English for work, socializing & travel
Elementary UUorkbook
Louis Harrison
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PEARSON D H S9 Communication Unit Grammar W ord focus strategies interaction \
1 Present simple be Personal Requesting p6 From start to finish information p5 Arrivals P7 p4-7
2 Present simple 1 Special occasions p8 Showing interest Are you a people p10 person? p11 Getting P8 Getting together together Present simple: after work p9 p8-11 questions p9
3 Present simple 2 Jobs and people Same or different? Choosing a p13 p14 candidate p15 A dream job m p12-15 like, love and hate p13
4 Adverbs of Tellinq the time Ways of saying 'no' Arranging to meet frequency p16 p19 p18 P19 W e're all different Prepositions of time p16—19 p17
5 Comparative Time of your life Offering help p22 The best way to adjectives p20 help? p23 Time of your life p21 p20-23 Superlative adjectives p2"Hf ; * - ’• .• :
6 there is / there are Prepositions of Asking for help Welcome to the p24 place p25 p26 trade fair p27 You are here p24-27 Imperatives p25 Directions p25
7 Countable and Food and drink Making Asking about uncountable nouns p28 suggestions p30 products p31 Buying and selling P28 Describing p28-31 some and any p29 products p29
8 Modal verbs: Health problems Giving instructions Surviving in a can, have to, p32 p34 strange city p35 A question of should p32 survival Means of transport p32-35 Modal verbs: p35 question forms p33 Communication Unit Grammar Word focus strategies Interaction
9 much / many, a lot Home sweet home Reactinq to news On the move o f/ lots of p36 p37 p38 p39 Favourite places p36-39 have got, need, Our space, our lives need to p37 p37
10 Past simple be p40 Something is not Telephoning p42 [ Customers' right p42 expectations p43 Finding solutions too + adjective r p40-43 / not adjectivè + enough p41
Past simple 1 Qualifications p46 Asking questions Completing a CV 11 (regular verbs) p44 p46 p47 Turning points p44-47 Past simple 2 (irregular and questions) p45
12 Present continuous Present trends What do you call Company p48 p49 it? p50 presentation Getting away! p51 1 p48-51 Present continuous or present simple? p49
13 will for predictions Money p53 Responding p54 Investing money p52 p55 Money matters p52-55 First conditional : p53
I 14 Future plans: going Personal Makinq it better Cooperating and to p56 development plan p58 competing Teamwork p56 p59 I p56-59 to or -ing? p57 play, go or do? p57
15 Present perfect Emergency services Checking Life experiences p60 p61 information p62 p63 What an experience! Have you ever...? p60-63 p61
¡1(6 Future Time expressions Explaining needs Planning a trip p67 arrangements for the future p67 p66 Take a break (present Film and music I p64-67 continuous) p64 p65 Relative pronouns: who and which p65
Audio scripts p68-72 Answer key p73-80 I( jj Personal information Q Communication strategies Requesting Q Interaction From start to finish Arrivais
a Match the companies with the countries. S Read the business cards again and complete the sentences with a / an or - 1 Sony_____ fopan_____ (no article). 2 Reebok______1 Jalal is an,/ - Indian. \
3 BMW______2 Yoshi is______journalist. 4 Apple______3 Jalal is______events manager. 5 Arm ani______4 Gabriella is______Hungarian.
5 They are not______fashion models.
6 They are all a t______fashion show.
Q Write questions using the prompts below. 1 Anna / Istanbul? Is Anna from Istanbul?
2 you / model?______I
3 your office / Germany?
4 this / your / business card?______'
5 they / interested / sport? ______\
S Answer the questions in exercise 4 using short forms. 1 ® ______No. she isn't i. □ Read the business cards. Are these sentences true (T) o r false (F)? 2 ® ______1 Jalal is from India. CD 3 (ZD______2 Yoshi is a reporter. CD 4 (Z) ______3 Sam isn't a designer. ( ~) 5 ® ______4 Gabriella's email is [email protected]. ( )
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Snapshots Orchard Roadft^^PporS’ ÊÊ tel: 00 65 “Jl email: [email protected] W rite the numbers in full. 1 100 3 100,000.
