DIALOGUE

Practice by reading the dialogue with your tutor. After you are done, switch roles and do it again! 📘

• K: Can you speak English?
• D: Yes, I can. If I practice, I could speak better.
• K: We could practice English together if you like.
• D: Sure! Could we practice on Monday?

 

NEW SKILL

 

Using the verbs “can” and “could” 📘

Read the diagram out loud with your tutor.

 

VOCABULARY

Go over the vocabulary below with your tutor.

 

 

 

EXERCISE

Make a sentence using the words. You can use the picture above with can and could. 📘

• Ask for permission in a more polite way. salt, pass, you, the, could

Could you pass the salt?

• Make a sentence using cannot (not allowed). cannot, drink, coffee, you, now ________________________________.
• Make a suggestion. What do you want to do? go, if, could, we, you, bowling, like  ____________________________________________.
• Request something in an informal way. loan, five, can, me, you, dollars __________________________________________________.
• A general ability in the past. could, he, five, run, kilometers, before _______________________________________________.

 

 

 

Fill in the blank with “can” or “could.” 📘

• When I was eighteen years old, I could eat a lot of food.
• He _______ cook good.
• ________ we take a break please? (formal)
• If we hurry, we __________ catch the bus.
• ________ I help you make the bed?

 

 

Fill in the blank with the job described.

• Person who helps the doctor ________________
• Person who puts out fires ___________________
• Person who catches criminals __________________
• Person who designs buildings ________________
• Person who writes books ___________________

 

Discussion Questions

• What is your job? Do you like it?
• What did you want to be when you were a child?
• If money was not an issue, what job would you like?
• What did your parents do for a living? Did they like it?
• What do you think makes a person like their job?

 

 

 

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DIALOGUE

Practice by reading the dialogue with your tutor. After you are done, switch roles and do it again! 📘

• K: Do you like to travel by air, sea, or ground?
• D: I like to travel by ground, especially on trains.
• K: Me too because I’m scared of airplanes.
• D: In that case, we can travel together!

 

NEW SKILL

Using the travel prepositions “by,” “in,” and “on.” 📘

Read the diagram out loud with your tutor.

Example:

• I travel by motorcycle.
• She likes to travel in a car.
• You will meet different people on the train.
• Kevin is on his bicycle.
• They will travel by airplane.

 

 

 

 

VOCABULARY

Go over the vocabulary and below with your tutor. 📘

air	📘
sea	📘
ground	📘
car	📘
truck	📘
bus	📘
train	📘
taxi/cab	📘
motorcycle	📘
bicycle/bike	📘
airplane	📘
helicopter	📘
ship	📘
boat	📘
subway/metro	📘

 

 

 

EXERCISE

Fill in the blank with “by,” “on,” or “in.” 📘

• Dorothy and Kevin will go by boat.
• I want to ride ________ a motorcycle.
• She goes _______ train.
• You and I need to go _____ a taxi.
• We want to fly ______ an airplane.

 

 

Pick the correct answer between the infinitive verb or verb form. 📘

• I want go/to go by sea.
• We can travel/to travel by helicopter.
• They will go/to go in a boat.
• Kevin needs/to needs a truck.
• You to be/are on a bicycle.

 

Answer the question using a complete sentence and use “by,” “in,” or “on.” I want to go ___________. 📘

• How do you want to go to the supermarket? (taxi)    I want to go in a taxi.
• How do you want to go to Hawaii? (airplane) ___________________________.
• How do you want to go to the bank? (motorcycle) ________________________.
• How do you want to go to school? (foot) ______________________________________.
• How do you want to go to the cinema? (ground) _______________________________.

 

 

Make a sentence using the words. 📘

• car, in, she, is, a –  She is in a car.
• will, they, go, by, train – _____________________________________.
• want, ride, you, bicycle, to, a –  _______________________________.
• we, subway, by, go, will – ____________________________________.
• ride, on, I, want, to, a, motorcycle – ____________________________.

 

 

Discussion Questions

• What was the last trip you took? How did you travel?
• What is your favorite place to vacation?
• Do you prefer flying or driving?
• Do you know how to ride a bike? Do you like it?
• Have you ever been in a helicopter? A ship? A subway?

DIALOGUE

Practice by reading the dialogue with your tutor. After you are done, switch roles and do it again! 📘

• K: Look over there! Is it a bird or a plane?
• D: It’s a bird. I see only birds in the sky
• K: I love watching birds.
• D: I enjoy listening to birds sing in the morning.

