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BASIC 1
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English Discoveries
Basic 1
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Unit 1 Ask a Classmate
Walk around the class asking these questions. Under each question write the names
of a person who answers “yes”.
2
Unit 1 Plan a Music Station
Your group is planning a new music station for the radio. Discuss your ideas and
complete the following statements.
2. It plays: rock/country/jazz/classical/pop
other:
1.
2.
3.
4.
because
1.
2.
3.
4.
because
1.
2.
3
Unit 1 Meet My Sister!
STUDENT A
Imagine this is a photo of your sister. Talk about her to Student B. You need to think
about answers to the following questions:
Now Student B is going to tell you about his/her brother. Write down 5 facts about Student
B’s brother. Use the questions above to help you.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
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Unit 1 Meet My Brother!
STUDENT B
Imagine this is a photo of your brother. Talk about him to Student A. You need to
think about answers to the following questions:
Now Student A is going to tell you about his/her sister. Write down 5 facts about Student A’s
sister. Use the questions above to help you.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
4
Unit 1 Meet a Rock Star
Choose a rock star you like. Put his/her picture on the ID card and complete the details.
Name:
Age:
Nationality:
Address:
Occupation:
Now tell your partner about your rock star. Use the words and phrases below to help you.
This is…
He/She is…
He/She is from…
He/She is a…
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Unit 1 Is it a Good Idea To...?
What would you do if a famous rock star came to your town? Is it a good idea to do these
things? Circle yes () or no (). Then ask a partner the same questions.
yes no yes no
1. visit the rock star’s hotel? / /
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Unit 2 Tell a Story
Look at these pictures. Match the sentences to the pictures.
3
2
5 6
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Unit 2 Nice to Meet You!
Complete this ID card for your partner. Ask these questions:
IDENTITY CARD
Name:
Age:
Nationality:
Address:
Occupation:
Take turns introducing each other to other pairs of students. Use the following
phrases:
This is…
How do you do?
Nice to meet you!
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Unit 2 Who Are They?
Use the words below to complete the sentences.
1 2 3
4 5 6
7 8
They’re . She’s a .
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Unit 2 Who Says What?
Who says these things? Write the person’s occupation under what they say. Add another
sentence to at least one person.
3. I don’t like
homework. I’m a
4. I travel and visit .
places. I’m a
.
5. I sing songs.
I’m a .
6. I give parking
tickets. I’m a
.
7. I take photos. I’m a
8. I like fast cars. I’m
.
a .
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Unit 2 How Many Sentences?
Write two sentences about each person. Choose a verb from A and a phrase from B.
recognizes wallets
tours nice restaurants
sees the police officer
A B
wears New York City
likes a blue suit
steals the thief
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
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Unit 2 Right or Wrong?
Mark what you think about these sentences. Tell the other people in your group what you
think.
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Unit 2 What Do You Think?
STUDENT A
Ask your partner these questions. Write three more questions to ask your partner.
1. Is it time to go home?
2. Are you hungry?
3. Are you a thief?
4. Am I a student?
5. Is the teacher in the room?
6. Is this lesson difficult?
7. Are you Chinese?
8.
9.
10.
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Unit 3 What Do You Think?
STUDENT B
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Unit 3 What Do You Think About Food?
What do you think about food? Answer the following questions with a partner.
My
What about you? Me
Partner
1. I like to eat out in restaurants.
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Unit 3 Food and Drink - a
To the teacher: Photocopy and cut these up to make cards. See the card game described in Unit
3, Lesson 2.
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Unit 3 Food and Drink - b
To the teacher: Photocopy and cut these up to make cards. See the card game described in Unit 3,
Lesson 2.
steak bananas cheese eggs
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Unit 3 Let’s Order!
