student's book english beginners

ENGLISH BEGINNERS

FIRST PART Beginners Student’s book

To the Student:

Welcome to CANA and Welcome to English class for beginners!

Let me congratulate you for having the courage to learn another language. Maybe this will be

your second language or your third language. If so, by now you know it is not that easy.

But you have the determination to succeed. Remember there is no progress without work and

dedication. Be patience with yourself and don’t worry about making mistakes; mistakes are

necessary to learn.

You must believe you can learn English.

Persistence always wins.

This course is designed for adult students who have limited knowledge or just the basics of

the English language. We are confident that this textbook will help you improve your

English skills.

English class for beginners is a textbook intended to be used for oral practices in the class-

room with a partner or working in groups under the supervision of an instructor. Different

exercises will be given each week such as reading and listening exercises.

The material is divided in 12 lessons containing vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation

exercises. Each lessons are based on daily and practical situations such as shopping for

groceries, asking for

directions, introducing yourself, ordering a meal, etc.

All the exercises in English for beginners are designed to be functional. We are using practi-

cal and situational conversations that we believe will give you immediate tools to put in

practice right a way.

We think you’ll enjoy learning English and using this textbook at CANA. It is our firm belief

that you will improve. At the end of the course you will be speaking a functional English.

We wish you the best!

Your teacher

Miriam Susana Casado

Student’s book FIRST PART Beginners

Automne 2013 Student’s book FIRST PART Beginners

About Us:

CANA, “Assistance Crossroads for Newcomers”, is a community organization

favoring social and economic participation of immigrants to Quebec society.

CANA’s mission is to provide support and coaching for newcomers in their

individual or collective integration process.

CANA achieves its mission by:

Offering welcome, guidance and information services related to different

aspects of living in Quebec (accommodation, education, healthcare, work...);

Organizing integration activities aiming at the acquisition of the common

language, social and community actions and democratic practice;

Initiating opportunities for meetings and intercultural community actions;

Promoting citizen involvement in the choice, organization and accomplish-

ment of CANA’s activities.

Supporting the positive contribution of immigration to the human and

cultural prosperity.

Defending overtly immigrants and refugees acknowledged rights and

fighting racism and exclusion;

Developing links with local and national organizations.


Lettre de la directrice:

Il me fait plaisir de vous présenter, au nom de l’équipe du CANA et

de Susana Casado, notre bénévole passionnée ce manuel d’apprentissage de l’an-

glais langue seconde.

Le CANA n’a pas changé de vocation et reste avant tout un organisme d’aide

aux personnes immigrantes et non un éditeur de manuels scolaires. Cependant,

nous avons trouvé important de créer un outil qui nous ressemble, qui ressemble

à la façon dont vous, participants du CANA, abordez l’apprentissage d’une 2e

ou 3e langue.

Réservé aux personnes qui maitrisent la langue française, langue commune du

Québec, ce manuel a pour but de vous guider dans, vos premières phrases en

Anglais. Vous y apprendrez à communiquer dans différents moments de la vie

quotidienne et à interagir entre vous en Anglais.

A l’image du CANA, ce manuel compte sur vous, vos suggestions et vos idées

pour s’améliorer et s’enrichir.

Let’s speak English !

Florence Bourdeau

Directrice CANA

Table of contents

LESSON 1 — HERE I AM – SUSAN

LESSON 2 — MEET MY FAMIY, FRIENDS, AND NEIGHBORS

LESSON 3 — THIS IS WHERE I LIVE: MY APARTMENT AND MY TOWN

LESSON 4 — WHAT I LIKE TO EAT: MEALS AND FOOD

LESSON 5 — LET’S GO BUY SOME CLOTHES FOR WINTER

LESSON 6 — A POSTCARD FROM QUEBEC



HELLO! How are you? My name is Susan. I’m so happy to be here. I’m fifteen

years old and I live in Montreal but I’m from Vancouver, British Columbia.

I’m Canadian. I have brown eyes and also I have brown hair. My friends tell me

that I’m friendly and kind, but my parents think that I’m a little bit lazy but also

intelligent. I’m in second year of high school. I’m learning French as a second

language.

