1A Listening
Grammar
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7 Underline 10 adjectives in the text in Exercise 2.
1.2 Listen to part of an interview with a student at
MES. Circle the correct options.
1 What does Ewa like doing in her free time? water-skiing skiing surfing windsurfing 2 Why does she want to learn English? for work to study in English to translate to travel to meet people 3 Why’s she studying in Malta? the weather the food the people the cost
Tip to + verb
I’m here to learn English.
for + noun I study English for my job.
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What noun does each adjective refer to? Beautiful refers to the island of Malta.
Articles Use a / an for singular nouns when we don’t know which: Amy works in a bank. Use the for singular and plural nouns when we know which: Amy works in the bank near my house. Don’t use articles 1 when we talk generally: I hate banks. 2 with names: I bank with HSBC.
Listen again. Write the questions you hear. In pairs, ask and answer. What nationality are you?
6 Tell the class three interesting things about your partner.
Olga wants to learn English to understand films and songs and because she likes learning languages. She speaks Russian, Turkish and a little French, too.
AB, p. 79. Ex. 4
8 Read the Grammar box. Study the text in Exercise 2 again. In pairs, answer the questions.
1 Why do we use the articles numbered 1–7? We use ‘the’ because we know which island. It’s the only island with the name Malta. 2 Why don’t we use an article with these nouns in the text? Malta Sicily Libya English beaches food nightlife visitors We don’t use an article for ‘Malta’ because it’s a name.
Tip Pronounce the as /Di…/ before a vowel sound. the EU the internet the only island
Speaking 9 1.3 – 1.5
What colour’s your country’s flag? Word Bank 1, p. 64.
10 In groups, find out about each other. Give your opinions about:
interesting people islands countries beaches nightlife food films A: My grandmother’s alive. She’s 97 and she’s very strong! B: Wow! That’s wonderful! Does she live alone?
Unit 1
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