4-0 Objectives & Sequence

Articles

Students are introduced to articles and the differences when they are with different types of nouns.

Plural nouns (Regular and irregular)

Students practices how to pluralize nouns.

There is / There are

Students are introduced to the concept of using THERE IS and THERE ARE to introduce singular and plural nouns.

Directions

Vocabulary and questions are practiced, so that students are able to ask for directions and respond to them.

Places

Common places in towns and cities are studied in the vocabulary section.

4-1 Articles

The determiners A and An are studied. Students learn how to use them with nouns that start with vowels or consonants, and also with singular and plural nouns.

4-2 There is / There are

Students learn about THERE IS and THERE ARE in affirmative, negative and interrogative forms.

4-3 Negative and Questions: there is / there are.

A focus on using ‘any’ with the negative form to express zero quantity of something. Students learn how to ask and answer questions using THERE IS and THERE ARE.

4-1 To Be, Cities exercise

A reading activity about two cities with a focus on introducing different places using THERE IS and THERE ARE. A series of comprehension questions are included.

4-1 About your city

This writing activity is intended to reinforce the student’s understanding of THERE IS and THERE ARE. Students write about their own city, producing correct sentences with the grammar and vocabulary studied in unit four.

4-1 Professions

Students listen to short dialogues of people talking about their jobs, directions and expressions of location.

4-1 Describe and Compare tables.

A pairwork speaking activity in which students ask questions about a series of pictures using THERE IS and THERE ARE. Answers practice the affirmative and negative forms.

4-2 Give your partner directions

A speaking activity that focuses on places and directions on how to arrive to each places. Students work in pairs to practice forming sentences of their own.

Nouns

Verbs

Be

Other

across from

behind

between

beside

in front of

next to

on top of

to the left

to the right

under