 

 

NEW SKILL

Using “see,” “look,” and “watch” 📘

Read the diagram out loud with your tutor.

 

 

Using “hear” and “listen” 📘

Read the diagram out loud with your tutor.

 

 

VOCABULARY

Go over the vocabulary and below with your tutor. 📘

see	📘
look	📘
watch	📘
hear	📘
listen	📘
flying	📘
singing	📘
thunder	📘
rain	📘
lightning	📘
river	📘
fish	📘
pond	📘
lake	📘
mountain	📘

 

 

 

EXERCISE

Fill in the blank with “see,” “look,” or “watch.” 📘

• Did you see the lightning just now? see/look
• I like to ________ the fish swim. look/watch
• _________ at the beautiful mountains. see/look
• I __________ a pond. see/look
• We go to the park to _________ the birds fly. look/watch

 

Make a sentence using the words. 📘

• at, the, look, fish, swimming – Look at the fish swimming.
• see, the, lake, you, can (question – ?) ______________________________?
• want, to, fly, birds, I, watch, the – ____________________________.
• see, you, if, it, is, can, raining (question – ?) __________________________?
• at, fish, river, look, the, in, the – ____________________________________.

 

 

Fill in the blank with “hear” or “listen.” 📘

• We can hear the thunder.
• __________ to her singing.
• You need to ____________ to me.
• ___________ to the loud thunder.
• He can _________ the heavy rain.

 

 

Answer the question with using “look,” “see,” “watch,” “hear,” and “listen” correctly. 📘

• Can you hear or see fish swimming? I can see the fish swimming.
• Can you watch or see a movie? ____________________________.
• Can you hear or see thunder?  ______________________________.
• Can you listen to or watch the birds singing ___________________________.
• Can you look at or hear the mountains? ____________________________.

Discussion Questions

• What music do you like to listen to?
• What movies do you like to watch?
• When was the last time you saw your parents?
• What sounds can you hear from your house?

DIALOGUE

Practice by reading the dialogue with your tutor. After you are done, switch roles and do it again! 📘

• K: Yesterday I was sad. 📘
• D: I know, and I was worried about you. How do you feel today? 📘
• K: I am happy. Why were you worried about me? 📘
• D: I don’t like to see people sad. 📘

 

NEW SKILL

Using “to be” in the past tense. 📘

• was – singular
• were – plural
• was not – singular and negative
• were not – plural and negative

 

Examples:

• I was happy.
• We were excited.
• She wasn’t surprised.
• They weren’t embarrassed.

 

VOCABULARY

Go over the vocabulary and below with your tutor. 📘

 

EXERCISE

Fill in the blank with was or were to complete the sentence. 📘

• She was surprised.
• He _______ hurt.
• We _______ embarrassed.
• They ________ afraid.
• You ________ excited.

 

The first sentence is a question. The second sentence is the answer. Fill in the blanks with was or were. 📘

• Were you silly? Yes, I was.
• ______ he sorry? No, he ______ not.
• ______ I angry? Yes, I  ________.
• ______ we sad? No, we __________.
• ______ she loved? Yes, she ________.

 

 

Fill in the blank with was or were to complete the question. 📘

• Why were they happy?
• When _______ she sad?
• Who ________ excited?
• Why _______ I proud?
• When ______ you embarrassed?

 

Fill in the blank with the correct sentence or words. Us the vocabulary list above and where needed, use “was” or “were.” 📘

• about, Kevin, did, how, me, feel (question – ?) – How did Kevin feel about me?
• were, we, worried, you, about – _____________________________.
• How did they feel about Dorothy? were, they, hurt  ___________________________.
• How did you feel about me? I was___________________________.
• How did he feel about you yesterday? He _____________________.

 

 

Discussion Questions

• What was the happiest you’ve been?
• What was the saddest you’ve been?
• Describe when you were last embarrassed.
• Describe when you were last afraid of something.
• What are you most proud of in your life?

 

DIALOGUE

Practice by reading the dialogue with your tutor. After you are done, switch roles and do it again! 📘

• K: Is this your purse? 📘
• D: Yes, it is mine. Did you find a key also? 📘
• K: Yes, is it yours? 📘
• D: Yes, it is mine. 📘

 

NEW SKILL

Using possessive pronouns. 📘

 

Possessive pronouns are used in English so you don’t have to repeat information that is already known. It usually makes the sentence less confusing. 📘

 

Pronouns

Subject	Possessive
I	Mine
You	Yours
He	His
She	Hers
It	Its
We	Ours
You (pl)	Yours
They	Theirs

Examples:

• These keys are my keys. These keys are mine.
• This backpack is your backpack. This backpack is yours.
• That purse is her purse. That purse is hers.
• This flashlight is our flashlight. This flashlight is ours.
• This camera is their camera. This camera is theirs.

