English for distance education (giáo trình tiếng anh dùng cho hệ đào tạo từ xa) phần 1

VINH UNIVERSITY

VŨ THỊ HÀ

(Giáo trình tiếng Anh dùng cho hệ đào tạo từ xa)
Part 1 & Part 2

Nghe an, 2011


Chief Editor
Ph.D Vu Thi Ha
B.A Nguyen Thi Lam Giang: Unit 1,2,3
M.A Le Thi Tuyet Hanh: Unit 4,5,6
M.A Nguyen Thi Lanh: Unit 7,8,9
M.A Tran Thi Phuong Thao: Unit 10,11,12

Chủ biên TS. Vũ Thị Hà
CN Nguyễn Thị Lam Giang: Unit 1,2,3
Th.S Lê Thị Tuyết Hạnh: Unit 4,5,6
Th.S Nguyễn Thị Lành: Unit 7,8,9
Th.S Trần Thị Phương Thảo: Unit 10,11,12


TABLE OF CONTENT
UNIT
Unit 1
Unit 2
Unit3
Unit 4
Unit 5

Unit 6

Unit 7
Unit 8
Unit 9
Unit 10
Unit 11
Unit 12

CONTENT
The way we live.
What happened next?
The market place!
My hobbies!
How do people feel?
Places and things.
Review: Unit1 – Unit 6
PRACTICE TEST
Fame!
Do’s and don’ts
What is your plan for the future?
Things that changed the world.
What if?
Earning a living.
Review: Unit 7 – Unit 12
Tapescripts
References

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LỜI NÓI ĐẦU
English for distance education là giáo trình tiếng Anh dùng cho hệ đào tạo từ
xa.
Giáo trình gồm 12 bài với thời lượng 90 giờ tín chỉ (6 tín chỉ) được chia thành 2
học phần: Tiếng Anh 1 và Tiếng Anh 2, mỗi học phần 45 giờ (3 tín chỉ), 6 bài.
Mỗi bài bao gồm các kỹ năng nghe, nói, đọc, viết với các chủ đề khác nhau,
nhiều hình ảnh minh họa khá sinh động.và kiến thức ngữ pháp cơ bản đi kèm hệ
thống bài tập phù hợp. Trong phần ngữ pháp có câu hỏi cho học viên định hướng ôn
tập (Grammar question) Các học viên phải được trang bị một số vốn tiếng Anh cơ bản
trước khi bắt đầu chương trình này.
Qua giáo trình này, tập thể tác giả mong muốn giúp các học viên ôn lại những
kiến thức cơ bản về ngữ pháp, từ vựng và cung cấp kiến thức mới để học viên có thể

dần dần nâng cao trình độ tiếng Anh.
Phần nghe có kèm theo đĩa CD và phần lời ở cuối giáo trình, như vậy học viên
có thể vừa nghe vừa theo dõi rất thuận tiện.
Cuối giáo trình còn có danh sách tài liệu tham khảo ở được chỉ dẫn cách tìm
trên website để học viên tự tải xuống nghiên cứu.
Mặc dầu các tác giả đã rất cố gắng, đương nhiên không thể tránh khỏi các sai
sót, mong được sự góp ý chân tình và phê bình thẳng thắn của các đồng nghiệp, học
viên và độc giả quan tâm.
Nghệ An, 12. 2011
Các tác giả


ĐỀ CƯƠNG CHI TIẾT HỌC PHẦN
Tiếng Anh 1 – NC10001

1. Tên học phần: Ngoại ngữ 1 (Tiếng Anh 1)
3 (30/30)
2. Bộ môn phụ trách giảng dạy: Khoa ngoại ngữ
3. Mô tả học phần:
Tiếng Anh 1 là học phần bắt buộc dành cho sinh viên không chuyên ngữ
liên thông từ trung cấp trường Đại học Vinh. Chương trình gồm có 6 bài (từ bài 1
đến bài 6).Học phần được phân bổ trong 45giờ tín chỉ (tương đương với 3 tín
chỉ).Qua học phần này người học được cung cấp một số kiến thức tiếng Anh cơ
bản tổng quát, giúp họ rèn luyện các kĩ năng thực hành tiếng nghe, nói, đọc, viết.
Kết thúc học phần sinh viên sẽ có nền tảng kiến thức để học lên học phần Tiếng
Anh II.
4. Mục tiêu học phần:
4.1. Kiến thức:
* Các vấn đề ngữ pháp cơ bản:
- Tenses (present simple, present continuous, past simple, past

continuous, future simple), going to.
- Questions, question words.
- Expressions of quantity, articles.
- Verb patterns.
- Have/ have got.
- What……….like?
- Comparative and superlative adjectives.
* Từ vựng về các chủ đề: cuộc sống, đất nước, âm nhạc, bạn bè, mua sắm.
4.2. Kĩ năng:
Môn học này giúp sinh viên nâng cao các kĩ năng nghe, nói, đọc, viết, chú
trọng kĩ năng đọc hiểu.
4.3. Thái độ:
Sinh viên phải thấy được tầm quan trọng của học phần, cảm thấy hứng thú
và có thái độ nghiêm túc, chủ động đối với học phần.
5. Nội dung họcphần:
Unit 1:The way we live
* Grammar
- Present tenses (present simple, present continuous)
- Linking words
* Writing
- Linking words
* Speaking
- Exchanging information