STUDENT A
1. Your menu is missing some prices. Ask your partner: How much is/are the…?
2. Together with your partner decide what you want to order.
T H E E AT E RY
A
APPETIZERS MAIN COURSES
Olives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hamburger . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$5.00
Grapefruit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1.00 Steak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tomato juice . . . . . . . . . . . . Salmon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$8.00
Chicken salad . . . . . . . . . . .$5.95
SOUPS Tuna salad . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tomato soup . . . . . . . . . . . .$2.00 DESSERTS
Vegetable soup . . . . . . . . . . Apple pie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$2.00
Corn soup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ice cream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chicken soup . . . . . . . . . . . .$2.50 Cherries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$2.75
STUDENT B
1. Your menu is missing some prices. Ask your partner: How much is/are the...?
2. Together with your partner decide what you want to order.
T H E E AT E RY
B
APPETIZERS MAIN COURSES
Olives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1.00 Hamburger . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Grapefruit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Steak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$7.00
Tomato juice . . . . . . . . . . . .$0.60 Salmon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chicken salad . . . . . . . . . . .
SOUPS Tuna salad . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$4.25
Tomato soup . . . . . . . . . . . . DESSERTS
Vegetable soup . . . . . . . . . .$1.50 Apple pie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Corn soup . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1.75 Ice cream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$2.00
Chicken soup . . . . . . . . . . . . Cherries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Unit 3 Where Do You Want to Eat?
You and your friends want to go out to eat. Look at these restaurant ads and decide which
restaurant you want to go to and which you don’t want to go to.
French wine
Spanish food The only Australian
restaurant in town. Come for dinner to
Guitar music Free drinks with LA BELLE
Flamenco show every meal. Open for lunch and dinner
Open every evening from 8 p.m. Great meat! Monday-Saturday
------••••-------
55 Castle Avenue 84 Long Street 1010 Palace Avenue
Tell your friends where you want to go. Use phrases such as:
Let’s go to…
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Unit 3 Restaurant Role-Play
STUDENT B
You are a customer in a restaurant. Student A is a waiter. Read the menu below and ask
questions about the food.
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UniW Find the Differences
STUDENT A STUDENT B
1. Describe Picture A. Use the phrases 1. Describe Picture B. Use the phrases
below to help you. below to help you.
There is... There is...
There isn’t... There isn’t...
There are... There are...
There aren’t... There aren’t...
A B
2. Now find someone who has Picture B. 2. Now find someone who has Picture A.
Don’t show him/her your picture. Talk Don’t show him/her your picture. Talk
about the differences between the two about the differences between the two
pictures. pictures.
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Unit 4 What We Think About Business Trips
What do you think about business trips? What does your partner think? Read and discuss
the following statements and then rate them according to the key below. Add two more
statements of your own.
Me My Partner
01. Business trips are fun. 123 123
05. Business trips are a good way to see a country. 123 123
Key
1. Always
2. Sometimes
3. Never
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Unit 4 Telephone Conversation
STUDENT A
You are Mr. Harold Stone and you work for a big finance company. You want to have lunch
with Mr. Black to discuss his company’s electronic products. It is important that you meet
this week.
Phone Mr. Black (Student B) and arrange a time and day. Remember, you are busy all day
Monday and Wednesday and have meetings until 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday.
STUDENT B
You are Mr. Black and you are the boss of a big electronics company. Mr. Stone (Student A)
is going to phone you to arrange an important business meeting. Try to arrange a time and
day when you can have lunch together. Remember you are busy on Friday and can’t meet
for lunch before 2:00 p.m. on Monday and Thursday.
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Unit 4 Booking a Business Trip
STUDENT A
You are a businessperson and you want to arrange a business trip next month. You want a
hotel with good Internet access, meeting rooms and comfortable beds. You don’t want to
spend more than $50 a night. Phone your travel agent (Student B) and try to decide which
hotel you want to stay in.
Use some of the following phrases:
I’d like to book a hotel for…
How much is a room?
Do you have…?
STUDENT B
You are a travel agent. A businessperson (Student A) phones to book a business trip. Look
at the following chart for information about different hotels. Answer Student A’s questions
and help him/her decide which hotel would be the most suitable.
Key
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Unit 4 Which Picture?
Match the descriptions to the pictures below. Then write another sentence about each
picture.
2
The children are playing in the
water. Dogs are running under the
trees. Two men are fishing.
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Unit Present Progressive Word Order G
To the teacher: Photocopy and cut up all the sentences. Put the words for each sentence in
separate envelopes. Divide students into groups of four. Give an envelope to each group and
explain that the words in the envelope form a sentence. The students must try to arrange
the words in the correct order.
(1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1)
We’re having a great time in Monaco!
