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Dedication
Contents
Introduction
1 Meeting People
Greeting People
Formal and Informal Greetings
Conversation: Greeting People
Saying Good-Bye
Meeting People
The Six Steps to Meeting Someone
Conversation: Meeting People
Grammar: Subject Pronouns
Grammar: BE Verb
Grammar: Adjectives
Talking About the Weather
Using the Negative
Using Intensifier Adverbs
Vocabulary: Phrasal Verbs
Reading About It
Step 1: Pre-Read
Step 2: Read Actively
Step 3: Understand What You Read
Let’s Read Together
Writing About It
How to Begin a Sentence
How to End a Sentence
Do It Out There!
Weekly Log
2 Habits, Customs, and Routines
Talking About Habits, Customs, and Routines
Talking About Family
Grammar: Using the Simple Present Verb Tense
Grammar: Using Adverbs of Frequency
Grammar: Asking WH Questions in the Simple Present Tense
Grammar: Yes/No Questions with Non-BE Verbs in the Simple Present Tense
Vocabulary: Phrasal Verbs for Daily Activities
Introducing Someone
Conversation: Introducing Someone to Someone Else
Reading About It
Let’s Read Together
Topics and Main Ideas
Reading Actively
Writing About It
Subject-Verb Agreement with the Simple Present Verb Tense
Proper Nouns
Do It Out There!
Weekly Log
3 Food: Shopping and Restaurants
Talking About What People Are Doing Now
Grammar: Using the Present Progressive Verb Tense
Grammar: Asking WH Questions in the Present Progressive Tense
Grammar: Count and Noncount Nouns
Grammar: Definite and Indefinite Articles
Eating at a Restaurant
Vocabulary: Phrasal Verbs for Eating, Food, and Restaurants
Conversation: Making Polite Requests at a Restaurant
Reading About It
Topics and Main Ideas
Discovering Meaning Through Context
Writing About It
Using Commas in a List
Do It Out There!
Weekly Log
4 Getting Around Town
Walking Around Town: Giving and Getting Directions
Conversation: Asking for Directions
Vocabulary: City Center
Grammar: Using the Imperative
Vocabulary: Expressions Used in Directions
Vocabulary: Prepositions of Place
Grammar: There Is/There Are
Describing Your Town
Communication Strategy: Understanding Directions
Taking Public Transportation
Conversation: Public Transportation Schedules
Grammar: The Simple Present Verb Tense for Schedules
Vocabulary: Public Transportation
Vocabulary: Expressions of Time
Vocabulary: Phrasal Verbs for Getting Around Town
Reading About It
Let’s Read Together
Discovering Meaning Through Context
Writing About It
Identifying the SVO Sentence Structure
Do It Out There!
Weekly Log
5 Recreation and Hobbies
Talking About Last Weekend
Conversation: Talking About What You Did
Grammar: Using the Simple Past Verb Tense
Time Expressions for the Past Tense
Vocabulary: Recreation and Hobbies
Grammar: Asking Questions with the Simple Past Verb Tense
Grammar: The Simple Past BE Verb
Expressing Attitudes for Recreation and Hobbies
Grammar: Gerunds and Infinitives
Grammar: Possessive Adjectives
Communication Strategy: Encouraging Someone
Communication Strategy: Expressing Disbelief
Conversation: Talking About the Weekend
Vocabulary: Phrasal Verbs for Recreation and Hobbies
Reading About It
Discovering Meaning Through Context: Contrast
Let’s Read Together
Writing About It
Interjections: Using the Exclamation Point and Question Mark
Writing About Past Actions
Do It Out There!
Weekly Log
6 Making Friends
Talking to New Friends
Conversation: Making a New Friend
Communication Strategy: Small Talk
How to Make Friends
Grammar: Possessive Pronouns
Grammar: Demonstrative Adjectives
Grammar: Demonstrative Pronouns
Spending Time with Friends
Communication Strategy: Making Invitations
Communication Strategy: Accepting Invitations
Communication Strategy: Declining Invitations
Communication Strategy: Suggesting Activities
Communication Strategy: Sharing Contact Information
Vocabulary: Phrasal Verbs for Plans and Activities
Conversation: Putting It All Together
Reading About It
Let’s Read Together
Writing About It
The SVC Sentence Structure
Identifying the SVC Sentence Structure
Do It Out There!
Weekly Log
7 Health and Medicine
Talking About Illness
Real Conversation: Describing Pain
Grammar: Using the Present Perfect Progressive Tense
Communication Strategy: Describing Symptoms
Vocabulary: Symptoms and Ailments
Consulting a Doctor
Communication Strategy: Giving Advice
Communication Strategy: Asking for Advice
Communication Strategy: Asking for Permission
Vocabulary: Phrasal Verbs for Health
Conversation: Putting It All Together
Reading About It
Let’s Read Together
Identifying Supporting Ideas in a Paragraph
Writing About It
Structure of a Paragraph
Do It Out There!
Weekly Log
8 Shopping and Clothing
Talking About Shopping
Conversation: At a Clothing Store
Grammar: Using the Future Verb Tense
Communication Strategy: Offering and Asking for Help
Vocabulary: Clothing
Vocabulary: Phrasal Verbs for Shopping
Prepositions of Time
Grammar: Object Pronouns
Talking About Clothes
Vocabulary: Adverbs and Adjectives
Vocabulary: Comparatives
Vocabulary: Superlatives
Communication Strategy: Asking for and Giving Opinions
Conversation: Putting It All Together
Reading About It
Let’s Read Together
Writing About It
Review: Structure of a Paragraph
Do It Out There!
Weekly Log
Appendix: Useful Resources for ESL Students
Answer Key
Index
