Takeaway A, B, C ... English > Level Pre A1 Pre-starter > What's Your Name?

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CONTENT
• Let’s Start! • Let’s Explore! • Let’s Practice! • Extension Activity • Target Words • Learning Points

Let’s Start!

Pronunciation Spot: A, B, C ... Let's practice speaking!

Learning Outcome Can Do Statements

Accurately use basic information in • I can say and use the letters A, B, C, D, E.
simple situations. • I can say simple sentences.
• I can identify key information in a short audio.
Ask your partner:

• Say: "A big black bug in my breakfast

... yuck!"
• Is it hard to say? This is a tongue
twister!

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Let’s Explore!

Listen to Kenji, Vanessa and Angela introduce themselves.

Instructions: Read the text aloud.

Kenji: Hi, I am Kenji from Japan. It is morning. I eat rice and soup for breakfast. I
have a drink too. It is green tea.
Vanessa: Hello Kenji, I am Vanessa from Colombia. It is not morning here. It is
afternoon. I eat fish, chicken, or soup and a dessert for lunch. I drink juice.
I like coffee.
Angela: Hey Kenji and Vanessa. I am Angela from Canada. We are English students.
It is evening here. My dinner is early. It isn't late. I eat pasta, a salad and
bread. Goodbye Kenji and Vanessa. See you next time.

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Let’s Practice!

Can you match the words* and sounds**? Let’s find out!
*”Words” can be in CAPITAL letters and small letters. Example: Angela Ross
**The sound a letter makes is the "letter sound”.
Instructions: Match each word with the letter it starts with.

1. drink A
2. breakfast B
3. Angela C
4. coffee D
5. evening E

Let’s Practice!

Now, it's time to say* words. Here we go!

*You can say: You are _____, We are _____, They are _____, speaking English!
Instructions: Let’s practice pronunciation in sentences. Say these sentences out loud.
Underline the words that start with A, B, C, D, and E.

a. I like coffee.

b. We are English students.

c. My dinner is early.

d. I’m Angela from Canada.

e. A big black bug in my breakfast … Yuck!

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Extension Activity

Pronouncing words in English takes time. Practice out loud at home.

Instructions: Complete the following steps. Fill in the Self-Assessment.

a) With a partner, practice the tongue twisters out loud. Self-

Yes No
Do they sound the same? Assessment
• The big bug bit the little beetle. I identify
• If you want to buy, buy. If you don't want to buy, bye- vowels and
bye! consonants.
• A big black bug bit the big black bear.
b) Circle all the words that start with a vowel. I practice
Hey Kenji and Vanessa. I'm Angela from Canada. It is tongue
evening here. My dinner is early. It isn't late. I eat twisters.
pasta, a salad and bread. Goodbye Kenji and Vanessa. I practice
See you next time. saying a short
c) Now, read the sentences aloud. paragraph.

Target Words

• bread (noun): a kind of food made from • Angela (noun): a female name
flour and yeast e.g. Angela likes pasta.
e.g. I eat bread. • dessert (noun): something sweet you eat at
• coffee (noun): a drink made from coffee the end of a meal
beans Example: I like to have dessert after dinner.
e.g. I drink coffee in the morning. • dinner (noun): an evening meal
• drink (noun): any liquid that is put in the e.g. My dinner is small.
mouth
e.g. I have a drink too.
• evening (noun): the time of the day when
it is dark outside
e.g. We have dinner in the evening.

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Learning Points

The Alphabet

In English, we use 26 letters of the alphabet, and we use 44 different sounds.

Vowels: A, E, I, O, U

Consonants: B, C, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T, V, W, X, Y, Z

Tongue Twister

A tongue twister: Words that are hard to say together.

Let's try!

Examples:
• The big bug bit the little beetle.
• If you want to buy, buy. If you don't want to buy, bye-bye!