2 1,000 . 4 1,000,000.
Q j Match the numbers with the information.
age credit card number postcode address date of birth mobile phone number
02/ 11/1988 4567 3321 7769 5511
Read the text and match the headings £ ] Read the text in exercise 3 again and match the two parts of the with the paragraphs, sentences. a Broken down 1 Keeping important numbers a is good when your car on your phone breaks down. b Not on time
c I'm ill 2 You can cancel your credit card b can stop a lot of stress.
d No money 3 A doctor c with the credit card company number. Four numbers to save! 4 The car rescue service d can help you when you are feeling ill away from your » home town. So you're good at remembering dates and numbers? Really? In some situations, keeping Complete the conversation with the words in the box. some numbers on your mobile phone can save us time, money and stress. Take ten minutes and put phone number password email address these numbers in your phone. date of birth mobile phone number
Losing a credit card is very bad news. With your Customer assistant: Thank you for your order Ms Hand. Can I take a few credit card company's number you can cancel your more details from you to complete the order? card before you have any more problems. Leila: Sure. 2 Customer assistant: What's your1 ? When your car breaks down, you need to call your Leila: It's Ankara - that's 0312 and the number is 351 4022. car rescue service. This is a number for every driver Customer assistant: And can I take your2 too? to keep on their phone. Leila: Yes, that's 312 255 4121. 3 Are you late for work again? Make sure you have Customer assistant: Let me just say that back to you - 312 255 4121. a friendly workmate's number. They can help your Leila: That's correct. office plan to do anything important while you're Customer assistant: And vour3 ? away. Leila: It's [email protected]. Customer assistant: Thanks. Can I have vour 4 ? He or she is the person with all your health details. Leila: Yes, it's the second of February 1992. They can help you when you aren't feeling well or Customer assistant: And finally, can vou think of a 5 so when something really bad happens when you are away you call again we can find your personal details quickly. from your home town. Leila: Let me think... my password is Leila92.
B C Communication strategies Requesting
B * 2 Listen and match the conversations with the pictures. Q Write if the sentences are requests (RQ) or responses (RP). Conversation 1 1 Could you take me to the airport? Conversation 2 o Conversation 3 2 Can I have your name? O 3 I'm sorry, I can't. I'm washing my hair. CD E l W Listen again and complete the conversations. 4 O f course. I'm Steve King. CD Conversation 1 5 Can you say that again? CD Taxi driver: Hello, where to? 6 Could I see you later? Maria: 1 take me to the Vacation Inn Hotel, please? CD Taxi driver: The Vacation Inn Hotel. There are two of them - 7 O f course, it's 01457 866323. CD 2 tell me which one? 8 Sure. Which terminal? CD Maria: Two of them? Oh dear. I don't know - I'm going to a conference there. Now match the requests and responses Taxi driver: 3 call the hotel and find out? in exercise 4 to make mini-dialogues.
