NOTES for Module 1

NEW THAT’S ENGLISH. Module 1

001.11a Hello and goodbye

Grammatical aspects:

  • Introducing people

Vocabulary:

  • Greetings (formal and informal): Hi! , Hello!, Hello and welcome, goodbye, good morning/afternoon..., My name’s..., Pleased/nice to meet you,

  • What’s his name? Mr/Mrs/Ms, How are you?, Are you Ms Smith? Yes, I am, she’s here, Is she Ms Smith?, name and surname

Functions:

  • Asking for confirmation, spelling names (can you spell your name?), thanking people, introducing and meeting people

  • Park Hotel: Welcome to the Park Hotel, the cook, the porter, the receptionist, the new hotel manager, This way, please

002.11b Nice to meet you

Grammatical aspects:

Vocabulary:

  • More greetings: How are you? , good morning/afternoon/evening/night

  • Nice to meet you >> Nice to meet you, too.

  • Pork pies, Come on in! , married, single

  • THE ALPHABET

That’s Britain:

003.12a Where are you from?

Grammatical aspects:

  • Where are you from? Countries and nationalities.

  • What’s your telephone number? Numbers.

Vocabulary:

  • Jobs: a cleaner, a manager, a waiter, a tour guide, a receptionist, a porter, a chef

    • On your right/left, I want to leave a message for ....

  • Personal questions: What’s your email address?

Functions:

  • Introducing people: This is...

004.12b She’s Australian

Grammatical aspects:

  • Nationalities and countries

  • Presentations (nice to meet you)

Vocabulary:

  • A university student, I reckon so (= I think so)

  • Television advert, what is the advert for? Language course, reading www.lingo123.com (dot), mobile number, home number

That’s Britain:

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005.13a He’s my brother

Grammatical aspects:

  • Verb HAVE GOT

  • NUMBERS

Vocabulary:

  • Talking about the family: Family / Relatives >> divorced, married

  • Niece, nephew, mother, father, son, daughter, girlfriend, boyfriend, husband, wife, grandson, granddaughter, grandparents, pets, divorced

  • Describing s.o. (physical appearance) & talking about the age (How old is he? He is ten years old). He is 1 metre 80 cm tall. He’s got blue eyes and brown hair.

Functions:

  • Expressing possession: Saxon genitive, possessive adjectives / pronouns

006.13b He’s got red hair

Grammatical aspects:

Vocabulary:

  • Average British family: married, divorced

  • New Zealander or Kiwi, they look very different from each other, a beautiful vase, the bottle of wine is yours, fifty/fifteen

  • Physical appearance (Talking about stereotypes)

That’s Britain:

  • The British Royal Family: queen, prince

007.14a What time is it?

Grammatical aspects:

  • Telling the time.

  • Giving information about routines. PRESENT SIMPLE + FREQUENCY ADVERBS

Vocabulary:

  • Telling the time. It's time for That's English. What day is it today?

  • It's their anniversary. It's your night off.

  • We always eat out on our wedding anniversary. What do they usually do on their wedding anniversary? You don't go to the pub on Friday. Where do you usually go on Friday? How often do I forget our wedding anniversary?

008.14b I start work at nine o'clock

Grammatical aspects:

    • Times / Present Simple / Routines

Vocabulary:

    • I usually have a cup of coffee and some toast (UNCOUNTABLE NOUN >>> a piece of toast = tostada), I go out clubbing, surf the Internet

    • Big Ben >>> bell, clock

Traditional Britain / Modern Britain: Tea, Britain's national drink

  • How to make a cup of tea >>> a cup / a mug / tea bag / teapot / sugar / a kettle / some water / some milk / / to pour the tea into the cups, to boil the water, to warm the teapot

009.15a Does he work here?

Grammatical aspects:

  • TENSES: PRESENT SIMPLE

Vocabulary:

  • JOBS: journalist, police officer, engineer, doctor, teacher, hotel receptionist, waiter/waitress, pilot, bus/taxi driver, football player secretary, actor/actress, porter, business woman, doctor, nurse, university student, electrical engineer (he is a doctor)

  • Long holidays, she earns nothing, good/bad points, your dream job, the boss, is his job well-paid/boring/exciting?

