Module One (based on New Headway pages 6-13, PET reading and writing tests, extra exercises from other pre-intermediate texts) PART 1: Getting to know people Read the following paragraph about Janet and complete it using the verbs given. doesn t like, m studying, m enjoying, live, started, went, come, says, going to, can speak Hello, my name s Janet Leith. I from Liverpool, a city in the north-west of England, famous as the home of the Beatles. I m a student at Manchester university, I modern languages French and Spanish. I also know a little German, so I four languages. I the course a lot, although it s rather hard work. I the course two years ago. I at home with my parents. My twin sister Jenny to live in London two months ago but she it. She the people are unfriendly and that she s look for a job in Spain. GRAMMAR REVIEW As you can see, there are two present tenses in this text, the present simple and the present continuous. Let s look at them in detail: THE PRESENT SIMPLE Positive & negative I live We don t live You They He She It lives doesn t live in Liverpool far from here at home Questions do Where does I we you they live? he she it Short answers Do you like London? Yes, I do. No, I don t. Does he speak Italian? Yes, he does. No, he doesn t. USE 1 To express a habit: I get up at 7.15. She always speaks her mind.
2 For facts which are always true: It rains a lot here. She comes from Liverpool. 3 For facts which are true for a long time: I live with my parents. She works in a supermarket. THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS Positive & negative I m (am) m not He s (is) She isn t It We You They re (are) aren t working What Questions am I he is she it are we you they doing? Short answers Are you leaving? Yes, I am. No, I m not. Is Joe working? Yes, he is. No, he isn t. USE 1 To describe an activity happening now: They re working overtime this week. Be quiet! I m trying to concentrate. 2 To describe an activity happening in this period, but not necessarily at this moment: She s studying to be nurse. I m reading War and Peace. 3 For planned future arrangements: I m meeting Tom for lunch later. Where are you going for Christmas? Now let s try some more exercises on these two tenses:
EXERCISES Think of the difference between She lives with her parents. She s living with an Italian family for two months. and think of when you would use them. 1 Match the following question words and answers What? Because there was nobody there. Who? Two weeks ago. Where? 7. When? Fish and chips. Why? By train. Which? In Liverpool. How? Mary. How many? The red one. How much? It s John s. Whose? Two.. 2 Write the questions for the answers below (referring to the terms in bold). 1. I go to the gym twice a week. 2. I come to work by car. 3. My wedding anniversary is in August. 4. In the evening? I like to relax with a good book. 5. My favourite food is chicken tikka masala. 6. There are forty people in my class. 7. My English lesson lasts an hour. 8. The date today is the first of October. 3 Think of answers to the following questions Do you like watching horror films?... What sort of music do you like?... What are you wearing at the moment?... What colours do you prefer to wear?... What are you doing now?... What do you usually do at this time?... 4 Correct the mistakes in these sentences. 1. How you spell this word? 2. This car belong to you? 3. I m not liking that politician, he s too arrogant. 4. Please not to walk on the grass!
5. I m so thirsty, I m wanting something to drink. 6. You don t like jazz? I m agreeing with you, it s not my favourite music either. 7. Excuse me, can you tell me where is the station? 8. This evening I go to see a play at the Old Vic Theatre. Next we will look at a passage about PEOPLE, the great communicators (page 11 of New Headway). Read it carefully and answer the questions below: PEOPLE, the great communicators 1 Match the headings to the four paragraphs: A history of communication How we communicate Communication today Differences between people and animals 2 Questions: Which animals are mentioned? What can they do? What is special about human communication? What can we do? Which four forms of media are mentioned in the last paragraph? What is good and bad about information technology today?
Now we will listen to two neighbours, Mrs Snell and Steve, talking about each other. Click onto the relative recordings (Listenings 1 & 2) and answer the following questions from the two different points of view. 1 When did Steve move into his new flat? 2 Is it a large flat? 3 What s his job? Is it a good job? 4 Does he work long Hours? 5 What does he wear for work? 6 Who is staying with Steve at the moment? 7 What time did Steve s party end? 8 How many people came to the party? 9 What is Steve doing tonight? 10 Why doesn t Mrs Snell want to speak to Steve? Finally here are some expressions which we use in different social situations. Let s try to match them: e.g. How are you? + Fine, thanks. How do you do? Have a good weekend! Hello, I m Paul. Make yourself at home. Thank you very much indeed. Good night! Excuse me! Bless you! That s very kind. Thank you. Not at all. Don t mention it. Sleep well. Same to you. Thanks. How do you do? Yes, can I help you? Pleased to meet you Paul.
PART 2: Practice for PET Tests N.B. These exercises are taken from authentic PET tests and therefore not graded to cover the structures covered in Modules 1, 2, etc. You can try them now or, if you prefer, do them towards the end of the course. Type 1 - Transformations (producing variations on simple sentences). Here are some sentences about playing tennis. For each question, finish the second sentences so that it means the same as the first. Use no more than three words. Example: Answer: I prefer playing tennis to playing squash. I like playing tennis.. playing squash. more than. 1. It s too cold to play tennis. It isn t warm.. to play tennis. 2. There are only a few squash courts in this town. There aren t very.. squash courts in this town. 3. If you don t play every week, you won t improve your tennis. You won t improve your tennis unless.. every week. 4. Why don t you join a tennis club? If I were you,.. join a tennis club. 5. I haven t been to a tennis match for a long time. It s a long time since.. a tennis match.
Type 2 - Matching comprehension). (reading multiple tests for specific information and detailed The people below are all looking for a book to buy. On the next page there are eight book reviews. Decide which book would be the most suitable for the following people. Answers: 6.. 7.. 8.. 9.. 10..
Type 3 True / False (processing a factual text. Scanning for specific information while disregarding redundant material). Look at the statements below about Health advice for travellers. Read the text on the next page to decide if each statement is correct or incorrect. Answers: 11.. 12.. 13.. 14.. 15.. 16.. 17.. 18.. 19.. 20..
PART 3: EXTRA EXERCISES ON THE GRAMMAR STRUCTURES IN Mod. 1 (from Cutting Edge Pre-Intermediate, Pearson Education Limited)
(and from Total English Pre-intermediate, Longman)