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1

DESCRIBING A PERSON

Read

Charlie's email.

The

computer has

found

ten mistakes.

They

are

gI3{ gel, pgnS.tuaUog,

or

seJ:tlAg

mistakes. Can

you

correct

them?

From:

Charlie [[email protected]]

To:

Lucy

[email protected]]

Subiect: Hi

from Spain

Hi Lucy

My name's Charlie.

Well,

it's really Carlos but everyone calls me Charlie.

l'm from Barcelona and

I

live at home with my

parents

and

my dog.

l-baVS:--?lyegn_pld,

and l'm

at university.

l'm studing

physics.

l'm in my last

year

and

I

really like

it.

l'm

going to tell

you about

myself. As you

can

see from the

foto,

I

have

black

hair and

blgyrt4g

eyes.

My father

always says

I

have

a big nose, but

I

don't

think so, I think it's a

Roman

nose

I think l'm

a

positive person.

My

frCLnQg say l'm funny and it's true,

I

like

making

people

laugh.

But I

cAl

O

Qg

serious

too when

I

need to

be

I

dgn

have

egey

free time bgc{grsg when l'm not

in

class

I

have to do

projects

or write

reports. But when

I

can,

I

like watching TV series, especially

science fiction

series

and comedies.

I

watch them in

e{gXa

with subtitles.

I

also

like playing

computer games like

World

of Warcraft

and

Starcraft.

Please write soon and tell me about

you

and

your

life.

Best wishes

Charlie

b Read the email again

from

the

beginning.

Then

cover

it

and

answer the

questions

from

memory.

1

Where's

Charlie

from?

2

What's his real

name?

3

Who

does

he

live

with?

4 What does he do?

5 What

does

he

look like?

6 What's

he

like?

7 What

are

his favourite free time activities?

Write

a similar

email about

you

or a

person

you know.

Write

four

paragraphs.

Check

your

email

for

mistakes

(ggagtuq .

RqAqugagg,

and

sE{iqg

).

Paragraph L name, nationatity,

age,

famity,

work

/

study

Paragraph

2

physicat

appearance

Paragraph

3

personaIity

Paragraph 4 hobbies and interests

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2/7

2 MY

FAVOURITE

PHOTO

One

of

my

favourite

photos

is

this

one

of

my

friend

Anna.

I

took

the

photo

_

the

summer

of

2011

when I was

-

holiday

with

some

friends

We

were

at a

place

called Tara.

lt's a hill

which

is

famous

because

there's

a

big

stone

top

of

it,

and

people

say that

the

old

kings

of

lreland

were

crowned

there.

Anna was

telling us

all about

the

history

of the

stone,

and she

put

her

arms

_

it.

When

I took

the

photo

we

thought

she

was

meditating, but

in fact we

later realised

she was

sleepingl

She

woke

up after

a

few

minutes

and she

said

the

magic

of

the

place

made her

sleepy

I love

this

photo

because it's

mysterious,

like

the

place,

and

it

reminds

me

of

a lovely

holiday.

I

have

the

photo

_

my

phone

and

my

computer

with

other

photos

lreland.

Match

the

questions

wirh

paragraphs

1-5.

Wtrat

was happening

when

you

took

the

photo?

I

where

do

you

keep it?

E

WhV

do

you

like it?

Wtrat's your

favourite

photo?

I

Who

took

it? When?

Where?

Complete

the

text within,

of, on,

or round.

Write

about

your

favourite

photo. Answer

the

questions

in

a

in

the right order.

Check

your description

for

mistakes

(grammar,

punctuation,

and

spelling).

Attach

a

copy

ofthe

photo

ifyou

can.

Show

your

description

to another

student.

Is

the

photo similar in

any way

to

yours?

d

{

p.15


3/7

AN INFORMAL EMAIL

Goran

is

a student

from

Croatia

who's

going to study

English in

the

UK.

He's

going

to

stay

with

a

family.

Read

the email

from Mrs

Barnes

and

complete it

with

expressions

from the list.

Best

wishes

Dear Goran

PS

Looking forward to hearing from

you

Read the

email

again and answer the

questions.

1 When

is

Goran

coming

to the

UK?

2

How

is he

travelling?

3

Who

is

going

to meet

him

at

the

airport?

4

Does

Goran

have to share a room?

5 Does

Lookingforward

to hearingfrom

1ou

mean...?

a

I hope

you

write

again soon.

b I'm

going

to

write

to

you

again soon.

6 DoesPSmean...?

a

This

isn't very

important information.

b

I

forgot

to

say

this

before.

