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 ONE：Instructions to the Student 11
Levels 11
Speed and Intensity 11
ABOUT THIS COURSE 12
From Theory to Practice：Basic Aims 12
For Whom the Course is Intended 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
Allocation of Time 18
Lesson 1：Guided Conversation 18
4 An Exciting Trip—The Present Pefect 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
Future Work 23
Additional Written Practice 23
Additional Oral Practice 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—TypeIConditional 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 Com-pound 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 Comparison of Adjectives 85
33 Out of the Darkness—Prepositions indicating 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
41 Do You Call That a Hat？—Must，Have To and Need 103
42 Not Very Musical—Have（Ordinary Verb） 105
43 Over the South Pole—Can andAble To 107
44 Through the Forest—The Gerund and The Infinitive 109
45 A Clear Conscience—The Pa ssive 111
46 Expensive and Uncomfortable—Verbs Followed by Prepositions：To，At，For and With 113
47 A Thirsty Ghost—Review of Tenses and Auxiliary Verbs 115
48 Did You Want to Tell Me Something？—Special Diffi-culties：Review 117
Pre-Unit Test 119
UNIT THREE：Instructions to the Student 124
49 The End of a Dream—Word Order in Complex State-ments 127
50 Taken for a Ride—The Present：Continuous 4nd Simple：Non-conclusive Verbs 129
51 Reward for Virtue—The Simple Past 131
52 A Pretty Carpet—The Present Perfect Simple dnd Con-tinuous 133
53 Hot Snake—The Simple Past and The Present Perfect Simple and Continuous 135
54 Sticky Fingers—The Indefinite and Definite Articles 137
55 Not a Gold Mine—The Past Continuous，used To and Would 139
56 Faster than Sound！—The Comparison of Adjectives，Much，Many，A Lot Of 141
57 Can I Help You Madam？—Prepositions Describing People and Their Possessions 143
58 A Blessing in Disguise ？—The Passive 143
59 In or Out？—Review ofTenses 147
60 The Future—The Simple Present used in place of The Future after Temporal Conjunctions 149
61 Dangerous Descent—The Simple Present Perfect used in place ofthe Future Perfect Temporal Conjunctions 151
62 After the Fire—The Past Perfect：Simple and Continuous 153
63 She was not Amused—Indirect Speech and Imperative Statements 155
64 The Channel Tunnel—Type 3 Conditional Statements 157
65 Jumbo versus the Police—Must，Have To，Should and Ought To 159
66 Cycling through the Air—Have（Causative Form） 161
67 Volcanoes—Can，Able to and Manage to 163
68 Persistent—The Gerund after certain verbs and expressions 165
69 But Not Murder！—The Passive 167
70 Red for Danger—Adjectives Followed by Prepositions：For，With，Of，To，At，From，In，On，andAbout 169
71 A Famous Clock—Review ofTenses and Auxiliary Verbs 171
72 A Car called‘Bluebird’—Special Difficulties：Review 173
Pre-Unit Test 175
UNIT FOUR：Instructions to the Student 182
73 The Record-Holder—Word Order：Review 185
74 Out of the Lime-Light—The Present：Continuous and Simple：Review 187
75 SOS—The Simple Past：Review 189
76 April Fools’Day—The Present Perfect:Simple and Continuous：Review 191
77 A Successful Operation—The Simple Past and the Present Perfect Simple and Continuous：Review 193
78 The Last One？—The Indefinite and Definite Articles：Review 195
79 By Air—The Past Continuous and Used-to：Review 197
80 The Crystal Palace—The Comparison of Adjectives：Review 199
81 Escape—Prepositions：Review 201
82 Monster or Fish？—The Passive：Review 203
83 After the Elections—Review of Tenses 205
84 On Strike—The Future：Review 207
85 Never too Old to Learn—The Future and Future Perfict：Review 209
86 Out of Control—The Past Perfect：Simple and Con-tinuous：Review 211
87 A Perfect Alibi—Indirect Speech：Review 213
88 Trapped in a Mine—Conditional Statements：Review 215
89 A Slip of the Tongue—Must，Have to，Need，Should：Review 217
90 Brasilia—Have：Review 219
91 Three Men in a Basket—Can，Able to，Manage to：Review 221
92 Asking for Trouble—The Gerund：Review 223
93 A Noble Gift—The Passive：Review 225
94 Future Champions—Verbs and Adjectives followed by Prepositions：Review 227
95 A Fantasy—Review of Tenses 229
96 The Dead Return—Special Difficulttes：Review 231