1 Reading
Read the email. Tick (✓) the correct answers.
1 What’s Yaz doing in Bristol?
a She’s working and studying.
b She’s studying. ✓
c She’s working.
2 What does Yaz think of Bristol?
a She likes it but she thinks it’s expensive.
b She doesn’t like it.
c She likes it because it isn’t expensive.
3 Why is Yaz in Bristol?
a She’s learning to play volleyball.
b She’s learning to dance.
c She’s studying IT.
4 What can Simon do?
a He can speak other languages.
b He can dance.
c He can speak other languages and dance.
5 Where did Yaz and Annette meet?
a They met in a bookshop.
b They met at a volleyball match.
c They met in an IT lesson.
6 How is Yaz feeling?
a She’s happy because she isn’t at home.
b She’s having a good time but she misses people at home.
c She’s very sad because she misses her friends and family.
Hi Gerhard,
Thanks for your email — it was good to hear from you.
I started university here in Bristol six weeks ago now and it’s going really well. The university’s fantastic and Bristol’s an exciting city. It’s also an expensive city. I’d like to find a job in a shop next year because I really need some money!
As you know, I’m studying IT. It’s a very interesting course and the teachers are good. There’s lots of work to do but there are also lots of things to do in my free time. I’m learning to dance and I can now play volleyball quite well.
I’m making some new friends here. Simon and Annette are really nice. I met Simon at my dance class. He’s a language student and he can speak Italian and German very well. He’s also a good dancer and he helps me in the lessons. Annette is studying IT and we met in the university bookshop on the first day. We often study together in the evening.
The people here are really nice, but I miss my family at home and I miss my friends too.
Write again soon!
Best wishes,
Yaz
Answer
2 a 3 c 4 c 5 a 6 b
2 Writing Skills – Pronouns
Read the email. Change the words in brackets for subject and object pronouns.
Hi Masha,
Thank you very much for your long emails! I read 1___them___ (your long emails) in a café every morning. I like the photos, too. 2_________ (The photos) are very funny!
Things here in Home are going well. 3_________ (Rome’s) a big city with lots of beautiful places to visit. I study every day and my Italian is quite good now. My language school is called Accademia Leonardo. 4_________ (Accademia Leonardo’s) a very big school but the classes are small and the teachers are great. My teacher is called Maria. 5_________ (Maria’s) very good and I like 6_________ (Maria) very much.
I have a new friend called Luigi. He’s from Venice. I met 7_________ (Luigi) at a museum! We started talking about the pictures and then 8_________ (Luigi and I) went for a coffee together.
How are you? Do you see Jess and Otto? I miss 9_________ (Jess and Otto) a lot. And I miss 10_________ (Masha) too, of course!
Write again soon,
Abigail
Answer
2 They 3 It’s 4 It’s 5 She’s 6 her
7 him 8 we 9 them 10 you
3 Writing
Write an email to a friend. Remember to give information about:
• where you are now
• where you study English
• your teacher
• the other students in your class
• what you do in the evening.
Hi
Write soon!
Answer
Suggested answer
Hi Alexei
Thanks for your email.
I’m in Manchester at the moment. I’m studying English at a small language school in the city centre. It’s going OK but it’s quite difficult for me to learn all the new words. The pronunciation is also difficult but the lessons are always fun because the teacher’s very good. His name’s Jeff and he’s from London.
There are nine students in my class. We all come from different countries. We usually meet for a drink in the evening. It’s a good time to practise English.
Goodbye for now.
Write soon!
Damian
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