips.

Practice. Describe a traveling experience. Answer the questions. Write as many details as you can.

1. Have you ever been someplace that was really fascinating?

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2. Have you ever eaten something that was really strange or disgusting?

3. Have you ever done something that was really thrilling or frightening?

Remember:

climb a mountain
go sightseeing in France
go to the top of the Eiffel Tower
try snake
take a tour of Xela
take pictures of the National Palace
go hang gliding
go on a canopy tour