Exercise 1
A. Listen to Tom and Miriam. Who lives in Auckland but works in Wellington?
B. Listen again. Underline the correct answers.
1 Miriam is Brazilian / a New Zealander.
2 Her home’s in Brazil / New Zealand.
3 Her job is / isn’t near her home.
4 She is / isn’t married.
5 Miriam and Bernardo speak English / Portuguese together.
Answer & Audioscript
A
Miriam
B
1 Brazilian 2 New Zealand 3 isn’t 4 is 5 Portuguese
Audioscript
TOM Where are you from, Miriam?
MIRIAM I’m from Brazil – Rio de Janeiro, but I live here in New Zealand now.
T Where do you live?
M I live in Auckland – it’s really nice there.
T And where do you work?
M I work in Wellington.
T Wellington?! But that’s so far away.
M Yes, I go to work three days a week – I fly.
T Do you work at home?
M Yes, I work two days at home.
T Are you married?
M Yes, my husband’s name is Bernardo.
T Is he Brazilian?
M Yes, he is.
T Ah, OK. Do you speak English or Portuguese at home?
M We speak Portuguese, of course!
Exercise 2
A. Put the words in the correct order to make questions. Listen and check.
1 you work / do / in an office ?
2 do / where / you work ?
3 where / you live / do ?
4 university / study at / do you ?
5 do / speaking Spanish / you ?
Answer & Audioscript
1 Do you work in an office?
2 Where do you work?
3 Where do you live?
4 Do you study at university?
5 Do you speak Spanish?
Exercise 3
A. Listen to Part 1. Answer the questions.
1 Is Sophia happy or sad?
2 Why does she feel happy / sad?
Answer & Audioscript
1 sad
2 Because her family is in Canada and she’s in London.
Audioscript
MEGAN Good morning!
SOPHIA Hi there.
M So … how’s the new flat?
S Oh, it’s great. I really like it. You must come and see it.
M I’d love to … Are you OK, Sophia?
S Well, yes and no … It’s an email from my sister.
M In Canada?
S That’s right.
M Is she OK?
S Oh, she’s fine. It’s just …
M … she’s in Canada.
S And my parents, and my brother.
M And you’re here in London.
S It’s difficult.
B. Listen to Part 2. Answer the questions.
1 How many people does Sophia talk about?
2 How many people does Megan talk about?
C. Complete the information about Sophia and Megan’s families with the words in the box. Then listen to Part 2 again and check your answers.
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sister – cousin – teacher – hotel – computers – supermarket |
Sophia’s mother’s a (1)………… and her father’s the manager of a (2)………… . She has a (3)…………, Jackie. Jackie has two girls, Kylie and Amanda.
Megan has a brother, Mike. He works with (4)………… and is married to Helen. She’s the manager of a (5)………… . Megan also has a (6)…………, James.
Answer & Audioscript
B
1 five (her mother, her father, her sister, her sister’s two girls)
2 three (her brother, her brother’s wife, her cousin)
C
1 teacher 2 supermarket 3 sister
4 computers 5 hotel 6 cousin
Audioscript
MEGAN Yeah … Do you have photos of your family?
SOPHIA Yes. Yes, I do.
M Ooh, can I see them?
S Sure … OK. This is my mother. She’s a teacher.
M Oh, yes. Nice picture!
S And this one, this is my father.
M Oh, right. Is he a teacher too?
S No, he’s a manager. He works for a big supermarket.
M And who’s this?
S This is my sister, Jackie. And her two girls.
M Oh, they’re beautiful. How old are they?
S This is Kylie, she’s ten, and this is Amanda, she’s eight.
M Oh. They’re lovely.
S Yes, they are … So, what about you? Do you have photos?
M Yes, I do! Just a minute … Ah, here we are. So … this is Mike.
S Oh right. Who’s Mike? … Is he your … husband?
M No, I’m not married! He’s my brother.
S Oh! He looks nice.
M He is. He lives in Scotland.
S What’s his job?
M He works with computers.
S OK.
M And this is Helen, his wife. She works in a hotel. She’s a manager.
S Ah. Nice photo.
M And this is James. He’s my cousin. He’s really great!
S Oh, yes.
M James lives near you. Maybe we can go and see him?
S Yes … I’d like that. Thank you, Megan.
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