Preface: Course Components

Preface
The American Language Course (ALC) is a comprehensive, multilevel language program for teaching
English for vocational and professional purposes. It is designed primarily for intensive English language
training in a classroom setting, but can easily be adapted for slower-paced instruction. The ALC’s curriculum
has been developed by the Defense Language Institute English Language Center (DLIELC), which is a US
Department of Defense school under the operational control of the US Air Force. The primary focus of the
ALC is to provide a language curriculum for a diverse international military population. To that end, the
course includes not only general English topics, but also military topics of a general nature highlighting the
typical language military personnel will encounter in their professional and vocational career fields. The ALC
has, however, also been very successfully used in non-military learning environments and in US high schools
with immigrant student populations.
Course components
The coordinated instructional packages for Books 1−30 consist of the following:
➤➤ Instructor text (IT)
➤➤ Student text (ST)
➤➤ Language laboratory activities text with audio scripts and answer key (LLAT)
➤➤ Audio recordings
➤➤ Computer based training (CBT)
➤➤ Quiz kit
➤➤ Optional training aids
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Second Edition, January 2003

Ninth printing, March 2015
BOOK 4 PREFACE i
ALC Book 4: Scope and Sequence, Lessons 1 – 5
Lesson Vocabulary Functions Grammatical Structures Skills
Sports and games Talking about sports, Simple past tense for Pronouncing the past
1 
games, and teams

regular verbs

tense marker -ed
 Sports and games
 Inviting someone to  Affirmative  Identifying primary
 Leisure activities play sports and negative syllable stress
statements  Scanning for 1
 Yes/no questions identical word
 Long and short  Scanning a chart for
answers information
 Making a graph
 Taking notes/dictation
He's in the Army now. Requesting and Simple past tense for Scanning for 1
2 
giving information

irregular verbs

identical word, timed
 Military personnel, about past actions/  Yes/no questions  Scanning for 2
ranks, and insignia conditions  Information identical words, timed
 Military time — the
24-hour clock questions  Identifying primary
syllable stress
 Categorizing words
 Making a time line
Where are my clothes? Asking for permission Modals Alphabetizing words

3 
with may and can

 Ability with can


 Identifying primary
 Clothes
 Permission with syllable stress
 Punctuation marks
may and can  Identifying thought
 Requirement or groups
necessity with must  Using capitalization
 Prohibition with  Punctuating

must not sentences and
paragraphs
Pencils in 10 colors Shopping for clothes; Information questions Scanning for 1
4 
asking about clothes,

using What + (noun)

identical word, timed
 Colors colors, and prices  How much...?  Scanning for 2
 Seasons
 Demonstrative identical words, timed
 Music
adjectives this, that,  Alphabetizing words
 Shopping these, those  Identifying primary
syllable stress
 Pronouncing the
reduced syllable
 Punctuating a
paragraph
Review
5
Lesson 5 reviews all vocabulary and structures introduced in Lessons 1 - 4.
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Notes to the Student
The American Language Course focuses on four components of language acquisition:
vocabulary, grammar, language functions, and skills.
• The lessons present vocabulary (individual words as well as expressions) that the
learner needs to understand and use in order to communicate effectively in English.
Each new lesson builds on the vocabulary of the previous lessons. The language
included is appropriate for learners working in professional and vocational contexts.
A significant feature of the General English phase of the ALC is that military
vocabulary is included wherever applicable.
• The presentation of grammar is carefully sequenced. The grammatical structures
presented in the lessons are the forms a language learner needs in order to speak
and write English correctly. New grammar is often depicted in charts or tables that
serve to focus the learner’s attention on the particular structure being presented.
• Language functions are the ways we use a language to communicate. In each lesson,
exercises that focus on functions show the learner how and when to use certain
words, phrases, and sentences.
• In addition, skills exercises interspersed throughout the lessons focus on developing
the learner’s language proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
The Scope and Sequence chart located on the previous page shows the content that
makes up the current book. The four columns on the chart outline the new material as
it is related to the language acquisition components described above. A lesson begins
with a table of contents followed by a preview page. The preview page provides at a
glance a summary of the new material presented in the lesson. Each ALC book has
four lessons introducing new material and one review lesson. These are followed by a
homework section and daily evaluation exercises. Various appendices are also included
in the book.
The homework and the evaluation exercises are at the back of this text. Students will
require about two hours to complete the daily homework assignments. The evaluation
exercises are short quizzes that will serve to give both the teacher and the student
feedback on how well the previously instructed material has been learned. Evaluation
exercises should be assigned after each lesson is completed.
The appendices can be found after the fifth lesson. Appendix A provides an alphabetical
list of new vocabulary presented in this book. The number of the lesson in which each
word or phrase is introduced is provided next to the entry. Appendix B presents a
listing of grammatical structures introduced in the book; a lesson number is provided
along with each entry for easy reference. The other appendices are included as
reference materials.
BOOK 4 PREFACE iii

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Book 4 Contents
LESSON 1: Sports and games ........................................................... 1
LESSON 2: He's in the Army now. .................................................. 29
LESSON 3: Where are my clothes? ................................................. 55
LESSON 4: Pencils in 10 colors ....................................................... 83
LESSON 5: Review ......................................................................... 107
APPENDICES:
A: Word List ..................................................................... A-1
B: Structure List .............................................................. B-1
C: The English Alphabet ................................................. C-1
D: American English Sounds .......................................... D-1
E: List of Contractions ..................................................... E-1
F: Spelling Rules for Regular Past Tense Verbs ................. F-1
G: Principal Parts of Some Irregular Verbs ..................... G-1
H: Patterns of Irregular Verbs ........................................... H-1
I: Punctuation and Capitalization ...................................... I-1
J: Lesson Resources — none
K: Flash Cards ................................................................ K-1
HOMEWORK: ................................................................................... HW-1
EVALUATION EXERCISES: .................................................................................... EE-1
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1
Sports and games
VOCABULARY: Talking about sports and games ................................... 3
DIALOGS: Inviting someone to play sports .................................... 9
GRAMMAR: The simple past tense using regular verbs ................. 10
PRONUNCIATION: Saying the past tense marker –ed ............................... 13
VOCABULARY: A few time expressions to talk about the past ........... 15
GRAMMAR: Making negative past tense statements ..................... 18
VOCABULARY: Let’s go downtown. ....................................................... 20
GRAMMAR: Asking and answering past tense yes/no questions ... 22
READING: Recognizing whole words ............................................. 25
Scanning and graphing information ........................... 26
LISTENING: Taking notes and dictation .......................................... 28
BOOK 4 LESSON 1 1
Preview
What’s new in Lesson 1?
NEW VOCABULARY
Nouns Verbs Other words
ball clean  cleaned (up) again
baseball cook  cooked all
basketball do  did downtown
break don’t  didn’t long
Chicago end  ended
city / cities like  liked (to)
Dallas live  lived
football (pro football) play  played
game start  started (to)
Georgetown visit  visited
Houston
Los Angeles
New York
restaurant
San Antonio
show
soccer
sport
team
tennis
town
visit
Washington
NEW GRAMMAR STRUCTURES USEFUL PHRASES

I visited two American cities. How about you?
I didn’t visit New York City. What about you?
Did you watch a baseball game? How’s it going?
Yes, I watched a game. Let’s get together.
No, I didn’t watch a baseball game. How about Saturday?
Yes, I did.
No, I didn’t.
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Vocabulary Talking about sports and games
Underline the vocabulary words in this dialog.
Joe: Where are you from?

Paul: Germany.
How about you?
Joe: I’m from Georgetown.
I lived there for 20 years. Now I
live in Chicago.
Paul: Georgetown? I visited three
American cities last year: New
York, Washington, and Chicago. Is
Georgetown near them?
Joe: No, it’s a town in Texas. It’s near
San Antonio, Houston, and Dallas.
Did you like Chicago?
Paul: Yes, I liked the restaurants there. I
want to go there again.
Hey, I know Dallas. They play
pro football there.
EXERCISE A Write short answers to the questions.
1. Is Joe from San Antonio or from Georgetown?
2. Is Georgetown a city or a town in Texas?
3. Is Joe from the United States?
4. Is Paul from the United States?
5. Where is Paul from?
6. When did Paul visit New York and Chicago?
BOOK 4 LESSON 1 3
EXERCISE B Write each word in the column with its stress pattern.
Chicago Houston Georgetown

city New York football
KEY
stressed syllable
unstressed syllable
EXERCISE C Mark the primary stress.
1. Washington 4. American
2. Dallas 5. San Antonio
3. Germany 6. Texas
EXERCISE D Write the names of the cities Paul and Joe talked about.
Los Angeles

EXERCISE E In groups of three, ask where your classmates are from.
I’m from Chicago.

Where are you from?
How about you?
I’m from Dallas, Texas. I’m from New York City.

Bob, what about you? It’s a very big city – eight
Where are you from? million people.
EXERCISE F Read more about Joe, Paul, and sports.
Dialog continued from page 3.
Joe: The Cowboys. They’re the football

team from Dallas. Do you watch
football?
Paul: Yes. I like to watch baseball and
basketball on TV, too.
Joe: I like to watch the Los Angeles
Lakers. Did you go to a baseball
game in New York or Chicago?
Paul: Oh, yes. I watched a Mets game in
New York. It started at 1:00 and
ended at 7:00! I have a ball from
that game. I also watched soccer
on a visit to Chicago.
Joe: Does Chicago have a soccer team?
Paul: Yes, it’s the Chicago Fire. It’s a
good team, too.
BOOK 4 LESSON 1 5
EXERCISE G Write short answers to the questions.
1. Do the Dallas Cowboys play basketball or football?
2. Does Paul watch football?
3. Are the Mets a baseball team or a soccer team?
4. Where did Paul watch a baseball game?
5. What time did the game start?
6. What time did the game end?
7. Where did he watch a soccer game?
EXERCISE H Label each picture with the correct name.
1. 2. 3.
4. 5. 6.

EXERCISE I Listen and mark the primary stress.
EXAMPLE : 1. foot football
2. base baseball
3. golf golf ball
4. tennis tennis ball
5. soccer soccer ball
6. basket basketball
EXERCISE J Fill in the blanks to complete the three dialogs.
live like to end play

start town city
Mr. Jones: Excuse me. What time does class _____________?
Mr. Smith: At 7:30. It _____________ at 2:30.
Mary: Do you _____________in a _____________or a _____________?
Ann: I _____________ in a very small _____________.
Sam: Does your brother _____________ play soccer?
Martin: No, he doesn’t. He likes to _____________ baseball.
BOOK 4 LESSON 1 7
EXERCISE K Read more about Joe, Paul, and sports.
Dialog continued from page 5.
Joe: So, Chicago has a soccer team.

I didn’t know that.
Do you play sports, too?
Paul: Yes, soccer. I play tennis, too.
I like it. How about you?
Joe: I also play tennis. Let’s get
together and play sometime.
Paul: OK. How about next Saturday?
EXERCISE L Put a check () next to the sports you like to play.
I like to play soccer. I like to play football.
I like to play golf. I like to play table tennis.
I like to play basketball. I like to play baseball.
I like to play tennis. I like to play other sports.
EXERCISE M Ask your classmates yes/no questions about sports they play.
Yes, I do. I play soccer

Do you play sports?
and basketball.
Do you play soccer? No, I don’t play

soccer. I play golf.
Jack plays soccer.

Dialogs Inviting someone to play sports
Listen to the dialogs. Repeat them after your instructor. Then role play with a partner.
1. Paul: I play basketball on Sundays.

Joe: Where do you play?
Paul: Outside the barracks.
Joe: Are the games good?
Paul: Yes, they’re great. Play with us when we play again.
2. Sam: Do you play sports?

Martin: Yes, golf and tennis. How about you?
Sam: I play tennis. Let’s play together someday.
Martin: OK. How about Sunday?
Sam: Sunday’s fine.
3. Jennifer: Do you play golf?

Jim: No, I’m sorry I don’t. I play tennis.
Jennifer: I like to play tennis, too.
Jim: Let’s play sometime. How about Saturday?
Jennifer: All right. Let’s play at 10 a.m. on Saturday.
Jim: Okay.
BOOK 4 LESSON 1 9
Grammar The simple past tense using regular verbs
I lived in Georgetown last year .
 The regular past tense verb is the same for all subjects.
I
You
He walked
She lived in Georgetown last year.
It stopped
We studied
You
They
EXERCISE A Read these sentences. Compare the present and past tense.
PRESENT TENSE PAST TENSE
Paul visits New York every year. Paul visited New York last year.
Paul visits New York every day. Paul visited New York yesterday.
Paul visits New York every week. Paul visited New York two weeks ago.
 Use yesterday, last, and ago to talk about past time.

EXERCISE B Put a check () next to the activities you did last weekend.
I watched TV. I played music.
I listened to music. I played a sport.
I visited friends. I played basketball.
I talked on the telephone. I played soccer.
I worked. I played tennis.
I studied. I played baseball.
EXERCISE C Tell your classmates about your activities last weekend.
I played tennis on Saturday.
I visited friends in I studied English

New York. again.
I worked on my homework
last weekend.
BOOK 4 LESSON 1 11
EXERCISE D Look at the table. Then write the past tense in the last column.
PAST WRITE THE

VERB ENDING VERB
TENSE PAST TENSE
talk talked talk
want wanted want
repeat repeated repeat

add
clean cleaned clean
-ed
play played play
open opened open
answer answered answer
circle Drop the –e circled circle

and add
shave -ed shaved shave
stop stopped stop

Double the
consonant
occur occurred occur
and add
-ed
prefer preferred prefer
study studied study

Change y to i
dry and add dried dry
-ed
try tried try
 See the appendix for Past Tense Spelling Rules.

Pronunciation Saying the past tense marker -ed
Listen to the past tense. Then write the sound you hear.
Past tense sound
learned it watched it visited it

cleaned it cooked it started it
spelled it dressed it ended it
played it mapped it wanted it
answered it washed it repeated it
EXERCISE A Repeat these sentences. (Past tense ending is the /d/ sound.)
1. Dan learned a new lesson yesterday.
2. Pat listened to the radio yesterday afternoon.
3. Sam opened his window yesterday morning.
4. Dick just shaved in the morning.
5. Our teacher reviewed our lesson yesterday.
EXERCISE B Change these sentences to the past tense.
1. Jennifer memorizes a new word. ( yesterday)
2. Harry plays a game of soccer. (yesterday afternoon)
3. Richard closes a window. (this morning)
4. Susan cleans her room. (yesterday)
5. Our teacher circles a letter. (yesterday)
BOOK 4 LESSON 1 13
EXERCISE C Repeat these sentences. (Past tense ending is the /t/ sound.)
1. Dan asked questions yesterday.
2. John cooked a meal yesterday evening.
3. The girls walked to school yesterday morning.
4. Ken looked up the new words yesterday afternoon.
EXERCISE D Change these sentences to the past tense.
1. Jim and Jennifer talk at the game. (yesterday)
2. Ben likes all the games on the weekend. (last weekend)
3. We watch a TV show every night. (yesterday)
4. John works Monday to Friday. (last year)
5. The girls mark an answer in their books. (yesterday morning)
EXERCISE E Repeat these sentences. (Past tense ending is the /d/ sound.)
1. The movie started at 8:00.
2. We wanted to go to the movies yesterday.
3. Miss Brown corrected our papers yesterday afternoon.
4. I visited my brother on the weekend.
EXERCISE F Change these sentences to the past tense.
1. Dan repeats questions in class. (yesterday)
2. John selects the correct answer. (on yesterday’s test)
3. Our test ends at 10:00 a.m. (last Friday)
4. Bruce and Brian want to go to the movies. (yesterday evening)

Vocabulary A few time expressions to talk about the past
PAST TENSE TIME EXPRESSIONS
yesterday last year two minutes ago
yesterday morning last month an hour ago
yesterday afternoon last week four days ago
yesterday evening last weekend a week ago
yesterday at 6:30 last night six months ago
last Saturday a year ago
EXERCISE A Complete the paragraph with yesterday or last.
Ann, Lisa, and Jeff are good friends. They like to go to the movies. Ann talked
to Jeff at school ________________ morning. She also talked to Lisa at work
________________ afternoon. Lisa wanted to go downtown ________________ evening.
She wanted to see a movie.
Ann, Lisa, and Jeff watched the show together ________________ night. It was
a good movie, and they liked it. After the movie, they went to a snack bar to drink
coffee and talk about the movie. They had a good time ________________
evening. They want to go to the movies again tomorrow.
BOOK 4 LESSON 1 15
EXERCISE B Change the sentences to the simple past tense (/d/ sound).
EXAMPLE: Mary studies French every day. (last month)
Mary studied French last month.
1. Dan learns new words every day. (yesterday)
2. Pat listens to the radio in the morning. (last night)
3. Sam opens his window at night. (an hour ago)
4. Dick shaves every morning. (10 minutes ago)
5. Our teacher reviews the old words every day. (last Friday)
EXERCISE C Change the sentences to the simple past tense (/t/ sound).
EXAMPLE: John always finishes his homework on time. (last Tuesday)

John finished his homework last Tuesday.
1. Dan always asks questions. (yesterday evening)
2. Sometimes John cooks dinner. (two hours ago)
3. My daughters walk to school every day. (last year)
4. Ken looks up the new words after class. (an hour ago)
5. Ben always likes baseball games. (last week)
EXERCISE D Change the sentences to the simple past tense (/d/ sound).
EXAMPLE: I repeat the words every day. (yesterday)

I repeated the words yesterday.
1. The early movie starts at 8:00 every night. (last night)
2. We want to go to the movies today. (yesterday evening)
3. Our teacher corrects our papers at night. (last night)
4. I visit my brother on the weekends. (last weekend)
5. Our test ends at 10:00 a.m. (1 hour ago)

EXERCISE E Change these sentences to the past tense.
1. The students learn new words. (yesterday)
2. They always listen to the teacher. (at 10 a.m. this morning)
3. They always look up every new word. (last week)
4. Sometimes Susan talks to her son on the phone. (two days ago)
5. Sometimes Joe plays basketball (last month)
EXERCISE F Complete these sentences. Use yesterday, last, or ago.
1. Paul visited Chicago _______________ year.
2. Mary and John arrived in New York three days _______________.
3. Jim and Paul talked about football ________________ afternoon.
4. We studied Book Three _______________ week.
5. We studied Book Two three weeks _______________.
6. I studied 50 words _______________ evening.
7. I talked to Mr. Johnson _______________ morning.
8. Jim talked to Mr. Johnson two hours _______________.
9. Paul talked to Jim _______________ Monday.
10. Mary watched TV _______________ night.
11. John watched TV _______________ at 9 o’clock.
12. I watched TV a few minutes _______________.
BOOK 4 LESSON 1 17
Grammar Making negative past tense statements
Paul visited Chicago .
Paul did not visit Chicago .
 did + not = didn’t
I
You
He
She did not
visit Chicago last year.
It didn’t
We
You
They
EXERCISE A Repeat these sentences with negative simple past tense.
1. Tom didn’t clean his room last Saturday.
2. Linda did not cook dinner last night.
3. George didn’t play basketball yesterday.
4. They did not like Chicago.
5. He didn’t shave this morning.
6. Jack didn’t live in New York two years ago.
7. My English class didn’t start at 7:30 this morning.
8. Mark didn’t visit Los Angeles last month.