Maria: That's a good idea. Oh, I don't have my mobile. Put the responses and requests in order. 4 call with vour phone? 1 of/ I/can/a / water / please / alass / have Taxi driver: Er, well OK. Here you are. Conversation 2 2 to / you / me / later / could / ask / John / Maria: Hello. meet Conference registrar: Good morning. Are you here for the conference? 3 move / w e / could / our / to / Tuesday / Maria: Yes, I am - I'm one of the key speakers. meeting 5 Conference registrar: OK - tell me your name? 4 can / something / ask / you / 1 Maria: I'm Maria Hopkins. 6 Conference registrar: sian the Conference Speaker list here, please? 5 Marta / please / you / give / this / to / could Maria: Sure. Conference registrar: Thanks. Right-that's all finished. Maria: Great.7 have my reaistration badae. please? Conversation 3 Shop assistant: Good evenina.8 help you? Maria: Yes, I'm looking for a present for my son. Shop assistant: OK. Maria: 9 look at that book there, please? Shop assistant: Here you are. Maria: Oh, that's nice.10 vou wrap it for me. please? Shop assistant: Yes, o f course. o D| ^ Interaction From start to finish o
Q Complete the table. Complete the crossword using the clues and the words in the box below. Country N ationality cafeteria surname battery drop Russia 1 ______receptionist company espresso
Canada 2 ’ 1 an organization that makes or sells things 3 Irish 2 a small cup of very strong coffee Spain 4 3 when something falls out of your hand, you______it
5 Chinese 4 someone who works at a desk near the entrance of a hotel
5 the name you share with other people in your family Portugal 6 an object that provides the electrical power for a mobile 7 _____ Oman phone
Pakistani 7 a restaurant where you collect your own food and take it to a table to eat it
Q Match the jobs with the descriptions.
driver make-up artist designer hairdresser bodyguard journalist model photographer
This person ...
1 protects other people.
2 takes pictures.______
3 wears clothes in fashion shows.
4 works for a newspaper or magazine.
5 puts cosmetics on people.______
6 draws fashionable clothes.______
7 cuts people's hair.______
8 takes people by car.______
Complete the text with is or isn't in each gap. FamQusJiusbcmds...... Dan Elson 1______from* Australia, but he 2 ^ **-' from Perth, like Hs wife Pamela. Dan 3______a fashion'hairdresser - he 4_____ interested In fashion andl he 5'2____ very good at •\hfs job. Dan and his wife^iamela often work together and they fc 6 often both in the same place at the same time.Dan 7 * - a very busy person but he 8 - as busy as his wife. * Pdiffela often works long' hours and at home Dan _____ fhe jSerson who cooks dinner and washes up. Dan says 'P eople think »watching TVJo. ______my favourite thing, but it n £ ___ - my- Lfavourite thing 12 ______looking after Pamela/ n Present simple: questions Q Communication strategies Showing interest H Interaction Are you a people person?" Getting together
D Match the words with the pictures.
thanksgiving engagement party birthday party housewarming party
1 2 ______3 4 ______
a Read the text and tick (/) the things that happen at Q j Complete the sentences with these words. Thanksgiving. 1 Americans celebrate the President's birthday. CD make wear takes lasts happens carry think
2 Workers have a long weekend. CD
3 People eat roast beef. CD
4 People watch Thanksgiving parades. CD
Thanksgiving Thanksgiving takes plate on the fourth Thursday of November and usually lasts aroufid four dafs. Schools have a four-day ©r five-day holiday andjiworkers have Thanksgiving and another day as a holiday. Thcfnksgiving Eve, the night befoi'e Thanksgiving, is a very busy night as college students,Cprrie D a ^ JSme to theij families a$d have reunions with their friend's. People prepare a big»0 eal for families and friends orr'Thanksgiving to remember a meal in 1621 with the first 1 European and Native Americ&ns. Before the meal people s^iy Up Helly Aa ______place in Lerwick, the capital of the % s;||irt prayer then eat fo8<^‘ke tUi^ey, pumpkin pie, sweet | Shetland islands 160 kilometres north of Scotland. It 2 ______on the last Tuesday of January when the nights are ■corn and potatoes. After the meal, Americans go to see very long and the days are short and it 3______one day. ThawkSgiving parades and watch American football games. * People celebrate the end of the holiday season. They build a ship and 4______special clothes to wear. On Up Helly Aa evening people 5______their costumes and parade Q Read the text again and complete the sentences. through the city and they 6______burning torches to the 1 ______children have a four- or five-day holiday. ship. They set the ship on fire and watch it burn. Then there is 2 The night before Thanksgiving is a very______time. dancing and theatre for the rest of the night. This event makes me 7______about the old Viking traditions hundreds of 3 People______a meal in 1621. years ago. 4 After their meal people watch______games. 6 Present simple: questions
Q Complete the questions with the words in brackets. Q Find phrases in the text which mean the following. .you. _ to work every day? (travel) 1 talk about a difficulty with somebody______
.she. _ meat? (eat) 2 spend time with people in order to have fun ______
.you. _ your boss? (like) 3 have a good time ______
he . late a lot? (work) 4 wear informal clothes______
we . training for this? (have) Q Complete the email with the words and phrases in the box. Q W rite answers fo r yourself fo r the questions in exe rcise 1 using the prom pts below. as usual anniversary I'm fine enjoy ourselves 1 Yes,______. special occasion I mean 2 No,______.
