Unit 2.2
Unit 2.2
doctor engineer nurse shop assistant student doctor engineer nurse shop assistant student
ta x i d river teacher w a iter taxi driver teacher waiter
E rik Haas Germany Hassan Kam al Saudi Arabia G ram m ar & Listening verb be (he/she/it/
1 2
they)
5a 2.15 ))) Look at the photos and listen to the conversation.
(^Yrdelthe correct job for each photo.
Photo 1: student / teacher Photo 2: nurses / doctors
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6 Complete the Grammar focus box. Use exercise 5b to 9 Work with a partner. Take turns to guess the jobs and
help you. countries. Student A, turn to page 106. Student B, turn to
page 111.
GRAMMAR FOCUS verb be (he/she/it/they)
READING SKILLS understanding pronouns (1)
Positive (+)
Pronouns, e.g. he, they, are used in place of nouns, e.g. Tony,
He/she/it 1 (is) from Russia.
my friends. Understanding pronouns can help you understand
They 2 (are) nurses. the text.
Negative (-) Wira is my friend. He (= Wira) is a teacher a t a language school.
He/She/lt 3 (is not) from Sydney.
1 Read the text. Match words 1-4 to names/places a-d.
They aren't (are not) doctors.
Questions (?) Julie and Frank are from Australia. She's an
4 engineer and he's a ch ef in a restaurant in
she/he/it from Indonesia?
M elbourne. It's an Italian restaurant. Now they
5 they engineers? are in Italy fo r ten days. She's there on business
Short answers and he's on holiday.
he/she/it 6
(+) Yes,
they are. 1 it a Julie
he/she/it 7 2 they b a restaurant in Melbourne
(-) NO, 3 she c Frank
they 8
4 he d Julie and Frank
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2a Underline the correct answers.
7a Look at the conversations.(Circlmhe correct options. 1 Frank is an engineer/ a chef.
1 A T his1is I are a photo of my house in Romania. 2 Julie is an engineer / a chef.
B Where 2if is / is it? 3It's / Is it in Bra§ov? 3 Julie is from Italy / Australia.
A No, Ait is / it isn't. 5It’s / Is it in Zalau. 4 The restaurant is Italian / Australian.
2 A These are my friends, Jana and Milos. They 6is / are 5 Julie and Frank are in Melbourne / Italy for
from Slovakia. ten days.
B 7They are / At e they doctors? 6 Frank is there on business / holiday.
A No, they8are/ aren't. Jana 9is / are a nurse and
Milos 10is / are a teacher. b Compare your answers with a partner.
b Work with a partner. Practise the conversations in exercise 7a. 3 Read the text and answer the questions.
8 Work with a partner. Imagine the people in the photos are These are m y friends, A rturo
your friends. Take turns to talk about them. and Romina. He’s from Mexico
A This is my friend Pieter. and she’s from Argentina. I Arturo Romina
B Is he a ... (job)? They're in Thailand for
A Yes, he is./No, he isn't. He's a ... a week. He's there on
business and she’s there
B Is he from ... (country)?
on holiday. He's a d o c to r
A Yes, he is./No, he isn't. He's from...
at a hospital in Cancun
and she's a teacher at
P ieter Reggie and Sara
a language school. The
school is in Buenos Aires
and it's very good!
1 Who's in Thailand?
2 Who's from Argentina?
3 Who's there on business?
4 Who's a language school teacher?
Selma
5 What’s in Buenos Aires?
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2 L o o k a t t h e i l l u s t r a t i o n s . O r c l e ) t h e c o r r e c t o p tio n .
2 .1 th is /th a t/th e s e /th o s e ; verb b e (it/they)
GR2.1a)))
Near N ot near
Singular th is th a t
• We use...
1 this and these to talk about people or things near us.
This is a tablet.
2 that and those to talk about people or things that are not 1 A W h a t ’s (this)/ that / those i n E n g lis h ?
near us. It's/They're a w a lle t.
B
Those are my friends.
2 A W h o ’s t h a t /t h e s e / this?
B M y fr ie n d , R in a .
GR2.1b)))
3 those / t h e s e / that p e o p l e fro m ?
A W h e re a re
Wh- questions (?)
B They're/It's f r o m S p a in .
's this It's a pen. 4 A T h is/ T h ese/T h at is P a u l a f r o m C o lo m b ia .
is that It is an apple. B N ic e to m e e t y o u , P a u la .
what in English?
these They're notepads. 5 A W h at areth o s e/ th a t/ this?
are
those They are bags. B They're/It's u m b r e lla s .
6 A W h a t is that / those / these?
• We use the verb be to ask and answer questions about people B It's/They're a ta b le t.
and things.
• We often use this/that to introduce or talk about people.
2 . 2 Verb b e (he/she/it/they)
This is my friend, Robert.
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• We use the verb be to talk or ask about people's jobs. I'm a waiter We are married.
He is a teacher Are they taxi drivers? You're from India. They're students.
She's a doctor. They're in my bag.
Contractions He's from London.
It's in my bag.
(+) he is = he's (-) she is not = she isn't
they are = they're they are n ot = they aren't/they’re not • We use a subject pronoun, e.g. /, you, etc. in place of a noun
or name.
But: Yes, he/she/it is. NOT Yes, he's.
The hospital's on Oxford Street. It's very big.
Yes, they are. NOT Yes, they're.
Johann's from Brazil. He's a teacher
1 P u t th e w o rd s in th e c o r re c t o rd e r to m a k e s e n te n c e s a n d
q u e s tio n s . 1 C o m p le te t h e s e n t e n c e s a n d q u e s t i o n s w i t h t h e c o r r e c t
s u b je c t p ro n o u n .
1 d o c t o r / a / n o t / I 'm . I'm not a doctor._______________
2 n o t / S h e 's / e n g i n e e r / a n . ____________________________ 1 I 'm a s t u d e n t . _ I 'm a t u n iv e r s ity .
2 . 3 Subject pronouns
GR2.3)))
Subject pronouns
Singular Plural
1 you A Where a rt you?_______________________
B I'm on Richmond Street.____________ .
I we
2 h o s p ita l A Where’s th e hospital? _________________
YOU You
He They
B _________________________________
She 3 R o n n ie 's B a r A _________________________________________
it B _________________________________
4 A s tr id A _________________________________________
B _________________________________
5 P ie te r A _________________________________________
B _________________________________
6 th e s tu d e n ts A _________________________________________
B _________________________________
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