Table Of Content1A. Nice to meet you (verb be; pronouns: I, you, etc.; numbers 1-20, days of the week; vowel sounds, word stress)B. I'm not American, I'm Canadian! (verb be negative and question; countries and nationalities; numbers 20-1000; vowel sounds)C. His name, her name (Possessive adjectives: my, your, etc.; personal information; the alphabet)D. Turn off your cell phones! (a/an, plurals, this / that / these / those; the classroom, common objects; classroom language; vowel sounds)Practical EnglishWritingReview and Check2A. Cappucino and fries (simple present positive and negative; verb phrases and irregular verbs; consonant sounds, third person s)B. When Natasha meets Darren (simple present questions; common verb phrases; consonant sounds)C. An artist and a musician (a/an and jobs; jobs; consonant sounds)D. Relatively famous (possessive s; family; consonant sounds)Practical EnglishWritingReview and Check3A. Pretty woman (adjectives; adjectives, very; vowel sounds)B. Wake up, get out of bed... (telling the time, simple present; daily routine; the letter o)C. The island with a secret (adverbs of frequency; time words and expressions; the letter h)D. On the last Wednesday in August (prepositions of time; the date; word stress)Practical EnglishWritingReview and Check4A. I can't dance (can/can't; verb phrases; sentence stress)B. Shopping - men love it! (like + (verb + ing); free time activities; sentence stress)C. Fatal attraction? (object pronouns: me, you, him, etc.; love story phrases)D. Are you still mine? (possessive pronouns: mine, yours, etc.; music; rhyming words)Practical EnglishWritingReview and Check5A. Who were they? simple past of be: was were; word formation; sentence stress)B. Sydney, here we come! (simple past: regular verbs; past time expressions;-ed endings)C. Girls' night out (simple past: irregular verbs; go, have, get; sentence stress)D. Murder in a mansion (simple past: regular and irregular; irregular verbs; simple past verbs)Practical EnglishWritingReview and Check6A. A house with a history (there is/there are; houses and furniture sentence stress)B. A night in a haunted hotel (there was/there were;prepostions of place; silent letters)C. Nightmare neighbors (present continuous; verb phrases; verb + ing)D. New York, New York (simple present or present continuous?; places in a city; place names)Practical EnglishWritingReview and Check7A. What does you food say about you? (a/an, same/any; food, countable/uncountable nouns; the letters for ea)B. How much water do we really need? (how much/how many?, quantifiers: a lot, not much, etc.; drinks; w, v, and b)C. Trading vacations (be going to (plans); vacations; sentence stress)D. It's written in the cards (be going to (predictions); verb phrases)Practical EnglishWritingReview and Check8A. The True False Show (comparative adjectives; personality adjectives; sentence stress)B. The highest city in the world (superlative adjectives; the weather; consonant groups)C. Would you like to drive a Ferrari? (would like to/like; adventures; sentence stress)D. They dress well but drive badly (adverbs; common adverbs; adjectives and adverbs)Practical EnglishWritingReview and Check9A. Before we met (present perfect; been to; sentence stress)B. I've read the book, I've seen the movie (present perfect or simple past?; past participles; irregular past participles)GrammarVocabulary, PronunciationCommunicationAudioscriptsGrammar BankVocabulary BankIrregular verbsSound Bank
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