1 A Private Conversation—Word Order in Simple Statements 1
2 Breakfast or Lunch?—The Present:Continuous and Simple 5
LANGUAGE LEARNING AT THE PRE-INTERMEDIATE LEVEL 7
General Principles 7
CONTENTSTO THE TEACHER 7
What has to be Learnt? 8
Learning to Speak 8
Learning to Write 9
3 Please Send Me a Card—The Simple Past 9
The Teaching of Grammar 10
The Multi-Purpose Text 10
Speed and Intensity 11
Levels 11
ABOUT THIS COURSE 12
From Theory to Practice:Basic Aims 12
For Whom the Course is Intended 12
4 An Exciting Trip—The Present Perfect Simple 13
How Much Knowledge has been Assumed? 13
Assumed Knowledge 13
The Components of the Course 14
A Description of the Course 14
5 NoWrongNumbers—TheSimplePast andthePresent Perfect Simple 17
HOW TO USE THIS COURSE 18
Allocation of Time 18
Lesson 1:Guided Conversation 18
Lesson 2:Composition and Language Study 21
6 Percy Buttons—The Indefinite and Definite Articles 21
Homework 22
UNIT ONE:Instructions to the Student 23
Pre-Unit Test 23
Future Work 23
Additional Written Practice 23
Additional Oral Practice 23
Additional Reading Material 23
Pre-Unit Tests 23
7 Too Late—The Past Continuous 25
8 The Best and the Worst—The Comparison of Adjectives 29
9 A Cold Welcome—Prepositions of Time 33
10 Not For Jazz—The Passive 37
11 One Good Turn Deserves Another—Review of Tenses 41
12 Goodbye and Good Luck—The Simple Future 45
13 The Greenwood Boys—The Future Continuous 49
14 Do You Speak English?—The Past Perfect Simple 53
15 Good News—Indirect Statements 57
16 A Polite Request—Type I Conditional Statements 61
17 Always Young—Must and Have to 65
18 He Often Does This!—Have(Possession/Ordinary Verb) 69
19 Sold Out——Can and May 73
20 One Man in a Boat—The Gerund after Prepositions 77
21 Mad or Not?—The Passive(Auxiliary Verbs) 81
22 A Glass Envelope—Verbs followd by Prepositions:Of,From,In and On 85
23 A New House—Review of Tenses and Auxiliary Verbs 89
24 It Could be Worse—Special Difficulties:Review 93
Pre-Unit Test 97
UNIT TWO:Instructions to the Student 102
25 Do the English Speak English?—Word Order in Com-pound Statements 106
26 The Best Art Critics—The Present:Continuous and Simple:Non-conclusive Verbs 110
27 A Wet Night—The Simple Past 114
28 No Parking!—The Present Perfect Simple(Since and For) 118
29 Taxi!—The Simple Past and the Present Perfect Simple 122
30 Football or Polo?—The Indefinite and Definite Articles 126
31 Success Story—The Past Continuous and Used to 130
32 Shopping Made Easy—The Comparison of Adjectives 134
33 Out of the Darkness—Prepositions indicating Direction 138
34 Quick Work—The Passive 142
35 Stop Thief!——Review of Tenses 146
36 Across the Channel——The Simple Future and Going to 150
37 The Olympic Games——The Future Perfect Simple 154
38 Everyting Except the Weather——The Past Perfect Simple 158
39 Am I All Right?—Indirect Questions 162
40 Food and Talk—Type 2 Conditional Statements 166
41 Do You Call That a Hat?—Must,Have To and Need 170
42 Not Very Musical—Have(Ordinary Verb) 174
43 Over the South Pole—Can and Able To 178
44 Through the Forest—The Gerund and The Infinitive 182
45 A Clear Conscience—ThePassive 186
46 Expensive and Uncomfortable—Verbs Followed by Prepositions:To,At,For and With 190
47 A Thirsty Ghost—Review of Tenses and Auxiliary Verbs 194
48 Did You Want to Tell Me Something?—Special Diffi-culties:Review 198
Pre-Unit Test 202
UNIT THREE:Instructions to the Student 206
49 The End of a Dream—Word Order in Complex State-ments 210
50 Taken for a Ride—The Present:Continuous and Simple:Non-conclusive Verbs 214
51 Reward for Virtue—The Simple Past 218
52 A Pretty Carpet—The Present Perfect Simple and Con-tinuous 222
53 Hot Snake—The Simple Past and The Present Perfect Simple and Continuous 226
54 Sticky Fingers—The Indefinite and Definite Articles 230
55 Not a Gold Mine—The Past Continuous,Used To and Would 234
56 Faster than Sound!—The Comparison of Adjectives,Much,Many,A Lot Of 238
57 Can I Help You Madam?—Prepositions Describing People and Their Possessions 242
58 A Blessing in Disguise?—The Passive 246
59 In or Out?—Review of Tenses 250
60 The Future—The Simple Present used in place of The Future after Temporal Conjunctions 254
61 Dangerous Descent—The Simple Present Perfect used in place ofthe Future Perfect after Tenporal Conjunctions 258
62 After the Fire—The Past Perfect:Simple and Continuous 262
63 She was not Amused—Indirect Speech and Imperative Statements 266
64 The Channel Tunnel—Type 3 Conditional Statements 270
65 Jumbo versus the Police—Must,Have To,Should and Ought To 274
66 Cycling through the Air—Have(Causative Form) 278
67 Volcanoes—Can,Able to and Manage to 282
68 Persistent—The Gerund after certain verbs and expressions 286
69 But Not Murder!—The Passive 290
70 Red for Danger——Adjectives Followed by Prepositions:For,With,Of,To,At,From,In,On,and About 294
71 A Famous Clock—Review of Tenses and Auxiliary Verbs 298
72 A Car called‘Bluebird’—Special Difficulties:Review 302
Pre-Unit Test 306
UNIT FOUR:Instructions to the Student 311
73 The Record-Holder—Word Ordder:Review 315
74 Out of the Lime-Light—The Present:Continuous and Simple:Review 319
75 SOS—The Simple Past:Revicw 323
76 April Fools’Day—The Present Perfect:Simple and Continuous:Review 327
77 A Successful Operation—The Sinple Past and the Present Perfect Simple and Continuous:Review 331
78 The Last One?—The Indefinite and Definite Articles:Review 335
79 Bv Air—The Past Continuous and Used to:Review 339
80 The Crystal Palace—The Comparison of Adjectives:Review 343
81 Escape—Prepositions:Review 347
82 Monster or Fish ?—The Passive:Review 351
83 After the Elections——Review of Tenses 355
84 On Strike—The Future:Review 359
85 Never too Old to Learn—The Future and Future Perfect Review 363
86 Out of Control—The Pass Perfect:Simple and Con-tinuous:Review 367
87 A Perfect Alibi—Indirect SpeechReview 371
88 Trapped in a Mine—Conditional Statements:Review 375
89 A Slip of the Tongue—Must,Have to,Need,Should:Review 379
90 Brasilia——Have Review 383
91 Three Men in a Basket—Can,Able to,Manage to:Review 387
92 Asking for Trouble—The Gerund:Review 391
93 A Noble Gift—The Passi:Review 395
94 Future Champions—Verbs and Adjectives followed by Prepositions:Review 399
95 A Fantasy—Review of Tenses 403
96 The Dead Return—Special Difficulties:Review 407
Key to Exercises 411