Complete the sentences about the people in the picture on p. 12. 1 Jakob’s baseball team is last year’s local . He is from . 2 Mr Larkins is Mona’s English . He was born in . 3 The ’s name is George. He is in the second form. 4 Rob is Sally’s . 5 Sally is Manuel’s old . 6 Alexandra is . She is also in Manuel’s class. 7 The is called Alina. She is in the third form. 8 Erkan’s are from Turkey. 9 Ms Robson is standing next to Alina. She is Mona’s . 10 Erkan is Michelle’s . Her is French. 11 The woman with the long, dark hair is the head of the . Look at the open day picture on p. 12 again and talk to your partner. Check if your answers in 2 are correct. Write down six sentences. Example: Isn’t Mr Larkins the maths teacher? No, he is the English teacher. Read what Manuel says about the open day. Complete the gaps with was, were, wasn’t and weren’t. Nora Newfield (1) a kindergarten nurse before she moved here, so she handles all the pupils’, teachers’ and parents’ requests very well. Rob and Sally, the twins, (2) always together at our old school. They also organised the charity cinema evening last May. They (3) the ones who chose that interesting film about the teenagers who wanted to break out of their boring life. That (4) great, (5) it? Alina, the new student representative, (6) elected four months ago. Alexandra (7) in the fitness centre last Saturday when we went swimming there. We talked about Mona’s French teacher. Her marks (8) so good, and she (9) happy about this. 2 Vocabulary People you know 3 Grammar refresher Possessive ’s Don’t forget the possessive ’s when talking about people’s relationships. Example: Alexandra is Manuel’s classmate. When you want to check information, you can also ask negative questions. Example: Isn’t Erkan Michelle’s boyfriend? 1 Grammar reference and practice, p. 162 4 Grammar refresher be in the past 1 Grammar reference and practice, p. 163 Language skills Extras Explore 1 People in your life 13 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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