7 Why

does

Mrs

Barnes send

Goran

a

photo?

Imagine

you

are

going

to

stay with Mrs

Barnes. Answer her email using

your

own

information. Write three

paragraphs.

End

the

email withBestwishes

and

your

name.

Check

your

email

for mistakes

(grammar,

punctuation,

and

spelling).

p.23

From:

SallyBarnes[[email protected]]

To:

Goran

[[email protected]]

Subiect:

Your

trip

Thank

you

for

your

email. We're very happy that

you're

coming

to stay with us this summer, and we're sure

you're going

to

enjoy

your stay

with

us.

What

time

are

you

arriving

at

Stansted airport?

lf

you

send

us

your

flight number and arrival time, we can all meet

you

in Arrivals.

Can

you

send us

your

mobile

number too?

Could

you

also

give

us some other information? What day are

you

going

back

to

Croatia? ls there anything

you

can't eat or drink?

Do

you

want

your

own

room,

or do

you prefer

to share a

room with

another

student? ls there

anything special

you

would

like to

do or

see in the UK?

2

3

Paragraph L Thank her for her email.

Paragraph

2 Say

when

you

are arriving,

etc

Paragraph 3 Answer

her

other

questions.


4/7

4 DESCRIBING

WHERE

YOU

LIVE

a

Read rhe

texr

and

complete

it

with

these

words.

c Write

a description

of

the

place

where

you

live.

Write

five

paragraphs. Answer

the

questions in

b

in

the

right

order. First,

make

notes

on

the questions

in b.

d

Check

your email for

mistakes

(grammar,

punctuation,

and

spelling).

Show

your

description

to

other

students

in your

class.

Which

place

that

you

read

about would

you

mosr

like to

visit?


5/7

5

A FORMAL EMAIL

From:

Antonio Ricci

[[email protected]]

To:

ThePrioryLanguageSchool[enquiries@prioryedinburgh]

Subject:

lnformation about courses

Dear

Sir

/ Madam,

I

am

writing to

ask

for

information

about

your

language

courses.

I

am especially

interested in

an

intensive

course

of

two or three weeks.

I

am

31 and

I work

in

the library

at

Milan

University.

I

can read English

quite

well,

but

I

need

to improve my listening and speaking. The book

I

am

currently studying is'pre-intermediate'

(Common

European

Framework

level A2).

I

have looked

at

your

website,

but there is no information

about intensive

courses

next

summer. Could

you please

send

me

information

about dates

and prices?

I

would

also

like

some

information about

accommodation.

lf

possible

I

would like to stay

with

a

family.

My

wife is

going

to visit me

for

a weekend when

I

am

at

the school. Could she stay with

me

in

the same family?

I

look forward to hearing from

you.

Yours

faithfully,

Antonio

Ricci

Read

the email

to

a

language

school.

Tick

(/)

the

questions

that Antonio

wants the school to answer.

How much

do

the

courses

cost?

Wh.,

do the courses start and finish?

Uow

many students are there

in

a

class?

Rr.

there Business English

classes?

Where

can

I

stay?

I

Wh... are

the teachers

from?

Look

at the highlighted expressions.

How

would

they be

different in

an

informal

email (or letter)?

Read

the advertisements

and choose

a

course.

Think

of

two

or three questions

you

would like to

ask.

Write a formal

email asking

for information.

Write two

paragraphs.

Checkyour

email

for

mistakes

(grammar,

punctuarion.

Formal lnformal

Dear

Sir / Madam,

lam

writing

lwoutd

[ike

I

[ook

forward to

hearing

from

you.

Exp[ain

why

you

are

writing

and

give

some

personal

information.

Ask

your questions,

and ask

them to send

you

information.


6/7

A BIOGRAPHY

Read

the

biography of Norah

|ones.

Then

cover

the text and

try

to remember

three

things about her.

Put

the verbs in

brackets in the

past simple

or present

perfect.

c

Write

a biography

of someone

you

know,

or

of

a

famous

person,

who

is

still

alive.

Write

three

paragraphs. Make

notes before

you

begin.

Paragraph

1 where

and when

they were

born,

their

earty tife

(past

simpte)

Paragraph

2

their tife

as

a

young

adult

(mostty

past

simpte)

Paragraph

3

their later

life and their life

now

(past

simpte,

present perfect,

present

simple

/

present

continuous)

Check

your biography for mistakes

(grammar,

punctuation,

and spelling).

Show

your biography to

other students

in

the class.

