YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
2014-2015 FIRST WEEK MATERIAL
TYPICALLY BRITISH
1) Look at the photos. Which things are ‘typically British’?
2) Read the text. Check your answer to 1.
Typically British?
Four foreigners in Britain talk about the people and the country…
1 Nicolae from Romania works in a pub in Manchester
‘British people like children but not in restaurants or pubs. In my pub we have a rule: ‘No children
under 12’. People in Britain drink a lot of coffee – cappuccino and espresso are really popular. They
drink a lot of beer too – men and women.
2 Alexandria from Russia is a student at Bristol University
‘This is not a good country for smokers! Many coffee bars and restaurants are ‘no smoking’. I live
with three British students and they don’t smoke. When I want a cigarette I go into the garden.’
3 Carlos is a tourist from Spain
‘People read the newspaper everywhere – on the train, on the bus, at the bus stop. And the
newspapers are really big! Cars stop in Britain when you stand on the zebra crossing – it’s
incredible! Cars don’t stop for you in Madrid.’
4 Marilia from Brazil works as an ‘au pair’ in Cambridge
‘I think my British family is typical. The woman doesn’t cook – she puts a pizza in the microwave.
But she watches cooking programmes on TV every day! The man cooks at the weekend – he makes
fantastic Indian curries. Their child has a terrible diet. She eats ‘fish fingers’ and chips and goes to
Burger King every week.’
3) Read the text again. Underline three things which are the same in your country, and three
things which are different.
1
YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
2014-2015 FIRST WEEK MATERIAL
GRAMMAR
a) Answer the questions.
1) Read at the text and circle the verbs. Why do the verbs in paragraph 4 end in –s?
2) Write the he/she form of these verbs.
cook _cooks____ go _goes____ have _has___
make _makes___ watch __watches__
3) Find three negative (-) verbs. Which one is different? Why? don’t smoke-don’t stop-doesn’t
cook
Present simple all verbs (+) and (-)
(+)
(-)
I work.
I don’t work.
You work.
You don’t work.
He / She / It works.
He / She / It doesn’t work.
We work.
We don’t work.
You work.
You don’t work.
They work.
They don’t work.



Contractions: don’t = do not, doesn’t = does not
Use the present simple for things that are generally true or habitually happen.
British people like animals. He works from 9.00-5.00.
To make negatives use don’t / doesn’t + the infinitive.
He doesn’t work. NOT He doesn’t works.
spelling rules for he / she / it
I work / play / live.
I watch / finish / go / do.
I study.
He works / plays / lives.
She watches / finished / goes / does.
She studies.
I have – He has NOT He haves
I go – He goes
I do – He does
Exercise 1) Change the sentences.
We like animals. He likes animals._________
1) We listen to the radio.
She __listens to the radio___________________.
2) He lives in a flat.
We __live in a flat___________________.
3) They have two children.
He __has two children____________________.
4) She doesn’t drink coffee.
They __don’t drink coffee__________________.
5) I don’t smoke.
My father _doesn’t smoke_______________.
6) The shop closes at 5.00.
The shops __close at 5.00.______________.
7) I go to the pub.
He ___goes to the pub___________________.
8) I do housework.
She ___does housework__________________.
2
YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
2014-2015 FIRST WEEK MATERIAL
Exercise 2) Complete the sentences with (+) or (-) verb.
Study
have
like
drive
speak
play
do
eat
read
(+) He __likes____ animals.
1) (+) My father ___reads______________ The Times.
2) (-) Her house is big, but it __doesn’t have_______ a garden.
3) (+) We ___speak____________ French very well.
4) (-) I __don’t eat______________________ fast food.
5) (+) She ___drives______________ a BMW.
6) (-) I _don’t play___________________ computer games.
7) (-) My father __doesn’t do________________ housework.
8) (+) He __studies______________economics at university.
WRITING & SPEAKING
1) Write your nationality in the title. Then cross out the wrong word(s), e.g. They live in a
house / flat. Complete the sentences with your ideas.
A typical
family.
They live in a house / flat.
They have / don’t have a pet.
They have ____________ child / children.
They go to _____________ for their holiday.
The mother works / doesn’t work.
She cooks / doesn’t cook.
She does / doesn’t do housework.
She reads _______________.
She watches _________ on TV.
3
YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
2014-2015 FIRST WEEK MATERIAL
She drives a ______________.
She ____________________.
The father works / doesn’t work.
He cooks / doesn’t cook.
He does / doesn’t do housework.
He reads ________________.
He watches_______________on TV.
He drives a __________________.
He ____________________________.
2) Read your sentences to a partner. Are they the same or different?
4
YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
2014-2015 FIRST WEEK MATERIAL
5
YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
2014-2015 FIRST WEEK MATERIAL
3) Complete the questions and short answers with do, does, don’t.
a) _Do____ you like sushi?
b) _Does___ your mother work?
No, I__don’t__.
Yes, she _does___.
What food _do___ you like?
What _does___ she do?
4) In pairs, ask and answer questions about Darren and Natasha.
likes computers
watches TV
goes to the cinema
smokes
Natasha
X
X


Darren


X
X
Yes, he does.
Does Darren like computers?
5) Imagine you want to meet a new partner, and you go to an agency. Look at the Meeting
People form. What questions does the interviewer ask?
Meeting People
Meet a partner who’s right for you
What / name? What’s your name?
NAME
How old / ? How old are you?
AGE
work / study? Do you work or study?
OCCUPATION
Where / live? Where do you live?
TOWN
/ have a car? Do you have a car?
YES ___ NO___
What languages / speak? What languages do you LANGUAGES
speak?
