American Headway 1 Workbook

by Soars, Liz; Soars, John

• ISBN13: 9780194353762
• ISBN10: 0194353761
• Edition: Workbook
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-09-27
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The Workbook audio CDs and cassettes include all of the listening exercises.

Table of Contents

UNIT 1
am/is/are
What's your name?	1	(1)
I'm from France	1	(1)
He's a doctor from Mexico	2	(1)
Long forms	2	(1)
Short forms	2	(1)
Possessive adjectives
my and your	3	(1)
his and her	3	(1)
Vocabulary and pronunciation
Countries and nationalities	3	(1)
Where's the stress?	3	(1)
a or an?
What's this in English?	4	(1)
An American car	4	(1)
Check it
Right or wrong?	4	(1)
Numbers
1--20	5	(1)
How many?	5	(1)
UNIT 2
Questions and negatives
Question words	6	(1)
Making questions	6	(1)
Questions about you	7	(1)
Making negatives	7	(1)
Short answers	7	(1)
Short forms	7	(1)
Long forms	7	(1)
Possessive's
Possessive's or is?	8	(1)
Vocabulary
A family tree	8	(1)
Your family	8	(1)
Adjectives and nouns	9	(1)
Plural nouns
Spelling of plural nouns	9	(1)
Numbers and prices
1--100	10	(1)
How much?	10	(1)
UNIT 3
Present Simple
What does he/she do?	11	(1)
Spelling of the third person singular	12	(1)
Daily routines	12	(1)
Questions and negatives
Question words	13	(1)
Questions about John	13	(1)
does, is, or has?	13	(1)
Yes/No questions	14	(1)
Making negatives	14	(1)
Vocabulary review
Verbs and nouns that go together	15	(1)
Word groups	15	(1)
What time is it?	15	(1)
Writing
Using pronouns in a text	16	(1)
Natural writing	16	(1)
UNIT 4
Present Simple
They work in a hotel	17	(1)
We want to go on vacation	18	(1)
Short answers	18	(1)
am/is/are, do/does	19	(1)
Making negatives	19	(1)
Adverbs of frequency
Position of adverbs	19	(1)
Questions about you	19	(1)
Prepositions of time
in, on, at	20	(1)
Vocabulary
Opposite verbs	20	(1)
Writing
A letter to a pen pal	21	(2)
UNIT 5
there is/are; some/any---prepositions
Describing a room	23	(1)
Questions and answers	23	(1)
A house at the beach	24	(1)
Short answers	24	(1)
this/that/these/those
this or that?	25	(1)
these or those?	25	(1)
this/these, it/they	25	(1)
that/those; it/they	25	(1)
Vocabulary
Rooms and activities	26	(1)
Writing
Linking words---and, so, but, because	27	(1)
Describing where you live	27	(1)
UNIT 6
can/can't
What can they do?	28	(1)
What can you do?	28	(1)
was/were
Present or past?	29	(1)
How much was it before?	29	(1)
Questions and short answers	30	(1)
could/couldn't
When I was three, I could ...	30	(1)
Vocabulary
Words that go together	31	(1)
Prepositions	31	(1)
Writing
Formal letters 1	32	(1)
UNIT 7
Past Simple 1
Regular verbs	33	(1)
Yes/No questions and short answers	33	(1)
had/did, was/were	34	(1)
Irregular verbs	34	(1)
Negatives and affirmatives	34	(1)
Making questions	34	(1)
Present Simple and Past Simple
A biography	35	(1)
Vocabulary
Parts of speech	36	(1)
Prepositions
about, after, for	36	(1)
Writing
Describing a vacation	36	(2)
UNIT 8
Past Simple 2
Regular and irregular verbs	38	(1)
Making negatives	38	(1)
Negative short forms	39	(1)
Affirmatives and negatives	39	(1)
Past time expressions	39	(1)
ago	39	(1)
I fell in love the summer of 52	40	(1)
Vocabulary
Words that are nouns and verbs	41	(1)
A crossword puzzle	41	(1)
Numbers
100--1,000	42	(1)
Matching numbers and words	42	(1)
Writing numbers and words	42	(1)
Writing
Linking words---because, when, until	43	(1)
Old friends	43	(1)
UNIT 9
Count and noncount nouns
Can you count these?	44	(1)
a, an, or some?	44	(1)
Do you like ... ?
like + -ing	44	(1)
Likes and dislikes	45	(1)
Would you like ... ?
I'd like ...	46	(1)
like or would like?	46	(1)
some and any
some or any?	46	(1)
How much ... ? and How many ... ?
How much ... ? or How many ... ?	47	(1)
Ordering a meal in a restaurant	47	(2)
Writing
Formal letters 2	49	(1)
UNIT 10
Comparatives
Forming comparative adjectives	50	(1)
more ... / -er than	50	(1)
Comparative adjective opposites	50	(1)
do or does	51	(1)
Short forms	51	(1)
Comparing Paulo and Mayumi	51	(1)
Comparatives and superlatives
Comparative and superlative adjectives	52	(1)
Word order	52	(1)
Questions and answers	52	(1)
Vocabulary
Compound nouns	53	(1)
Writing
Linking words---which and where	54	(1)
My capital city	54	(1)
UNIT 11
Present Continuous
I'm working hard because ...	55	(1)
Spelling of verb + -ing	55	(1)
What are you doing?	55	(1)
Describing people	56	(1)
Making questions	56	(1)
Present Continuous and Present Simple
What do they do? What are they doing?	57	(1)
Present Continuous or Present Simple?	57	(1)
Auxiliary verbs	58	(1)
Whose is this? It's his
Whose is the book?	58	(1)
It's ours	59	(1)
Check it	59	(1)
Vocabulary
Parts of the body	59	(1)
Writing
Linking words---although, but	60	(1)
Describing people	60	(1)
UNIT 12
going to
What are they going to be?	61	(1)
Making questions	61	(1)
Going on vacation	62	(1)
Making negatives	63	(1)
What is going to happen?	63	(1)
Infinitive of purpose
Why are you going to the bakery?	63	(1)
Jane's busy day	64	(1)
Auxiliary verbs
am/is/are, do/does/did	64	(1)
Short answers	64	(1)
Vocabulary and pronunciation
Word stress	65	(1)
Pronunciation and stress	65	(1)
Prepositions
from, like, than	65	(1)
Writing
Writing a postcard	66	(1)
UNIT 13
Question forms
Question words	67	(1)
What (kind)?	68	(1)
How (old)?	68	(1)
Which (one)?	68	(1)
Questions about a famous writer	69	(1)
Adverbs
Adverb or adjective?	70	(1)
Position of adverbs	70	(1)
Vocabulary
Adjective suffixes	70	(1)
-ed and -ing adjectives	70	(1)
Writing
Once upon a time---a fairy tale	71	(1)
UNIT 14
Present Perfect
Verb forms	72	(1)
Present Perfect or Past Simple?	72	(1)
Time expressions
ever and never	73	(1)
ago and last week	74	(1)
yet	74	(1)
yet and just	74	(1)
Check it	74	(1)
been or gone?
she's been/she's gone	75	(1)
Vocabulary
Phrasal verbs	75	(1)
Writing
A thank-you letter	76	(1)
Review	77