Unit 4.

A1 Technology
4.1 My First Job

Sometimes life hits

you in the head
with a brick. Don´t
lose faith.

a What do you remember about these things?

1 2

My first computer My first cell phone

3 4

My first job My first friend

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 TIME EXPRESSIONS

a Last night

Last Christmas

Last week

Yesterday

Two days ago…

READING

b Read this short interview and complete the answers to the

questions about Cristin and Leonel.

Do you remember your first job?

Cristin: Yeah. I had a part-time

job in a supermarket. I was a
cashier. I was 16 years old. I
remember that on my first day
I was very excited. My boss
was very nice, but my first
salary wasn’t really good.
Anyway, I was very happy!

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 Do you remember your first cell phone?
Leonel: My first cell phone was a
Nokia 3310. It was in 2001. I was 17
years old. It was big and heavy. The
Nokia 3310 was plastic. The original
was usually blue. There were no social
networks, the selfie didn't exist. It had
some utilities, such as a calculator, stop
watch and a reminder function. It had
four games: Pairs II, Space Impact,
Bantumi, and Snake II. These
cellphones were very popular

1 A: Was her salary good?

B: No, it ________, but she ________ happy.

2 A: Was she excited?

B: yes, she _______.

3 A: Was Leonel´s first cell phone light?

B: No, it _________. It _________heavy.

4 A: Were the Nokia cell phones popular.

B: Yes, they ________

Past simple was/were

Do you remember your first cell phone?
The past tense of the verb be is was/were.
It was a bad salary.
The Nokia 3310 cell phones were heavy
The negative is wasn’t/ weren’t
Her first boss wasn´t nice.
They weren’t famous and rich.

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a Complete the sentences with was/were/wasn´t/weren´t

1 I_________ happy with my first job because my boss

_________ very angry and strict.

2 Gabriel ___________at work last week because his

daughter ________sick.

3 When they _________8 years old, they __________

very fat. Now they are thin.

4 You _________at the office yesterday. Where

_________you?

5 My best friend ________Julio. He was__________very

shy. He __________ sociable.

b Write the questions. Use the words in parenthesis in the correct

order + was/were

1 (yesterday/where/you/ at/ 7:00m/?)

_______________________________________

2 ( your/cell phone/ heavy/ first/ ? )

_______________________________________

3 (angry/you/ yesterday/why/?)
_______________________________________

4 (first/ your/ stressful/ job/?)

_______________________________________

5 (your /at/ friendly/school/friends?)

_______________________________________

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 VOCABULARY: dates and
times phrases
We ask the date:
What´s the date today? What date is it today?
We write the date:
22nd June, 2014 or 22 June 2014 or 22/06/14
We say the date:
The twenty second of June two thousand and fourteen or
June the twenty second two thousand and fourteen

Months
January July
February August
March September
April October
May November
June December

a Say the dates

1 19/10/1959

2 25/05/2000

3 05/ 07/2003

4 03/01/1999

5 30/04/2008

6 12/08/2010
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b Where were you born?
Answer the following questions

1 Where were you born?______________________

2 When were you born? ______________________

3 Where were your parents born? ____________________

4 Where were your grandparents born? _________________

LISTENING
a Listen to the conversation and answer the questions. This is John´s
first day of work.

1 How was John´s first day of work?

2 Were his coworkers unfriendly?

3 Was John´s boss patient with him?

4 What happened to his computer?