Unit 1: Lesson 1C Beginner (A0-A1)

Objectives
In this lesson you spell words and exchange information with your classmates.

After completing this lesson you should be able to:

Say the numbers 11-20 clearly. Say and understand the letters of the
English alphabet.
Understand the rules of a game.
Exchange personal information.

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Letters and words

Language Review

A D
Say hello to the students in your class. Work with a partner.
Ask how they are feeling today.
Say how you feel. Write 3 sentences about your class.
Then read your sentences to the class.
Use these words.

How are you?

I’m great.
E Say these numbers.

I’m fine.
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
I’m fine, thanks.
I’m good. 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10
I’m OK.
1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11
Not very well.
11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0

B Look at this conversation.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10

F
Hello Bimali…how Invent 5 phone numbers.
are you today? Write them down.
Do not show your partner.
Hi there Susan.
I’m fine thanks. Example
And you?

Listen to your teacher ask how you feel.

Say how you feel.

Ask your teacher how he or she feels.

C Say these sentences.

 Say your numbers.

 Write your partner’s numbers.

There are 7 boys and 8 girls in my class.
 Check that they are the same.
There’s a whiteboard in the classroom.

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Letters and words

Numbers 11-20

A D
Before you start.
Write six numbers from the number list in C
Work with a partner. into the squares of the grid.
Match each number to a word.
Use your notebooks.
Example
Say these numbers
11 nineteen
eleven
12 seventeen 12, 14, 16, 18, 20
13 thirteen
14 fifteen 11, 13, 15, 17, 19

15 eleven
20, 19, 18, 17, 16,
 Listen to your teacher say some numbers.
16 sixteen 15, 14, 13, 12, 11

17 twelve  Cross out the numbers on your grid when you hear
11, 12, 13, 14, 15, them.
18 twenty 16, 17, 18, 19, 20  Say BINGO if you cross out all of your numbers.
19 eighteen
20 fourteen
E Work in groups.

Play Bingo again!

B
Write five numbers.

 Say your five numbers.

 Write the numbers your partner says.

C
Use a piece of paper. eleven
twelve
Draw a grid.
thirteen
Example fourteen
fifteen
sixteen
seventeen
eighteen
nineteen
twenty

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Letters and words

Letters and words

A D
Task preparation. Check your answers with your teacher.

Say these words. Give one point for each correct answer.

E
letter Look at the symbols at the top of the table.
alphabet
Say the letters in each group.
capital letter
upper case
lower case eɪ iː e aɪ əʊ u: ɑ:
vowel
consonant A B F I O Q R

B
H C L Y U
Work in groups.

Write the numbers 1-7 on ONE piece of paper. J D M W

Write answers to these questions.

K E N
 How many letters are there in the English
alphabet? G S
 How many vowels are there?
T X
 How many consonants?

 Upper case letters are the same as P

consonants. Is this true?

 Upper case letters are the same as capital

V
letters. Is this true?
Z
 Capital letters are big. Is this false?

 Lower case letters are big. Is this true? Are the symbols letters or sounds?

Why are the letters in each group together?

C Pass your paper to another group.*

*See last page for suggested answers.

F Say the letters again.

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Letters and words

How do you spell that?

A D
Task preparation. Work with your partner.

Say these words.  Ask and answer questions.

 Use this information.
name phone number  Use the chart to help you.
first name cell phone number
last name email address vcook@yahoo.com What’s your email
address?

B
rgregory@hotmail.com
Work with a partner.
jpmorgan@gmail.com It’s
Match items from the two boxes below to vcook@yahoo.com
jruskin@lancs.ac.uk
make questions.*
jps07@gmail.com
How do you spell
What’s your … spell that? that?
And your … email address? What’s that?
How do you … first name, please?
V - C - O - O - K at yahoo dot com
What about … your phone number?
And your … last name?

Check as a class.
eɪ iː e aɪ əʊ u: ɑ:
*See last page for suggested answers.

C
Aa Bb Ff Ii Oo Qq Rr
Say the questions.

Ha Cc Ll Yy Uu
Jj Dd Mm Ww
Kk Ee Nn
Gg Ss
Tt Xx
LANGUAGE KEY Pp
Intonation
Words at the end of these Vv
questions go up. ↑
Zz
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Letters and words

Personal Information

A D
Task.  Stand up.

Note this information about yourself.*  Ask and answer questions.

 Complete your table.
Example  Use the chart below if you need to.

eɪ iː e aɪ əʊ u: ɑ:
Aa Bb Ff Ii Oo Qq Rr

*See note on last page.

Ha Cc Ll Yy Uu

B Practice saying your information. Jj Dd Mm

Kk Ee Nn
Ww

Peter-P-E-T-E-R
Gg Ss
B-A-U-E-R
Oh-double seven-nine-
Tt Xx
eight-five-four-double one-
two Pp
P-dot-B-A-U-E-R-at-yahoo-
dot-com Vv
Ask your teacher if you have any problems. Zz

C Make a table like this one.

First Phone Email

Last name
name number address

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Letters and words

That was great!

A
Task feedback.

Make a note of things to learn. LANGUAGE KEY

Words for people

Look at these words and
sentences;

I - Hello, I’m Michelle.

you - Nice to meet you. How are
you?

Show your teacher your notes. I - My last name is Lavelle.

you - What’s your first name?

B Complete the below.

STUDY TIP
FEEDBACK
Make a section in your notebook
Start a progress chart in your or your folder for GRAMMAR.
notebook

I can Write example sentences like

the ones above.
 say phone numbers and email
addresses Highlight the grammar words or
 spell my name and other words write them in a different
colour.
 ask people to spell words

 ask for names, phone numbers my - My last name is Bauer.

and email addresses

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Letters and words

Reading and speaking

A
Task follow-on.

Read these notes from a table. LANGUAGE KEY

First Last Phone

Email address
More words for people
name name number

Look at these sentences.

Sasha Massini 9866585 sm96@gmail.com
Put a name at the end of each
021
sentence.
Adinda Alatas a.alat@hotmail.com
598743
Example

B Now read these sentences. Her first name is _______.

Her first name is Sasha.

This is Sasha.

Her last name is

His first name is _______.
Massini and her
phone number is
Her surname is _______.
9866585. Her His surname is _______.
email address is
sm96@gmail.com he - his - His last name is Sullin.
she - her - What’s her name?.

C
Choose two people from your table from the

D
task.
Choose another student.
 Prepare to tell the class about them. Tell the class about your classmate.
 Tell the class about your classmates.

Her name’s Alison Haycock.

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 Letters and words

Summing up
In this lesson you did Homework Ideas
these things…
 listen to and say numbers from 11 to 20.  Make a note of new grammar words from this
lesson.
 write and understand letters of the alphabet.
Write example sentences.
 write names and other words using letters from the
alphabet.  Write the first names and surnames of three people
you know.
 ask for and say phone numbers and email
addresses.
Write who they are.
 say who people in your class are.
For example, a family member, a friend, a famous
person.

Answers from page C: Answers from page D:

What’s your first name, please?
 There are 26 letters in the English alphabet.
And your last name?
 There are 5 vowels. How do you spell that?
What about your phone number?
 There are 21 consonants. And your email address? What’s that?
 No. It’s not true. Upper case letters are the
same as capital letters.

 True-see 4 Note from page E:

 It is not false. It is true. If this information is sensitive in your context, you’ll
need to supply, or have students invent, alternative
 No. Lower case letters are small. information.

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