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New

Elementary Workbook with key

Liz and John Soars

with
audio CD

OXFORD
UNIVERSITY PRESS
 Present Simple (1) • Questions and negatives • Verb + noun
• Jobs • What time is it?
A good job!

Present Simple (1)

1 he/she/it
Look at the pictures. Write the sentences in the box with the correct person.

She \'Iears a l:lAiferm. He works outside. She studies every day. She cooks dinner for her family.
She \'Ierks iA a hespital. He cooks in an Italian restaurant. He lives in the country. He works in an office.
She goes shopping every day. He earns a lot of money. She likes her teacher. He works in a kitchen.

1 Linda's a nurse. 2 Martin's a manager. 3 Sharon's a housewife.

She wear!: a uniform.

4 Gordon's a chef. 5 Sophie's a student. 6 Simon's a farmer.

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2 Jobs -or and -er Questions and negatives
Complete the words with -or or -er.
5 Questions
1 act..QL 4 mana~ 7 doct-
Complete the questions with a question
2 teach- 5 wait_ 8 police offic_ word in the box.
3 profess_ 6 hairdress- 9 lawy_ what where what time why
who how how old how many
3 Spelling of verb + -5
1 ' Where does he work?'
1 Write the he/she form of these verbs.
'In an office:
play plays 7 go ,
2 does she start work?'
2 study 8 do
'At 9.00:
3 work 9 watch ,
4 write 10 have
3 does she love?'
'Peter:
5 earn 11 finish
,
6 teach 12 live 4 does he get to work?'
'By bus:
2 Complete the sentences with a he / she form of a verb from exercise l. ,
5 children does she have? '
1 Mark's a football player. He earns £100,000 a week. 'Three:
He _ _ __ for Arsenal. ,
6 does she work so hard?'
2 Alan's a poet. He ____ classes during the day, 'Because she likes her job:

and ____ new poems in the evening. 7 ' are you?'

'Twenty-five:
3 Sally's a student. She ____ to the gym every morning.
In the afternoon, she IT at college. 8 '_ _ _ _ _ does he have for breakfast?'
'Coffee and toast:
4 Tony in a mobile phone shop.
He work at 5.00 in the afternoon.

5 Mark a lot of business in America.

He in an apartment in New York.

6 Maggie's married, and she ____ a daughter, Zoe.

Zoe TV every day.

4 Pronunciation of verb + -5
1 Write the words from exercise 3.1 in the correct column.

l Si Izl I IZ I

works plays studies

2 rt1 Listen and check.

3 Practise saying the verbs. Be careful with the three different
pronunciations of -s at the end of a word.

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 6 Daily routines
1 Look at the pictures of Annie's day. Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in the box.
have breakfast go home start work get-ttp finish work have lunch
go to work have a shower watch TV get dressed have dinner go to bed

Annie's Day
Annie (1) gets up at 7.00 in the morning. Then she (2) _ _ _ _ _ and washes her hair. After the shower
she (3) . Then she goes into the kitchen and (4) . She has tea and toast.
Annie (5) _ _ _ _ _ on the bus. She works in an office. She (6) at 9.00. At 1.00 she
(7) in a cafe with her friend, Sal. She (8) at 5.30 and (9) _ _ _ __
In the evening she (10) _____ and (ll) _ _ _ _ _ . She likes dramas. She (12) _____ at 11.00.

2 Look at the answers about Annie's day. Complete the 3 Correct the sentences about Annie.
questions using the words in bold.
1 Annie has coffee for breakfast.
1 she does get
She doesn't have coffee for breakfast. She has tea and toast.
'What time does she get up?' 'At 7.00:
2 She works in a shop.
2 have does she
'What for breakfast?' 'Tea and toast:
3 She starts work at 10.00.
3 does work she
'Where ?' 'In an office:
4 she start does 4 She has lunch with her sister.
'What time work?' 'At 9.00:
5 she have does 5 She watches sport on TV.
'Where lunch?' 'In a cafe:
6 do she does 6 She goes to bed at 10.30.
'What in the evening?'
'She has dinner and watches TV. '

