CLASS 2

Telling the time

There are two ways of saying the time in English. You can New language Times of day
use hours and minutes, or you can say the minutes first Vocabulary Words for time
and state their relation to the hour. New skill Saying what the time is

KEY LANGUAGE TELLING THE TIME

Use the verb “to be”
when giving or asking
the time in English.

US English can use

“quarter after” instead
of “quarter past.”

You can leave out the

“a” before “quarter.”

VOCABULARY TIMES OF DAY

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 MATCH THE CLOCKS TO LISTEN TO THE AUDIO AND
THE TIME PHRASES MARK THE TIMES YOU HEAR

WRITE DOWN THE TIMES,

THEN SAY THEM OUT LOUD

WRITE THE TIMES IN FIGURES

CHECKLIST
Times of day Words for time Saying what the time is

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 Vocabulary
DAILY ROUTINES

TIMES OF THE DAY

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 Describing your day
Use the present simple tense to talk about the things New language The present simple
you do regularly: for example, when you normally go Vocabulary Routine activities
to work or eat lunch. New skill Talking about your daily routine

KEY LANGUAGE THE PRESENT SIMPLE

To make the present
simple, use the base The base form of the verb “to eat.”
form of the verb (the
infinitive without “to”).

With he, she, and it, add “s” to the base form.

FURTHER EXAMPLES THE PRESENT SIMPLE

HOW TO FORM THE PRESENT SIMPLE

The base form of the verb.

SUBJECT VERB REST OF SENTENCE

With he, she, and it, add “s.”

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 CROSS OUT THE INCORRECT WORD IN EACH SENTENCE

FILL IN THE GAPS USING SAY THE SENTENCES OUT

THE WORDS IN THE PANEL LOUD, FILLING IN THE GAPS

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 KEY LANGUAGE “S” AND “ES” ENDINGS
With some verbs you add “es” for he, she, and it. These
include verbs ending “sh,” “ch,” “o,” “ss,” “x,” and “z.”

For most verbs, Add “es” to verbs Add “es” to verbs

just add “s.” ending “sh.” ending “ch.”

PRONUNCIATION SAYING “S” AND “ES”

The “-s” endings are pronounced
different ways. Listen to the difference.

An “s” sound. A “z” sound. Say the “es”

like the verb “is.”

SAY THE WORDS FILL IN THE GAPS BY PUTTING THE

OUT LOUD VERBS IN THE CORRECT FORM

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 REWRITE THE SENTENCES, LISTEN TO THE AUDIO
CORRECTING THE ERRORS AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
Joan talks about her daily
routine and work schedule.

USE THE CHART TO CREATE 12 CORRECT SENTENCES

AND SAY THEM OUT LOUD

Start with Finish with a time.

a noun Choose the correct
or pronoun. form of the verb.

CHECKLIST
The present simple Routine activities Talking about your daily routine

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 Describing your week
You can talk about your usual weekly activities using the New language Days and prepositions
present simple with time phrases. Time phrases are often Vocabulary Days of the week
formed using prepositions and days of the week. New skill Talking about your weekly routine

VOCABULARY DAYS OF THE WEEK

KEY LANGUAGE PREPOSITIONS AND DAYS OF THE WEEK

Use “on” before the day You can add “–s” to the day of
of the week to say the the week to show that the thing
day you do something. happens regularly on that day.

TIP
In US English, you can
also leave out “go to”
and the preposition
Use “from” to say Use “to” to say when saying what day
the day you start the day you finish you work: “I work
doing something. doing something. Mondays.”

“On the weekend” is more

common in the US.

“At the weekend” is more

common in the UK.

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 FILL IN THE GAPS TO COMPLETE THE SENTENCES

VOCABULARY ACTIVITIES

FILL IN THE GAPS TO COMPLETE SAY THE SENTENCES OUT

THE SENTENCES LOUD, FILLING IN THE GAPS

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 VOCABULARY FREQUENCY PHRASES
Use frequency
phrases to say how
often something
normally happens.

