Nice to meet you!

Tony and Maria are at the American Language Institute.

Tony: Oh, excuse me.

Maria: That’s OK.
Tony: What course are you in?
Maria: English 4.
Tony: Me too.
Maria: We're all in English 4.

This is Ali.
Ali: Nice to meet you.
Maria: Jeannette…
Jeannette: Hi
Maria: ...and Tomiko.
Tomiko: Hello.
Maria: And my name’s Maria.
Tony: Hi. I’m Tony.
Maria: Where are you from, Tony?
Tony: Brazil. What about you?
Maria: I’m from Mexico.

Answer That’s right or That’s wrong.

1. Tony’s from Brazil. That’s right.

2. Maria’s from Brazil too. That’s wrong.
3. Tony’s in English 3. ____________________
4. Jeannette and Tomiko are in English 4. ___________________

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 Introduce yourself.

Maria: And my name’s Maria.

Tony: Hi. I’m Tony.

A: Hello. My name’s _____________________________.

B: Hi. I’m ______________________________________.

Introduce other people

Maria: Tony, this is Tomiko.

Tony: Nice to meet you.
Tomiko: Nice to meet you too.

A: ___________________this is ________________________.
B: Nice to meet you.
C: Nice to meet you too.

Ask someone where he’s / she’s from. Tell someone where you’re from.

Maria: Where are you from? A: Where are you from?

Tony: Brazil. What about you? B: ___________________. What about you?

Maria: I’m from Mexico. A: I’m from _________________________.

Read the identification number to your partner.

Your partner will tell you the name of the person.

A: 5094 Note: 5094 = five – oh – nine – four

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 Write ‘m, ‘s or ‘re. Open Conversation.

Maria: Hello. My name__ Maria and this is Jeannette. A: My name's __________________________.

Tony: Nice to meet you. I ___Tony. B: I'm _________________________________.

Maria: What course are you in, Tony? A: Nice to meet you.

Tony: English 4. B: ____________________________________.

Maria: We __ in English 4 too. A: Where are you from _____________________?

Where are you from? B: ________________What about you?

Tony: Brazil. What about you? A: ______________________________________.

Maria: I ___ from Mexico.

Jeannette___ from the Ivory Coast.

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 Complete the Conversation

Ali: Good morning, Maria. Ali: _______________________.

Maria: Hello, Ali. Tony: Nice to meet you too.
Ali: ______________________________? Ali: _______________________?
Maria: I’m in English 4 now. Tony: I’m from Brazil.

Here are two conversations. Read the conversations with a partner.

You read part A and cover part B. Your partner reads part B and cover part A.
Listen to your partner before you answer.

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 Jim Chapman is talking to another teacher at the
American Language Institute. Listen and answer the questions.

1. Where is Karen Thomas from? ____________________.

2. Where is Jim Chapman from? ____________________.

Cover the sentences on the left, and circle the correct answer.

a) English 3
1. Nice to meet you. b) Nice to meet you too.
c) What about you?

a) I’m Maria.
2. I'm from Brazil. What about you? b) I’m in English 4.
c) I'm from Mexico.

a) That's OK.
3. What course are you in? b) Next, please.
c) English 4.

a) English 4.
4. Where are you from? b) Brazil
c) Tony.

a) Me too.
5. This is Jeannette. b) That's OK.
c) Nice to meet you.

a) What about you?

6. I'm Maria. b) That's OK.
c) Hi. My name's Tony.

Introduce people. ( )

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 Now You Can Do This:

Greet people: Hello./Hi./Good morning. / Good afternoon.

Good evening.

Introduce yourself: My name's Maria. / I’m Maria.

Introduce people: Tony, this is Ali.

Meet people: Nice to meet you. / Glad to meet you.

Apologize: Excuse me.

Accept an apology: That's OK.

Ask for information: Where are you from? What course are you in?

Give information about yourself: I'm from Mexico. I'm in English 4.

Grammar

Useful Words and Expressions

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What’s your name and address?
Tony’s at registration.

Sue: What's your name?

