SEASONS

8. PARTS OF THE DAY AND

in the evening
In the morning in the afternoon /'i:vonro
/ motnrq
pm at midnight = 12.00 am
At night at midday (noon) = 12.00 'mrdnart/
nud'der/

At the weekend
wilktend/
autumn/Fall winter
(the) summer (the)
(the)spring
/'o:tem/ /fo:l/

de la preposici6n IN.
acompafiadas
Las estaciones del afto suelen ir

eight to four. (Trabajo de las ocho a las cuatro.)

* I work from
(Mi colegio abre desde
* My school opens from half-past eight until a quarter to ten.
las ocho y media hasta las diez menos cuarto.)
hago
* I do shifts.I work one week in the morning and the next one in the evening. (Yo
por la mafiana y la proxima por la noche.)
turnos. Trabajo una semana
al trabajo a las ocho.
* I go to work at eight o'clock. I finish at half-past three. (Voy
Termino a las tres y media.)

EXERCISES

CISE 1. Answer the following questions.

1. What time do you go to school?

2. What time do you get up?

3. What time do you get home?

4. What time do you have lunch? .

s. What time is it now?

EXERCISE 2. Complete the times on the clocks using the 24-hour clock.

I. Oh seven thirty 4. Seventeen fifteen

2. Fourteen forty-five 5.Twenty-one hundred

3. Sixteen oh five 6. eleven

 UNIT i
E*ERCISE3. Complete the following sentences
with on, in, at, until, from or to.
to the swimming pool
I.I go . summer.

opens
2.My school eight o'clock.

3.The journey my office the hospital takes twelve

minutes.
4.1don't go to work night.
usually studies
5.My sister the afternoon.

6.It is very cold winter.

7.Leaves fall the autumn.

8.The meeting is Monday.

9.My birthday is February.

10. Eve is 31 Dec.

ll.Birds sing .....

spring.

EXERCISE 4. Complete the spaces with the seasons of the year.

1.March, April, and May

2. June, July and August

3.September, October and November

4.December, January and February

terms hidden in the lettersbelow.

CISE 5. Word search. Find the following

4 read across and 4 read down.

Across
1. The coldest season of the year.
2. The season when the leaves fall.
3. The fifthday of the week.
4. The firstday of the week.

Down
year.
l. The second month of the
2. The hottest season of the year.

3. = 12.00 pm
4. The forth month of the year.

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 9.7; SUCCESSTUL CONVERSATIONS / SOCIALIZING /
SOCIALCHATS,INTRODUCTIONSAND GREETINGS

1. INTRODUCI'IONS.
A.- INTRODUCIN6ONESEI.F. B.- INTRODUCIN6OTHERS.
Hello. I 'm Mary. A) James:
Helio. my name Mary. Mary. this ts Michael.
I -m Mr Malone (Mr - para señores) Mary. Do you know Michael?
m Mrs Malone (Mrs —para señorxscasadas) Mary, May I introduce (you to) Michael?
I 'm MISSMalone —para señontas solteras) Mary, Have you met Michael?
'm Ms Malone (Ms —cuando no quieresdear si Mary. I 'd ltkc to introduce you to Michael.
eres soltera o casada.) B) Mary: Hello, How do you do?
• Después de Mr. Mrs. Ms y Miss va el apellido. no el C) Michael: Hello, How do you do?
• Nice to meet you / glad to meet you.

2. GREETINGS.
1.- NEUTRAL S.- POLITE. 4.- INFORMAL 5.- VERY FAMILIAR.
• Good mornmg ( 12) FRIENDLY. CASUAL
• Good akrrnoon ( 12 4) • A) Hello, Mrs Red! A) Hi, Paul. How
Good eventng( 4 ... S) How are you? are you?
• Good mght ( Es una B) Very well. thanks, B) Very well, A) How's things? / How
despedida.no un saludo; se utiliza and pu) are you getttng on7
cuando uno se va. A) l'm fine, thank B) Ali right / OK / Not
2.- FORMAL Bad / Fine / Very bad
A) How do pu do? / Not verywell/ Very
B) How do pu do? A) Hi, Paul Well / so-so / pretty
B) Hi, Jane. good / not so good.

