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Unit 1 Welcome to the United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Lesson 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Reading/Context Help for New Immigrants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.1 Subject Pronouns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.2 BeAffirmative Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Lesson 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Reading/Context Using the Laundromat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111.3 Contractions (Short Forms) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121.4 Singular and Plural . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141.5 This, That, These, Those . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Lesson 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Reading/Context At the Supermarket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171.6 BeNegative Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191.7 Adjectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201.8 Expressions with It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221.9 Singular and PluralSpelling Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Unit 2 Time and Money . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Lesson 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Reading/Context Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292.1 Possessive Nouns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302.2 Possessive Adjectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Lesson 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Reading/Context Being on Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332.3 BeYes/No Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352.4 Irregular Plural Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Lesson 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Reading/Context At the ATM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402.5 BeWh- Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422.6 Articles A and An . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Unit 3 Sending Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Lesson 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Reading/Context Getting a Social Security Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513.1 ImperativesAffirmative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .