Units |
Topics |
Language functions |
1 |
Nice to meet you |
Describing people, objects Making questions friendlier Listening to a College female student introducing herself Reading about a Cool Summer in Southern California Writing about your favorite weather. |
2 |
Types of Sentences |
Classifying words Making compound/complex sentences Listening to a male college student Reading about meaning of colors Writing about making decisions.. |
3 |
Noncount and Count Nouns |
Describing things that can be counted, categorizing things Listening to a Korean students talking about the food her roommate likes to eat Reading about An Alaskan singer story Writing about shopping at the supermarket |
4 |
Singular and Plural |
Classifying nouns Listening to an American man talking about his eating habits Reading about Finding fat Santas Writing about an ad for Santa.. |
5 |
Determiners and Adjectives |
Describing objects, people Listening to a man taling about sports Reading about a Cat story Writing about giving opinion. |
6 |
Present Time |
Drawing conclusion, Describing habits Listening to a man talking about his dog Mungo Reading about A computer Whizz Writing about making a list. |
7 |
Past Time |
Asking about things that happened recently, Listening to man talking about his last vacation Reading about Kate Moss Writing about creating an article |
8 |
Future Time |
Talking about the future, Making plans Listening to a man talking about his future plans Reading about Going back to School Writing about your plans for the future |
9 |
Passive Voice |
Making sentences impersonal Listening to a woman taling about famous landmarks Reading about oldest soccer ball Writing about letters of inquiry |
10 |
Adjective Clauses and Phrases |
Identifying adjectives Listening to a woman talking about U.S. wedding traditions Reading about hearing loss Writing about your opinion |
11 |
Degree |
Expressing equity Listening to a man talking about two U.S. towns Reading about seat belt law Writing about radio ads |
12 |
Verbals |
Classifying verbs Listening to a Danish woman talking about culture shock Reading about Animal rights Writing about environmental problems |
13 |
Nouns Clauses and Reported Speech |
Creating noun clauses Listening to a man talking about a weird story Reading about business Writing about planning. |
14 |
Present, Future, and Past Perfect |
Creating perfect tenses Listening to a woman talking about hersef Reading about a pilot story Writing about solving a problem |
15 |
Conditional Sentences |
Talking about general truths, unreal situations Listening to a woman talking about events that aren't true Reading about gadgets Writing letters |