Tony: Antonio Costa
Sue: Your address?
Tony: 688 Columbus Avenue.
………. Apartment 3F.
Sue: And your phone number?
Tony: Excuse me?
Sue: What’s your telephone number?
Tony: Oh, it's 373-6105.
Sue: And where are you from?
Tony: Brazil.
Sue: And you're in English 4?
Tony: Yes, that's right.
Sue: Sign here, please . . .
Thank you. . .
Tony: You're welcome.
Sue: Next, please.
Tony: Goodbye, Maria.
See you later, Tomiko.
Maria: Bye, Tony.
Tomiko: Bye.

Answer That’s right or That’s wrong.

1. Tony’s in English 1.
2. Tony’s in Brazil.
3. Tony’s Antonio Costa.

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 Ask someone what his/her name is. Tell someone your name.

Sue: What's your name? A: What's your name?

Tony: Antonio Costa B: _______________________________.

Ask someone what his/her telephone number is. Tell someone your telephone number.

Sue: What's your telephone number? A: What's your telephone number?

Tony: It's 3-7-3-6-1-oh-5. B: (It's)______________________ or I don't have a phone.

Read the addresses in Tony’s cellular phone.

Maria Sanchez 102 Bleecker St. 886-9785

Dr. Peter Simons 18 Waverly St. 423-6180

Luis Santos 63 Carmine St. 944-6832

Ask someone what his/ her address is. Tell someone your address.

Sue: What’s your address? A: _________________________?

Tony: 688 Columbus Avenue. B: _________________________.

Open Conversation: ask for information for your cellular phone.

A: What's your name? A: What's your name?

B: __________________________. B: __________________________.

A: What's your address? A: What's your address?

B: __________________________. B: __________________________.

A: And your telephone number? A: And your telephone number?

B: __________________________. B: __________________________.

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 Complete the Conversation

Tony: ____________________________? Maria: English 4.

Maria: My name's Maria Sanchez. Tony: _________________________?
Tony: ____________________________? Maria: 886-9785.
Maria: Mexico. What about you? Tony: _________________________?
Tony: _________. __________________? Maria: 102 Bleecker Street.

Listen to the conversation and fill out Maria’s mobile phone.

Name: ____________________
Address: ______ Madison _______ apt. _____C
Mobile: ____________________

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 Cover the sentences on the left, and circle the correct answer.

a) Brazil.
1. What's your address? b) I don't have one.
c) 688 Columbus Avenue.

a) Thank you.
2. What's your telephone number? b) 886-9785.
c) Maria Sánchez.

a) Italy.
3. Where are you from? b) That's OK.
c) Tomiko Sato.

a) Hello.
4. Goodbye. b) That's OK.
c) See you later.

a) Brazil.
5. Thank you. b) You're welcome.
c) I'm from Japan.

Close your books. Ask names, addresses and phone numbers. ( )

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 Now You Can Do This:

Ask for information: What’s your name /address /phone number/e-mail?

Give information about yourself: My name's Tony Costa.
My address is 688 Columbus Avenue. Apartment 3F.
My phone is number is 373-6105
Express agreement: That’s right.

Grammar

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Tony and Tomiko are in a coffee shop

Tony: Say, what´s her name?

Tomiko: That's Sue Cleveland. .

. She's a secretary at the

American Language Institute.

Tony: And who's that?

Tomiko: I don't know.

I think he's a teacher.

Waitress: What would you like?

Tomiko: Coffee, please.

Tony: Coffee for me too.

What do you do, Tomiko?

Tomiko: I'm a secretary.

What about you?

Tony: I work in a restaurant.

Tomiko: Oh, really?

Tony: Yeah. I work for my uncle.

Answer That’s right or That’s wrong.

1. Tomiko and Sue are secretaries.

2. Tony and Sue are friends.

3. Tony knows Mr. Jim Chapman.

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 Ask someone what his/her occupation is. Tell someone your occupation.

Tony: What do you do, Tomiko? A: What do you do, ______________________?

Tomiko: I'm a secretary. B: I’m a/an _____________________________.

