Touchstone Checkpoint Unit 1-3

Exercise 1.

Teri: Hi. How are you doing?
Ruth: Not bad.Actually, I have a cold again. But I'm OK.
Teri: Oh, that's too bad. So, what are you doing today?
Ruth: My classmate Sally's here. We are planning an end-of-term party.
         Everybody wants some live music this year.
         How about you? Are you doing anything special today? Are you listening to a CD?
Teri: No, that is my brother. He plays his guitar. He practices every morning.
Ruth: Hey, is he free on Saturday?
        Does he want to play at our party?
        We need somebody like him.
Teri: Are you kidding? He is only ten!

Exercise 2.

1. I hate colds, and I get them a lot. Do you get a lot of colds?
   I think I dont get them a lot.
2. Some friends and I go to a jazz club every Monday. Do you want to join us next week?
   It depends.
3. I have to go to the hospital tomorrow. Can you come with me to there?
   Oh I have a lot f work so excuse me.
4. My dad wants to paint the house next weekend. Can you help us on painting?
   Actually I'm moving to the LA tomorrow and I cant I guess.
5. I love listening to Norah Jones. She's great! Do you like her, too?
   Oh, I don't like her. I don't listen to her.
6. I'm reading a book about the material arts. Would you like to borrow it sometime?
   Oh, I have already read it, its really interesting book.

Exercise 3.

Type of music you really like: Hip Hop, rock, jazz, classic.
Type of TV shows you often watch: Star king, How its made.
Hobbies you and your friends have: playing basket ball, watching movie, playing video games.
Clothes you don't like to wear: winter clothes, jeans, big clothes.


Exersice 4.

-I like reading books.
-Me too. I read it when I have a free time.

- I don't enjoy  doing exercise.
- I do too. I hate it.

- I'm good at writing code.
- I'm too. I will be a programmist.

- I'm interested in driving cars.
- I'm too I've just got a driver license.


Exercise 5.

Alice: Hi Carl. How are things?
Carl: Great. How's school?
Alice: Um, Actually, I'm actually, I'm not at school this year.
Carl: Are you serious. So, what are you doing?
Alice: Well, I'm looking for a job right now.
Carl: Really? What do you want to do?
Alice: Well, I'd like to play music in clubs, but-
Carl: No way! What kind of music?
Alice: Wall I play jazz.
Carl: NO! What instrumental do you play?
Alice: Saxophone and trumpet. But I really need to find someone  to play with me.
Carl: I play the piano. Not well, but I'd like to play in band.
Alice: You play the piano? That's great. Maybe we can practice together sometime. I'm free this Friday.
Carl: What's your phone number?
Alice: It's 555-9003. Ok. So call me. Oh look at the time, sorry I have to go.
Carl: Me too I have a piano lesson.

Vocabulary Notebook UNIT 8

Exercise 1.

A. Sofa

B. Bed

C. Table

D. Desk

Exercise 2.

a - armchair

b - balcony

c - chair

d- desk

e - end table

f - faucet

g - glass

h - hook

i - internet, iron

k - kitchen

l - lamp, table lamp.

m - microwave

n - notebook, newspaper

o - onion, oven

p - phone, printer

r - radio

s - sofa, shower

t - toilet, television

w - washing machine.

On your own

boots, carpet, mirror, glass, sofa, kitchen, living room, microwave, faucet, knife, meat refrigerator, food, table, yogurt, clock, flower, TV, books, picture, piano, chair, newspaper, bathroom, towel, toilet, washing machine, shower, toothpaste, toothbrush, soap, bed, dresser, lamp, music player, notebook, curtains, sink, computer, toys,

Vocabulary Notebook UNIT 12

Exercise 1.

~er/or
ACTOR
POLICE OFFICER
WRITER
DOCTOR
LETTER CARRIER
FIREFIGHTER

~and/~ent

ASSISTANT
TRAVEL AGENT

~ist

ARTIST
JOURNALIST
DENTIST
RECEPTIONIST

~ian

MUSICIAN
ELECTRICIAN
LIBRARIAN

OTHER:
NURSE
PARAMEDIC


Exercise 2. Think of expressions for these different topics, and add a topic of your own.
Work:
get a promotion
have a coworkers
wear suits
earn salary
develop yourself

HOME AND FAMILY
have a baby
wash dishes
clean house
make dinner and lunch

Education
Take an exam
Cheat
Be good at exam

On my own

In my English class I know one programmist named Munhdorj. He works in a Golomt bank, and he is a responsible to guard internet security. I think he is a good software engineer not only he always catches the attacking people though the internet, but also he designed the application Golomt bank.

