Exercise 1
1 Hi Jerry,
How are you? How is England?
2 I’m fine. My new job in Australia is good. The office is in Brisbane and it’s in the centre of the city. Brisbane is great!
3 I’m in an office with three people: Tony, Martin and Toko. Our office manager is Tony. He’s not Australian. He’s from a small town in the USA, but he’s married to an Australian woman. Her name’s Janine and she’s a teacher in a language school. Martin is Australian. He’s from Sydney, but his home is Brisbane now. Yoko is Japanese. She’s from Osaka. She’s in the office from 8 am to 1 pm and she’s a student at an English school in the afternoon.
4 Say hello to all my friends in England!
Bye for now,
Mark
A. Read the email and match a—d to the parts of the email 1—4.
a saying goodbye
b Mark’s new job
c greeting
d people in Mark’s office
B. Read the email again. Are the sentences true or false?
1 Jerry is in Australia.
2 Mark is in Brisbane.
3 Tony is Australian.
4 Tony and Janine are married.
5 Janine is a teacher.
6 Martin is from England.
7 Yoko is from Japan.
8 Yoko is at home in the afternoon.
C. Write an email to a friend about your new English class. Remember to say:
• where your class is
• who your teacher is and where he or she is from
• who the students are and where they are from.
Answer
A
a 4 b 2 c 1 d 3
B
True: 2, 4, 5, 7; False: 1, 3, 6, 8
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