3. SAYINGGOODBYE.
Good byr - byr - byr-bye - See pu See you later / tomorrow / soon / on Monday
Hope to see you agam - Have a tuce day / weekend/ time / trip

4. TO EXCHANGEPERSONALINFORMATION.
ÑAME: Whar's you.rname7/ What pur ruma Who are you)
SURNAME: What's pur su,rname7/ What your surna.rne? Are you
A6E.: How old arepu) / Whar'spur ay) l'm 16./ l'm 16 yearsold.
NATIONALJTY: What nauonahty are pu? l'm Spantsh. / l'm Engltsh.
Whcre are pu from) I'm from Spaln. / l'm from England.
Where do you come from) I come from Spaln. / I come from England.
Whcreabouts Spain) Alcázarde San Juan / Bournemouth.
Are pu No, l'm not. l'm Spanoh.
Ate you from Spun7 YO, J un.
ADDRESS: Whcre do 1 IN
Whar's pur addres»7 JS, Gloru Street (calle), Road (carretera), Square (plaza), Avenue

MARITAL STATUS: Ate (soltero). marncd (casado), divorccd, wldower (Viudo), wtdow (Viuda)?
OCCUPATION: What do p», do) study / I
What" yuur job) an Engtncer / studcnt.
EDUCATION: What arr you studytngi J'm studytng Econouucs,

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NUMBER: Whafi
TELEPHONE telephone
S2024 two. on. two. four ("on" not
"zero". Zero i' AmF.)
nu•ee. one. double two. five (double
two. not "two. two").
fAM\ts: How many brothers or Sisters do you have?
I two brothet•s and one sistct. / have one bmthet and no gigters.
/ I don't havebrothers ot
ststers.
are interested in) in I Atstoty.
HOBBIES:
'hat yout hobbles? like dancing. tending. tennis, watchingTV.
you like books" Yes. do.
Do vou like reading,' Yes. do.
What do you like?
What do you do in yout spare time/ five tune? play football/ I playthe piano / I go to the
disco.
born IN 1998.
DATEOF BIRTH:
5. NATIONALITIES.
egcriben con inicial
• hjate que todas las palabras de nacionalidades, ya sean nombreg o adjetivog,ge
mayåscula.

Name of adjective Name of adjective

Name of adjective
country or country or
country or continent
continent
continent
African England English
Chinese Africa French
America American France
Japan Japanese Holland Dutch
Portuguese Angola Angolan
Portugal Australian Ireland Irish
Swiss Australia Welsh
Switzerland Brazilian Wales
Vietnamese Brazil
Belgium Belgian Britain British
Iraqui Chile Chilean Scotland Scottish
Europe European Scotch
Pakistani Hungary Hungarian
Thailand Thai India Indian
Czechoslovakia Czech Iranian
German Italy Italian
Mexico Mexican
Greece Greek Moroccan
New Zealand Morocco
NewZealand Norway Norwegian
Iceland Icelandic Russian
Russia
Denmark Danish
Finland Finnish
Poland Polish
Spanish
Spain Swedish
Sweden Turkish
Turkey
 EXERCISES
the
words in the correct places 1-10 in
following
EXERCISE 1. Personal details. Put the
form below.
single
Country Job Married or
Age Children name Town/ village
Nationality Street Surname

1
2
3
Address 4 64 Highland Road

6
7 English
s married
9 2 boys, 1 girl
10 Paramedic

your answers.
CISE 2. Complete the dialogues.Then listenand check

James: Hi!,How you today?

Philip: ! I'm thanks. He is Michael.
James: How you do? Michael.
Michael: Glad to you James.
James: to meet you, too.
Philip: go. See you
James:So
Michael: bye.

CISE 3. Answer the following questions about you.

1.-VvThatE your name?

your surname
2.-Vv'hat's
3.- How old are you?
4.-What's your telephone number?
5.-V•mere are you from?
6.-Where do you live?
7 What's your address?
8.- What nationality are you?

9.-How many brothers or sistershave you got?

10.-What are your hobbies?
I I.-How are you today?
12.-How do you do?
13.-What's the date today?
14.-What's your postal code?

