Top Notch Fundamentals with ActiveBook

157 Pages·2016·26.94 MB·English

by  Saslow Joan M.

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SECOND EDITION
English for Today's World
Joan Saslow • Alien Ascher
With Top Notch Pop Songs and Karaoke
by Rob Morsberger
Learning Objectives Top Notch Fundamentals is designed for true beginning students or for
students needing the support of a very low-level beginning course. No prior
knowledge of English is assumed or necessary.
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Unit Communication Goals Vocabulary Grammar
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• Tell a classmate your occupation • Occupations • Verb be:
• Identify your classmates • T·he alphabet o Singular and plural statements, contractions
Names and • Spell names .: :,. oo CYeos m/ mnoo nq ueerrsotriosn s and short answers
Occupations • More occupations • Subject pronouns
• Articles 9. / an
page 4 • Nouns:
o Singular and plural / Common and proper
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• Introduce people • Relationships (non-family) • Possessive nouns and adjectives
• Tell ~omeone your first and last • Titles • Be from / Questions with Where, common errors
name • First and last names • Verb be: information questions with What
About People
• Get someone's contact • Nu.m.be rs 0-20 •
information ~;gj~~.~:~,~,~ Extra practice
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• More relationships
3
• Talk about locations • Places in the neighborhood • Verb be: questions with Where
• Discuss how to get places • Locations • Subject pronoun it
• Discuss transportation • Ways to get places • The imperative
Places and How • Means of transportation • fu' to express means of transportation
to Get There • D·e stinations
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• More places
4
• Identify people in your family • Family relationships • Verb be:
• Describe your relatives • Adjectives to describe o Questions with Who and common errors
• Talk about your family people o With adjectives
Family
• Numbers 21-101 o Questions with How old
• Adverbs ~ and ~
page 28
Verb have / has: affirmative statements
• More adjectives · :,.
• Extra practice
5
• Confirm that you're on time • What time is it? • Verb be: questions about time
• Talk about the time of an event • Early, on time, late • Prepositions in, Q!l, and gJ; for dates and times
• Ask about birthdays • Events • Common errors
[vents and
• Days of the week ;.,
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Times • Ordinal numbers
• M·o nths of the year
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• More events
G • Give and accept a compliment • Clothes • Demonstratives ~ .tM.t these. those
• Ask for colors and sizes • Colors and sizes • The simple present tense: !!kg, want. need, and have:
• Describe clothes • Opposite adjectives to o Affirmative and negative statements
Clothes
describe clothes o Questions and short answers
o Spelling rules and contractions
page 44 ': :" • Adjective placement and common errors
• More clothes • One and ones
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• Talk about morning and evening • Daily activities at home • The simple present tense:
activities • Leisure activities o Third-person singular spelling rules
• Describe what you do in your • Household chores o Questions with When and What time
Activities
free time :,. o Questions with How often, time expressions
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• Discuss household chores o Questions with Who as subject, common errors
page 52
• More household chores • Frequency adverbs and time expressions:
Units 1-7 Review o Usage, placement, and common errors
page 60 • : I , • Extra practice
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Conversation Strategies Listening / Pronunciation Reading / Writing
• Use And you? to show interest in another Listening task: Reading Text:
person • Circle the letter you hear • Simple forms and business cards
• Use Excuse me to initiate a conversation • Identify correct spelling of names Writing Task:
• Use Excuse me? to indicate you haven't heard • Write the name you hear spelled • Write affirmative and negative
or didn't understand • Identify the correct occupation statements about people in a picture
• Use Thanks! to acknowledge someone's • Write the missing information: names and
complying with a request occupations
Pronunciation:
• Syllables
• Identify someone's relationship to you when Listening task: Reading Text:
making an introduction • Complete statements about relationships • Short descriptions of famous people,
• Use too to reciprocate a greeting • Circle the correct information their occupations, and countries of
Begin a question with And to indicate you Fill in names, phone numbers, and e-mail origin
want additional information addresses you hear Writing Task:
• Repeat part of a question to clarify Pronunciation: • Write sentences about your relationships
• Repeat information to confirm • Stress in two-word pairs
• Use You're welcome to formally acknowledge Listening task: Reading Texts:
thanks • Write the places you hear • Simple maps and diagrams
• Use OK to acknowledge advice • Write the directions you hear, using affirmative • Introductions of people, their
• Use What about you? to show interest in and negative imperatives relationships and occupations, where
