American English File STARTER Student eBook

Unit 2B

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تاریخ بروزرسانی1403/11/7

1. READING and LISTENING

a. Read and listen to the conversation. Then complete the information on the card.

Pia Who's he?
Lin He's Alex. He's in my class.
Pia Where's he from?
Lin He's from Mexico.
Pia How old is he?
Lin He's 22, I think.
Pia He's very good-looking!

b. Listen and complete the conversation.

Lin Hi, Pia. How are you?
Pia Hi, Lin. I'm fine, and you?
Lin I'm fine, too. This is Alex. He's in my ¹ __________________. Alex, this is Pia.
Pia Hi, Alex!
Alex Hi. 2_____________ class are you in?

Lin That's my bus! Bye. See you ³ __________!
Alex Bye. ⁴_____________ are you from, Pia?
Pia I'm from ⁵____________. This is my bus stop. Bye. Alex. Nice to meet you.
Alex Nice to meet you, too, Pia. What's your cell ⁶__________ number?
Pia Sorry, my bus ... It's 617-55 ...!

c. Listen and repeat the conversation. Then practice it in groups of three.

2. GRAMMAR Wh- and How questions with be

a. Listen and repeat the question words.

How

What

Where

Who

b. Complete the chart with question words from a.

1 A: Where are you from?	B: I'm from China.
2 A: ______ are you?	B: Fine, Thanks.
3 A: ______'s he?	B: He's a friend.
4 A: ______ 's your name?	B: Molly.
5 A: ______'s Alberta?	B: It's in Canada.
6 A: ______ old are you?	B: 26.
7 A: ______'s your cell phone number?	B: 617 - 555 - 6879.

c. Listen and check.

d. Wh- and How questions with be

Listen and repeat the examples. Then read the rules.

Question word(s)	Verb	Subject
Who	's	Tom?	He's a friend.
What	's	you email?	johng@gmail.com.
Where	are	you from?	I'm from Toronto, Canada.
When	's	the concert?	It's on Tuesday.
How	are	you?	I'm fine, thanks.
How old	's	she?	She's ten.

Word order

+	Subject, verb	They're American.
?	Verb, subject	Are they American?
?	Question, verb, subject	Where are they from?

Contractions with question words

We can contract is after question words.
What's her name? = What is her name?
Where's he from? = Where is he from?
How's Anna? = How is Anna?
How old's Jan? = How old is Jan?
Don't contract is in a question when the last word is a pronoun (he, she, it, etc.).
How old is she? NOT ~~How old's she?~~
Where is he? NOT ~~Where's she?~~

Exercise a: Complete with a question word.

~~How~~ How old What (x2) When Where (x2) Who (x2)

A:How are you?
B: Fine thanks. And you?

1. A: ________'s the concert?
B: On Tuesday at 7:30.
A: ________ is it?
B: Chicago.

2. A: ________ 's your name?
B: Jessica.

3. A: ________ is she?
B: She's my friend, Julia.
A: ________'s she from?
B: Mexico.

4. A: ________ 's your email?
B: It's jbl098@yoohoo.com.

5. A: ________'s that?
B: My brother Adrian.
A: ________ is he?
B: He's 25.

Exercise b: Order the words to make questions.

are how old you? How old are you?

1. she who is? ___________________

2. what number your cell phone is? ______________________________________

3. is where room 4? __________________

4. married is Marta? __________________

5. your English class is when? _________________________________

6. you number is phone 555 - 0362? ______________________________________

7. is his email what?

8. Pedro how is old? _____________________

Exercise c: Write questions to complete the conversation.

A:What's your name?	B: Pedro Guzman.
A: ¹________________?	B: Monterrey.
A: ²_____________ Monterrey?	B: It's in Mexico.
A: ³________________?	B: pguzman@gmail.com.
A: Thanks. ⁴______________?	B: 81 8150 9304.
A: ⁵________________?	B: I'm 19.

e. Cover the questions in the chart in b and look at the answers. Say the questions.

3. VOCABULARY: phone numbers, numbers 11-100

a. Listen and complete the phone number.

2 ___ 2 - ___ ___ 5 - 0 ___ ___ ___

b. 2.20 Practice saying these phone numbers. Listen and check.

1.   608-5713
2.   845-7902
3.   231-504-0206

c. Ask and answer with a partner. Write the number.

d. NUMBERS

Exercise a: Listen and repeat the numbers.

