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PEOPLE Level: Fifth Year. Primary Education. Grammar: Present
Simple: all persons; affirmatives, negatives and questions.
Question words. Adverbs of frequency. Functions: Expressing the
time. Social English. Reading, listening and speaking. Writing an
informal email. Vocabulary: Jobs. Everyday activities. Free time
activities. Verbs and nouns that go together. Opposites. Phonetics:
Pronunciation of present simple. Stress, rhythm and intonation.
This unit introduces the topic of work and free time. Remind
your students to use the grammar and glossary buttons if
necessary.
If you want a printable version of this document, including the
key to the exercises and the scripts of the audio parts, open
teachers_pri5people.pdf in the root directory of this unit.
If you’d like to use printable activities for consolidation, you
can use the pri5people_extraactivities.pdf file you’ll find in the
text directory of the unit. The structure of the unit is as
follows: CHAPTER ONE – WORK 1. Who are they?: In this exercise,
students must read and listen to two texts that introduce them to
the life of two charaters: David Davidson and
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Margie Donaldson. The aim of the task is for students to realize
about the use of simple present. 2. Say the verbs: In this
exercise, students read the texts again and listen to the
pronunciation of some underlined third person singular present
simple verbs. Then students can record their own pronunciation of
those verbs. 3. Let’s practise!: Now, students do some listening
comprehension practice with a fill in the gaps activity for them to
use prepositions and third person singular present simple verbs. 4.
Speaking: this activity consists of students recording their own
speeches about the life of three new characters. 5. Writing: now
they can write a paragraph about somebody they know well, such as a
member of their family or a friend. 6. Repeat: now students are
presented with three simple present questions and their
corresponding answers. They listen to their pronunciation, paying
attention as well to intonation and rhythm and then, they record
them. 7. Can your remember?: this activity reminds students of the
structure of present simple questions with a drag and drop task. 8.
Make sentences: now students must write their own questions and
answers using the information provided in the charts, in order to
revise present simple questions. 9. Let’s talk!: this activity
proposes a dialogue between the student and a character from the
computer. Based on sample recorded prompts, students record the
correct questions to be asked to the character, who will answer
them. 10. Listening: this task is for students to listen and choose
the correct sentence out of those on the screen.
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11. Unfold and choose: now students must complete the provided
sentences using the options they are given. 12. Vocabulary: this is
a matching exercise for students to revise vocabulary about
professions; they will have to match jobs and images. 13. What do
they do?: now students must match jobs and the most common actions
a profession involves. They have to join each job and its
description using arrows. 14. Let’s drill it!: this is a
traditional drill activity for students to listen and repeat
sentences regarding what some people do in their jobs. 15. A
long-distance job: this activity needs Internet connection. It
consists of watching a video clip describing a typical day in the
life of the character presented. 16. Comprehension: a listening
comprehension activity about the information from previous
exercise. 17. Against the clock!: this exercise is for students to
practise producing simple present questions and revise times. 18.
Dave Marshall’s day: students listen to three messages from people
involved in Mr Marshall’s day, one his colleagues, the train ticket
inspector and his wife. They watch and listen to the messages. This
activity requires Internet connection. 19. Messages!: This time
students must complete the messages they have just heard; they can
watch and listen to them again. 20. Who? Where?: now they must
decide who said each message and where the person who said it was
at the time. 21. Recording: it’s time for students to record the
messages they have been working with so far. They can listen to
them and repeat them.
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22. What time is it?: students will revise different ways of
expressing the time with this fill in the gaps activity. 23. Tell
me the time: now students have a dialogue with the computer. The
character asks them questions about times and they must answer them
following sample patterns.
CHAPTER TWO – FREE TIME 1. Presentation: In this exercise,
students revise the days of the week. They listen to their
pronunciation and read their spelling. 2. Meet Mr. King: Next,
students read a text about a new character, Mr. King, and a typical
day in his life. 3. Can you remember: students identify verbs from
the previous text and match them with their corresponding meanings,
moving them up and down until they are placed next to the correct
meaning. 4. Tom King’s weekends: this exercise provides students
with a video clip where Mr. King’s free time activities are
described. The activity requires Internet connection. They can also
read the text, if needed. In the second part, they must fill in the
gaps with the missing information. 5. Grammar tips: students now
read the text from the previous exercise and must identify third
person singular simple present verbs. 6. What about you?: students
read and listen to present simple questions about free time
activities as well as their corresponding short answers. They must
repeat them and record their voice. 7. Speaking: now students make
a conversation; their role is to ask Tom King questions about his
weekend. 8. Let’s practise!: this exercise consists of making full
questions and answers by joining the different elements of the
sentences together.
