ENGLISH FILE Elementary Student’s Book Christina Latham-Koenig Clive Oxenden Paul Seligson OXFORDChristina Latham-Koenig Clive Oxenden Paul Seligson ENGLISH FILE Elementary Student’s Book OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESSContents 4B 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 Grammar Vocabulary Pronunciation A My name’s Hannah, not Anna B Allover the world verb be [+], subject pronouns: |, you, etc. days of the week, numbers 0-20, greetings verb be[?] and [= the world, numbers 21-100 vowel sounds, word stress Jal, Itfl, I), Ags; sentence stress C Open your books, please possessive adjectives: my, your, etc. classroom language PRACTICAL ENGLISH Episode 1 Arriving in London Jaui, /uy/, /ax/; the alphabet A Awriter’s room a/an, plurals; things final -s and -es; th this/ that/these/ those B Stars and Stripes adjectives colours, adjectives, modifiers: long and short vowel quite/ very / really sounds C After 300 metres, turn right REVISE AND CHECK 1&2 imperatives, let’s feelings understanding connected speech A Things | love about Britain present simple ] and E verb phrases third person -s B_ Work and play present simple [? jobs fay C Love online word order in questions question words PRACTICAL ENGLISH Episode 2 Coffee to take away sentence stress A Isshe his wife or his sister? Whose...?, possessive ’s family isi, the letter o B_ What alife! C Short life, long life? REVISE AND CHECK 3&4 prepositions of time (at, in, on) and place (at, in, to) everyday activities adverbs and expressions of frequency position of adverbs and expressions of frequency linking and sentence stress the letter h A Doyou have the X Factor? can/can't verb phrases: buy a newspaper, etc. sentence stress B Love your neighbours C Sunand the City present continuous verb phrases present simple or present the weather and seasons continuous? PRACTICAL ENGLISH Episode 3 Ina clothes shop Inf places in London A Readingin English object pronouns: me, you, him, etc. phone language Jaw, fv, and fil B Times we love like + (verb + -ing) the date; ordinal numbers consonant clusters; saying the date C Music is changing their lives REVISE AND CHECK 5&6 revision: be or do? music iilGrammar Vocabulary Pronunciation 52 A Atthe National Portrait Gallery past simple of be: was/ were word formation: paint > painter sentence stress 54 B Chelsea girls past simple: regular verbs past time expressions -edendings 56 C Anight to remember past simple: irregular verbs go, have, get sentence stress 58 PRACTICAL ENGLISH Episode 4 Getting lost 60 A Amurder story past simple: regular and irregular irregular verbs past simple verbs 62 B Ahouse witha history there is/there are, some/any+ the house /eal and /ta/, sentence plural nouns stress 64 C Anightinahaunted hotel there was/ there were prepositions: place and movement _ silent letters 66 REVISE AND CHECK 7&8 68 A What late yesterday countable/uncountable nouns; food the letters ea a/an, some/ any 70 B white gold quantifiers: how much/ food containers iff and /s/ how many, a lot of, etc. 72 C Quiznight comparative adjectives high numbers Jal, sentence stress 74 PRACTICAL ENGLISH Episode 5 At arestaurant 76 A The most dangerous road... superlative adjectives places and buildings consonant groups 78 B CouchSurf round the world! be going to (plans), future time holidays sentence stress expressions 80 C What's going to happen? be going to (predictions) verb phrases the letters 00 82 REVISE AND CHECK 9&10 84 A Firstimpressions adverbs (manner and modifiers) | common adverbs word stress 86 B What do you want to do? verbs + to + infinitive verbs that take the infinitive sentence stress 88 C Men,women, andtheinternet articles the internet word stress 90 PRACTICAL ENGLISH Episode 6 Going home 92 A Books and films present perfect irregular past participles sentence stress 94 B I'venever been there! present perfect or past simple? — more irregular past participles irregular past participles 96 C The English File questionnaire revision: question formation revision: word groups revision: sounds 98 REVISE AND CHECK 11&12 100 Communication 124 Grammar Bank 165 Irregular verbs 111 Writing 148 Vocabulary Bank 166 Sound Bank 116 ListeningG verb be +] V days of the week, numbers 0-20, greetings subject pronouns: |, you, etc. P vowel sounds, word stress My name’s Hannah, not Anna Hi, I'm Mike. What’s your name? Hannah. Nice to meet you. - 2 LISTENING & SPEAKING (42) Look at the pictures. Listen and number them 1-4. b Listen again and complete the gaps. c 1A B o> Onn wnpyp oropyp roOoaowoy Hi, 'm Mike. What's your + ze Hannah. z ie Hannah! What's your phone 3 It's 7894 132 456. 