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 American English Sounds

nglish is not spelled phonetically. The same sound is spelled several different wavs.
For this reason it is helpfulto assign separate symbols to each sound. The following is
the lnternational Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) system. Iwenty-four (24) consonant symbols.
eleven (11) vowel symbols, and three (3) Symbols representing diphthongs are used to
sounds of American English.
represent the significant

These charts are only aids and not to be memorized. However, the students must be aware
afthe different sounds represented in these charts. They must be able to recognize and
repeat them accurately.

VoWELS CONSONANTS

Symbol Key Word Pronunciation Symbol Key Word Pronunciation

/i/ he, meet, teach, chief /'hil /p/ past, stop, put, paper /pæst/
/ , is, sit, big /IZ/ /b bed, baby, barber, lab b
e day, make, train, vein, /de/ /t/ take, sent, ten, gentle /tek/
E met, let, said, bread /met/ d/ date, student, do, hard /det/
æl cash, half, laugh, hand /kæf /kl car, chemical, recorder, /kar/
lal father, far, heart, pot, not /faða/ g/ gas, eggs, dog, cigar /dog
all, saw, bought, caught /m/ arm, my, number, from 'mal/
/ol g0, know, coat, tow, pole /go/ /n/ no, line, find, noon /no
/0/ book, took, good, should /bUk/ /n sing, long, wrong, rank /sIn/
/u food, blue, blew, do, soup
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/fud/1/ well, laboratory, always, /wel/
Cup, son, sun, enough
/a/
/kap/Ir/ read, course, for, write /rid/
, nice, tie, buy, by, write /al/ farmer, affirm, phone, /fon/
noise, boy, point, oil
/au / bol/ /v very, give, live, seven /'sEvan/
Out, now, town, mouth /aut/ /0/
/a/ thank, Thursday, bath. /baæ6/
ag0, alphabet, listen,
/a'go/ /0/ the, this, these, weather /0Is/
her, bird, doctor, earn
/hs /s/ see, this, lesson, tapes /si/
barber /'barba/| /z/ zero, rose, blows, dozen 'ziro/
nip, nation, should, push /Sip/
/3/ pleasure, measure, usual 'pleza/
Stress /h/ have, he, how, hot /haæv/
PI primary stress /tf chair, teacher, picture, /tSer/
1,/ secondary stress /d3/ judge, bridge, page, July /ds la/
/w/ we, walk, wish, away wif/
y yes, you, yesterday, young /yes/
Preface
he American Language Course (ALC) is a comprehensive, multilevel language program
for teaching English for vocational and professional purposes. It is designed primarily
be
for intensive English language training in a classroom setting, but can easily
the
adapted for slower-paced instruction. The ALC's curriculum has been developed by
of
Defense Language Institute English Language Center (DLIELC), which is a US Department
Defense school under the control of the USA Air Force. The primary focus of the
operational
ALC is to provide a language currlculum for a military population. To
diverse international
of a
that end, the course includes not only general English topics, but also military topics
encounter in their
general nature highlighting the typical language military personnel will
professional and vocational career fields. The ALC has, however, also been very successiuly
used in non-military learning environments and in US high schools with immigrant student

populations.

Course Components

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Quiz kit
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PREFACE
BoOK1
CONTENTS
LESSON 1: The classroom. **********'*** ** ...

LESSON 2: Bob's a barber... 23

LESSON 3: Is she a teacher?.. 45

LESSON 4: Today is Thursday.. °*°*°*°°°*°°*°' °°° °°**

77

Appendix A: American English Sounds. 99

B: List of Contractions..
100
Appendix

Appendix C: Consonants. .....

101

102
Appendix D: Vowels...

HW-1
HOMEWORK P***** ****

LANGUAGE LABORATORY ACTIVITIES

The Classroom
GREETINGS AND INTRODUCTIONS

3
What's your name?......
A
meet you.
Nice to
VOCABULARY 6

Theclassroom.
GRAMMAR
8
and answers..
questions
Simple
THE ALPHABET
letters...
10
write the
and 11
Listen, read,

The
letters A -G
GRAMMAR

look,
12
-

commands

Giving
listen, and r e p e a t . . . .

NUMBERS
14
0 20 . . . . .

numbers
The
GRAMMAR

pronouns
this / that...16
D e m o n s t r a t i v e

Possessive
18
adjectives my/your
PRONUNCIATION

practicing
and
syllables 20
Counting

i n t o n a t i o n .