- Discussion
* Reading: Living in the USA
* Listening: Listen and fill in the blank
Unit 2:What happened next?
* Grammar: Past tenses (past simple, past continuous)

* Writing: Write sentences and a story
* Speaking
- Telling stories
- Exchanging information
* Reading: “Hetty Green – The Witch of Wall Street”
* Listening: Listen to get information
Unit 3: The market place
* Grammar
- Count and uncount nouns
- Quantity (some, any, a few, a little, a lot of,...)
- Articles
* Writing: Write sentences and a story
* Speaking
- Discussion
- Group work
* Reading: The best shopping street on the world
* Listening: Listen to get information
Unit 4: My hobbies
* Grammar
- Present continuous
- going to, will
* Writing: Writing a postcard
* Speaking
- Discussion
* Reading: Hobbies
* Listening: A song “You’ve got a friend”
Unit 5: How do people feel?
* Grammar
- ing/ed adjectives
- so/ such

-relative clause
* Writing
- join the sentences
* Speaking
- Discussion
* Reading: How to be sensitive to other people’s feeling
* Listening: Listen to get information


Unit 6: Places and things
* Grammar
- What’s it like?
- Comparatives and superlatives
* Writing: Writing sentences
* Speaking
- Discussion
* Reading: The Big Ben
* Listening: Listen to a conversation
6. Tài liệu tham khảo
1. John and Lis Soars. New Headway Pre-Intermediate, Second Edition,
Student’s Book and Workbook.
Link to download: />2. John and Lis Soars. New Headway Pre-Intermediate, Third Edition, Student’s
Book.
Link to download: New Headway Third
Edition Pre Intermediate Student’s book.
3. David Nonan. Listen in 1,2,3
Link to download: />4.Hutchinson Tom. Lifelines – Pre-Intermediate, HaiPhong Publishing House
2004
5. Terry Hong. New toeic listening comprehension, Long man, 2009
6. Raymond Murphy. English Grammar in Use.Third

Edition.Cambridgeuniversity Press, 2004
Link to download ebook PDF />7. Phương thức đánh giá học phần
 Các phương thức kiểm tra, đánh giá
Kiểm tra, đánh giá thường xuyên: chuyên cần, chuẩn bị bài, tích cực
thảo luận, làm bài tập trên lớp: 1/10
Kiểm tra đánh giá định kỳ: kiểm tra giữa kì: 2/10
- Kiểm tra (thi) kết thúc môn học: 7/10
 Thang điểm: 10 quy đổi thang điểm 4 và điểm chữ

ĐỀ CƯƠNG CHI TIẾT HỌC PHẦN
Tiếng Anh 2 – NC10002
1. Tên học phần: Ngoại ngữ 2 (Tiếng Anh 2)
3 (30/30)
2. Bộ môn phụ trách giảng dạy: Khoa ngoại ngữ
3. Mô tả học phần:


Tiếng Anh 2 là học phần bắt buộc dành cho sinh viên liên thông từ trung cấp
không chuyên ngữ trường Đại học Vinh sau khi đã được học học phần Tiếng Anh
I. Chương trình gồm có 6 bài (từ bài 7 đến bài 12) và được phân bổ trong 45 giờ
tín chỉ (tương đương với 3 tín chỉ). Qua môn học này sinh viên được cung cấp
thêm một số vấn đề ngữ pháp cơ bản, được rèn luyện và củng cố các kĩ năng nghe,
nói, đọc, viết để đạt tới cấp độ cơ bản. Sinh viên có thể sử dụng ngôn ngữ một
cách thành thạo hơn nhờ các kiến thức mở rộng hơn về từ vựng.
4. Mục tiêu học phần:
4.1. Kiến thức:
* Các vấn đề ngữ pháp cơ bản:
- Tenses (present perfect, present perfect continuous, past
simple).
- Have to, should, must, might.