EXERCISE B Make a negative statement in the simple past tense.
1. My brother visited Dallas. (Houston)
2. Joan played tennis yesterday. (soccer)
3. Sally cooked chicken for dinner. (beef)
4. Frank cleaned his car last week. (this week)
5. Dan shaved last night. (yesterday)
6. The movie ended at 10:30 last night. (10:00)
7. John learned English. (Arabic)
8. The game started at 7:00 p.m. (4 p.m.)
EXERCISE C With your classmates, make negative and affirmative statements.
I didn’t speak English last

year. I speak it now.
I talked to my wife
I did my homework
two hours ago.
yesterday evening.
I didn’t play tennis after

class last week.
BOOK 4 LESSON 1 19
Vocabulary Let’s go downtown.
Joe: Hi, Susan. This is Joe. How are

you?
Susan: Hello, Joe. I’m fine. How’s it
going?
Joe: Well, I worked all day long. I
want a break. Let’s go downtown
tonight. I want to see a show.
Susan: Okay I’m really hungry, but I
don’t want to cook. I just played
tennis for two hours. It was a very
long game.
Joe: All right. Let’s go to a restaurant,
too. Let’s go at seven.
Susan: That’s fine. I want to take a
shower and clean up. See you at
seven.
EXERCISE A Read the sentence. Write T for true and F for false.
1. Joe wants to go downtown tonight.
2. Joe wants to watch a game.
3. Susan played tennis all day long.
4. Susan wants to clean up.
5. Joe wants to clean his room.
6. Joe and Susan don’t want to eat.
7. Joe and Susan are friends.
8. Joe and Susan are going out at 7 a.m.
9. Joe didn’t work all day.

EXERCISE B Read the sentences and fill in the missing word or words.
1. Joe _______________ all day long.
2. Joe _______________ see a movie.
3. Susan _______________ tennis for two hours.
4. Susan _______________ go to a restaurant.
5. Susan ___________________ take a shower and clean up.
EXERCISE C What do you do all the time? Write your answers.
all month long all afternoon long

all morning long all evening long
all night long all day long
all week long all year long
Number 1 is an example.
1. I learn English all day long.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
BOOK 4 LESSON 1 21
Grammar Asking and answering past tense yes/no questions
I liked Chicago .
Did you like Chicago ?
 To make a question, put did in front of the subject and drop the -d or -ed from
the verb.
LONG ANSWERS
I
Yes, you liked
he
she
Chicago.
it
we did not
No, like
you didn’t
they
SHORT ANSWERS
I
Yes, you did.
he
she
it
we did not.
No, you didn’t.
they
 did not = didn’t

EXERCISE A Read the paragraph and underline the past tense verbs.
Hint: 12 past tense verbs are in this paragraph.
Paul visited two American cities last year. They were

New York and Chicago. He liked the restaurants and shows in
New York. He watched a baseball game there. The team was the
New York Mets. The game started at 1:00 and ended at 7:00. In
Chicago, he watched a soccer game. The team was the Chicago
Fire. Chicago was very nice. He liked the city, but he didn’t like
the weather there.
EXERCISE B Match each question with the best answer.
1. Did Paul visit American cities last year? a. No, he didn’t play tennis.
2. Did he visit Los Angeles? b. Yes, it started at 1.
3. Did Paul play tennis? c. No, he didn’t go to L. A.
4. Did he watch a baseball game? d. No, it didn’t end at 5.
5. Did the Mets game start at 1 p.m.? e. Yes, he was in two US cities.
6. Did the Mets game end at 5 p.m.? f. Yes, he watched baseball.
EXERCISE C Write yes/no questions about Exercise A.
1. Did Paul watch a Chicago Fire baseball game?
2.
3.
4.
5.
BOOK 4 LESSON 1 23
EXERCISE D Unscramble the words to write negative statements about Joe.
1. live / did / not / Joe / in Germany
Joe didn’t live in Germany.
2. did / not / Joe / to Chicago / go
3. did / the New York Mets game / Joe / not / watch
4. not / Joe / like / New York / did
5. in Chicago / a baseball game / did / see / not / Joe
EXERCISE E Work with a partner. Ask about a game you watched.
Ask yes/no questions. Then change roles and answer your partner’s questions.
Did you watch the football

game yesterday?
Yes, I did.
How about you?
No, I didn’t watch it.

It was too cold. Did they
finish the game?
Yes, they did. It was
a good game.

Reading Recognizing whole words
Circle the same word as the key word on the left. Number 1 is an example.
1. ago after airman ago again angry
2. bad tall barber wall ball bad
3. captain calendar captain cent car Canada
4. answer apple April answer alphabet around
5. asleep asleep aren’t August after ask
6. book bored bread boy box book
7. breakfast brother by breakfast bus building
8. city civilian city classroom cities class
9. clean clock cold close clean coffee
10. different dispensary doctor different do dollar
11. don’t didn’t doesn’t do does don’t
12. door door downtown drink drive does
13. football baseball soccer ball tennis football
14. forty four forty France friend fruit
15. hear hello here hi hear her
16. homework chalkboard hospital homework hot hour
17. late late leave learn let’s lesson
18. library literary letter library listen lived
19. meal meat mean man meal moon
20. open opal open ones odor orange
BOOK 4 LESSON 1 25
Reading Scanning and graphing information
The two charts show information about people living in three US cities. Both charts show
the same information. The chart on the left is a table. The chart on the right is a bar graph.
Complete the bar graph for Chicago.
Population Los
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE New York Chicago
in millions Angeles
10
1990 2000 9
8
New York 7,323,000 8,008,000 7
6
Los Angeles 3,485,000 3,695,000 5
4
Chicago 2,785,000 2,896,000 3
2
1
’90 ’00 ’90 ’00 ’90 ’00
EXERCISE Use this information to make a bar graph on the next page.
PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES’ SALARIES
1990 1995 2000
Football player $400,000 $700,000 $1, 100,000
Baseball player $600,000 $1,100,000 $1,900,000
Soccer player $300,000 $700,000 $1,400,000
Basketball player $800,000 $1,600,000 $3,900,000

Millions Football Baseball Soccer Basketball
4.0
3.5
3.0
2.5
2.0
1.5
1.0
.5
’90 ’95 ’00 ’90 ’95 ’00 ’90 ’95 ’00 ’90 ’95 ’00
BOOK 4 LESSON 1 27
Listening Taking notes and dictation
Listen to your teacher’s instructions.
Numbers Food
EXERCISE Listen and write the sentences you hear.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

2
He’s in the Army now.
VOCABULARY: Military personnel working on bases and posts ..........31

A soldier getting ready for duty ...................................32
US Air Force officer ranks and insignia .......................33
PRONUNCIATION: Saying the regular past tense ......................................37
GRAMMAR: Irregular past tense verbs ............................................38

Making past tense questions with irregular verbs .....42
VOCABULARY: Two soldiers taking a break .........................................46

Military time: The 24-hour clock ..................................48
Reporting for military training ....................................50
VOCABULARY REVIEW: Classifying vocabulary words .......................................51
READING: Scanning across a line to find the same words ............52
PERFORMANCE CHECK: Making a timeline .........................................................54
BOOK 4 LESSON 2 29
Preview
What’s new in Lesson 2?
NEW VOCABULARY
Nouns Verbs
break military become  became
cap name tag begin  began
captain/Capt pack bring  brought
cigarette post report
colonel/Col rank salute
first lieutenant/1st Lt second lieutenant/2nd Lt smoke
general/Gen sergeant/Sgt
ID card stripe Other
identification uniform false
insignia gold
lieutenant/Lt naval
lieutenant colonel/Lt Col silver
major/Maj true
with
NEW GRAMMAR STRUCTURES NEW PHRASES

Who brought this book? It’s 2210 hours.
What time did you go? take a break
When did you bring this book? on time
How many books did he buy? Really?
Irregular verbs – present and past

begin  began fly  flew say  said
bring  brought get up  got up see  saw
buy  bought go  went sit  sat
choose  chose have  had sleep  slept
come  came hear  heard speak  spoke
do  did know  knew stand  stood
drink  drank leave  left swim  swam
drive  drove put  put take  took
eat  ate read  read write  wrote

Vocabulary Military personnel working on bases and posts
A soldier works on an Army post.
A sailor works on a naval base.
An airman works on an Air Force base.
EXERCISE Write questions about the pictures above.
1. Does ?
2. Who ?
3. Where ?
BOOK 4 LESSON 2 31
Vocabulary A soldier getting ready for duty
Jo Ann Travis is in the Army. She lives on an Army post. Every

morning she gets up and takes a shower. She checks her uniform and
her cap. Then she puts on her uniform. Jo Ann’s rank is sergeant, so
her uniform has stripes. Her name tag is on her uniform. She puts her
cap on her head and her identification card in her pocket. Sgt Travis
leaves her house at 8 a.m.
Jo Ann’s rank and

Jo Ann’s ID card Sgt Travis in uniform
insignia
EXERCISE Read the sentences. Write T for true and F for false.
T 1. She has stripes on her uniform.
2. Jo Ann Travis is in the Navy.
3. She shaves every morning.
4. She has an ID card on her uniform.
5. She leaves her house at 0800.
6. She lives on an Army post.
7. She puts her cap in her pocket.

Vocabulary US Air Force officer ranks and insignia
Line 1 – rank, Line 2 – abbreviation, Line 3 – pay grade, Line 4 – insignia color
General
Gen
(O-7)
Silver
Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Major

Col Lt Col Maj
(O-6) (O-5) (O-4)
Silver Silver Gold
Captain First Lieutenant Second Lieutenant

Capt 1st Lt 2d Lt
(O-3) (O-2) (O-1)
Silver Silver Gold
BOOK 4 LESSON 2 33
EXERCISE A Write each word in the column with its stress pattern.
ID silver name tag naval

uniform ID card colonel sergeant
major general lieutenant captain
KEY
stressed syllable
unstressed syllable
EXERCISE B Ask and answer questions about Air Force officer ranks.
What rank comes

before captain?
Lieutenant colonel First lieutenant comes

comes after major. before captain.
What rank comes

after major?

EXERCISE C Write rank abbreviations and the person’s last name.
1. This is Ken Jones. He’s a major.
This is Maj Jones.
2. This is Linda Barnes. She’s a captain.
3. This is Bill McDonald. He’s a sergeant.
4. This is John Banks. He’s a colonel.
5. This is Anne Marie Grant. She’s a lieutenant colonel.
6. This is Peter Nichols. He’s a general.
7. This is Rick Martin. He’s a lieutenant.
8. This is Lisa Holmes. She’s a major.
9. This is Henry Chong. He’s a general.
10. This is Steve Rushing. He’s a second lieutenant.
BOOK 4 LESSON 2 35
EXERCISE D Read the dialogs.
In the colonel’s office…
Col Jones: Come in!
Maj Lee: Good morning, sir.
Col Jones: Good morning, Major.

Please tell Lt Dale to come see me at 1000 hours.
Maj Lee: Yes, sir. Is that all, sir?
Col Jones: That’s all for now, Major.
In the major’s office…
Maj Lee: Lieutenant, Col Jones wants to see you at 1000 hours.
Lt Dale: Yes, ma’am. Do you know why?
Maj Lee: He didn’t say, Lieutenant. Just go.
Lt Dale: Yes, ma’am. Thank you.
EXERCISE E Answer these questions about the dialogs above.
1. Is Major Lee a man or a woman? What tells you that?
2. Is Colonel Jones a man or a woman? What tells you that?

Pronunciation Saying the regular past tense
 Past tense sounds /d / /t/ /d /
EXERCISE A Write the number of syllables and the past sound you hear.
1. count 1 counted 2 d
2. check checked
3. clean cleaned
4. watch watched
5. repeat repeated
6. learn learned
7. cook cooked
8. want wanted
EXERCISE B Write the past tense. Then write the final sound.
1. repeat repeated d
2. call
3. study
4. work
5. record
6. answer
7. select
8. dance
BOOK 4 LESSON 2 37
Grammar Irregular past tense verbs
Jo Ann drives her car to work every day.
She drove to work yesterday. It took 30 minutes. She

got to work at 8:30 a.m. and left at 5 p.m.
The drive home took longer. She arrived at 5:45.

It took her 45 minutes to drive home.
Jo Ann drove to work yesterday .
 The irregular past tense verb is the same for all subjects.
You
He
She drove to work yesterday.
It
We
You
They
PRESENT PAST PRESENT PAST PRESENT PAST

begin  began fly  flew say  said
bring  brought get up  got up see  saw
buy  bought go  went sit  sat
choose  chose have  had sleep  slept
come  came hear  heard speak  spoke
do  did know  knew stand  stood
drink  drank leave  left swim  swam
drive  drove put  put take  took
eat  ate read  read write  wrote

EXERCISE A Write the past tense form of each verb.
have sit
do stand
say put
speak choose
write hear
read see
know eat
come drink
go sleep
leave get up
begin drive
bring swim
take fly
EXERCISE B Read these sentences. Underline the past tense verbs.
1. Peter swam after class yesterday.
2. He went to his barracks at 7 p.m. and took a shower.
3. He ate fish, rice, and salad for dinner. He drank water.
4. He began his homework at 8 p.m. He knew all the answers to the questions.
5. He spoke to two friends at the snack bar between 9 and 10 p.m.
6. He went to bed at 10:30 p.m. and slept until 6 a.m. in the morning.
BOOK 4 LESSON 2 39
EXERCISE C Read about Dwight D. Eisenhower – US president.
Dwight D. Eisenhower was the 34th president of the United States from
1952–1960. He was also a military officer. He was born in 1890 in Denison, Texas.
People called him Ike.
Eisenhower’s military career began in 1911. He chose to go to the US
Military Academy at West Point, and he went there four years. He graduated in
1915 as a second lieutenant. Then he worked at many
Ike Eisenhower was different Army posts. In 1920, Eisenhower became
a major. He was in Panama from 1922 to 1924. In
the 34th president
1926, he graduated from the Command and General
from 1952-1960 Staff School in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. And he
graduated from the Army War College in 1928. In 1936,
Eisenhower was Chief of Staff in the Philippines, and he became a lieutenant
colonel there. In 1941, before World War II, he became a general. He was a five-
star general in 1946, and he left the military in May, 1952.
Eisenhower became the 34th President of the United States in 1952 and
served until 1960. After serving as president, he also wrote two books. He was
married to Mamie Eisenhower, and they had one son. Dwight Eisenhower served
his country all his life, and he served it well.
EXERCISE D Fill in the blanks. Use the past tense of the verb provided.
1. Eisenhower’s military career _______________ in 1911. (begin)
2. He _____________ to go to West Point Military Academy. (choose)
3. He _______________ there four years. (go)
4. Then he _______________ at many different Army posts. (work)
5. In 1920, Eisenhower _______________ a major. (become)
6. He _______________ the military in 1952. (leave)
7. He _______________ two books. (write)
8. Eisenhower _______________ a wife and one son. (have)

EXERCISE E Complete the timeline. Use past tense.
The Life of Dwight D. Eisenhower

1890 Born in Denison, Texas
1911
1915 Graduated from West Point
1915 Became a 2nd lieutenant in the U S Army
1920
1922
1926 Graduated from Command and General Staff School
1928 Graduated from the Army War College
1936
1936
1941 Became general
1946
1952
1952 Became President of the United States
BOOK 4 LESSON 2 41
Grammar Making past tense questions with irregular verbs
Eisenhower wrote two books .
Did Eisenhower write two books ?
 To make a yes/no question, put the auxiliary did in front of the subject and use the
simple form of the verb.
EXERCISE A Write a yes/no question on the line above the statement.
1.
Yes, Eisenhower’s military career began in 1911.
2.
Yes, he went to West Point for four years.
3.
Yes, he worked at many different Army posts.
4.
Yes, he left the military in 1952.
5.
Yes, Eisenhower became the 34th president of the United States in 1952.

