Family and friends - oup.e

1 8 unit 1 Family and friendsFamily and friends1 Lead in 1 1 Listen to three young people introducing themselves. Tick the words you 1 Listen again. Complete the information for each person. Use the words from exercise 1. 3 Work in pairs. Take turns to talk about the speakers in exercise 2. Henri is thirteen years old. He s French ..4 Work in pairs. Introduce yourself to your : CarlottaAge: Nationality: Lives in: Best friend s name: MariaName: HenriAge: Nationality: Lives in: Best friend s name: LucName: DavidAge: Nationality: Lives in: Best friend s name: Jacka thirteenb fourteenc fifteend sixteene Parisf twelveg Englishh Japanesei Romej Frenchk Londonl Tokyom ItalianHi. My name s and I m years old.

2 I m and I live in . My best friend s name is . He s / She s years old. 9 unit 1 Family and friendsVocabulary VR p1031 Find eight adjectives to describe people. They re all in the article. CLEVERTSSSPERFECTESPECIALBRTEYUENTOIFINK ERCROUAMICAKIUNSBNRAYNSNTBDROKGHYFRIENDL Y2 Complete the text about one of your friends . Use words from exercise 1. What makes a best friend?This is what some of our readers said ..My name s Katie and I m from New York. My best friend is in my class, so I see her every day. It s not a problem because we never argue! I like her because she s interesting AND she always listens to me. I always tell her my secrets and other personal information and I KNOW she doesn t tell other people.

3 I m Sarah and I m from London. My best friend lives on the other side of town, so we don t meet often. She isn t perfect because she doesn t always listen to me. She can also be a bit boring because she doesn t like going out. I usually go to her house on Saturdays and sometimes stay until Sunday. She s funny though and we have a lot in common. For a start, we like the same singers and bands. I m Mandisa and I m from Cape Town in South Africa. I ve got a really special best friend. We go to the same basketball club, that s how I know him. He s friendly and knows a lot of people, but he s really kind and always has time for me. H e s also very clever and often comes round to my house and helps me with my maths.

4 Reading Part 41 2 Read the article about friends . a What are the names of the young people?b Where are they from?c Who are they talking about?2 Read the article again and questions 1 7. Underline the key information then choose the best answer. The first one is done as an Who sometimes has problems with schoolwork?A Katie B Sarah C Mandisa2 Who goes to the same school as her best friend?A Katie B Sarah C Mandisa3 Who enjoys listening to music?A Katie B Sarah C Mandisa4 Who talks about herself to her best friend? A Katie B Sarah C Mandisa5 Who visits their best friend at weekends? A Katie B Sarah C Mandisa6 Who has a best friend who is very popular?

5 A Katie B Sarah C Mandisa7 Whose best friend prefers staying at home?A Katie B Sarah C MandisaKatieSarahMandisaHis / Her name is . He / She is years old. I like my friend because he / she is and . We have a lot in common because we .10 unit 1 Family and friendsVocabulary VR p1031 Match a f with opposites 1 quietb sad c interesting 2 Read the descriptions. What is the word for each person? Complete the word with the missing vowels. a Ben is good at everything at school! CLVRb Louise is kind and helps everyone. FRNDLYc I like Pat more than all my other My friend Van is so great!MZNGe Everyone agrees that Rory is a really nice faste good f seriousGrammar Present simple GR p1141 Match the rules about the present simple with example sentences 1 5 We use the present simple for things that are always We use the present simple for things that happen We use the present simple for permanent We use don t and doesn t to make negative We use do and does to make yes / no Do you have a best friend?

6 2 My brother loves I watch TV after We live in a big She doesn t enjoy sport. 2 Complete the sentences with the correct present simple form of the verbs in brackets. a Marcus (have) got lots of friends !b Nicola lives in Spain, so I (not /see) her very often. c (you / meet) your friends every weekend?d (Ben / like) sport? e I have three great friends . We (go) shopping together every All English words have vowels. There are five vowels: a, e, i, o, u. Make sure you know how to say them 1 Family and friends3 Complete the gaps with never, always, and often. 1 usually 2 sometimes 3 4 Write the words in the correct order.

7 A usually / I / meet / my friends / after schoolb late / for maths / is / Tess / always c at my house / we / listen to / often / music d the boys / at the weekend / play football / sometimes e never / am / bored / I / at Joey s houseMy best friendMy best friend, Ana, is Italian and she 1 in Rome. I visit her 2 summer and she visits me in March or April. We 3 have a really great time. When I go to Rome, her mum and dad 4 very kind and friendly and they give me lots of lovely food. When she stays with us, we 5 shopping in London and see the sights. I like Ana because we 6 a lot in common. We both 7 music and buying clothes. We send emails every day and we usually phone once or 8 a week.

8 Reading Part 51 Read the text below and choose the best word (A, B or C) for each space. 1 A live B lives C living 2 A on B once C every3 A always B every C very 4 A is B am C are 5 A go B goes C going 6 A having B has C have 7 A loving B loves C love 8 A two B double C twiceHow to do it Read the whole text before you look at the options. Try to guess the missing words. Read the options and see if the words you thought of are there. Choose the option you think is best. Adverbs of frequencyWe use adverbs of frequency before the main verb, but after the verb to be.

9 She always listens to me. I m sometimes late for school. 12 unit 1 Family and friendsVocabulary VR p1031 Write the missing Family Look at the Family tree. Tick the true sentences. a John is Sara s husband. b Molly is Tom s cousin. c William and Anne are Jack s Molly is Anne s Anne is John s Jack is John s son. 3 Correct the false sentences in exercise 2 by changing the word in bold. 4 Write true sentences about the relationships in a e. a John / Williamb John and Sara / Molly c William / Anne d Jack / Anne e Helen / Tomgrandfather2 bfather4 h sonnephew6 u 1 gsister3 m wifeaunt5 d7 n Grammar Question words GR p1191 Read the questions and answers. Complete the gaps with question words.

10 Adcbef brothers and sisters have you got?I haven t got any brothers or sisters! is your best friend s name? do you live with?I live with my live in name s s s lovely! do you live? old is he / she? is he / she like?WilliamAnneHelenJohnDavidSaraJackMo llyTom13 unit 1 Family and friendsListening Part 21 Match a h with pictures 1 Part 91 Choose the correct words to complete Eddie s postcard to his new Read the question then write your postcard. Write 25 35 words. You have a new English friend called Jim. Write a postcard to him about a member of your Family . Say: what you have in common what he / she is like what you like doing 3 Now listen to Tom and Jan talking about Tom s birthday presents.