another person • Circle the means of transportation they live, and how they get to work
• Write Qx phrases, check destinations you hear Writing Task:
Pronunciation: • Write questions and answers about the
• Falling intonation for questions with Where places in a complex picture
• Use Well" .. to indicate one is deciding how Listening task: Reading Texts:
to begin a response • Identify the picture of a relative being • A family tree
• Use And how about",? to ask for more described • A magazine article about famous actors
information • Choose the adjective that describes the people and their families
• Use Really? to show interest or mild surprise mentioned in a conversation Writing Task:
Pronunciation: • Write a description of the people in
• Number contrasts your family
• Use Uh-oh to indicate you may have made a Listening task: Reading Texts:
mistake • Identify events and circle the correct times • A world map with time zones
• Use Look to focus someone's attention on • Write the events you hear in a date book • Events posters
something • Circle the dates you hear • Conversations
• Use Great! to show enthusiasm for an idea Pronunciation: • A zodiac calendar
• Offer someone best wishes on his or her • Sentence rhythm Writing Task:
birthday • Write about events at your school or in
your city
• Acknowledge a compliment with Thank you Listening task: Reading Text:
• Apologize with I'm sorry when expressing • Confirm details about clothes • A sales flyer from a department store
disappointing information • Determine colors of garments Writing Task:
• Use That's too bad to express disappointment Pronunciation: • Write sentences about the clothes you
• Use What about you? to ask for someone's • Plural endings have, need, want, and like
opinion
• Use Well to soften a strong opinion
• Say Me? to give yourself time to think of a Listening task: Reading Text:
personal response • Match chores to the people who performed • A review of housekeeping robots
• Use Well to introduce a lengthy response them Writing Tasks:
• Use So to introduce a conversation topic Pronunciation: • Write five sentences about robots
• Use How about you? to ask for parallel information • Third-person singular verb endings • Describe your typical week, using
• Say Sure to indicate a willingness to answer adverbs of frequency and time
• Begin a response to an unexpected question expressions
with Oh
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Unit Communication Goals Vocabulary Grammar
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• Describe your neighborhood • Types of buildings • The simple present tense:
• Ask about someone's home • Places in the neighborhood o Questions with Where, prepositions of place
• Talk about furniture and • Rooms • There is and there are:
Home and appliances • Furniture and appliances o Statements and m / no questions
Neighborhood o Contractions and common errors
• Questions with How many
page 64 • More home and office
vocabulary ~li/iilllillli6/ll'IiI'Iii;i ll'. 'i Miit- • Extra practice
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• Describe today's weather • Weather expressions • The present continuous:
• Ask about people's activities • Present and future time o Statements: form and usage
• Discuss plans e·xp ressions o Yes / no questions
Activities
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and Plans o For future plans
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• More weather vocabulary • The present participle: spelling rules
page 72 : • Extra practice
10
• Discuss ingredients for a recipe • Foods and drinks • Count nouns and non-count nouns:
• Offer and ask for foods • Places to keep food in a o Meaning, form, and common errors
• Invite someone to join you at the kitchen • Count nouns: How many / Are there any
Food table • Containers and quantities • Non-count nouns: How much / Is there any
• Cooking verbs • The simple present tense and the present
page 80
continuous: usage and common errors
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• More vegetables and fruits
11
• Tell someone about a past event • Past-time expressions • The past tense of be:
• Describe past activities • Outdoor activities o Statements, questions, and contractions
• Talk about outdoor activities • The simple past tense
Past [vents
o Regular verbs, irregular verbs
page 88 • More outdoor activities o Statements, questions, and short answers
~~~~~.~;~ , ~'~l?' • Extra practice
12 • Describe appearance • Adjectives to describe hair • Describing people with be and have
• Show concern about an injury • The face • Should + base form for advice
• Suggest a remedy • Parts of the body
Appearance ~li/iiillllliM/ilIlij'IIi; IiI'i I' iMi • Extra practice
• Accidents and injuries
and Health • A·ilm ents, remedies
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• More parts of the body
13 • Express a wish • Abilities • Can and can't for ability
• Politely decline an invitation • Adverbs well and badly • Too + adjective, common errors
• Ask for and agree to do a favor • Reasons for not doing • Polite requests with Could you + base form
Abilities and
something
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Requests • F·av ors
page 104 .: :"
• More musical instruments
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• Get to know someone's life story • Some life events • Be going to + base form
• Discuss plans • Academic subjects • Would like + infinitive:
• Express wishes for the future • Leisure activities o Statements
Life [vents and
• L·ife cycle even.ts. o Questions
Plans o Short answers
.: : o Contractio.n.s
page 111 • More academic subjects .' : • Extra practice
• More leisure activities
Units 8-14 Review
page 110
Countries and nationalities / Numbers 100 to 1,000,000,000 / Irregular verbs / Pronunciation table .... page 125
Vocabulary Booster .................................................................................................................................. page 126
Grammar Booster .................................................................................................................................... page 136
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Conversation Strategies Listening / Pronunciation Reading / Writing
• Use Really? to introduce contradictory Listening task: Reading Texts:
information • Determine the best house or apartment for • House and apartment rental listings
• Respond positively to a description with clients of a real estate company • Descriptions of people and their homes
Sounds nice! • Complete statements about locations of Writing Task:
• Use Actually to introduce an opinion that furniture and appliances • Compare and contrast your home with
might surprise Pronunciation: homes in a complex illustration
• Say I don't know. I'm not sure to avoid making • Linking sounds
a direct negative statement
• Use!::!i and !::!.ey to greet people informally Listening task: Reading Texts:
• Say No kidding! to show surprise • Determine weather and temperatures in cities • A daily planner
• Answer the phone with Hello? in a weather report • A newspaper column about activities in
• Identify yourself with This is _ on the phone • Complete statements about people's activities, a town
• Use Well actually to begin an excuse using the present continuous Writing Task:
• Say Oh, I'm sorry after interrupting Pronunciation: • Write about plans for the week, using
• Say Talk to you later to indicate the end of a • Rising and falling intonation of ~ I no and the present continuous
phone conversation information questions
• Say I'll check to indicate you'll get Listening task: Reading Texts:
information for someone • Identify the foods discussed in conversations • Recipe cards
• Decline an offer politely with No, thanks Pronunciation: • A weekly schedule
• Use Please pass the ... to ask for something at • Vowel sounds: lil, Ir/, ler/, /El, lrel Writing Task:
the table • Write about what you eat in a typical
• Say Here you go as you offer something day
• Say Nice to see you to greet someone you
already know
• Use You too to repeat a greeting politely
• Ask why? to ask for a clearer explanation Listening task: Reading Text:
• Use What about ? to ask for more • Circle the year you hear • A blog in which people describe what
information • Infer the correct day or month they did the previous weekend
• Use il&t to minimize the importance of an action • Choose activities mentioned in conversations Writing Tasks:
• Use a double question to clarify Pronunciation: • Write about the activities of two people,
• Say Let me think to gain time to answer • Simple past tense regular verb endings based on a complex picture
• Say Oh yeah to indicate you just remembered • Write about your weekend and what
something you did
• Use Oh to indicate you've understood listening task: Reading Text:
• Say I'm sorry to hear that, Oh no, and • Identify the people described in conversations • A magazine article about two celebrities
That's too bad to express sympathy • Complete statements about injuries Writing Task:
• Use What's wrong? to ask about an illness • Identify the ailments and remedies suggested • Write a description of someone you
• Use really to intensify advice with should in conversations know
• Respond to good advice with Good idea Pronunciation
• Say I hope you feel better when someone feels • More vowel sounds
sick
• Use I wish I could ... to express a wish Listening task: Reading Text:
• Use But to introduce contrasting information • Complete requests for favors • A journal article about infant-toddler
• Suggest a shared course of action with Let's Pronunciation development
• Politely decline a suggestion with I'm really • Assimilation of sounds: Could you Writing Task:
sorry but and a reason • Describe things people can and can't
• Accept a refusal with Maybe some other time do when they get old
• Use Sure and No problem to agree to
someone's request for a favor
• Use Not really to soften a negative response Listening task: Reading Text:
• Ask What do you mean? to request clarification • Choose correct statements • A short biography of Harry Houdini
• Use Well to explain or clarify • Circle correct words or phrases Writing Task:
• Use emphatic stress on and to indicate two • Complete statements about activities, using the • Write your own illustrated life story,
answers present continuous including plans and wishes for the
• Infer people's wishes for the future and complete future
statements, using would like
Pronunciation
• Diphthongs
Top Notch Pop Lyrics .............................................................................................................................. page 147
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The goal of the Top Notch course is to make English unforgettable through:
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