O Vocabulary: occupations

A Unscramble the jobs and match them to the correct picture.

1 otrcdo 3 atxi eridvr 5 ilcpeo rficofe

doctor taxi driver police officer

2 eirfifhegtr 4 nnergeie 6 rtiwre

firefighter engineer writer

3 1
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2

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5 6 4

B aJ according
Listen to Teresa. What is her opinion about these occupations? Number the occupations,
to her opinion, from interesting (1) to not interesting (6).

D
2 engineer D
4 police officer D
1 doctor 3D firefighter D
6 writer D
5 taxi driver

O Grammar: articles an and a

A Decide if the words use a, an, or no article (-). Write them in the table.

musician inspector teacher

artists engineer students
teacher engineer students
singer actor lawyers
inspector artists
musician

singer actor lawyers

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 B Use the prompts to write sentences. Remember to use a or an where necessary.

1 Adriana / singer 4 I / lawyer

I'm a lawyer

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Adnana is a singer.
2 Dave and Linda / doctors 5 we / engineers
Dave and Linda are doctors we are engineers

3 Benito/ actor 6 Natasha / artist

Benito is a doctor Natasha is an artist

C There is one mistake in each sentence. Find and correct it. Watch out! � 11
1 Are you teacher? 4 Is Dave an lawyer? X He is musician.
You are a teacher? Is Dave a lawyer? he is a musician
2 Abby is a actor. 5 I am not student. �------
Abby is an actor. I'm not a student.
3 My brother is a doctors. 6 Pete isn't an artists.
My brother is a doctor. Pete is not an artist.

Vocabulary: family members

A mi Listen to Angelina describing her family. Write the
names from the box in the correct places.

Emmy Frank Gin a Laura

1 Laura _
Leo Leila Mike Stacy

2 Frank _ 3 Leila _

4 Leo _ 5 Stacy _ 6 Mike _

Angelina

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7 Emmy _ 8 Gina _

J 18 Use the family tree in Exercise A to complete the sentences.

Angelina: Laura is my (1) grandma

3) brother . Stacy is my (4) sister
. Leila and Frank are my (2) parents
. (5) Leo
. Mike is my
is her husband. (6) Emmy _
and (7) Gina are their daughters. Leila and Frank are their (8) grandparents _
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 O Listening: listening for specific information
A Read the sentences about Brenda. Match each sentence to the rnlsslng information.

1 Bren da __________ is a lawyer. --- a) an adjective

2 She lives in b) a place
3 Brenda starts work at ----d a last name
4 She says her job is very d) a time
5 Her husband is an e) an occupation
6 Their __________ is a student. f) a family member

B • Listen and fill in the blanks. Were your predictions correct?

O Grammar: possessive nouns-s and s'

A Write the words from the box in the correct column of the table.

brother children sons

grandparents the Johnstons Michael
children's grandparents'

brother's sons'

Michael's the Johnstons'

B Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in parentheses.

1 Her _________
sister's (sister) husband is a doctor.
2 Our _________
chindren's (children) teacher is from England.
3 _________
The (Tom) parents live in Santiago.
Watch out! � 1 [
4 My _________
mother's (mother) best friend is from Argentina.
X My cats name's Tippy.
grandparents'
5 His _________ (grandparents) house is near the school. � -------------
My cat's name is Tppy
6 Your _________
parents' (parents) jobs are very exciting.

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- C Read the sentences. Check Iv") the correct meanlng of -s.
Is it the short form of is or the possessive form of the noun?

1 Her sister's an artist.

·-----------------·---+---------+------
2 My brother's wife is a doctor.

3 Our teacher's name is Amanda.

4 Michael's in ltaly right now.

5 His wife's parents are from Russia.

6 lt's an old bicycle.

Writing: understanding the mechanics

A There is one mistake with capital letters in each of the sentences. Find the mistake and
match it to a rule. Then correct the mistakes.
N
1 My birthday is in)(ovember. a) languages
Peru
2 We are from peru. b) countries
E¡nglish
3 They study english. e) names of people
I
J My sister and i are doctors. d) names of places
Daniels
5 My teacher is Mr. daniels. e) days of the week
It
6 it is five o' dock. f) months
Texas
7 Antonia lives in texas. g) the pronoun I
- Wednesday
Your class is on wednesday. h) the beginning of a sentence

B Read the paragraph, Make six sentences by addlng periods at the end and capital letters
at the beglnnlng of sentences.

my síster Alisan is a wríter she writes short stories

and books for children her job is very ínterestíng, but
itis also difficultshe sometimes travels around the
country and talks about her work her books are very
popular with chíldren and adults she has two awards
far best chíldrens books of the year

1 My sister Alison is a writer. She writes short stories

and books for children. Her job is very interesting but

3 it is also difficult. She sometimes travels around the

4 country and talks about her work. Her books are very

5 popular with children and adults. She has two awards

6 for best children's books of the year.

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A Read about Matt Holland's life. What does he do?

att Holland is a professional tennis

player. He is young. He's 21, but
he has many trophies already. Matt
loves his job. lt's fun and interesting. B
He has many fans, too.
f
Matt's family is blg, His three
brothers and young sister
live in Atlanta. Matt's father,
Alan, works on Matt's team,
and his sister, Ann, is Matt's
assistant. His family is very
happy to help Matt.

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B Read the article agaln and answer the questions. C Think about a relative and his/her job.
Make notes under these headlngs,
1 How old is Matt?
He is twenty one years old . Name: Pablo Santos
Relation to you: Uncle _
2 What is Matt's opinion of his job?
Tamaulipas
It's fun and interesting. Lives: ----------------�
Job: Teacher _
3 Is Matt's family big?
Yes is big. Any other information: He likes his job

4 Wha t' s his fa ther 's name?

Alan.
D MJ Use
Now write a paragraph about your relative.
the text in Exercise A as a model.

5 What <loes his sister do? Pablo Santos is a teacher. He have forty two years.
Works as Matt's assistant Pablo loves his job. It's very interesting.

His/Her name is ...

He/She is ...
 mindStrategy
Strategy:) Connect new words to their opposites.
A Match the opposites.

1 husband�a) daughter
2 son b) brother
3 grandma e) wife
4 mom d) grandpa
5 sister e) dad

B Write an opposite for each word or phrase.

daughter and son children grandchildren

1 grandma and grandpa gramldaughter andgrandson

2 grandparents grandchildren

3 parents children

-l mother and father daughter and son

C Match the words under the pictures to their opposites.

1 B D doctor
2 D students
D

3 D
A passengers

;l D chef
C

A pilot B patient

e diners D teacher
Strategy Bank ·

I • Connect new words to their opposites.

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