LESSON 1

HERE I AM – SUSAN

What about you?

How are you?

How old are you?

What is your name?

What is your nationality?

HERE I AM – SUSAN LESSON 1

Countries Nationalities

Colombia Colombian

Africa African

Italy Italian

Japan Japanese

Ireland Irish

England English

United States American

Canada Canadian

Spain Spaniard

Latin America Latin American

China Chinese

France French

Mexico Mexican

India Indian

Algeria Algerian

Morocco Moroccan

Let’s see which nationalities have in your classroom:

Examples

William is Canadian Heather is American

My friend is English My cousin is Irish

Exercise 1: What about You?

I’m Quebecer . I’m from Quebec.

Let’s practice with a partner!


EXERCISE 2:

FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH ENGLISH WORDS YOU KNOW BY NOW.

__________________________________________.

(Je m’appelle Susana)

2. ____________________________________________.

(J’ai quatorce ans)

3. _____________________________________________.

(Je suis espagnole)

4. _____________________________________________.

(Bonjour! Ca va?)

Grammar focus:

If you want to talk about other people, you will need to know how to conjugate verbs. But

you need to learn pronouns first. These are:

SINGULAR PLURAL

I (first person of singular) WE (first person of plural)

YOU (second person of singular ) YOU (second person of plural)

HE SHE (THIRD PERSON of singular )

IT

THEY (Third person of plural)


Here are the verb TO BE (être) and to have (avoir)

TO BE

TO HAVE

I AM (je suis)

YOU ARE (tu es)

HE IS (ils est)

SHE IS (elle est)

IT IS

WE ARE (nous sommes)

YOU ARE (vous êtes)

THEY ARE (Ils/elles sont)

I HAVE (j’ai)

YOU HAVE (tu as)

HE HAS (il a)

SHE HAS (elle a)

IT HAS

WE HAVE (nous avons)

YOU HAVE (vous avez)

THEY HAVE (ils/elles ont)

NUMBERS:

1 One 2 Two 3 Three

4 Four 5 Five 6 Six

7 Seven 8 Eight 9 Nine

10 Ten 11 Eleven 12 Twelve

13 Thirteen 14 Fourteen 15 Fifteen

16 Sixteen 17 Seventeen 18 Eighteen

19 Nineteen 20 Twenty 21 Twenty one

22 Twenty two 23 Twenty three 24 Twenty four

25 Twenty five 26 Twenty six 27 Twenty seven

28 Twenty eight 29 Twenty nine 30 Thirty

40 Forty 50 Fifty 60 Sixty

70 Seventy 80 Eighty 90 Ninety

100 One Hundred 1000 One Thousand 1000000 Million

How many? / Combien?

How many apples? Two apples, four apples,

How many bananas? Five hundred bananas, seventy-one bananas.

WHEN? /QUAND?

When you are coming? May be tomorrow. I’m coming this evening.

Morning afternoon evening

Day week month year

century

Yesterday today tomorrow

Day after tomorrow day before yesterday

Second minute hour

DAYS OF THE

WEEK:

What day is today?

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

SUNDAY

MONTHS OF THE YEAR:

Which month is your birthday?

JANUARY JULY

FEBRUARY AUGUST

MARCH SEPTEMBER

APRIL OCTOBER

MAY NOVEMBER

JUNE DECEMBER



EXERCISE 3:

1. WHEN IS YOUR BIRTHDAY?

My birthday is on June 6th.

2. What is your date of birth?

My date of birth is July 25th, 1974.

3. How old are you?

I’m 25 years old.

4. What is your name and your last name?

My name is John and my last name is Smith

5. What’s your phone number?

My phone number is 514-284-2541

6. How you spell your name and your last name?

J-o-h-n S-m-i-t-h

7. Practice with your partners this questions.

Notes:______________________________________________________________________

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WHAT IS SPELLING?

Comes from the verb spell, in French (épeler)

Write or name the letters that form a word, name or last name in correct sequence.

It’s important to know how to spell your name.

