Assignments
A Complete the information about Ingrid with short forms of the verb to be.
My name …is…1 Ingrid. I ………2 a graphic designer. I ………3 German and I ……… 4 from Munich.
I ………5 married with two children. They ……..6 both in high school. Their school ……..7 near my office.
My husband ………8 an engineer. We ……….9 interested in travel and the cinema. My sister ………10 an accountant.
B Complete these sentences with negative forms of to be.
1 I’m Russian, but ……I’m not……… from Moscow.
2 They’re Japanese, but …………………. from Tokyo.
3 He’s German, but ………………... from Munich.
4 I’m in sales, but ………….. the manager.
5 You’re in Poland, but ………….. in Warsaw.
6 Her name is Sophia, but …………. Italian.
ii To make a question with the verb to be we invert the subject and the verb.
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Are you married?
Yes, I am.
Is she American?
No, she isn’t.
What is his job and where is he from?
He is a designer. He’s from Greece.
C Match the questions and answers about Sergio.
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1 Are you Spanish?
a) No, she’s a lawyer.
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2 Are you a Sales Manager?
b) No, she’s Polish.
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3 Are you married?
c) No, I’m Italian.
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4 Is your wife a manager?
d) No, I’m a Financial Analyst.
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5 Is she Italian?
e) Yes, I am. That’s a picture of my wife.
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D Ask and answer questions from Exercise A about Ingrid.
e.g. Is Ingrid French? No, she isn’t. She’s German.
1.2 Text b
1 Study this vocabulary and definitions and think of Russian equivalents:
chairman - someone who is in charge of a large company or organization
CEO (Chief Executive Officer) - the person with the most authority in a large company
to operate - to work in a particular place or way
customer - someone who buys goods or services from a shop, company
to work out - to make your body fit by doing exercises
to be on the move – to be travelling
2 Listen to the text with your book shut. Try to understand as much as you can. Then write down the information.
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Jeffrey Immelt
Age
Family
Job
Hobbies and interests
3 Listen to the text again with your book open. You can read the text silently.
4 Shut your book and listen to the text once more. You should understand it completely.
Jeffrey
Immelt is Chairman and CEO of General Electrics Co. GE is a
128-year-old company in Connecticut, USA. It operates in more than
100 countries and employs more than 320,000 people worldwide.
Immelt is 51 and is a very rich man. He is married, and his wife’s name is Andrea. They have one daughter. Her name is Sarah, she is 20 years old. ‘My wife and my daughter are great,’ Immelt says. ‘It’s a pity we’re not together more often.’ He is away on business more than 50% of his time, and he tries to meet customers about a week a month. ‘Life is never boring’, he says. ‘No two days are the same’.
He usually gets up at 5.30 in the morning and works out for about an hour. ‘Exercise is important, but my real hobby is golf,’ he says. ‘I’m not great at golf, but I enjoy it. And I like to read, especially when I’m on the move.’ He likes biographies, business books and fiction, and reads about 50 books a year. He also likes 1970s rock music. (Market Leader, SB)
5 Decide whether these statements are true or false.
1 Jeffrey Immelt is President of General Electrics.
2 General Electrics is a global company.
3 Immelt is married with two children.
4 All days are different for Immelt.
5 He is away more than half of the time.
6 He is not very good at golf.
7 Immelt is not interested in exercise.
8 All his books are about business.
6 Write five questions about Jeffry Immelt and General Electrics.
For example: Is Immelt rich? Where is GE?
7 Work with a partner. Ask each other your questions.
GRAMMAR FOCUS 2 – Present Simple
i When we talk about regular actions and permanent states we use the present simple tense.
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I work for Dielle.
You live in London.
We speak English and French. They travel a lot.
ii We add s to the end of the verb in the third person singular (he, she, it).
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He plays golf.
She works at home.
It takes two hours to get to work. She knows a lot about computers.