 

Using the articles a and an. 📘

 

 

VOCABULARY

Go over the vocabulary and below with your tutor. 📘

 

EXERCISE

Fill in the blank with the correct possessive pronoun. 📘

• Do these keys belong to you? Yes, they are mine.
• She has a ring. It is _______.
• Is this our flashlight? No, it is not _______.
• This is their camera. The camera is ________.
• The suitcase belongs to me. It is _________.

 

Fill in the first blank with a personal item from the vocabulary list. Fill in the second blank with the correct possessive pronoun. 📘

• The hat belongs to him. It is his.
• The ____________ belongs to them. It is _________.
• The ____________ belongs to us. It is ___________.
• The ____________ belongs to you. It is __________.
• The ____________ belongs to her. It is ___________.

 

Rewrite the sentence using a or an or leave it blank. 📘

• She has two _______ purses. She has two purses.
• You and I have _______ sunglasses. ___________________________.
• He has ______ backpack. _______________________.
• They have _______ camera. _____________________.
• You have ______ umbrella. ____________________.

 

Say what the personal item is in the picture. Use “It is/they are ___________.” Make sure to use a or an or nothing. 📘

 

Discussion Questions

• Describe the things you have in your closet.
• What do you usually have in your pockets? Purse?
• Do you have anything in your home that isn’t yours? What?
• What would you bring on a trip?
• What things could you not live without?

 

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DIALOGUE

Practice by reading the dialogue with your tutor. After you are done, switch roles and do it again! 📘

• K: Excuse me, how do I get to the bank? 📘
• D: Go straight and turn left at the corner. It is next to the post office. 📘
• K: Thank you very much! Is it open now? 📘
• D: Yes, it is open every day. 📘

 

NEW SKILL

Asking for directions 📘

• Excuse me, how do I get to the __________?
• Excuse me, where is the ____________?
• Excuse me, can you tell me the way to the ___________?

 

Giving directions using verbs and prepositions of place/location. 📘

 

 

 

VOCABULARY

Go over the vocabulary and below with your tutor. 📘

 

EXERCISE

Choose the correct preposition of place. Use the picture below to help give directions. 📘

• Where is the bank? It is at the corner of/opposite Main Street.
• Where is the library? It is next to/opposite the post office.
• Where is the police station?  It is between/at the corner of the bank and store.
• Where is the school? It is next to/opposite the restaurant.
• Where is the hospital? It is between/at the corner of Central Avenue and Main Street.

 

 

Fill in the blank with everyday or every day. 📘

• I go to the playground every day.
• My _________ work at the hospital is exciting.
• They work at the bank ___________.
• The police station is open ___________.
• ___________ life is different.

 

 

Choose the correct verb to give directions. Use the picture below to help give directions. 📘

 

• Excuse me, where is the theater? (from the restaurant)

Turn left/turn right on Second Street.

• Excuse me, can you tell me the way to the post office? (from the library)

Go straight ahead / turn right on Main Street.

• Excuse me, how do I get to the bank? (from the store)

Go straight ahead and go past / cross the police station.

• Excuse me, where is the restaurant? (from the train station)

Turn right / go straight ahead and cross/turn left the street.

• Excuse me, can you tell me the way to the church? (from the library)

Turn left/cross the street and go past / turn left. Go straight ahead until you see the church on the right.

 

Fill in the blank with the correct place from the vocabulary list. 📘

• Football matches are played in the stadium.
• Firefighters are in the ______________.
• Airplanes are at the ____________.
• A __________ has art.
• People go to the _____________ to swim.

 

Discussion Questions

• How do you get to the post office from your house?
• What buildings are near your house?
• What is across the street from your work?
• How do you get the nearest bank?
• What recommendations would you give to a tourist in your city?