Example:

NUMBER N-U-M-B-E-R

PHONE P-H-O-N-E

EVELYN E-V-E-L-Y-N

HARPER H-A-R-P-E-R

BRYAN B-R-Y-A-N

ANDREA A-N-D-R-E-A

EXERCISE 4

COULD YOU SPELL YOUR NAME?

LET’S PRACTICE!


DIALOGUE #1:

A: Are you new around here?

B: Yes, I just moved here.

A: Nice to meet you.

B: I'm happy to meet you too.

A: When did you move here?

B: I've been here six months ago.

A: How do you like it?

B: I love it here.

A: It's gorgeous here don't you think so?

B: Yes, it is. It's wonderful.

A: I would like to welcome you to the neighborhood.

B: That's very sweet of you.


DIALOGUE #2:

A: I haven't seen you around here before, so are you new here?

B: As a matter of fact, yes, I am.

A: It's nice to meet you.

B: Nice to meet you too.

A: When did you move out here?

B: I moved here about a month ago.

A: What do you think of Montreal so far?

B: It's a beautiful city.

A: Welcome to Montreal!

B: Thank you!

DIALOGUE #3:

A: Are you new in town?

B: Yes, I am!

A: It's nice to meet you.

B: It's nice to meet you too.

A: How long has it been since you moved here?

B: It's been a year.

A: Do you like it here so far?

B: I actually do like it here.

A: Isn't it beautiful?

B: Yes. It is beautiful here.

A: Let me welcome you to Quebec.


Pronunciation

Pronounce the sound in the words heel, key, piece, seat

e Be, complete

ea Bean, cheap, eat, meat, seat

ee Heel, queen, seed, tree

ei Receive

eo People

ey Key

i Machine, police

ie Field, piece

y Lazy

Pronounce the sound in the words eight, mail, pay, taste

a Gate, lace, lady, shade, taste, late, race

ai Complain, explain, mail, tail, wait

ay Day, pay

ea Great

ei Eight, neighbor, veil

ey They


Pronounce the sound in the words home, hen, hot, happy

This sound can be spelled in any of the following ways H Here, head, hair, hat, Who, hood, home, hunt, Whole, hide, hurt, help, Hen, hot, hungry, happy, Behind, ahead. SILENT H: What, when, where, why; hour, honest, honor, heir, herb.

Notes:______________________________________________________________________

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Hello! I’m Sophie. How are you today? I would like to introduce my

family. We are a small and friendly family. My father; his name is

William and my mother’s name is Helen. My father is 39 years old

and my mom is 37 years old. They are really nice, but a little bit

strict.

I have a brother his name is Luke. He is eighteen years old. He is

intelligent but sometimes annoying. My grand-parents live in

Kitsilano Beach, Vancouver, B.C. is a little bit far from us, but we go

visit them each summer. My father’s sister is my Aunt Sally.

She is a beautiful young woman who lives in Nice in the south of

France. She is twenty-eight years and I love to visit her. My best

friend is called Elizabeth. She is a wonderful little girl she is always

nice and fun! I have a dog called Max. He is a golden retriever; he is

curious and very active. We also have an old lazy cat named Mitsy.

Our neighbors, the Haneman’s are good friends with my parents.

They have two daughters, they’re twins of four years old, Andrea

and Kimberly. From time to time I baby-sit them.

LESSON 2 Meet my famiy, friends, and neighbors

Meet my family, friends, and neighbors LESSON 2

Family:

Wife Husband Sister Brother Parents Grandparents Grandmother Grandfather Daughter Son Aunt

Uncle Niece Nephew Twin Cousin Friends Friend Close friend Classmate Neighbor

Pets:

Dog Bird Cat

Hamster Goldfish Guinea pig

Miss Carson Mrs. Morgan Ms. Chung Mr. Lopez

Single females Married females Single or married females, Single or married males

Vocabulary


ONE MORE TIME! The verb TO be

Let’s play! Game of spelling and phone num-bers: Talk with a partner about your fam-

ily.

Then ask him or her about their

family.

Example: Hi, my name is …..

What is your name?

Can I have your phone number,

please?

Yes, my phone number is 514-388

-8432.

