LESSON 3 I ... to the local comprehensive school. I ... lots of friends there. I ... most subjects, and especially Information and Communication Technology and Physical Education. In future I ... take a course at the university. I hope so, anyway. At the moment I ... a School Exchange Project on my computer. I ... my project last week and ... it yet. It’s interesting and difficult work. I ... two twins, a boy and a girl from Ukraine. Now we ... very often. They are nice. And the girl is very pretty. I ... in sports, music, computers games, reading sci*fi books, watching films. My favourite film star ... Jennifer Lopez. b
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Read Jimmy’s story and think of words to fill in the gaps. Write down these words in your workbook. Liten to Jimmy and check your ideas.
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Tell about Jimmy using the pictures and his story (ex. 1, p. 12) as a clue.
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Work in pairs. Read the true / false statements. If the statement is false give the correct statement according to Jimmy’s story (ex. 1, p. 12). 1. Jimmy comes from Germany. 2. Lancaster is a city in the north*west of England. 3. Jenny is sixteen. 4. Jimmy is a student at the university. 5. His favourite subject at school is English. 6. At the moment he is doing a project in Mathematics. 7. He has already done his project. 8. He likes e*mailing with Ukrainian children. 9. In his free time he likes playing basketball.
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a Ask questions about Jimmy. Use Jimmy’s story as a clue.
Example:
What’s your name? — My name is Jimmy Collins.
1. It’s in the north*west of England. 2. Jenny is my twin sister. 3. We’re fourteen. 4. My mother has a part*time job as a nurse. 5. My father works in the office. 6. My favourite subjects are Information and Communication Technology and Physical Education. 7. I hope to take a course at the university. 8. We are very busy. We are doing a project now. 9. Not very. In fact it’s quite difficult. 10. Yes, of course. It’s Jennifer Lopez. 13