 To make an information question, put a wh- question word in front of did.
Did Eisenhower write two books ?
What did Eisenhower write ?
EXERCISE B Write questions. Use who, when, what, or how many.
EXAMPLES: Where did Eisenhower choose to study?
What did Eisenhower do at West Point?
How many sons did Eisenhower have?
When did Eisenhower become president?
Who wrote two books?
1.
Eisenhower went to Panama in 1922.
2.
Eisenhower graduated from the Army War College in 1928.
3.
He left the military in 1952.
4.
Eisenhower had one son.
5.
He wrote two books.
BOOK 4 LESSON 2 43
EXERCISE C Read the paragraph and underline the past tense verbs.
Hint: There are 22 past tense verbs in these two paragraphs.
Sergeant Travis didn’t have a notebook. She waited until 10 a.m. Then she
went to the BX. She bought the notebook. She thanked the sales person and went
outside.
It was cold outside, and she was very hungry. She looked for a restaurant.
She asked two soldiers. They pointed to a snack bar and said the food there was
good. She went into the snack bar and sat down. She wanted breakfast. She ordered
toast, eggs, and coffee. The coffee was very good. She ate her breakfast and left. She
walked to her room and began to study.
EXERCISE D Write questions about Sergeant Travis.
1. When did Sgt Travis go to the BX?
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

EXERCISE E Listen to a paragraph and select the true statement.
a. They didn’t eat dessert.
b. They ate at the mess hall.
c. They didn’t like the rice.
d. They liked the food.
EXERCISE F Use the chart to ask classmates about their past activities.
Choose an activity. Use the question word. Ask a classmate your question. Then write down
your classmate’s name and answer.
QUESTION PERSON
ACTIVITY SHORT ANSWER
WORD ASKED
studied last night where John in his room
drove in a car with friends where
ate at home when
got up early what time
saw a movie two weeks ago where
read books last month how many
ate in a restaurant when
went to the BX yesterday what time
ate chicken last month where
came to class what time
went to a show when
BOOK 4 LESSON 2 45
Vocabulary Two soldiers taking a break
Sgt Travis: It’s 1500. Let’s take a

break. Do you want to go to
the snack bar with me?
Sgt Hicks: No, thanks. I’m not hungry.
I want to smoke. Oh, no! I
didn’t bring my cigarettes.
Sgt Travis: They have cigarettes at the
snack bar. Do you want a
pack?
Sgt Hicks: Yes, bring me a pack of

Barlmoros, please.
Sgt Travis: Okay. Say, when did you
begin to smoke?
Sgt Hicks: Just last month.
Sgt Travis: Really? Well, I can get
those cigarettes for you.
EXERCISE A These statements are false. Change them to make them true.
1. It’s lunch time.
2. Sgt Hicks wants to eat.
3. They have cigarettes at the mess hall.
4. Sgt Travis wants to study with Sgt Hicks.

EXERCISE B Unscramble the letters and spell the words.
1. acpk
2. ekrab
3. tiwh
4. nrbig
5. tcagetrei
6. esokm
EXERCISE C Use the new vocabulary to write a dialog with a partner.
Student 1:
Student 2:
Student 1:
Student 2:
Student 1:
Student 2:
BOOK 4 LESSON 2 47
Vocabulary Military time: The 24-hour clock
CIVILIAN MILITARY MILITARY TIME IN WORDS
1 a.m. 0100 oh—one hundred hours

2 a.m. 0200 oh—two hundred hours
3 a.m. 0300 oh—three hundred hours
4 a.m. 0400 oh—four hundred hours
5 a.m. 0500 oh—five hundred hours
6 a.m. 0600 oh—six hundred hours
7 a.m. 0700 oh—seven hundred hours
8 a.m. 0800 oh—eight hundred hours
9 a.m. 0900 oh—nine hundred hours
10 a.m. 1000 ten hundred hours
11 a.m. 1100 eleven hundred hours
NOON 1200 twelve hundred hours
1 p.m. 1300 thirteen hundred hours
2 p.m. 1400 fourteen hundred hours
3 p.m. 1500 fifteen hundred hours
4 p.m. 1600 sixteen hundred hours
5 p.m. 1700 seventeen hundred hours
6 p.m. 1800 eighteen hundred hours
7 p.m. 1900 nineteen hundred hours
8 p.m. 2000 twenty hundred hours
9 p.m. 2100 twenty-one hundred hours
10 p.m. 2200 twenty-two hundred hours
11 p.m. 2300 twenty-three hundred hours
Midnight 2400 twenty-four hundred hours
 To say hours and minutes, follow these examples:

1:52 p.m. 13:52 thir teen fifty-two
10:30 p.m. 22:30 twenty-two thir ty

EXERCISE A Write the military time or the civilian time.
CIVILIAN MILITARY CIVILIAN MILITARY
2:00 p.m. 2100
11:00 a.m. 8:00 a.m.
noon 0100
0200 4:00 p.m.
. 1800 2200
EXERCISE B Ask and answer questions using military and civilian time.
What time did

you get up?
A
I got up at 0700
hours.
What time did

D B
you eat
breakfast?
That’s right.
He got up at seven.
BOOK 4 LESSON 2 49
Vocabulary Reporting for military training
Sgt Travis was not in class last week, but this week she
is. Her class is for military training. It starts at 0730
and ends at 1630 from Monday to Friday. It’s Monday
morning, and she reports for duty* on time. She sees
her instructor and says:
Good morning, Sir.
I’m Sgt Travis.
Sgt Travis doesn’t salute the instructor in class. The

other students also don’t salute. Her instructor says:
Good morning, Sergeant, and welcome.
I’m Mr. King. Please sit down.
Sgt Travis sits down. There are two new books on her
desk. She opens them and looks at her new books.
*duty = work
EXERCISE Read the sentences. Write T for true and F for false.
1. Sgt Travis’ class begins at 0730.
2. She goes to class from Monday through Thursday.
3. Sgt Travis is late on Monday morning.
4. She reports for duty at 1630.
5. Mr. King is Sgt Travis’ instructor.
6. The students salute the classroom instructor.
7. Class ends at 1630 Monday through Friday.
8. Sgt Travis sits at her desk and does homework.

Vocabulary Review Classifying vocabulary words
Are these words sports, military, time, or money? Write each word in the right category.
dollar uniform soccer basketball

quarter second dime month
baseball tennis year 0100 hours
general football base nickel
game penny hour colonel
cents minute salute day
SPORTS MILITARY TIME MONEY
BOOK 4 LESSON 2 51
Reading
Scanning across a line to find the same words
EXAMPLE:
work want work would week woman
EXERCISE A Circle the same word as the key word on the left.
1. after ago after airman again angry
2. ball bad barber wall ball tall
3. Canada calendar captain Canada car cent
4. now now how town down not
5. early eggs Egypt eight early eat
6. game get game good go girl
7. inside I.D. isn’t outside it’s inside
8. know now down town know how
9. many map man many mark March
10. office officer office October okay old
11. read record review repeat restaurant read
12. table take talk table tall tape
13. watch was watch we’re week water
14. airplane all alphabet always airplane angry
15. barracks barracks base baseball ball banana
16. child children child China choose circle
17. eleven eleven ended England enlisted evening
18. right rice room right Russian repeat
19. you’re your young you you’re yes
20. don’t door donut don’t didn’t does

EXERCISE B Circle two words that are the same as the word on the left.
EXAMPLE:
break break bring brought bride break
1. begin begin began beguile begun begin
2. brought bought brought bring brought bough
3. choose chose choice church choose choose
4. come come comb crop come came
5. drank drink drank drank rank drive
6. drive drove clove drivel drive drive
7. went went went work tent well
8. had dad dab had bad had
9. heard heard hear heath heard beard
10. know knew know now know new
11. leave leap leave leave lean learn
12. read read red real dear read
13. said say said sail sad said
14. saw say was saw sad saw
15. sleep sleep slipped sleep sleet slept
16. spoke spot spoke soak spoke speak
17. stand stand stand stood stamp stern
18. swim swim swift whim swam swim
19. took kook took take tool took
20. wrote write rote wrote wrote where
BOOK 4 LESSON 2 53
Performance Check Making a timeline
My life
19___
19___

3
Where are my clothes?
VOCABULARY: Finding the right clothes ..............................................57
Clothes for her ...............................................................58
Clothes for him ..............................................................59
Some two-word verbs – put on and take off .................63
WRITING: Alphabetizing words .....................................................
PUNCTUATION: Identifying and using punctuation marks ...................68
GRAMMAR: Expressing ability using can ........................................71
Asking yes/no questions with can ................................73
Asking information questions with can .......................75
Expressing a requirement or necessity with must ......76
Expressing a prohibition with must not ......................79
DIALOGS: Asking for permission with may and can ....................80
PERFORMANCE CHECK: Sports BINGO ...............................................................82
BOOK 4 LESSON 3 55
Preview What’s new in Lesson 3?
NEW VOCABULARY
Nouns Verbs
apostrophe sentence can
belt shirt cannot
blouse shoes can’t
boots skirt fall asleep  fell asleep
clothes slacks hang  hung (up)
coat socks indent
comma statement may
contraction stockings must
dress suit must not
gloves sweater mustn’t
hat tie punctuate
jacket T-shirt put on  put on
necktie take off  took off
pants wake up  woke up
paragraph wear  wore
period
question mark Other words
punctuation asleep
scarf/scarves awake
well

She can swim. Wow, you look great.
I can’t swim very well. Great.
He must study.
He must not smoke in class.

Vocabulary Finding the right clothes
Sally: You look good today. Your suit

is very nice.
Susan: Thank you. I just bought it
last week. But now I need new
clothes for a dinner party.
Sally: What kind of party is it?
Susan: Oh, it’s a business dinner, and
I must look good.
Sally: Look at this dress. Do you like

it?
Susan: Yes, I do. How much is it?
Sally: Here’s the price. It’s $99.95.
Susan: Just under a hundred dollars.
That’s good. Let me put it on.
Sally: Wow, you look great.

Susan: Thank you. This is a good
dress for a business dinner,
but I don’t have the right
shoes to wear with the dress.
Sally: Yes, you need the right shoes.
You can buy shoes here, too.
Susan: Great. Let’s look for shoes now.
BOOK 4 LESSON 3 57
Vocabulary Clothes for her
stockings scarf/scarves sweater
dress boots hat
blouse skirt gloves

Vocabulary Clothes for him
shoes T-shirt socks
pants/slacks tie/necktie shirt
belt cap jacket/coat
BOOK 4 LESSON 3 59
EXERCISE A Mark an X in the box for the clothes each person has on.
sweater blouse shirt
boots shirt sweater
cap suit cap
shoes tie scarf
shoes stockings socks
boots tie scarf
shirt scarf slacks
pants coat dress

EXERCISE B Make a list of the clothes each person is wearing.
What’s she wearing? What’s he wearing?
EXERCISE C Write the plurals of these nouns.
1. hat 7. shoe
2. blouse 8. boot
3. dress 9. jacket
4. scarf 10. suit
5. T-shirt 11. tie
6. stocking 12. sock
BOOK 4 LESSON 3 61
EXERCISE D Listen. Mark the primary stress on each two-syllable noun.
1. T-shirt 4. sweater KEY

2. jacket 5. blouses stressed syllable
unstressed syllable
3. stockings 6. necktie
EXERCISE E Look at the people in the classroom. What are they wearing?
1. What is your teacher wearing?
2. What are the students wearing?
3. What did the students wear yesterday evening after class?
EXERCISE F Play a chain game. Talk about clothes you bought.
S1 names one item. S2 repeats Item 1 and names another. S3 repeats Items 1 and 2 and names
another. Continue until everyone has a turn.
At the BX, I bought _______.
At the BX, I bought ______, At the BX, I bought

______, ______ and ______. ______ and ______.
At the BX, I bought _______,

_______, and _______.

Vocabulary Some two-word verbs – put on and take off
He’s putting on his jacket.

put on
He’s putting his jacket on.
He’s taking off his jacket.

take off
He’s taking his jacket off.
 These two-word verbs can be used together, or they can be split.
EXERCISE A Listen and repeat the sentences.
1. He puts on his socks. 2. He takes off his socks.
He puts his socks on. He takes his socks off.
He’s putting on his socks now. He’s taking off his socks now.
He’s putting his socks on now. He’s taking his socks off now.
He put on his socks yesterday. He took off his socks yesterday.
He put his socks on yesterday. He took his socks off yesterday.
BOOK 4 LESSON 3 63
EXERCISE B Listen and mark the primary stress on each phrase.
1. Mark woke up Robert. 3. He took off his scarf.
Mark woke Robert up. He took his scarf off.
2. He put on a jacket. 4. He hung up his clothes.
He put a jacket on. He hung his clothes up.
EXERCISE C Write the past tense of these verbs.
1. take off 6. wake up
2. go 7. talk
3. come 8. get up
4. do 9. fall asleep
5. put on 10. get dressed
EXERCISE D Fill in the blanks with the correct two-word verbs.
come on get up put on

take off woke up
1. I was sleeping. My brother _________ me ________ at 7:00.
2. I always wake up at 7:00 on weekdays. On Saturdays, I __________ at 9 a.m.
3. After I took a shower, I ___________my clothes ________.
4. __________. We’re late for class!
5. You must ______________ your hat. You’re inside a building now.
6. It’s hot. I’m going to __________ my coat _______.
7. It’s very cold in here. I’m going to ______________ my jacket.

EXERCISE E Read this text silently. Circle all past tense verbs.
Yesterday, January 25th, Robert didn’t sleep well.

He was awake until 1:00 a.m. He fell asleep at 1:30, and
he woke up at 6:30. It was very cold. He got up, took
a hot shower, and got dressed. He put on his coat. He
also put his scarf, cap, and gloves on. It took twenty-five
minutes to walk to school.
waking up
The classroom wasn’t cold. Robert was too hot. So he took off his scarf, his
gloves, and his cap. He put them under his chair. Then he sat down at his desk. But
he was still too hot. So he stood up and took his coat off, too. He didn’t put the coat
under his chair. He hung it on the back of the chair.
Robert was tired after class. He went home and

fell asleep. His friend Mark came to his room at 6 p.m.
Robert woke up and opened the door. The two friends
talked for five minutes. Then they went to a restaurant
and had dinner. After dinner, Robert went home. He did
his homework and went to bed. It was just 9:05 in the
evening.
falling asleep
EXERCISE F Listen and repeat. Slashes (/) mark each thought group.
Yesterday, / January 25th, / Robert didn’t sleep well. / He was awake until
1:00 a.m. / He fell asleep at 1:30, / and he woke up at 6:30. / It was very cold. /
He got up, / took a hot shower, / and got dressed. / He put on his coat. / It took
twenty-five minutes / to walk to school.
BOOK 4 LESSON 3 65
EXERCISE G Read the sentences. Write T for true or F for false.
1. Robert was asleep at 1:00 a.m.
2. He woke up at midnight.
3. It was cold outside.
4. He put gloves and a dress on.
5. Robert was awake at noon.
6. Robert took the bus to school.
7. Robert’s classroom was cold.
8. Mark is Robert’s brother.
EXERCISE H Listen to three paragraphs. Select the true statement for each.
Paragraph 1: a. The bus came early.

b. The bus doesn’t come on Saturdays.
c. The bus came very late.
d. The bus comes every day at 7:50.
Paragraph 2: a. Linda did her homework after class.

b. Linda didn’t go to school.
c. Linda didn’t clean up her room.
d. Linda cleaned up her room.
Paragraph 3: a. Carlos speaks English.

b. Carlos is from Venezuela.
c. Carlos goes to work at night.
d. Carlos is learning English.

Reading Alphabetizing words
EXAMPLE: last
lamb
language
lab
late
lab
lamb
language
last
late
library hot say

live homework salad
like how same
lieutenant hour sailor
listen hospital sad
1. 2. 3.
BOOK 4 LESSON 3 67
Punctuation Identifying and using punctuation marks
PUNCTUATION MARK EXAMPLE
This is a period. . I’m very tired.
This is a question mark. ? Are you tired?
This is a comma.
, John and I are tired, too.
’
This is an apostrophe
(for contractions and to Let’s eat at Tony’s Snack Bar.
show ownership).
EXERCISE A Read the dialog.

Teacher: Your punctuation’s not right.
Student: What’s punctuation? What’s wrong?
Teacher: Look here. There are no periods or question

marks in your writing.
Student: We don’t have those marks in my language.
Teacher: In English, we punctuate our sentences

and paragraphs. Here are some rules:
Start a statement with a capital letter and
end it with a period.
You start a question with a capital letter,
too, but end it with a question mark.
For a paragraph, indent the first line.
The indentation shows the beginning of a
paragraph.