- Time and conditional clauses, What if....?,
- Verb patterns, infinitives.
- Passives
- Second conditional
* Từ vựng về các chủ đề: âm nhạc, nghề nghiệp, du lịch, tình cảm, thái độ.
4.2. Kĩ năng:
Môn học này giúp sinh viên nâng cao các kĩ năng nghe, nói, đọc, viết, chú
trọng kĩ năng đọc hiểu.
4.3. Thái độ:
Sinh viên phải thấy được tầm quan trọng của học phần, cảm thấy hứng thú
và có thái độ nghiêm túc, chủ động đối với học phần.
5. Nội dung họcphần:
Unit 7: Fame!
* Grammar
- Present perfect and past simple
- For and since
* Writing
- Writing a biography
* Speaking
- Discussion
* Reading: Lady Gaga-Best new artist
* Listening: An interview
Unit 8: Do and don’t
* Grammar
- have (got) to
- Should
- Must
- Used to
* Writing: Favorite job

* Speaking
- Discussion
- Role play, group work
* Reading: What every parents of a first-year college student should
know?
* Listening
- Listen a conversation
Unit 9: What is your plan for the future?
* Grammar
- Time clauses
- First conditional
* Writing: World in the future
* Speaking
- Discussion
* Reading: The house of the future
* Listening: Listen and fill in the blank.
Unit 10: Things that changed the world
* Grammar
- Passives
* Writing:
- Use the prompts to rewrite sentences
* Speaking
- Discussion
* Reading
- The invention of Google
* Listening
- Listen the conversation and fill in the blank
Unit 11: What if…?
* Grammar:

- Second conditional
- Might
- Phrasal verbs
* Writing:
- Use the prompts to write / rewrite sentences
* Speaking
- Giving advice
- Discussion – dilemmas
- Group work
* Reading: “Supervolcano”
* Listening: if I were you
Unit 12: Earning a living


* Grammar
- Present Perfect continuous
* Writing
- Use the prompts to write / rewrite sentences
* Speaking
- Exchanging information
* Reading: Flying for a living
* Listening: Listen and fill in the blank
6. Tài liệu tham khảo
1. John and Lis Soars. New Headway Pre-Intermediate, Second Edition,
Student’s Book and Workbook.
Link to download: />2. John and Lis Soars.New Headway Pre-Intermediate, Third Edition, Student’s
Book.
Link to download: New Headway Third
Edition Pre Intermediate Student’s book.
3. David Nonan. Listen in 1,2,3

Link to download: />4.Hutchinson Tom. Lifelines – Pre-Intermediate, HaiPhong Publishing House
2004
5. Terry Hong. New toeic listening comprehension, Long man, 2009
6. Raymond Murphy. English Grammar in Use.Third
Edition.Cambridgeuniversity Press, 2004
Link to download ebook PDF />7. Phương thức đánh giá học phần
 Các phương thức kiểm tra, đánh giá
Kiểm tra, đánh giá thường xuyên: chuyên cần, chuẩn bị bài, tích cực
thảo luận, làm bài tập trên lớp: 1/10
Kiểm tra đánh giá định kỳ: kiểm tra giữa kì: 2/10
- Kiểm tra (thi) kết thúc môn học: 7/10
 Thang điểm: 10 quy đổi thang điểm 4 và điểm chữ


1

THE
LIVE

WAY

WE

UNIT
Present Simple/ Present Continuous
But - Although – However – So – Because
WARM UP

What’s your morning routine? Complete these sentences about you.
I always ……..

I usually ……………..
I often ………..
I don’t …………. very often.
Sometimes I ………
I never …………..

Presentation 1.
1. Look at the picture. Who are the people? Where are they? What are they doing?

A

b

C

D

2. Reads the following texts, then say whether the sentences below true ( )or
false ().
Text 1
Mary gets up first at about seven o’clock. She goes
downstairs and has breakfast early, because she starts work at
eight o’clock. When I wake up, I switch on the radio and listen
to the news. Then I get up and have a shower. I go downstairs
at about quarter past seven. James comes down at about half
past seven. She doesn’t like the radio, so she switches on the
television and watches the breakfast program. She always
turns up the volume too loud, so we usually have an argument
about that. Colin goes to college and he’s always late. He
doesn’t usually have breakfast. He runs downstairs at the last

minute, and hurries out to get the bus. But he usually misses
it, so then I take him in my car and I’m late for work.
At weekend, I get up first and I like the weekends, because everyone stays in bed late. But I
have my breakfast in peace!...
don’t stay in bed. I get up first and have my breakfast in peace!
True ( )or False ()?
1. I get up first at about seven o’clock.
2. Mary starts work at eight o’clock.


3. I usually watch the breakfast programme on television in the mornings.
4. James likes the radio.
5. James have a shower at the morning.
6. Colin usually have breakfast before he goes to school.
7. Mary usually takes Colin in her car and she is late for work.
8. I don’t like the weekends.
9. Everyone gets up early at the weekends.
10. At weekends, Colin gets up first and have his breakfast in peace.

