PRACTICE

3 Complete the sentences about István and Pamela. Talking about people

The world of work 1

2
István’s a music professor. Pamela ’s
He comes from Hungary. She
a doctor.
Canada.
1 Read the information about Fernando.

Present Simple 1 – he/she/it . Questions and negatives . Jobs . What time is it?
3 He lives in a big city, but she in a town. Fernando Diaz
4 He four days week. She 16 hours
a day .
5 He three languages. She to sick people on
her radio.
STARTER What are the jobs of the people in your family? Tell the class. 6 He loves his job and she , too.
My father is a doctor. 7 He daughter. She married.
My mother is a … My brother …
8 He playing tennis in his free time. She never
free time.
A T 3.3 Listen and check. Read the sentences aloud.

THREE JOBS
Present Simple he/she/it István Kis Pamela Green
1 A T 3.1 Listen and read about István István is a music professor. He comes from Budapest in Pamela is a doctor. She’s Canadian, but now she lives in a small
and Pamela. Hungary, but now he lives in the USA. He works four days town near Nairobi, Kenya, in East Africa. She isn’t an ordinary
What’s his job? What’s her job? Job tourist guide
a week at the University of Texas, Austin. He speaks three doctor, she’s a flying doctor. Every day from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.
languages: Hungarian, English, and German. He’s married to she speaks to people on her radio, then she flies to help them. Country Peru
GRAMMAR SPOT an American and has a daughter. He likes playing tennis in She works 16 hours a day non-stop, but she loves her job. She Town Lima

1 Underline all the verbs in the texts. his free time. isn’t married. She has no free time. Place of work in a tourist office
is comes Languages Spanish, English, and a little
2 What is the last letter of these verbs? German
Married no
Pronunciation
3 Is -s pronounced /s/ or /z/? Family a dog (!)
A T 3.2 Listen and write the verbs. Free time walking his dog, playing
football
/s/ /z/
works is 2 Talk about Fernando.
Fernando’s a tourist guide.
He comes from … and he … Lima.
He works …
He speaks …
Practise saying them.
He isn’t …

2 Read the texts aloud. He has a …

He likes …

3 Write about a friend or a relative. Talk to

a partner about him/her.
My friend Anna is a student. She lives in …

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 WHAT DOES HE DO? PRACTICE Listening and pronunciation
Questions and negatives 3 Write questions about Iman or Giorgio. 6 A T 3.7 Listen to the sentences about
Asking about people Iman and Giorgio. Correct the wrong
• What/do? What does Iman do?
1 A T 3.4 Read and listen. Complete the answers. 1 Read the information about Iman or Giorgio. • Where/come from? • How many children . . . ? sentences.
Practise the questions and answers. • Where/live? • . . . a dog?
2 Talk to a partner. • Where/work? • What . . . in her/his free time?
I man comes from So mal ia.
1 Where does István come from? • . . . speak French? Does she/he … • . . . like cooking? Yes , that’s right .
Iman’s a model and businesswoman.
Budapest, Hungary.
She comes from Somalia. 4 Ask and answer questions with your partner. I man lives and works in So mal ia.
2 What does he do?
He’s music professor. She lives … 5 Now ask your partner the same questions about a friend or relative. No , she doesn’t . She lives
3 Does he speak German? and works in New York .
Iman Giorgio Locatelli
, he does.
Job model and businesswoman Job chef
4 Does he speak Spanish? 7 A T 3.8 Tick (✓) the sentence you hear.
, he doesn’t. He doesn’t speak Country Somalia Country Italy
1 He likes his job.
Spanish or French. Town New York Town London She likes her job.
Place of work in her office in New York Place of work in his restaurant in London 2 She loves walking.
GRAMMAR SPOT Languages English, Somali, Italian, Arabic, and French Languages Italian, English, and French She loves working.
1 What does he/she do? = What’s his/her job? Family married to the singer David Bowie, two daughters Family married to an Englishwoman, a son and a daughter 3 He’s married.
2 Complete these sentences with the correct Free time likes cooking vegetarian food Free time likes walking, riding, relaxing with his family He isn’t married.
form of come. 4 Does she have three children?
Positive He from Hungary. Does he have three children?
Negative He from Poland. 5 What does he do?
Question Where he from? Where does he go?
Pronunciation Check it
A
3 T 3.5 Listen. Notice the pronunciation of
does and doesn’t. 8 Tick (✓) the correct sentence.
/d@z/ 1 She comes from Somalia.
Does he speak Ger man?
She come from Somalia.
/dVz/ /"dVznt/
Yes , he does ./ No , he doesn’t . 2 What he do in his free time?
What does he do in his free time?
Practise saying the question and short answers.
3 Where lives she?
Grammar Reference 3.1 p138 Where does she live?
4 He isn’t married.
2 Complete the questions and answers. He doesn’t married.
1 Where Pamela from?
5 Does she has two sons?
Does she have two sons?
Canada.
6 He doesn’t play football.
2 What she ?
He no plays football.
She’s a doctor.
7 She doesn’t love Peter.
3 she live in Canada? She doesn’t loves Peter.
No, she .
8 What’s he’s address?
4 she her job? What’s his address?
Yes, she .

