Unit 1
Speaking
Alphabet
Practice 1
Repeat the alphabet.
A a | B b | C c | D d | E e | F f | G g | H h | I i | J j | K k | L l |
M m | N n | O o
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P p
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Q q
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R r
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S s
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T t
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U u
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V v
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W w
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X x
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Y y | Z z
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Table 1. Alphabet: Capital and Small Letters
Practice 2
Click on the link below to listen and follow along with the song.
ABC Song
Practice 3
Write the letters of the alphabet you hear. Write both the capital and the small letter.
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Practice 4
Spell the names of your classmates. Listen and write the letters your teacher pronounces.
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Vocabulary – Listen and repeat after your teacher.
Address | 335 South Washington Street
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Book | ![]() |
City | ![]() |
Country | ![]() |
Name | Maria Lin Yang Hassan |
Mr. | Mr. Hernandez ![]() |
Mrs. | Mr. Saweja and Mrs. Saweja ![]() |
Ms. | Ms. Yang ![]() |
Dr. | Dr. Mohammed ![]() |
Number | 1 2 3 4 |
Paper |
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Pencil | ![]() |
Pen | ![]() |
Phone | ![]() |
Country | ![]() |
Language | English, French, Farsi, Arabic, Vietnamese, Burmese, Russian |
State | ![]() |
Table 2. Vocabulary – Nouns (names of people, places, things)
I ![]() |
We ![]() |
You ![]() |
You ![]() |
He ![]() |
They ![]() |
She ![]() |
They ![]() |
It ![]() |
They ![]() |
Table 3. Vocabulary – Pronouns (substitute for nouns)
Ask | ![]() |
Meet | ![]() |
Table 4. Vocabulary – Verbs (action or to be)
One | 1 |
Two | 2 |
Three | 3 |
Four | 4 |
Five | 5 |
Six | 6 |
Seven | 7 |
Eight | 8 |
Nine | 9 |
Ten | 10 |
Eleven | 11 |
Twelve | 12 |
Thirteen | 13 |
Fourteen | 14 |
Fifteen | 15 |
Sixteen | 16 |
Seventeen | 17 |
Eighteen | 18 |
Nineteen | 19 |
Twenty | 20 |
Nationality | English, French, Somali, Burmese, Thai, Iraqi |
Table 5. Vocabulary – Adjectives (describe nouns or pronouns – tell “which one”, “how much”, “how many”)
When | ? ![]() |
Where | ? ![]() |
Table 6. Vocabulary – Adverbs (show or ask “when”, “where”, “why”, “how”)
Goodbye / Bye | ![]() |
Hello / Hi | ![]() |
Me, too. | ![]() |
Yes / Yeah | ![]() |
No | ![]() |
Ok | ![]() |
Where are you from? | ? ![]() |
Nice to meet you. | ![]() |
Table 7. Vocabulary – Common Expressions
Practice 5
When people speak in everyday life, informal situations – at home, at work, with friends – they speak quickly and do not clearly pronounce every letter of every word. This is called relaxed speech. It’s important to understand relaxed speech patterns because these are mainly the patterns you will hear everyday. The story is spoken using relaxed speech.
Story Telling – Listen and repeat.
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Iraq. English class. You?![]() |
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Table 8. Story Board
Practice 7
Practice repeating the story using relaxed speech patterns.
- Maria and Ali are at school.
- Ali says “Hello” to Maria.
- Maria says “Hi” and asks Ali his name.
- Ali tells Maria his name.
- Ali asks Maria where she’s from.
- Maria says she’s from Cuba and asks Ali where he is from.
- Ali says he’s from Iraq and asks Maria if she is in the English class.
- Maria says she is in Level 1.
- Ali says he is, too.
Practice 8
Dialogue 1 (embed audio with reductions)
- Hello, my name is ________________.
- Hello, I’m _______________.
- Where are you from?
- I’m from _____________. How about you?
- I’m from _____________. Are you in the English class?
- Yes, I’m in Level 1.
- Me, too. It’s nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you. Let’s go to class.
Practice 8
Map Game – Find your country. State your name and tell where you are from. Example: My name is Marta. I am from Portugal.
Figure 1. World Map (http://www.mapsopensource.com/world-major-countries-map.html)
Practice 9
Map Game – Find a city. State where the city is located.
Example: Cleveland is in Ohio.