4 __. See you on Saturday. Bye. Goodbye. S__, Mum. This is Hannah. & . Nice to meet you. Nice to” you, Anna. 2 name’s Hannah. f Sorry, Hannah. Hi, You're early! Hello, Mrs Archer. How are 1° ? lm very well, 12 12 , thanks. It’s Hannah, Mum. you, Anna. And you? Complete the gaps with a word from the list. Fine Hi I'm... Thanks Bye Hello = My name’s... = Very well = Thank you = Goodbye = (%3)) Listen and repeat some phrases from the dialogue. Copy the rhythm. (4)4)) In groups of three, practise the dialogues with the sound effects. Change roles. Introduce yourself to other students. Hello, I’m Antonio. What's your name? (carla Nice to meet you.GRAMMAR verb be, subject pronouns Complete the sentences with are, is, or am. I'm Mike. = i Mike. Myname’s Hannah. = My name Hannah. You're early. = You early. It’s 7894 132 456. It 7894 132 456. }> p.124 Grammar Bank 1A. Learn more about verb be[+) and subject pronouns, and practise them. (6) Listen and repeat the pronouns and contractions. (4)7)) Listen. Say the contraction. lam (I'm In pairs, try to remember the names in your class. Say He’s | She’s Stand up and speak to other students. Hi Carla. How are you? ) (Fine thanks. And you? PRONUNCIATION vowel sounds, word stress (28) Listen and repeat the words and sounds. @ Sol & fish tree cat egg train bike ‘it he am very they it this we thanks | well name Hi meet Bye »> p.166 Sound Bank. Look at the example words and spellings for the sounds ina. Word stress Multi-syllable words have one stressed syllable. sO|rry good|bye Sajtur|day 4 VOCABULARY days of the week, numbers 0-20 a Lookat the picture. Can you remember what Mike and Hannah say? b > p.148 Vocabulary Bank Days and numbers. Do parts | and 2. ¢ (412) Listen and say the next day or number. ) Monday, Tuesday (Wednesday d What's your phone number? What day is it today? And tomorrow? 5 LISTENING & SPEAKING a (413)) Listen. Where are they? Write 1-6 in the boxes. (4)9)) Listen and underline the stressed syllable in these words. air|port com|pulter e|mail_ kajralte ho|tel_ mulselum sajlad_ te|nnis a pas|ta injter|net bas/ket|ball sand|wicl Write the words from c in the chart. food technology | sports places In pairs, write more words that you know in each column. How do you pronounce them? airport Gate number sandwich bar euros cents hotel Room _ = museum Closed on |_| taxi Manchester Road school Classes on and b_ Listen again. Write a number or a day in each space. ¢ (414) Listen and respond. ) Hello. Nice to meet you. (Nice to meet you.G verb be Zand & V the world, numbers 21-100 P /a/, /tf/, /{/, /d3/; sentence stress Where are ou from? ¥ I'm from Ireland. All over the world 1 VOCABULARY the world a Can you name three countries in English? b > p.149 Vocabulary Bank The world. ¢ (417) Listen. Say the nationality. )) Scotland ( Scottish > — d_ Inpairs, do the quiz. Useful phrases I think it’s in Italy. I think it’s Russian, but I’m not sure. 2 PRONUNCIATION =, ij, /#/, /a3/ The /o/ sound The /o/ sound is the most common vowel sound in English. The /a/ sound has many different spellings, e.g. Hello, Saturday, Britain a (420) Listen and repeat the words and sounds. aa computer b (421) Listen and repeat the sound pictures and sentences. Practise with a partner. 1 Ah. chess Charles is Czech, not French. shower — She’s Polish or Russian. American Argentinian Scotland Switzerland I’m not sure. 3 cas jazz We're German and they’re Japanese. ¢ > p.166 Sound Bank. Look at the example words and spellings for the sounds ina and b. Where are these capital cities? Yo 5 a Canberra b Prague c Warsaw d Ankara e Edinburgh What country is the money from? a the dollar b the yuan c the rouble d the pound e theyen What country is the food from? a tapas b goulash c pasta d tacos A What nationality are the flags? a @ = e —— “ = — 5 (4)18)) What national anthem is it? Write the nationality. a c b d (4)19)) What language is it? Write a-d in the boxes. Turkish Russian Chinese Irish (Gaelic) Languages The word for a language is usually the same as the nationality adjective, e.g. in Italy the language is Italian.