 

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DIALOGUE

Practice by reading the dialogue with your tutor. After you are done, switch roles and do it again! 📘

• K: Is this your pen? 📘
• D: No, it is not. That pen is mine. 📘
• K: Are those paperclips mine? 📘
• D: No, these are your paperclips. 📘

 

NEW SKILL

Using demonstrative pronouns and adjectives: this, that, these, and those. 📘

• This – singular and close
• That – singular and a bit further away
• These – plural and close
• Those – plural and a bit further away

 

Examples:

• This is my pencil.
• These are his pens.
• That is their stapler.
• This is your desk.

 

 

 

VOCABULARY

Go over the vocabulary below with your tutor. 📘

 

EXERCISE

Pick the correct demonstrative adjective. 📘

• This pencil or that pencil? (this, that, these, those)
• She likes _________ pens, not these pens. (this, that, these, those)
• These erasers or ________ erasers. (this, that, these, those)
• Do you want _______ stapler or that stapler? (this, that, these, those)
• Use these file folders, not ______ file folders. (this, that, these, those)

 

 

Fill in the blank with the correct demonstrative pronoun. 📘

• That is my legal pad. (there, not close)
• _______ are your push pins. (here, close)
• ________ is our masking tape. (here, close)
• ________ are their envelopes. (there, not close)
• ________ is my blue highlighter. (there, not close)

 

 

 Fill in the blank with the correct demonstrative pronoun or adjective. 📘

• Do you need that? (there, not close)
• Can I have _________ calculators? (here, close)
• ________ cutter is mine. (here, close)
• He wants ________ hole puncher. (there, not close)
• ________ are our tape measures. (there, not close)

 

 

Fill in the blank with the correct demonstrative pronoun or adjective. 📘

• These paperclips are better than those.
• He does not like __________ pencil sharpener. He likes that one.
• How much is ________ whiteout pen there?
• I need __________ erasers, not those.
• ________ pen in the drawer is better than _______ one here.

 

 

Discussion Question

• What supplies do you have in your office?
• What supplies do you use for work?
• Do you use a pen or a pencil? Why?
• What supplies would you need to send a letter to a friend?

 DIALOGUE

Practice by reading the dialogue with your tutor. After you are done, switch roles and do it again! 📘

• K: My feet really hurt. Do yours?
• D: Yes, we’ve walked a long way.
• K: My toes are killing me.
• D: My back is hurting. I must be old.
• K: My shoulders ache.
• D: I hope we get there soon!

 

NEW SKILL

Using the prepositions of location: in, on, and at. 📘

Sample Sentences:

• My fingers are a part of my hand.
• My nose is on my face.
• My hair is on my head.
• My knee is a part of my leg.

 

 

 

Using “there”, “their”, and “they’re.” 📘

 

 

VOCABULARY

Go over the vocabulary below with your tutor. 📘

 

 

EXERCISE

Fill in the blank with the correct preposition of location. 📘

• My son is at school.
• I am _____ the swimming pool.
• We are _____ the train.
• Dorothy is ____ her sister’s home.
• They’re ___ the bedroom.

 

Fill in the blank with there, their, or they’re (they are). 📘

• They’re at the supermarket.
• Where is _________ dog?
• I see the shopping mall over _______.
• _______ daughter is beautiful.
• I hope to see you _______.

 

Make a sentence using the words listed. 📘

• I, in, the, car, am – I am in the car.
• nose, on, my, face, is, my. – __________________________.
• your, mouth, are, teeth, in, your –  ________________________.
• are, bus, at, we, the – _________________________.
• thumb, on, hand, the, the, is – _______________________

 

Using the vocabulary list above, name the part of the body in the picture. 📘

 

Discussion Question

• Describe your last injury.
• Do you feel any pain in your body now? Where?
• What is your best feature? (choose a face part)
• Have you ever broken a bone? Where?

DIALOGUE

Practice by reading the dialogue with your tutor. After you are done, switch roles and do it again! 📘

• K: What do you do in your free time? 📘
• D: I like to read and listen to music. 📘
• K: I like to play sports and watch TV. 📘
• D: Do you go out with your friends? 📘
• K: I go out with my friends on the weekends. 📘

 

 

 

NEW SKILL

Using do, play, and go with sports and activities. 📘

 

Rules:

1. Do is used when talking about a recreational activity or a non-team sport that does not use a ball. 📘

• I do karate.
• She does ballet.
• We do yoga.

 

2. “Play” is used with ball sports or competitive games where we play against another person. 📘

• Kevin plays rugby.
• I play football.
• Do you play tennis?

 

3. Go is used with activities that end -ing. We go somewhere to do something. 📘

• Dorothy goes swimming.
• I go hiking.
• Do you like to go walking?