HOW TO FORM USING FREQUENCY PHRASES

The frequency phrase PRESENT SIMPLE FREQUENCY
usually goes at the
end of the sentence.

FURTHER EXAMPLES FREQUENCY PHRASES

LISTEN TO THE AUDIO AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS

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 PUT THE WORDS IN ORDER SAY THE SENTENCES OUT
TO FORM A CORRECT SENTENCE LOUD, FILLING IN THE GAPS

CHECKLIST
Days and prepositions Days of the week Talking about your weekly routine

REVIEW THE ENGLISH YOU HAVE LEARNED IN UNITS 10-14

NEW LANGUAGE SAMPLE SENTENCE UNIT

TALKING ABOUT JOBS

USING “WORK IN,” “WORK ON,”

AND “WORK WITH”

TELLING THE TIME

THE PRESENT SIMPLE

PREPOSITIONS AND DAYS

OF THE WEEK

FREQUENCY PHRASES

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 Negatives with “to be”
You make a sentence negative by using “not” or its short New language Negatives with “to be”
form “n’t.” Negative sentences with the verb “to be” have Vocabulary “Not”
different rules than negatives with other verbs. New skill Saying what things are not

KEY LANGUAGE NEGATIVES WITH THE VERB “TO BE”

Add “not” after “to be” to
make the sentence negative.

“Not” is added to make the

sentence negative.

FURTHER EXAMPLES NEGATIVES WITH THE VERB “TO BE”

HOW TO FORM NEGATIVES WITH THE VERB “TO BE”

The verb “to be”
takes the same form SUBJECT + VERB “NOT” REST OF SENTENCE
in positive and
negative sentences.
The only difference
is adding “not.”

A plural subject is usually

followed by a plural noun.

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 REWRITE THE SENTENCES, PUTTING THE WORDS IN THE CORRECT ORDER

FILL IN THE GAPS TO MAKE LISTEN TO THE AUDIO, THEN

NEGATIVE SENTENCES NUMBER THE IMAGES IN THE
ORDER THEY ARE DESCRIBED

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 KEY LANGUAGE NEGATIVE SHORT FORMS
You can contract
“you are not” in
“You are” contracts
two ways. You can to “you’re.”
contract the
subject and verb,
or you can contract
the verb and “not.”

“Are not” contracts to “aren’t.”

FURTHER EXAMPLES NEGATIVE SHORT FORMS

You cannot say “I amn’t.”

REWRITE THE SENTENCES, CORRECTING THE ERRORS

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 READ THE BLOG AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS

USE THE CHART TO CREATE 12 CORRECT SENTENCES

AND SAY THEM OUT LOUD

Start with Choose a Finish with a

a pronoun. negative form. noun or phrase.

CHECKLIST
Negatives with “to be” “Not” Saying what things are not

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 More negatives
Add ‘“do not” or “does not” before most verbs New language Present simple negative
in English to make them negative. This is often Vocabulary Daily activities
shortened to “don’t” or “doesn’t.” New skill Saying what you don’t do

KEY LANGUAGE PRESENT SIMPLE NEGATIVE

Put “do not”
before the verb
to make the The main verb
does not change.
negative for “I,”
“you,” “we,” or
“they.” After “he,”
“she,” or ”it,” use
“does not.”

FURTHER EXAMPLES PRESENT SIMPLE NEGATIVE

HOW TO FORM PRESENT SIMPLE NEGATIVE

Use “do” or “does” with “not” followed by the base
form of the main verb (the infinitive without “to”).

SUBJECT “DO / DOES” + “NOT” BASE FORM REST OF SENTENCE

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 FILL IN THE GAPS USING LISTEN TO THE AUDIO AND
“DO NOT” OR “DOES NOT” ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
Frank talks about his daily
and weekly routines.

KEY LANGUAGE CONTRACTED NEGATIVES

In English, “do not”
and “does not” are
often contracted
to “don’t”
and “doesn’t.”