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9. Listening: now students listen to several sentences and they
must choose the one they hear out of a couple of possible proposed
ones. 10. Writing: following several prompts from a questionnaire,
students must write about the characters presented and about
themselves; this is a guided writing for them to practise
affirmative and negative present simple sentences. 11. The other
way round: students are presented with several positive and
negative present simple sentences and they must turn it positive if
they are negative and negative if they are positive. 12. Mistakes!:
this is a multiple choice activity for students to choose the
correct simple present sentences. 13. Vocabulary: students must
identify various free time activities with their corresponding
images. 14. Let’s talk!: students record the questions of a
conversation about weekend activities. 15. Seasons: this is a
revision task for students to read and listen to the way the words
for seasons are written and pronounced in English. 16.
Comprehension: students now read three texts about the way three
people from different countries spend their free time; then, they
have to answer some reading comprehension questions about them. 17.
Something’s wrong!: students are presented with a summary of the
texts from the previous activity and they must find the mistakes it
contains.
WORKBOOK The workbook contains two worksheets, one about work
and another one about free time. Students must click on either to
open the text documents
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and start doing the consolidation exercises proposed in each
one. They can either do them in their computers and email them to
their teachers afterwards, or save them for later assessment, or
they can also print the worksheets, tackle them and finally hand
them in to their teacher. Both worksheets include grammar and
vocabulary exercises as well as some reading and writing tasks.
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Answer Key
1. WORK Let’s practise!
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Can you remember?
Make sentences!
1. Where does he come from? 2. Where does he live? 3. Where does
he work? 4. Does he speak German? 5. How many children does he
have? 6. What does he do in his free time’ 7. Does she have a
pet?
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Listening
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Unfold and choose!
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Vocabulary
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What do they do? Part 1 A driver drives car. A farmer works the
land. A hairdresser cuts hair. An actor makes films.
Part 2 A painter paints pictures. An architect designs
buildings. A lawyer gives legal advice. A butcher sells meat.
Part 3 A dentist looks after your teeth. A singer records hits.
A baker makes bread. A cook works at a restaurant.
Comprehension
1. Where does Mr. Marshall live? He lives in Brussels. 2. What’s
his job? He’s an ICT consultant. 3. Where does he come from? He
comes from Britain, he’s British. 4. Where does he work? He works
in Avignon, France. 5. How many offices does he have? He has two
offices. 6. Does he go to Avignon by train? Yes, he does. 7. Where
does he leave his car? He leaves his car at the railway station. 8.
How does he go to his office in France? He goes by bus. 9. How much
does the journey cost? It costs 75 euros. 10. Does Dave travel to
France every day? No, he doesn’t. 11. Dave Marshall leaves his
office in France at half past two in the
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afternoon and he gets on a train back to Brussels, where he
drives his car back home. The full journey takes eleven hours. He
arrives home at ten.
Against the clock!
1. What time does he arrive at his office in France? 2. What
time does he leave the office? 3. When does he arrive home in the
evening? 4. How much does the return journey cost? 5. How long does
the full journey take? 6. How many customers does he serve from
home?
Messages! Message 1 Goodbye, Dave. Have a safe journey. See you
next Monday!
Message 2 Good afternoon, sir. Can I see your ticket, please?
Thank you very much. Brussels, next stop.
Message 3 Hello, darling! Are you tired? Sit down and have a
glass of wine.
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Who? Where?
What time is it?
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2. FREE TIME Can you remember?
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Tom King’s weekends Part 2
Grammar tips Part 1 Don’t go out Comes Brings Cooks Loves
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Don’t get up Lives Has
Part 2
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Part 3
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Let’s practise!
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Listening
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The other way round
1. He speaks German. 2. They don’t want to learn Chinese. 3.
They aren’t tired and they don’t want to go home. 4. Dave doesn’t
like watching basketball but he likes playing it. 5. I don’t work
at home because I don’t have a computer. 6. Katie is happy because
she has a big car. 7. Tom doesn’t drink beer and he goes to bed
early. 8. Dave smokes, he drinks beer and he watches TV at
night.
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Mistakes!
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Vocabulary
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Comprehension
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Workbook Work Present simple positive
1. What do they do?
He’s a policeman.
He’s a greengrocer.
She’s a shop assistant.
She’s an optician.
He wears a uniform.
He gets up very early and goes to the market.
She works in a clothes shop.
She tests your eyes.
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He works at a police station.
He likes fruits and vegetables.
She helps customers with sizes.
She sells glasses.
He tries to prevent crime.
He sells fresh organic products.
She offers advice about fabrics.
She prepares lenses.
2. Fill in the gaps with an appropriate verb in the third person
singular.
a. He wears a uniform. His uniform is blue.
b. She’s an air hostess. She flies all over the world.
c. Pete is married and has two kids.
d. In winter Susan goes skiing and in spring she plays golf.
e. Bernard lives in a house in Brussels.
f. My nephew watches television all night long!
