CONTENTSTO THE TEACHER 1
LANGUAGE LEARNING AT THE PRE-INTERMEDIATE LEVELGeneral Principles 1
What has to be Learnt？ 2
Learning to Speak 2
Learning to Write 3
The Teaching of Grammar 4
The Multi-Purpose Text 5
Speed and Intensity 5
Levels 6
ABOUT THIS COURSE 7
From Theory to Practice：Basic Aims 7
For Whom the Course is Intended 8
How Much Knowledge has been Assumed？ 8
Assumed Knowledge 8
A Description of the Course 9
The Components of the Course 9
HOW TO USE THIS COURSE 14
Allocation of Time 14
Lesson 1：Guided Conversation 14
Lesson 2：Composition and Language Study 17
Homework 19
Pre-Unit Tests 19
Additional Reading Material 19
Additional Oral Practice 19
Additional Written Practice 19
Future Work 20
Pre-Unit Test 21
UNIT ONE：Instructions to the Student 27
1 A Private Conversation-Word Order in Simple Statements 29
2 Breakfast or Lunch？-The Present：Continuous and Simple 32
3 Please Send Me a Card—The Simple Past 35
4 An Exciting Trip—The Present Perfect Simple 38
5 No Wrong Numbers-The Simple Past and the PresentPerfect Simple 41
6 Percy Buttons—The Indefinite and Definite Articles 44
7 Too Late-The Past Continuous 47
8 The Best and the Worst—The Comparison of Adjectives 50
9 A Cold Welcome-Prepositions of Time 53
10 Not For Jazz-The Passive 56
11 Onc Good Turn Deserves Another—Review of Tenses 59
12 Goodbye and Good Luck—The Simple Future 62
13 The Greenwood Boys—The Future Continuous 65
14 Do You Speak English？-The Past Perfect Simple 68
15 Good News—Indiret Statements 71
16 A Polite Request-Type I Conditiohal Statements 74
17 Always Young-Must and Have to 77
18 He Often Does This！—Have（Possession/Ordinary Verb） 80
19 Sold Out-Can and May 83
20 One Man in a Boat—The Gerund after Prepositions 86
21 Mad or Not？—The Passive（Auxiliary Verbs） 89
22 A Glass Envelope-Verbs followed by Prepositions：Of，From，In and On 92
23 A New House-Review of Tenses and Auxiliary Verbs 95
24 ItCould be Worse-Special Difficultilties：Review 98
Pre-Unit Test 101
UNIT TWO：Instructions to the Student 106
25 Do the English Speak English？—Word Order in Com-pound Statements 109
26 The Best Art Critics-The Present：Continuous and Simple：Non-conclusive Vetbs 112
27 AWetNight—The Simple Past 115
28 No Parking！—The Present Perfect Simple （Since and Far） 118
29 Taxi！—The Simple Past and the Present Perfact Simple 121
30 Football or Polo ？—The Indefinite and Definite Articles 124
31 Success Story—The Past Continuous and Used to 127
32 Shopping Made Easy-The Comparison of Adjectivcs 130
33 Out of the Darkness-Prepositions indicating Direction 133
95 A Fantasy-Review of Tenses 135
34 Quick Work—The Passive 136
35 Stop Thief！-Review of Tenses 139
Supplementary Written Exercises 141
36 Across the Channel—The Simple Future and Goitg to 142
37 The Olympic Games-The Future Perfect Simple 145
38 Everything Except the Weather-The Past Perfect Simple 148
39 Am I All Right？-Indirect Questions 151
40 Food and Talk-Type 2 Conditional Statements 154
41 Do You Call That a Hat？—Must，Have to and Need 157
42 Not VeryMusical-Have（Ordinary Verb） 160
43 Over the South Pole—Can and Able to 163
44 Through the Forest-The Gerund and the Infinitive 166
45 A Clear Conscience-The Passive 169
46 Expensive and Uncomfortable-Verbs followed by Prepositions：To，At，For and With 172
47 A Thirsty Ghost-Review of Tenses and Auxiliary Verbs 175
48 Did You Want to Tell Me Something？-Special Diffi-culties：Review 178
Pre-Unit Test 181
UNIT THREE：Instructions to the Student 186
49 The End of a Dream-Word Order in Complex State-ments 189
50 Taken for a Ride—The Present：Continuous and Simple：Non-conclusive Verbs 192
51 Reward forVirtue-The Simple Past 195
52 A Pretty Carpet-The Present Perfect Simple and Con-tinuous 198
53 Hot Snake-The Simple Past and the Present Perfect Sfmple and Continuous 201
54 Sticky Fingers-The Indefinite and Definite Articles 204
55 Not a Gold Mine-The Past Continuous，Used to and Would 207
56 Faster than Sound！—The Comparisonof Adjectives，Much，Many，A Lot Of 210
57 Can I Help You Madam？-Prepositions describing people and their possessions 213
58 A Blessing in Disguise？-The Passive 216
59 In or Out？-Review ofTenses 219
60 The Future—The Simple Present used in place of the Future after Temporal Conjunctions 222
61 Dangerous Descent-The Simple Present Perfect used in place ofthe Future Perfect after Temporal Conjunctions 225
62 After the Fire-The Past Perfect：Simple and Continuous 228
63 She was not Amused-Indirect Speech and Imperative Statements 231
64 The Channel Tunnel-Type 3 Conditional Statements 234
65 Jumbo versus the Police-Must，Have to，Should and Ought to 237
66 Cycling through the Air-Have（Causative Form） 240
67 Volcanoes-Can，Able to and Manage to 243
68 Persistent-The Gerund after certain verbs and expressions 246
69 But Not Murder！-The Passive 249
70 Red for Danger-Adjectives followed by Prepositions：For，With，OfTo，At，From，In，On，and About 252
71 A Famous Clock-Review of Tenses and Auxiliary Verbs 255
72 A Car called‘Bluebird’—Special Difficuities：Review 258
Pre-Uni Test 261
UNIT FOUR：Instrnctions to the Student 266
73 The Record-Holder-Word Order：Review 269
74 Out of the Lime-Light-The Present：Continuous and Simple：Review 272
75 SOS—The SimplePast：Review 275
76 April Fools’Day-The present Perfect： Simple and Continuous：Review 278
77 A Successful Operation-The Simple Past and the Present Perfect Simple and Continuous：Review 281
78 The Last One？-The Indefinite and Definite Articles：Review 284
79 By Air-The Past Continuous and Used to：Review 287
80 The Crystal Palace-The Comparison of Adjectives：Review 290
81 Escape-Prepositions：Review 293
82 Monster or Fish？-The Passive：Review 296
83 After the Elections-Review of Tenses 299
84 On Strike—The Future：Review 302
85 Never too Old toLearn—The Future and Future Perfect:Review 305
86 Out of Control-The Past Perfect：Simple and Con-tinuous：Review 308
87 A Perfect Alibi-Indirect Speech：Review 311
88 Trapped in a Mine-Conditional Statements：Review 314
89 A Slip of the Tongue-Must，Have to，Need，Should：Review 317
90 Brasilia-Have：Review 320
91 Three Men in a Basket-Can，Able to，Manage to：Review 323
92 Asking for Troublle—The Gerund：Review 326
93 A Noble Gift—The Passive：Review 329
94 Future Champions-Verbs and Adjectives followed by Prepositions：Review 332
96 The Dead Return-Special Difficulties：Review 338
Key to Exercises 343