PERFORMANCE CHECK

Circle the words 22

you hear
Preview What's newin lesson 1?

NEW VOCABULARY
Nouns Verbs Numbers Other words

alphabet circle 0- 20 a
board close zero- twenty A-G, a-g
book go (to) it
capital letter is it's
chair listen (to) my
classroom look (at) please
clock open sir
desk repeat that
door sit (down) that's
example stand (up) the
lab turn (off) this
letter turn (on) to
map write what
name
what's
notebook
your
number
page
pen
pencil
picture
small letter
table
window
word

NEW GRAMMAR STRUCTURES

USEFUL PHRASES
This is a book.
What's this? Hello.
What's that? Good morning.
That's a pen. Good afternoon.
This is How are you?
a
pencil.
It's a notebook. Fine, thanks.
Listen. See you later.
Please open the door. Okay
Goodbye.
What's your name?
My name is
My name's

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Greetings What's your name?

Jim Good morning. My name is Jim Smith.

What's your name?

Tom My name is Tom Robertson. Nice to meet you,
Jim. Please call me Tom.

Jim Nice to meet you, Tom.

Bob Hello. My name is Bob Nelson.

What's your name?
Susan Good afternoon. My name's Susan Sims.
Bob Good afternoon, Susan.

Nice to meet you.

EXERCISE Greet your classmates.

Hello. My name is
What's your name?
My name is

BOOK 1 LESsON 1
 Nice to meet yoou
Introductions
Mary Sam, this is John Martin.
:John, this is Sam Bishop.
John Hello Sam. How do you do?
Sam : Hello John. Nice to meet you.
John :How are you, Mary?
Mary : Fine, thanks.
John This is my classroom. See you
later.
Mary :Okay,John. Goodbye.

Introduce your classmates to each other.

EXERCISEA

Hello,
Hello,

, This is
, This is

EXERCISE B Put the words in the correct order.

1. to/ Nice / you / meet Nice TO mee OU

O

2. My / John Smith / name's name olan mith

3. Sam / is / This hSS Sam

4. name / your / What's /?

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EXERCISE C Read. Then write the missing words.

Robert: Hello. My_nomeS Robert Jones.

What's OD name?
Helen: Helen Stone. Nice to meet you, Robert.

David: Hello. My name's David Smith.

hat your 0m_?
Susan: name's Susan Oliver.

Listen. Then put the conversation in the correct order.

EXERCISE D
Number 1 is an
example.
1
Hello. My name's Captain Stock. What's your name?

Hello, Captain Bell.

Fine, thanks. Captain Bell, this is Captain Jones.

Hello, Captain Stock. How are you?

Hello, Captain Jones. Nice to meet you.

My name's Captain Jones.

Hello, Captain Bell. It's nice to meet you, too

T h e basic sentence pattern.

Sam.
This Is Major Nelson.
a classroom

- BOOK 1 1ESSON 1
 VOcabulary
The
Classroom
Listen and repeat the sentences

This is a book. This is a pencil.

This is a pen. This is a notebook.

1
10 2
9 3

16
This is a clock. This is a desk. This is a chair.

6 "VIRGEN DE LAS MERCEDES" LANGUAGE GENTER-

This is a table. This is a classroom. This is a lab.

This is a board. This is a window. This is a door.

This is a map. This is a letter.

55
This is a number.

book
This is a picture. This is a word. This is a page.

BOOK 1 LESSON 1
 Simple questions and answers
Grammar
Yes/no questions with affirmative responses.

I.Isthis a notebook? Yes, it is.

2. Is this a pen?- Yes, it is.

3. Is this a chair? Yes, it is.

4. Is this Yes, it is.

a pencil?

Yes/no questions with negative responses.

I. Is this a notebook? No, it isn't.

2. Is this a pen? No, it isn't.

3. Is this a chair? No, it isn't.

4. Is this a window? No, it isn't.

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Or questions with responses.

I. Is this a book or a notebook? It's a book.

2.Is this a pen or a pencil? It's a pencil.

3. Is this a door or a window? It's a window.

4. Is this a map ora clock? It's a map.

What questions with responses.

.What is this? It's a pen.

2. What is this? It's a book.

3. What is this? It's a chair.

4. What is this? It's a pencil.

BOOK 1 LESSON 1
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 THE LETTERS A- G
2 0
a b
b
C d f
A B C DEF G
EXERCISE CCircle the letters you hear.
EXAMPLE:
e BC a 47
1. DAb A 8 E Bd
B49
2 G e Cf 5.
cD aG
3.
cbEC 6. Dcb F

EXERCISE DWrite the letters you hear. ime

EXAMPLE:
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A a
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1.