IMAN Giorgio
A T 3.6 Listen, check and practise.
3 Write similar questions about Fernando the
tourist guide. Ask and answer with a partner.
Where does Fernando come from?
Peru.
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 READING AND LISTENING
Seumas McSporran – the man with thirteen jobs!

1 Seumas McSporran /"SeIm@s m@k"spQr@n/

comes from Scotland. (This is his real name!)
The man with 13 jobs
5 A T 3.9 Listen to four conversations from
Seumas’s day. After each one answer these
questions.
1 Is it morning, afternoon, or evening?
2 Who are the people? Where are they?
3 What is Seumas’s job?
Look at the photographs of some of the a 6.00 a.m. SEUMAS McS
things he does every day. PORRAN is a very busy 6 Complete the conversations.
man. He is 6
2 Match a sentence with a photograph. 0 years old and he has 1 A Good . Can I two
1 h He helps in the shop. thirteen jobs ice-creams, please?
2 He makes breakfast for . B Chocolate or vanilla?
the hotel guests. A One chocolate, one vanilla, please.

H
3 He serves petrol. e is a postman, a policeman, a fireman, a taxi driver, B That’s . Anything ?
a school-bus driver, a boatman, an ambulance man, an A No, thank you.
4 He delivers the beer to the pub.
accountant, a petrol attendant, a barman, and an
5 He collects the post from the boat. 2 A Only letters for you this
undertaker. Also, he and his wife, Margaret, have a shop and
6 He drives the children to school. , Mrs Craig.
a small hotel.
7 He delivers the letters. B Thank you very much, Mr McSporran.
b 8.00 a.m. Seumas lives and works on the island of Gigha /"gij@/ in the
8 He has a glass of wine. And ’s Mrs McSporran this
9 He works as an undertaker. west of Scotland. Only 120 people live on Gigha, but in summer _______ ?
150 tourists come by boat every day.
3 Read about Seumas. Answer the questions. A Oh, she’s very well, thank you. She’s
1 Where does Seumas live? Every weekday Seumas gets up at 6.00 and makes breakfast in the shop.
2 How old is he? for the hotel guests. At 8.00 he drives the island’s children to
3 A A glass of before bed, my
3 How many jobs does he have? school. At 9.00 he collects the post from the boat and delivers
4 What’s his wife’s name? dear?
it to all the houses on the island. He also delivers the beer to
5 What does she do? the island’s only pub. Then he helps Margaret in the shop. B Oh, yes please.
6 How many people live on Gigha? A you are.
7 How many tourists visit Gigha in summer? He says: ‘Margaret likes being busy, too. We never have B Thank you, my dear. I’m very
c 9.00 a.m. holidays and we don’t like watching television. In the evenings this .
8 What does Seumas do in the morning?
9 What do he and Margaret do in the evening? Margaret makes supper and I do the accounts. At 10.00 we
have a glass of wine and then we go to bed. Perhaps our life 4 A Hello, Mr McSporran!
4 Look at the photos. Ask and answer questions isn’t very exciting, but we like it.’ B Good , boys and girls.
with a partner about times in Seumas’s day. Hurry up, we’re late.
A Can I sit here, Mr McSporran?
What does he do at six o’clock?
C No, no, I to sit there.
He gets up and makes break fast. B Be quiet of you, and
SIT DOWN!
Practise the conversations with your partner.
d 10.00 a.m.
e 12.00 p.m.

f 2.00 p.m.

g 3.00 p.m.

h 5.00 p.m.

i 10.00 p.m.

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 VOCABULARY AND PRONUNCIATION EVERYDAY ENGLISH
Jobs What time is it?

1 Use your dictionary and match a picture with a job in 1 Look at the clocks. Write the times. 2 Look at the times.
column A.
A B It’s just before three o’clock.
a A pilot designs buildings.
b A chef wears beautiful clothes. It’s just af ter five o’clock.
c A nurse looks after people in hospital. It’s five o’clock. 1
d A lawyer makes films. What time is it now? What time does the lesson end?
e An actor writes for a newspaper.
f A journalist cooks in a restaurant. Music of English o
g A model sells things. A T 3.13 In English the voice goes up and down. Copy the stress and intonation.
h An architect flies planes.
i A shop assistant helps people in court. 1 2 It’s half past five . 2 Conversation 1

2 Match a job in A with a line in B. Ex cuse me . Can you tell me the time , please ?
A T 3.10 Listen and check. Yes , of course . It’s just after six o’clock.
3 Look at the phonetic spelling of some Thanks.
of the words. Practise saying them. It’s quar ter past five . 3
1 /n3:s/ 4 /"SQp @"sIst@nt/
2 /"mQd@l/ 5 /"A:kItekt/
3 /"&kt@(r)/ 6 /Sef/
A T 3.11 Listen and repeat.
4 Memorize the jobs. Close your books. It’s quar ter to six . 4
Ask and answer questions with a partner.
What does a pilot do ?
He/She flies planes .

It’s five past five . 5 Conversation 2

Phonetic symbols p159 3 4 5
Ex cuse me . Can you tell me the time , please ?
I’m so rry, I don’t know . I don’t have a watch .
Never mind .
It’s twenty past five . 6

It’s twenty-five to six . 7

It’s ten to six . 8

A T 3.12 Listen and check. Practise saying 3 With a partner, draw clocks on a piece of paper.
6 7 8 9 the times. Make more conversations.

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