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A1 ELEMENTARY ENGLISH

STUDENT BOOK

Elementary English – Student Book

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Dear one,

Learning a new language consists in not only to learn

the idiom itself but to discover a whole and completely new

world. Studying ESL (English as a Second Language) will surely

help you exploring a wonderful part of life. Improving our

communication means not only to learn a few words, it’s much

more than that. We need to know it deeply, we need to feel it,

and we need to live it.

You are, from this moment on, becoming part of a

different culture, with different histories, with different points

of view. You are, now, becoming a different person. And

difference, when you learn how to deal with, means richness.

From now on open your mind as possible as you can, and get

ready for one of the most amazing trips in your life.

Be welcome to your world!

My best wishes,

Teacher Ingrid

Elementary English – Student Book

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Index

Unit 1 .................................................................................................... 3

Nice to meet you! ................................................................... 3

Lesson 1 .......................................................................................... 3

Greetings and Farewells .................................................... 4

Good… .......................................................................................... 5

Lesson 2 .......................................................................................... 6

Let’s talk about present! .................................................... 7

Let’s talk about family! ..................................................... 12

Possessive Case ................................................................... 14

Lesson 3 ........................................................................................ 15

Verbs........................................................................................... 15

Practice ..................................................................................... 17

Unit 2 .................................................................................................. 19

Lesson 1 ........................................................................................ 20

The Alphabet .......................................................................... 20

Lesson 2 ........................................................................................ 20

Cultural note ........................................................................... 21

Physical Appearance ......................................................... 21

Lesson 3 ........................................................................................ 24

Present Continuous ............................................................ 24

Elementary English – Student Book

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Unit 1

Nice to meet you!

Lesson 1

Elementary English – Student Book

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Greetings and Farewells

GREETINGS

FORMAL

Hello!

How do you do?

Fine, thank you.

Pleased to meet you.

INFORMAL

Hi!

How’re you?

What’s up? (Wazzup?)

How are you doing?

Yeah, fine/good.

Nice to meet you!

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FAREWELLS

FORMAL

It was a pleasure

meeting you.

Nice to have met you.

Goodbye.

INFORMAL

Bye!

Bye-bye.

See you.

See you later!

Take care.

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Good…

GOOD

MORNING!

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GOOD

AFTERNOON!

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GOOD

EVENING!(greeting)

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GOOD

EVENING! (farewell)

PRACTICE

Pretend you have just met

and have a dialogue with the

previous content.

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Lesson 2

Let’s talk about present!

AFFIRMATIVE FORM:

NEGATIVE FORM:

I’m not We aren’t

You aren’t You aren’t

He/She/It isn’t They aren’t

I am We are

You are You are

He/She/It is They are

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INTERROGATIVE FORM:

Am I…? Are we…?

Are you…? Are you…?

Is he/she/it…? Are they…?

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Examples:

Affirmative:

I’m Brazilian. I am in Brazil.

You’re Brazilian too. You are in Brazil too.

He’s from Campinas. He is in Campinas now.

She’s American. She is in the U.S.A. now.

It’s a dog. It is in the backyard now.

You’re my friends. You are here with me now.

We’re friends. We are always there for each

other.

They’re our friends. They are always there for

us.

Negative:

I’m not Brazilian. I am not in Brazil.

You aren’t Brazilian. You are not in Brazil.

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He isn’t from Campinas. He is not in Campinas

now.

She isn’t American. She isn’t in the U.S.A. now.

It’s not a dog. It is not in the backyard now.

You aren’t my friends. You are not here with

me now.

We aren’t friends. We are not always there for

each other.

They aren’t our friends. They are not always

there for us.

Interrogative:

Am I Brazilian? Am I in Brazil?

Are you Brazilian too? Are you in Brazil too?

Is he from Campinas? Is he in Campinas now?

Is she American? Is she in the U.S.A. now?

Is it a dog? Is it in the backyard now?

Are you my friends? Are you here with me

now?

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Are we friends? Are we always there for each

other?

Are they our friends? Are they always there for

us?

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Let’s talk about family!

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Vocabulary:

Mother

Father

Parents

Daughter

Son

Child/Children

Sister

Brother

Siblings

Grandmother

Grandfather

Grandparents

Granddaughter

Grandson

Grandchild/Grandchildren

Aunt

Uncle

Cousin/s

Niece

Nephew

Mother-in-law

Father-in-law

Parents-in-law

Daughter-in-law

Son-in-law

Sister-in-law

Brother-in-law

Siblings-in-law

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Possessive Case

What is the possessive case? It’s a shorter and the most common way to say something/someone “belongs” to something/someone.

The book of Mary.1 - Mary’s book.

The friendship of Mary and Peter. - Peter and Mary’s

friendship.

The car of my father-in-law. - My father-in-law’s car.

The food of my mother is delicious. - My mother’s food

is delicious.

Does the food of Marco taste good? - Does Marco’s

food taste good?

They don’t know the story of my life. - They don’t know

my life’s story.

1 This structure is the most common in the Portuguese idiom. Also valid for the

after coming sentences.

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Lesson 3

Verbs

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In English we have regular and irregular verbs. We are going to use a

regular verb for example.

TO EAT – AFFIRMATIVE FORM

I eat We eat

You eat You eat He/She/It eats They eat

NEGATIVE FORM

I don’t eat We don’t eat

You don’t eat You don’t eat He/She/It doesn’t eat They don’t eat

INTERROGATIVE

Do I eat? Do we eat?

Do you eat? Do you eat? Does he/she/it eat? Do they eat?

It’s really uncommon to use the interrogative form with the 1st

people.

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Practice

Change the verbs in bold, in the dialogue below, using

the verbs from the picture of page 15.

Student 1: I eat. Do you eat?

Student 2: Yes, I eat./No, I don’t eat.

Student 1: Does he/she/it eat?

Student 2: Yes, he/she/it eats./ No, he/she/it doesn’t

eat.

Student 1: Do they eat?

Student 2: Yes, they eat./ No, they don’t eat.

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Unit 2

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Lesson 1

The Alphabet

Practice

LET’S PLAY:

HANGMAN

Lesson 2

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Cultural note

“How do I look?” is a TV show produced by Style Network. It

had been on TV from January 2004 to January 2012. The program was

hosted by Jeannie Mai. The show features "fashion victims,"

purportedly turned in by their friends, coworkers, and family members.

Although there are variations in each episode tailored to the individual

contestant, every episode follows the same basic pattern.

Physical Appearance

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The language for physical descriptions in English is quite specific

depending on the physical characteristic you are describing.

When giving physical descriptions, the two most common verbs

to use are BE and HAVE, however, they are quite specific.

We use BE for: height, weight, skin colour.

We use HAVE for: hair (length), hair (style), hair (colour) and

facial features.

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Practice

Do you remember verb TO BE? We are going to practice the dialogue

using it.

Example: Student 1: What does he/she/it look like?

Student 2: He/she/is is…

He/she/it has…

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Lesson 3

Present Continuous

Simple Present: a habit, something is true or what happens for a long

time.

Present Continuous: something is happening right now.

SIMPLE PRESENT PRESENT CONTINOUS

I eat. I am eating.

Do you eat? Are you eating?

I don’t eat. I am not eating.

You don’t eat. You are not eating.

Main differences:

SIMPLE PRESENT PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Auxiliary Do/Does Am/Is/Are

Verb structure Simple Present Gerund (ing)