EXERCISE B Read the paragraph and label the punctuation marks.
Karl is from Germany. He doesn’t speak
English. He’s a new student at the language school.
He began his English class last week. He goes to his
class on weekdays for 6 hours a day. Does he like it?
Yes, he does. He knows that English is a very good
language to know for the job he has now.
EXERCISE C With a partner, correctly write and punctuate these sentences.
Name each punctuation mark you use.
1. robert is wearing a jacket
2. is sue wearing a coat
3. lindas wearing janes coat
4. robert woke up at 6:30 a m
5. sues a sailor and im a sailor too
6. is robert wearing boots
7. roberts going outside now
8. sue and linda arent going
BOOK 4 LESSON 3 69
EXERCISE D Listen and write the sentences you hear.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
EXERCISE E Listen to the paragraph. Then write it and punctuate correctly.
tom gets up at 6:00 he takes a shower and shaves he puts on his uniform he goes to
the dining hall he sits down at a table and eats breakfast mark sits with tom mark
smokes a cigarette tom doesn’t smoke both men walk to class at 7:15

Grammar Expressing ability using can
Jim, Ken, and Randy can run 10 miles.
Kelly can’t run 10 miles.
Paul can swim well.
Peter can swim very well, too.
EXERCISE A Check the boxes. Then tell your classmates what you can do.
ACTIVITY I can do it. I can do it well. I cannot do it.
swim
lift 80 pounds with my arms
fly a plane
drive a car
run 42 kilometers or 26 miles
BOOK 4 LESSON 3 71
EXERCISE B Select one word from each column and write five sentences.
Jim
He football
She can tennis
I cannot play soccer very well.
You can’t baseball
We basketball
They
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
 Can is an auxiliary verb. Use can + the simple form of the verb.
EXERCISE C Use can and can’t to describe an animal, then ask “What is it?”
Numbers 1 and 2 are examples.

1. 2.
It can fly. It can run.

It can swim and walk. It can play ball.
It can’t speak. It can’t speak, and it can’t write.
It can’t go to school. It can bark.
What is it? What is it?

It’s a bird. It’s a dog.

Grammar Asking yes/no questions with can
 Move the auxiliary verb can in front of the subject to make a question.
Joe can swim .
Can Joe swim ?
 Put a question mark (?) at the end of the question.
EXERCISE A Read the answer. Then write a yes/no question.
1.
Yes, Tim can play basketball well.
2.
Yes, Lt Pearce can swim.
3.
Yes, Melissa can play tennis and basketball.
4.
No, he cannot speak English.
5.
No, the student can’t read the books in the library.
6.
Yes, Capt Cook can make chicken and rice.
7.
Yes, the teacher can cook very good food.
BOOK 4 LESSON 3 73
EXERCISE B Read and recite the dialog.
Donald: Hi, Robert. This is my new friend Jack. He’s from France.
Robert: Hello, Jack. Glad to meet you.
Donald: Jack can’t speak English very well. Can you speak French?
Robert: No, I can’t.
Donald: Well, can you speak Spanish?
Robert: Yes, I can.
Donald: Good. Jack can speak Spanish, too.
EXERCISE C With a partner, ask and answer questions with can and can’t.
Give both short and long answers to the questions.
speak read cook memorize

swim play learn
write fly speak drive
Can you spell your teacher’s

name?
No, I can’t.
Yes, I can.
No, I cannot drive a bus.
Yes, I can spell her name.
Can you drive a bus?

Grammar Asking information questions with can
QUESTION ANSWER
What sports can you play? I can play basketball and baseball.
How many students can play tennis? Five students can play tennis.
Who can play soccer well? Jim can!
How often can children swim? They can swim every day.
EXERCISE Write questions about the paragraph. Use Who and What can.
All the students in my class know two, three, or four languages.

Lt Romo speaks Spanish, French, and English. Sgt Gamdi speaks
Arabic and English. Lt Fofana speaks German, Spanish, English, and
Italian. Maj Kim speaks Korean, Japanese, and English. Capt Rossi
speaks French, Italian, and English.
1. Who can speak Arabic?

Sgt Gamdi can speak Arabic.
2.
He can speak Korean, Japanese, and English.
3.
Lt Romo and Lt Fofana can speak Spanish.
4.
He can speak Arabic and English.
5.
She can speak French, Italian, and English.
6.
All the students in the class can speak English.
BOOK 4 LESSON 3 75
Grammar Expressing a requirement or necessity with must
Look at the pictures and read the sentences.
Students must listen to the teacher in class.
Students must study every day.

They must do their homework every night.
Soldiers must wear uniforms to class.
The soldier must report to the officer.
An enlisted soldier must salute an officer.

EXERCISE A Answer the questions. Use must.
1. You have a test tomorrow. What must you do? (study)
I must study for the test.
2. You are getting dressed for class. What must you wear? (uniform)
3. It’s time for class. Your book is in your room. Who must you speak to? (teacher)
4. You are a soldier. You’re going outside. What must you put on? (cap)
5. You are taking an English class. What language must you speak? (English)
6. You’re a major. You’re outside. A colonel comes. What must you do? (salute)
EXERCISE B It’s time for lunch. Write what you must do.
You’re in the classroom. It’s 12:00. What must you do before you leave? Where must you go?
1.
2.
3.
4.
BOOK 4 LESSON 3 77
EXERCISE C Use the words to write a sentence with must.
1. I / now / go
I must go now.
2. they / study / for the test / tonight
3. tomorrow / I / call / home
4. we / our rooms / clean / before the inspection
5. Sgt Blair / take / to the mechanic / his / car
6. Major Gordon / General Sullivan / salute
7. wear / students / name tags?
8. Soldiers / drink / water
9. speak / English / in class / students?
10. students / bring / books / and / pencils / to class

Grammar Expressing a prohibition with must not
You must not smoke in the classroom.
Do not smoke in the classroom.
You must not eat or drink in the lab.
Do not eat or drink in the lab.
You mustn’t drink and drive.
Do not drink and drive.
 must not = mustn’t
EXERCISE Check what you must not do. Then make sentences.
1. bring ID to class 5. do homework
2. sleep in the lab 6. wear name tag
3. salute officers 7. smoke in class
4. eat in the lab 8. wear a hat in the classroom
BOOK 4 LESSON 3 79
Dialogs Asking for permission with may and can
Young girl: Oh, Mom! That pear looks so

good. May I eat it, please?
Mother: Yes, you may. You may eat just

one.
Young girl: Mom. I’m hungry again. May I

please have an apple?
Mother: No, you may not.You just had

a pear, and we eat dinner in 15
minutes.
 Use may in formal requests; use can in informal requests.
Teenager: Hey, Mom! That pear looks

good. Can I eat it?
Parent: Sure, but just eat one.
Teenager: Mom. I’m hungry again. Can I

have an apple?
Parent: No, you cannot. You just had a

pear, and we eat dinner in 15
minutes.

EXERCISE A Listen. Practice intonation.
Read your line first. Then look up, and say it without reading.
1. Student: Can I leave early today?
Teacher: No, you can’t.
2. Capt Yates: Can he answer a question?
Capt Bates: Yes, he can answer the next question.
3. Mr. Kline: Can they come with us?
Sgt Moore: Yes, the men can go to the basketball game.
4. Student: It’s 12 o’clock. May I please leave the classroom now?
Teacher: No, you may not.
EXERCISE B Select a situation. Role play it with a partner.
In the classroom At the office

· a teacher · an employer
· a student · an employee
The student asks permission to get The employee asks permission to
a drink of water. go home early.
In the barracks At home

· a sergeant · a parent
· a private · a child
The private is tired. He asks The child asks permission to play
permission to go to bed. outside.
BOOK 4 LESSON 3 81
Performance Check Sports BINGO
Ask your classmates the question “Can you play _____?” or “Do you go _____?” When a
student plays the sport, write his or her name in the square. To win BINGO, you must have
four in a row down ↓, across →, or diagonally .
bicycling softball badminton golf
volleyball soccer baseball cricket
table
racquetball hockey basketball
tennis
in-line
swimming tennis skiing
skating

4
Pencils in 10 colors
VOCABULARY: Buying pencils in 10 different colors ........................... 85
The four seasons of the year ........................................ 89
GRAMMAR: Asking questions with What + noun ........................... 92
READING: Scanning across a line to find the same words ........... 94
GRAMMAR: Asking questions about prices – How much…? .......... 96
Demonstrative adjectives – this, that, these, those ..... 98
VOCABULARY: Listening to music ...................................................... 100
PRONUNCIATION: Saying / / in reduced syllables .................................. 102
READING: Alphabetizing ............................................................. 104
WRITING: Punctuation ................................................................ 104
GRAMMAR: Reviewing irregular past tense verbs ....................... 105
BOOK 4 LESSON 4 83
Preview What’s new in Lesson 4?
NEW VOCABULARY
Nouns Verbs Other
autumn cost  cost black
clerk dance blue
color (s) help brown
dance record cool
fall sell  sold gray
headphones take  took (buy; carry) green
headset orange
music pink
season purple
spring red
store warm
summer white
winter yellow

How much is the book ? ma’am
How much does the pen cost? Here you are.
What color is your car? That looks good.
What movie did he see? the day after tomorrow
I don’t like this shirt. the day before yesterday
I like that shirt. over here
over there

Dialogs Buying pencils in 10 different colors
Jan I have homework. My teacher

wants a bar graph in color.
Jeff: Do you have pencils in different
colors?
Jan: No, I don’t. I can buy a box of
colored pencils at the store.
Jeff: Can I go with you? I have to buy
paper and a pen for class.
Jan: Okay. Let’s go now.
Jan: Look over here. Here’s a box

with ten different colors.
Jeff: That looks good.
Jan: Yes, it has black, blue, brown,
green, orange, pink, purple, red,
white, and yellow.
Jeff: Are those the right colors?
Jan: Yes, these colors are all right.
I’m going to take this box.
Jan: Ma’am. How much are these?

Clerk: They’re $4.95 for the box,
ma’am.
Jan: All right. Here’s $20.00.
Clerk: I’m sorry, ma’am. I don’t have
change. Do you have a $5.00
bill?
Jan: Let me look. Yes, here you are.
Clerk: $4.95 from $5.00. Your change is
a nickel.
Jan: Thank you, ma’am.
BOOK 4 LESSON 4 85
EXERCISE A Label each pencil with the name of its color.
EXERCISE B Read these sentences about things in a classroom.
1. The bulletin board is brown.
2. The TV is black.
3. The walls are pink.
4. The chairs are blue.
5. The door is gray.
6. The board is white.
7. The book is blue, red, and yellow.
8. The teacher’s pen is red.

EXERCISE C Name some objects. Look in the classroom and outside.
Color In the classroom Outside
red
orange
yellow
green
blue
purple
black
white
pink
brown
EXERCISE D Write sentences. Use 8 different colors in your sentences.
1. My pen is blue.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
BOOK 4 LESSON 4 87
EXERCISE E With a partner, ask and answer these questions.
1. Is a table in the classroom?
Is the table brown or black?
What color is the table?
2. Is a chair in the classroom?
What color is the chair?
3. Is a board on the wall?
Is the board black, green, brown, or white?
What color is the board?
4. Is a picture on the wall in the classroom?
What color is the picture?
EXERCISE F Listen. Practice intonation.
Jim: Look. Here’s a box of ten colors.
Jeff: That looks good.
Jim: Yes, it has black, blue, brown, green, orange,

pink, purple, red, white, and yellow.
Jeff: Are those the right colors?
Jim: Yes, they are.

Vocabulary The four seasons of the year
It’s cold in the winter.

December, January, and February
are the winter months.
It’s warm in the spring.

March, April, and May are
the spring months.
It’s hot in the summer.

June, July, and August are
the summer months.
It’s cool in the fall.

September, October, and November
are the fall months.
People also say autumn for fall.
BOOK 4 LESSON 4 89
EXERCISE A In each quarter of the circle, write the name of the season.
EXERCISE B Read the statement. Then write the season on the lines.
1. It’s the month of November. It’s cool outside.
2. It’s very hot. I like to drink iced tea in this season.
3. It’s very cold. People wear their coats in this season.
4. It’s April. It’s warm outside.
5. Brrr! I want to drink hot coffee. I’m very cold.
6. Let’s swim. It’s a very hot day.

EXERCISE C Look at the calendar. Then read the sentences.
February 2003
Sun Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat
1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28
1. February 11 is before February 12, and February 13 is after February 12.
2. Today is Wednesday, yesterday was Tuesday, and tomorrow is Thursday.
3. The day before yesterday was Monday.
4. The day after tomorrow is Friday.
5. This month is February.
6. The month before this month was January.
7. The month after this month is March.
8. In the United States, February is in the winter.
9. The season before winter is fall or autumn.
10. The season after winter is spring.
EXERCISE D Make statements about the days, seasons, and months.
Work with a partner.

EXAMPLES: 1. Today is Sunday. Yesterday was Saturday.
The day before yesterday was Friday.
2. Today is Sunday. Tomorrow is Monday.
The day after tomorrow is Tuesday.
BOOK 4 LESSON 4 91
Grammar Asking questions with What + noun
Jim: What day was yesterday?

Jeff: Yesterday was Friday. I went to a game last night.
Jim: What game did you see?
Jeff: I went to a basketball game.
Jim: What teams played?
Jeff: The San Antonio Spurs and the Los Angeles Lakers.
Jim: What was the score?
Jeff: The Spurs won 104 to 96.
Jim: What time did the game finish?
Jeff: It finished at 10:30. It was a good game.
EXERCISE A Write questions for an interview with your classmate.
1. country What country are you from?
2. city
3. languages
4. job or profession
5. car
6. color
7. sports
8. TV shows
Use your questions to interview a classmate. Fill out the information form on the next page.

EXERCISE B Complete this information about your classmate.
Work in pairs. Use your questions from the previous exercise.
NAME:
ADDRESS:
PROFESSION:
LANGUAGES:
SPORTS:
OTHER:
EXERCISE C Use What + a word below to ask your classmates questions.
food day movie time

city meal clothes restaurant
What time…? What clothes…?
BOOK 4 LESSON 4 93
Reading Scanning across a line to find the same words
EXAMPLE:
begin beguile began begin begun become
EXERCISE A Circle the same word as the key word on the left.
1. wall bad barber wall ball tall
2. eight eggs Egypt eat early eight
3. lamb last late lamb lab language
4. mark mark map many man march
5. okay old office October okay officer
6. penny pen pencil penny pear page
7. take talk take tall tape table
8. water watch was week we’re water
9. choose China children child choose circle
10. fish fish fine five fly food
11. select second see say select school
12. repeat record repeat right room rice
13. before beef big before bed blackboard
14. coffee clean close cold clock coffee
15. around around apple April answer aren’t
16. cities city class civilian cities classroom
17. hospital homework hospital hour how happy
18. learn lesson late learn leave like
19. outside open outside inside orange one
20. milk meat meal May milk many

EXERCISE B Circle two words that are the same as the key word on the left.
EXAMPLE:
begin begin began beguile begun begin before
1. sound sound sports speak stand sound Spain
2. today today to time today tired tomorrow
3. look listen look long lunch look London
4. hundred hundred happy how have hundred husband
5. spell spoke study student spell speak spell
6. drove drove drive desk dialog drove door
7. three the three three there these this
8. then ten time that then this then
9. soccer soccer school son soldier soccer snack
10. small six sit small sixty sound small
11. well well week were what who well
12. pear pen pear pencil pear penny pilot
13. sister sit she sister sick short sister
14. cook cook cook come car cool came
15. taxi ten taxi tape twenty taxi teacher
16. when when why when who white where
17. word wall word we well why word
18. airman apple ask airman airplane airman air
19. chair chair chair check cherry cheese child
20. record repeat record right red read record
BOOK 4 LESSON 4 95
Grammar Asking questions about prices – How much…?
Jack: Hi, Bob. Did you sell your car?

Bob: Sure did. I sold it to my brother.
Jack: Great. Say, you know David, right?
He bought a new car.
Bob: Really? What color is his car?
Jack: It’s silver. He got it for $13,000.
Bob: Say that again! $30,000 or $13,000?
How much did it cost?
Jack: It was just $13,000.
That’s a good price for a very nice car.
does (did) the car cost?

How much the car?
is (was)
it?
do (did) the shoes cost?

How much the shoes?
are (were)
they?
EXERCISE A Repeat these questions and answers.
1. How much is the blue shirt? It’s $29.00.
2. How much does the white shirt cost? It’s $32.00.
3. How much are these black shoes? They cost $110.00.
4. How much did your new jacket cost? It was $399.00.
5. How much was your old jacket? It was just $99.00.
6. How much did your white slacks cost? The cost was $49.00.
7. How much were your pants? They were $9.99.

EXERCISE B Listen and write the missing words.
Tom went to the store yesterday. He wanted to buy a new _____________ coat.
He didn’t want to buy a _____________ or pants. At the store, he _____________ a
white shirt from Paris for just _____________. He liked it. He saw black ____________
from Italy for just $15.00. He _____________ them, too. The price was right.
But, the clerk said: “The new _____________ put the wrong prices on these.
This _____________ is $30.00, and these slacks _____________ $50.00. But, the clerk
sold the _____________ shirt and the black slacks to Tom _____________ just $28.00.
Tom didn’t buy the _____________ yesterday. He didn’t have the money ____________
him to buy all the _____________ he wanted. The day after _____________, he wants
to go back to the _____________ to see the new prices on the _____________ coats.
EXERCISE C Write 3 questions about Exercise B. Use How much…?
1.
It was $13.00.
2.
They were $15.00.
3.
They cost $28.00.
BOOK 4 LESSON 4 97
Grammar Demonstrative adjectives – this, that, these, those
Where do we get on the bus?