/ smoke? Do you smoke?
YES___NO___
What music / like? What music do you like?
MUSIC
What TV programmes / like? What TV TV
programmes do you like?
What food / like? What food do you like?
FOOD
What newspaper / read? What newspaper do you NEWSPAPER
read?
What sports / play? What sports do you play?
SPORTS
6
YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
2014-2015 FIRST WEEK MATERIAL
6) In pairs, role-play an interview at Meeting People.
A You want to meet a partner.
B You are the interviewer. Ask A the questions and write the answers in the form.
NOW CHANGE ROLES.
DAILY ROUTINE
1) Look at Vicky’s typical morning. Match the pictures and phrases.
get dressed
4
have a shower
3
get up
2
have breakfast
5
go to (work)
6
wake up
1
2) In pairs, describe her morning.
She wakes up at 7.00.
3) In pairs, take turns to describe your typical morning using pictures 1-6. Do you do things in the
same order?
I wake up at (about) 7.30.
4) Can you write about your daily routines?
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
7
YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
2014-2015 FIRST WEEK MATERIAL
5) Correct the mistakes.
1) Dan likes dogs, but he do like cats. (doesn’t like)
2) Tariq drinks coffee, but he don’t drink tea. (doesn’t drink)
3) Sophia reads magazine, but she reads not books. (doesn’t read)
4) Lara works at the weekend, but she does work on Monday. (doesn’t work)
5) The hotel room has a television and a telephone, but it no have an internet connection. (doesn’t
have)
The Mystery of Okinawa
1) Look at the photo of Takanashi. What nationality is he? How
old do you think he is?
2) Read the first paragraph and write the underlined words in
the chart.
100 __always___
__usually_________
___often________
__sometimes_
____hardly ever________
0 ____never________
The Mystery of Okinawa
Takanashi always walks three kilometres a day, and he sometimes
rides a motorbike. He often works in his garden, and he usually
does martial arts in the morning. He is never stressed, and he is
hardly ever ill.
Takanashi lives on the island of Okinawa in Japan. In Okinawa
people live a very long time. They are hardly ever ill. Many people
live to be 100 - more people than in other parts of the world. Why?
What is their secret?
1 _____________________________________________________
The Okinawans ear vegetables, fruit, fish, soya, and rice. They
usually have seven portions of fruit and vegetables a day. People
don’t usually drink much alcohol or smoke. They don’t eat much
meat or fast food.
2 _____________________________________________________
Physical activity is very important for the people of Okinawa.
Martial arts, walking, traditional dancing, and gardening are very
popular with people of all ages.
8
YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
2014-2015 FIRST WEEK MATERIAL
3 _____________________________________________________
In many countries people have healthy diets and do exercise. But
the unusual thing about the people in Okinawa is that they are not
stressed. They are relaxed and take their time. Buses are hardly
ever on time, and people often arrive an hour late for meetings.
Every evening hundreds of people, young and old, go to the beach
to watch the beautiful sunset. People often meditate to relax.
4 _____________________________________________________
Another important thing is that people often work until they are 80sometimes until 90! In the Okinawan dialect there is no word for
‘retired’. They are busy and active all their lives. Old people don’t
stay at home – they go out and meet friends.
When journalists ask people ‘What is the secret of your long life?’,
they answer ‘We are happy, we are always positive, and we are
never in a hurry’.
3) Read the rules and do the exercises.
Adverbs of frequency
I always have toast for breakfast.
Do you usually go to work by bus?
She doesn’t often go to bed late.
They’re sometimes late.
She hardly ever watches TV.
He is never stressed.


Use adverbs of frequency to answer the question;
How often…?
Adverbs of frequency go – before all verbs (except be).
after be.
Use (+) verb with never and hardly ever.
He never smokes. NOT He doesn’t never smoke.
Exercise A) Complete the sentences with an adverb of frequency.
never
always
hardly ever
sometimes
usually
They __never__ drive – they don’t have a car.
1) I ___hardly ever__________ drink champagne – only at Christmas.
2) She __never___________ eats meat. She’s a vegetarian.
3) He doesn’t have a watch so he’s __usually _______ late.
9
YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
2014-2015 FIRST WEEK MATERIAL
4) We __always_______ get up at 7.30, except at the weekends.
5) I don’t do a lot of exercise but I __sometimes________ go swimming.
Exercise B) Order the words to make sentences.
Always she at six up gets
1) for
late
always
I
She always gets up at six.
am
class I am always late for class.
2) meet
ever hardly we We hardly ever meet
3) what
work
you
4) morning
in
5) often
read
I
6) restaurants
7) wine
good
usually
the
hungry
don’t
sometimes
usually
time
I
do
am
finish What time do you usually finish work?
never I am never hungry in the morning.
the newspaper I don’t often read the newspaper.
expensive
very
this
to go
we We sometimes go to expensive restaurants
is This wine is usually good.
4) Read the second paragraph of the article. What is unusual about Okinawan people? What
do you think their secret is? (People are physically active at all ages.
Always active (4) Low stress (3)
Exercise (2)
A healthy diet (1)
5) Read the rest of the article. Put a heading in each gap.
6) Read the article again. In pairs, guess the meanings of the words and phrases in bold. Check
with your teacher or a dictionary.
7) Discuss in pairs: Do people in your country live like the Okinawans? What’s different?
What’s the same?
SPEAKING
1) In pairs, interview your partner with the questionnaire.
How often do you do exercise?
Quite often. I play football with my friends
twice a week.
10
YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
2014-2015 FIRST WEEK MATERIAL
Do you live the Okinawa way?