I spend a lot of time at the airports…

The woman is kissing another man…

Text 2
I often travel to other countries, so I spend a
lot of time at the airports. Today I’m travelling to
Greece and at the moment I’m waiting for my
plane. But I’m not wasting my time. What am I
doing? I’m playing my favourite game – peoplewatching. Whenever I have the time, I watch
other people.

Take that couple, for example. They’re buying
magazines at the moment. Are they going on
holiday or are they travelling on business? They
aren’t wearing business clothes, but he's
carrying a briefcase. Every few seconds she
looks round. Is someone following them?
Perhaps they’re running away and… Just a
minute, there’s a story in this newspaper. A
bank clerk stole one million pounds last week
and disappeared with his wife. There’s a picture
of them here. Hmmm, they look similar. That’s
it! The money’s in the briefcase. I must stop
them.
They’re going to the departure lounge now.
Quick. Oh, just a minute. They’re saying
goodbye to each other. The woman isn’t going
to the departure lounge. She’s walking away.
Oh, well, it was exciting for a moment. Oh, what
is she doing now? She’s talking to another man.
They’re kissing. Now, I wonder …….

True ( )or False ()?
1. I travel by plane a lot.
2. Today I’m going to France.
3. At the moment, I’m waiting for my friends at the airport.
4. The couple are kissing at the moment.
5. Whenever I have the time, I watch television.
6. The man is carrying a suitcase.
7. The couple is going to the departure lounge together.
8. The woman is kissing another man.

GRAMMAR QUESTIONS
1 What tenses are all the verb forms in texts 1 and 2? What do they express? Are there
any differences between their uses?
2 Look at the sentences. Which refers to all time! Which refers to now?
1. a. He has three children.
b. He's having a shower.
2. a. He reads a lot of books every year.
b. He is reading a book at the moment.
3. a. They watch television everyday.
b. They are watching television now.

GRAMMAR REVIEW
A. Present Simple
1. Form
Positive and negative
I
We
live
You
don’t
They
live
He
She
It

Question
do

near
here

Where

lives
doesn’t
live

does

Yes/No question
Do

Does

I
we
you
they

live?

he
she
it

Short answer
I
we

you
they
he
she
it

Yes, I do.
No, I don’t
like Peter?
speak
French?

2. Use:
The Present Simple is used to express:
a. a habit
I get up at 7.30.
He smoke too much.

Yes,
does.
No,
does.

he
he


b. a fact which is always true.
Vegetarians don’t eat meat.
Water boils at 100oC.

We come from Spain.
c. a fact which is true for a long time.
I live in Oxford.
She works in a bank.
3. Time expression:
Adverbs of frequency
We use some adverbs to describe how frequently we do an activity.

100%
90%
80%
70%

Adverb
of
Frequency
always
usually
normally / generally
often

50%

sometimes

Frequency

Example Sentences
I always go to bed before 11pm.
I usually walk to work.

I normally go to the gym.
I often surf the internet.
I sometimes forget my wife's
birthday.
I occasionally eat junk food.
I seldom read the newspaper.
I hardly ever drink alcohol.
I never swim in the sea.

30%
occasionally
10%
seldom / rarely
5%
hardly ever
0%
never
4. Spelling of the third person singular
1. We add -s to most verbs: work- works, play-plays, drive-drives
2. We add- es to verbs ending in -o (go-goes), s (miss-misses), x (mix-mixes), ch
(catch-catches), sh (push-pushes)
3. If the verbs end in -y, change -y into -i and add -es when -y is preceded by a
consonant. cry- cries; try-tries
4. If the verbs end in -y, keep -y and add -s when -y is preceded by a vowel : playplays; stay-stay
5. Pronunciation of “s” or “es”
1. If the verb ends in an unvoiced consonant sound: /f/, /k/, /p/, /t/, /θ/-(thin),
pronounce "s" as /s/.
2. When it ends in a voiced consonant sound, /b/, /d/, /g/, /l/, /m/, /n/, /ng/, /r/ or with
a vowel sound, /a/, /e/, /i/, /o/, /u/, pronounce "s" as /z/.
3. If it ends with /s/ (misses, notices), /z/ (dozes, sneezes), /∫/ (finishes, washes), /t∫/

(watches) , /dʒ/ (manages), pronounce "s" or "-es" as /iz/.
B. Present Continuous tense
1. Form
am/is/are + v-ing (present participle)
Positive and negative
Question
‘m
I
I
‘m
A
not
m
Wh
at
He
‘s
workin
he
She
Isn’t
g.
Is
sh

doing?