2.
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3.

A D can
5. u ce
6.
7. e yc
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BOOK 1 LESSON 1 1 1
 Giving commands look, listen,
Grammar and repeat

Stand up. Sit down.

Open the book. Close the book.

Turn on the light. Turn off the light.

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Go to the board. Look at the board. Circle the letter.

Listen to the teacher. Repeat the word. Write the word.

EXERCISE AWork with a partner. Then tell your classmate what to do.

Select a word from column A and one from column B. Then tell your partner what to do.

EXAMPLE: Circle/ Number Circle the number.

A B
close classroorn
go (to) door
look (at) letter
open number

repeat window
write word

circle page

BOOK1 LESSON 1 3
 Numbers The numbers 0-20
The Numbers 0-10

Zero One
2 Two
3 Three 4 Four 5 FFive

6 Six 7 Seven 8EEight

Nine 10 Ten

The Numbers 11-200

11 12 Twelve 13 Thirteen
Eleven

14 Fourteen 15 Fifteen 16 Sixteen

17 Seventeen 18 Eighteen Nineteen

20 Twenty
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EXERCISE A Circle the numbers
you hear.

2 13 9 11
14
(12 15 19

16 10 3

8 17 13 20
4 (18 1 17

EXERCISE B Write the coordinate you hear. Then mark it on the grid.

Number 1 is an example

1.
C,6
B

2.
C
3.

D
4.

. 3
6. F

7. D1 G
4 5 6 7
11 2 3

15
BOOK1 LESSON 1
 Demonstrative Pronouns This/That
Jrammar

THAT IS A
MAN

Use this for objets close by. Use that for objets farther away.

a man.
THIS IS A MAN
This a book.
is
a chair.
That
a table.

That +is = That's

a pencil.
That's
a door.

16 "VIRGEN DE LAS MERCEDES" LANGUAGE CENTER

 EXERCISE A Listen and
This is a door.
This is a number.
This is a picture.
This is a window.
This is a notebook.
This is a clock.
repeat the sentences.
That's a door.
That is a number.
That's a picture.
That is a window.
That's a notebook.
That is a clock.

EXERCISE B Point to an object in the classroom and make a sentence.

EXAMPLES:

This is a desk.

This is a picture.

That's a window.

That's a map.

EXERCISE CWith a partner, point. Then ask and answer questions.

Use
Contractions is =
That's

That
What's

What
is =

What is that ? This is a Pencil.

What is this? That's a notebook.

ROOK11ESSO 17
 Grammar Possessive Adjectives My/ Yourr
-

That is your chair. This is my chair.

This is chair.

my
That is book.
your
That's pencil.

EXERCISE AListen and repeatthe sentences.

This is my pen. That's your pen.

This is my book. That is your book.

This is my notebook. That's your notebook.

This is my picture. That is your picture.

This is my pencil. That's your pencil.

This is my chair. That is your chair

18 VIRGEN DE LAS MERCEDES" LANGUAGE CENTER-

EXERCISE BBPoint to a near or far object and ask a question.
EXERCISE

EXAMPLES: What's that? This is my chair.

What's this? That's your pencil.

What's that? That's my notebook.

What's this? That's your book.

EXERCISEC With your classmates, ask and answer questions.

Look in the classroom. Point to a book, a pen, a notebook, a chair, a picture, a desk, a

pencil, or another object. Ask your classmates questions. Use the words this, that, my,

and your.

Is this your ?

What's this? What's that?

Is that your or my.

.BOOK 1IESSON 1 10
 Pronunciation Counting syllables and practicing intonation

Listen to your instructor say these words. Write the number of sylables you hear.

EXAMPLES: door 1
open 2

1. hello 5. table 2 9. TV 2

2. book 1 6. chair 10. word 1

3. classroom 2 7. letter 2 11. pencil 2

4. map 1 8. my 12.window

EXERCISE A Listen and repeat.

twe seven

Helle Good morning.

Good afternoon. How are you?

What's your name? My name's Captain ones.

This is Sam. Nice to meet you.

This is a bopk. This is a pèncil.

It's a chaj It's a window.

That's a mae That's a natebook.