Find someone with your occupation.

Maria: Are you a teacher? A: Are you a _______________?

Sue: No, I’m a secretary. B: No, I’m a/an _____________. Or Yes, I am.

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 Ask and say who other people are like this:

Tony: Say, what's her name? A: (Say), what's his/her name?

Tomiko: That's Sue Cleveland. B: (That's) _____________ ______ a/an __________

She's a secretary at the at ______________________________________.

American Language Institute. or I don't know.

Write he / she or his/ her. Write he / she or his /her.

TONY: What's_______ name? A: What's his/her name?

TOMIKO: Jeannette Kaba. B: __________________________.

TONY: Is _______ a teacher at A: Oh, that's right. He's/She's ____

the American Language Institute? __________________________.

TOMIKO: No, _______'s a student. B: No, he's/she's _____________.
TONY: And is that ____ boyfriend? A: Really? And
TOMIKO: No, I think that's____ husband. what do you do?____________?
TONY: What's ____ name? B: __________________________.
TOMIKO: Dossou, I think
TONY: Is ____ a student here too?
TOMIKO: I don't know.

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 Now write an article about a friend.

Introduce people like this:

Tomiko: Tony, this is Sue Cleveland. A: ____________, this is ___________

She's a secretary at the American He's/She's a ___________________.

Language Institute. B: Nice to meet you, _______________.

Tony: Nice to meet you, Sue. or Hello, ______________________.

Sue: Hi. C: Hi

Ali: __________________________________ ?

Jeannette: Jeannette Kaba.

Ali: ___________________ a teacher?

Jeannette: No, I'm a nurse._______________________?

Ali: I'm an engineer._______________________?

Jeannette: My husband and I are from The Ivory Coast.

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Jim and Sue are talking about a new teacher.
Listen and answer. What do Sue and Karen do?

1. Sue's a ________________.

2. Karen's a ______________.

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Cover the sentences on the left and circle the correct answer.

a) No, he's a taxi driver.

1. Are you a teacher? b) No, she's a doctor.
c) No, I'm an engineer.

a) What's your name?

2. She's a secretary. b) What's her name?

c) What's his name?

a) Nice to meet you too.

3. What do you do? b) Brazil.
c) I'm a secretary.

a) Thank you, Jeannette.

4. This is Jeannette. She's a nurse. b) Nice to meet you, Jeannette.
c) That's OK, Jeannette.

Ask people's names. Use his or her. ( )

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 Now You Can Do This:

Ask for information: What’s his/her name? / What do you do? / Are you a secretary?

Give information about yourself: I’m a secretary.

Give information about people: She’s a secretary. / Her name is Sue Cleveland.

Say you don’t know: I don’t know.

Get someone’s attention: Say.

Express surprise: Really?

Grammar

Your is not practiced actively in this Unit, but is shown to complete the list of possessive adjectives.

New Active Vocabulary.

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Tony and Tomiko are in a coffee shop. Jim and Sue are in the coffee shop too.

Tomiko: There's Maria and Ali.

.. Let's go say hello.
Tony: OK.
Mr. Chapman: Excuse me! That's my book. -
Tony: No, it isn't.
- Look, here's my name.
Sue: Jim, is this your book?
Mr. Chapman: Oh, I guess it is.
I'm really sorry
Tony: That's OK.
Mr. Chapman: Who's that?
Sue: That's Antonio Costa.
Mr. Chapman: Is he a student at the ALI?
Sue: Uh-huh.
Mr. Chapman: Where's he from?
Sue: I think he's from Brazil.

Answer That’s right or That’s wrong.

1. Tony has Mr. Chapman’s book.

2. Tony and Sue are friends

3. Sue has Jim’s book

4. Tony’s a student at the American Language Institute..

.

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 Someone has your book / pen. Ask for it like this:

MR. CHAPMAN: Excuse me! That's my book.

TONY: Oh. I'm sorry.
MR. CHAPMAN: That's OK.
A: Excuse me! That's my____________________.
B: Oh. I'm sorry.
A: That's OK.

