with Oxford Online Skills Program Liz and John Soars A world of difference at ions rd ? © Everyday situ * What's ina wo Tenses: Auxiliary verbs ] a | & STARTER 2 Ask and answer the questions with a partner. 1 Each question has one word missing. Write it in. Where do you come from? come Where do you ; from? When and where you born? 3 Tell the class about your partner.
WP You live in a house or an apartment? Susana comes from Mexico. She’s studying Why you studying English? English because. UP Which foreign countries have you been? What you do last night? “sN What are you going do after this class? | DIDN’T KNOW THAT! One World Quiz Tenses and auxiliary verbs 1 In which country do men and women 1 Answer the questions in the One World Quiz. Discuss live the longest? your answers with a partner.
a Japan b Germany c TheU. 2 GBD Listen and check your answers. Make notes about In which year did the world population reach 7 billion? the extra information you hear for each one. Discuss this a 1999 b 2005 c 2012 WN as a class.
If you are standing on the equator, how many hours of daylight do you have? GRAMMAR SPOT a12 b 16 c 24 1 Read the questions in the quiz again. ldentify the tense in Where does most of the world’s oil come from? fF each one. Which two are passive? a Russia b SaudiArabia c The U. 2 Answer these questions.
Give examples from the quiz. Which tenses use the auxiliary verbs do/does/did to form questions and negatives? Which tenses use the verb to be (is/are/was/were)? Which use have/has? pb Grammar Reference 1. 129 Write your own quiz 3 Work in two groups. * Do some research and write six questions about the world, past and present.
« Ask and answer the questions with the other group. Which group is the winner? 2 Unit1 « A world of difference Which of the seven wonders of the world is P R AC Tl C E still standing? a The Lighthouse of Alexandria You’re so wrong! b The pyramids of Egypt — § c The Colossus of Rhodes 1 Correct the information in the sentences. 6 Why didn’t dinosaurs attack humans? 1 Chichen Itza is in Costa Rica. ” a Because they were vegetarian.
No, it’s not. It’s in Mexico. b Because they became extinct before humans r1 2. were on the earth.
2 Shakespeare didn’t write poems. ¢ Because they didn’t run fast enough. You're wrong! He wrote hundreds of poems. Where was the Titanic sailing to when it sank? 3 Vegetarians eat meat.
a Southampton b RiodeJaneiro c New York 4 The Internet doesn’t provide much information. 5 The world is getting colder. 8 How long has Hawaii been a U. state? 6 John F, Kennedy was traveling by plane when he a since 1952 b since 1959 cc since 1963 was killed.
9 How many people have won the Nobel Peace prize 7 since it started in 1901? Brazil has never won the World Cup. a 58 b 94 c 103 8 The 2012 Summer Olympics were held in Tokyo. How long have people been using the Internet? 2 GBB Listen and check. Notice the stress and intonation.
1 0 a since 1969 b since 1976 c since 1984 Practice making the corrections with a partner. : language is spoken ey ewes people in the world? ’s = is or has? a Spanish b Chinese c English 1 2 In which country were women first 3 Is sin these sentences the auxiliary is or has? given the vote? 1 Who's making that noise? ¡is a Canada b Paraguay 2 She's done really well. c New Zealand 3 My sister’s a teacher. 4 Whos been to Thailand? 5 He’ leaving early.
6 What’s produced in your country? 4 GBB Listen to some more sentences with 3. After each one say if it is is or has. Talking about you 5 Complete the questions with the correct auxiliary verb and name the tense. 1 What time you usually get up on weekends? 2 What time you get up this morning? 3 How long it usually take you to get from home to school? 4 Who sitting next to you? What__ he/she wearing? 5 How long you known the teacher? 6 What you doing when your teacher came into the room? 7 What (not) you like doing in English class? 8 Which school subjects (not) you like when you were younger? 9 Which other foreign languages you studied? 10 What presents you given on your last birthday? Ask and answer the questions with a partner.
Unit! * Aworld of difference 3 MAKING CONVERSATION Short answers 1 GBB Ruth is picking up her children, Nick and Lily, from school. Listen and complete the conversation. Which child is more polite? In what way? Ruth So kids, you have a good day at school? Nick No. We practicing for the school concert.
Ruth Oh, wonderful! you have a lot of homework? Lily Ugh! Yes, I. l have Geography, Spanish, and Math! you have a lot, Nick? Nick Yeah. Ruth Nick, you remember your soccer uniform? Nick Um. Lily No, he.
He forgot it again. Ruth Oh, Nick, you know we need to wash it. you playing soccer tomorrow? Nick No. Ruth Lily, you need your uniform tomorrow? Lily Yes, I.
[have a softball game after school. We're playing our rival team. Ruth they beat you last time? Lily Yes, they. But we'll beat them tomorrow.
Nick No, you ! Your team’s terrible. Ruth OK, that’s enough, children. Put on your seatbelts! Let's go! SPOKEN ENGLISH Sounding polite 1 In English conversation it can sound impolite to reply with just yes or no. 3 Reply to these questions.