  • How many bags have you got?

Functions:

  • Describing typical routines at work. (He sees ill people all day, what does a porter do?, Does he carry bags? She tells the people what to do)

010.15b She’s an engineer

Grammatical aspects:

  • PRESENT SIMPLE (routines) + FREQUENCY ADVERBS: three or four nights a week

Vocabulary:

  • Jobs: a TV presenter, actor, police officer, a student, a DJ, an artist, pilot, farmer, business woman, nurse, actress, bus driver, typist (to type, typewriter), bus conductor (collect the money for the tickets), chiropractor, IT technician (new technologies)

  • Museum, I need a different job, I love this job, boring, different, well-paid, interesting, exciting, easy, What time do you start/finish work?, How do you come to school?, working day, working hours, timetable, advert, I want to be a pilot

  • By bicycle, by tube, on foot, walk, drive to work

Functions:

  • Inviting: Would you like to come for a drink? I’d love to. Fifty pence (p)

011.16a There’s a sunny garden

Grammatical aspects:

  • THERE IS/ARE, adjectives to describe a house

Vocabulary:

  • HOUSES: flat, apartment, lift, upstairs, downstairs

  • PARTS OF THE HOUSE: bedroom, room, garden

  • Adjectives to describe a house: small, old, dark, lovely, nice, new, sunny, bright, colourful, large, next to a bus stop

  • FURNITURE: bed, desk, chair, fridge, freezer, dishwasher, cupboard, washing machine, wardrobe, bookshelf, lamp

  • For sale, to rent, to let, how much is it?

Functions:

  • Describing a flat or a house

012.16b He lives in a flat

Grammatical aspects:

Vocabulary:

  • Country, city, village, town, downtown Vancouver (Most people live in houses)

  • I live in the city, too.

  • Are the people happy with their houses? What about the children?

  • Living room, kitchen, bedroom, hall, dining room, sitting room, garage, bathroom, toilet, garden, upstairs/downstairs

  • Furniture, gift, doll, carpets, cupboards, washing machine, bookshelves, TV set, table, sofa, kitchen area, single/double bedroom, wardrobe, kettle, on the ground floor

  • Bus stops, banks, shops, pub, supermarket, coffee shop, swimming-pool, restaurant

  • I hang out with my friends, I’m currently living in a flat

Functions:

  • Describing a house or a town.

  • Culture: Typical English house (Victorian house)

013.17a I love surfing the internet

Grammatical aspects:

  • Like, love, enjoy, don’t like, hate, can’t stand....+ V-ing (Do you like/enjoy going to the cinema?, what does Brad like doing?, what do you like doing when you are on holidays?)

Vocabulary:

  • HOBBIES AND LIKES: Have you got a hobby? Watching TV, visiting friends, reading, listening to the radio, gardening, surfing the internet, eating out, sunbathing in the garden, playing rugby, shopping, going to the cinema, walking, dancing, meeting friends, going to the gym, playing tennis, internet dating

  • Sports centre

  • What else can we do in London?

  • She’s my date.

Functions:

  • Talking about their hobbies.

  • Expressing likes and dislikes.

014.17b Let’s go to the pub

Grammatical aspects:

  • On Saturday mornings I usually go.... / hang out in the park with my friends, I usually cook my own vegetables

Vocabulary:

  • FREE TIME:DIY (Do It Yourself), football team, gardening, cooking, e-books,socialize with my friends

  • Image, move, cent, a movie (moving pictures) pictures, actors, actresses

That’s Britain:

  • PUBS: A traditional pub (public house), the past, open/close, games, what do people do in a pub, they smoke in front of the pub, a pint/half a pint, at lunchtime, in the evening, from... to...., games are very popular in pubs

015.18a Food glorious food

Grammatical aspects:

  • Expressing quantity

  • Present Simple in the negative and interrogative form: what does this boy want to eat? Are there any vegetables, there are a lot of biscuits, do you like my food? You don’t like my food

Vocabulary:

  • FOOD: English food, yummy, sausages, fish and chips, orange, pears, apple juice, some tuna,ketchup,ch$$eese sandwich, salad, carrot, lettuce, tomato, omelette, tomato soup, apple, banana, some fruit, biscuits, for dessert, ice-cream, a hamburger, meat, butter, milk, mineral water, red wine, salt and pepper, orange juice, beans, eggs

  • I’m hungry, what would you like to eat?