Find the owner. Ask and answer like this:

SUE: Is this your book? A: Is that your__________?

MR. CHAMPMAN: Oh. I guess it is. B: Oh. I guess it is. Or Yes, it is. or No, it isn't

A: Is this your__________?
B: Oh. I guess it is. Or Yes, it is. or No, it isn't.

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 Ask and say who other people are.

MR. CHAMPMAN: Who's that? A: Who's that?

SUE: That's Antonio Costa. B: That's_____________________________.

Ask for information about other people.

MR. CHAMPMAN: Is he a student? A: Is he/she a/an _____________________?

SUE: Uh-huh. B: Uh-huh. Or
No, he's/she's a/an__________________.

Ask and say where other people are from.

MR. CHAMPMAN: Where's he from? A: Where's _________________ from?

SUE: I think he's from Brazil. B: I think he's/she's from __________________.
Or He's/She's from____________________
or I don't know.

Write he's, is he, she's or is she. Open Conversation.

TOMIKO: Ali's from Egypt. A: Who's that?

TONY: ________a student? B: ______________________________.
TOMIKO: Yes, _____ an English student at A: Is he/she a/an __________________.
the American Language Institute. B: _____________________________.
TONY: ______ in Mr. Chapman's class? A: Where's he/she from?
TOMIKO: Uh-huh. B: _____________________________.
TONY: What about his friend Maria?
_______ in Mr. Chapman's class too?
TOMIKO: Yes, I think _______ in his class.

Complete the Conversation

MR. CHAMPMAN: _________________________. MR. CHAMPMAN: _________________________.
SUE: Jeannette Kaba. SUE: 855-8899.
MR. CHAMPMAN: _________________________. MR. CHAMPMAN: _________________________.
SUE: The Ivory Coast. SUE: 66 Madison Avenue.
MR. CHAMPMAN: _________________________.
SUE: No, she’s a nurse.

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 Sue and Mr. Chapman are talking about a student. Listen and complete the sentences.

1. The student’s from _____________________. 2. His name’s ____________________.

3. Mr. Chapman’s his _____________________.

Cover the sentences on the left, and circle the correct answer.

a) I'm sorry.
1. I'm a secretary. What about you? b) I'm from the Ivory Coast.
c) I'm an accountant.

a) That's OK.
2. Excuse me! That's my book. b) See you later.
c) I'm sorry.

a) I think it's my book.

3. Who's that? b) I think he's a teacher at the ALI
c) I'm a doctor.

a) Sue.
4. What's his name? b) Tony.
c) Mr. Chapman and Sue.

a) No, she's a teacher.

5. Is Tomiko a teacher? b) No, she's a secretary.
c) No, she's from Japan.

Ask where people are from. Use he and she. ( )

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Ali asks Maria about pictures of her family.

Ali: Do you have any pictures of your family?

Maria: Yes, I have some here somewhere.
Yeah, here they are.
This is my father with my twin sisters, Carmen and
Rosalia. They're both bilingual secretaries.
Ali: What does your father do?
Maria: He's retired. This is my mother.
She's a lawyer.
Ali: Really?
Maria: Uh-huh. And these are my -brothers, Pepe and
Ricardo, and that's Carmen's boyfriend, Raul Sanchez.

Ali: His last name's Sanchez too?

Maria: Yes. It's a very common name in Mexico.
What's your last name?
Ali: Helal.
Maria: How do you spell it?
Ali: H-E-L-A-L.
Maria: Is that a common name in Egypt?-
Ali: Yes. It means "moon" in Arabic.
My wife's maiden name is Helal too.

Maria: Oh! Are you married?

Ali: Yes. And I have a seven-year- old son.

What about you?
Maria: No, I'm not married.
Ali: Do you have a boyfriend?
Maria: No, I don't.

Answer That’s right or That’s wrong.

1. Maria’s father is a lawyer.

2. Maria’s boyfriend is in Mexico.

3. Maria’s sisters speak two languages.

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 Ask someone how to spell his/her last name. Spell your last name.

