American English File 1 Student eBook

1. LISTENING and SPEAKING

a. 1.2 Look at the photo story and listen to the conversations. Match the names to people A-D.

Ben  Carla  Matt  Sally

b. Listen again and fill in the blanks.

1. Teacher: Hello, everybody. Welcome to the class. I'm Carla. I'm your teacher.

2. Matt: Hi, I'm Matt. What's your ¹name ?
Sally: Sally.
Matt: ²_______?
Sally: Sally!

3. Matt: What's your phone ³_______?
Sally: It's 555-413-2456.

4. Ben: ⁴_______, Matt.
Matt: Hello. This is Sally. She's in my salsa class.
Ben: Nice to meet you. My name's Ben.
Sally: Nice to ⁵ _______ you, too.
Matt: Bye, Sally.
Sally: Goodbye, Matt. Bye, Ben.

5. Ben: Hi, Sally.
Sally: Ben! Are you in the salsa class, too?
Ben: Yes, I am. How are ⁶ _______?
Sally: I'm very well, ⁷ _______ you. And you?
Ben: ⁸ _______, thanks. ... Great! You're my partner!
Sally: Yes! See you later, Matt.

c. 1.3 Listen and repeat the conversations. Copy the rhythm.

d. Fill in the blanks with a word from the list.

Bye   Fine   Hi   I'm...   Thanks

Hello = Hi
My name's ... = _______
Very well = _______
Thank you = _______
Goodbye = _______

e. Introduce yourself to other students.

2. GRAMMAR: verb be (+), subject pronouns

a. Complete the sentences with 'm, 's, or 're.

1. l am Carla. = I'm Carla.
2. l am Matt. = I ______ Matt.
3. My name is Ben. = My name ______ Ben.
4. You are my partner. = You ______ my partner.
5. She is in my salsa class. = She ______ in my salsa class.

b. Grammar Bank 1A: simple present verb be (+), subject pronouns

(+) = affirmative form
full form	contraction
I am a student.	I'm a student.
You are my partner.	You're my partner.
He is Matt.	He's Matt.
She is Sally.	She's Sally.
It is a salsa class.	It's a salsa class.
We are students.	We're students.
You are partners.	You're partners.
They are teachers.	They're teachers.

► In contractions ' = a missing letter, e.g., 'm = am
► We use contractions in conversation and in informal writing, e.g., an email to a friend.
► We always use a subject pronoun (you, he, etc.) with a verb. It's a school. NOT Is a school.
They're teachers. NOT Are teachers.
► We always use capital I. With other pronouns we only use a capital letter when it's the first word in a sentence.
He's Ben and I'm Sally NOT i'm Sally.
► you = singular and plural.
► We use he for a man, she for a woman, and it for a thing.
► We use they for people and things.

Exercise a: Complete with am, is, or are.

I am Mike.
1. We ______ from Manaus.
2. He ______ early.
3. They ______ teachers.
4. Today ______ Wednesday.
5. I ______ sorry.
6. It ______ a hotel.
7. You ______ in room 402.
8. She ______ a student.
9. My name ______ Carla.
10. I ______ in a taxi.

Exercise b: Write the sentences with contractions.

He is late.    He is late.

1. It is Friday.  ________________.

2. They are at scool. ________________.

3. I am well. ________________.

4. You are in my class. ________________.

Exercise c: Write the sentences with a subject pronoun (I, They, etc.) and a contraction.

Mike and Hannah are students.
They're students.
1. John is in room 5.
_______________ in room 5.
2. Sam and I are friends.
_______________ friends.
3. Julia is a teacher.
_______________ teacher.
4. The school is in Oakland.
_______________ in Oakland.
5. Nico and Fernanda are in my class.
_______________ in my class.

c. 1.5 Listen and repeat the pronouns and contractions.

d. 1.6 Listen. Say the contraction.

e. In pairs, try to remember the names in your class.
Say He's / She's ______.

f. Stand up and speak to other students.

3. PRONUNCIATION: vowel sounds, word stress

 

a. 1.7 Listen to the words and sounds. Then listen and repeat.

fish	tree	cat
it this in	he we meet	am thanks Sally
egg	train	bike
very well welcome	they name later	hi I bye

b. 1.8 Listen and write the words.

 

c. 1.9 Listen and underline the stressed syllable in these words.

air|port   com|pu|ter   e|mail   ho|tel   in|ter|net   mu|se|um   pas|ta   piz|za   sa|lad   sand|wich   u|ni|ver|si|ty   web|site

 

d. Write the words from c in the chart.

food	technology	places
		airport

e. In pairs, write more words that you know in each column. How do you pronounce them?

4. VOCABULARY: days of the week, numbers 0-20

a. 1.10 Look at the picture. Listen and fill in the blanks.

b. Vocabulary Bank: Days and numbers.
Do Parts 1 and 2.

1. DAYS OF THE WEEK

Exercise a: Complete the days of the week with the letters.

W   Fr   S   Th   T   M   S

M onday /ˈmʌndeɪ/
___uesday /ˈtuzdeɪ/
___ednesday /ˈwɛnzdeɪ/
___ursday /ˈθərzdeɪ/
___iday /ˈfraɪdeɪ/
___aturday /'sætərdeɪ/
___unday /ˈsʌndeɪ/

Exercise b: 1. 11 Listen and check.

Exercise c: 1. 12 Listen and repeat the bold phrases.

the weekend (= Saturday and Sunday)
a weekday (= Monday-Friday)
What day is it today? It's Friday.
Have a good weekend. You too.
See you later. See you tomorrow. See you on Monday.

ACTIVATION
Cover the days. Say them in order.

2. NUMBERS 0-20

Exercise a: Match the words and numbers.

twelve   twenty   eleven   three   eighteen   five   fifteen   seven

0 zero /zɪroʊ/
1 one /wʌn/
2 two /tu/
3 three /θri/
4 four /fɔr/
5 ______ /faɪv/
6 six /sɪks/
7 _____ /sevn/
8 eight /eɪt/
9 nine /naɪn/
10 ten /ten/
11 ______ /ɪˈlevn/
12 ______ /twelv/
13 thirteen /θərˈtin/
14 fourteen /fɔrˈtin/
15 _______ /fɪfˈtin/
16 sixteen /sɪksˈtin/
17 seventeen /sɛvnˈtin/
18 ______ /eɪˈtin/
19 nineteen /naɪnˈtin/
20 _______ /ˈtwɛnti/

Exercise b: 1.13 Listen and check.

 

ACTIVATION Cover the words. Say the numbers.

 

c: 1.14 Listen and say the next day or number.

d. Ask three students What's your phone number?

5. LISTENING and SPEAKING

a. 1.15 Listen. Where are they? Write 1-6 in the boxes.

(  ) airport	Gate number ______
( 1 ) sandwich shop	______ dollars and ______ cents
(  ) hotel	Room ______
(  ) museum	Closed on ______
(  ) taxi	______ Manchester Road
(  ) language school	Classes On ______ and ______ mornings

b. Listen again. Write a number or a day in each blank.

c. 1.16 Listen and respond.