6) How often do you drink alcohol?
a) often
1) How often do you do exercise?
a) every day
b) sometimes
b) quite often
c) hardly ever / never
c) hardly ever / never
7) Do you smoke?
a) yes
2) Do you do a martial art, e.g. karate, tai chi?
a) yes, often
b) sometimes
b) yes, sometimes
c) never
c) no, never
8) How often do you meet your friends?
3) How many portions of fruit and vegetables do a) every day
b) once or twice a week
you eat a day?
a) seven portions a day
c) once a month
b) five portions a day
9) How often do you meditate?
c) less than five portions a day
a) every day
b) sometimes
4) How often do you eat meat?
a) every day
c) hardly ever / never
b) three times a week
10) How often are you in a hurry?
c) hardly ever / never
a) always
b) sometimes
5) How often do you eat fish?
a) three times a week
c) hardly ever / never
b) once a week
c) hardly ever / never
2) Calculate your partner’s total points. Then read the result to your partner. How healthy are
your lifestyles?
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
a2
a2
a2
a0
a2
a0
a0
a2
a2
a0
b1
b1
b1
b2
b1
b2
b1
b1
b1
b1
c0
c0
c0
c1
c0
c1
c2
c0
c0
c2
The Okinawa Way
What your score means:
0-7 Your philosophy is ‘a short life and a happy one’. Have a good time!
8-14 Your lifestyle is OK but you don’t live the Okinawa way. You need to
change some things if you want to have a very long life.
15-20 Congratulations! You live the Okinawa way. You have a very good
chance of living until you are 100 years old (or more!).
11
YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
2014-2015 FIRST WEEK MATERIAL
Shopping – men love it!
1) Do you like shopping? Tick () the things you like buying. Tell a partner.
Clothes
Food
CDs and DVDs
Books
Presents
I like buying clothes. What about you?
2) Make a class survey for men and women.
Ten women like buying clothes, six men like buying clothes.
3) Complete the sentences with a verb.
trying on
buying
shopping
going
1) I hate __going__________ to clothes shops with my girlfriend.
2) I don’t like ___shopping___________ for clothes.
3) I love __buying________ clothes, music, books, food – everything.
4) I like _____trying on_________ clothes with my friends.
GRAMMAR
1) Look at the verbs in bold in exercise 3 above. Complete the chart.




I ___love__________
I ___like___________
I ___don’t like______
I ___hate__________
12
YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
2014-2015 FIRST WEEK MATERIAL
Spelling rules for the –ing form
Infinitive
cook
study
dance
shop
Verb + -ing
I like cooking.
She hated studying.
I love dancing.
I don’t like shopping.
Spelling
add –ing
drop the –e + -ing
one vowel + one consonant = double consonant + -ing
2) Write the –ing form of the verbs in the chart.
write
run talk
work working
playing
cooking
studying
talking
play have sit
live living
writing
having
making
phoning
get
cook
make swim
study phone
shop shopping
running
sitting
getting
swimming
3) Write sentences about Matt with love, not like, like, or hate and a verb.
He loves playing chess._____________
1) ___He loves watching TV_______
2) ___He likes taking photos________
3) ___He likes going to the cinema_______
4) ____He doesn’t like doing exercise_________
5) ____He doesn’t like listening to the radio________
6) __He hates doing housework________
7) ___He hates eating fast food_______
13
YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
2014-2015 FIRST WEEK MATERIAL
SPEAKING
1) Ask your partner questions. Use the verbs in the box.
read / study / cook / dance / smoke / drive / swim / shop / jog
Yes, I do. / It’s OK. / No, I don’t.
Do you like reading?
FATAL ATTRACTION
Oote mae
Ota Mae
Molly
Sam
GRAMMAR
1) Look at the photos and read the story of a classic film. What film is it?
Molly loves Sam. Sam loves her but he never says ‘I love you’. Sam dies, and now he is a ghost. He
watches Molly every day, but she can’t see him. Sam finds a psychic, Ota Mae. He uses her to speak to
Molly. In the end Sam says ‘I love you’.
2) Look at the words in bold. Who do they refer to?
1- her = __Molly________
2- you = __Molly____________
3- him = __Sam____________
4- her = ___Ota Mae___________
5- you = ___Molly___________
14
YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
2014-2015 FIRST WEEK MATERIAL
3) Complete the chart with these words.
it
me
them
us
Subject pronouns
object pronouns
I
me
you
you
he
him
she
her
it
it
we
us
they
them
Object Pronouns: me, you, him, etc.
I
you
he
she
it
we
you
they
me
you
him
her
it
us
you
them
Wait for me.
I love you.
She isn’t in love with him.
He kisses her.
I don’t like it.
Can you help us?
See you tomorrow?
Phone them this evening.
 Object pronouns take the place of nouns.
She meets John. She invites him to her house.
 Object pronouns go after the verb.
I love you. NOT I you love.
 You also use object pronouns after
prepositions (with, to, from, etc.).
Listen to me! I’m in love with her. NOT I’m in
love with she.
Exercise 1) Complete the sentences with an object pronoun (me, you, etc.)
I love __you____.
1) He’s in love with __her_________ but she doesn’t love __him______.
2) It’s a good film. Do you want to see __it_______?
3) You speak very quickly. I can’t understand___you_________.
4) We have a problem. Can you help __us_________?
5) I try to talk to ___her_________ but she doesn’t listen to ____me__________.
6) They’re nice people. Do you know___them__________?
Exercise 2) Change the underlined words to pronouns.
I see John every day. I see him every day.