Maria: What's your last name?

Ali: Helal.
Maria: How do you spell it?

A: What's your last name?

B: __________________________.
A: How do you spell it?
B:

Talk about marital status.

MARIA: Are you married? A: Are you married?

ALI: Yes, I am. B: Yes, I am. Or No, I'm not.

If someone isn't married, you can continue like this:

A: Do you have a boyfriend/girlfriend?

B: Yes, I do. Or No, I don't.

Talk about other people's occupations.

ALI: What does your mother do? A: What does your __________________ do?
MARIA: She's a lawyer. B: He's /She's a /an _____________________.

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 Maria is asking Ali about his family. Write a or an only where necessary.

MARIA: What about your family, Ali?

ALI: Well, my wife's ____ accountant for Air Egypt,

and our son's_____ student in the third grade.

They're in Cairo with my parents.

MARIA: Do you have any brothers or sisters?

ALI: Yes, I have two brothers and one sister.

MARIA: What do they do?

ALI: My brother, Ibrahim, and my sister, Aziza, are ____ students, and my brother,

Sherif, works with my father. They're ____ salesmen.

MARIA: What does your mother do?

ALI: She's _____ housewife.

Do you remember their occupations? Ask and answer like this:

A: What do they do?

B: They're __________________________.

A: What does he/she do?

B: He's / She's a/an___________________.

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 Make a list of the occupations in your class. Ask and answer like this:

Open Conversation

A: What's his/her last name? A: What's his/her last name?

B: _________________________________. B: ____________________________.
A: How do you spell it? A: What does he/she do?
B: ____________________________. B: ____________________________.

Read the questions first, and then read the newspaper article. Write the answers to the questions.

Capitalize means "write capital letters." Punctuate means "write periods (.), question marks (?),
and commas (,)." Capitalize and punctuate the following paragraph. Check your work with the
newspaper article in Practice 8.

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 Listen to the spelling of these words and write them.

1) ____________________ 2) ____________________ 3) ____________________

4) ____________________ 5) ____________________ 6) ____________________

Now write the words under family or professions.

Complete the Conversation.

Karen: Is that a new student? Karen: _________________________?

Jim: Yes. Jim: K-A-B-A.
Karen: _________________________? Karen: _________________________?
Jim: Jeannette. Jim: The Ivory Coast.
Karen: __________________________? Karen: _________________________?
Jim: Kaba. Jim: She’s a nurse.

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 a) Yes, he is.
1. What does your father do? b) He's married.
c) He's a lawyer.

a) Tony.
2. What's your last name? b) Costa.
c) Tony Costa.

a) No, I have a boyfriend.

3. Do you have a boyfriend? b) No, I'm a student.
c) No, I'm married.

a) His name's Dossou.

4. How do you spell his name? b) D-O-S-S-O-U.
c) N-A-M-E.

a) No, they're salesmen.

5. Are they engineers? b) E-N-G-I-N-E-E-R-S.
c) No, they're engineers

Ask people about their relatives.

Ask their names, occupations and how to spell it. ( )

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Maria goes to the ladies room. Tomiko and Tony say hello to Ali

MARIA: Where’s the ladies’ room?

ALI: Over there, next to the telephones.
MARIA: Excuse me for a minute.
I'll be right back.
TOMIKO: Hi, Ali!
ALI: Hi, Tomiko. Hi, Tony. How are you?
TONY: Fine, thanks. And you?
ALI: Oh, I'm fine. Sit down.
TOMIKO: Thanks. What are those?
ALI: They're pictures of Maria's family.
TOMIKO: Can I see them?
ALI: Sure. This is Maria's mother.
TOMIKO: And who are they?
ALI: Her brothers.
TOMIKO: They're cute. How old are they?
ALI: I think one's twelve and one’s fourteen.
Do you have any brothers and sisters?
TOMIKO: I have a sister.
TONY: How old is she?
TOMIKO: Twenty-four.

Answer That’s right or That’s wrong.

