PROJECT PRESENTATION UNIT

1-2-3

TOPIC
1. Talk about 2 people (family member or friend)
• First name
• Last name
• Phone number
• Occupation
• Relationship Set 23th
• Country
• E-mail address
 Good______ teacher and classmates. Today I’m going to talk about
my ______ and my _____ .

She is my _____
Her name is _____
Her last name is ____
…
 UNIT
Welcome to Top Notch
1
GOALS
1. Introduce yourself

2. Greet people

3. Say good-bye
INTRODUCE YOURSELF

Hi or Hello Nice to meet you (too)

or
I’m Antony Glad to meet you (too)

or
It’s a pleasure to meet you (too)
 NICE TO MEET YOU

Hi. I’m ……. Hi, ……. I’m …….

Nice to meet Nice to meet

you, ……. you, too.

A B
- Tom - Mark
 GLAD TO MEET YOU

Hi. I’m ……. Hi, ……. I’m …….

Glad to meet
Glad to meet
you, ……. you, too.

A B
- John - Mary
 IT’S A PLEASURE
TO MEET YOU

Hi. I’m ……. Hi, ……. I’m …….

It’s a pleasure to It’s a pleasure

meet you, ……. to meet you, too.

A B
- Julie - Mike
GREET PEOPLE

How are you? Fine / I’m fine.

Great
or

or
How’s it going?
or Not bad
So-so
How’s everything?
 HOW ARE YOU?
Hi …….
How are you? ……, thanks.
And you?
…….

A B
- Cheryl - Tomas
 HOW’S IT GOING?

Hi ……. ……, thanks.

How’s it going? And you?
……

A B
- Lucy - Willie
 HOW’S EVERYTHING?

Hi …….
How’s everything? ……, thanks.
And you?
…….

A B
- Kate - Liz
 MORE GREETINGS

Good afternoon
Good morning Good evening
 GOOD MORNING
Good morning. Good morning, …….
I’m ……. I’m …….

Nice to meet Nice to meet

you, …….
you, too.

A B
- Julie - Mike
SAY GOOD-BYE
Take care.
or
Good-bye See you later.
or
or
Bye
or
See you tomorrow.
or
Bye-bye See you.
 BYE
Bye, …….
Take care. Good bye, …….
See you tomorrow.

A B
- Zuley - Luisa
 Speaking
Make a conversation using the three goals.
Example: A: Hi. I’m Cristy.
- Introduce yourself B: Hello, Cristy. I’m Ben.
A: Nice to meet you, Ben.
- Greet people A
B: Nice to meet you, too.
- Say good-bye - Cristy
A: How are you?
B: Fine, thanks. And you?
B
A: Not bad.
- Ben
B: Ok. Good-bye, Cristy. Take care.
A: Bye-bye, Ben. See you.
 UNIT
Names and occupations
1
GOALS
1. Tell a classmate your occupation

2. Identify your classmates

3. Spell names
2 PAIR WORK Say the name of each occupation.

a teacher a student an architect

a musician

an actor 5 An thlete

an artist a banker a singer a flight attendant

 a - an
Use “a” or “an” before a singular common noun.
Use “a” before a consonant sound.

a doctor a student
/d/ /s/

Use “an” before a vowel sound.

an athlete an architect
/a/ /a/
Articles

a an
before a consonant. before a vowel.

a teacher an actor
vowel
consonant
 SINGULAR PRONOUS
I
She He
You
 PLURAL PRONOUNS

They You

We
 Replace the noun with a pronoun.
Noun Pronoun
Maria She
John He
Luis and Mark They
Maria, Jennifer and I We
Angeline She
Tom, Michelle, Mary and Joseph They
Jim He
GRAMMAR Verb “Be” singular statements
Affirmative contractions

Use the verb “BE” for names and occupations. I am  I’m

He is  He’s
I’m Martin. She is  She’s
You are  You’re
I’m a doctor.
Negative Contractions

Affirmative statements Negative statements I am not  I’m not

He is not  He’s not / He isn’t
She is not She’s not / She isn’t
am not You are not  You’re not / You aren’t
I am I
Martin. Maria.
He a teacher. He
is isn’t a singer.
She a doctor. She
an athlete.
a student.
an architect.
You are You aren’t
NOW YOU CAN Tell a classmate your occupation

What do you do?

What’s your job?

What’s your occupation?

