Tài liệu 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 PAGE 1 12 22 33 40 49 57 62 65 74 85 93 101 109 116 122 125 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: http://www.mediafire.com/?ajiclieehzt 2. John and Lis Soars. New Headway Pre-Intermediate, Third Edition, Student’s Book. Link to download: http://www.scribd.com/doc/74969488 New Headway Third Edition Pre Intermediate Student’s book. 3. David Nonan. Listen in 1,2,3 Link to download: http://www.mediafire.com/?yxi5vb6db5eng 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 PDFhttp://www.mediafire.com/?d3nzmmeymme 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: http://www.mediafire.com/?ajiclieehzt 2. John and Lis Soars.New Headway Pre-Intermediate, Third Edition, Student’s Book. Link to download: http://www.scribd.com/doc/74969488 New Headway Third Edition Pre Intermediate Student’s book. 3. David Nonan. Listen in 1,2,3 Link to download: http://www.mediafire.com/?yxi5vb6db5eng 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 PDFhttp://www.mediafire.com/?d3nzmmeymme 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