Exercise 1:

Regular Form Abbreviation Form

I am Susana

You are in my class

She is in our class

He is over there

It is my English book

We are friends

You are cousins

They are twins

I’m Susana

You’re in my class

She’s in our class

He’s over there

It’s my English book

We’re friends

You’re cousins

They’re twins


WHAT’S THIS? PREPOSITION: A – BEFORE CONSONAN AN- BEFORE VOWELS This is a book This is an apple Where are the keys? The keys are in the box In front of the box

Behind the box

On the box

Next to the box

Under the box

ORIENTATION

ON UNDER IN UP

IN FRONT BEHIND DOWN

IN THE MIDDLE ON THE EDGE

ON THE LEFT ON THE RIGHT

ABOVE ON THE TOP

ON THE BOTTOM BELOW

Exercise 2:

1.- This is _____ wallet. 2.- This is_____ cell phone. 3.- This is _____ clock. 4.- This is _____ eraser. 5.- This is _____ purse.

6.- This is _____ address. 7.- This is _____ television. 8.- This is _____ umbrella. 9.- This is _____ cake. 10.- This is_____ exercise.


WHERE ARE YOU FROM? Are you from Algeria, Sandra? No, I’m not from Algeria I’m from Mexico Are you from Morocco Mourad? Yes, I’m from Morocco. I’m Moroccan.

Negative statements and yes/no questions Negative No, I’m not from New York. I’m from Canada.

No, You’re not from Toronto. You’re from Calgary.

No, he’s not from Manitoba. He’s from Toronto.

No, she’s not from Winnipeg. She’s from Yukon.

No, it’s not English. It’s German.

No, we’re not from Italy. We’re from Manitoba.

No, you’re not from Japan. You’re from Vancouver.

No, they’re not from Mexico. They’re from Alberta.

QUESTIONS WITH THE VERB TO BE:

Am I late? Are you from Cuba? Is she from Mexico?

Is he Moroccan?

Is it Chinese you are speaking? Are you from California?

Are we early today? Are they in Canada?


EXERCISE 3:

Wendy: Hello, Charles. How _____ you? (is/are) _____sorry – what’s your name again? (she’s/I’m) Charles: ______ Charles- Charles Watson. (I’m/it’s) Wendy: That’s right! Charles, this _____ Karen Turner. (is/am) (she’s/he’s) ______ in our English class. Charles: Hi, Karen______ nice to meet you. (I’m/it’s) Karen: Hi, Charles. I think _______ in my yoga class, too. (you’re/I’m) Charles: Oh, right! Yes, I_____. (are/am)

DIALOGUES:

a.- Do you want to learn English? b.- Yes, I do – very much. a.- Why do you want to learn English? b.- Because it’ll be useful in the future.

a.-I want to learn English. b.-Then you must speak it. a.-Why must I speak it? b.-Because you want to learn it.

a.-Do you understand the sentence b.-I don’t understand it completely. a.-All right, then. I’ll repeat it. b.-Thank you very much.

a.-Did you understand what I said? b.-No, I didn’t. Would you please

say it again? a.-Of course. I’ll say it again slowly. b.-That will help a lot.

a.-Please write down John’s address. b.-All right, but would you please speak

very slowly. a.- Yes. Do you want me to spell each

word too? b.-Not the numbers – only the names.

a-What are you studying right now? b.-I’m doing my English course. a.-What’s the hardest thing about

English? b.-Pronunciation is the hardest thing

for me.


Pronounce the sound in the words food, shoe, to, true This sound can be spelled in any of the following

Ew brew, crew, stew, sew

O do, to

Oe canoe, shoe, toe

Oo food, fool, noon, pool

Ou soup, through, you

U rude

Ue blue, true

Ui fruit, juice

Pronunciation:

Pronounce the sound in the words coat, grow, toe, woke

This sound can be spelled in any of the following

O joke, smoke, woke

Oa coast, coat, soap, throat

Ou although, shoulder, soul

Ow blow, grow, low, mow


Pronounce the sound TH in the words: Think, thought, method, month This sound can be spelled in any of the following ways

thirsty, think, thumb, thought, three,

thousand, thick, thin, healthy, author,

method, worthless, arithmetic, earth, bath,

month, mouth, tooth.

Notes:______________________________________________________________________

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