CONTENTS - Student's Book
Unit
1.
A Surprise Meeting
The verb
to be; the cardinal numbers; the question words
what, how much, who,
how, where, why; this/that; the articles -
a, an, the
2.
A Quiz
Nationalities; the verb
to have; question tags; the alphabet
3.
The Au Pair
Singular and plural
4. Polite Conversation with a Lonely Neighbour
Polite phrases; personal pronouns; possession with
's, s', of …; whose
5.
Some Historical Facts and Dates
The date; the ordinal numbers; the time; days, months; prepositions with time -
at, on, in; what time/when
6.
A Job Interview
What sort/kind of ; colours; adjectives; one/ones; personal and professional
qualities; what's sb/sth like?, what about …?, how is sb/sth?
7.
An Important Project
The Present Continuous Tense (
I am learning English); questions with 'who'
8.
The Perfect House; My Home Town
There is, there are; prepositions
9.
A Day in the Life of a Manager
The Present Simple Tense (
I learn English);
some (something, someone/somebody, somewhere), any (anything, anyone/anybody,
anywhere),
no (nothing, no-one/nobody, nowhere)
10.
Whodunit?
Questions with 'who' in the Present Simple; who, whom; much, many, little, few,
a lot, lots
11.
A Well-earned Break
Comparison: Present Continuous, Present Simple
12.
At Ronsystems Ltd.
Giving directions; up/down/over here/there; the adverb
13.
A Disappointment
The Simple Past Tense (
I learnt English); was, were; regular verbs, irregular verbs
14.
Fishing for Compliments
Comparative and superlative forms of adjectives and adverbs; than, as … as
15.
You Weren't Listening; Thoughtful Friends
The Past Continuous Tense (
I was learning English);
The Past Perfect Tense (
I had learnt English)
16.
I Want to be a Film Star
want/like; want to/would like to; want you to/would like you to;
preposition +
-ing,
to + infinitive; so do I/I do too/neither do I/I don't either, etc.
17.
All Work and No Play makes Jack a Dull Boy
The Future Tense (
I'll learn English),
the present continuous, going to … and
the
present simple for the future; I think so, I hope not, I'm afraid so, etc.
18.
I Can't Stand It
Can, (be) able to; must, have to; mustn't, don't have to
19.
Mr Scatterbrain
The Present Perfect Tense (
I have learnt English); gone to, been to; since, for, yet, already;
comparison with the Simple Past
20.
Cutting Costs - A Consoling Speech
Reported Speech
21.
Copy Cat
The Passive; to have something done
22.
Be Careful What You Wish
The Conditionals; when, if; I wish …
Appendices
Appendix 1 Irregular Verbs in groups
Appendix 2 Parts of Speech; The Parts of a Sentence
Appendix 3 The Comma
Appendix 4 Capital Letters
Appendix 5 The Tenses
