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B GOAL Ask for Personal Information
WORD FOCUS Sometimes we add suffixes to words to make occupations and nationalities:
art → artist
music → musician
science → scientist
Chile → Chilean
China → Chinese
England → English
Ireland → Irish
Japan → Japanese
Mexico → Mexican
Listening
A Write the countries and nationalities to complete the table.
Countries | Nationalities |
Canada | Canadian |
2. _________ | Chinese |
3. _________ | Australian |
Mexico | 4. _________ |
5. _________ | Japanese |
Ireland | 6. _________ |
B Look at the photos. Guess the missing information with a partner.
C 🎧4 Listen to four interviews. Complete the profiles.
1. Name: Kyoko Hashimoto Nationality: ____________ City: Tokyo Country: Japan Occupation: ____________ | 3. Name: Jim Waters | ||
2. Name: Luis Gomez Nationality: ____________ City: Lima Country: ____________ Occupation: ____________ | 4. Name: Bianca da Silva Nationality: ____________ City: Rio de Janeiro Country: Occupation: Musician |
PRONUNCIATION: Word Stress
D 🎧5 Listen to the countries and nationalities in the table in A. Underline the stressed syllables. Then listen again and repeat.
E In pairs, look at the people in the map on page 4 again. Say new sentences about each person's nationality.
Norma is Mexican.
F MY WORLD Do you have friends from other countries? What are their nationalities?
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Grammar (See Grammar Reference p. 146)
Wh- Questions with Be |
Wh- Words | Be | |
What Where Who How old How | is are | your name? / his nationality? / their occupation? you from? /she from? / they from? your teacher? / your friends? you? / she?/ they? |
G Make Wh-questions for these answers.
1. I'm from South Korea. __Where are you from?___
2. My English teachers are Mr. Samuel and Mrs. Gomez. ________________________________
3. Her name is Karina Lopez. ________________________________
4. She's 32 years old. ________________________________
5. They're Canadian. ________________________________
6. The doctor is nice and friendly. ________________________________
H In pairs, ask for personal information. Ask and answer five Wh- questions.
What's your name?
How old are you?
I Work in pairs. Student A chooses a card below. Student B asks Yes / No and Wh-questions to find out which card Student A has.
B: How old are you? A: 28 years old.
B: Are you a pilot? A: No, I'm not.
B: What's your nationality? A: Argentinian.
Name: Andrew Nationality: American Age: 28 Job: Pilot | Name: Ji-won Nationality: Korean Age: 23 Job: Architect | Name: Soo-bin Nationality: Korean Age: 30 Job: Architect |
Name: Pablo Nationality: Argentinian Age: 28 Job: Doctor | Name: Helen Nationality: American Age: 30 Job: Doctor | Name: Anh Nationality: Vietnamese Age: 28 Job: Teacher |
✔️ GOAL CHECK Ask for Personal Information
Play "Who am I?" in small groups. One student chooses a famous person. The others ask for personal information. You can ask 10 Yes / No or Wh- questions. Try to guess the person without asking for the name.
What's your nationality?
Are you a man?
How old are you?
Are you a musician?