 

 

VOCABULARY

Go over the vocabulary and below with your tutor. 📘

listen	📘
music	📘
sports	📘
friend	📘
play	📘
study	📘
weekend	📘
go out	📘
musical instrument	📘
time	📘

 

EXERCISE

Write or say 3 free time activities you like to do. 📘

• Example: I like to play an instrument.
• ___________________.
• ___________________.
• ___________________.

 

Fill in the blank with the correct phrasal verb. 📘

• We go out at night.
• ________ your shoes.
• Your train is about to leave. You need to ______ it now.
• You can use a dictionary to ______ a word’s meaning.
• I  ________ meeting you in person.

 

 

 

Fill in the blank with do, play, or go. 📘

• I like to play chess.
• Kevin _____ running in the morning.
• My sister _____ volleyball.
• We _____ dancing on the weekends.
• They _____ judo.

 

Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word from the table above. 📘

• I play the guitar. It is a musical instrument.
• She likes to __________ to music.
• His dad likes to ________ sports.
• We need to _______ for lunch soon.
• My ________ studies every night.

 

 

Discussion Questions

• What do you do in your free time?
• Which sports do you like to play?
• Do you prefer reading or going to the movies? Why?
• Do you prefer spending time with family or with friends? Why?

 

 

 

DIALOGUE

Practice by reading the dialogue with your tutor. After you are done, switch roles and do it again! 📘

• K: What did you do last night?
• D: I watched a movie. What did you do?
• K: I played video games. What did you do after the movie?
• D: I washed the dishes. 
• K: I prefer using paper plates.

 

 

NEW SKILL

Using the past tense. 📘

 

 

 

How to pronounce the -ed sound at the end of a verb. 📘

 

It’s difficult to know how to pronounce ‘ed’ in English because it’s pronounced in three different ways. It depends on the letter before: 📘

The three ways are:

1. ‘id’ – wanted = want -id
2. ‘t’ – helped = help -t
3. ‘d’ – called = call -d

 

The most important thing to remember is this: 📘

If the verb has a ‘d’ or a ‘t’ sound before ‘ed’ you need to pronounce ‘id’. Be careful! It’s the sound, not the letter: ‘decided’ is pronounced ‘decide-id’ even though ‘decide’ ends in ‘e’ because we don’t say the ‘e’, so the last sound is ‘d’. 📘

So for example:

• wanted (want-id)
• ended (end-id)
• decided (decide-id)
• hated (hate-id)

 

If the word before ‘ed’ ends in the sounds ‘p’, ‘f’, ‘s’, ‘ch’, ‘sh’, ‘k’, then ‘ed’ is pronounced ‘t’: 📘

So:

• ‘p’ stopped
• ‘f’ laughed
• ‘s’ promised
• ‘ch’ watched
• ‘sh’ finished
• ‘k’ walked

 

For all other words, ‘ed’ is pronounced ‘d’: 📘

• allowed
• cried
• enjoyed
• cleaned

 

 

VOCABULARY

Go over the vocabulary and below with your tutor. 📘

 

 

 

EXERCISE

Fill in the blank with the correct simple past tense form of the verb. Write the correct -ed sound with the verb in the past tense. 📘

• Yesterday I helped my mom. (help or laugh) – help -t
• Last month she ________ to Dubai. (travel or cook) – _______
• Dorothy ______ the conversation. (laugh or end) – ________
• We ________ dinner. (travel or cook) – ________
• She ________ at the joke. (help or laugh) – ________

 

 

Change the sentence from the present tense to the past tense. 📘

• I live in the USA. I lived in the USA.
• My friend helps me study. _______________________.
• We cook together. _____________________.
• Dorothy talks a lot to Kevin. __________________.
• You give me a headache. _____________________.

 

 

Which -ed sound does the verb have? 📘

• Yesterday he wanted me to help. want -id
• Dorothy called me this morning. ________
• Her sister stopped crying. _________
• You called me late last night. ________
• I cleaned my room last week. ________

 

Fill in the blank with the correct irregular verb. 📘

• Dorothy and Kevin ate breakfast at 7:00 am. (to eat)
• We ______ a bird. (to see)
• You ________ all of the water. (to drink)
• When _____ you eat breakfast? (to do)
• They ______ home last night. (to be)

 

 

Discussion Questions

• What did you do last night?
• What did you do earlier today?
• Describe a normal day from your childhood.
• Describe all the places you’ve lived.

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