Unit Objectives
Unit 1 - Meeting People
Week 1 1A Where are you from? Greetings
Countries and nationalities
http://www.saberingles.com.ar/lists/nationalities.html
http://www.better-english.com/easier/nationalities.htm
Be (1): positive and Wh-questions; subject pronouns
and possessive adjectives; introducing people
http://www.eclecticenglish.com/grammar/PresentSimpleToBe.html
1B In the coffee break, Numbers 0-20;
http://www.languageguide.org/im/num/eng/
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/various/numbers_digits.htm
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/various/numbers1-20.htm
phone numbers; jobs http://www.languageguide.org/im/jobs/eng/;
http://esl.vcc.ca/eslvoc/ESLWEB/jobs1.htm
a and an. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/540/01/
Be (2): negative, yes/no questions and short answers.
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/be.htm
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/be3.htm
1C Personal details: Asking for and giving personal
details, asking people to repeat things, numbers 20-100
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/various/crossword_numbers3.htm;
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/various/numbers10-100.htm
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/numbers/index.php
age, numbers with –teen and –ty; sentence stress
1D Lost property: personal possessions (1) http://www.englisch-
hilfen.de/en/exercises/nouns_articles/apostrophe_s.htm
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/nouns_articles/apostrophe_s.htm;
plurals http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/plural.htm
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/irrplu.htm
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/nouns_articles/plural.htm,

hilfen.de/en/exercises/structures/prepositions_place_time.htm;
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/200/grammar/prepo.htm
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/200/grammar/prepo1.htm
Whose….?
Students will
learn the
structure have
got for
possessions,
family and how to
say the time.
Unit 3 Daily life
Week
3
3A A glamorous life? Daily routines; present simple (1) positive
and Wh- questions (I/you/we/they)
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/pres.htm
3B Evenings and weekends: Free time activities (1) time
phrases with on, in, at, every
Present Simple (2): negative and yes/no questions (I/you/we/they)
330 Grammar: Negatives and Questions in the Simple Present Tense
Questions with do you… ?
3C Special Days: phrases for special days; suggestions
Students will
know about the
present simple
and the
difference
between subject
and object

hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/simple_past_progressive2.htm,
weak forms (1): was were
2C The 1001 Nights: connecting words (1); Reading: 1001 Nights; Reading and
Listening: Shahrazad’s story; weak forms (2): the schwa /∂/
2D Small talk Starting and ending conversations
Students will
learn to contrast
the simple past
and past
continuous
Unit 3 The world of work
Week
3
3A Getting qualified employment; have to/had to; have to and have
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1425_gramc
hallenge18/
3B Job-Hunting: Looking for a job; Present Continuous and Present Simple
http://www.englisch-
hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/simple_present_progressive.htm;
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/simcon.htm
activity and state verbs.
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/stat.htm
3C Strange jobs: word building; noun endings; Listening: Strange jobs; Reading:
A knife-thrower’s assistant; linking (1): consonant-vowel
3D I’m really sorry! Apologies, reasons and promises
Students will
learn the use of
have to and had
to and review the
present

Students will
learn the
different forms to
express the future