Oxford EAP Unit 1 ABC

Which subject is this? ​ (a)  

• science
• design
• engineering
• English
• geography
• history
• information technology
• mathematics
• media studies
• physical education

Who are the people?

• best student (sitting closest to the teacher)

• 
• third best student (sitting third closest to the teacher)

• 
• Lecturer / Teacher

• 
• second best student (sitting second closest to the teacher)

• 

A. We use plastics in lots of products! ​ (a)  

B. Young people watch more videos online than on TV.​ (b)  

C. Multiply this number by five.​ (c)  

D. The first man in space was in 1961. ​ (d)  

E. The population of Peru is 32 million. ​ (e)  

• design
• media studies
• mathematics
• history
• geography
• engineering
• English
• information techbology
• physical education
• science

1. The verb comes after the subject of the sentence.​ (a)  

2. Kick the ball to your partner. ​ (b)  

3. The Burj Khalifa is an example of a skyscraper.​ (c)  

4. Today, our topic is HTML for the web. ​ (d)  

5. Next, we heat the chemicals. ​ (e)  

• English
• physical education
• engineering
• information technology
• science
• design
• history
• geography
• mathematics
• media studies

What subjects do you study? What subjects do you like? Why?

Look at the following activities. When you study, which activities do you do? Choose the options you like.

• reading academic textbooks

• listening to lectures and making notes

• watching videos online

• doing exercises

• discussing information in groups

Think about learning English. What activities work for you? Write what you like / don’t like doing. 

Insert the correct word or phrase. Example:

Name: Shri Patel

Country:​ (a)  

Favourite school subjects: ​ (b)   ​ (c)  

Future university subject: ​ (d)  

Likes: ​ (e)  

• India
• mathematics
• science
• management
• working in groups
• Indiana
• Indonesia
• history
• doing exercises
• reading academic textbooks

Match the following. Example:

I'm from India.

• high grades to enter the best universities.

• I don't like

• reading academic textbooks.

• Maths and science are

• management because the course is very practical.

• You need

• my favourite subjects.

• We study

• hard at school.

• I like

Listen to Shri Patel again. Is he talking about the present or the future? ​ ​ (a)  

• present
• future