It
We

You
The
y

‘re
aren
’t

ar
e

Yes/No question
Am

Is
Are

e
it
we
yo
u
the
y

wearing
?

Short answer
I

he
she
it
we
you
they

going?
singing?

Yes, she is
No, she isn’t

2. Use
The Present Continuous tense is used to express:
1. an activity happening now.
e.g.
They’re playing football in the garden.
Listen! The birds are singing.
2. an activity happening around now, but perhaps not at the moment of speaking.
e.g.
She’s studying maths at university.
I’m reading a good book by Henry James.
3. a planned future arrangement.
e.g.
I’m meeting Jane at 10.00 tomorrow.
What are you doing this evening?
3. Time expressions: now, at present, at the moment, nowadays, this month,
tomorrow, etc
e.g.

Mary is playing the piano at the moment.
She can’t talk now because she’s washing her hair.
4. Attention
There are some stative verbs. They express a state- not an action and are not
used in the Progressive tenses:
1. Verbs of the senses: feel, hear, see, smell, taste, notice, etc
2. Verbs of emotions and preferences: like, dislike, love, hate, fear, mind, want,
wish, need, prefer, admire, etc.
3. Verbs of perception, belief, knowledge, ownership: think, believe, know,
understand, expect, remember, forget, hope, have, own, belong to, etc.
4. Other verbs which describe permanent states: be, cost, weigh, seem, appear,
consist (of), depend (on), etc.
However, some stative verbs can be used in the progressive forms as well, but they
then indicate an action rather than a state and with a difference in meaning as in the
following examples:
Non-progressive
Progressive
think
I think he is a kind man
I am thinking about my mother


have
taste
smell
see
feel
look
appear
weigh

be

He has a car
This food tastes sour.
These flowers smell good.
I see a butterfly.
The cat's fur feels soft.
She looks so happy.
He appears to be asleep.
A piano is heavy. It weighs a
lot.
I am hungry.
Note:
Tom
is
foolish=
Foolishness is one of Tom's
usual characteristics.

She is having dinner.
The chef is tasting the sauce.
Don is smelling the roses.
I am seeing the doctor at 11 a.m.
She is feeling the cat's fur.
I am looking out the window.
The actor is appearing on the stage.
The grocer is weighing the bananas.
Tom is being foolish (*)
Note: Tom is being foolish= Right
now, at the moment of speaking,

Tom is doing something that the
speaker considers foolish.

5. Spelling
1. We add -ing to most verbs: wait-waiting, do-doing, talk-talking, etc.
2. If a verb ends in -e, omit the -e and add -ing: use-using, come-coming, etc. (but
age-ageing)
3. If a single vowel is followed by a single consonant double the final consonant: sitsitting, get-getting, run-running, etc. (attention: read-reading, check-checking, etc.)
4. We double the last consonant of two-syllable verbs when the second syllable is
stressed: be’gin-beginning, ad’mit-admitting, etc. (attention: ‘enter-entering, o’fferoffering, etc.)
5. If the verb ends in -ie, change to y: lie-lying, die-dying, etc.
III. Present Simple and Continuous.
Look at the wrong sentences, and compare them with the correct sentences.
 Hank is coming from Canada.
 Hank comes from Canada.




This is a great party. Everyone has a good time.
This is a great party. Everyone is having a good time.




I read a good book right now.
I’m reading a good book right now.

PRACTICE
1. Complete the sentences with the Present Simple form of the verbs in the

box.
leave forget
not / eat
go
live
play
have
not / speak
1. Anna …………… in the States.
2. She ……….. German or Spanish.
3. I often …………. people’s names.
4. The train ……………. at 10.30 exactly.
5. Mary ………….. very healthy food.
6. She ………… shopping for clothes every weekend.
7. Her brother …………. the guitar.
8. We ……….. an English lesson on Sunday afternoons.


2. Complete the interview with Yupin from Thailand. Use the correct form of the
Present Simple.
I - Yupin, you (1 come) come from Thailand. Tell us about life there.
Y - Well, I (2 be) _________ from Bangkok, the capital of Thailand. It’s a beautiful
city. The weather (3 be) _________ usually very hot. It (4 not rain) _________ much
for most of the year, but during the rainy season it (5 rain) _________ almost every
day.
I - How interesting! Thailand’s a popular place for tourists, isn’t it?
Y - Yes, many people (6 come) _________ from all over the world. Thai people (7
like) _________ foreigners very much. At the moment Thailand (8 make)
_________ a lot of money from tourism.
I - (9 have) _________ visitors from England _________ a problem with the

