Pre-Unit Test 3
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
The Teaching of Grammar 10
The Multi-Purpose Text 10
UNIT ONF？uctions to the Student 11
Levels 11
Speed and Intensity 11
From Theory to Practice:Basic Aims 12
For Whom the Course is Intended 12
ABOUT THIS COURSE 12
How Much Knowledge has been Assumed? 13
Assumed Knowledge 13
A Private Conversation—Word Order in Simple Statements 13
The Components of the Course 14
A Description of the Course 14
2 Breakfast or Lunch?—The Present:Continuous and Simple 15
3 Please Send Me a Card—The Simple Past 17
HOW TO USE THIS COURSE 18
Lesson 1:Guided Conversation 18
Allocation of Time 18
4 An Exciting Trip—The Present Perfect Simple 19
Lesson 2:Composition and Language Study 21
5 No Wrong Numbers—The Simple Past and the Present Perfect Simple 21
Additional Reading Material 22
Pre-Unit Tests 22
Homework 22
Additional Oral Practice 23
Additional Written Practice 23
Future Work 23
6 Percy Buttons—The Indefinite and Definite Articles 23
7 Too Late—The Past Continuous 25
8 The Best and the Worst—The Comparison of Adjectives 27
9 A Cold Welcome—Prepositions of Time 29
10 Not For Jazz—The Passive 31
11 One Good Turn Deserves Another—Review of Tenses 33
12 Goodbye and Good Luck—The Simple Future 35
13 The Greenwood Boys—The Future Continuous 37
14 Do You Speak English?—The Past Perfect Simple 39
15 Good News—Indirect Statements 41
16 A Polite Request—Type 1 Conditional Statements 43
17 Always Young—Must and Have to 45
18 He Often Does This!—Have(Possession/Ordinary Verb) 47
19 Sold Out—Can and May 49
20 One Man in a Boat—The Gerund after Prepositions 51
21 Mad or Not?—The Passive(Auxiliary Verbs) 53
22 A Glass Envelope—Verbs followed by Prepositions:Of,From,In and On 55
23 A New House—Review of Tenses and Auxiliary Verbs 57
24 It Could be Worse—Special Difficulties:Review 59
Pre-Unit Test 61
UNIT TWO:Instructions to the Student 68
25 Do the English Speak English?—Word Order in Compound Statements 71
26 The Best Art Critics—The Present:Continuous and Simple:Non-conclusive Verbs 74
27 A Wet Night—The Simple Past 75
28 No Parking!—The Present Perfect Simple(Since and For) 77
29 Taxi!—The Simple Past and the Present Perfect Simple 79
30 Football or Polo?—The Indefinite and Definite Articles 81
31 Success Story—The Past Continuous and Used to 83
32 Shopping Made Easy—The Compa？n of Adjectives 85
33 Out of the Darkness—Prepositions ？ting Direction 87
34 Quick Work—The Passive 89
35 Stop Thief!—Review of Tenses 91
36 Across the Channel—The Simple Future and Going to 93
37 The Olympic Games—The Future Perfect Simple 95
38 Everything Except the Weather—The Past Perfect Simple 97
39 Am I All Right?—Indirect Questions 99
40 Food and Talk—Type 2 Conditional Statements 101