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Unit 5 What Are They Doing?
To the teacher: Photocopy and cut these up. See the activity described in Unit 4, Lesson 1.
1. You are driving a sports car.
2. You are ordering in a restaurant.
3. You are eating a hamburger.
4. You are listening to the radio.
5. You are studying English.
6. You are stealing a wallet.
7. You are writing a note to your girlfriend.
8. You are watching a rock concert.
9. You are following a thief.
10. You are meeting an old friend.
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Unit 5 Dating in Your Country
What is dating like in your country? Discuss the following questions in groups of three.
1. Is it common for young men and women to go out with each other?
2. At what age do boys and girls start dating?
3. How long do people go out with each other before they get married?
4. Can young people go out alone or does someone older always come with them?
5. How do couples meet?
Through friends
Through parents
During studies
At parties
In bars and nightclubs
Other:
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Unit 5 What’s Happening?
STUDENT A
What are the people in your building doing? Are they doing the same things as the people in
your partner’s building? Ask and answer questions such as:
Apartment 1 Apartment 2
He is . She is .
Apartment 3 Apartment 4
He is . They are .
Apartment 5 Apartment 6
He is . He is .
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Unit 5 What’s Happening?
STUDENT B
What are the people in your building doing? Are they doing the same things as the people in
your partner’s building? Ask and answer questions such as:
Apartment 1 Apartment 2
She is . She is .
Apartment 3 Apartment 4
He is . She is .
Apartment 5 Apartment 6
He is . He is .
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Unit 5 Let’s Go Out!
Fill in the missing words. Use the sentences below. Then practice saying the conversation
with a partner.
• So let’s go to the new Mexican restaurant! • But I don’t like Chinese food.
• Why home? I’m hungry! • How about an Italian restaurant?
He:
Let’s go to a Chinese restaurant!
1 2
He:
OK, so let’s go home!!!
3 4
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Unit 5 Let’s Go Role-Play
You and your partner want to go out this evening. Choose one of the places below and
decide how you will get there.
Places to go:
A restaurant
The movies
A rock concert
A party
How to go:
Walking
Driving
Taking the bus
Taking a taxi
Taking the train
To the teacher: Photocopy and cut up each of the messages. See the activity described in
Unit 2, Lesson 2.
Outgoing Incoming
Hi. This is 556-1663. This is 1 A I hope this is your number,
Judy. I’m not home now. Tom. This is your teacher,
Please leave your message Tina, and I need to speak to
after the beep. If you are you about the exam you did
calling about the car, don’t yesterday. Come see me at
forget to say your name and school or call me at 229-
phone number. 3004. Thanks.
Hello, this is 899-2233, the 4 D It’s me! You know who I am.
home of the Manley family. Yes, my message is
We can’t answer the phone important, so here it is – I
now, so please leave a can’t go out with you tonight!
message. Call me and I’ll tell you why.
STUDENT A
Role-play 1
You are on vacation in Barcelona. Your friend (Student B) calls you long distance
to ask how you are. Answer his/her questions. Use the picture below to give you
ideas:
Role-play 2
Your friend (Student B) is on vacation in Switzerland. You decide to call him/her long distance
to ask how he/she is. Ask some of the following questions:
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Unit 7 Long-Distance Phone Calls
STUDENT B
Role-play 1
Your friend (Student A) is on vacation in Barcelona. You decide to call him/her long distance
to ask how he/she is. Ask some of the following questions:
Role-play 2
You are on vacation in Switzerland. Your friend calls you long distance to ask how you are.
Answer his/her questions. Use the picture below to give you ideas:
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Unit 6 Cocktail Party Small Talk
To the teacher: Photocopy and cut up each of these role cards and give them to students.
Tell them to imagine they are at a party and to make polite conversation with each other.
They should pretend to be the people on their role cards. See the activity described in Unit
2, Lesson 4.
1. You are a student. You are studying business at night. You aren’t
enjoying your classes.
2. You are a businessperson. You are working hard on a new project.
You are going on a business trip next week.
3. You are a waiter. You work in a French restaurant. You are studying
cooking. You want to be a chef.
4. You are a news reporter. You work for the radio. You are going to a
big rock concert next week.
5. You are a rock star. You like singing and dancing. You are giving a big
rock concert next week.