1) I know Linda. her
2) She lives with her father. him
15
YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
2014-2015 FIRST WEEK MATERIAL
3) I usually see my parents on Sunday. them
4) I can’t remember your e-mail address. it
5) I don’t like this actress. her
6) Can you book a table for my friend and me? us
Exercise 3) Look at the conversations. Complete B’s part with an object pronoun.
1) A: Did you see John yesterday?
B: Yes I saw at lunch.
him
2) A: How was the chicken?
B: I didn’t like it.
3) A: Do you have the tickets?
B: Oh, no! I put them in my other coat.
4) A: You’re very late!
B: Sorry, I sent you a text. Did you get it?
5) A: Where’s Alex?
B: He phoned her this morning from home. He isn’t well.
6) A: Was Jennifer at the party?
B: No, I asked her but she didn’t want to go.
16
YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
2014-2015 FIRST WEEK MATERIAL
A NEW JOB
VOCABULARY
1) Work in pairs and complete the word webs in the box.
cook
ride-8
speak-3
drive-7
play-2
make-6
read-4
remember-5
2) Work in pairs and take turns.
Student A: say a verb. Student B: say
three nouns that go with the verb.
Student A: try to add more nouns.
A: read
B: read music, read a map, read Arabic
A: read a book, read a newspaper.
3) Read the job adverts below. Which
job is best for you? Which one is not
good for you? Why?
JOBS
1) Tour guide
Tourist service needs a tour guide to
take small groups of tourists on visits
to the old town. You need to speak
English and one other language, and
you need a good memory for facts.
Driving license also needed. Contact
us at [email protected] .
2) Pizza delivery person
Can you ride a motorbike? Do you know the city well? Are you friendly but can you also work alone? We
are a small pizza business. We need a delivery person to take pizzas to people’s houses. Sometimes we
need help in the kitchen, cleaning and cooking. Contact us at [email protected].
3) Singer/Guitarist
We’re a student rock band and last week we lost our lead singer/guitarist. There are two of us (on drums
and bass guitar) and we play rock music from the 90s and write new songs. Are you a good singer? Can you
play the guitar? It’s also good if you can dance. Email [email protected] or phone 0382 444 1836
and ask for Davy.
17
YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
2014-2015 FIRST WEEK MATERIAL
4) Read about jobs 1-3 again. Correct the sentences below. One sentence is correct.
1 a) You need to speak three languages. (two languages)
b) You need a car. (a driving license)
2 a) You work in the kitchen every day. (sometimes)
b) You need to live in the city. (know the city well)
3 a) The rock band would like a dancer. (singer/guitarist)
b) The group’s songs are from the 90s. 
GRAMMAR
1) Complete the sentences with can or can’t.
___Can_____ you
Yes,
No,
+
-
I
sing?
make pizzas?
__can_____
__can’t_____
I /You/He/She/We/They
___can____
play guitar.
____can’t___ drive.
2) Underline the correct alternative to complete the rule.
Rule: Use can or can’t to talk about your ability/activities you do every day.
Positive and negative
+ I /You/He/She/We/They
Questions
Can
I /You/He/She/We/They
can
can’t
swim.
play tennis.
Short Answers
Yes,
I
can.
/You/He/She/We/They can’t.
No,
drive?
cook
Mexican
food?
 Use can/can’t + verb. I can dance. NOT I can to dance.
 Use short answers to yes/no questions: Can you sing? Yes, I can. / No, I can’t.
NOT Yes, I can swim. / No, I can’t swim.
Use can + subject (you, he) for questions.
He can play tennis. Can he play tennis?
18
YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
2014-2015 FIRST WEEK MATERIAL
Use can or can’t to talk about ability. You know how to do something.
Use very well, well, quite well, not very well with can.
I can speak English very well. ()
I can sing well. ()
I can cook quite well. ()
I can speak English, but not very well. (X)
Exercise 1) Complete the sentences with the verb in brackets and the correct form of can.
1) Help, help! ____I can’t ___! (swim)
2) Excuse me, __can you speak________English? (speak)
3) Martin __can ride_________ a horse, but not very well. (ride)
4) I’m sorry. I __can’t remember_________(remember)
5) Rita __can take__________very good photos so let’s ask her. (take)
6) These words are very small. ___Can you read_____________ them for me? (read)
7) I ___can never understand_____________ the game of chess. (never understand)
8) I don’t have my glasses with me so I ___can’t see___________ very well. (see)
Exercise 2) Complete the conversation with can (x5) and can’t (x4).
A: Are you OK? you stand up?
Can
B: Let me try. Yes, I can.
A: Can You walk on it?
B: I don’t know. Oh no, I can’t.
A: OK, just sit down and relax.
B: I can’t relax! Where’s my mobile?
A: I can’t see it. You can use my mobile.
B: It’s no good.
A: What’s the problem?
B: I can’t get a phone signal here. Can you go and get help?
A: Yes, no problem. Don’t move.
Exercise 3 a) Complete the questions with can.
1) you/play tennis? Can you play tennis?
2) he/sing? Can he sing?
3) Barbara/ride a horse? Can Barbara ride a horse?
4) you/dance? Can you dance?
5) you and your friend/speak Italian? Can you and your friend speak Italian?
6) George/read Chinese? Can George read Chinese?
Exercise 3 b) Write answers to the questions above.
1) No, I can’t, but I can play football.
2) Yes, _he __ __can____.
3) No, _she__ __can’t____.
19
YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
2014-2015 FIRST WEEK MATERIAL
4) Yes, _I__ ___can____, and _I__ ___can____ sing, too.
5) No,_we__ _can’t______, but _we__ __can_____ __speak_______ Spanish.
6) Yes, _he___ ___can_____, but _he__ ____can’t_____ speak Chinese.