It’s this bus stop
over here. No, it’s that bus
stop over there.
Singular Plural
Near this these
Far that those
EXERCISE A Read the dialogs.
Dialog 1:
Tom: Look here. I like this car. Let’s take it.
Jan: This car is black, and it’s too small. I want to go in a big red car.
Tom: OK. Look over there. Those cars are big. These cars over here are small.
Dialog 2:
Meg: Who lives in those buildings over there?
Harry: I don’t know. I like these buildings. They’re new.
Meg: I don’t like them. I like old buildings. I like this building over here.
Harry: Do you want to live in this building?
Meg: Yes, I want to live in this building. It’s nice, big, and old.

EXERCISE B Choose the correct word to complete each sentence.
1. hat over here belongs to John.

This / That
2. socks are blue. I want the black socks over there.

These / This
3. books over there belong to me.

These / Those
4. book in my hand costs $18.95.

Those / This
5. brown pants belong to Peter.

That / These
6. dress over there is very nice.

This / That
EXERCISE C Listen and repeat. Then role play a dialog with a partner.
A customer and a sales clerk in A customer and a sales clerk in

a store… a store…
Clerk: Hello. May I help Sally: How much do these
you? black pants cost?
Frank: Yes, thank you. Do Clerk: $65.00, ma’am.
you have this shirt in ............
blue?
Sally: Do you sell shoes in
Clerk: Yes, we do. Right this store?
over here.
Clerk: Yes, ma’am, we do.
............
Women’s shoes are
Clerk: Here you are. over there.
Frank: Thank you. How Sally: Thank you very
much does it cost? much.
Clerk: It’s $42.95, sir. Clerk: You’re welcome.
BOOK 4 LESSON 4 99
Vocabulary Listening to music
cassette tape headphones / headset tape recorder

radio CD walkman television
CD player compact discs (CDs) video cassette recorder (VCR)

EXERCISE A Read the paragraphs. Then answer true or false.
Tammy is a clerk in a music store downtown. The store sells good music
on CDs and cassettes. They also sell CD and cassette players. They sell very good
headphones and headsets, too.
Yesterday, Barbara went to the music store. She wanted to buy some music
for dancing. The store had hundreds of CDs and cassettes. It was difficult to choose.
Tammy likes to go to dances, so she helped Barbara make her selection. Barbara
listened to her new CD in the car going home. She really liked the music. It was a
good choice.
1. Barbara is a clerk in a music store.

2. The music store sells headphones.
3. Tammy likes to dance.
4. Barbara put a tape in her CD player.
5. Barbara didn’t like the music Tammy chose.
EXERCISE B Read the paragraphs. Then write answers to the questions.
Barbara likes music. She always takes her CD player and headphones to
work to listen to music. She likes to put in a CD and put on her headset. She can
work well with the music on.
Sometimes she records music from the radio with her tape recorder. She
bought her tape recorder at the music store downtown. It cost $29.95. There is also a
small CD walkman in the store. It costs $49.99. Barbara wants to buy it, too.
1. How can Barbara listen to music at work?

2. Where can she record music from?
3. How much does the small CD player cost?
4. How much did her tape recorder cost?
5. Where is the new music store?
BOOK 4 LESSON 4 101

Pronunciation Saying /  / in reduced syllables
Listen to the sentences. Did you hear can or can’t? Check () the correct box.
1. can can’t
2. can can’t
3. can can’t
4. can can’t
5. can can’t
6. can can’t
7. can can’t
EXERCISE A Tell what you can or can’t do.
I can drive a car.
He can’t speak Russian. He can drive a car.

I can speak English. I can’t fly a plane.
She can’t fly a plane.

I can speak Russian.

EXERCISE B Listen and repeat the questions.
1. Can I buy this book, please?
2. Can I have coffee, please?
3. Can I ask you a question?
4. Can you tell me the time, please?
5. Can you give me the time, please?
6. Can you help me, please?
EXERCISE C Listen and mark the stressed and the reduced syllables.
1. about 6. o’clock
2. ago 7. asleep
3. again 8. Houston
KEY
stressed syllable
4. Dallas 9. before
reduced syllable
5. select 10. awake
EXERCISE D Listen and mark the stressed and the reduced syllables.
1. the spring 6. Bob can swim.
2. the fall 7. 10 to 2
3. a day 8. coffee and tea

KEY
stressed syllable
4. at the store 9. How about you?
reduced syllable
5. I’m from New York. 10. When does class end?
BOOK 4 LESSON 4 103

Reading Alphabetizing
Alphabetize the words in each oval.
downtown cook test

doctor coffee Texas
door color tennis
dollar correct tell
does come tea
1. 2. 3.
Writing Punctuation
Listen. Then write the paragraph with correct punctuation.
joe likes to play soccer he doesn’t like to play baseball or football he plays soccer
with his friends on saturday mornings from 9 to 12 joe likes to watch soccer games
on television too last Saturday a good soccer game between france and spain was on
tv joe started to watch but he fell asleep after just 15 minutes

Grammar Reviewing irregular past tense verbs
Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs.
PRESENT PRESENT NEGATIVE PAST PAST NEGATIVE
1. I / hear I hear
2. he / say
3. I / have
4. Bill / do
5. we / sell
6. you / leave
7. he / sleep
8. I / buy I don’t buy
9. I / bring
10. they / put
11. he / speak
12. I / read
13. it / cost
14. you / fly you flew
15. we / go
16. they / see
17. she / eat
18. I / drink
19. I / choose I didn’t choose
20. we / drive
BOOK 4 LESSON 4 105

EXERCISE Past or present? Select the correct verb form.
1. The Smiths ____________ a new car the day before yesterday.

buy / bought
2. Capt Jones and his wife ____________ to New York every winter.
fly / flew
3. They ____________ downtown last night.

drive / drove
4. He ____________ lunch at a Chinese restaurant every day.

eats / ate
5. We ____________ to our old friends last week.

speak / spoke
6. I ____________ pictures of my friends’ children a week ago.

see / saw
7. She always _____________ to baseball games on Saturdays.

goes / went
8. They ____________ to see a movie downtown yesterday.

choose / chose
9. Capt Jones _____________ his book to class yesterday.

takes / took
10. There ____________ no chairs in the lab. I stood for an hour.

are / were
11. The student ____________ his books in Lab 5. Someone took them.
leaves / left
12. We ____________ only English in class last year.

speak / spoke
13. He ____________ black socks at the BX the day before yesterday.

buys / bought
14. She ____________ hats and clothes at the store everyday.

sells / sold

5
REVIEW
BOOK 4 LESSON 5 107

EXERCISE A Listen and select the best answer.
1. a. a captain
b. a colonel
c. a general
d. a lieutenant
2. a. shoes
b. gloves
c. boots
d. neckties
3. a. scarf
b. soccer
c. silver
d. statement
4. a. over there
b. military
c. again
d. awake
5. a. false
b. long
c. true
d. warm
6. a. 2000 hours
b. 2100 hours
c. 2200 hours
d. 2300 hours

7. a. You can do it.
b. You mustn’t do it.
c. You may do it.
d. You don’t like do it.
8. a. It’s warm.
b. It’s tired.
c. It’s happy.
d. It’s brown.
9. a. $9.95.
b. 10:45 a.m.
c. 4
d. Over here.
10. a. stripes
b. headphones
c. cigarettes
d. slacks
11. a. start
b. must
c. indent
d. salute
12. a. It’s 8 p.m.

b. It’s 8 a.m.
c. It’s 6 p.m.
d. It’s 6 a.m.
BOOK 4 LESSON 5 109

EXERCISE B Listen to the sentence and circle the letter.
1. a b c d
2. a b c d
3. a b c d
4. a b c d
5. a b c d

EXERCISE C Listen and choose the correct stress pattern for each word.
1. baseball 2. lieutenant 3. general 4. cigarette
a. a. a. a.
b. b. b. b.
c. c. c. c.
d. d. d. d.
EXERCISE D Work with a partner. Write 2-syllable words.
Mark the stressed syllable in each word. Mark reduced syllables (the / / sound) with .
Colors &
Military Rank Spor ts Clothes
Seasons
major tennis jacket purple
KEY
stressed syllable
unstressed syllable
reduced syllable
BOOK 4 LESSON 5 111

EXERCISE E Listen to the paragraph and write the missing words.
My brother goes to a ____________ school. He gets up at 0400 every
_____________. The students at the school have to wear their ______________ to
class. They have to ______________ all the officers, too. They have to ____________
their hats when they are inside a building. They have to _______________ their
hats ________ when they are outside. They cannot ___________ from the barracks
to the classroom buildings. He says they ___________ go from the dining hall to
the barracks in _______________ seconds. Sometimes, my brother _____________ sit
down to eat. He has to ______________ to eat his meals. The students may not
__________ cigarettes. They may not ______________ television. This is his
___________ year at the school. We can’t __________ his school this year.
EXERCISE F Write the past tense, the number of syllables, and the sound.
Number of Number of
Verb Past tense Sound
syllables syllables
1. report 2 reported 3 d
2. cook
3. work
4. select
5. learn
6. review
7. record
8. play

EXERCISE G Fill in the missing forms of the verbs.
PRESENT PRESENT NEGATIVE PAST PAST NEGATIVE
1. I / stand I stand I don’t stand I stood I didn’t stand
2. he / come
3. I / bring
4. Bill / fly
5. we / see
6. you / say
7. he / write
8. I / read
9. he / buy
10. they / do
11. he / know
12. I / begin
13. it / leave
14. you / take
15. we / have
16. they / sit
17. she / eat
18. it / hear
19. I / put
20. we / go
BOOK 4 LESSON 5 113

EXERCISE H Write these sentences in the past tense.
1. I do my homework. (yesterday)
I did my homework yesterday.
2. He visits his parents every Sunday afternoon. (last year)
3. She wakes up at 6:30 and eats breakfast. (this morning)
4. He always brings the wrong books to class. (last month)
5. This car costs $45,000. (two years ago)
6. The new dictionary helps Joe learn vocabulary words. (last night)
7. When do you fall asleep? (last night)
8. We cook fish for lunch every day. (last week)
9. Joe’s dad smokes four packs of cigarettes a day. (ten years ago)
10. Pat wears two sweaters to class (last winter)

EXERCISE I Match the civilian time on the left with the same military time.
1. five p.m. a. 1745 hours
2. eight a.m. b. 1355 hours
3. one fifty-five p.m. c. 2035 hours
4. eleven a.m. d. 1100 hours
5. six-thirty p.m. e. 0030 hours
6. eight thirty-five p.m. f. 2330 hours
7. four a.m. g. 2145 hours
8. twelve-thirty a.m. h. 1830 hours
9. seven forty-five p.m. i. 0800 hours
10. eleven-thirty p.m. j. 1945 hours
11. five forty-five p.m. k. 1700 hours
12. nine forty-five p.m. l. 0400 hours
EXERCISE J Alphabetize the words.
car label fish

captain land fine
can ladder fifth
calendar lamp five
cab lake first
1. 2. 3.
BOOK 4 LESSON 5 115

EXERCISE K Complete each sentence. Write your answers.
1. They are soldiers. They must salute officers .
2. Young children can ___________________________________________.
3. Our teacher says we must _____________________________________.
4. Sergeants can’t _______________________________________________.
5. Students mustn’t _____________________________________________.
6. My car can’t __________________________________________________.
7. I can ________________________________________________________.
8. I can’t _______________________________________________________.
9. My son must _________________________________________________.
10. My son mustn’t _______________________________________________.
EXERCISE L Unscramble the letters and spell the words.
EXAMPLE: tjkcae jacket
1. muntau
2. olelwy
3. aeertws
4. dhhaeonsp
5. trecatieg
6. mmrues
7. aeitltnune
8. etatanrrus

EXERCISE M Change these negative sentences to affirmative sentences.
1. Sgt Jones didn’t speak to Maj Smith. (Colonel Wallace)

He spoke to Colonel Wallace.
2. Frank and Tom didn’t see the movie. (the game on TV)
3. Joe didn’t want to play soccer. (baseball)
4. My son didn’t drink milk. (black coffee)
5. My mother didn’t get up at 7:30. (8:15)
EXERCISE N Change these affirmative sentences to negative sentences.
1. Bob and Jerry sat on chairs. (the floor)
2. Henry wrote a letter to his brother. (to his sister)
3. Patricia knew the answer to question #23. (question #24)
4. Those shoes cost nineteen dollars. (ninety dollars)
5. My parents came yesterday. (the day before yesterday)
BOOK 4 LESSON 5 117

EXERCISE O Listen to the paragraph. Then write it with correct punctuation.
nancy went to a store she wanted to buy a necktie for tom the first tie she saw was
blue it cost $5995 nancy said she wanted one for seven dollars the clerk brought an
orange tie with green baseballs on it for $699 nancy bought it for tom
EXERCISE P Listen to a paragraph. Then select the TRUE statement.
Paragraph1: a. People can swim and play golf in the winter.
b. People can play golf and tennis all year long.
c. Civilians don’t like to play sports.
d. Tom goes to school on base.
Paragraph 2: a. Mark has two aunts and uncles.
b. Mark lives in a small town.
c. Mark visited his grandparents last month.
d. Mark doesn’t like to go to the movies.

EXERCISE Q Fill in each blank with the best word.
help autumn
end true stripe
visited warm
1. I don’t know the answer to this question. Can you please ______________ me?
2. This story is not false. It is _____________.
3. My friends were here in town last week. They ____________ me for four days.
4. Classes at this school __________ at 12:20 on Fridays.
5. It’s _____________ in this room. I must take off my sweater.
6. I call September, October, and November fall. My mother calls it __________.
7. Frank is a private. He has one _____________.
EXERCISE R Match the word and its meaning.
1. general a. wear these on the hands
2. summer b. play this sport
3. tie c. a military rank
4. restaurant d. a color
5. city e. a season of the year
6. gloves f. eat here
7. brown g. wear this on the neck
8. basketball h. a big town
BOOK 4 LESSON 5 119

EXERCISE S Make a sentence with each word. Say it first, and then write it.
1. those
2. cool
3. must not
4. downtown
5. slacks
6. long
7. sell
8. asleep
9. help
10. play
11. must
12. didn’t
EXERCISE T Write the sentences you hear.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

EXERCISE U Circle words in each group.
Find 3 sports, 5 ranks, 5 colors, and 9 clothing items.
g r c e w t m k n i p s s g n i
k o c t s j a c k e t r a s t b
a s h a t d j t r e w r q c z e
x c v b e n o u b a s e b a l l
i o g e n e r a l p h d j p k t
k l r b n n m q a w e r y t u h
u j a i i k s o c k s o l a p s
z s y e s f v g k j h k p i n k
i q w e r t c y u a i s d n f i
g b v c x z o q w h r j i k o r
s p o s i t l i e u t e n a n t
c i o w p q o w e v s d w q a s
a x d e r t n e c k t i e g n m
r j i a o k e m l p o b f e w q
f o o t b a l l a s d f g h j k
l k j e h j g f d s a q w e r t
y w g r e e n b v c x z a a q w
BOOK 4 LESSON 5 121

EXERCISE V Select the best answer.
1. Frank studies English 50 hours every week. He can speak English ________.
a. very
b. good
c. well
d. all
2. At 8:20, the class _____________.

a. takes a break
b. is the break
c. puts a break
d. makes breaking
3. Our class ________ at 7:30. It ended at 2:35.

a. begin
b. began
c. begins
d. is beginning
4. Tom went to bed at 10:30 last night. He __________ at 10:35.

a. fell asleep
b. fall asleep
c. falls asleep
d. falling asleep
5. Today is Monday. The day before yesterday was ________.

a. Sunday
b. Wednesday
c. Saturday
d. Tuesday
6. Do not smoke cigarettes in room 2137.

a. You may smoke in room 2137.
b. You can smoke in room 2137.
c. You must smoke in room 2137.
d. You mustn’t smoke in room 2137.