Figure 2. United States Map with Cities
Practice 10
Conversation Practice – Practice meeting your classmates.
Hi. My name is ___________________. What’s yours?
I’m ________________.
Nice to meet you, ______________. Where are you from?
I’m from ______________________. How about you?
I’m from _________________.
Practice 11
Memory Game – Listen to your classmates describe themselves. Then restate their information. Example:
I’m Pablo. I’m from Mexico. I speak Spanish.
He’s Pablo. He’s from Mexico. He speaks Spanish.
Practice 12
Dialogue 2
- Excuse me, I’m looking for Room ________________.
- I’m going there now. Let me show you where it is.
- Thank you. My name is __________________. I’m taking English Level 1.
- Nice to meet you, ________________. I’m ______________ (with title). I’m your teacher.
Practice 13
Match the name of the country to the language of the country.
- France ____ a. Portuguese
- Vietnam ____ b. Korean
- Iran ____ c. Arabic
- Saudi Arabia ____ d. German
- Brazil ____ e. Turkish
- China ____ f. Chinese
- Turkey ____ g. French
- Korea ____ h. Vietnamese
- Germany ____ i. Farsi
Practice 14
Dictation – You will hear the sentences using relaxed American pronunciation. Listen and write using correct spelling.
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Reading
Starting School
Lansing Community College – Application for Admission
Last Name Renault First Name Paul M.I. F. Address 1016 Elm St. City Lansing Zip Code 48912 Date of Birth (Month) July (Day) 20 (Year) 1987 Country of Birth Haiti Date of High School Completion 2005
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Figure 3. School Application
Practice 14
Comprehension – Answer questions about the information on the form.
- What is the name of the school? ___________________________
- What is the family name of the student? ____________________
- What is the first name of the student? ________________________
- Paul Renault has a middle name – François. The letter F. after the letters M.I. means ______________________
- I. means Middle Initial. Since “F” is Paul’s middle initial, and “François” is Paul’s middle name, what does “initial” mean? _______________________________________________________
- What country is Paul from? _______________________________
- What is his birth date? ______________________________
- How old is Paul? _________________________
- When did Paul finish high school? _______________________
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Figure 4. Advertisement for School Supplie
Practice 15
Comprehension – Answer questions about items and price
- What is the purpose of this ad?
- To give information about school supplies
- To give information about prices
- To give information about school supplies and prices at this store
- To give information about school supplies and prices
- What is the name of the store? _____________________________________________
- When is the sale?______________________________
- How much is one pack of pencils? ________________
- Which is the lower price for a pack of pencils: one pack for 75¢ or two packs for $1.00? ___________________ Why?________________________________________________
- What is the price for 100 sheets of paper? _________________
- What is the name for pencils with different colors? ____________________________________________________
- What is the total price for a phone, including service price?_______________________________________________
- How much internet use is included in the service price for the phone? ______________________________________________
Spelling and Pronunciation
Listen to the sound for each letter of the English alphabet.
Sounds of the English alphabet
English spelling and pronunciation can seem complicated. That is mainly because the English alphabet has 26 letters, but many of the letters can make more than one sound. The sound depends on where the letter is in the word and on other letters near the word.
English spelling and pronunciation is VERY regular. What is important is to understand the spelling patterns that make the sounds.
English contains 5 letters that are vowels, but these letters can make 20 vowel sounds. Knowing the spelling patterns for the sounds, and the exception words that also make the sound, is the secret to understanding English spelling and pronunciation.
Listen to the sound for short a.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGBlY8V9O7Y
Here are some common words with this sound.
At Bag Back Cat Cab Fast Ask Hat
In the words listed, you see this spelling pattern: Vowel Consonant.
A consonant may come before the vowel “a”:
bag, back, cat, cab, fast, hat.
More than one consonant may come after the vowel “a”:
back, fast.
Practice 16
Write the words you hear.
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Spelling and pronunciation rules for “c” and “k”.
- “C” sounds like “k” before “a”, “o”, and “u”: cat, cot, cut.
- After a short vowel sound like the “a” in “cat” or “bag”, use “ck” to spell the “k” sound: back, black, pack, sack, tack, hack
Practice 17
Write the words you hear.
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Exception
The word “laugh” has the same sound as “cat”. This is the ONLY common English word with this spelling for this sound.
Practice 18
Write the words you hear.
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