1 VOCABULARY •More Occupations Read and listen. Then listen again and repeat.

1 She’s a chef. 2 He’s a writer. 4 She’s a scientist.

3 She’s a manager.

5 He’s a doctor. 6 She’s an engineer. 7 He’s a photographer. 8 He’s a pilot.

2 GRAMMAR Singular and plural nouns/Be: plural statements

Singular noun Plural noun

a chef. 2 chefs.
Plural nouns are
usually formed by
adding –s.

an athlete 2 athletes
 What are the subject pronouns?
They take the place of one or more nouns and they are the subject of the sentence.

Singular Plural

I We

You
You

He

They

She
 GRAMMAR Verb “Be” plural statements

Add –s to most plural nouns. Affirmative contractions

We are  We’re
a doctor two doctors They are  They’re
You are  You’re

a student three students

Negative Contractions

We are not  We’re not / We aren’t

Affirmative statements Negative statements They are not  They’re not / They aren’t
You are not  You’re not / You aren’t

We scientists We scientists
They are teachers. They aren’t teachers.
You architects. You architects.
 The plural form of be is are

Affirmative statements Contractions Negative statements Contractions

We're photographers. We're not chefs.

We are photographers. We are not chefs.
We aren't chefs.

You're not pilots.

You are scientists. You're scientists. You are not pilots.
You aren't pilots.

They're not artists.

They are writers. They're writers. They are not artists.
They aren't artists.
Change these sentences to the negative form

I am a pilot. We are pilots.

I am not a pilot. We are not pilots.

Not is placed after the

verb in both singular and
plural statements.
5 GRAMMAR Be: yes / no questions and short answers

To make Yes/No questions in English, we change positions between the subject

and the verb be.

You are Lisa. He is a manager.

Is he a manager?
Are you Lisa?

Yes / No questions are answered with short

Answers.
 Short answers.
Yes/no questions
I am.
Are you a student?
he
a doctor? is.
Is
he an architect? Yes, she
she
they
are.
we
they scientists?
Are bankers?
you
I ‘m not.

he ‘s not. / isn’t.
she
Be careful!
No,
Don’t use contractions in “Yes” answers. they ‘re not. / aren’t.
Yes, I am. NOT Yes, I’m. we
Yes, he is. NOT Yes, he’s.
Yes, we are. NOT Yes, we’re.
GRAMMAR “Be” yes / no questions and short answers

Answer “yes” or “no” to a yes/no question.

Yes, I am.

Are you a
student?
No, I’m not.
 Is he Cristiano Ronaldo?

Yes, he is.

Is he a doctor?
No, he’s not. He’s an athlete.

Name: Cristiano Ronaldo

Occupation: Athlete
 Is she Sandra Bullock?

No, she’s not.

She’s Joanne Rowling.

Is she a writer?

Yes, she is.

Name: Joanne Rowling

Occupation: Writer
 Are they Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe?

Yes, they are.

Are they scientists?

No, they’re not.

They’re actors.

Names: Emma Watson – Daniel Radcliffe

Occupations: Actors
 No, I’m not.
Are you Michael? I’m Frank.

Are you a doctor? Yes, I am.

Name: Frank
Occupation: Doctor
Are you Julie and Robert? Yes, we are.

Are you actors?

No, we’re not.

We’re singers.

Names: Julie - Robert

Occupations: Singers
 HOW DO YOU SPELL ...?

How do you spell doctor?

DO CTOR
How do you spell athlete?

AT H L E T E
 How do you spell engineer?

E NG I N E ER
 Spell names
Personalize the conversation on page 9.
A is a regular person
Use real names. Then change roles.
B is a secretary.

A: Hello, I’m Elizabeth Brown.

B: Excuse me? - Ask for name spelling
- Ask about occupations.
A: Brown.
B: How do you spell that?
A: B-R-O-W-N
B: And what do you do? Excuse me? – You didn’t understand.
A: I’m a scientist.
B: Ok. Thanks
 Writing 1
Step 1 – Make a list of 5 your friends (5) and their occupations

Example:
- Maria, student
- Tom, police officer

Step 2 – Write a paragraph with the information in your list.

Maria is a student. Tom Is a police officer. …

 Videos
Occupations - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9ofeV_nCUQ

A / an - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8MbH5Wwf5I

Verb Be: singular and plural statements - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubH1mMF-Vwk

Verb Be: yes / no questions - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOErlDKs6YM

Verb Be: plural and singular nouns - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJ2pe7SFGbQ

Be Verb: Contractions - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2uXPpoOW4M

Be Verb: Negative & contractions - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2V7U_tDvIp4

The alphabet - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKgvOcjJJjA

 UNIT
REVIEW
1
GOALS
1. Tell a classmate your occupation

2. Identify your classmates

3. Spell names
Let’s identify the following occupations:

They’re flight
She’s a chef.
attendants.

