American English File STARTER Student eBook

1. LISTENING and VOCABULARY: colors and common adjectives

a. Take the quiz with a partner. Match the logos to the cars. What nationality are they?

b. Listen and check.

c. Now look at the picture and listen to the conversation. Which car is perfect for the woman...?
a) in her opinion
b) in her son's opinion

d. Read the conversation. Write the highlighted
words under the two cars.

 

Salesperson	Is the car for you?
Man	No, it's for my mother.
Woman	Yes, it's for me.
Salesperson	For you, ma'am? Well, what about this blue car here? It's small and it's easy to park.
Man	Yes, Mom, it's perfect for you.
Woman	But it's very slow. And it's ugly.
Salesperson	It's an electric car, ma'am. Very eco-friendly. They're good cars.
Woman	I prefer...this red car.
Man	But Mom, it's a sports car! It's very fast. And it's very expensive.
Woman	Yes, but it's my money. It's a beautiful car and I love it! How much is it?
Salesperson	Come with me, ma'am.
Man	Mom! ...

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

f. Adjectives

COLORS

Listen and repeat the words.

black /blæk/	blue /blu/
brown /braʊn/	green /grin/
gray /greɪ/	orange /'ɔrɪndʒ/
pink /piŋk/	red /rɛd/
white /waɪt/	yellow /'yɛloʊ/

ACTIVATION: Cover the words. Look at the photos. Ask and answer.

COMMON ADJECTIVES

Exercise a: Listen and repeat the words.

big /bɪg/	$\neq$	small /smɔl/
old /oʊld/	$\neq$	new /nu/
fast /fæ st/	$\neq$	slow /slouʊ/
beautiful /'byutə fl/	$\neq$	ugly /'ʌgli/
cheap / tʃip/	$\neq$	expensive /ɪk'spɛnsɪv/
long /lɔ ŋ/	$\neq$	short /ʃɔrt/
clean /klin/	$\neq$	dirty /'dərti/
easy /'izi/	$\neq$	difficult /'dɪfɪkʌlt/

Exercise b: Cover the words. Look at the photos. Say the adjectives.

ACTIVATION: Test a partner.

Exercise c: Listen and repeat the positive and negative adjectives.

 

 

g. With a partner, talk about your car or your family's car

2. GRAMMAR: adjectives 

a. Circle a or b.

1.  a   It's a beautiful car.
    b   It's a car beautiful.
2. a   They're goods cars.
    b   They're good cars.

b. adjectives

Listen and repeat the examples. Then read the rules

1. An Audi is expensive. It's fast.
2. An Audi is an expensive car. It's a fast car.
3. They're old houses. My glasses are new.
4. He's tall. She's tall, too. 

1. We use adjectives after the verb be, e.g., An Audi is expensive. NOT An Audi expensive is.
2. We use adjectives before a noun, e.g., It's a fast car NOT It's a fast car.
3. Adjectives are the same for singular and plural: It's an old house. They're old houses. NOT They're old houses.
4. Adjectives are the same for men and women.

	(great) It's a great restaurant.
	(old) ____________________
	(black) ____________________
	(new) ____________________
	(big) ____________________
	(expensive) ____________________
	(good) ____________________

Exercise b: Order the words to make sentences.

blue is bag my    My bag is blue.

1. beautiful a day it's
______________________________

2. is husband nice very Amy's
______________________________

3. question difficult they're very
______________________________

4. phone cheap a is this
______________________________

5. photo it's terrible a
______________________________

6. Natsuko teacher is fantastic a
______________________________

7. very is cat old our
______________________________

8. restaurant this good a very isn't
______________________________

9. long it's a exercise very
______________________________

10. is ugly very dog their
______________________________

11. expensice Japanese movie tickets are very
______________________________

12. very this is small room a
______________________________

c. Listen and say the plural.

3. PRONUNCIATION /ɑr/ and /ɔr/, linking 

a. Listen and repeat the words and sounds.

car	large park are tomorrow
horse	short sport orange door

 

b. Listen. Practice the phrases. 

c. Listen and write five phrases.

 

d. With a partner, look at the photos from Adjectives and make sentences.

5.VIDEO LISTENING: Beaulieu Motor Museum

a. Watch the video Beaulieu Motor Museum. Which is your favorite car?

b. Watch again. Mark the sentences T (true) or F (false).

1. Beaulieu is a small village.
2. lt isn't famous.
3. The National Motor Museum is 52 years old.
4. The host's favorite car is the Bluebird.
5. The Ferrari Dino is 14 years old.
6. The Ford Anglia is an American car.
7. It's famous because it's in the Star Wars movies. 
 8. The National Motor Museum has motorcycles, too. 

c. Do you think it's an interesting museum? 

 

WORDS AND PHRASES TO LEARN

Listen and repeat the words and phrases.

ma'am 
an electric car
a sports car 
easy to park
perfect 
in her (my, your,..) opinion
Is the car for you? 
I prefer this red car.
I love it!
Come with me.
a museum 
a village 
a motorcycle
famous