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Pronunciation skills
Lesson

1.1

Correct Pronunciation of Numbers

One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
Nine
Ten
Eleven
Twelve
Thirteen
Fourteen
Fifteen
Sixteen
Seventeen
Eighteen
Nineteen
Twenty

Twenty 1st
Thirty
Forty
Fifty
Sixty
Seventy
Eighty
Ninety
Hundred

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Lesson

1.2

Audio-

Correct Pronunciation of Six Seasons

Summer
Rainy
Autumn
Late Autumn
Winter
Spring
Lesson

1.3

15 Problematic letters for Bangladeshi Learners

A
F
G
H
J
K
O
P
Q
R
T
U
V
W
Z

age, able, agent, baby, lady, gate, late, say, pay,

fan, fine, five, fight, fast, first, fact, tough,
gist, general, genius, gesture, jam, job,
change, chance, chat, channel, chapter,
Jealous, journal, journey, judge, junior, justice,
keep, kick, king, kind, cat, capital, cancel,
okay, open, old, most, social, go, so, no
pen, page, paper, person, people, pencil
queen, quick, quantity, question, quarrel
party, virgin, father, mother, teacher
two, ten, take, talk, teach, team, time,
university, uniform, view, new
van, vat, very, vanish, vast,
What, want, wash, word, work, world, ward, wall,
zero, zoo, zone, zealous, zenith, zebra, zoology, zip

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Part

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Spoken Skills (Fluency Process)

Fluency in 2 tenses with 4 styles

Lesson

2.1

Note: Teacher c_g Driling Gi gvag students `i gyLi RoZv `~i Kieb| Zvici
different verbs w`q sentence practice Kiveb|

I have gone
I havent gone
Have you gone?
Havent you gone?
I have been going
I havent been going
Have you been going?
Havent you been going?
He has gone
He hasnt gone.
Has he gone?
Hasnt he gone?
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Avwg wMqwQ
Avwg hvBwb
Zzwg wK wMqQ?
Zzwg wK hvIwb?
Avwg hvwQ
Avwg hvwQ bv
Zzwg wK hvQ?
Zzwg wK hvQ bv?
m wMqQ
m hvqwb
m wK wMqQ?
m wK hvqwb?

Practical Session

Talking about Feelings/Health Issues

How's the weather today?
How do you feel?
How are you feeling?
Is everything okay?
What's wrong?
What's the matter?
Are you all right?
What happened?

It's really cold.

I'm fine.
Not too good.
I feel sick.
I have a headache.
My leg hurts.
I cut my hand.
He broke his arm.

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Let's stay inside.

That's good.
Sorry to hear that.
That's too bad.
Here's some aspirin
Let me help you.
That looks serious.
Call 911!

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Telling Time

7:00
12:00
3:10
7:14
9:15
1:21
11:05
2:09
6:30
4:50
10:45
8:35

It's seven o'clock.

It's twelve o'clock.
It's three ten.
It's seven fourteen.
It's nine fifteen.
It's one twenty-one
It's eleven oh five.
It's two oh nine.
It's six thirty.
It's four fifty.
It's ten forty-five.
It's eight thirty-five.

It's seven p.m. / a.m.

It's noon / midnight.
It's ten (minutes) after three.
It's fourteen after seven.
It's (a) quarter after nine.
It's twenty-one minutes past one.
It's five after eleven.
It's nine minutes past two.
It's half past six.
It's ten minutes to five.
It's quarter to eleven.
It's twenty-five minutes to nine.

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Some useful words/ phrases: for daily routines
bvkZv Kiv
Take breakfast
`ycyii Lvevi LvIqv
Take lunch
Take supper
ivZi Lvevi LvIqv
msw Nyg `Iqv
Have a short sleep
(`xN mgq ai Nyg)
Have a lie in
(`wi Ki NygvZ hvIqv)
Have a late night
(ZvovZvwo Ki NygvZ hvIqv)
Have an early night
mKvj nuvUv
Morning walk.
kBf Kiv
Have a shave
Mvmj Kiv
Take a bath
Mvmj Kiv
Take a shower
Have a wash
Mvmj Kiv
nvjKv Lvevi LvIqv
Take one or two snacks
weiwZ bIqv
Take a break
wekvg bIqv
Take rest
Nyg _K DVv
Wake up
Nyg _K DVv
Get up
NygvZ hvIqv
Go to sleep
10 Uvi w`K
at around 10.00 AM
mvo 11 Uvi w`K
at about 11:30 PM
ZvovZvwo Nywgq cov
Fall asleep very quickly
AwZwi Nyg
Oversleep
NygvZ cviv
Get to sleep
nvZ gyL avqv
Freshen up
bvgvh cov
Say prayer
KviAvb ZjvIqvZ Kiv
Recite the holy Quran.
M Kiv
Chat with
KvRi Dk ei nIqv
Leave home
evRvi Kiv
Do the shopping

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Practice with brain-storming method:
Morning

Noon

Lesson

Afternoon

Evening

Night

3.2 (Pair practice)

Use present simple tense (I do). Now practise with your friend(s)

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.

