Getting To Know Each Other: Match The Questions and Answers

Getting to Know Each Other
Match the questions and answers

Where were you born? A year ago
What do you do? Three times a week
Are you married? In Thailand
Why are you learning English? Because I need it for my job.
When did you start learning English? I’m a teacher.
How often do you have English lessons? No, I’m single.
Read and listen to Maurizio. Then complete the text, using the verbs in the box.
Maurizio Celi
‘m enjoying ‘m going to work live started
‘m studying come can speak went
My name’s Maurizio Celi. I (1) _____________ from Bologna, a city in the north of Italy. I’m a
student at the University of Bologna. I (2) _________________ modern langauges – English and
Russian. I also know a little Spanish, so I (3) ___________ four languages. I (4) _____________ the
course a lot, but it’s really hard work. The course (5) ____________ three years ago.
I (6) ______________ at home with my parents and my sister. My brother (7) ________________ to
work in the United States last year.
After I graduate, I (8) ________________ as a translator. I hope so, anyway.
Speaking Activity
Write down 7 facts about yourself and talk with your partner.
Find four things that are important to each person.
SALLY : What’s important in my life? Well, I’ve got a great CD player. I haven’t got lots of
CDs, but my friend Ian is a musician and he’s got hundreds! And I’ve got an old bike – that’s
very important to me. What else? Well, I’ve got a beautiful long dress. It’s red, my favourite
colour, and I love it. Oh, and my new mobile phone is very important to me – its got all my
friends’ phone numbers in it!
BILL : What things are important to me? Well, I’ve got a very old Toyota. It’s not very fast
but it’s important to us – my wife, Pat, hasn’t got a car. And we’ve got a dog. His name’s
Fred and he’s twelve years old. He’s very important to us. Oh, and I’ve got an expensive
digital camera. It’s very small but the pictures are great. And I’ve got a very good DVD
player and hundreds of DVDs – we love old films. The problem is we haven’t got a very
good TV!
B. Read the texts again. Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)?
1. Sally’s friend Ian is a doctor. F
2. Her favourite colour is red.
3. Her mobile phone is very old.
4. Bill’s camera is very cheap.
5. His dog is called Fred.
6. His DVD player isn’t very good.
Writing Activity
Write down 5 most important things for you in your life and give reason for each of these important
things.
Important Things Reason
1. ___________________ 1. _________________________________________
2. ___________________ 2. _________________________________________
3. ___________________ 3. _________________________________________
4. ___________________ 4. __________________________________________
5. ___________________ 5. __________________________________________
GRAMMAR (can for possibility)
3 Complete the conversations with the correct form of can and the subject in brackets.
Conversation 1
A: Hello. Can I (I) change a hundred euros into rupiahs, please? For Indonesia.
B: Yes, _________ (you) but we haven’t got any here at the moment. _________ (we) get them here in
two or three days. _________ (you) collect them on Friday morning?
A: Friday’s difficult - _________ (I / not) do it then. How about Saturday?
B: Sorry. We’re closed on Saturday but _________ (you) collect them on Monday, if that’s OK.
A: Yes, no problem.
Conversation 2
A: Hello. Welcome to Plainfield Sports Centre. _________ (I) help you?

B: Yes. My son wants extra swimming lessons. Have you got classes for beginners?
A: Er … what time of day ________ (he) come?
B: He’s at school until four so ________ (he) come in the evenings.
A: OK. We’ve got a class on Mondays.
B: Oh, _______ (he / not) come then. His favourite TV programme is on Mondays.
A: I see. _______ (he) come on Thursday?

B: No, ________ (he / not). He always watches his other …
A: … favourite TV programme?
B: That’s right!
A Darren Throop works for Entertainment One, a media a company in Toronto,