Vocabulary Notebook UNIT 10

Exercise 1. Match the expressions with the situations.
1. I'm sorry. I have the wrong number.   b. You call the wrong number by mistake.
2. There is no answer.                          d. The phone rings rings, but nobody answers it
3. We have a bad connection                a. You cant hear some clearly.
4. The line is busy.                              e. The person you are calling is talking on the phone
5. Where were you?                            c. You com back to conversation after interruption.


Exercise 2.

You have problems getting hold of someone:
I will ask him or her to call back when he or she have a free time.

You ask to speak to someone:
Can I speak to ............

You have problem with the call while you're talking:
I will decline and call back.


You need to interrupt the conversation:
I will ask and excuse for interruption and call back.

You can't talk now, but you can talk later:
I will ask then, can I talk back, I don't have a free time right now.



On your own.

Suddenly door opens and my parents come home with all baggage and I have to help them.
But

Vocabulary Notebook UNIT 11

Exercise 1. What do those people look like? Match the sentence and the people.


1. She has short hair.                                 d
2. He's bald and he wears glasses.               a
3. She is wearing earrings.                          d
4. She wears her hair in braids.                   c
5. He's short hair a little heavy.                  d
6. She has freckles.                                   e
7. She has long hair and big brown eyes.     c
8. He's tall and thin with blonde hair.          d
9. She has curly hair                                 c



Exercise 2.

1. A family member:

My brother has a short brown hair. He is not too tall. and he has not got freckles. He wears glasses.

2. A classmate:
My classmate is very tall. He has got a blonde hair  and muscular body because he plays baskatball.

3. A close friend
My close friend is fat. He has got glasses. And he has a bald hair.

4. Yourself:
I wear glasses. My skin is yellow. Im a skinny  man.

5. Another person.
She has a long hair and she has a big eyes. She is really fashionable. She is beautiful.

Vocabulary Notebook UNIT 7

Exercise 1. Match the travel items to the notes.

1.    Bathing suit: d             (ui in suit sounds like oo  in too), countable

2.    Batteries: e                  ies=y (singlular)

3.    Clothes: b                    (sounds almost like close), always plular

4.    Schedule: c                 (sch=/sk/), countable

5.    Scissors: a                  (sc=/s/), plural, a pair of (singlualr)

Exercise 2. Add two more travel items. Then write note about each word.

1.    Pajamas                                  wear it when you sleep.

2.    Toothpaste                              always brush your teeth after getting up

3.    Shampoo                                use it when you wash your hair

4.    Razor                                      use it when your bread is long enough

5.    Torch                                       useful in the dark

6.    A towel                                    use it when wash your hands and face

Exercise 3.

On camping trip

You need : a tent, a torch, sandals.

You don’t need : a hair dryer, a razor, a brush.

On a business trip

You need: a razor, a hair dryer, make up.

You don’t need: o towel, sandals, soap.

To stay overnight with a friend

You need pajamas, toothbrush, a towel

Yu don’t need: shampoo, batteries, a flashlight

Vocabulary Notebook UNIT 5

1.
I was good at math, physics, music, English.
I'm not good at art, biology, geography.
I can't do chemistry, history, PE.

2.
I like programming, P.E, English.
I hate math, geometry, physics.
I was not really interested in P.E, math, music,electronics.

Vocabulary Notebook UNIT 4

1. Complete the calendar with words from the box.

January:

11th - Mom birthday. Buy her flowers and cake.

February: 

14th - Valentines Day!

March:

23rd -  Suzanne's birthday. Go out for dinner.

April:

1st - April's Fools' Day.

May:

4th - My birthday.

June:

2nd - end of exams

21st - School graduation.

Rent a cap and card.

July:

1st - Summer vacatoin starts.

22nd - Dad's 65th birthday and firework party.

August:

16th - Summer party

September:

10th - Jack and Bettys wedding anniversary.

Send them a gown.

October: 

31st - Halloween.

November:

29th - Family reunion for Thanksgiving.

December:

31st - New Year's Eve party.

My own calendar.

January: 

1st - New Year party.

February:

14th - Valentines day. give presents to the girls.

March:

8th -  Mother's day.

April:

14th - Tom's birthday.

May:

24th - end of exam.

31st- party.

June:

1st - Children's day.

July:

11st - Naadam. Family reunion.

 

August:

10th - My birthday.

9th - take a trip with friends.

September:

30th - Sister's Wedding help with works.

October:

21st - 2 birthdays.

November:

26th - Independence day.