1. Maria’s father is a lawyer.

2. Maria’s boyfriend is in Mexico.
3. Maria’s sisters speak two languages.

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 Greet someone like this:

ALI: Hi, Tony. How are you?

TONY: Fine, thanks. And you?
ALI: I'm fine.

A: Hi____________________. How are you?

B: _____________________. And you
A: ______________________.

Talk about brothers and sisters/children like this:

ALI: Do you have any brothers and sisters? A: Do you have any brothers and sisters/children?

TOMIKO: I have a sister. B: I have _____________________. Or No, I don’t.

Talk about the ages of brothers and sisters/children.

ALI: How old is your sister? A: How old is/are ________________?

TOMIKO: She's twenty-four. B: _______________________________.
ALI: How old are your brothers?
MARIA: One's twelve and one's fourteen.

Talk about the occupations of brothers and sisters/children.

MARIA: What does your sister do? A: What does / do __________________ do?
ALI: She's a student. B: __________________________________.
MARIA: What do your brothers do? A: What does / do __________________ do?
ALI: One's a salesman and. B: __________________________________.
one's a student

Talk about pictures of someone's family.

A: Who's that? /Who are they?

B: ______________________.

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 Open Conversation.

This is the first paragraph of an e-mail from Tomiko’s mother.

The e-mail is about Tomiko´s sister, Akiko. Complete the e-mail
with is or are.

Dear Tomiko, ____________ 28, ____

This ___ a quick note to send you this article that I scanned from the Asahi
Times. Now you know why I can’t write more often. I’m so busy. Akiko and her
husband and children ___ fine. Both Children ___ in school and, of course, Akiko ___
very happy about that; now she has some free time. Michiko ___ a lovely little girl but her
brother, Taro ___ a little devil. Of course, he ___ only six.

Read the newspaper article about Mrs. Sato and underline the answers to
these questions like this: Hanako Sato, New Director of Elizabeth Eden.

Tokio - Hanako Sato, a well-known businesswoman, is the new director of Elizabeth Eden,
an international cosmetics company with two offices in Japan. Mrs. Sato is the first
woman to direct the company’s Tokio office in its fifteen-year story. Mrs. Sato is also a
successful housewife and mother. She and her husband, Taro Sato, have two daughters.
Tomiko, 19, is a secretary for Japan Airlines in New York City. Akiko, 24, lives here in
Tokio with her husband and two children.

1. What does Mrs. Sato do? 2. What's Elizabeth Eden?

3. What's Mrs. Sato's husband's name? 4. How old are Tomiko and Akiko?
5. Where are Akiko and her family?

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 This is the second paragraph of the e-mail from Tomiko’s mother.

There are five sentences in the paragraph. Punctuate and capitalize the sentences.
your father is fine at home right now and he says hello i´m fine too but i have a lot of work we miss you
write soon
love

mother
Look at the pictures and do the crossword puzzle.

Complete the conversation.

Ali: ________________________________? Ali: _______________________________?

Tony: My mother and father. Tony: One's an accountant and one's a doctor.

Ali: ________________________________? Ali: _______________________________?

Tony: I have two brothers. Tony: One's twenty-two and one's twenty-seven.

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 Listen and circle the numbers you hear.

Elizabeth Eden is a large international cosmetics company. The Tokyo office has 219 290 employees.
Here are some of their jobs.

13 30 are executives. 15 50 are secretaries.

16 60 are accountants. 14 40 are salespeople
15 50 are receptionists. 17 70 are in the advertising department.
18 80 are chemists.

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 a) Maria's parents.
1. Who are they? b) Maria.
c) Maria's a student.

a) They're salesmen.
2. What do your brothers do? b) They're OK.
c) They're married.

a) No, he's from Brazil.

3. Is he married? b) Yes, he's single.
c) Yes, his wife's in Egypt.

a) Yes, I have two brothers.

4. Do you have any sisters? b) No, but I have two sisters.
c) Yes, I have three.

a) January 15, 1984.

5. How old is your brother? b) 19.
c) Fine, thank you.

Ask people about their relatives' names.

(His/ her/ their/ is / are) ( )

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