7. Joe’s ________ is lieutenant.
a. blouse
b. rank
c. color
d. spring
8. ________ did that new car cost?

a. How much
b. How does
c. How many
d. What much
9. Tom is a ________ in a clothing store.

a. season
b. game
c. pack
d. clerk
10. I ________ go to the dispensary now.

a. want to
b. like
c. put on
d. report
11. Purple, silver, and yellow are ________.

a. seasons
b. ranks
c. stockings
d. colors
12. Beth ________ her friend in the hospital two hours ago.
a. visited
b. visits
c. visit
d. visiting
13. It was very hot inside the airplane. I ________ my jacket.

a. put on
b. took off
c woke up
d. cleaned up
BOOK 4 LESSON 5 123

14. My brother likes to listen to ________.
a. color
b. dance
c. music
d. jacket
15. Were you awake or ________ at 10 o’clock last night?

a. asleep
b. sleep
c. fall asleep
d. fell asleep
16. My children ________ baseball on Saturdays.

a. plays
b. playing
c. play
d. is playing
17. What time did the movie ________?

a. end
b. ends
c. ended
d. ending
18. Ted wants to buy ________ black shoes over there.

a. those
b. these
c. this
d. that
19. A civilian wears a suit to work. A soldier wears a __________.

a. salute
b. report
c. gloves
d. uniform
20. They had good music at the ________.

a. military
b. dance
c. sport
d. report

21. The men’s store is ________.
a. town
b. cost
c. statement
d. downtown
22. What animal has black and white ________?

a. packs
b. caps
c. stripes
d. ranks
23. We must carry our ID cards all the time.

a. indent
b. inside
c. identification
d. indentation
24. The day before yesterday was Tuesday. Today is ________.

a. Thursday
b. Wednesday
c. Friday
d. Monday
25. Which word has the past tense sound /d /?

a. cleaned
b. looked
c. saluted
d. played
26. Which word has the past tense sound /t /?

a. danced
b. learned
c. wanted
d. studied
27. Which word has the past tense sound /d /?

a. visited
b. watched
c. ended
d. answered
BOOK 4 LESSON 5 125

– USER NOTES –

APPENDIX A Word List
A didn’t (did + not) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

again . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 downtown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
all . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 dress (n) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
apostrophe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 E
asleep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 end (v) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
autumn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 F
awake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 fall (n) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
B fall asleep  fell asleep . . . . . . . . . . . 3
ball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 false . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
baseball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 first lieutenant/1st Lt . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
basketball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 football (pro football) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
become  became . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 G
begin  began . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 general/Gen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Georgetown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
blouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 gloves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 gold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
boots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 gray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
break (n) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Great. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
break (n) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
bring  brought . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 H
brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 hang (up)  hung (up) . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
C hat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
can (ability) (permission) . . . . . . . . . . 3 headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
cannot (can + not) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 head set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
can’t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 help (v) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
cap (n) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Here you are. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
captain/Capt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Houston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 How about Saturday? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
cigarette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 How about you? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
city (cities) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 How's it going? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
clean (up) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 I
clerk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 ID card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
clothes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
coat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 indent (v) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
colonel/Col . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 It's 2210 hours. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
J
comma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
jacket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
contraction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
cook (v) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 K
cool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 L
cost  cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Let's get together. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
D lieutenant/Lt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Dallas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 lieutenant colonel/Lt Col . . . . . . . . . . 2
dance (n) (v) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 like (to) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
day: the day after tomorrow . . . . . . . . 4 live . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
day: the day before yesterday . . . . . . . 4 long. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
did . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Los Angeles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
BOOK 4 APPENDIX A A-1

M silver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
ma'am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 skirt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
major/Maj. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 slacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
may. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 smoke (v) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
military . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 soccer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 socks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
must . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 sport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
mustn’t (must + not) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 spring (n) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
N start (to) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
name tag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
naval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 stockings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
necktie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 store (n) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 stripe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
O suit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
on time .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 summer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
orange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 sweater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
over here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 T
over there . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 take  took . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
P take a break  took a break .. . . . . . . 2
pack (n) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 take off  took off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
pants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
paragraph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 tennis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 that . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
pink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 That looks good. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 these . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
post (n) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 this . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
punctuate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 those . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
punctuation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 tie (n) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
purple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 town . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
put on  put on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 true . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Q T-shirt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
question mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 U
R uniform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
rank (n) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 V
Really? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 visit (v). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
record (v) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 visit (n) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
red . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 W
report (v) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 wake up  woke up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
restaurant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 warm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
S Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
salute (v) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 wear  wore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
San Antonio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 well . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
scarf (scarves) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 What about you? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 white . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
second lieutenant/2nd Lt . . . . . . . . . . . 2 winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
sell  sold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 with . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
sentence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Wow, you look great. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
sergeant/Sgt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 X
shirt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Y
shoes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 yellow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
show (n) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Z
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APPENDIX B Structure List
PART OF WORD OR
SPEECH STRUCTURE SENTENCE PATTERN LESSON
Adjectives Demonstrative this/that, these/those 4

Adjectives Interrogative what 4
Adverbs Interrogative how much/how many 4
Verbs Modals can (ability) 3

Verbs Modals can/may (permission) 3
Verbs Modals must (necessity/obligation) 3
Verbs Modals must not (prohibition) 3
Verbs Past tense regular verbs 1
Verbs Past tense irregular verbs 2
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APPENDIX C The English Alphabet
TYPESCRIPT HAND PRINTED CURSIVE

CAPITAL SMALL CAPITAL SMALL CAPITAL SMALL
A a A a A a
B b B b B b
C c C c C c
D d D d D d
E e E e E e
F f F f F f
G g G g G g
H h H h H h
I i I i I i
J j J j J j
K k K k K k
L l L l L l
M m M m M m
N n N n N n
O o O o O o
P p P p P p
Q q Q q Q q
R r R r R r
S s S s S s
T t T t T t
U u U u U u
V v V v V v
W w W w W w
X x X x X x
Y y Y y Y y
Z z Z z Z z
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APPENDIX D American English Sounds
English is not spelled phonetically. The same sound is spelled several different
ways. For this reason it is helpful to assign separate symbols to each sound. The
following is the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) system. Twenty-four (24)
consonant symbols, eleven (11) vowel symbols, and five (5) symbols representing
diphthongs are used to represent the significant sounds of American English.
These charts are only aids and not to be memorized. However, the students must
be aware of the different sounds represented in these charts. They must be able
to recognize and repeat them accurately.
VOWELS CONSONANTS
Symbol Examples Symbol Examples
/i/ he, meet, teach, chief /p/ past, stop, put, paper
// in, is, sit, big /b/ bed, baby, barber, lab
/e/ day, make, train, vein, steak /t/ take, sent, ten, gentle
/ε/ met, let, said, bread /d/ date, student, do, hard
// cash, half, laugh, hand /k/ car, chemical, recorder, book
// father, far, heart, pot, not // gas, eggs, dog, cigar
// all, saw, bought, caught /m/ arm, my, number, from
/oυ/ go, know, coat, tow, pole /n/ no, line, find, noon
/υ/ book, took, good, should /ŋ/ sing, long, wrong, rank
/u/ food, blue, blew, do, soup /l/ well, laboratory, always, let
// cup, son, sun, enough /r/ read, course, for, write
// I, nice, tie, buy, by, write /f/ farmer, affirm, phone, laugh
// noise, boy, point, oil /v/ very, give, live, seven
/υ/ out, now, town, mouth /θ/ thank, Thursday, bath, north
// ago, alphabet, listen, student /ð/ the, this, these, weather
// her, bird, doctor, earn /s/ see, this, lesson, tapes
/z/ zero, rose, blows, dozen
// ship, nation, should, push
// pleasure, measure, usual
/h/ have, he, how, hot
/t/ chair, teacher, picture, march
/d/ judge, bridge, page, July
/w/ we, walk, wish, away
/j/ yes, you, yesterday, young
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APPENDIX E List of Contractions
aren’t – (are not) we’ll – (we will / we shall )

can’t – (cannot) we’re – (we are)
couldn’t – (could not) we’ve – (we have)
didn’t – (did not) what’s – (what is)
doesn’t – (does not) where’s – (where is)
don’t – (do not) who’s – (who is / who has)
hasn’t – (has not) won’t – (will not)
haven’t – (have not) wouldn’t – (would not)
he’d – (he would / he had) you’d – (you would / you had)
he’ll – (he will) you’ll – (you will)
he’s – (he is / he has) you’re – (you are)
how’s – (how is) you’ve – (you have)
I’d – (I would / I had)
I’ll – (I will / I shall)
I’m – (I am)
I’ve – (I have)
isn’t – (is not)
it’s – (it is / it has)
let’s – (let us)
mustn’t – (must not)
she’d – (she would / she had)
she’ll – (she will / she shall)
she’s – (she is / she has)
shouldn’t – (should not)
that’s – (that is)
they’d – (they would / they had)
they’ll – (they will / they shall)
they’re – (they are)
they’ve – (they have)
we’d – (we would / we had)
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APPENDIX F Spelling Rules for Regular Past Tense Verbs
VERB ENDING -ED ENDING BASE FORM PAST TENSE
talk talked
2 consonants CC
want wanted
2 vowels + 1 repeat repeated

VVC
consonant clean cleaned
add
vowel + y VY -ed play played
vowel + consonant open opened

in a 2-syallable
VC
word with stress on
first syllable answer answered
Drop the -e circle circled

consonant + e CE and add
-ed shave shaved
vowel + consonant
VC stop stopped
in a 1-syllable word
Double the
consonant
vowel + consonant and add occur occurred
in a 2-syllable -ed
VC
word with stress on
second syllable prefer preferred
study studied
Change y to i
consonant + y CY and add dry dried
-ed
try tried
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APPENDIX G Principal Parts of Some Irregular Verbs
Present Past Past Participle Present Past Past Participle

arise arose arisen fall fell fallen
feed fed fed
be was been feel felt felt
bear bore borne fight fought fought
beat beat beaten find found found
become became become flee fled fled
begin began begun fly flew flown
bend bent bent forget forgot forgotten
bet bet bet forgive forgave forgiven
bid bid bid freeze froze frozen
bind bound bound
bite bit bitten get got gotten (got)
bleed bled bled give gave given
blow blew blown grind ground ground
break broke broken grow grew grown
bring brought brought
build built built hang hung hung
burst burst burst have had had
buy bought bought hear heard heard
hide hid hidden
cast cast cast hit hit hit
catch caught caught hold held held
choose chose chosen hurt hurt hurt
come came come
cost cost cost keep kept kept
creep crept crept know knew known
cut cut cut
lay laid laid
deal dealt dealt lead led led
dig dug dug leave left left
do did done lend lent lent
draw drew drawn let let let
drink drank drunk lie lay lain
drive drove driven light lit lit (lighted)
lose lost lost
eat ate eaten
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Present Past Past Participle Present Past Past Participle
make made made spend spent spent
mean meant meant spin spun spun
meet met met split split split
spread spread spread
pay paid paid spring sprang sprung
put put put stand stood stood
steal stole stolen
quit quit quit stick stuck stuck
sting stung stung
read read read strike struck struck
ride rode ridden string strung strung
ring rang rung swear swore sworn
rise rose risen sweep swept swept
run ran run swim swam swum
swing swung swung
say said said
see saw seen take took taken
seek sought sought teach taught taught
shake shook shaken tear tore torn
sell sold sold tell told told
send sent sent think thought thought
set set set throw threw thrown
shed shed shed
shine shone shone understand understood understood
shoot shot shot
show showed shown wake woke woken
shrink shrank shrunk wear wore worn
shut shut shut weave wove woven
sing sang sung weep wept wept
sink sank sunk wet wet wet
sit sat sat win won won
sleep slept slept wind wound wound
slide slid slid wring wrung wrung
speak spoke spoken write wrote written
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APPENDIX H Patterns of Irregular Verbs
PAST
INFINITIVE PAST
PARTICIPLE
1. Three principal parts the same hit hit hit
quit quit quit
split split split
bet bet bet
let let let
set set set
put put put
cut cut cut
shut shut shut
bid bid bid
hurt hurt hurt
burst burst burst
cost cost cost
shed shed shed
spread spread spread
cast cast cast
2. Last two principal parts the same

a. Final consonant change only have had had
make made made
build built built
bend bent bent
spend spent spent
send sent sent
b. Vowel change only meet met met

read read read
bleed bled bled
feed fed fed
lead led led
light lit lit
slide slid slid
sit sat sat
shoot shot shot
hold held held
win won won
shine shone shone
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PAST
INFINITIVE PAST
PARTICIPLE
find found found
wind wound wound
bind bound bound
dig dug dug
stick stuck stuck
strike struck struck
c. Vowel change - Addition of -t or -d sleep slept slept

keep kept kept
creep crept crept
weep wept wept
think thought thought
teach taught taught
buy bought bought
catch caught caught
fight fought fought
seek sought sought
mean meant meant
leave left left
flee fled fled
tell told told
sell sold sold
lose lost lost
hear heard heard
understand understood understood
3. Three principal parts differ

a. No similarity be was been
go went gone
do did done
b. Vowel change - Addition of -n arise arose arisen

drive drove driven
fly flew flown
ride rode ridden
rise rose risen
c. Vowel change - No -n sing sang sung

ring rang rung
drink drank drunk
swim swam swum
begin began begun
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PAST
INFINITIVE PAST
PARTICIPLE
d. First and third vowels similar blow blew blown
know knew known
grow grew grown
throw threw thrown
run ran run
come came come
eat ate eaten
give gave given
see saw seen
draw drew drawn
e. Second and third vowels similar break broke broken

speak spoke spoken
choose chose chosen
steal stole stolen
tear tore torn
wear wore worn
swear swore sworn
bear bore born
get got got (gotten)
forget forgot forgotten
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APPENDIX I Punctuation and Capitalization
Punctuation
A. PERIOD (.)
1. Use a period at the end of a statement or command.
The pen and paper are on the table.
Go to the chalkboard and write your name.
2. Use a period after an abbreviation or an initial.
NOTE: Abbreviated military ranks do not require a period.
Feb. (February) Mr. Brown a.m.
Dr. Smith (Doctor Smith) Ms. Little p.m.
J. Jones (John Jones) Mrs. White Maj Johnson
B. QUESTION MARK (?)

Use a question mark after a question. Sometimes the question may be written
like a statement.
How many children are in your family?
He’s here today?
C. EXCLAMATION MARK (!)

Use an exclamation mark after words, sentences, or expressions that show
excitement, surprise, or emotion. Any exclamation, even if not a sentence, will
end with an exclamation mark.
What a game!
Look out!
Do it!
Wow! Oh!
D. QUOTATION MARKS (“ ”)
1. Use quotation marks to show the words of a speaker. They’re always placed above
the line and are used in pairs.
John said, “The commissary closes at 2100 hours today.”
“Where are the children?” she asked.
2. If the words of the speaker are divided into two parts, use quotation marks
around both parts.
“Do you,” she asked, “go to the library after class?”
3. Use quotation marks around the titles of chapters, articles, parts of books and
magazines, short poems, short stories, and songs.
Last night, I read the chapter “Grammar Is Easy” in our book. Then, I read the article
“Learning English” in the newspaper.
BOOK 4 APPENDIX I I-1

E. APOSTROPHE (’)
1. Use an apostrophe in contractions.
I’m she’s they’re
isn’t aren’t can’t
what’s where’s Bob’s
o’clock (of the clock)
2. Use an apostrophe to indicate possession.
a. If the noun is singular, add–’s.
Bill’s book
the girl’s coat
b. When the noun is plural, add–’s, if the plural does not end in s.
the children’s clothes
the men’s shirts
c. If the plural noun ends in s, add only an apostrophe.
the boys’ shoes
the libraries’ books
F. COMMA (,)
1. Use commas to separate items in a series.
We ate sandwiches, potato chips, and fruit for lunch.
She looked behind the chairs, under the bed, and in the kitchen for her notebook.
2. Use a comma before the conjunctions and, but, or, nor, for, yet when they join
independent clauses.
We lived in Venezuela for three years, and then we returned to the United States.
Frank can speak Chinese well, but he can’t read it.
3. Use a comma after an introductory clause or phrase to separate it from the rest
of the sentence.
After we study this book, we want to take a break.
Because John was sick, he didn’t take the test.
Looking up at the sky, the small boy suddenly ran home.
4. Use a comma after words such as yes, no, well when they begin a sentence.
Do you want to go to the library? I didn’t pass the test.
Yes, I do. Well, study more.
5. Use commas to separate the words of a speaker from the rest of the sentence.
“Listen to me,” she said.
Jack asked, “Where’s my lunch?”
“I don’t know,” said John, “the answer to the question.”
6. Use a comma in dates and addresses.
June 9, 1970
143 Main Street, Los Angeles, California
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7. Use a comma in figures to separate thousands.
5,000 (or 5000)
10,000
6,550,000
Capitalization
1. Capitalize the first word of a sentence.
The boy stood up and walked outside.
Your book is behind the chair.
2. Capitalize the names of people, cities, states, countries, and languages.
Mark Bill Mary Linda
San Antonio Chicago Houston London
Texas California Florida New York
Spain United States Canada Venezuela
Arabic Chinese Russian English
3. Capitalize the names of schools, streets, buildings, bridges, companies, and
organizations.
Defense Language Institute University of Chicago
Main Street Empire State Building
Golden Gate Bridge Ford Motor Company
General Motors National Football League
4. Capitalize the days of the week, months of the year, and holidays.
Sunday Monday Tuesday
June July August
Christmas Easter Thanksgiving
5. Capitalize titles and military ranks before names.
Gen Roberts Capt Smith Sgt Jones
Professor Land President Lincoln
6. Capitalize the pronoun “I.”
I can’t go with you.
I’m happy to see you again.
7. Capitalize the first word of every direct quotation.
She asked, “Can I sit here?”
“We saw her,” said John, “at the university.”
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APPENDIX K Flash Cards
Bk 4 1:1 ball Bk 4 3:18 suit