SPEAKING
1) Work in pairs and look at the quiz. Take turns to ask questions and complete the quiz for your
partner.
A: Can you dance?
B: Yes, I can, but not very well.
What is your perfect job?
5=very well 3=quite well
Can you…
A
dance…
sing…
act…
play guitar or piano…
1= not very well 0=I can’t
B
play football…
play tennis…
ride a horse…
run five kilometres…
C
play chess…
read a map…
speak another language…
remember information…
2) Now look at the key below. What’s the best job for your partner?
Section A: 10+ points. You’re good at the arts, so maybe the best job for you is a singer, an actor, a dancer
or a musician. But maybe you don’t like singing and dancing in front of a lot of people. That’s OK, you can
teach other people.
Section B: 10+ points. OK, you’re active and sporty, but there aren’t a lot of jobs for sportsmen or women.
You can play sports at the weekend and get a job in the week teaching sports in a school or a gym. Or
maybe you can be a salesperson in a sports shop.
Section C: 10+ points. You’re good with your head. Maybe an office job is best for you, but do you like
working with people? Then how about a job in a bank or as a manager in a big company? Do you like
working alone? Then maybe a job with computers is good for you.
10+points in no sections? Don’t worry, there’s a job for you… but we can’t tell you what it is! What do you
think?
3) Work in pairs and answer the questions.
1 Do you think the quiz right about you?
2 what job would you like to do?
A: The quiz says a good job for me is in sports, but I’d like to be a doctor. I like helping people. What about
you?
B: I’d like to be a …
20
YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
2014-2015 FIRST WEEK MATERIAL
FIND SOMEONE WHO
STUDENT’S NAME
MORE INFORMATION
1 can play a musical instrument
______________________
Which? How well?
2 can cook well
______________________
What’s your speciality?
3 can speak three languages
______________________
Which? How well?
4 can play a racket sport
______________________
Which? How well?
5 can ski or water ski
______________________
How well? Where do you usually do it?
6 can drive
______________________
What car do you have?
7 can’t swim
______________________
Why?
8 _________________________
______________________
________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
FIND SOMEONE WHO
STUDENT’S NAME
MORE INFORMATION
1 can play a musical instrument
______________________
Which? How well?
2 can cook well
______________________
What’s your speciality?
3 can speak three languages
______________________
Which? How well?
4 can play a racket sport
______________________
Which? How well?
5 can ski or water ski
______________________
How well? Where do you usually do it?
6 can drive
______________________
What car do you have?
7 can’t swim
______________________
Why?
8 _________________________
______________________
________________________________
21
YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
2014-2015 FIRST WEEK MATERIAL
SEA
1) Read the two interviews about water sports. Circle the time expressions in each interview.
Interview 1:
(I=Interviewer; P=Pam)
I: Excuse me. I’m from a new sports shop. Can I ask
you some question about water sports?
P: Sure.
I: Um, what’s your name?
P: It’s Pam.
I: OK, Pam. Do you ever go swimming?
P: Oh, yes. I love swimming.
I: And when was the last time you went swimming?
P: Er, the last time I went swimming was … in
August. I was on holiday.
I: And do you ever go sailing?
P: No- I’d like to, but I don’t know anybody with a
boat.
I: OK, how about other water sports?
P: I sometimes go windsurfing.
I: When was the last time you went windsurfing?
P: I went windsurfing last summer with my friend.
We were on holiday.
I: Great. Well, come along to our shop some time.
Here’s the address.
P: Yeah, thanks.
Interview 2:
(I=Interviewer; S=Sergio)
I: Excuse me. I’m from a new sports shop. Can I ask
you some questions about water sports?
S: Water sports?
I: Yes, what’s your name?
S: Sergio Fernandez Almira Olivera.
I: OK, er, Sergio. Do you ever go swimming?
S: Yes, yes, I go swimming a lot.
I: Oh great. When was the last time you went
swimming?
S: Yesterday!
I: Right, and do you ever go sailing?
S: Yes, but not often.
I: When was the last time you went sailing?
S: I can’t remember. A long time ago.
I: Do you ever do other water sports?
S: Yes, I love scuba diving.
I: Wow. When was the last time you went scuba
diving?
S: Last year. I was on holiday in Egypt.
I: Lovely. Well, our new shop is in the centre of
town…
2) Complete the table to show two ways of saying the same thing.
on, in and last
a) last week
b) on Saturday
c) last August
d) in 2002
e) in __2004____
f) on _____
ago
= a week ago
= _____________ days ago
= __1___________ month(s) ago
= __12___________ years ago
= ten years ago
= three days ago
3) Which water sports do you like? Ask your partner.
4) Rewrite two questions from the interviews.
a) ever / you / go / Do / swimming ? Do you ever go swimming?
b) the last time / was / When / went / you / swimming When was
the last time you went swimming?
22
Past Simple
be
I
was
You
were
He
was
She
was
It
was
We
were
They
were
go
went
went
went
went
went
went
went
YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
2014-2015 FIRST WEEK MATERIAL
5) Ask your partner more questions about past activities. Use words and phrases in the box or your
own ideas.
dancing
windsurfing
shopping
skiing
to the beach
Yes, I do.
Do you ever go
windsurfing?
to the theatre
When was the last
time you went
windsurfing?
Last summer.
6) Complete the table with was, wasn’t, were or weren’t.
I
____was___
at home.
He/She/It
__was________ in Beijing.
You/We/They __were________ tired.
weren’t
Was
he
__Were__________ you
Yes,
he
we
No,
he
we
GRAMMAR
1)
Positive and negative
+
I/He/she/It
You/We/They
I/He/she/It
You/We/They
Questions
? Was
Were
was
were
wasn’
weren’t
I/he/she/it
OK?
right?
you/we/they here?
here
at work
tired
yesterday.
on Friday.
this morning.