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LANGUAGE CENTER
EXERCISE B Listen to the sentence. Fill in the missing word.
chair What notebook
table book This

Listen to the sentences, repeat the sentences, and write the missing word. Use the words
above to help you spell correctly

This is a Nodcok

is a pen.

This is a Chof.

It is a o oK

This is aMoble.

w ho is this?

BOOK 1 LESSON 1 21
 Circle the words you
hear.
Performance check

circles the words on the char

list. Student B
Student A reads wordsfrom
a
Work witha partner.
or across.
below. Words can go down

W rit e
e a e h
P
a
a

nn o t e b ok
X
e h
e a
a

b n m a p

S e

t t a bIe a b
e e
e

in d t o ok
W o W
O t his k
e

29 DCEAL DE 1aC AAEDCENrc AAICLACC craLTED

Bob's a barber 2
INTRODUCTIONS
25
What's his name?
27
dont
GRAMMAR with
commands

negative
Giving
THE ALPHABET

H P.
-

Theletters
30
GRAMMAR h i s / h e r . .

adjectives
Possessive
32
1,000...
NUMBERS

numbers
21-100and
The
VOCABULARY
34
More classroom words..

GRAMMAR
35
nouns..
and plural these
Singular -

pronouns 36
Demonstrative ***°***oo°*

ooo**o*

/ those.. these

**oooo*sooooso**o* 38
with
those.****
questions
Asking

39
VOCABULAY

O c c u p a t i o n s .

Professions/

Jobs/
proper
GRAMMAR

withl/
you/a 40
s e n t e n c e s

Making 41
people
about
questions
simple
Asking
PRONUNCIATION sounds
practicing

syllables
and 42
Counting

ooooaa*o***
PERFORMANCE CHECk
44
Classifying vocabularywords.

BOOK 1 LESSON 2 23
 What's new in Lesson 2?
Preview
NEW VOCABULARY
Nouns Verbs Numbers Other words

barber am 21-100 and

cook are twenty- one H-P; h-p
don't one hundred her
doctor
mechanic spell 1,000 his

pilot one thousand

I'm (l am)
radio
recorder these
student those
you
tape
teacher you're (you are)
television

NEW GRAMMAR STRUCTURES USEFULL PHRASES

Don t close the door, please.

What's his name? His name is Bob.
What's her name? Her name's Mary.
What's that? That's her book.
What's this? This is his pen.
What are those? Those are pencils.
What are these? These are books.
What is Bill? Bill 's a mechanic.

24 "VIRGEN DE LAS MERCEDES" LANGUAGE CENTER

Introductions What's his name?

Bill Hello, my name is Bill.

What's your name?

Ava My name is Ava. Ava Smith.

Pleased to meet you.

Bob What's her name?

Her name is Amy Williams.

Bill

Ana What's his name?

Amy His name is Bob

Cage.
Ana Repeat his name, please.

Amy It's Bob Cage.

Ana Spell it, please.

Amy B-o-b C-a-g-e.

Ana Thanks.

BOOK 1 LESSON 2 25
 clasS.
EXERCISE A Ask about people in your

What's her name?

His name is Ben

Her name's Alice

What's his name?.

What's his name?.

That's A-b- e.

Please spell Abe. His name's Abe.

EXERCISE B Put the words in the correct order

1. his/What's/name/?

2. Mary/ name/is / Her

3. meet/you/ t o / Nice

4. name/My/Joe/is

5. his/ please / Spell / name

6. name/ Repeat/ please/ her

26 VIRGEN DE LAS MERCEDES" LANGUAGE CENTER-

Grammar Giving negative commands with don't

Open the door. Don't open the door.

EXERCISE A Read and repeat the sentences.

1. Write the word "pencil". Don't write the word "pen"

2. Circle the, letter. Don't circle the number

3. Please listen. Don't repeat, and don't write.

4. Don't close the window. Please open it.

Work with a partner. Tell your classmate what not to do.

EXERCISE B Use don't. Select one word from each column and tell
your partner what not to do.

EXAMPLE: circle/ number Don't circle the number

A B

close classroom

go (to) door

look (at) letter

open number

repeat window
write word

BOOK1 LESSON 2 2 7
The Alphabet The letters H - P

h k m n

k m n P

EXERCISE A Circle the letter you hear.

Example: i (K m L

. HNiP 4. i 0 0 P

2. Mn L h 5. K NM
3. N m JK 6. p j HI

EXERCISE B Write the letters you hear.

1.

2
3.

4.
5.