language?
Y - Most Thai people (10 not understand) _________ English very well, so please
(11 not speak) _________ too quickly if you go there.
I - What can visitors (12 learn) _________ about life in Thailand?
Y - We (13 not invite) _________ people to our homes until we (14 know) _________
them well, but we are very friendly and we (15 take) _________ our friends to a
restaurant instead. We (16 have) ________ so many excellent places to eat, and
meals (17 be) _________ cheap.
I - Why (18 be) _________ you here in England, Yupin?
Y - I (19 enjoy) _________ travelling, and I (20 want) _________ to visit many
different places in Europe.
I - Well, I (21 hope) _________ you have a good holiday. Thanks for talking to us.
3. Complete the sentences with the Present Continuous form of the verbs in
brackets.
1. She …………….. (study) geography at university.
2. They ………………….(not / go) away this winter.
3. I ………………………….(not / enjoy) the meal.
4.. …………… he …………….(see) the doctor tomorrow?
5. Where ………. Mary and Tom ………… (go) on holiday?
6. Why ………….. she …………(laugh)?
7. All the guests ……………….(have) a great time.
4. Tick () the correct sentences
1. Anna is coming from France.
Anna comes from France.
2. They usually go by train.
They’re usually going by train.
3. My friend speaks Spanish and German.
My friend is speaking Spanish and German.
4. What a great lesson. Everyone enjoys it.
What a great lesson! Everyone’s enjoying it.

5. I’m loving black coffee.
I love black coffee.
6. Where do you go out tonight?
Where are you going out tonight?


5. Complete the sentences with the Present Simple or Continuous form of the
verbs in brackets.
1. Alex ……….. (go) to the gym three times a week.
2. I ……………. (think) he’s really fit.
3. We …………. (meet) Hanna at 9 o’clock tonight.
4. What ………… you …….. (do) now?
5. Amanda always …………….. (look) beautiful.
6. ……….. you ……………. (come)? The film is starting.
6. Choose the right form of the verbs.
1. Paul’s French. He comes / is coming from Toulouse.
2. It’s very noisy – Suzy listens / ’s listening to rock music.
3. Many birds fly / are flying south every winter.
4. Most students don’t smoke / aren’t smoking these days.
5. Does Mr. Taylor use / Is Mr. Taylor using the computer at the moment?
6. Usually, Jim goes / ’s going to work on Saturdays.
7. Dave helps / is helping a student with her work.
8. Carol doesn’t study / isn’t studying hard for her exam.
9. Cats see / are seeing very well in the dark.
10. You look nice, Anne. Do you wear / Are you wearing a new dress?
11. Japan has / is having many high mountains.
12. I go / ‘m going to work now. Goodbye!
13. I read / ‘m reading a book about astrology.
14. Do you want / Are you wanting to go out tonight?
15. We go / ‘re going to a party on Saturday.

7. What do they do? Or what are they doing? Look at the pictures below then
answer the questions.
e.g. 1. What does Wendy do? She’s a nurse.
2. Is she working in the hospital now? Yes, she is.
3. What's she doing? She’s looking after a
patient.

4. What do these people do?
……………………………………………………..
5. Are they working now?
……………………………. ……………………….
6. What are they doing?
……………………………………………………….
7. What does Mary do?
………………………….………………………….
8. Is she working now?
……………………………….…………………..
9. Where is she at the moment?
…………………………………….. …………….
10. What's she doing?
………………………. …………………………..


11. What does she do?
……………………………………………………….
12. What does she doing now?
………………………………………………….

8. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct present tense.
I …………..…. (work) for a construction company. We …….…….. (build) roads,

dams, bridges and things like that. At the moment my company ………… (produce) a
plan for a new motorway. I usually ……..… (work) in the roads department, but this
month I …………….. (work) in the department that ……………..(build) bridges. So my
whole working day is different just now. I normally ………….. (spend) a lot of time
outdoors, because I ……… (go) to the construction sites. But with this new project I
………….. (spend) a lot of time in the workshop. At the moment we ………….. (test) a
model of one of the new bridges.
I ……………….…. (enjoy) it a lot, because I …………… (learn) a lot new things.

READING
LIVING IN THE USA
Read the text. Are the statements True ( ) or False ( )?
LIVING IN THE USA
Roberto came from Acapulco to
New York ten years ago. At first he missed
everything – the sunshine, the food, his
girlfriend. But now he has a successful
business with his three brothers and his
sister. They run a soccer store in New
Brunswick. Roberto’s girlfriend is now his
wife, and they have two children who go to
American schools.
When asked why he came to the US,
Roberto says without hesitation, “Because
I want to work hard and be successful.” He
certainly works hard. He’s at the store all
day, then works as a driver in the evening.
“That’s why I like America,” he says. “You
can be what you want.”
“When I first came here, I didn’t speak

the language, and it was winter. It was so
cold! There was snow! Now nearly all my
family are here, not only in New York, but
also in California, and in Texas. We meet
about once a month and have a huge


Mexican meal that takes about five hours!
We’re all happy here.”

