Lesson 15 Your passport, please.

Customs officer: Are you Swedish?

Girls: No, we are not.

We are Danish.

Customs officer: Are your friends Danish, too?

Girls: No, they aren’t.

They are Norwegian.

Customs officer: Your passport, please.

Girls: Here they are.

Customs officer: Are these your cases?

Girls: No, they aren’t.

Our cases are brown.

Here they are.

Customs officer: Are you tourists?

Girls: Yes, we are.

Customs officer: Are your friends tourists too?

Girls: Yes, they are.

Customs officer: That’s fine.

Girls: Thank you very much.

New words

Notes on the text

1. be verb

Lesson 16 Singular and plural forms of nouns

Exercises

A. Write sentences using the given words.

Example:

book/French

This book is a French book.

French books are here.

B. complete the sentences using is, am, or are.

Example:

It ….. a skirt.

It is a skirt.

1. I … a English teacher.

2. This …. a French car.

3 These …. big dogs.

4. Arman and I … good friends.

5. My father …. very kind.

6. Horses …. white.

Lesson 17 How do you do?

Mr. Jackson: Come and meet our employees, Mr. Richards.

Mr. Richards: Thank you, Mr. Jackson.

Mr. Jackson: This is Nicola Grey, and this is Claire Taylor.

Mr. Richards: How do you do?

Those women are very hard-working.

What are their jobs?

Mr. Jackson: They’re keyboard operators.

This is Michael Baker, and this is Jeremy Short.

Mr. Richards: How do you do?

They aren’t very busy!

What are their jobs?

Mr. Jackson: They’re sales reps.

They are very lazy.

Mr. Richards: Who is this young man?

Mr. Jackson: This is Jim.

He’s our office assistant.

New words

Notes on the text

1. How do you do? (used when you see someone for the first time)

2. sales reps à sales representatives

Lesson 18 What are their jobs?

Other plural forms of nouns

Exercises

A. Complete these sentences using He, She, We or They.

Example:

Those men are lazy. …. are sales reps.

Those men are lazy. They are sales reps.

1. That man is tall. ….. is a policeman.

2. Those girls are busy. …. are keyboard operators.

3. Our names are Britt and Inge. ….. are Swedish.

4. Look at our office assistant. ….. is very hard-working.

5. Look at Nicola. ……. is very pretty.

6. Michael Baker and Jeremy short are employees. …… are sales reps.

B. Write questions and answers.

Example:

Mechanics /sales reps

What are their jobs?

Are they mechanics or sales reps?

They aren’t mechanics. They’re sales reps.

1. keyboard operators/air hostesses

2. postmen/policemen

3. policewomen/nurses

4. customs officers/hairdressers

5. hairdressers/teachers

6. engineers/taxi drivers

7. policewoman/keyboard operators

8. milkmen/engineers

9. policemen/milkmen

10. nurses/housewives

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