Workbook 47-48

This lesson introduces the simple past of the four most common irregular verbs in English: do, get, go, and have. The lesson begins by reviewing the vocabulary for daily routines. The new grammar is presented through the context of a phone conversation between a father and his teenage daughter. The father asks his daughter what she did earlier in the day and begins to suspect that his daughter is not alone in the house. Sts learn the past form of the verbs do, get, go, have.

Workbook 45-46

A student’s experience of School Year Abroad, a student exchange program for high school students, provides the context to introduce the simple past of regular verbs. These are presented through a short picture story about a McKenzie Nagle, who went to Vietnam to study there for a semester. Sts then focus closely on the diffrent pronunciations of the -ed ending and go on to practice this in a speaking activity. In Vocabulary, Sts learn some more common verbs and the lesson fiishes with Sts reading about McKenzies’s time in Vietnam.

Workbook 44

In this Practical English lesson, Sts learn how to understand and give simple directions in the street. They begin by learning four new prepositions of place and then some very basic language for directions, which is practiced through a role play. The focus is more on asking for and understanding directions than giving directions, as the latter is quite
challenging for Sts at this level. Finally, in People on the Street, Sts watch or listen to fie people giving directions.

Workbook 42-43

What some well-known celebrities did before they were famous, provides the context to introduce and practice the simple past of the verb be (was / were). First, Sts try to guess the previous jobs of eight celebrities and then they listen to see if they were right. In Pronunciation, Sts practice the sound /ər/, which is used in were /wər/ and then practice the strong and weak forms ofwas and were.