1. Roberto came to New York with his girlfriend.
2. Roberto’s sister lives in New York.
3. Roberto’s family runs a sports shop.
4. Roberto is married.
5. Roberto didn’t want to come to America.
6. Roberto has two jobs.
7. Roberto couldn’t speak English at first.
8. The weather was a problem for Roberto.
9. All Roberto’s family now lives in New York.
10. Some of Roberto’s family want to go back to Mexico.
VOCABULARY

Daily life

1. Match the verbs and nouns.
have
wash

the news on TV
your friends

have
clear up

an email
the mess

watch

your hair

do

a shower

text

breakfast

send

the washing-up


make

to music

cook

magazines

relax

your homework

go

a meal

listen
do

a cup of coffee
in front of the TV

put on
read

make-up
to the toilet

2. Where do you usually do the activities in exercise 1? Write them in the chart.
Kitchen

bathroom

living room

bedroom

3. Complete these sentences with the correct words
1. John never has ………. on weekdays, only at weekends because he goes to work
very early.
2. My brother has a hot …………. every morning and every evening.
3. I …………. my hair three times a week.
4. I didn’t have time to put on any …………. this morning.
5. Mary never …………. books or newspapers, she only …………. music magazines.
6. I don’t often ………. the washing-up because we have a dishwasher.
7. I’m going to ………. a cup of coffee . Does anybody want one?
8. My parents usually ………….. ten o’clock news on TV.
9. My sister says I ………. my friends so much.
10. You made this mess, so you ………… it up!
11. Can I ……….. an email from your computer?
12. How can you ……….. to music while you’re working?
13. She is always so tired after work, she just want to …………… in front of the TV.
14. My mum cooked a ………… for ten people last night.
15. I didn’t forget to ………… my homework, I forgot to bring it.
16. Can you wait for a minute? I need to ……….… to the toilet.
LISTENING
Listen and fill in the blank:
Hi, my name is Carly and I …………..…(1) Australia. But I live near London now
with my ………………(2) Dave and our three children. I came to Britain …….………(3)
years ago when I got married.
I’m a student with the Open University. This means I watch special
……..……..(4) on the television and work at home. I send my …………..…(5) to my
course teacher every week. I’m studying art and the course is really ………….…(6). At
the moment, I’m reading about Italian painters in ………..……(7), which is difficult
because I only ……….……(8) a little Italian. My course started a year ago and it’s

…………...(9) years long. After I graduate, I’m going to …….………(10) a job in an art
gallery or museum.
WRITING
A. LINKING WORDS: but, although, and however, so and because
1. Read these sentences. They all mean the same. How are they different?
- I don’t write many letters but I send emails a lot.
- Although I don’t write many letters, I send emails a lot.
- I don’t write many letters. However, I send emails a lot.
Note: But, however, although are linking words. They can contrast ideas but they are
used differently. But stands between the two clauses of a complex sentence, although
stand at the beginning of a complex sentence while however stands at the beginning of
a simple sentence, after another simple one.
2. Read these sentences:
a. He lived in France for many years, so he speaks French very well.
b. He speaks French well because he lived in France for many years.
Which pattern goes with which sentences?
a. Result -------------------------------- Cause
b. Cause ------------------------------- Result
Note: So is used to express the result of the statement before while because
expresses the reason or cause of something.
Practice Writing
1. Join these pairs of sentences in three different ways using but, however, and
although.
1. Mary’s a good friend. We don’t meet often.
………………………………………………………………………………………………….
2. Claire isn’t English. She speaks English fluently.
………………………………………………………………………………………………….
3. It rained a lot. We enjoyed the holiday.
………………………………………………………………………………………………….

4. My sister can speak Chinese. She can’t write it.
………………………………………………………………………………………………….
5. I haven’t got a car. I’ve got a bike.
………………………………………………………………………………………………….
2. Join the pairs of sentences in two different ways, using so and because.
1. She went home. She was tired.
………………………………………………………………………………………………….
2. We didn't enjoy our holiday. The weather was bad.
………………………………………………………………………………………………….
3. He worked hard. He passed all his exams.
………………………………………………………………………………………………….
4. I enjoy history lessons. I like the teacher.