Short answers
Yes,
I/he/she/it
No,
Yes,
you/we/they
No,
was.
wasn’t.
were.
weren’t.
 The past simple of be is was/were. Use was/were to talk about the past.
Add n’t (not) for the negative: wasn’t=was not, weren’t=were not.
Use contractions in speaking: I wasn’t here yesterday.
23
here?
in class?
_was______.
were.
_wasn’t______.
_weren’t______.
YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
2014-2015 FIRST WEEK MATERIAL
 Use was/were + subject (I, you) for questions.
She was in Spain. Was she in Spain?
You were at school together. Were you at school together?
 Use short answers to yes/no questions:
Was it good? Yes, it was. NOT Yes, it was good.
Wh- questions with was/were
Where was
your party?
When
were
the last Olympic Games?
 Use Wh- question words + was/were + subject to ask
questions in the past.
What was the problem?
Exercise 1) Complete the sentences with the correct form of be in the present or the past.
1) I _’m__ (4) here now but I ___wasn’t__(-) here yesterday.
2) He __isn’t_____________(-) at home today, but he ___was__________(+) at home yesterday.
3) The shops _weren’t______________(-) open yesterday, but they ___are__________(+) open today.
4) We __were___________(+) all tired yesterday, but we __aren’t_________(-) open today.
5) She __wasn’t____________(-) at work yesterday, but she __is_________ (+) at work today.
6) You __are_________ (+) relaxed today, but you __weren’t_____________(-) relaxed yesterday.
Exercise 2) Complete the questions about the past and write the short answers.
1) James / here / this morning? X
Was James here this morning? No, he wasn’t.
2) the film / good? 
__Was the film good? Yes, it was.__________________________________
3) your brothers and sisters / nice to you? 
___Were your brothers and sisters nice to you? Yes, they were._________________________________
4) you / cold / in Scotland? X
_Were you cold in Scotland? No, I wasn’t.___________________________________
24
YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
2014-2015 FIRST WEEK MATERIAL
5) you and Emma / at the party? X
___Were you and Emma at the party? No, we weren’t._________________________________
6) there / a gift shop / in the hotel? 
__Was there a gift shop in the hotel? Yes, there was.__________________________________
SPEAKING
Who was the top British person of all time?
In a BBC survey the winner was Winston
Churchill. Other people in the top ten were
William Shakespeare, Lord Nelson, John
Lennon, and Queen Elizabeth I.
a) In groups of three, decide who you think are the
top three people of all time from your country.
b) Tell the class about them. (We think number 1 is
____________. He/She was a famous…
25
YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
2014-2015 FIRST WEEK MATERIAL
READING
1) Look at the photos. Where are the people?
__________________________
Ffyona Campbell walked around the world-that’s
32000 kilometres in eleven years. In Africa, she
started in Cape Town in 1991 and arrived in
Tangiers in 1993. Why did she walk so much? Well,
maybe it was because of her childhood: she moved
home twenty-four times before she was sixteen!
_____________________________
Mike Ritof and Edith Boudreaux started dancing at
the Merry Garden Ballroom, Chicago on August 29th
1930, and danced for 5,152 hours and 48 minutes
(with short breaks). When they finally stopped on
April 1st, she cried and he laughed.
________________________________
Carlo Santelli and Daniel Burns played tennis for 38
hours, two minutes and nine seconds on May 10th
2010 in Clifton, New Jersey, USA. We didn’t ask
them about the winner-they were so happy about
getting the world record.
_________________________________
Errol Muzawazi of Zimbabwe talked about
democracy for 121 hours from December 9th to 14th
2009. One audience member said, ‘I listened for
thirteen hours and wanted for him to stop, but he
didn’t!’.
2) Read the article and write the headlines in the correct place.
Man talks for six days - D
Dance Marathon - B
Non-stop tennis match -C
Woman walks round world -A
26
YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
2014-2015 FIRST WEEK MATERIAL
3) Read the article again and correct the mistakes in the notes.
Dancing: 5,12 hours and 44 minutes
5,152 hours and 48 minutes
Walking: 32,000 metres 32000
kilometres
Talking: 212 hours 121 hours
Playing tenis: 32 hours, 12 minutes, 6
seconds 38 hours, two minutes and
nine seconds
GRAMMAR
1) Read the article again and find the past form of the verbs below.
1- start started
2- dance danced
3-move moved
4- cry cried
5-laugh laughed
6-walk walked
7-arrive arrived
8-stop stopped
9-talk talked
10-listen listened
11-wait waited
12-play played
2) Complete the table.
Rule: to make the past simple with regular verbs:
most verbs
verbs ending in –e
verbs ending in consonant + -y
most verbs ending in consonant +
vowel + consonant
spelling
add__-ed___________
add___-d__________
change to __-ied______
double the final letter, then add
__-ed_______
examples
started, laughed
_moved____________
_cried____________
__stopped___________
3) Look at the sentence and complete the rule.
We didn’t ask them about the winner…
Rule: Use _not___ + verb to make the negative of the past simple.
Positive and negative
+
worked
closed
cried
stopped
didn’t wait
did not start
I/You/He/She/It/We/They
-
27
yesterday.
at four.
all night.
last week.
YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
2014-2015 FIRST WEEK MATERIAL
Spelling: regular past simple verbs
types of verb
rule
verbs ending in:
+ -ed
-e
+ -ed
consonant + -y
y + -ied
consonant-vowel-consonant
double the final consonant + -ed
example
work-worked
close-closed
cry-cried
stop-stopped
Note: opened, listened NOT opened, listened
The past simple is the same for I/You/He/She/It/We/They
In the negative, use didn’t + verb. I didn’t dance. NOT I didn’t danced.