3 Yes, of course______.
4 Yes,______. To: [email protected] 5 No,______. Hey Dorota,
E l Read the text about the Big Barbecue. Put the wo rds in How are you?1______. We're working hard pie correct order to make questions. 2______, but next week is our summer barbecue. 1 the / where / take / does / party / place______? It really is a 3___ . this year because it's Stefan's
2 does / long / how / last / party / the ______? 25th 4______as the boss of the company. Everyone goes to his ranch at San Jose and 5 _ 3 members / do / how / there / get / staff______? everyone - even the cleaner! We usually 6___ fl to / party / goes / who / the ______? a lot - it's great fun.
Q Read the text and answer the questions you wrote in Write soon, exercise 3. Jolanta 1
2 3 4
The Big Barbecue
Every year 10,000 workers from all over the w orld are invited to a ranch near San Jose. The invitatio n says 'Dress casually, have fun!' Some office worker s from the city go there by bus, workers in other countries fly there. But nobody wants to miss the party - it's Stefan Fellow's summer staff party. Stefan began his software com pany in 1986 in his father's garage in San Jose. Each year Stefan had a '< party for his: em ployees - first one or two, then ten or twenty, now over ten thousand. As the com pany got bigger, so dM the party - everyone comes to enjoy themselves, from top m anagers to the office cleaner. It gives Stefan the chance to socialize with all his em ployees and discuss their problem s. And where is Stefan during the party - where he started in 1986 - at the barbecue cooking for his guests and chatting. C Communication strategies } Showing interest a Put the expressions under the correct heading. Listen again and complete the conversation. Anna: Oh no, another delay! Where is that? Well Is that far? That's nice. Mansukh: Sorry? That's really interesting Really How interesting. Um Do you go there often? Anna: The plane is late - there is another delay. Mansukh: 1 ______is the delay? Anna: 45 minutes. A B C Showing Follow-up Thinking about Mansukh: I hope it isn't longer. I have a connecting flight to interest questions the answer catch in Munich. Anna: Oh really? 2______? Mansukh: I'm flying to Mumbai. Anna: Mumbai - how nice. 3______? Mansukh: No, my family are there. I'm visiting them for my holiday.
Q 3 Listen to a conversation and choose the answers. Anna: How long are you going for? 1 What are the people waiting for? Mansukh: About two weeks. Anna: 4______in Scotland? a a taxi Mansukh: Umm, no. Well, yes. b a train Anna: No and yes? c a plane Mansukh: I work at the university - I'm a visiting lecturer. 2 How long is it delayed? Anna: A visiting lecturer. That's interesting. 5______? a 40 minutes Mansukh: Solar power - you know, getting electricity from the b three quarters of an hour sun. Anna: Oh, really - tell me more about it. c four hours
3 Where does Mansukh change? Q Choose the best response to each sentence. a Munich 1 My wife works in the same school as you.
b Mumbai a How interesting.
c Scotland b How terrible.
4 Why is Mansukh travelling? 2 We are going to Egypt next week,
a for a holiday a Oh dear.
b to see family b Oh really?
i t for work 3 I live in London, but my family is in Sri Lanka,
a Do you visit them often?
b Is that far?
4 My hobby is learning to dance the Salsa,
a Really! You look too old for that.