Bk 4 1:2 restaurant Bk 4 3:19 sweater
Bk 4 1:3 sports Bk 4 3:20 tie
Bk 4 1:4 baseball Bk 4 3:21 T-shirt
Bk 4 1:5 basketball Bk 4 3:22 put on/put on
Bk 4 1:6 football Bk 4 3:23 take off/took off
Bk 4 1:7 soccer Bk 4 3:24 wear/wore
Bk 4 1:8 tennis Bk 4 3:25 wake up/woke up
Bk 4 2:1 cap Bk 4 4:1 headphones
Bk 4 2:2 cigarette Bk 4 4:2 store
Bk 4 2:3 ID card Bk 4 4:3 seasons
Bk 4 2:4 name tag Bk 4 4:4 autumn/fall
Bk 4 2:5 salute Bk 4 4:5 spring
Bk 4 2:6 smoke Bk 4 4:6 summer
Bk 4 2:7 uniform Bk 4 4:7 winter
Bk 4 2:8 ranks & insignia Bk 4 4:8 colors
Bk 4 2:9 general Bk 4 4:9 black
Bk 4 2:10 colonel Bk 4 4:10 blue
Bk 4 2:11 lieutenant colonel Bk 4 4:11 brown
Bk 4 2:12 major Bk 4 4:12 gray
Bk 4 2:13 captain Bk 4 4:13 green
Bk 4 2:14 1st lieutenant Bk 4 4:14 orange
Bk 4 2:15 2nd lieutenant Bk 4 4:15 pink
Bk 4 2:16 sergeant Bk 4 4:16 purple
Bk 4 3:1 clothes Bk 4 4:17 red
Bk 4 3:2 belt Bk 4 4:18 white
Bk 4 3:3 blouse Bk 4 4:19 yellow
Bk 4 3:4 boots
Bk 4 3:5 coat
Bk 4 3:6 dress
Bk 4 3:7 gloves
Bk 4 3:8 hat
Bk 4 3:9 jacket
Bk 4 3:10 pants
Bk 4 3:11 scarf
Bk 4 3:12 shirt
Bk 4 3:13 shoes
Bk 4 3:14 skirt
Bk 4 3:15 slacks
Bk 4 3:16 socks
Bk 4 3:17 stockings
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HOMEWORK FOR BOOK 4 LESSON 1
EXERCISE A Write the past tense of the verbs.
EXAMPLE: learn learned
1. cook 6. want
2. listen 7. shave
3. repeat 8. stop
4. play 9. watch
5. answer 10. study
EXERCISE B Complete the sentences with words from the box.
all month long all afternoon long

all morning long all evening long
all night long all day long
all week long all year long
1. Mr. Bates works all year long.
2. Children like to play
3. John wants to sleep
4. Soldiers cleaned their rooms
5. We studied English
6. Julie likes to swim
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EXERCISE C Write long answers to the questions about Tom and Maggie.
Ted and Maggie lived in a small town in

Spain from 1997 to 1999. They studied at a school,
and they learned Spanish. They liked it there. In
2001, they visited Spain again. They talked to their
Spanish friends, and they were very happy.
1. Did Ted and Maggie live in Chicago from 1997 to 1999?
No, they didn’t live in Chicago. They lived in Spain.
2. Did Ted and Maggie live in a big city in Spain?
3. Did they learn Spanish?
4. Did they study Spanish at home?
5. Did they visit England in 2001?
6. Did they talk to their Spanish friends?
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EXERCISE D Use the words to complete the sentences.
all long visit

again downtown towns
1. Houston and Dallas are not ________. They’re cities.
2. My friend Hector was here for ten minutes. His ________ was very short.
3. Marty liked New York. She wants to go __________.
4. Mr. Tanner’s office is ____________.
5. The baseball game was three hours ________.
6. Did you listen to __________ the tapes for this lesson?
EXERCISE E Select the a verb to complete each sentence. Use past tense.
live play work visit walk

cook clean up like end
1. After we ate, we _______________.
2. Dinner was very good. John _______________ for us.
3. We _______________ tennis last weekend.
4. The movie started at 7:00 and _______________ at 9:00.
5. I _______________the show we saw last night.
6. Julie _______________ Chicago last week.
7. Jason _______________ in Houston for three years.
8. He _______________ as a cook in a restaurant.
9. He _______________ to work every day last year.

EXERCISE F Write past tense questions with too.
1. Mr. Brown worked late last week. (this week)

Did he work late this week, too?
2. Kim closed the door. (window)
3. They visited Houston. (Dallas)
4. Mark learned 50 new words. (George)
5. Ben and Scott played tennis last week. (yesterday)
EXERCISE G Match each beginning with the best ending.
Choose the best sentence ending.
1. John went to visit a. and ended at 9:00.
2. Clean up b. his sister in Chicago.
3. They ate a big dinner c. at a restaurant in Chicago.
4. The show started at 7:00 d. after you cook.
Choose the best statement or question.
5. Sally doesn’t live in the city. e. No, he played soccer.
6. Tina cleaned her car. f. She went to six countries.
7. Did Jim play basketball yesterday? g. She lives in a small town.
8. Judy traveled all summer long. h. Did she clean her room, too?

EXERCISE H Look at the pictures. Write questions and short answers.
1. Ken and Terry / soccer / yesterday
Q:
A:
2. Ted and Ron / tennis / last week
Q:
A:
3. Paul / football / this morning
Q:
A:
4. James / basketball / last week
Q:
A:

EXERCISE I Read the clues and write the word that has the same meaning.
ACROSS → DOWN ↓
1. movie 1. begin
5. small city 2. sport
6. place to eat 3. part of a city
7. make to eat 4. city in Texas
8. city in Texas 7. city in Illinois
10. city in California 9. one more time
11. stop
1.
S H O W
2. 3.
4. 5.
6.
7.
8. 9.
10.
11.

EXERCISE J Write the paragraph in the past tense.
Jack lives in Venezuela. He is learning Spanish there. He doesn’t go to a

Spanish class. He memorizes dialogs in a Spanish book. He watches TV shows, and
he also listens to the radio every day. He asks questions about the language, and he
looks up words in the dictionary. He talks to his friends in Spanish, too.
EXERCISE K Use the past tense to answer the questions.

1. Did Jack live in Venezuela ?

Yes, he lived in Venezuela.
2. Did Jack study English in Venezuela?
3. Did he memorize dialogs in his French book?
4. Did Jack watch TV shows?
5. Did he ask questions about Spanish?
6. Did he talk to his friends in Spanish?

EXERCISE L Alphabetize the words.
city brother sport

check baseball soccer
car basketball sailor
cook bread start
clean ball show
1. 2. 3.
EXERCISE M Mark the correct stress pattern for each word.
1. basketball 2. civilian 3. belong 4. football
a. a. a. a.
b. b. b. b.
c. c. c. c.
d. d. d. d.
EXERCISE N Write questions to ask a classmate about sports or travel.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

EXERCISE A Read the paragraph. Mark the sentences T for true or F for false.
Lt Pine and Lt Adams are good friends. Last Friday at lunch they went
to the BX. They both bought dictionaries, notebooks, and pencils. Lt Pine bought
cigarettes. Lt Adams didn’t buy cigarettes. He doesn’t smoke. He got a radio.
1. Lt Pine and Lt Adams are good friends.
2. They bought pencils at the BX.
3. Lt Adams bought cigarettes.
4. Lt Pine doesn’t smoke.
5. Lt Pine bought a radio.
EXERCISE B Alphabetize the words.
lunch Sunday this

look small taxi
lieutenant spring train
lab show today
letter start Tuesday
1. 2. 3.

EXERCISE C Write the past tense of a word in the box in each blank.
.
drink have speak

drive drink
leave say eat
On Friday, Lt Pine and Lt Adams __________ the BX and went to the mess
hall. They __________ lunch. They both ___________ hamburgers, but they had
different drinks. Lt Pine __________ tea, and Lt Adams ___________ soda. After
lunch, they took Lt Pine’s car and __________ to their new office. Capt Smith
_________to the two men and __________ Col Quest was coming to see them.
EXERCISE D Write each word in the correct category.
Egypt Spanish lieutenant officer Arabic Venezuela

enlisted man English France China French post
MILITARY COUNTRIES LANGUAGES

EXERCISE E Write the past tense of the verb.
Col Quest __________ to our base last Friday. A lieutenant __________

come drive
his car. The colonel visited offices in the new building. He walked in and
the men and women ____________ and ____________. The colonel ____________ to
stand salute talk
all the airmen for two or three minutes. Then the colonel and Capt Smith
went in the captain’s office and they ___________ for fifteen minutes.
speak
The colonel ____________ the building at 1530 hours. He liked the new offices.
leave
EXERCISE F Write three questions about the colonel’s day.
1. Where did the colonel go?
2. Who
3. What
4. When
EXERCISE G Answer the questions you wrote.
1. Col Quest went to the base.
2.
3.
4.

EXERCISE H Write the abbreviation for each rank under its insignia.
1st Lt Maj
Gen Capt Col
Lt Col 2d Lt
gold silver
1. 2.
gold silver
3. 4. 5.
6. 7.

EXERCISE I Write the past tense of the verb.
I ____________ a new class yesterday morning. The students ____________

begin know
my name. I _______________ their names. I ____________ their names on their

do not know read
name tags. I ____________ new words on the board. The students ____________
write learn
the new words. We ____________ class for 50 minutes, and then we ____________
have take
a break. The students ____________ outside. They ____________ coffee and

go drink
____________. After the break, we ____________ to the lab. The students

smoke go
____________ to two tapes. One student _________________ his lab book. He

listen do not bring
____________ his sentences in his notebook. I like my new class.

write
EXERCISE J Choose the correct stress pattern for each word.
1. uniform 2. general 3. lieutenant 4. colonel
a. a. a. a.
b. b. b. b.
c. c. c. c.
d. d. d. d.

EXERCISE K Fill in each blank with the correct word.
Use your answers on this page for the crossword puzzle on the next page.
saw heard stripes

salute flew took
cigarettes bought drove
wrote captain naval
ACROSS →
2. We _______________ books at the BX.
3. Joe _______________ a loud noise last night.
5. Sergeants have _______________ on their uniforms.
9. I _______________ my wife a letter last night.
10. Jack is a major. Last year he was a _______________.
12. We had a nice vacation. We _______________to Hawaii.
DOWN ↓
1. I quit smoking. _______________ cost a lot in this country.
4. Julie _______________ to Dallas in four hours in her new car.
6. We _______________ a good show while we were in Dallas.
7. It _______________ three hours to drive to Houston in my car.
8. You always _______________ an officer.
11. My brother is a sailor. He works on a _______________ base.

EXERCISE L Complete the crossword. Use the answers from Exercise K.
1.
2. 3. 4.
5. 6.
7.
8. 9.
10. 11.
12.

EXERCISE M Use the words in parentheses to answer the questions.
1. Where did they put their books? (on the desk)

They put their books on the desk.
2. When did Mary fly a plane? (this morning)
3. Who chose the correct answer? (John)
4. Where did Lt Smith swim yesterday? (on base)
5. Who sat in his new chair? (my father)
EXERCISE N Write the civilian or military time.
CIVILIAN MILITARY CIVILIAN MILITARY
1:00 p.m. 0100
4:14 a.m. 9:10 p.m.
noon 5:40 a.m.
2030 1614
6:20 a.m. 1820
1740 2400

EXERCISE O Match each beginning with the best ending.
Choose the best sentence ending.
1. I’m tired. It’s time a. does class start?
2. What time b. on time.
3. I want to get to the game c. did his car cost?
4. How much d. to take a break.
Choose the best answer.
5. When did you buy those shoes? e. Yes, I swam.
6. Did you exercise yesterday? f. No, he ate a big breakfast.
7. Is John hungry? g. Yes, I have a quiz today.
8. Did you study yesterday? h. I bought them yesterday.
EXERCISE P Write the number of syllables and the past tense sound.
1. report 2 reported 3 əd
2. end ended
3. cook cooked
4. play played
5. smoke smoked
6. start started
7. live lived
8. visit visited

EXERCISE Q Read about Eisenhower again. Then write about your life.

EXERCISE A Write the names of the clothes.
a.
a.
b. e. b.
c.
d.
c. e.
f.
d.
f.
i. g.
g. j. h.
i.
j.
k. k.
l.
h.
l.

EXERCISE B Select the correct word, and write it in the blank.
1. I am thirsty. _________ I go and drink some water?

a. Be
b. May
c. Am
d. Does
2. The teacher says not to smoke in her classroom. We _________ smoke

in her classroom.
a. mustn’t
b. may
c. are
d. doesn’t
3. I don’t know how to play basketball. I _________ play basketball.

a. can
b. must
c. can’t
d. may
EXERCISE C Write answers with can, may, must, can’t, or must not .
1. Tom wants to smoke in class. He asks the teacher. What does she say?
You must not smoke in class.

2. My friend Terry likes to swim. She learned to swim 10 years ago. She
swims every day. What do I say?
3. You are sick. Your head is hot. Your feet are cold. What do you ask the
teacher?
4. You lost your homework. You looked in your room. You looked in the
classroom. You looked in the library. Who must you speak to?

EXERCISE D Write questions and answers. First use can; then use may.
Numbers 1 and 2 are examples.
1. I / have / an apple / can Can I have an apple?

Yes, you can.
2. I / have / an apple / may May I have an apple?
Yes, you may.
3. we / go / swimming / can
4. we / go / swimming / may
5. Jane / go / outside / can
6. Jane / go / outside / may
7. I / sit / here / can
8. I / sit / here / may
9. we / go / to Dallas / can
10. we / go / to Dallas / may
11. I / play / soccer / today / can
12. I / play / soccer / today / may

EXERCISE E Match the answer to the question.
1. Tom wants to leave early. a. She speaks English well.

What does he ask?
Airman Jones is outside. He’s not

2. b. George can’t speak Russian.
wearing a hat.
What does the sergeant say?
3. My friend studied English for c. May I leave early?

10 years. What do I say?
4. George doesn’t know Russian. d. You must wear your hat outside.
What does his teacher say?
EXERCISE F What can or can’t this girl do. Write sentences.
1. She can’t drive a car.
2.
3.
4.
5.

EXERCISE G Correctly write and punctuate the paragraph.
The first sentence is an example.
linda likes to swim she cant swim very well she swims for sixty to ninety minutes
every day the day before yesterday she swam for two hours she was very tired she
says she wants to swim for just thirty minutes today she doesnt want to be tired
Linda likes to swim.
EXERCISE H Present or past? Write the correct verb form.
1. Paul ____________ sick yesterday.

(is / was)
2. I ____________ my uniform to class every day.

(wear / wore)
3. I ____________ my clothes at 0400 in the morning.

(put on / put on)
4. Bill ____________ his shoes in class yesterday.

(take off / took off)
5. I ____________ at 9 p.m. last night.

(fall asleep / fell asleep)

EXERCISE I Fill in the blanks. Use the past tense.
1. John _______________ his coat and scarf in class yesterday.

(take off)
2. Bob _______________ a suit yesterday morning.

(wear)
3. The teacher _______________ her coat and gloves last night.
(put on)
4. I ________________ at 7:00 a.m. yesterday.

(wake up)
5. My father _______________ watching TV last night.

(fall asleep)
EXERCISE J Complete the paragraph with words from the box.
asleep awake fell asleep

drank had
took well woke up
Last night, Mary didn’t sleep ____________________. She was _______________
at 1:30 a.m. She __________________ at 2:30, and she __________________ at
7:00 this morning. She was very tired. She got up and __________________ a
shower. She got dressed and __________________ coffee. At 8:30 a.m., she went to
school. She just___________________ one class from 9:00 to 10:30. After class, she
went to her room. She was very tired. She went to bed and was _________________
in five minutes.

EXERCISE K Look at the pictures and answer the questions.
1. What is Maria wearing?
2. What is Sam doing?
3. Is Don wearing a suit?
4. Are Bill and Sal wearing caps?

EXERCISE L Write a paragraph. Use all the words in the box.
yesterday
soccer
cold
socks
2:30
TV
EXERCISE M Alphabetize the words.
dodge code teaching

dollar collar teenager
double comma temperature
doing coil technical
dog coach telephone
1. 2. 3.

EXERCISE A Correctly write and punctuate the paragraph.
linda wears different clothes every day she wore a red dress the day before
yesterday she wore a yellow blouse and brown pants on tuesday she likes purple on
wednesday she wore a purple dress she wears blue jeans on fridays
EXERCISE B Alphabetize the words.
bloat white those

black when that
blue where these
blare whose then
blaze what there
1. 2. 3.

EXERCISE C Mark stressed syllables and reduced syllables.
1. about 6. 10 to 2
2. ago 7. awake
3. at the store 8. in a day

KEY
stressed syllable
4. Houston 9. o’clock
reduced syllable
5. before 10. in the fall
EXERCISE D Choose the correct stress pattern for each word.
1. purple 2. yellow 3. how many 4. how much
a. a. a. a.
b. b. b. b.
c. c. c. c.
d. d. d. d.
EXERCISE E Write about the colors in your room.
1. I have a red dictionary.
2.
3.
4.
5.

EXERCISE F Complete the dialog with words from the box.
headphones help these

over here over there
dance cost music
Clerk: May I help you?
Jack: Yes, I want to buy music for a dance.
Clerk: What ____________ do you like?
Jack: My friends and I like all music.
Clerk: Well, ____________ we have Rock and Roll CDs.

____________ we have Country Western.
Jack: Thank you very much.
Jack: May I listen to_____________ CDs, please?

They’re good _________ music.
Clerk: Okay. You can listen with these ____________.
Jack: Ma’am, I like this music. I want to buy these

three CDs. How much do they ____________?
Clerk: They’re $14.95 each.
Jack: That’s great. How much is it for three CDs?
Clerk: That’s $44.85.
Jack: Here’s the money. Thank you very much for

your ____________.

EXERCISE G Fill in each blank with the correct word.
went saw chose dance

clerk headphones wanted listened
bought music store take
ACROSS →
2. Jack’s friends like all __________________.
3. Jack __________________ to buy music.
5. He __________________ to the CDs at the BX.
7. Jack __________________ three CDs for the dance.
9. He wanted CDs for a __________________.
10. The BX is a __________________.
11. Jack will __________________ the CDs to the dance.
DOWN ↓
1. He __________________ the CDs from the clerk.
3. Jack __________________ to the BX.
4. He listened to the CDs on __________________.
6. He __________________ many CDs.
8. The __________________ helped him at the BX.
 Use your answers for the crossword puzzle on the next page.