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SPEARING
txERCISE 1 ? Complete the first
form
studentand ask him / her questions until with your personal details. Then choose another
you complete the
second form.
Name:
Surname: Name:
Age: Surname:
Age:
Date of birth:
Telephone number:
Date of birth:
Nationality: Telephone number:
City: Nationality:
Address:
City:
Address:
Family:
Family:
Job:
Job:
Hobbies:
Hobbies:
Habit:
Habit:
Move around the class asking questions to other students.

10.TO BE,TO HAVE (GOT), A/AN

& WEI-QUESTIONS.

PRESENT SIMPLE OF THE VERB "TO BE"

POSITIVE NEGATIVE QUESTION SHORT
I am (Tm)
ANSWER
I am not (I'm not)
Positive:
You are (You're) You are not (You aren't) Are you ...? Yes, I am
He is (He's) He is not (He isn't) Ishe
She is (She's) Yes, he is
She is not (She isn't) Is she ...?
It is (It's) Yes, we are
It is not (it isn't)
We are OVe're) We are not (we aren't) Are we...?
You are Nou're) Negative:
You are not (you aren't) Are you ...?
They are (They're) No, I'm not
They are not (They aren't) Are they ...? No, he isn't
No. we aren't

PRESENT SIMPLE OFTHEVERB "HAVE GO

SHORT
POSITIVE NEGATIVE QUESTION
ANSWER
I have (got) Have I (got)?
(I've) I have not (haven't) (got) Positive:
You have (got) (You've) You have not (haven't) (got) Have you (got)? Yes. I have
He has (got) (He's Has he (got)?
) He has not (hasn't) (got) Yes, she has
She has (got) (She's) She has not (hasn't) (got) Has she (got)? Yes, they have
It has (got) (It's) It has not (hasn't) (got) Has it (got)? Negative:
We have (got)(We've) We have not (haven't) (got) Have we (got)? No, I haven't
You have (got) (you've) Youhave not (haven't) (got) Have you (got)? No. she hasn't
They have (got) They have not (haven't) (got) Have they (got)? No, they haven't
(they've)

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 We don't
use a/an
(VAN SINGULAR NOUN$ in
We use a/anwithjobs with plural
1- we the singular: nouns
a consonant sound and voiced H: an Emergency
I'rn
A hospital Medical
A syringe Technician
A needle I'rna Paramedic
A patient I'm a nurse
2- We use AN before words beginning
H:
with a vowel sound and voiceless
An hour
An adhesive tape
An intravenous cannula
An auxiliarynurse

WH-QUESTIONS
Para preguntar por cosas
What's this?
WHAT ¿QUÉ? Who are you?
¿QUIÉN? Para preguntar por personas

Whose pillsare
WHOSE ¿DE QUIÉN? Elposeedor
these?
Why are you happy?
WHY ...? ¿POR QUÉ? Motivos
¿DÓNDE? Lugares Where are you from?
WHERE ...?
WHEN ...? ¿CUÁNDO? El tiempo When do you study?
WHICH ...? ¿CUÁL? Un objeto específico Which book isyours?
HOW ...? ¿CÓMO? La manera o modo How do you spell
"pizza"?
WHAT COLOUR...? ¿DE QUÉ COLOR . Color What colour are your
eyes?
WHAT KIND OF...? ¿DE QUÉ CLASE? Clase What kind of trousers
do you want?
WHERE ...
FROM? ¿DEDÓNDE Lugar de origen Where are you from?
HOW OID ...? ¿CUÁNTOS AÑOS . Edad How old isMary?
HOW MUCH ¿CUÁNTO? Cantidad (incontables) How much sugaris
¿CUÁNTA...? there?
HOW ¿CUANTOS? Cantidad (plural,
contables) How many syringes
¿CUANTAS? are there?
HOW LONG...? ¿CUANTO TIEMPO? Tiempo (duración del dolor ) How long have you
had thispain?

EXERCISES
EXERCISE 1.Complete the questions and answer
them.
1. isyour narne?
2. oid are you?
3. do you live?
4. isyour address?
5. isyour telephone number?
6. are you today?
isyour best friend?
8. is the time?

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do you go to bed?
9.
do you study English?
10.
is that?
11.
scissors are these?
12.
are you?
13.
wheelchair is this?
14.
is he from?
15.
16. nationality are you?
17.
is she from?
18.
's that man?

EXERCISE 2. Read the answers and write the questions. Use the question words in
brackets.Then listenand check.