When do you get up?

Do you get up early? Why?
Do you get up late? Why?
When do you take breakfast?
What are the benefits of getting up early in the morning?
Is there any harm if we get up late?
Do you sleep at daytime?
When do you take lunch?
Do you have a bad habit of oversleeping?
How much time do you study everyday?
Do you have any plan for your daily activities?
When do you take supper?
How do you refresh yourself when you are tired?
Do you sometimes go to bed supper less? (ivZ bv Lq)
Can you tell me how we can make our daily life meaningful?

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Lesson

3.3

Example:1
Firstly, I usually wake up at 7 am in the morning. Then I do
some house work. After that I get ready to go to college. I
come back from college at 4:30 then I take my lunch and
take some rest. After taking rest I study till 9.00 pm. Then I
take supper with my family members. After 9:30 pm I chat
with my friends over internet....then at 12 o clock go to my
bedroom and sleep.

Example: 2
I wake up Early in the morning and then I go for a walk then I come back and
cleaned up myself and have my breakfast. At 10
Am to 12 Noon I attend my computer class and
At 1 oclock I come back and help my mother in
Household things ... at 2 I along with my mother
take lunch together and at 5.30 pm my father
come back from his office .... Than we have tea
together. At 7 pm my Mother starts Preparing
meal for us and at 9.30 we have dinner together
and than I always say good night to my parents
and go to my room to sleep .....

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Example:3
Assalamu alaikum, I am Aminul Islam. I usually wake up early in the morning at
around 5:30. Then I have a fresh and ablution and go to mosque to say my Fazar
Prayer with Jamat. After saying Fazar prayer I come back my room and study
Quran & Hades for sometime. After that I follow my daily routines and go for a
morning walk or play football. I come back home at around 7:30 am. Then I get
ready and take my breakfast to go to office. At around 8:30 I leave home for the
office. In office I do work which are given to me. I come back home at around
6:00 Oclock in the evening .After freshen up, I take evening tea. After that I
spend 1 hour with my friends. I study till 10 am. Then I have my supper and watch
news. And finally I go off to the bed..........Thats all.

Home work
Daily routine
Dear audience
Assalamualikum.
This is .. before you. I am really pleased to be
here in this beautiful evening. Now I would like to say something about my daily
routines.
I usually wake up early in the morning at .am. Then I . my teeth,
.face and hands and take ablution. After that I . to mosque my
Fazr Prayer with jamat. I do some morning exercise. I study for sometime. I get
ready to go to . and I take my breakfast. I go to .. at 9.00
am. .
To bed

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Part

04

Additional Study Materials (Not for class)

Lesson

4.1

1.1
No.
01.

Vocabulary chorus from flash card : (oral test)

Words/Expressions Pronunciation
Meaning
axkw; DrKl; gav
Calibre n.
('Kvwjevi))

02.

Callous adj.

03.

Casual adj.

04.
05.
06.
07.
08.
09.

Casual dress
Casual attack
Casual decision
Casual behabiour
Casual step
Caustic adj.

10.

Caustic comment

('Kvjvm )
Av

('KvRy j)

('Kv-m&wUK)
-

Abyf~wZnxb; D`vmxb
AvKwK;

ixwZweewRZ;
AmZK;
AgbvhvMx, AwbqwgZ;
avivevwnKZvnxb
ixwZweewRZ cvkvK
AvKwK nvgjv
AmZK wmv
ixwZweewRZ eenvi
AvKwK c`c
KKi; we`cvZK
we`cvZK ge

Lesson
1.2
No.
01.
02.
03.
04.
05.
06.
07.
08.
09.
10.

Make sentences by your own

4.2

Everyday words from vocabulary book:

Words/Expressions
Meaning
Avej-Zvej eKv
Talk nonsense
nuvPU LvIqv
Stumble down
wPrKvi Kiv
Shout
wkk `Iqv
Whistle
wcU wcU Ki ZvKvbv
Wink at
GK `wZ ZvwKq _vKv
Stare at
AKvi wKQz cvevi Rb nvZovbv
Grope in the dark
ewg Kiv
Vomit
myomywo `qv
Tickle
njvb `Iqv
Lean

Make sentences by your own

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Lesson

4.3

W.H: What, when, where, why, how, whom, who, which, whose.
What do you want? Zzwg Kx PvI?

What did you say? Zzwg Kx ejj?

What are you doing? Zzwg Kx KiQ?