EXERCISE H Complete the crossword. Use the answers from Exercise G.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5. 6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.

EXERCISE I Match the beginning of each sentence with the best ending.
1. Today is Thursday. The day after tomorrow is a. Friday.
2. Today is Thursday. Tomorrow is b. Tuesday.
3. Today is Thursday. Yesterday was c. Saturday.
4. Today is Thursday. The day before yesterday was d. Wednesday.
5. It’s spring. The season after spring is e. winter.
6. It’s spring. The season before this season is f. fall.
7. It’s winter. The season before winter is g. spring.
8. The season after winter is h. summer.
EXERCISE J Write a paragraph. Use all the words in the word bank.
season
color
music
help
ma’am

EVALUATION EXERCISES FOR BOOK 4 LESSON 1
EXERCISE A Listen and circle the correct letter.
1. a b c d
2. a b c d
3. a b c d
4. a b c d
5. a b c d
BOOK 4 LESSON 1 EVALUATION EXERCISES EE-1

EXERCISE B Listen and write the sentences you hear.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
EXERCISE C Choose the correct stress pattern for each word.
1. baseball 2. yesterday
a. a.
b. b.
c. c.
d. d.
EXERCISE D Alphabetize the words.
bus captain Ann

boy cook August
breakfast Chicago apple
before class all
barracks city again
1. 2. 3.
EE-2 AMERICAN LANGUAGE COURSE

EXERCISE E Select the best answer.
1. Jane __________ baseball yesterday.

a. is playing
b. playing
c. played
d. plays
2. Tom __________ in a restaurant downtown.

a. ends
b. likes
c. visits
d. cooks
3. Tom __________ in Chicago last year.

a. lives
b. lived
c. living
d. is living
4. Please __________ after you cook.

a. did
b. clean up
c. live
d. end
5. Class starts at 0730 and __________ at 1435.

a. plays
b. lives
c. ends
d. works
6. Sally goes __________ on the bus every day.

a. city
b. downtown
c. yesterday
d. library

7. Did Bill play __________ yesterday afternoon?
a. TV
b. Dallas
c. football
d. show
8. What time does class __________?

a. visit
b. start
c. clean
d. again
9. Did you eat at a __________ on Sunday?

a. show
b. hospital
c. restaurant
d. dispensary
10. Bob: Do you live in San Antonio?

Lou: No, I am __________ here.
a. visiting
b. starting
c. watching
d. cleaning
11. Sam: Did you watch the baseball game on TV?

Tom: Yes, __________.
a. I watch
b. I did
c. I did watched
d. I watching
12. Kay: Did Paul play baseball yesterday?

May: No, he __________.
a. not did
b. I did
c. did not
d. no did plays

13. Bob visited Chicago last year, and he wants to go __________ this year.
a. again
b. long
c. like
d. basketball
14. __________ you clean up your room?

a. Did
b. Where
c. What
d. Are
15. Houston is a __________ in Texas.

a. game
b. town
c. city
d. sport
16. There are eleven players on a football __________.

a. game
b. sport
c. team
d. play
17. My brother is a doctor. He __________ in a big hospital downtown.

a. cleans
b. works
c. visits
d. ends
18. On Saturday, let’s play __________.

a. basketball
b. restaurant
c. town
d. visit

19. Ben: Did you watch the new ____________ on TV last night?
Tim: No, I went downtown with friends.
a. ball
b. show
c. city
d. restaurant
20. Mr. Gregg is at the office from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. He
works __________.
a. all night
b. all year long
c. all day long
d. every day
EXERCISE F Finish the statements by matching.
1. Did you play basketball a. all day long.
2. Yes, we played b. 2:00 p. m. are the same.
3. On Saturday John played soccer c. at the base.
4. 1400 and d. friends in Chicago last week.
5. Joe is from Houston, and e. after class yesterday?
6. Joe and Joan visited f. Joan is from Dallas.
7. Los Angeles is g. the show last night.
8. Jason didn’t like h. a city in California.

EXERCISE A Read the question. Then listen and write your answer.
Dialog 1: What did Ben’s father do?
Dialog 2: What does Jan want to eat?
EXERCISE B Listen to two paragraphs. Select a true statement for each one.
Paragraph 1: a. Capt Barnes slept at the movies.

b. The movie ended at 7:00 p.m.
c. They had a snack after the movie.
d. They had a hamburger and French fries at the movies.
Paragraph 2: a. Henry eats lunch in his brother’s room.

b. Bob and Henry are civilians.
c. They go to the dining hall for lunch.
d. Sometimes Henry goes to the base.
EXERCISE C Choose the correct stress pattern for each word.
1. cigarette 2. salute 3. afternoon 4. lieutenant
a. a. a. a.
b. b. b. b.
c. c. c. c.
d. d. d. d.

EXERCISE D Which box has words that go together?
Circle a or b.
a. banana b. Spanish
nickel Arabic
basketball English
sergeant French
EXERCISE E Circle the verb in the first sentence. Then fill in the blank.
1. Joe begins lab today. Yesterday he _______________ class.
2. Julie goes to the library on Tuesdays. Last night she ______________ to the
BX.
3. I buy books at the BX. Yesterday I ____________ notebooks and pencils.
4. Jim brings his lunch. On Monday he ____________ fruit and a salad.
5. We write many words each day. Last week we ___________ 200 new words.
6. My class takes a break in the morning. We _______ a break at 0900 yesterday.
7. I drink coffee every day. Yesterday, I _______________ four cups.
8. Joe swims after class every day. Yesterday he__________ for an hour.
9. I sleep 8 hours a night. Last night I ______________ 10 hours.
10. Monday to Friday I get up at 7 a.m. Last Sunday I ____________ at 8:30.
11. I begin my breakfast at 7:15 a.m. I ____________ my breakfast at 9 on

Sunday.
12 I leave for the office at 8 on weekdays. I _____________ at noon last Sunday.

EXERCISE F Write questions for the answers.
1. Where did you go yesterday?

I went to the movies.
2.
Lt Martin brought these books.
3.
It ended at 2300 hours.
4.
He came two days ago.
5.
I bought books for my children.
EXERCISE G Circle the same word as the key word.
1. ball tall bell wall ball bad
2. colonel calendar captain colonel carpet Canada
3. alphabet apple April another alphabet around
4. asleep asleep aren’t August alter awake
5. book bored bread boy box book
6. city civil city cite cities class
7. didn’t didn’t doesn’t do does don’t
8. drank door drank drink drive does
9. football fast ball soccer ballet tennis football
10. hear hello here hire hear her

EXERCISE H Select the best answer.
1. Carol is a new major. Last year she was a _______.

a. sergeant
b. second lieutenant
c. first lieutenant
d. captain
2. The stripes on a sergeant’s uniform are the _______.

a. name tag
b. rank
c. names
d. ID card
3. John is in the Army. He lives on a _______.

a. naval base
b. military rank
c. post
d. base
4. Tim can’t smoke. He doesn’t have a _______.

a. radio
b. report
c. cigarette
d. book
5. I didn’t know that airman’s name. She didn’t have her ___________ on.
a. cap
b. name tag
c. uniform
d. rank
6. Airmen always _______ officers.

a. salute
b. report
c. bring
d. begin

7. My brother is a captain. He’s ________.
a. a civilian
b. in the military
c. a rank
d. on time
8. Sailors live on _______ base.

a. an Army
b. an Air Force
c. a naval
d. a post
9. Sandra is in the Air Force. She lives on a _______.

a. base
b. naval base
c. military
d. post
10. Mike Russ is an enlisted man. He’s a _______.

a. civilian
b. second lieutenant
c. major
d. sergeant
11. My _______ has my picture and my name on it.

a. uniform
b. suit
c. ID card
d. cap
12. Col Smith _______ a pack of cigarettes every day.

a. salutes
b. smokes
c. lives
d. reports
13. Class begins at 7:30 every day. It started at 7:40 this morning. This
morning class _______.
a. started on time
b. began early
c. didn’t start on time
d. had 10 students

14. Put your _______ on your head.
a. name tag
b. stripe
c. post
d. cap
15. I’m tired! Let’s take a _______.

a. rank
b. break
c. pack
d. ID card
16. Please ________ your books to class tomorrow.

a. salute
b. report
c. bring
d. buy
17. I _______to the teacher yesterday.

a. speak
b. am speaking
c. to speak
d. spoke
18. It’s 8:50 p.m. It’s ________.

a. 0850
b. 0810
c. 2010
d. 2050
19. I ________ class early yesterday.

a. leaved
b. went out
c. left
d. gone from
20. Sgt. Jones ________ to Los Angeles last week.

a. is flying
b. flew
c. flies
d. fly

EXERCISE A Listen and choose the correct picture.
1. a b c d
2. a b c d
3. a b c d
4. a b c d
5. a b c d

EXERCISE B Listen. Then correctly write and punctuate the paragraph.
sue woke up early this morning she got up and took a shower she put on her
uniform she put on her shoes she looked at the calendar it was Sunday she took off
her uniform she went to bed in five minutes she was asleep again.
EXERCISE C Chose the correct answer.
1. Which has the past tense sound /t /?

a. saluted
b. listened
c. smoked
d. indented
2. Which has the past tense sound /d /?

a. repeated
b. spelled
c. answered
d. asked
3. Which has the past tense sound /d /?

a. talked
b. studied
c. watched
d. wanted

EXERCISE D Choose the correct stress pattern for each word.
1. contraction 2. indent 3. T-shirt 4. paragraph
a. a. a. a.
b. b. b. b.
c. c. c. c.
d. d. d. d.
EXERCISE E Listen and choose the correct answer.
a. Circle the number of the affirmative sentence.

1
2
3
b. Circle the number of the negative sentence.

1
2
3
EXERCISE F Listen. Then correctly write and punctuate the sentences.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

EXERCISE G Select the best answer.
1. What time did you ______ this morning?

a. woke up
b. wakes up
c. wake up
d. waking up
2. Pvt Jones can _______ English, French, Japanese, and German.

a. speak
b. speaks
c. spoke
d. speaking
3. I wore my new pants yesterday.

a. ties
b. socks
c. blouses
d. slacks
4. May I go to the library?

a. No, he didn’t.
b. Yes, it is.
c. No, you must.
d. Yes, you may.
5. We wear _______.
a. books
b. clothes
c. reports
d. posts
6. I must _____ tonight.

a. to study
b. study
c. studies
d. studying

7. These words are in alphabetical order.
a. colonel, captain, cap, cigarette
b. pants, paragraph, pastel, pattern
c. shirt, skirt, shoes, she
d. coat, contraction, clothes, can
8. That man is an officer. Pvt Jones _______ salute officers.

a. may
b. must not
c. must
d. didn’t
9. I don’t know French.

a. I can speak French.
b. I must speak French.
c. I can’t speak French.
d. I mustn’t speak French.
10. I like to sleep late on Saturday, but my children get up early. They are
always _____ before I am.
a. again
b. great
c. well
d. awake
11. It’s cold. Where is my _____?

a. coat
b. book
c. football
d. cigarette
12. Do not smoke cigarettes in this building.

a. You may smoke in this building.
b. You must not smoke in this building.
c. You sometimes smoke in this building.
d. You can smoke in this building.
13. A suit is slacks and a _____.

a. hat
b. jacket
c. shoe
d. dress

14. My son is not awake. He’s _______.
a. awake
b. bored
c. asleep
d. angry
15. Yesterday, Mr. Carter ______ a suit to class.

a. wear
b. wears
c. wore
d. wearing
16. I’m very tired. I am going to ______ in lab this afternoon.

a. put on
b. fall asleep
c. take off
d. wake up
17. I can’t swim very ________.

a. again
b. well
c. true
d. all
18. My sister bought two _______ at the store.

a. hat
b. dress
c. belts
d. scarf
19. I must not write with a pen on the quiz.

a. I can write with a pen on the quiz.
b. I am writing with a pen on the quiz.
c. I cannot write with a pen on the quiz.
d. I write with a pen on the quiz.
20. These words are in alphabetical order.

a. shirt, sock, sport, spring
b. sweater, summer, shoe, show
c. season, salute sentence, scarf
d. smoke, sell, suit, start

EXERCISE A Listen to the paragraph and fill in the missing words.
I like autumn. It’s the __________ season of the year. After the __________
months of the summer, you can __________ be cool. The colors of this __________ are
nice, and the nights __________ short. Autumn is a good season.
EXERCISE B Listen and choose the correct stress pattern for each word.
1. season 2. report 3. winter 4. autumn
a. a. a. a.
b. b. b. b.
c. c. c. c.
d. d. d. d.
EXERCISE C Listen and choose the correct answer.
a. Circle the number of the negative statement.

1
2
3
b. Circle the number of the affirmative statement.

1
2
3

EXERCISE D Read the question. Then write a sentence.
1. What color is a banana?
2. What day is tomorrow?
3. What languages does Paul speak?
4. What time did the test begin?
EXERCISE E Circle the same word as the key word
1. call call calm mall ball tall
2. clerk clam click jerk work clerk
3. dance dive drink dance glance dank
4. gray gold grass green gray okay
5. pencil pen pencil penny pear page
6. took look take took those table
7. child child children China choose circle
8. fly flew fine five fly food
9. say ray see say sad shoe
10. right record write right room rice
11. clock clout close cold coffee clock
12. apple angle apple April answer area

EXERCISE F Select the best answer.
1. John works at a store. He’s a ______.

a. sailor
b. soldier
c. clerk
d. doctor
2. Ms. Moss ______ her students with English.

a. works
b. reads
c. costs
d. helps
3. Today is Monday. ______ is Wednesday.

a. Tomorrow
b. The day before yesterday
c. The day after tomorrow
d. Yesterday
4. It’s December, and it’s cold in the United States. It’s______.

a. summer
b. fall
c. winter
d. spring
5. Autumn and fall are the ______.

a. different
b. same
c. months
d. days
6. Dan: I bought a new shirt yesterday.

Sue: _______________
a. What do you want?
b. What day is tomorrow?
c. What color is it?
d. What must I do?

7. It’s very ______ in here. I want to take off my sweater.
a. cold
b. cool
c. warm
d. white
8. I like to listen to ______ on the radio.

a. music
b. headphones
c. dance
d. spring
9. Catherine listens to CDs on her ______.

a. telephone
b. television
c. headphones
d. radio
10. Tom: _______________

Bob: I went to the BX.
a. What did you read?
b. Where were you last night?
c. When did you come to DLI?
d. Who ate my banana?
11. Which has the past tense sound /d /?

a. wanted
b. selected
c. marked
d. shaved
12. Which has the past tense sound /t /?

a. memorized
b. reviewed
c. visited
d. walked
13. Which has the past tense sound /d /?

a. repeated
b. worked
c. danced
d. played

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➤➤ Computer based training (CBT)

➤➤ Optional training aids

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Second Edition, January 2003

 Making a time line

Where are my clothes? Asking for permission Modals Alphabetizing words

 Ability with can

 Prohibition with  Punctuating

ii AMERICAN LANGUAGE COURSE

BOOK 4 PREFACE iii

iv AMERICAN LANGUAGE COURSE

vi AMERICAN LANGUAGE COURSE

VOCABULARY: Talking about sports and games ................................... 3

DIALOGS: Inviting someone to play sports .................................... 9

GRAMMAR: The simple past tense using regular verbs ................. 10

PRONUNCIATION: Saying the past tense marker –ed ............................... 13

VOCABULARY: A few time expressions to talk about the past ........... 15

GRAMMAR: Making negative past tense statements ..................... 18

VOCABULARY: Let’s go downtown. ....................................................... 20

GRAMMAR: Asking and answering past tense yes/no questions ... 22

READING: Recognizing whole words ............................................. 25

Scanning and graphing information ........................... 26

LISTENING: Taking notes and dictation .......................................... 28

NEW GRAMMAR STRUCTURES USEFUL PHRASES

2 AMERICAN LANGUAGE COURSE

Underline the vocabulary words in this dialog.

Joe: Where are you from?

EXERCISE A Write short answers to the questions.

1. Is Joe from San Antonio or from Georgetown?

2. Is Georgetown a city or a town in Texas?

3. Is Joe from the United States?

4. Is Paul from the United States?

5. Where is Paul from?

6. When did Paul visit New York and Chicago?

Chicago Houston Georgetown

EXERCISE C Mark the primary stress.

2. Dallas 5. San Antonio

4 AMERICAN LANGUAGE COURSE

I’m from Chicago.

I’m from Dallas, Texas. I’m from New York City.

EXERCISE F Read more about Joe, Paul, and sports.

Dialog continued from page 3.

Joe: The Cowboys. They’re the football

1. Do the Dallas Cowboys play basketball or football?

2. Does Paul watch football?

3. Are the Mets a baseball team or a soccer team?

4. Where did Paul watch a baseball game?

5. What time did the game start?

6. What time did the game end?

7. Where did he watch a soccer game?

EXERCISE H Label each picture with the correct name.

6 AMERICAN LANGUAGE COURSE

EXAMPLE : 1. foot football

3. golf golf ball

4. tennis tennis ball

5. soccer soccer ball

EXERCISE J Fill in the blanks to complete the three dialogs.

live like to end play

Mr. Jones: Excuse me. What time does class _____________?

Mr. Smith: At 7:30. It _____________ at 2:30.

Mary: Do you _____________in a _____________or a _____________?

Mary: Do you _______in a _or a _______?

Ann: I _ in a very small _.