Canada. Complete the article below about his working day using the verbs from the
box.
does drives finishes gets has
likes makes spends travel checks
Darren Throop ____________up at 6 am and ______________some exercise in the gym in his

house. At about 6.30, he _______________breakfast for his two daughters. Then he
_____________his e-mails in his home office. He _______________to work. At lunch time, he
___________a salad at his desk. At work, he _______________ a lot of time in meetings and on
conference calls. He ________________his office day at about 5 pm. He _________________on
business a lot, so he ______________ to spend all his for time with his family.
Things we do regularly
Here is an interview with Anisha Chetty, the meaning director of the supermarket
company, Bisco’s. Add the correct verb, changing the form if necessary.
Interviewer: When do you start your day?
Anisha: My husband ………………… (sleep/ stay) until 8am, but I always………………
(start/get) up at 6.30a.m. I usually………………… (leave / sit) breakfast at the London office
at 7:30am. I…………… (start/stop) work at 8am.
Interviewer: Wow! That’s early. Are you the first person to arrive at the office?
Anisha: No, actually. My Personal Assistant Phillip ……………………(get/arrive) at 7.45am,
but he ……………… (finish/lose) work at 3pm to pick up his children from school.
Interviewer: Do you have meetings all day long?
Anisha: No, not all day. On Wednesdays I……………… (fly/catch) to Glasgow to visit the
Scottish manager, Derek. He……………………. (give/make) me information every week on the
eleven Bisco supermarket in Scotland.
Interviewer: Do you have any time to relax?
Anisha: Sure. You have to relax. I……………………… (make/do) yoga on Tuesday afternoons.
And I………………… (try/come) to get home early on Friday afternoon.
(ii)Check your answers to(i), and then add the verb in correct form to these
sentences about
Anisha.
0 She always ……………… up at 6.30am.
1 She usually …………………. to the gym first.
2 Then she…………… breakfast at the London office.
3 She …………………… work at8am.
4 On Wednesday she………………. to Glasgow.
5She……………. yoga on Tuesday afternoons.
6 And She ……………… to get home early on Friday afternoons.
Problems at Work
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Person 1 (customers / for no reason / late deliveries )
Well, I think the biggest problem is when we have _________________. Then there isn’t enough
stock to sell to _______________. We also sometimes difficult customers who want you to spend
a lot of time with them, or who want their money back _________________!
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Person 2 (happens / difficult to find / crash )
I have big problems with the computer system. It seems to ________________once or twice a
week. When this ______________, its means I can’t work. The other big problem is we have a lot
of documents, which are sometimes _________________. It’s a big office, and a lot of documents
go missing when people don’t return them.
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Person 3 (quiet / polite / rude )
Well, we’re always very busy. It’s never ______________. I guess the worst problem, apart from
that, is people who are ____________ to you on the phone. People think they can say anything
because they can’t see you. Sometimes it’s difficult to be ______________to all the customers.
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Person 4 (breaks down / normal / orders )
Well, it can be very noisy at times, but for me, that’s not a problem. I think it’s ______________.
The worst problem is when the machinery _______________ and we can’t work. We have to
stop production and call the engineers. The other big problem is when customers want to
change their _____________.
Speaking Activity
Talk about 3 problems or challenges that you have in your work or in your life.
Role Play Practice
Doing shopping
Person 1: Welcome to our store.
Person 2: I want a vase.

Person 1: We have various vases and cups made of china.
Person 2: I like that over there. How much does it cost?
Person 1: It will cost you five dollars.

Person 2: Well, the price is quite reasonable. Please wrap it up.
Asking the way

Person 1: Excuse me, would you tell me the way to the nearest Post Office?
Person 2: It is just round the corner over there.
Person 1: Is it far from here?
Person 2: No, it is a short walk.

Person 1: How long will it take me to get there?
Person 2: Well, you can get there within three minutes.
Sending out an Invitation

Person 1: Are you free next weekend?
Person 2: Of course, what is up?
Person 1: I am holding a party next weekend. Please come.
Person 2: All right. I shall be glad to come.
Person 1: I shall pick you up in my car at six o’clock that day.
Person 2: OK. I shall wait for you at home. Thank you.

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A: Hello. Welcome to Plainfield Sports Centre. _________ (I) help you?

A: I see. _______ (he) come on Thursday?

A Darren Throop works for Entertainment One, a media a company in Toronto,

Darren Throop up at 6 am and __some exercise in the gym in his

Person 2: I want a vase.

Person 1: It will cost you five dollars.

Asking the way

Person 2: No, it is a short walk.

Sending out an Invitation

Person 2: OK. I shall wait for you at home. Thank you.

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