CONTENTS - German Edition
Unit 1 The irregular verbs; The verb
to be; The cardinal numbers;
The articles
a, an, the; The determiners
this, that;
The question words
what, how much, who, how, where, why
Unit 2 Nationalities; The verb
to have; Question tags; The alphabet;
The Phonetic symbols
Unit 3 Singular and plural; The question word
how many
Unit 4 Polite phrases; Personal pronouns;
Possession with 's, s', of …; Whose
Unit 5 Days, months; The time; The ordinal numbers (
the first, second etc); The date;
Prepositions with time -
at, on, in; What time, when
Unit 6 Colours; Adjectives; One/ones;
Personal and professional qualities; What sort/kind of ...? how is sb/sth?
what's sb/sth like? what about …?
Unit 7 The Present Continuous Tense (
I am learning English);
Questions with
who
Unit 8 There is, there are; Prepositions
Unit 9 The Present Simple Tense (
I learn English);
Some (something, someone/somebody, somewhere),
any (anything, anyone/anybody, anywhere),
no (nothing, no-one/nobody, nowhere)
Unit 10 Questions with
who in the Present Simple;
Who/whom; Much, many, little, few, a lot, lots
Unit 11 Comparison: Present Continuous, Present Simple
Unit 12 Giving directions; Up/down/over here/there; The adverb
Unit 13 The Simple Past Tense (
I learnt English);
Was, were; Regular verbs, irregular verbs
Unit 14 Comparative and superlative forms of adjectives and
adverbs; Than, as … as
Unit 15 The Past Continuous Tense (
I was learning English);
The Past Perfect Tense (
I had learnt English)
Unit 16 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.
Unit 17 The Future Tense with
will,
the present continuous,
going to … and
the present simple;
I think so, I hope not, I'm afraid so, etc.
Unit 18 Can, (be) able to; Must, have to, mustn't, don't have to
Unit 19 The Present Perfect Tense (
I have learnt English),
gone to, been to, since, for, yet, already; Comparison: Present Perfect, Simple Past
Unit 20 Reported Speech
Unit 21 The Passive; To have something done
Unit 22 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
Language Quiz & Solutions
Topics for Discussion
Role-play Activity:
What's your Story?
Supplementary exercises - German-English translation exercises
Key to Exercises - Student's Book
Progress Tests:
1. Units 1 - 2 (Irregular verbs; the verb to be; vocabulary; nationalities; the verb to have)
2. Units 3 - 4 (Irregular verbs; plurals; polite phrases; pronouns; 's / s' / of …)
3. Units 5 - 6 (Irregular verbs; the date, the time; adjectives)
4. Units 7 - 8 (Irregular verbs; The Present Continuous tense; there is, there are; prepositions)
5. Units 9 - 11 (Irregular verbs; The Present Simple tense; some, any, no; much, many, little,
few; comparison Present Continuous and Present Simple)
6. Units 12 - 14 (Irregular verbs; adverbs; the Simple Past tense; comparative and superlative
forms of adverbs and adjectives)
7. Units 15 - 16 (The Past Continuous tense; the Past Perfect tense; want, like, would like;
to + infinitive; so do I/neither do I)
8. Units 17 - 18 (The Future tense; the modal verbs can/able to, must(n't)/(don't) have to)
9. Unit 19 (The Present Perfect tense; comparison Present Perfect and Past Simple)
10. Units 20 - 22 (Reported speech; the passive; the conditionals)