6. You are a student. You are studying Chinese. You are going to China
next month.
7. You are a tourist. You are visiting this country. You are enjoying your
vacation very much.
8. You are a tourist. You are visiting this country for the first time. You
aren’t enjoying yourself very much. This country is very expensive.
9. You are a waiter. You work in a Mexican restaurant. You are studying
Spanish in the mornings. You are enjoying your classes.
10. You are a police officer. You are on a business trip. You are studying about
police officers in different countries. You are having a very interesting time.
11. You work in a hotel. You are studying hotel management at night.
You are going on vacation to Monaco next week.
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Unit 7 Shopping Questionnaire
Answer the following questions about your shopping habits.
8. Do you like going to sales or do you prefer to pay the regular price? (yes/no)
Now compare answers with the other members of your group. What do you have in
common?
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Unit 7 Memory Game
PICTURE CARDS
To the teacher: Photocopy and cut these up to make cards. See the card game described in
Unit 3, Lesson 2.
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Unit 7 Memory Game
WORD CARDS
To the teacher: Photocopy and cut these up to make cards. See the card game described in
Unit 3, Lesson 2.
vegetables fruit meat eggs
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Unit 7 For Sale Role-Plays
STUDENT A
Role-play 1
You want to buy a car. You see the ad below in the newspaper and decide to call the
number. Student B is selling the car.
Role-play 2
You want to sell your house. You put the ad below in the newspaper. Student B phones you
about the house and asks you some questions. Answer Student B’s questions and try to
persuade him/her to buy your house.
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Unit 7 For Sale Role-Plays
STUDENT B
Role-play 1
You want to sell your car. You put the ad below in the newspaper. Student A phones you
about the car and asks you some questions. Answer Student A’s questions and try to
persuade him/her to buy your car.
Role-play 2
You want to buy a house. You see the ad below in the newspaper and decide to phone up
about it. Student A is selling the house.
FOR SALE
Ask student A the following questions:
How much is the house?
What is the address of the house? Big family house on quiet
How old is the house? street. Nice garden. Good
Is the garden big? condition.
Phone: 789 3256
Decide if you want to buy the house. If you want to buy the house, arrange a day and a
time when you can come and see it.
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Unit 8 Waiting for the Bus/Train
STUDENT A
Role-Play 1
You want to go by bus to the new shopping center. You aren’t sure if this is the right bus
stop. Student B is also waiting at the bus stop. Ask him/her the following questions:
Role-Play 2
You are waiting at a train station. Student B is going to ask you some questions. Use the
information below to help him/her.
This isn’t the right platform for the city center.
The platform for the city center is on the opposite side of the station.
The train fare for the city center is 80p.
STUDENT B
Role-Play 1
You are waiting at the bus stop. Student A is going to ask you some questions. Use the
information below to help him/her.
This isn’t the right bus stop for the shopping center.
The bus stop for the shopping center is on the other side of the road.
The fare to the shopping center is 50p.
Role-Play 2
You are waiting for a train to the city center. You aren’t sure if you are standing on the right
platform. Student B is also waiting on the platform. Ask him//her the following questions:
Is this the right platform for the train to the city center?
Where is the platform for the city center?
How much is the train fare from here to the city center?
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Unit 8 What’s Your Schedule?
Answer the following questions about your schedule. Then compare your answers with your
partner’s.
Me My Partner
37 Saying Good-bye
Unit 8
1. 2. 3.
4.
____ Good-bye, my darling, I’m going to miss you. Have a good trip.
____ Good-bye. Be a good boy. Listen to your teacher.
____ Good-bye, Mr. Smith. I’m very pleased with your product.
____ Good-bye, Susan. Thank you for coming to the meeting.
____ Good-bye, Jessica, have a good business trip. 5.
a.
b.
c.
Good-bye, Mom.
d.
e.
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Unit 8 What Are They Saying?
STUDENT A
Match the phrases below to the right picture. What do you think the other person in each
picture is going to say?
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Unit 8 What Are They Saying?
STUDENT B
Match the phrases below to the right picture. What do you think the other person in each
picture is going to say?
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Unit 8 Reflection
Name of Student:
What did you think about this English course? Answer the questions below and add your own
comments.