Oral Practice

Meeting people. Family. Occupation. Hobbies.

Patterns

Questions	Replies
1. What is your name?	1. My name is...
2. Where are you from?	2. I am from Russia.
3. Are you married? No, I’m single/divorced	3. Yes, I am.
4. Have you got any children?	4. Yes, I’ve got a boy who is nine years old and an eighteen-year old girl.
5. What do you do?	5. I’m an engineer.
6. Where do you work?	6. I work in an office.
7. What are you interested in?	7. I’m interested in music/sports/dancing
8. What do you like?	8. I like skating/playing football/reading books.
9. What is you hobby?	9. I like collecting stamps.
10. Do you like going to disco clubs at your leisure?	10. Not much.

Family: grandmother, grandfather, grandparents, mother, father, parents, son, daughter, children, brother, sister, cousin, uncle, aunt, husband, wife, father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, in-laws.

Occupations: student, engineer, teacher, secretary, doctor, car mechanic, plumber, carpenter, photographer, librarian, laboratory assistant, hairdresser, nurse, bank clerk.

Exercise 1. Fill in the questioneer.

Personal details

Surname...... First name.....

Nationality.... Date of birth...

Occupation.... Place of birth...

Date of arrival in Britain.....

Length of stay......

Exercise 2. Try to quess the job by asking questions like these:

Do you... wear a uniform / a suit/ overalls

work inside/outside/ in an office/ in a bank/at a clinic

make things

draw schemes

attend the lectures

repair cars

give lectures

look after patients

count the money

Are you a...?

Exercise 3. Complete the following sentences.

1. My mother’s sister is my... 2. My father’s brother is my...

3.My wife’s father is my... 4. My husband’s mother is my...

5. My uncle’s daughter is my... 6. My wife’s brother is my...

7. My father’s mother is my... 8. My husband’s relatives are my...

Exercise 4. Learn the dialogue by heart and make a dialogue of your own,

using the patterns.

Ben: Hello! My name is Ben. What is your name?

Susan: My name is Susan.

Ben: Nice to meet you, Susan. Where are you from?

Susan: I am from York. And where are you from?

Ben: I’m from Melburn. I’m Australian.

Susan: Glad to meet you. What do you do?

Ben: I’m an engineer. And what are you?

Susan: I’m a teacher. Have you got a family?

Ben: Yes, I’m married, with two children.

Exercise 5. What questions would you ask if the replies are:

1. I’m from France.

2. She is a student.

3. He drives lorries.

4. Hans is from Germany.

5. I’m Swedish.

6. She is an assistant in a shop.

7. He’s a teacher.

8. They are from Russia.

Exercise 6. Pretend, you’ve been in England for three days, but you haven’t made any friends yet. Then, one morning, you are having coffee during the morning break and a student comes and sits next to you…. Think of some questions the student might ask.How would you reply? What questions could you ask?

Unit 2

Text 1

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