FURTHER EXAMPLES PRESENT SIMPLE NEGATIVE: SHORT FORMS

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 FILL IN THE GAPS TO WRITE EACH SENTENCE THREE DIFFERENT WAYS

REWRITE THE SENTENCES, CORRECTING THE ERRORS

USE THE CHART TO CREATE 12 CORRECT SENTENCES AND SAY

THEM OUT LOUD

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 READ THE ARTICLE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS

CHECKLIST
Present simple negative Daily activities Saying what you don’t do

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 Simple questions
To form simple questions with the verb “to be,” you New language Simple questions
change the order of the subject and verb. The answer Vocabulary Jobs and routine activities
to a simple question usually starts with “yes” or “no.” New skill Asking simple questions

KEY LANGUAGE QUESTIONS WITH “TO BE”

To make a question In a statement, the subject
using the verb “to be,” comes before the verb.
put the verb before
the subject.

In a question, the verb moves The subject comes after the verb.
to the start of the sentence.

FURTHER EXAMPLES QUESTIONS WITH “TO BE”

HOW TO FORM QUESTIONS WITH “TO BE”

“TO BE” SUBJECT REST OF SENTENCE

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 REWRITE THE SENTENCES AS QUESTIONS

LISTEN TO THE AUDIO AND INTONATION SIMPLE QUESTIONS

CIRCLE THE CORRECT ANSWER The tone of the voice usually rises at
TO EACH QUESTION the end of a simple question in English.
The tone falls at the
end of statements.

The tone goes up at

the end of questions.

SAY THESE SENTENCES OUT

LOUD, FILLING IN THE GAPS

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 KEY LANGUAGE QUESTIONS WITH “DO” AND “DOES”
For questions
without the verb
“to be,” start the
question with
“do” or “does.”

Add “do” to questions Add “does” to The main verb is

with “I,” “you,” “we,” questions with in its base form
and “they.” “he,” “she,” and “it.” (the infinitive without “to”).

FURTHER EXAMPLES QUESTIONS WITH “DO” AND “DOES”

HOW TO FORM QUESTIONS WITH “DO” AND “DOES”

“DO” / “DOES” SUBJECT BASE FORM OF VERB REST OF SENTENCE

FILL IN THE GAPS IN THE QUESTIONS USING “DO” OR “DOES”

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 REWRITE THE QUESTIONS, PUTTING THE WORDS IN THE CORRECT ORDER

REWRITE THE SENTENCES SAY THE SENTENCES OUT

AS QUESTIONS LOUD, FILLING IN THE GAPS

CHECKLIST
Simple questions Jobs and routine activities Asking simple questions

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 Answering questions
When answering questions in English, you can often New language Short answers
leave out words to shorten your response. These short Vocabulary Jobs and routines
answers are often used in spoken English. New skill Answering spoken questions

KEY LANGUAGE SHORT ANSWERS

Question uses “to be.”
When the
question uses the
verb “to be,” use
“to be” in the short
answer. If the You don’t need to repeat “a doctor” in your answer.
question uses “do”
or “does,” so does
the short answer.
Question uses “do.”
The rest of the sentence is implied.

FURTHER EXAMPLES SHORT ANSWERS

Question uses “does.”

LISTEN TO THE AUDIO AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS

Maria Kowalski goes

for a job interview.

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 MARK THE CORRECT REPLY ANSWER THE QUESTIONS,
TO EACH QUESTION SPEAKING OUT LOUD

CHECKLIST
Short answers Jobs and routines Answering spoken questions

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 Asking questions
Use question words such as “what,” “who,” “when,” New language Open questions
and “where” to ask open questions that can’t be Vocabulary Question words
answered with “yes” or “no.” New skill Asking for details

KEY LANGUAGE OPEN QUESTIONS WITH THE VERB “TO BE”

The question word
goes at the beginning
of the question. It is
usually followed by
the verb “to be.”

The question word goes The question is “open”

at the beginning. because it can’t be
answered “yes” or “no.”