EXERCISEC Spell the words.

name open pencil clock

book page pen map

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 FXERCISE DD
EXERCISE Look at two
letters. Circle S for same and D for different.

Number 1 is an example

.D 0
s (D) 9 C C|S D
2. P P SD
10. k hSD
3. b d S D 11.
4. e C SD
EFFS D
12. d p S D
5. H H SD 13. G G D
6. f f S D 14. C o D
7. h n S D 15. J L SD
8. i j |s D 16. d d SD

EXERCISEE Circle the same letter.

Number 1 is an example

. A A) HP 9 e a o e
2. D 0 C D 10. d b d p
3. LJ LF 11. k k h a
4. C e C 0 12. M MNH
5. f h f 13. B E B D
6. b P d b 14. i ij
7. h h k b 15. o C eo
8. K AK H 16. P P FB

ROOK11ESSON 2 29
 POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES HIS/HER
Grammar

CTVIME

This is his chair

This is her chair

O
This is my
book
That is your
pencil
his
That's name
her

EXERCISEA Listen to a question and an answer. Fill in the missing

word.

EXAMPLE: John, is this your chair? Yes, this is my chair.

Is this Bob's pen? Yes, it's his pen.

Yes, this is book. 5 Yes, that's pencil.

2. Yes, that's 6. Yes, it's
pen. picure.
3. Yes, this is - notebook. 7. Yes, it's desk.

4Yes, this is table. 8. Yes, it's classroom.

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LANGUAGE CENTER-
 EXERCISE B Read the
questions and the answers.

What's this?
It's my notebook. What'a that?
This is my pen. 2Whata this?
It's your clock,
That's his pencil. What is i? 2Uhat's that?
when Where whichwhat whto
That's her book.
Wnat What wn05 what
What's that?
It's my pen. hen
hOW
what how EwhO
That's his picture. wich which

That's my book. wherewhere

That's your book. how what_

This is my notebook.
WhO
what
when3
Wlhat wno
What is it? Where

It's his pencil.

It's a clock.
What wen
It's her television.
This is a map.
That's a notebook. h a t io thio Whatia
What is that?
When
Which

That's her name. how which What is it

That's a number.
That's his table.
3iwhere
That's a lab.
What is i e where
What is this?
This is his classroorm.
Wnei What is this?
Whjch
It's a word.
This is a number.
WhoWho Which

What is that? how where wh What'a tha

BOOK1 LESsON 2 31
 The numbers
Numbers 21-100AND 1,000

TWENTY - TWO TWENTY- THREE 30 thirty

TWENTY ONE
40 forty
21 22 50 fifty
TWENTY - FIVE TWENTY SIX 60 sixty
TWENTY- FOUR
70 seventy
24 25 26 80 eighty
90 ninety
SEVEN TWENTY - EIGHT TWENTY -

NINE
TWENTY
100 (al one) hundred

27 29 1000 (al one) thousand

EXERCISE A Say these numbers.

26 69 48 22

345 533 1971 1066

EXERCISE B Say these number sentences.

EXAMPLE: 23 26=49
Twenty-three and twenty-six equals forty-nine.
22 12 34 15 16 31 33 77 =110
10 25 35 50 50 = 100 100+900 1000
32
 EXERCISE C Circle the number you hear.

14 87 65 94
10 18 16 13
11 21 19 12
83 33 63 36
69 96 59 40

EXERCISED Check () the number you hear

a. 13 30

b.14 40

C. 15 50

d. 1 6 60

e. 17 70

f. 18 80

g.19 90

EXERCISEE Say the telephone numbers.

EXAMPLE:
eight two one,five zero four nine
821-5049 eight two one, fifty forty-nine

sKMSWG

12:43 697-3504 671-2991 743-5820

559-4554 428-1779 831-0010

BOOK 1 LESSON 2 33
 More classroom words
Vocabulary

h
This is a television (TV).

This is a radio. This is a cassette tape.

NSNIA

This is a tape recorder. This is a CD player.

This is a VCR (Videocassette

These are CDs (compact discs).
recorder)
34 "VIRGEN DE LAS MERCEDES" LANGUAGE CENTER
 Grammar Singular and plural nouns

1 Computer 8 Computers

O
book books
door doors
picture +S pictures
name names

lab labs

Add S to make the plural.

EXERCISE Listen and say the correct words.

EXAMPLE: a book (2) two books

one pencil (5) five pencils

1. a chair (6) 5. a pencil (12)

2. one clock (5) 6. one notebook (6)
3. a pen (24) 7. one letter (26)
4. a table (12) 8. a word (350)

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 Grammar Demonstrative pronouns these/those

These are clocks.