1. ? (What) — My name is Robbie.

2. ? (Where) - I live in Madrid.
3. ? (How old) — I'm 18 years old.
4. ? (How many) — I'vegot one brother
and one sister.
5. ? (What kind) — I like pop music
6. ? OVho) — He ismy father.
7. ? (Whose) — This ismy thermometer.

EXERCISE 3. Read the questions and the answers. Then find the right word or phrase -A,

1. is California? — It'sin the USA. A Who B Where C What

2. are you? — I'm 19 years old. A How old B What c who
3. is Bob? — He's Jane's father. A Where B What C Who
4. can a dispatcher do? — He can provide assistance and instructions by voice
B Where CWho
5. brothers has she got? - Two A What B What kind C How many
6. is he wearing? — disposable gloves
A What kind B What C Where
7. is the hospital? — It'snear the roundabout.
A Why B Where c who
music do you like? — Reggae A What kind B What c Who
do you go to work? — In the morning.
A Where B How C When
10 do you drive the ambulance? — Two or three times a month.
A Why B When C How often
11 did you close the oxygen cylinder? — Because itis empty.
A Who B Where CWhy
12 gloves do you prefer, latex, vinyl or nitrile? — Latex.
A Which B How C Why
13. do you study English? — At school. A What B Where c Who
14 A Who B What
goggles are these? — They're mine. C Whose

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How much? or How
with
EXERCISE 4. Complete the sentences in the ward?
1 patients are there
2
are there in the ambulance?
3 pairs of scissors
4 mineral water is there?
be" or "to have
with the correct form of "to
EXERCISE 5. Complete the sentences
in the simple present.
cold. I think
.....a cold. a nurse.
1.1
Technician and my sister
2.1 an Emergency Medical
3.1 a headache. a toothache.
4.She (not) feeling well. She
5 you any aspirin?
6.How you?
7.The dog a broken leg.
8 your son a cold?
9.Excuse me you the new paramedic?
10.1 two children.
I l. My sister and I .......... doctors.
a medical dictionary.
12.She (not) a good dictionary. She needs
to live only a few weeks.
13. My friend terminal cancer and is expected
breathlessness.
14. This patient attacks of palpitation and
abdominal pains and . .sweating and vomiting.
15.The victim

CISE 6. Complete the sentences with appropriate words.

A:Hi.My name is Cathie.
B: Hi. My is Freddy. I glad to meet you.
Cathie: I glad to you, too.Where you from?
Freddy: I from Wales. Where
Cathie: 1 What
Scotland. your job?
Freddy: I And What
an Emergency medical dispatcher. you?
Cathie: I am nurse. Would you like to have a cup of coffee?
Freddy: That sounds great. Let's go.

READING

EN ROUTE TO A SUCCESSFUL JOB

During a typical day you will have to attend different calls and make various trips.All Of
them must be documented; thus, while en route to a medical facilityor on the scene, you
will have to ask several questions to the patient to fillin them with his or her personal and
You willhave several forms, such as Route
medical details.
Sheets or Prehospital Patient
Record Forms (PPRs) also known as PrehospitalCare Reports
(PCRs).
Prehospital Care Reports include the patient personal
details, history, assessment and
treatment received during transportation.This form is the
completed within 24 hours after
transportation of a patient. It will be analysed in the following
units.
Route sheets usually include the patient identification and
time in and time out; the distance covered
information, and the date and
is also included
and the type of vehicle used'
There are daily and weekly forms. They include the
routes followed, showing the workers
output in each operation.

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AMBULANCE ROUTE SHEET

Call number: Dispatcher:
Date: AMBULANCE CODE:
Driver: Provider:
PERSONAL DETAILS
Patient'sname:
Gender: Age/date of birth:
Address: City:
Postcode/zip code: Phone:
Patient's SSN:
Insurance policy, group and Medicare number:
From: to:
emergency return
arrive arrive
call/ scene transportation to base available
dispatch destination
TIMES station

Ambulance mileage
km:
Departure arrival
km: total km:
Observations:

I. Answer the following questions.

I. kind of information can you find in a PCR?

2. And in route sheets?

3. Do you know the difference between postcode and zip code?

4. What isthe meaning of SSN?

5. What isthe meaning of ambulance mileage?

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