Learn English with an ESL lesson from American English File

Check the words you already know. Marca las palabras que ya conoces. Marque as palavras que você já conhece. 이미 아는 단어에 체크하세요. Позначте слова, які ви вже знаєте.

• ☐ ☐ ☐ incredibly adv. - very
• ☐ ☐ ☐ capable adj. - able, skilled
• ☐ ☐ ☐ ambitious adj. - having a strong desire to be successful
• ☐ ☐ ☐ go into exp. - start doing
• ☐ ☐ ☐ keen adj. - interested in
• ☐ ☐ ☐ recognize v. - see and know (someone)
• ☐ ☐ ☐ rehearse v. - practice (usually music or acting)

n. - noun,    v. - verb,    phv. - phrasal verb,    adj. - adjective,    exp. - expression

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Rob	Jenny

• Jenny is Rob's coworker at a magazine called New York 24-7.
• Rob is a writer. Jenny is an editor.
• Rob and Jenny are dating.
• Rob is meeting Jenny's parents (Harry and Sally) for the first time.

1. Jenny went to Harvard.
   True
   False
   
   
2. Jenny's mother went to Harvard.
   True
   False
   
   
3. Rob wants to go into management.
   True
   False
   
   
4. Harry (Jenny's dad) thinks it is important to be creative.
   True
   False
   
   
5. Rob doesn't like writing for the online magazine.
   True
   False
   
   
6. Harry likes to take photographs.
   True
   False
   
   
7. There are many photos of Jenny.
   True
   False
   
   
8. There are photos of many famous jazz musicians on the wall.
   True
   False
   
   
9. Rob doesn't recognize any of the musicians.
   True
   False
   
   
10. Rob interviewed Winter Marsalis.
    True
    False
    
    
11. Winter Marsalis is Harry's friend.
    True
    False
    
    
12. Sally offers Rob a cookie.
    True
    False
    
    
13. Harry seems to like Rob.
    True
    False
    
    

Score:

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Directions: 1) Find the grammar errors in these sentences. 2) Listen again and check your answers.

1. Our Jenny has done incredible well.
   
   1 error [ word form ]
   
   Our Jenny has done incredibly well.
   
2. She's very capable and ambitious young woman.
   
   1 error [ articles ]
   
   She's a very capable and ambitious young woman.
   
3. How you see you career?
   
   1 error [ helping verbs ]
   
   How do you see you career?
   
4. What kind of thing you write?
   
   2 errors [ helping verbs, singular/plural ]
   
   What kind of things do you write?
   
5. And I doing a lot of works for online magazine.
   
   3 errors [ helping verbs, articles, uncountable nouns ]
   
   And I am doing a lot of work for the online magazine.
   
6. Be creative don't always pay the bills.
   
   2 errors [ word form, s-v agreement ]
   
   Being creative doesn't always pay the bills.
   
7. Rob won't interested on them.
   
   2 errors [ helping verbs, prepositions ]
   
   Rob won't be interested in them.
   
8. I spent a whole day with him chat and watch him rehearse.
   
   2 errors [ word form ]
   
   I spent a whole day with him chatting and watching him rehearse.
   
9. Sally make best cookie in New York.
   
   3 errors [ s-v agreement, articles, singular/plural ]
   
   Sally makes the best cookies in New York.
   

Directions: Write sentences about the video clip using the words given. You can change the word form or add words, but you cannot change the word order.
Use a present time frame (tense).
( ) = optional   [ ] = necessary

Instrucciones: Escriba oraciones sobre el videoclip usando las palabras dadas. Puede cambiar la forma de la palabra o agregar palabras, pero no puede cambiar el orden de las palabras. Usa el tiempo presente.
( ) = opcional   [ ] = necesario

Instruções: Escreva frases sobre o videoclipe usando as palavras dadas. Você pode alterar a forma da palavra ou adicionar palavras, mas não pode alterar a ordem das palavras. Use o tempo presente.
( ) = opcional   [ ] = necessário

지시 : 주어진 단어를 사용하여 비디오 클립에 대한 문장을 씁니다. 어형을 변경하거나 단어를 추가할 수 있지만 어순은 변경할 수 없습니다. 현재 시제를 사용합니다.
( ) = 선택 사항   [ ] = 필수 사항

Інструкції: Напишіть речення про відеокліп, використовуючи подані слова. Ви можете змінювати форму слова або додавати слова, але не можете змінювати порядок слів.
Використовуйте теперішній час.
( ) = необов'язково   [ ] = обов'язково

after / dinner / Harry / start / boast / about / daughter

After dinner, Harry starts [to boast/boasting] about his daughter.

Jenny / first / member / family / study / Harvard

Jenny is the first member [of/in] [her/the] family to study at Harvard.

Harry / want / know / Rob / interested / management

Harry wants to know if Rob is interested in management.

Harry / worry / Rob / might / not / able / pay / bill

Harry is worried (that) Rob might not be able to pay the bills.

Jenny / tell / Rob / Harry / into / photography

Jenny tells Rob (that) Harry is into photography.

Harry / take / many / picture / famous / jazz / musician

Harry has taken many pictures of famous jazz musicians.

Rob / recognize / many / musician / photo

Rob recognizes many of the musicians in the photos.

Rob / once / interview / Winter / Marsalis

Rob once interviewed Winter Marsalis.

Winter / Marsalis / one / Harry / hero

Winter Marsalis is one of Harry's heroes.

Sally / offer / Rob / cookie / and / Harry / call / him / son

Sally offers Rob a cookie, and Harry calls him son.

Directions: Play the audio clip and try to repeat what you hear. Click "Show" to see the text.

Instrucciones: Reproduce el clip de audio e intenta repetir lo que escuchas. Haga clic en "Show" para ver el texto.

Instruções: Reproduza o clipe de áudio e tente repetir o que você ouve. Clique em "Show" para ver o texto.

지시 사항 : 오디오 클립을 재생하고 들리는 내용을 반복해 보십시오. 텍스트를 보려면 "Show" 를 클릭하십시오.

Інструкції: Увімкніть аудіокліп і спробуйте повторити те, що чуєте. Натисніть "Show", щоб побачити текст.

You know, our Jenny has done incredibly well, Rob.

She's the first member of our family to study at Harvard.

And what about you Rob?

Do you see yourself going into management?

What kind of things do you write?

And I'm doing a lot of work for the online magazine.

You know being creative doesn't always pay the bills.

He took all these photos.

I think I recognize some of these people.

Know about him? I've interviewed him.

How incredible. I love that guy.

I spent a whole day with him, chatting and watching him rehearse.

Really? I want to hear all about it.

Go ahead son. Sally makes the best cookies in New York.

1. Does Harry seem to like Rob at the beginning of the video? Why?
2. Does Harry seem to like Rob at the end of the video? Why?
3. Harry thinks that creative jobs don't always pay the bills? Do you agree? Why?
4. Can you think of three high paying creative jobs?
5. Would you rather be in management or have a creative job? Why?