They’re She’s a
scientists. photographer.
 UNIT
ABOUT PEOPLE
LESSON 1
2
GOAL
1. Introduce people
1 VOCABULARY  Relationships Read and listen.
Then listen again and repeat.

1 a 2 a 3 a
classmate friend neighbor

4 a 5 a
 It’s Araceli’s phone.
It’s Donald’s t-shirt It’s Gisella’s notebook
It’s Veronica’s pencil.
It’s Juan’s pencil
 Possessive nouns Possessive adjective

It’s Araceli’s phone. – it’s her phone.

It’s Gisella’s notebook –It’s her notebook
It’s Veronica’s pencil. – It’s her pencil
It’s Juan and Veronica’s pencil - It’s their pencil
2 GRAMMAR  Possessive nouns and adjectives

Mark

Mark’s book Mia

book

Katty Mia and Katty’s Tv

Tv

Maria’s cellphone Jaime and Gina’s car

car
cellphone
Jaime Gina
Maria
More possessive nouns:

Al Smith is Kate’s boss.

Larry’s colleague is Teresa.
We are Sara and Todd’s neighbors.
I am Ms. Tan’s student.
We are Marty’s classmates.
Possessive adjectives, look carefully to the following examples:
I he we
dog
my his
book laptop
book laptop

our
dog
they
You she cake

your her
car watch

their
cake
car
watch
 Subject pronouns Possessive adjectives
I  my
you  your
he  his
she  her
we  our
they  their
Possessive nouns: Possessive adjectives:
Al Smith is Kate’s boss. He is her boss.
Larry’s colleague is Teresa. Teresa is his colleague.
We are Sara and Todd’s neighbors. We are their neighbors.
I am Ms. Tan’s student. She is Ms. my teacher.
We are Marty’s classmates. Marty is our classmate.
LANGUAGE AND CULTURE
• In possessives with two or more people, the last proper
noun receives the ’s, for example:

 Pete and Jane’s address.

 James, Mike, and Martha’s house.
• Learners often make the mistake of writing they’re when
they mean their, or you’re when they mean your.
4 PAIR WORK Use the Vocabulary.

• Tell your classmate about at least

three of your relationships.

For example:

“Jerry is my classmate.
Ted and Jan Keyes are my neighbors.”
6 GRAMMAR  Be from / Questions with Where

Where are you from?

Perú
I’m from __________ .
 Messi
He’s from Argentina.
Argentina

She’s from the Sandra Bullock

United States.
The United States
 They’re from the
United Kingdom.
Freddie John
Mercury Lennon

The United
Kingdom
 Is Messi from Mexico?
Messi No, he’s not. He’s
from Argetina.

Sandra Bullock
Is Sandra from Bolivia?
No, she is not.She’s from
the United States.
 Are they from Paraguay?
No, they’re
not. They’re
from the
Freddie John
United
Mercury Lennon
Kingdom.
 Where is Gaston Acurio from?

He’s from Peru.

Gaston Acurio

Maria Pia and

Anna Carina

Where are they from?

They’re from Peru.
Be careful!

• Are you from Spain?

Yes, I am. 
NOT Yes, I am from. X
Contractions
• Is she from Mexico? Where is  Where’s
Yes, she is.  Where are NOT Where’re
NOT Yes, she is from. X

• Are they from Canada?

Yes, they are. 
NOT Yes, they are from. X
 UNIT
ABOUT PEOPLE
LESSON 2
2
GOAL
1. Tell somone your first and last name
TITLES AND NAMES
MR.
MRS.
MISS
MS.
1 VOCABULARY  Titles and names Read and listen.
Then listen again and repeat.

It’s not OK to use a title

with a person’s first name.

Mr. Brendan Hu
This is Brendan Hu. 5 first name
This is Lisa Hu.
Mrs. Lisa Hu
6 last name
 LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

• In English-speaking countries, Mr. is used for a

male regardless of marital status. Mrs. is used
only for married women. Miss is used for single
women. In the U.S. and Canada, Ms. is used for
both married and single women and is quite
common.
• In English, a first name is also called a given name,
and a last name is also called a family name or
surname. In most Western cultures, the family
name comes after the given name. In most Eastern
cultures, the family name (or last name) comes
first.
 UNIT
ABOUT PEOPLE
LESSON 3
2
GOAL
1. Get someone’s contact information
1 VOCABULARY  Numbers 0-20 Read and listen.
Then listen again and repeat.
 LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

• In English, years are often pronounced as two

separate numbers. For example, 1917 is said
nineteen seventeen.
• In British English, nought is often used for zero.
• In spoken American English, zero is usually
pronounced as oh when saying years, phone
numbers, credit card numbers, etc. For example,
the year 1905 is said nineteen oh five; the phone
number 876–8005 is said eight seven six, eight
oh oh five.
 INFORMATION QUESTION

YES / no question Specific information

WH - Q
To Confirm

What is Veronica’s phone number?

