In this Practical English lesson, Sts learn to make invitations and offrs using Would you . . .? and to accept and decline these politely. These skills are presented in the context of informal social conversations in which friends extend invitations to a party and offr food. In Pronunciation, Sts practice saying Would you, linking the two words. Continuing the party theme, Vocabulary presents words for diffrent kinds of parties and things that Americans commonly bring to parties. In the Speaking activity, Sts role-play conversations in which they invite

Workbook 51-52

In this lesson, Sts review the simple past and learn more irregular verbs in the context of a “chapter” story about two strangers who meet on a train. Sts fist review verbs they have already learned and then learn new verb phrases. Then Sts practice a complete list of all the irregular
verbs presented in American English File Starter. Finally, in Pronunciation, Sts learn about silent consonants, an important aspect of English pronunciation.

Workbook 49-50

In this lesson, conversations about popular musicians provide the context for practicing object pronouns. In Vocabulary, Sts learn words they can use to express their opinions. These include strong adjectives, e.g., terrible, fantastic and verbs that express strong likes and dislikes,
e.g., can’t stand and love. In Pronunciation, Sts practice strong stress to develop a more natural sounding English pronunciation. Finally, Sts bring these skills together in a discussion about musicians and songs that they really like or dislike.

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.