24th - Chinggis khaans's birthday.

December:

31st - New Year's Eve. 

UNIT 6 Lesson D Ex: 3a

Write a guide for a walking tour for an area in your city or town. Write about three different places. Give directions and explain why are worth a visit.

A Walking Tour of Ulaanbaatar's central stadium.
The tour begins at Central stadium of UB. It's the most crowded place when we celebrating NAADAM. As you can see the stadium with in circle shape colored by red. In the stadium wrestlers are wrestling, and people watch them. It's a good time. Around the stadium has many flowers, trees and horses you can ride.
 In the East side of the stadium has a archery square. People also watch them how they do the archery. This is a big square for archers, and they can shoot the target about 100 meters far.
Look at the North. You can see the soccer square the biggest in the Mongolia.
And it is the over of our stadium square. Hope you dont get lost.

UNIT 5 Lesson C EX: 3B

Take turns telling memories of growing up. Ask questions to find out more information.


A: Do you remember your childhood?

B: Yes, of course I do.

A: Tell me about your unforgettable memory.

B: So, let me remember. When I was 7 years old I got a playstation 1 on my birthday. It was so surprising moment. This was a huge development to my video games. I was excited so much. I have a picture of that right now. Here you are.

A: Oh! Is this you?

B: Yes. This is me.

A: You were so cute. You were little bit chubby.

B: Yeah, I used to be chubby, and tell me about your childhood.

A: When I was 10 I drove a car first time in my life. My father sit next to me and taught to me how to drive. This continued not much but it was the exciting moment of my life. I remember that feeling when I do new activities.

B: Oh, really good.

A: Yeap.

UNIT 4 Lesson D Ex: 2b

                                    YOU ARE INVITED TO A NEW CAR EXHIBITION.

            For: Tommy Vercetti.

            On:

            At:  12:00 PM

            At:  Misheel EXPO

                       Dear Tommy I’d like to invite to A NEW CAR EXHIBITION. In this exhibition there are so many new cars from Japan, USA, Germany. We have 1000 cars to introduce for you. In this day you can ride your dream car and buy it on the ground, so come and see what’s new and feel the new power of cars.

Thank you for your attention.

See you there. 

/bring it when you come/

UNIT 4 Lesson A Ex: 1C

Can you complete the  answer to the question? Then practice with a partner.

A: What are you going to do for your next birthday?

B: I think I'm going to meet my friends. But first of all I will celebrate it with my family. We are going to have a exciting family dinner at home. And how about you?

A: I'm going to take a trip to the London. Right on my birthday there is a concert which my favorite         singer will sing. I'm going to see it with my friends. I think I will take a picture with my favorite singer. He is really tall and he is a good singer.

B: Oh!! That will be great. Can I go with you?

A: Certainly, I will be happy if you join with us.

B: Okay. I will come to your birthday.

A: Thank you.

B: Thank you. See you later.

UNIT 3 Lesson D Ex: 3b

Pass your papers around the group. Write a reply to each person.

I'm feeling worry about to taking the TOEFL test.

-- If your are feeling worry about your TOEFL test you will never get high score, so don't worry about it. (Tom)

-- You have to prepare yourself well. Then TOEFL will be a Mickey mouse test. (Jerry)

--  Before taking test, you have to be relaxed. So you can think much better than when you feel worry. Don't be panic. (Ben)

-- You have to go to the courses that preparing to the TOEFL test. This will help you a lot I guess. (Lee)
-- Take this book and learn about new words. (Tommy)

UNIT 2 Lesson D Ex 3a

Choose a hobby group from the Web page on page 18. Write a quiestion to post on the message board.

Hobby group message board.
To: Singer
From: Your fan.
Hi I'm big fan of you. I like your music and how you sing.
First of all congratulations to have a new baby. You and your wife are really cute couple. I heard about your new tour named "2050". I want to know about it more. Where are you going to sing and do you have a chance to sing in Mongolia. We can receive you with all kindness. So come to Mongolia.


Your #1 fan. :D

UNIT 2 Lesson D Ex: 3b

UNIT 2
Lesson D
Ex: 3a.
Marta likes to dance the tango.
Jim likes to read or write poetry.
Tom enjoys driving.
Sue hates doing exercise.
Nelly can ride a horse.
Zach is good at learning languages.
Ben would like to learn French.
Lee takes guitar lessons.

Ex: 3B.


Tell the class about someone on your list.
For example "Marta is a good dancer. She likes to dance the tango"


1. Tom likes driving. He really enjoy driving. I think he is going to be a race car driver. When Tom was a child he always played with cars.