N^o

Topics

Functions

Grammar

Listening

1

Please call me Beth.

Introduction and greetings; names; countries and nationalities

Introducing yourself, some one; checking information; exchanging personal information; saying hello and good bye

Wh-questions and statements with be; questions: what, where, who, and how; yes/no questions and short answers with be; subject pronouns; possessive adjectives

Linked sounds

Listening for names and countries

2

How do you spend your day?

Jobs, workplaces, and school; daily schedules, clock time

Describing work and school; asking for and giving opinions; describing daily schedules

Simple present Wh-questions and statements; question: when, time expressions: at, in, on, around, early, late until, before, and after

Syllable stress

Listening to descriptions of jobs and daily schedules

3

How much is it?

Shopping and prices; clothing and personal items; colors and materials

Talking about prices; giving opinions; discussing preferences; making comparisons; buying and selling things

Demonstratives: this, that, these, those; one and ones; questions how much and which; comparisons

with adj-s

Sentence stress

Listening to people shopping; listening for items, prices, and opinions

4

Do you like rap?

Music, movies, and TV programs; entertainers; invitations and excuses; dated and times

Talking about likes and dislikes; giving opinions; making invitations and excuses

Yes/no and Wh-questions with do; question: what kind; object pronouns; modal verb would;

verb + to + verb

Intonation in questions

Identifying musical styles; listening for likes and dislikes

5

Tell me about your family.

Families; typical families

Talking about families and family members; exchanging information about the present; describing family life

Present continuous yes/no and Wh-questions, statements and short answers; quantifiers: all, nearly all, most, many, a lot of, some, not many, a few, and few; pronoun: no one

Intonation in statements

Listening of family relationships

6

How often do you exercise?

Sports, fitness activities, and exercise; routines

Asking about and describing routines and exercise; talking about frequency; discussing sports and athletes; talking about abilities

Adverbs of frequency: always, almost always, usually, often, sometimes, hardly ever, almost never, and never; questions: how often, how long, how well, and how good: short answers

Intonation with direct address

Listening to people talking about free-time activities; listening to descriptions of sports participation

7

We had a great time!

Free-time and weekend activities, chores; vacations

Talking about past events; giving opinions about past experiences; talking about vacations

Simple past yes/no and Wh-questions, statements, and short answers with regular and irregular verbs; past of be

Reduction of did you

Listening to descriptions and opinions of past events and vacations

8

What’s your neighborhood like?

Stores and places in a city; neighborhoods; houses and apartments

Asking about and describing locations of places; asking about and describing neighborhoods; asking about quantities

There is/there are; one, any, and some; prepositions of place; quantifiers; questions; how many and how much; count and no count nouns

Reduction of there is/there are

Listening for locations and descriptions of places

N^o

Topics

Functions

Grammar

Listening

9

What does she look like?

Appearance and dress; clothing and clothing styles; people

Asking about and describing people’s appearance; identifying people

Questions for describing people: What…look like, how old, how tall, how long, and what color; modifiers with participles and prepositions

Contrastive stress

Listening to descriptions of people; identifying people

10

Have you ever ridden a camel?

Past experiences; unusual activities

Describing past experiences; exchanging information about past experiences and events

Present perfect yes/no and Wh-questions, statements, and short answers with regular and irregular past participles; already and yet; present perfect vs. simple past; for and since

Linked sounds

Listening to descriptions of events

11

It’s a very exciting place!

Cities; hometowns; countries

Asking about and describing cities; asking for and giving suggestions; talking about travel and tourism

Adverbs before adj-s conjunctions: and, but, though, and however; modal verbs can and should

Can’t and shouldn’t

Listening to descriptions of cities and hometowns; listening for incorrect information

12

It really works!

Health problems; medication and remedies; products in a pharmacy

Talking about health problems; asking for and giving advice; making requests; asking for and giving suggestions

Infinitive complements; modal verb should for suggestions; modal verbs can, could, and may for requests

Reduction of to

Listening to health problems and advices

13

May I take your order?

Food and restaurants

Expressing likes and dislikes; agreeing and disagreeing; ordering a meal

So, too, neither, and either; modal verbs would and will for requests

Stress in responses

Listening to restaurant orders

14

The biggest and the best!

World geography and facts; countries

Describing countries; making comparisons; expressing opinions; talking about distances and measurements

Comparative and superlative forms of adj-s; questions: how far, how big, how high, how deep, how long, how hot, and how cold

Questions of choice

Listening to a TV game show

15

I’m going to a soccer match.

Invitations and excuses; leisure-time activities; telephone messages

Talking about plans; making invitations; accepting and refusing invitations; giving reasons; taking and leaving messages

Future with present continuousand be going to; messages with tell and ask

Reduction of could you and would you

Listening to telephone messages

16

A change for the better

Life changes; plans and hopes for the future

Exchanging personal information; describing changes; talking about plans for the future

Describing changes with the present tense, the past tense, the present perfect, and the comparative; verb + infinitive

Vowel sounds /əʊ/ and /ʌ/

Listening to descriptions of changes