Meeting My Neighbours
Do more with this exercise
Nora (A) and Tom (B) are new neighbours. Read what they say, then do the exercises. You can listen to the lines, too.
Reading text
neighbour
a person who lives near youflat
a home with rooms in a big buildinghusband
the man a woman is married tochildren
boys and girlsdaughter
a girl who is the child of a mother or fatherchair
a seat for one personcoat
a warm piece of clothing that you wear outsidecoat
a warm piece of clothing that you wear outsidebike
a two-wheeled vehicle that you ridecook
to make food, or a person who makes foodcook
to make food, or a person who makes fooddinner
the main meal in the eveningchildren
boys and girlsdinner
the main meal in the eveningPractice exercises
Choose the correct answer
Select the option that answers the question.
1.Where does Tom live?
2.Who lives with Nora?
3.Whose bike is it?
Right or wrong?
Decide whether each sentence is correct.
4.Tom lives with his sister.
5.The blue coat is Max's.
6.Tom is a good cook.
Fill the gaps
Type the missing word. Use the hint.
Listen and choose
Listen once or twice, then choose what you hear.
11.When is dinner?
12.What is Lily doing?
13.Which coat is Max's?
Listen and write
Listen to each sentence, then type what you hear.
14.Listen and write the sentence.
15.Listen and write the sentence.
16.Listen and write the sentence.
Frequently asked questions
What can I learn from this dialogue?
You can see how neighbours meet and talk about who owns things, with words like mine, yours, ours, hers and his.
When do we say myself?
We say myself when I do something and I am also the person who receives it, for example I cook for myself.
Can I listen to the dialogue?
Yes. Press the play button on a line to hear it, or use the listening and dictation exercises.
Answer key
1. Where does Tom live?
Answer: Next to Nora's flat
Tom says: “I live in the flat next to yours.”
2. Who lives with Nora?
Answer: Her husband and two children
Nora says: “My husband and our two children live here.”
3. Whose bike is it?
Answer: Tom's
Nora says: “It isn't ours.” Tom says: “Yes, it is mine.”
4. Tom lives with his sister.
Answer: False
Tom says: “I live by myself.”
5. The blue coat is Max's.
Answer: True
Nora says Max's coat is the blue one.
6. Tom is a good cook.
Answer: False
Tom says: “I am not a good cook.”
7. Tom says, “The bike is ___.”
Answer: mine
Tom talks about his own bike, so he says mine.
8. Nora says, “We live here, so this flat is ___.”
Answer: ours
Nora talks about her family and herself, so she says ours.
9. Tom says, “I cook for ___.”
Answer: myself
Tom cooks for one person, himself. When he speaks, he says myself.
10. The red coat belongs to Lily. It is ___.
Answer: hers
Lily is a girl, so we say hers.
11. Listening question 11: Then come to dinner on Friday!
Answer: On Friday
The speaker says, “Then come to dinner on Friday!”
12. Listening question 12: Max is playing football, and Lily is reading a book.
Answer: Reading a book
The speaker says that Lily is reading a book.
13. Listening question 13: Yes, Lily's coat is the red one, so it is hers, and Max's coat is the blue one, so it is his.
Answer: The blue coat
Nora says Max's coat is the blue one.
14. Dictation 14
Answer: Whose bike is that by the door?
Whose asks who owns the bike.
15. Dictation 15
Answer: My husband and our two children live here.
Our two children means the children of Nora and her husband.
16. Dictation 16
Answer: I cook for myself, but I am not a good cook.
Tom cooks for himself, but he says that he is not good at it.