Unit 1 | Lesson B

1B Same
but
different
GRAMMAR | present simple: he, she, it
VOCABULARY | common verb phrases
PRONUNCIATION | third person -s

Andy, businessman Sam, actor

VOCABULARY READING
common verb phrases 2 A Choose two people in your family. Work in pairs.
Take turns to ask and answer the questions.
1A Complete the phrases (1–8) with the words in the box.
1 Who are the people?
get up go have live play study teach work 2 What do they have in common?
3 re they i ere t r e h ther
1 work in a theatre/for a company/from home
A: Who are the people?
2 early/at 11/late
B: My sister and my father.
3 in a village/with friends/alone
A: What do they have in common?
4 a car/a lot of money/two sisters
B: They both play tennis.
5 Italian/hard/every day
6 out a lot/to bed late/running B Look at the photos. Which phrases (1–9) do you think
7 students/at a university/English go with Sam (S)? Which go with Andy (A)?
8 the guitar/in a band/tennis 1 small village 6 Chinese language
2 teacher 7 cooks at home
B Work in pairs. Student A: Close your book. Student B:
Say a verb from Ex 1A. Student A: Say the words that 3 tech start-up 8 restaurants
can go with it. 4 h e e 9 jazz
5 gets up early
C Work in pairs. Use the verb phrases in Ex 1A to ask
questions. ind five things that are the same for you C Read the article and check your ideas.
and your partner.
D Read the article again. Are the statements True (T)
A: Do you get up early?
or False (F)?
B: Yes, I do. I get up at seven. What about you?
1 Sam has a lot of money.
A: I get up at eight or nine.
2 Sam studies for one hour a day.
D Read the Future Skills box and do the task. 3 Sam cooks Chinese food with chicken in it.
4 Andy doesn’t go out to eat alone.
5 The brothers don’t like each other.
FUTURE SKILLS
Self-management
Learn words that go together (collocations), and write
them in groups in the same way as in Ex 1A. Think of
more phrases you can make with each verb.

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GRAMMAR
present simple: he, she, it
3 A Complete the sentences. Use the article to help you.
1 Sam in a small village.
2 He also drama students.
3 He have a lot of money.

B Look at Ex 3A and complete the rule.

We add s or t the i fi itive t e the
present simple. For the negative, we use +
i fi itive.

C Find more examples of the present simple with he in

the article.

D Learn and practise. Go to the Grammar Bank.

page 99 GRAMMAR BANK

PRONUNCIATION
4A 1.05 | third person -s | Which -s sound do you

Identical hear? Listen and put the verbs in the correct place
in the table.

twins?
/s/ /z/ /ɪz/
lives

Andy writes about life as a twin

any brothers are very different from each
other, but people think twins are e actly the
same. In fact, my twin brother Sam and I are
very different. It’s hard to believe we come from B Complete the table with the third person form of the
the same family! verbs in the box.
Sam lives in a small village and he’s an actor. fi i h it t y
e also teaches drama students at university, stop study watch work
because he doesn’t have a lot of money. y life is
very different. I’m the businessman in the family.
C 1.06 | Listen and check. Then listen again and repeat.
I have a small tech start up company. I work
from home, from my at near the city centre. I
think his work is cra y – and he thinks mine is!
SPEAKING
ur day to day life is very different. I get up
early, usually for video calls with business
partners in Asia. Sam gets up at about eleven.
5A 1.07 | Listen and write the questions.

After that he studies Chinese for an hour. e B Work in pairs. Student A: Think about someone you
loves languages! Sam is a vegetarian and he know (a friend, a family member or someone from
cooks at home for himself. I don’t have time work/college). Student B: Ask questions about the
to cook, I go out a lot to local restaurants with person. Use the questions in Ex 5A to help you.
friends. Sometimes Sam visits me in the city, A: OK, my person is Maria.
and we go and listen to music somewhere. The B: Do you know her well?
problem is that Sam likes a – he plays the A: Yes, she’s a good friend.
guitar in a a band – but I prefer indie concerts.
B: Does she work?
The great thing is that Sam and I are really good A: Yes, she does. She’s an engineer.
friends and we often do things together. It’s
funny when we are out together. eople see us C Work in pairs and discuss the questions. What do you
and say, ‘ ow, am I seeing double ’ I think this is have in common with the person in Ex 5B? How are
probably normal for all twins. they different from you
We both like music.
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