Use these for objects close by.

These clocks.
are books.
Those TVs.
classrooms.

Use those for objects farther away

Those are clocks

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 EXERCISE A Use these to make
plural sentences.
EXAMPLE: This is a radio
These are radios.
1. This is a book.
2. This is a
window
3. This is a cassette.
4. This is a word.
5. This is a door.

6. This is a pen.
7. This is a television.

EXERCISEB Use those to make plural sentences.

EXAMPLE: That is a tape recorder Those are tape recorders.

1. That is a table.

2. That is a chair.

3. That is a picture.
4. That's a classroom.

5. That's a recorder.

6. That's a tape.
7. That's a lab.

8. That's a number.

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 with these/those
Grammar Asking questions

What are those?

%&

these and those.

EXERCISEA Write questions and answers using

Number 1 is an example.

What are these?_ Theseare notebooks.

1. these / notebooks

2. those / televisions

3. those / windows
4. these / CDs

5. those / pencils

6. these / numbers

EXERCISEB With a partner, ask and answer questions.

EXAMPLE: books What are those? Those are my books.

1. notebooks 5. pens

2. pencils 6. tapes

3. recorders 7. tables

4. clocks 8. computers

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 Vocabulary Jobs / Professions/ Occupations
Repeat these words

a barber
a doctor

a pilot

a student

a cook

a mechanic

BOOK 1 LESSON 2 9
a teacher
 with /you/a proper name
Grammar Making sentences

am a mechanic.

are a student.
You

Major Hall is a teacher

EXERCISEA Fill in the blank using am, is, or are

1. Mary a cook.

2. a barber.

3. You a mechanic.

4. Captain Sims a pilot.

5. You a student.

6. Mr. Smith- a doctor.

EXERCISE B Fill in the blank using contractions

P'm, You're or name+s

+am= l'm
You are =you're
+

1.I am a student. a student.

2. You are a teacher. a teacher

3. Susan is a mechanic. a mechanic.

4. John is a doctor. a doctor.

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 GRAMMAR Asking simple
questions about people
am
1?
What are
you?
is

What's your job?

EXERCISEA Ask and answer

questions using What.

1. What's your job? 'm a pilot.

2. What are you? I'm a mechanic.
3. What's Betty? Betty's a doctor.
4. What's my job? You're a teacher.

5. What is Tom? Tom's a student.

6. What's Robert? Robert's a barber.

Look at the words. Then write sentence.

EXERCISEB a

Iam a barber.
Example: 1/barber T'mabarber.
What's Paul? What is Paul?
What/Paul /?

1. Stan/student
2. 1/cook
3. What / Jane / ?

4. Donna / doctor

5. What / you/?
6. What /1/?
BOOK 1 LESSON 2 4 1
 Counting syllables and practicing SOun
Pronunciation unds

Count the syllables. COok barber mechanic

1 2 3

EXERCISEA Listen and write the word in the correct number column.

The first word in each column is an example.

1 Syllable 2 Syllables 3 Syllables

dector
pilet cook barber mechanicC
radio
recorder

tape

Listen and repeat these words with the sounds /æ/

EXERCISE B
and/ E.

lel El læl /El

bat bet mash mesh

mass mess batter better

bad bed tan ten

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 Listen to two words.
EXERCISEC Circle S for same and D for different.

EXAMPLES: tan ten S

(D) sell/sell (s) D
1. S D 5. S D
2. S D 6. S D
3. S D 1S D
4. S D 8.S D

EXERCISED Listen and repeat the words with the

sounds k and I.

/k/
/g/
tack tag
back bag
lack lag
vicar Vigor
came game
class glass

EXERCISE
E Listen to the word. Then circle the letter for the sound.

EXAMPLES: bag /k/

(8
class /g

1. /k/ g/ 7. /k Ig
2. /k/ /g 8. /k/ g
3. /k/ /g/ 9. /k/
4. /k/ g 10. /k/ /g
5. /k/ /g/ 11. /k/ /g/
6. /k/ g/ 12. /k/ /g/

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 Performance Check Classifying vocabulary words

Look at these words. Are they people, things, or actions? Write each word in a catea
category.
recorder repeat open window
spell teacher desk pen

barber go to student
page
cook table Ted close

TV notebook write mechanic

book pencil circle doctor

Person Thing Action