Use the contraction didn’t in speaking.
Use the past simple to talk about:
 something which happened at a point in the past.
We arrived at three o’clock.
NOW
PAST
arrived
3 p.m.
 something which started and finished in the past.
We played tennis for three hours.
NOW
PAST
9 a.m.
12 p.m.
Played
?
Did

I
You
He
She
It
We
You
They
Yes,
work
yesterday?
X
I
You
He
She
It
We
They
28
did.
No,
I
You
He
She
It
We
You
They
didn’t.
YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
2014-2015 FIRST WEEK MATERIAL
Exercise 1) Write the sentences in the past simple with the words in brackets.
1) The shop opens at ten. (Yesterday/nine)
Yesterday the shop opened at nine.
2) My father plays gold at the weekend. (Last weekend/tennis)
__My father played tennis last weekend._________________________________________________
3) Francisco works in a bank. (Last year/shop)
___Francisco worked in a shop last year.________________________________________________
4) The baby cries a lot. (Last night/all night)
__The baby cried all night last night._________________________________________________
5) My parents often move home. (In 2009/to Barcelona)
__My parents moved to Barcelona in 2009._________________________________________________
6) The train stops for a quarter of an hour. (Yesterday/half an hour)
__The train stopped for half an hour yesterday._____________________________________
Exercise 2) Complete the sentences with the correct form of the past simple.
1) In 2010 /we / live/ in London, but / we / not / like / it.
In 2010 we lived in London, but we didn’t like it.
2) I / not / watch TV last night, I study / for three hours. (I didn’t watch TV last night, I studied … )
3) Noriko / email / me yesterday, but she / not / phone. (Noriko emailed me yesterday, but she didn’t
phone)
4) The film / not / start / until eight, and it / finish / at eleven. (The film didn’t start until eight, and it
finished…)
5) James / want / to see the concert, but he / arrive / an hour late. (James wanted to see the concert, but he
arrived…)
6) I / repeat / the instructions because / the students / not / understand. (I repeated the instructions because
the students did not understand)
29
YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
2014-2015 FIRST WEEK MATERIAL
SPEAKING
1) Stand up and move around the class. Ask Did you…? questions. When somebody answers Yes, I did
write down their name and ask the next question, e.g. Where to?
Find a person who…
travelled by plane last year.
started learning English a long time ago.
played football last weekend.
studied last night.
cooked a meal yesterday.
arrived late for class today.
listened to the radio this morning.
invited a friend to dinner last weekend.
finished work late last night.
watched TV last night.
Did you travel by plane last year?
_______ Where to?
_______ When?
_______ Who with?
_______ What?
_______ What?
_______ Why?
_______
What programme?
_______
Who?
_______
Why?
_______
What programme?
Yes, I did.
Where to?
GIRLS’ NIGHT OUT
VOCABULARY (go, have, get)
1) Can you remember? Write go, have, or get.
____have_______ lunch
____go________ shopping
30
___get__________ up
YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
2014-2015 FIRST WEEK MATERIAL
2) Match the verbs and pictures.
__9_ away (for the weekend)
__5_by bus
_7__a walk
_8__home (by bus/car)
__3_out (on Friday night)
_1_shopping
_10__to a restaurant
_2__to bed
_6__to church
_4__to the beach
_15__breakfast/lunch/dinner
_16__ a car
__12_ a drink
_14__ a good time
_11__ a sandwich
_13__ a shower
_21__a newspaper (=buy)
__17_ a taxi/bus/train (=take)
_22__an e-mail/letter (=receive)
_20__dressed
_18__home (=arrive)
_19__to a restaurant (=arrive)
_23__up
31
YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
2014-2015 FIRST WEEK MATERIAL
3) What’s the difference between go home and get home?
READING
1) Do women go out together in your country? Where do they go?
2) Read the reports. Where do you think the women are? Write Rio de Janerio, Beijing or Moscow.
The magazine Marie Claire asked its women journalists in Rio, Beijing and
Moscow to go out for the evening and then write a report
Sabina lives in _Moscow______. She went out Sharon lives in _Beijing______. She went out
with her friends Lali and Anna on a Friday night. with her friends Nicole and Hujia on a Saturday
night.
1 I wore a black sweater and trousers and a lot of I wore a long dress. People are quite traditional here
make-up. Girls here like wearing sexy clothes!
but young people want to wear new fashions and
have new hair colours.
2 We went to Piramida. It’s a bar and restaurant First I drove to Bar Street, a street with about 50
that’s open 24 hours a day, and it’s the ‘in’ place at bars. We met in the Pink Loft, a Thai restaurant.
the moment. There’s a DJ and we saw a lot of After dinner we went to a tea house because it’s a
interesting people.
good place to talk.
3 We had coffee and apple cake and then wine.
We had typical Thai food, like green curry. Then we
had tea. Women don’t drink a lot of alcohol.
4 We talked about Lali’s problems with her We talked about our love lives, especially Hujia’s.
boyfriend. She was a bit sad. Then some men at the She has a problem with her partner. We talked about
next table started talking to us and they bought us a men, fashion, and literature.
drink. This is a very macho country and men always
pay for women’s drinks.
5 We got a taxi. It can be quite dangerous here at We went home by car. I didn’t drink any alcohol so
night and the metro closes at about 12:30.
I could drive.
6 We left Piramida at about 1.30, and I got home at We left at 12.00 and I got home at about 12.30.
2.00.