11	eleven/ɪˈlevn/
12	twelve/twelv/
13	thirteen/θərˈtin/
14	fourteen /fɔrˈtin/
15	fifteen/fɪfˈtin/
16	sixteen /sɪksˈtin/
17	seventeen/sevnˈtin/
18	eighteen/eɪˈtin/
19	nineteen/naɪnˈtin/
20	twenty /ˈtwenti/

Exercise b: Listen and repeat the numbers.

21	twenty-one /ˈtwenti wʌn/
22	twenty-two /ˈtwenti tu/
30	thirty /ˈθərti/
33	thirty-three /ˈθərti θri/
40	forty /ˈfɔrti/
44	forty-four /ˈfɔrti fɔr/
50	fifty /ˈfɪfti/
55	fifty-five /ˈfɪf.ti faɪv/
60	sixty /ˈsɪksti/
66	sixty-six /ˈsɪksti sɪks/
70	seventy /ˈsevnti/
77	seventy-seven /ˈsevntisevn/
80	eighty /ˈeɪti/
88	eighty-eight /ˈeɪti eɪt/
90	ninety/ˈnaɪnti/
99	ninety-nine /ˈnaɪntinaɪn/
100	a / one hundred /ə ˈhʌn.drəd/ /wʌnˈhʌn.drəd/

Word stress - be careful!

30 thirty 13 thirteen
40 forty 14 fourteen, etc.

ACTIVATION: Cover the words. Say the numbers.

e. Listen and write the numbers.

15 ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

f. Play Buzz.

4. PRONUNCIATION and LISTENING: understanding numbers

a. Listen to the difference between the numbers.

1	a: 13	b: 30
2	a: 14	b: 40
3	a: 15	b: 50
4	a: 16	b: 60
5	a: 17	b: 70
6	a: 18	b: 80
7	a: 19	b: 90

1 a 13 b 30
2 a 14 b 40
3 a 15 b 50
4 a 16 b 60
5 a 17 b 70
6 a 18 b 80
7 a 19 b 90

b. Listen. Which number do you hear? Circle a or b in (a). Then practice saying all the numbers.

c. Listen to the conversations. Number the questions 1-4.

(___) What's your address?
(___) How old are you?
(___) What's your email?
(___) What's your cell phone number?

d. Listen again and write the numbers in the answers.

1. Phone number: ________________
2. ________ Oak Street.
3. Age: _____________
4. james _____________@geemail.com

Email adresses

@ = at . = dot

5. WRITING and SPEAKING

a. Writing A form

Complete an online form.

Exercise a: Look at the form. Match each part to a question a_h below.

a (___) Are you married?
b (___) What's your home phone number?
c (___) What's your zip code?
d (___) How old are you?
e (___) What's your email?
f (___) What's your name?
g (___) What's your cell phone number?
h (___) What's your address?

Exercise b: Complete the form for you. Check ($\checkmark$) your title, too.

Titles
Mr. = a man, Ms. = a woman, Mrs. = a married woman

Capital letters
Adam Davis NOT ~~adam davis~~
245 Green Street NOT ~~245 green street~~
London NOT ~~london~~
Miami, Florida NOT ~~miami, florida~~

b. Communication: Personal information

STUDENT A

Exercise a: Interview B and comlete B's form.

Exercise b: Answer B's questions. Use the information in the YOU form.

STUDENT B

Exercise a: Answer A's questions. Use the information in the YOU form.

Exercise b: Interview A and complete A's form.

6. VIDEO LISTENING: Meet the students

a. Watch the video Meet the students. Is it a nice school?

b. Watch again. Circle the correct answer.

1. San Francisco is on the east / west coast of the United States.
2. San Francisco is / isn't famous for cable cars.
3. Rike and Hyeongwoo are teachers / students.
4. Hyeongwoo is 23 / 26 years old.
5. His teacher is Stephen / Laura.
6. Rike is Brazilian / Chilean.
7. Laura is a good teacher / student.
8. Their student house is/ isn't near the school.

c. Watch some extracts from the video. Complete the sentences with words from the list.

bedrooms big cafeteria computer room kitchen small yard

1. It's a __________school with about 350 students.
2. His class is___________ , with only five students.
3. ...they're in the _________ ... or here in the __________.
4. It's a big house with five _________, a ____________ and a ____________.

WORDS AND PHRASES TO LEARN

Listen and repeat the words and phrases.

Who's he?
How old is he?
He's very good-looking.
How are you?
I'm fine.
This is Alex.
That's my bus.
This is my bus stop.
What class are you in?
What's your cell phone number?
See you later.
a bedroom
a kitchen
a yard
big
small