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Reading and listening
7 The Eurostar train driver
1 rt1 Read about train driver, Brian Law. Are the
sentences true (.I') or false (X)? Correct the false
sentences. Brian Law is a train driver for
Eurostar. He drives high speed
1 [l] He works five days a week. trains in England and in Europe.
/-Ie doesn't work five days a week. /-Ie works four days
a week . Brian works four days a week. Sometimes he's free at the
2 [Z] Sometimes he doesn't work at weekends. weekend, but usu ally he works on Friday and Saturday.
3 D Eurostar trains run 365 days a year. Friday and Saturday are very busy days for Eurostar
4 D The first train to Paris leaves before 5.00 a.m. because everybody wants to go on holiday or go home for
the weekend. Eurostar runs every day (but it doesn't run on
5 D He does several journeys every day.
Christmas Day).
6 D Brian starts work very early every day.
The first train to Paris leaves London at 5.25 in the
7 D He always goes home in the evening.
morn ing, so Brian starts work at 4.30. In one day he does
8 D Brian speaks good French. two or three journeys between London and Paris. He finishes
9 D He doesn't earn very much. work at 12.00 noon. Sometimes he starts late - at 4 .00 p.m.
10 D He goes to France on holiday. - and works until 11 .30 at night. Sometimes he doesn't go
home at the end of the day, he stays in Paris.
2 Complete the sentences.
1 Brian usually works on Friday and Saturday.
The journey
The journey takes 2 hours 15 minutes, and the train travels
2 He doesn't work on Christmas Day.
at 300 km/h. It doesn't go so fast in the tunnel - it only goes
3 Brian work at 4.30. at 160 km/h when it travels through the tunnel. It carries
4 He work at 12.00 noon. 794 passengers.
5 The journey to Paris 2 hours 15 minutes. When the train is in France, Brian speaks to his controllers
6 The train at 160 km/h in the tunnel. in French. His French is very good. He has a lot of French
friends, and his son, Toby, goes to stay with them in Paris.
7 Brian £45,000 a year.
Brian earns £45,000 a year. In his free time he likes going
8 He going out with his wife, Angela. out with his wife, Angela, and walking their dogs. Angela is
9 Angela at weekends. a chef, so she works at weekends too. She has Monday free
10 He 25 days' holiday a year. and goes walking with Brian.
He has 25 days of holiday a year. Where does h e go on
3 rt1 Listen and complete the information about holiday? 'France, of course!' says Brian.
Brian's wife, Angela, and their son Toby.

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Vocabulary 9 Jobs
8 Verb + noun Look at the pictures and write the job. Find the jobs in the wordsearch.
Write a verb from the box.

earn watch
wasA read
go drive
wear live
have play 1 nUr$8 2
want help

1 w8$h your hair

2 in a small village
3 two weeks holiday
4 television 3 4
5 a uniform
6 snooker H T T B V M D K H A N R K
N A K l l l N Z P R Y H A
7 a car
H ( R Q V P G E ( H T (
8 a lot of money X M V R H 5 H (

9 a book F W V l l 0
10 with the housework R M D l T l ( U
G E A T E A H N
11 to the gym
T N 5 V ( W K T
12 to go to university
B T X X l R T B 5 T Y N A
l A F K U 0 Y Z P E E T N
T K N 0 H B T B V F R K T
Q B J Q H W D E N T I 5 T
R E ( E P T 0 N 5 T N

5 ______________________ 6 ______.________________ 7 __________________ ~ __

9 ______________________ 10 _____________________

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Everyday English Don't forget!
10 What time is it? 11 is/has/does
1 rt1 Listen. Underline the times you hear. Complete the conversation with is, has, or does.
1 10.30 / 10.40 A My brother (1) ~ very clever. He (2) _ _ _ a very
2 2.15/2.50 important job.
3 two 0' clock / ten 0' clock B What (3) _ _ _ he do?
4 quarter past three / quarter to three
A He (4) _ _ _ a computer programmer.
5 half past eight / ten past eight
6 ten to two / twenty to two B Where (5) he work?

7 six thirty / six twenty A He works in Virginia in the United States.

8 half past twelve / ten past twelve B Who (6) _ _ _ he work for?
A Microsoft.
2 rt1 Listen. Complete the conversations.
B (7) _ _ _ he married?
1 A Excuse me! What time is it?
A Yes. His wife (8) _ _ _ American.
B It's twenty past five.
B (9) he have any children?
2 A Do you have the time, please?
A Yes, he (10) a three-year-old son.
B Yes, it's ten 0 ' clock.

3 A What time is it? 12 a/an

B It's half past two. Complete the sentences with a or an.

3 Write the times in numbers. 1 She's.!!L actress.

2 He's businessman.
3 I'm _ _ English teacher.
4 She's _ _ engineer.
5 He has _ _ daughter called Ruby.
6 I have American car.
7 He's waiter.
1 10.30 2
8 He works in Italian restaurant.

does •
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3 4
has
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a an
5 6
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