What have you said? Zzwg Kx ejQ?

Why did you go there? Zzwg Kb mLvb wMqwQj?

What will happen then? ZLb Kx ne?

When are you coming? Zzwg KLb AvmQ?

Where have you seen him? Zzwg ZvK Kv_vq `LQ?

How can I be a fluent speaker?

Avwg wKfve fluent speaker nZ cvwi?

To whom are you writing a letter?

Zzwg Kvi KvQ wPwV jLQ?
With whom are you learning English?
Zzwg Kvi KvQ BsiwR wkLQ?

Lesson

4.4 (Structures for better speaking)

Feel like + doing (verb+ing to express ones desires, likings and dislikings etc.)
(Kviv BQv, AvKvv, cQ`-AcQ` BZvw` cKvkv_)
01.
02.

I feel like getting wet by the rain.(Avgvi ewZ wfRZ BQv KiQ) I feel like doing.
Avgvi KiZ BQ KiQ|
Its hot enough today. I dont feel like going out. .
(AvR h_ Mig coQ| Avgvi evBi eivZ BQv KiQ bv)

I dont feel like doing.

Avgvi KiZ BQ KiQ bv|
Do you feel like doing?
Zvgvi wK KiZ BQ KiQ|
Dont you feel like doing?
Zvgvi wK KiZ BQ KiQ bv?

03.

I feel like dancing out of joy. . (Avb` Avgvi bvPZ BQv KiQ)

04.

I feel like crying out of sorrow. (`ytL Avgvi Kuv`Z BQv KiQ)

05.

I feel like flying like a bird. . (Avgvi cvwLi gZ DoZ BQv KiQ)

06.

I feel like taking a cup of tea. (GK Kvc Pv LZ BQv KiQ)

07.

I dont feel like wating any more. Avgvi Avi Acv KiZ BQ KiQ bv|

08.

Do you feel like doing? Zvgvi wK KiZ fvj jvMQ/ BQ KiQ?

09.

Do you feel like sitting here? Zvgvi wK GLvb emZ fvj jvMQ?

10.

Do you feel like watching this movie? Zvgvi wK GB gywfwU `LZ fvj jvMQ?

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Lesson

4.5

Hugely used expressions

Mass beating
Wrists watch
In disguise
Human trafficking
Hue and cry
Ruling party
Snatcher
Witness
Storm into
Abduct

(MYwcUzwb)
(nvZ Nwo)
(Qek)
(Av`g cvPvi)
(kviMvj, wPrKvi)
(kvmK `j)
(wQbZvBKvix)
(cZ`kx, cZfve `kb Kiv)
(f XvKv)
(AcniY Kiv)

Lesson

Snatch away
Register a case
Counterfeit note
Bogra bound
Swoop on
Resist
Indiscriminately
Subscriptions
Culprit
Demand ransom

(wQwbq bqv)
(gvgjv `vqi Kiv)
(RvjbvU)
(eov Mvgx)
(AZwKZ Avgb Kiv)
(cwZiva Kiv)
(Gjvcv_vwi, wbwePvi)
(Puv`v)
(`ye)
(gywcY `vwe Kiv)

4.6

Commonly used expressions:

(`bw`b Rxeb Anin eeZ nq G iKg wKQz sentences GB mKkb `qv nj Gjv wbqwgZ practice
Kij Avcbvi fluency AbK eo hve undoubtedly.)
41. I was kept in the dark
AvgvK wKQzB Rvbvbv nqwb|
43. I will try my best
Avwg h_vmva Pv Kie|
45. Give up unnecessary works
AcqvRbxq KvR ev` `vI|
47. I found the door closed
Avwg `iRvwU e `LwQjvg|
49. What a disaster!
Kx mebvk!
51. Everything lost
me Mjv|
53. You can say whatever you like
hv gb Pvq ejZ cvi|
55. No buts
Avi wK bq|
57. Have a little patience
Avi GKUz ah ai|
59. It's a lovely place
RvqMvUv ek|

42. I think there is something in the wind

gb nq, wKQz GKUv Re AvQ|
44. Your dream will never come true
Zvgvi ^c KLbvI evevwqZ nebv|
46. He never lends anything to anybody
m KLbI KvDK wKQz avi `qbv|
48. where have you been?
Kv_vq h _vKbv?
50. What's the matter?/What's up?
Kx njv / Kx evcvi?
52. Don't talk nonsense
Kx evR eKwQm/evR eKeK Kivbv|
54. Somehow every body has changed
mevB Kgb hb evR eKQ|
56. Don't be childish
Qjgvbywl Kwim bv|
58. I saw him standing in front of the library
ZvK jvBewii mvgb `uvwoq _vKZ `LwQjvg|

60. Would you really like to go?

mwZB hve?

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