Functions:

  • Talking about food and expressing quantity: How much / many....? COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

016.18b What do you have for breakfast?

Grammatical aspects:

  • Present simple + Frequency adverbs (I like having coffee with my family, we normally have a hot breakfast on Saturday)

Vocabulary:

  • Hot tea, favourite, a hot breakfast, full English breakfast, how many eggs?, apple/tomato/orange/pear...juice, two pieces of toast, mushrooms, a cup/mug of tea/coffee, sausages, baked beans, bacon, tomatoes

  • My favourite dish: pizza, fresh/smoked salmon, fish & chips, burger, spaghetti Bolognese, steak, chicken curry

  • You have ten minutes to make a meal, do you often cook?, cheese omelette, a van, sell/buy, vinegar, a take away (a take-away restaurant), salt and vinegar on their chips, Chinese food

That’s Britain:

  • Bed & Breakfast (B&B)

017.19a She’s wearing a skirt .... and socks

Grammatical aspects:

  • PRESENT CONTINUOUS (statements, questions, negative sentences)

  • Giving Directions

Vocabulary:

  • What’s this man’s job? A pilot, a teacher, a designer

  • CLOTHES: trousers (a pair of), boots, shoes, tracksuit, trainers, T-shirt, a uniform, a suit, socks, sunglasses, jeans, a top, pyjamas, sweater, shirt, underwear, scarf, handbag, a baseball hat/cap, tie, gloves, blouse, cardigan, pullover.

  • Describing clothes: COLOURS (purple, grey), STYLE (formal, casual, informal), PRICE (sale, half price), OPINION/LIKES (lovely, nice, that looks good, I don’t like tracksuits), SIZE (short, long).

  • I’m looking for a suit, it’s fine to go shopping, I wear it in the summer, casual business clothes.

Functions:

  • Talking about clothes: Yes, I think so, I hate uniforms

  • Giving directions

018.19b A very nice suit

Grammatical aspects:

  • PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Vocabulary:

  • To change, I’m changing my shoes, business, meeting, Who’s wearing new clothes to the party?, striped suit, practical trousers, bright-coloured T-shirt, casual Friday, unusual, stripes

  • What’s it made of? Cotton, factory, miner, look for, strong, break/tear, jeans (Levi trousers), fashion designers

  • Cheers, mate!

Functions:

019.110a What are your favourite sports?

Grammatical aspects:

  • MODAL VERB CAN

Vocabulary:

  • SPORT: athlete, swimming-pool, tennis, volleyball, basketball, golf, football, rugby, gym, run to the river, sportsman/sportswoman, cool

  • TALKING ABOUT SPORTS: DO yoga, karate, pilates, exercises // GO skiing, cycling, surfing, windsurfing, walking (walking is healthy), swimming, sailing // PLAY cricket, table tennis

  • I give up, I’m sitting by the river and I’m fishing

Functions:

  • Expressing ability (I can play any sport, can you jog?)

020.110b Do you like watching football?

Grammatical aspects:

  • Enjoy, love, like, hate, can’t stand... + V-ing form

Vocabulary:

  • SPORT: fan, supporter, home stadium, water sports, national sport, ice-hockey

  • Exciting, a red and white shirt, shorts, socks

  • I guess I can play football well, let’s meet our contestants

  • Tennis court, horse racing (Ascott), Wales (the Millenium Stadium), Wimbledon (strawberries and cream)

Functions:

  • Doing sport: PLAY, DO & GO (play tennis // do yoga // go sailing, windsurfing)