………………………………………………………………………………………………….
5. It started to rain. We stopped playing tennis.
………………………………………………………………………………………………….
3. Rewrite these sentences below using although, but, so, however.
1. He can’t do this exercise because he isn’t very good at maths.
………………………………………………………………………………………..
2. The film is so boring, so he doesn’t want to watch it.
………………………………………………………………………………………..
3. She was very tired but she managed to finish her work on time.
………………………………………………………………………………………..
4. She made all her effort but she still failed the exams.
………………………………………………………………………………………..
5. My sister didn’t go out with us because she had a lot of work to do.
B. AN EMAIL
1. Read the email below. Who is writing to who? Why? What news does she
give? Complete the email with these linking words: but , although,

however,
so, because.
From: “Leseignoux Soazig” <leseignoux.soazig@ yahoo.com >
Date: Wed, 27 Apr. 20:07:36 + 0100 (BTS)
To: “Mary Brown” <mary_brown.fsneet.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Do you remember me?
How wonderful to hear from you. Of course I remember you, (1) …………. it's
over eight years since we last met. Who gave you my email address? It was great to
learn a bit about you and your family. You asked what I'm doing these days, (2)
……………….. here's some of my news.
First things first— I married Thomas! I know you never liked him much, (3)
………….. you'll probably be pleased to hear that we're now divorced. (4) …………….. ,
we still see each other a lot 5)……………… we have two children, Alan and Max.
They're 7 and 5 now and they're good boys, (6) ……………….. of course, they're
sometimes a bit of a handful. We moved from Birmingham (7) ………………I didn't
want the boys to grow up in a big city. We now live in a big, old farmhouse in Wales.
It's really beautiful (8) …………… it's expensive to look after (9) …………….. it's so old.
Thomas still lives in Birmingham, (10) …………….. he often visits and the boys always
spend part of their holidays with him.
I know you're busy (11) ……… I'd love you to visit us soon and meet my new
husband. Yes, I'm married again. Do you remember Richard Taylor? He was older
than us and I think you liked him a lot! Well, we got married a year ago. Can you
believe it?
I can't wait to hear more of your news, (12) ………….. write very soon.
Love
Leseignoux Soazig
2. PRACTICE WRITING


Write an email to your old friend and tell him / her about your life. Use the

phrases below.
Dear X
How wonderful/amazing to hear from you.
I was so surprised……………/What a wonderful surprise ………………….!
How did you get my email address?
It was great to hear your news.
Let me tell you something about my life.
I can't believe that...................
Guess what! …………………………
Do you remember.....................................?
Let's keep in touch.
Best wishes/All the best
C. Guided sentence building: Use the following sets of words and phrases to write
complete sentences
1. What programme/ she/ often/ watch?
2. woman/ at the newsagent's/ carry/ briefcase
3. Paul's father/ work/ an instruction company
4. You/ listen/ radio/ morning?
5. Your heart/ beat/ approximately/ 75 times/ a minute
6. You cannot see her now. She/ have/ a meeting.

WHAT HAPPENED
NEXT ?

2
UNIT

Past Simple / Past Continuous / Adverbs
WARM UP
infinitives

Infinitive
s

Here are the past tense forms of some irregular verbs. Write the

b
e

d
o

g
o

tel
l

thin
k

pu
t

spea
k

ge
t

hav

e

Mak
e

com
e

sa
y


Past form
PRESENTATION
Read the text below.
An embarrassing accident
One day last summer Tom was walking through the
local park. It was a hot day and he was eating an ice cream. As
he was walking past the boating lake, he saw his friends, Carol
and Jim. They were taking their dog for a walk. When they met,
they stopped for a chat. While they were talking, the dog
suddenly jumped up and tried to get Tom’s ice cream. He pulled
his hand away and unfortunately the ice cream came out of the
cone. Now there was a bald man behind him. The poor man
wasn’t doing any harm. He was just sitting on a bench and
reading a newspaper. Well, when he pulled his hand away, the
ice cream flew through the air and it landed on the man’s head.
Tom didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, but Carol and Jim did.
When he looked at them, they weren’t just laughing, they were
in hysterics. But he was terribly embarrassed.

Say whether these sentences below true ()or false ()
1. It was an autumn day.
2. Tom was playing football when he saw Carol and Jim.
3. He was drinking a beer because it was very hot.
4. Carol and Jim were walking with their baby.
5. They didn’t stopped to talk when they met.
6. There was an old woman behind Tom when Tom, Carol and Jim were talking.
7. The man was reading a novel.
8. The ice cream landed on the man’s hand.
9. Jim and Carol weren’t laughing. They were crying.
10. Tom wasn’t embarrassed.
GRAMMAR QUESTIONS
1. What tenses are the verbs in the text above?
2. How do we form the questions and negative of verbs in these tenses.
3. Look et these sentences. What is the difference between them?
When we arrived, Mary made some coffee.
When we arrived, Mary was making some coffee.

GRAMMAR REVIEW
I. THE PAST SIMPLE TENSE

Form
The form of the Past Simple is the same for all persons.
Positive and negative

Question