Unit 1
In this unit students learn to describe the home and familiar surroundings, as well as to give personal descriptions of the past and ask about quantities. They revise and consolidate basic vocabulary and learn more adjectives to describe people and places: home, furniture, months, cities, etc. Regarding grammar, students learn the past simple of the verb "to be" and the impersonal past: "there was/there were".
Students learn time expressions such as: "now", "yesterday", "last week", "last night" and their use in past sentences. Students revise quantity expressions: "how much/how many"?
- What a mess! There was a party
- There was an armchair
- Were you at work this morning?
- A flat to rent
- The house - Master class
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Unit 2
In this unit students learn to discuss the past and buy objects and clothes. They revise basic vocabulary and learn new terms to describe pieces of clothing and expressions to use in a clothes shop such as: "exchange", "return", "look far the right size", "pay", etc. Students consolidate the use of the past simple with regular verbs in the affirmative form, focusing on their correct pronunciation, and they learn the structure: "too" + adjective and other structures to express comparison using short adjectives.
- Clothes shopping
- Last night
- The catalogue
- Let's compare - Master class
- Comparatives - Writing assignment
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Unit 3
In this unit students learn to discuss the past, express orders and use language far storytelling. They consolidate terms related to days of the week and regular and irregular adjectives, and extend their vocabulary by learning terminology about methods of transport, seasons and months. Regarding grammar, students revise the use of the past simple in the affirmative form and learn the negative and the interrogative forms. Moreover, students learn irregular verbs in the past simple and sorne structures to express obligation: "have to"; and expressions used in travelling contexts: "to go by" + method of transport.
- How was your day?
- Better ar worse
- What did you do last Saturday?
- What you did yesterday - Master class
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Unit 4
In this unit students learn to express actions that occur during the moment of speech and vocabulary far daily actions such as "have a shower" ar "have breakfast", as well as other common terms. Regarding grammar, the "present continuous" is seen to talk about action in progress in the presentar temporary situations in the present. Students learn how to use and differentiate the "present continuous" and the "present simple", and also learn the adverbs "some/any" and the use of the gerund (-ing).
- Going back to England
- What is he doing?
- What's the matter?
- What is she doing? - Master class
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Unit 5
In this unit students learn to express intention and habitual everyday activities, revising basic vocabulary and seeing more terms to talk about professions, special events and hobbies. They learn time expressions such as "nowadays" and "at the moment" and review the ordinal numbers. Regarding grammar, students learn expressions to predict the future, to talk about future plans and intentions and about deductions in the present. Students also learn the structure: "going to" + infinitive and its appropriate use, and also revise the use of present simple and present continuous.
- The fortune teller
- He is going to work at home
- What are you doing nowadays?
- What are you going to do? - Master class
- At work - Additional vocabulary
Test exercises
Unit 6
Students revise and consolidate the contents of the level through a variety of exercises and activities. lnteractive exercises include word/sentence-picture association. Student practice their pronunciation through a series of interactive exercises in which they must listen and repeat. They also practise their listening comprehension skills and their reading comprehension skills. There is a practica! immersion in the language where by the students are put into a real lite situation in which a special event is being organised, similar to one they would confront in the language they are learning. Students learn to make arrangements, describe a house, etc.
- Returning to work
- This outfit matches
- High days and holidays - Reading comprehension
- Holidays on-board - Additional vocabulary
- Daily activities - Writing assignment
Test exercises
Unit 7
Students revise and consolidate the contents of the level through a variety of exercises and activities. lnteractive exercises include word/sentence-picture Association. Student practice their pronunciation through a series of interactive exercises in which they must listen and repeat. They also practise their listening comprehension skills and their reading comprehension skills. There is a practica! immersion in the language where by the students are put into a real life situation at the office, similar to one they would confront in the language they are learning. The unit finishes with a test to review and consolidate all the language skills acquired through the unit.
- Planning a party - Typical situation
- She's hosting a party - Typical situation
- Home and seasons - Dialogue
- American barbeques - Reading comprehension
- Being at home - Additional vocabulary
- Tell me about your day - Writing assignment
Test Exercises
Unit 8
This lesson provides students with additional materials to expand their knowledge of vocabulary they need to talk and describe different parts of the house.
Vocabulary is presented in context and there are follow-up exercises that provide extended practice.
- Patterns - Specific vocabulary
- Pieces of clothing - Specific vocabulary
- Clothes and fabrics - Specific vocabulary
- Apparel - Vocabulary practice
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Unit 9
In this unit of the module AZ students practice all the mentioned language skills (vocabulary, listening, reading, writing, grammar and speaking). Students learn vocabulary to name foods and supermarket sections. This unit also includes linguistic immersion exercises in which students listen to a dialogue in a restaurant and learn formal standards and structures when communicating in a restaurant. The unit finishes with a test that consolidates all the knowledge acquired.
- In a restaurant - Typical situation
- Chores and emotions - Dialogue
- Fast food - Reading
- Fast food – Dictation
- What’s for dinner? – Speaking assignment
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Test Final
