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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
| customs /kʌstəmz/ n. | Norwegian /nɔːˈwiːdʒ(ə)n/ n. & adj. |
| officer/ˈɒfɪsə/ n. | passport/ˈpɑːspɔːt/ n. |
| girl /gɜːl/ n. | brown /braʊn/ adj |
| Danish /ˈdeɪnɪʃ/ n. & adj. | tourist/ˈtʊərɪst/ n. |
| friend / frend / n. |
Notes on the text
1. be verb
| I | am |
| he | is |
| she | |
| it | |
| n. (singular) | |
| we | are |
| you | |
| they | |
| n. +s (plural) |
Lesson 16 Singular and plural forms of nouns
| Singular | Plural | Example |
| noun (most of the nouns) | noun + s /s/ | book /bʊk/ à books /bʊks/ teacher /ˈtiːtʃə/ à teachers /ˈtiːtʃəs/ |
| noun - ch, sh, x, s, or s | noun + es /z/ | watch/wɒtʃ/ à watches /wɒtʃz/ wish /wɪʃ/ à wishes /wɪʃz/ box /bɒks/ à boxes /bɒksz/ dress /drɛs/ à dresses /drɛsz/ |
| noun - f, fe | f, fe ->v + es /s/ | wolf /wʊlf/ à wolves /wʊlvs/ life /lʌɪf / àlives /lʌɪvs/ |
Exercises
A. Write sentences using the given words.
Example:
book/French
This book is a French book.
French books are here.
| 1. student/good | 4. torch/my | 7. car/blue |
| 2. shirt/red | 5. fox/black | 8. fax/fine |
| 3. bus/white | 6. horse/thin | 9. shelf/big |
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
| employee /ɪmplɔɪˈi:/ n. | our / aʊə/ possessive adj. |
| hard-working/ˌhaːdˈwɜːkɪŋ/ n. | man /mæn/ n. |
| sale /seɪl/ n. | office/ɒfɪs/ n. |
| sales reps/ seɪlzˈreps/ n. | assistant/əˈsɪstənt/ n. |
| busy /bɪzi/ adj. | those /ðəʊz/ pron. |
| lazy /leɪzi/ adj. | that /θæt/ pron. |
| young/jʌŋ/ adj. | come /kʌm/ v. |
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
| Singular | Plural |
| man | men |
| milkman | milkmen |
| child | children |
| policeman | policewomen |
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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