Is Veronica a militar? occupation?
size ?
Yes, she is.

Her lastname is MOY

place
Where is Veronica from?
3 GRAMMAR  Be: information questions with What

Questions with What are called

information questions because they
require an answer that gives details
(information). Yes / no questions
require only yes or no
for an answer.
For example:
A: What is your name?
B: My name is Mike. Note:
What is can be
contracted but what
Full form Contracted form are cannot.
What is … ? What’s … ?
What are … ? What’re … ?

X
 Look at the examples:

What’s his name? (Mark Crandall.)

What’s his last name?
What’s Ellen’s address?
What’s her e-mail address?
What’s her occupation?
What’s their pone number?
What are their first names?
(Crandall.)
(18 Main Street.)
(Dover14@hipnet.com)
(She’s a writer.)
(835-555-0037.)
(Luis and Samuel)

Say at for @ and dot for a period ( . ).

For example: Dan23@starlink. com is Dan twentythree at starlink dot com.
6 VOCABULARY / GRAMMAR PRACTICE Complete the
questions.
Answers for Exercise 6:

What’s her What’s

their

What’s his What’s her What’s their

 UNIT
PLACES AND HOW TO GET THERE

LESSON 1
3
GOAL
1. Talk about locations
1 VOCABULARY • Places in the neighborhood Read and
listen. Then listen again and repeat.

2 a restaurant
1 a bank
3 a pharmacy

4 a school 5 a newsstand 6 a bookstore

 PAIR WORK Look at the pictures and write the name of the places.
3

DON’T FORGET TO DO
THIS ACTIVITY ON PAGE
20
OF YOUR BOOK.
 Page

4 VOCABULARY • Locations Read and listen. Then listen

again and repeat.

4 on the left

1 across the 2 down the 3 around 6 next to the 7 between the bookstore and
5 on the right __ bank __the bank
__street __street __the corner
 5 VOCABULARY Make statements about the places.

1 2 3 4 5
6 GRAMMAR Be: Questions with Where /
Subject pronoun it

is used to ask about places

Look at the following example:

Where’s the bank?

The bank is across the street.

It is across the street.

Ask questions with Where for locations.
Where´s the restaurant?

Use it to replace the names of places.

It’s down the street. Contractions

(It = the restaurant) Where is → Where’s

It is → It’s
Language and culture

• In Where is the bookstore?, the definite

article the is used because the question is
about a specific place—both speakers know
there is a bookstore.

• Down the street and up the street are

often used interchangeably
8 PRONUNCIATION • Falling intonation for questions with
Where Read and listen. Then listen again and repeat.
 UNIT
PLACES AND HOW TO GET THERE

LESSON 2
3
GOAL
1. Discuss how to get places
 1 VOCABULARY •More Occupations Read and listen. Then
listen again and repeat.

1 walk 2 drive 3 take a 4 take the 5 take the

taxi train bus
2 GRAMMAR Singular and plural nouns/Be: plural statements

Imperative used to give directions.

WALK
 Use imperatives to give instructions and directions.

Affirmative imperatives Negative imperatives

Drive [to the bank] Don’t walk DON’T WALK

Take the bus [to the pharmacy] Don’t take the train.

Don’t = Do not
 UNIT
PLACES AND HOW TO GET THERE

LESSON 3
3
GOAL
1. Discuss how to get places
1 VOCABULARY •Means o transportation Read and listen.
Then listen again and repeat.

1 a car 2 a bicicle

3 a moped

4 a subway 5 a motorcycle
2 Spell each word.

1 a car 2 a bicicle

3 a moped

4 a subway 5 a motorcycle
Language Note

• A train goes in and out of cities, but subway is used for a

train that travels underground. Many cities have special
names for their subway systems; for example:

• Washington D.C. has the Metro and

• San Francisco the BART (for Bay Area Rapid Transit).
• In London the subway is called the tube or underground.
 3 GRAMMAR By to express means

• Use By to express means of transportation

by taxi by bicycle by motorcycle

4 LISTENING COMPREHENSION Listen. Circle the means of
transportation you hear.
1 2 3

4
5
 Answers for Exercise 3:

1 2 3

4
5
 4 VOCABULARY •Destinations Read and listen. Then
listen again and repeat.

1 go to work 2 go home 3 go to school

go to home

It’s not correct to use TO in this expression