Which

of

your classmates'

Norah

Jones

\ lorah

Jones is an American

singer-songwrlter

and

I \

actress. She

lwas

born

(Ue

Uorn)

in

1979 in New York

Her

father

is

Ravi

Shankar, a famous lndian

sitar

playel

and

her mother

is

the concert

producer

Sue

Jones.

ln

1986 her

parents

2-(separate)

and

Later

got

divorced,

and

Norah went

to Live

in Texas with

her mother.

Norah

3-

(be)

interested

in

music aLL her

Life.

When

she was young

she

played

the saxophone

and she was in

two different choirs.

She

a_

(go)

to

the University

of North Texas

to

study

jazz

piano,

and while she was

there

she

s-

(meet)

Jesse Harris.

She

started

a

band

with him

a

year Later,

and since then they6_

(work)

together on many

different

projects.

ln 1999 she

7-

(move)

to

New York,

and in 2001

she

signed

a

contract

with

BLue

Note records.

Since then

she

8-

(make)

five albums,

and

they have aLL been very

successfuL.

She

e-

(win)

nine

Grammy

awards and has

sold over

37

million

aLbums worldwide.

She has

aLso

appeared in

severaL fiLms, including

My BLueberry Nights.

She has been in

only one

relationship,

with Lee

,/

Alexander,

but

they

/

10-

(break

/

up) in ZOOZ.

She

stiLL

Lives

in

New York.

At

the moment

she is working

on

a

new

aLbum.

i

p

writing

a

biography

- use of tenses

|

-

lf

you

write

a

biography

of

a

person

who is

I

dead,

the

verbs

wittatt

be

in

the

past

simple.

I

I

tf

tne

person

is

ative,

attfinished

actions witt

i

b" in the

past

simple

(such

as

the

person's

I

earty tife,

e.g.

was born, went

to university,

I

etc.

or

specific actions

in

their

tife,

e.g.

got

I

married, moved

to another town,

etc.).

I

I

However,

you

must use

the

present

perfect

i

for

unfinished actions which

started in

the

I

past

and

are

stilttrue now

(and

which might

I

change), e.g.

She

has

won

nine

Grammy

I

awards.

She

has

appeared

in

several

films.

I

I

Use

the

present

simple

(or

present

I

continuous)

to talk about

the

present

day,

I

e.g. She

lives

in

New

York.

She's

working

on

a

I

new album.


7/7

7

a

AN

OPINION

ESSAY

Read the article once.

Do

you

agree with what it says?

Every

time

I

turn on the

television, l'm

sure to

find

a

football

match

on one of the

channels. lf I

change channels, there

will

probably

be football on other channels too, especially

at the weeke nd.

tln

my opinion there is def in itely too m uch

football on TV for the

following

reasons.

2_,

if

you

compare

football with

other sports, football

completely

dominates.

The only

place

where

you

can

watch

other sports is on special sports channels,

which

you

usually

have to

pay

for. This is not fair for

people

who like other

sports,

3-

tennis, basketball, or athletics.

Secondly, the football matches on TV are not only the

important matches.

Every

week they show boring matches

from

the second or

third divisions.

4_,1

also

believe that,

at

weekends, most

people

want to relax in front of the television. Many

people,

including me, don't like football and

prefer

to see

good

films

or

funny

series.

s_,

I

think

that even on news

programmes

there

is

too much football.

lt

is very

annoying when they talk about

football

for hours

every day,

especially

when there

are

more

important

things

happening in

the

world.

I

think

TV should

show

fewer football

matches

programmes

about

football,

especially at the weekend.

it should show other sports too, and more films.

On news

programmes

they should talk about important

things that are

happening in

the

world, not about football.

Read

the article again and complete the gaps

with a word or phrase from the list. Use capital

letters

where necessary.

finatty firstty for examp[e thirdty

in-my.epinien instead

to conclude

You are

going

to write an article called'There

are too many

reality

shows on

TV'.

Do you

agree?

With

a

partner

decide if

you

agree or not,

and think ofthree offour reasons.

Write the article. Write four or five

paragraphs.

Check

your

article for mistakes (grammar,

punctuation, and spelling). Show

your

article to

other students in the class. How many of

your

classmates

agree

with

you?

How

many disagree?

p.B5

and

7

Paragraph 1 Write an introduction. You

can

adapt

the introduction

in

the

model

artic[e. Say if

you

agree or not.

Middte

paragraphs

Give

your

reasons. Begin

the

paragraphs

with Firstly,

Secondly,

(T

hi r

d ly,) and

F i n

a lly.

Last

paragraph

Write a conc[usion

(this

shoutd be a

summary of what

you

write in the

middte

paragraphs).

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