Use short answers We use short answers with auxiliaries. and add some information. “Did you have a good day?” “Yes, | did/No, | didn't.” 1 Did you have a good day? 2 Do you like pizza? 2 It also helps if you add some more information. 3 Did you enjoy the movie? lở He ti a lot of homework?” “Yes, | do.
| have Geography, Spanish, 4 Has it stopped raining? and Math.” pb Grammar Reference 1. 129 2 Rewrite Nick’s lines in exercise 1 to make him sound more polite. GED Listen and compare the conversations. 3 Work in groups of three.
Look at CD1 5 and CD1 6 on page 114. Practice them, sounding polite and impolite. 4 Unit1 * A world of difference ye Neen PRACTICE 1 Match a line in A with a short answer in B and a line in C. A B C 1 Did you hear that noise? No, | haven't.
They didn’t have my size. ° 2 Are you doing anything tonight? No, I'm not. | think it was thunder. 3 Have you seen my cell phone anywhere? Yes, it is.
Thank goodness! 4 Did you get those shoes you liked? Yes, | did. Do you want to come over? 5 Isit time for a break? No, | didn't. Did you lose it again? Listen and check. Practice with a partner.
Pay attention to stress and intonation. A class survey Find out about the students in your class. < m u 2 O 2, Read the class survey and answer the questions about you. 1 Are you interested in any sports? mịg| :LI3LI | Add two more questions.
2 Do you have a pet? 3 Work with a partner. Ask and answer the questions in the 3 Does music play an important survey. Give short answers in your replies and add some. ; part in your life? | ; 4 Do you watch a lot of movies? LTITL | Are you interested in any sports? Ì ee Yes, | am.
| often go skiing in the 5 ee een your family winter and | like playing tennis. I NY 6 Did you study English in oO 4 Tell the class about your partner. elementary school? ( Milo’s interested in two sports—skiing and tennis. —) 7 Have you ever been to the U.? Oo ee le 8 Are you studying any other 5 What can you say about your class? foreign languages? Almost everyone is interested in at least one sport.
He Ee the boys love soccer. Some of us like skiing. Check it 6 There is one mistake in each sentence. Find it and correct it.
1 Rae comes from Canada and he speak French and English. Which subjects Susan is studying in school? NY “Do you like soccer?” “Yes, I like.” VT BW OND Did you watched the game last night? What does your parents do on the weekend? I think is going to rain. What was you talking to the teacher about? I don't think John’s arrive yet. Unit] * Aworld of difference 5 Wim READING Worlds apart AND SPEAKING elcome to 1 Discuss these questions about your family.
* Who is in your immediate family? e Name some people in your extended family. e Who are you close to? ¢ Who do you live with now? Who did you grow up with? 2 Read the profiles of two families from very different parts of the world. Who is in the family? Where do they come from? What do you know about their countries? PROFIL 3 Divide into two groups. Group A Read about the Kamau family The Kamaus from KENYA from Kenya.
FATHER: Boniface Kigotho Kamau, 35 Group B Read about the Ou an \y MOTHER: Pauline Wanjiku, approximately 29 (exact age unknown) from China. DAUGHTER: Joyce Muthoni, 8 DAUGHTER: Sharon Wanjiru, 16 months 4 In your groups answer these questions about the Kamaus or the Qus. 1 Where do they live? What are their Boniface and his wife, Pauline, live in Ongata Rongai, a small town near the homes like? capital, Nairobi. They have two daughters: Joyce, who is in her third year of school, and 16-month-old Sharon.
2 How long have they lived there? 3 What jobs do the parents do? Do they Their home is a two-bedroom apartment, one of 20 in a single-story block. Boniface works as a taxi driver at the international airport in Nairobi. Each earn much money? morning he leaves home at 4:30 a. in his white Toyota—cracked windshield, 4 What do they spend their money on? 200,000 miles on the odomoter—and is back by 10 p.
On a good day he finds 5 What do you learn about the children? two clients. In a typical month he takes home about $215. What do they do? “It’s a hard job, but | like ft,” he says. “I meet new people, so | get some 6 How long have the parents known experience of the world—even though | have never been outside Kenya.” each other? Pauline is a dressmaker but isn’t working right now.
She stays at home to 7 What do you learn about other take care of the kids. The weekend is often the only time Boniface sees Joyce members of the family? and Sharon. Boniface and Pauline met 12 years ago: “We liked each other 8 What hopes and ambitions do the immediately,” says Boniface. “I didn’t want a woman from the city, so when | parents have for themselves and their learned that Pauline was from the country, | was pleased.” children? They married a year later, and at first they lived in a slum.
They often didn’t have a lot to eat, just sukuma wiki (a green vegetable). Then, Boniface won $90 in a 5 Work with a partner from the other bicycle race. The money helped them move to a better area and paid for driving group. Compare and swap information lessons so that Boniface could become a taxi driver.
about the families and their mottos.