FURTHER EXAMPLES OPEN QUESTIONS WITH THE VERB “TO BE”

CROSS OUT THE INCORRECT WORDS IN EACH SENTENCE

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 VOCABULARY MATCH THE QUESTIONS TO
QUESTION WORDS THE CORRECT ANSWERS

FURTHER EXAMPLES FILL IN THE GAPS USING THE

QUESTION WORDS WORDS IN THE PANEL

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 KEY LANGUAGE OPEN QUESTIONS USING “DO” AND “DOES”
With most verbs
other than “to be” “Do” or “does” follows the question word.
you use the
question word
followed by “do”
or “does” to make The question word Main verb changes
a question. goes at the beginning. to its base form.

HOW TO FORM OPEN QUESTIONS USING “DO” AND “DOES”

QUESTION WORD “DO / DOES” SUBJECT VERB + OBJECT

FURTHER EXAMPLES OPEN QUESTIONS USING “DO” AND “DOES”

FILL IN THE GAPS TO COMPLETE THE QUESTIONS

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 REWRITE THE SENTENCES, LISTEN TO THE AUDIO AND
PUTTING THE WORDS IN THE MARK THE QUESTIONS YOU HEAR
CORRECT ORDER
Ben talks about his
life as a student.

SAY THE QUESTIONS OUT LOUD, FILLING IN THE GAPS USING THE
WORDS IN THE PANEL

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 READ THE EMAIL AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS

USE THE CHART TO CREATE 12 CORRECT SENTENCES

AND SAY THEM OUT LOUD

Start with a Choose the correct Choose a Finish with the main
question word. form “do” or “does.” pronoun or name. verb and object.

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 REWRITE THE SENTENCES, FILL IN THE GAPS TO
CORRECTING THE ERRORS COMPLETE THE QUESTIONS

CHECKLIST
Open questions Question words Asking for details

REVIEW THE ENGLISH YOU HAVE LEARNED IN UNITS 15-19

NEW LANGUAGE SAMPLE SENTENCE UNIT

NEGATIVES WITH “TO BE”

PRESENT SIMPLE NEGATIVE

SIMPLE QUESTIONS

SHORT ANSWERS

OPEN QUESTIONS WITH “TO BE”

OPEN QUESTIONS USING

“DO” AND “DOES”

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 Vocabulary
AROUND TOWN

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 Talking about your town
When you talk about things, you can use “there New language “There is” and “there are”
is” for one and “there are” for more than one. Vocabulary Towns and buildings
“There isn’t” and “there aren’t” are the negatives. New skill Describing a town

KEY LANGUAGE “THERE IS” AND “THERE ARE”

Use “there is” to talk about one thing (singular).

Use “there are” to talk about more than one (plural).

FURTHER EXAMPLES “THERE IS” AND “THERE ARE”

FILL IN THE GAPS USING SAY THESE PLURALS

“THERE IS” AND “THERE ARE” OUT LOUD

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 LOOK AT THE PICTURES AND FILL IN THE GAPS TO COMPLETE
THE SENTENCES

KEY LANGUAGE “THERE IS NOT” AND “THERE ARE NOT ANY”

Add “not” to make a Add “not any” to make a
singular sentence negative. plural sentence negative.

You can shorten You can shorten

“is not” to “isn’t.” “are not” to “aren’t.”

CROSS OUT THE INCORRECT WORD IN EACH SENTENCE

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 ANOTHER WAY TO SAY LISTEN TO THE AUDIO, THEN
“THERE AREN’T ANY” NUMBER THE PICTURES IN THE
You can use “are no” instead of ORDER THEY ARE DESCRIBED
“aren’t any.” It means the same thing.
This is the contracted
form of “are not.”

FURTHER EXAMPLES “ARE NO”

FILL IN THE GAPS

USING “ARE” AND “AREN’T”

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 READ THE EMAIL AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS

LOOK AT THE PICTURE, THEN SAY EACH SENTENCE

OUT LOUD, FILLING IN THE GAPS

CHECKLIST
“There is” and ”there are” Towns and buildings Describing a town

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