3. Daily routines. Students’ own answers.
Present Simple questions and negatives
4. Questions with question words.
Where does she live? In a flat in New York. How many languages
does she speak? Two. German and Italian. What does she do in her
free time? She goes skiing. Who does she play basketball with? Her
three daughters.
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Where does she come from? Cork. She’s Irish. Why does she go
cycling? Because she loves sports.
5. Put the words in the correct order to make questions.
a. What does David do before breakfast?
b. What does he have for breakfast?
c. How does she go to work?
d. What does he do in the evenings?
e. What time does he go to bed?
6. Now write questions for the underlined answers below.
a. What time does Margie go to bed?
b. What time does she start work?
c. Where does she work?
d. What does she do in her free time?
7. A questionnaire.
1. Write the questions for these Yes/No answers about Jenny.
a. Does she eat vegetables?
b. Does she like cooking?
c. Does she speak Chinese?
d. Does she smoke?
e. Does she like beer?
2. Write short answers to the questions about Will.
a. Does he eat vegetables? Yes, he does.
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b. Does he like cooking? No, he doesn’t.
c. Does he speak Chinese? No, he doesn’t.
d. Does he smoke? Yes, he does.
e. Does he like beer? No, he doesn’t.
3. Complete the sentences about Jenny and Will.
a. Jenny eats vegetables.
b. Will doesn’t like cooking.
c. He doesn’t speak Chinese.
d. She doesn’t smoke.
e. He doesn’t like beer.
8. Making negatives. Correct the following sentences.
a. Our English teacher doesn’t speak horrible English.
b. A shop assistant doesn’t make bread.
c. Our school doesn’t open at eight o’clock in the evening.
d. These exercises don’t teach you French.
9. Verbs and nouns that go together.
Cook breakfast Listen to the radio Read a newspaper Play golf
Live in a country house Answer the phone Work in a restaurant
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10. Word groups.
Adjectives Places
Hungry Bored Tired
Happy
Office Hospital Theatre Garage
Professions Transport
Singer Mechanic Translator
Hairdresser
Ferry Train Car
Journey
11. What time is it?
a. It’s a
quarter past twelve.
b. It’s a quarter to two.
c. It’s ten past seven.
d. It’s a quarter past nine.
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e. It’s twenty to ten.
f. It’s half past five.
g. It’s twelve o’clock.
h. It’s a quarter to seven.
12. How long does it take?
a. Margie goes to work by train. It takes fifty minutes.
b. David goes to work by car. It takes an hour.
c. Mike goes to work by bicycle. It takes forty five
minutes.
d. Tom goes to work by ferry. It takes an hour and ten
minutes.
e. Katie goes to work by motorbike. It takes thirty five
minutes.
Workbook Free time Present simple
1. Mike and Ana Fisher.
a. A lot of foreign visitors come to the hotel. T
b. Both Mike and Ana speak French and Japanese. F
c. The guests have breakfast in bed. F
d. They visit the Castle in the morning. T
e. They like shopping in the Castle. F
f. They have something to drink in the hotel. T
g. In the evening they relax. F
h. Mike and Ana don’t like their work. F
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2. Mike and Anna’s day.
Ana and I (a) live in a room in the hotel. I (b) get up at half
past five and I
(c) have a shower. Ana (d) stays in bed. I (e) start work at six
in the
morning and Ana (f) starts at five in the evening.
We (g) meet at half past three in the afternoon when I (h)
finish work. I (i) go back to our hotel room and Ana (j) cooks a
late lunch for us. 3. Questions about Mike.
a. What does your wife do?
b. Where do you work?
c. How many languages do you speak?
d. Do you speak Japanese?
e. Does your wife speak Spanish?
f. What time do you get up?
g. Why do you like working in the hotel?
4. Going on holiday.
Travel Agent Mr and Mrs Marshall
3 Yes, of course. Where would you like to go? 5 Children? How
many children do you have? 1 Good afternoon. How can I help you? 9
Spanish! Ah yes! That gives me a brilliant idea! I have the perfect
summer holiday for you! 7How old are they? What are their
hobbies?
2 My wife and I would like to have a summer holiday. 8 The girl
is twelve and she loves sports. The boy is seventeen, but he
doesn’t like sports. He likes reading and he is very interested in
learning Spanish. 6 We have two, a girl and a boy. 4 Well, we don’t
really know, you see. I like playing golf but my wife doesn’t. She
wants to lie in the sun, and our children …
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5. Short answers. Write short answers to the questions about
the
Marshalls. Use do, does, don’t and doesn’t.
f. Do they want a winter holiday?
No, they don’t.
g. Do Mr Marshall and his daughter like sports?
Yes, they do.
h. Do Mrs Marshall and her son like playing golf?
No, they don’t.
i. Does their son like reading?
Yes, he does.