7 Fantastic. 10 points. We had a good time and Lali It was a very good night. 8 points.
was happy again.
3) Match the questions with the women’s answers.
Did you have a good time? _7__
How did you go home?_5__
What did you do?__2_
What did you have to eat and drink?_3__
What did you wear?_1__
32
YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
2014-2015 FIRST WEEK MATERIAL
What time did you get home?____6__
What did you talk about?__4_
4) Read the reports again. Complete the chart with  (=yes) or X (=no).
wear a dress?
go to a bar?
drink alcohol?
talk about men?
talk about clothes?
go home by taxi?
get home after 1.30?
Sabina
X



X


Sharon

X
X


X
X
5) Compare your answers with a partner. A ask about Sabina,
B ask about Sharon.
Did Sabina wear a dress?
No, she didn’t. Did
Sharon…?
GRAMMAR (past simple irregular verbs)
1) Look at the reports again and find the past tense of these irregular verbs.
Wear___wore______
Go___went________
See___saw_______
Have ___had_____
Buy____bought_____
Get___got______
Leave__left_____
Drive__drove_____
Meet___met____
Can___could_____
33
YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
2014-2015 FIRST WEEK MATERIAL
Infinitive
go
have
get
buy
leave
drive
meet
see
wear
do
Past (+)
went
had
got
bought
left
drove
met
saw
wore
did
Past (-)
didn’t go
didn’t have
didn’t get
didn’t buy
didn’t leave
didn’t drive
didn’t meet
didn’t see
didn’t wear
didn’t do
 Use the irregular past form only in (+) sentences.
I saw a film last night.
 Use the infinitive after did/didn’t.
Did you see a film last night? NOT Did you saw…?
 Remember word order = ASI (Auxiliary, subject, infinitive)
or QUASI (question word, auxiliary, subject, infinitive)
Did you go out last night?
Where did you go?
Past of can = could
(-) = couldn’t NOT didn’t can
(?) = Could you…?NOT Did you can…?
Wh- questions
When
Where
Why
How
What
Who
did
you
go?
did
did
you
you
do?
meet?
Exercise 1) Complete the text with the verbs in brackets in the past simple.
Yesterday __was___ my birthday. (be) My boyfriend __bought_________me a beautiful jacket. (buy)
I ____wore________ my new jacket. (wear) We ____looked_____ for a Chinese restaurant. (look) but we
___couldn’t________ find one (not can), so we __had_________ dinner in our favourite Italian restaurant
(have). After that we ____saw______ a film (see). Then we __met_____ two friends at a nightclub (meet).
We ___danced________ for two hours (dance). We __didn’t get_______ home until 3.00 (not get). I
_______was_______ very tired (be) and I ___went_______straight to bed (go).
34
YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
2014-2015 FIRST WEEK MATERIAL
Exercise 2) Look at the table below and write sentences about what Jenny usually does and what she
did yesterday.
USUALLY
walk / school
have /lunch/home
go / gym / afternoon
get home / 5:00
YESTERDAY
take /taxi / school
have/ lunch/ fast food restaurant
go out / friends
get home / 8:00
Jenny usually
walks to school_______________________________, but yesterday she
________took a taxi to school.__Jenny usually has lunch at home, but yesterday she had lunch at a
fast food restaurant. Jenny usually goes to the gym In the afternoon, but she went out with her friends
yesterday. Jenny usually gets home at 5.00, but she went home at 8.00
yesterday.______________________________________________________________________________
Exercise 3) Complete the questions in the past simple.
Did you go out last night? (you/go out)
1) What ___did you wear_______________________________? (you/wear)
2) Where __did you go________________________________? (you/go)
3) What ___did you do________________________________? (you/do)
4) ______Did your sister go___________________________with you? (your sister/go)
5) What ___did you have to_______________________you eat? (you/have)
6) What time ___did you get home____________________________? (you/get home)
8) ___Did you have___________________________ a good time? (you/have)
Exercise 4) Complete the conversations with the past form of the verbs in brackets.
1) A: Did you leave home at six in the morning? (leave)
B: Yes, we did. But the place left at six in the evening!
2) A: ___Did ____you___meet___David at school? (meet)
B: No, I ___didn’t_________. We ____met____________ last year at work.
3) A: ___Did__________ you __dance_____ at the party? (dance)
B: Yes, I _did________. I __danced_____ with Sally, and Anne, and Julia.
4) A: __Did______ you __see___ Mike yesterday afternoon? (see)
B: No, I _didn’t____________, but I ____saw________ him in the morning.
5) A: ___Did__________ you _write____________ this e-mail? (write)
B: Yes, I __did____________. I ___wrote_________ it yesterday. Is there a problem?
6) A: __Did_______ you ______have_____ a good time in Uruguay? (have)
B: Yes, we __did__________. We __had_________ a fantastic time, thanks.
35
YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
2014-2015 FIRST WEEK MATERIAL
Exercise 5) Write questions about the underlined information.
1) I met an old friend.
Who did you meet?
2) We went to a restaurant.
__Where did you go?_________________________________________
3) We ate pizza.
__What did you eat?_________________________________________
4) We drank mineral water.
___What did you drink?________________________________________
5) We saw a film.
___What did you see?________________________________________
6) I came home at midnight.
____When did you go/come home?_______________________________________
SPEAKING
1) Think about the last time you went out with your friends. Look at the questions and plan your
answers.
2) Interview your partner about their night out. Did they have a good time? How many points out of
10?
A NIGHT OUT
Who/go with?
What/wear?
Where/go?
What/do?
What/have to eat and drink?
/meet anyone?
How/go home?
What time/get home?
/have a good time?
36