6. Writing.
7. Now, write a similar email to Christopher about you.
Students’ own answers.
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TRANSCRIPTS
CHAPTER ONE – WORK
Who are they? Say the verbs
Part 1
David Davidson comes from Ireland. He is a teacher and he lives
and works in Blarney, a town in County Cork. He teaches Spanish and
Italian. He likes his job and he loves the green landscape of
Ireland. He goes hiking in his free time.
Part 2
Margie Donaldson is a dance instructor. She is Austrian and
lives in Salzburg, a city in the Alps. In summer she works in a
music shop and in winter she teaches dancing to children. She
speaks three languages: English, French and German. She is married
and has three daughters. She plays basketball with them in her free
time.
Repeat
1. Where does Margie come from? Austria. 2. What does she do?
She’s a teacher. 3. Does she speak French? Yes, she does. 4. Does
she speak Spanish? No, she doesn’t.
Let’s talk! What does Katie Wilson do? She works as a postwoman.
Where does she come from? She comes from the Netherlands. Where
does she live? She lives in Madrid.
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Where does she work? She works at the Post Office. How many
languages does she speak? She speaks Dutch, Spanish and Japanese.
How many children does she have? She has two daughters. What does
she do in her free time? She goes swimming in her free time.
Listening She likes her job. She loves walking. She’s married.
Does she have three children? Where does he go? She watches
television.
Let’s drill it! An actor makes films. A butcher sells meat. A
baker makes bread. A dentist looks after your teeth.
A long-distance job Mr. Dave Marshall, 43, is an ICT consultant.
He is British, but he lives in Brussels, in Belgium. Mr. Marshall
doesn't work in Belgium; he works in Avignon, France. Every Monday
he leaves home at half past two in the morning and drives from his
home to the railway station, where he leaves his car and gets on
the train to Avignon. Then he catches a bus and he arrives at his
office at eight o'clock. He works with his ICT customers from half
past eight in the morning to half past two in the afternoon, and
then leaves the office. He arrives home at ten in the evening. The
journey there and back takes eleven hours and costs 75 euros!
Fortunately, Dave works in France only once a week. And what does
he do on the other days? He serves customers from home! He has
around 20 customers all around Europe and he helps them with
ICT
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in their business. He is very tired on Tuesdays, but he loves
his job in France and he loves his home in Belgium; he is a happy
guy!
Dave Marshall’s day Messages! Who? Where? Recording
Message 1 Goodbye, Dave. Have a safe journey. See you next
Monday!
Message 2 Good afternoon, sir. Can I see your ticket, please?
Thank you very much. Brussels, next stop.
Message 3 Hello, darling! Are you tired? Sit down and have a
glass of wine.
Tell me the time Excuse me. Can you tell me the time, please?
It’s a quarter to two. What time is it, please? It is ten past
twelve. What’s the time? It’s nine o’clock. Do you know what time
it is? It’s a quarter past eleven. What time is it? It’s half past
eight. Excuse me, please, what’s the time? It’s a quarter past
twelve. What’s the time? It’s five to eight.
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CHAPTER TWO – FREE TIME
Presentation Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Saturday
Tom King’s weekends On Fridays I come home from CNN at about
1.00 in the morning and I just relax. On Friday nights I don’t go
out, but sometimes a friend comes for a late dinner. He or she
brings the beer and my wife cooks something quick. She loves
cooking! We listen to my radio programme or we just chat. On
Saturday mornings I get up at 12.00 and I go shopping. Then in the
evenings I sometimes go to the cinema or the theatre with my family
– I love plays! Afterwards we eat in my favourite Italian
restaurant. On Sunday mornings I stay in bed late, I don’t get up
until 13.00! Sometimes in the afternoon I visit my brother. He
lives in the country and has two children. My three sons like
playing with their cousins, but we leave early because my children
and my niece and nephew go to bed at 8.00 on Sunday evenings! They
go to school early on Monday!
What about you? 1. Do you go out on Friday evenings? No, I
don’t. 2. What do you do? I just relax. 3. Do you stay at home on
Friday nights? Yes, I do. 4. What do you do? I chat with my
friends.
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Speaking What time do you come home on Fridays? At 1.00. What
time do you get up on Saturday mornings? At 12.00. Do you go out on
Saturday evenings? Yes, I do. Where do you go? I go to the
theatre.
Listening What does he do on Fridays? I stay at home on Thursday
mornings. He lives there. I eat quite a lot. Where do you go in the
evening? He likes cars.
Let’s talk! What do you like doing on Saturday afternoons? I
don’t like playing cards, but I like cycling very much. Oh really,
and where do you go cycling? To the mountains. I see. And what
about Sunday mornings? On Sunday mornings I like windsurfing. What
time do you go windsurfing? At eleven.
Seasons Summer Spring Winter Autumn