Tricky point ~15 min of the core left

Review 1 (lessons 1–5)

Start the lesson Core 13–15 min · steps: 3 · optional: +1

Declared core time. Two of the core blocks carry no figure at all, so the real lesson is longer than this sum.

The irregular verbs block does not apply here: irregular verbs start in lesson 29, and the reader hasn't got the past tense yet.

Tricky point

3 min

Numbers by ear: 13 or 30. Lesson 3 gave the rule; here it is practised by ear only, without the written form.

Ten pairs in random order, read aloud; the reader marks what they hear: 13 / 30, 14 / 40, 15 / 50, 16 / 60, 17 / 70, 18 / 80, 19 / 90, 13 / 30, 15 / 50, 17 / 70.

Tip: if the stress is at the end and you can hear n, it is -teen.

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Exercises on lessons 1–5

10–12 min

1. Mixed gap fill.

  1. I from Brazil
  2. She a dog
  3. you a student?
  4. We a small house
  5. He thirty years old
  6. My parents from Italy
Show the answers
am, has got, Are, have got, is, are.

2. Error correction.

  1. I have 25 years.
  2. I brazilian.
  3. The brother of Anna is a student.
  4. She have got two cats.
  5. I've got two book.
  6. How is your name?
Show the answers
I am 25. / I am 25 years old; I am Brazilian; Anna's brother is a student.; She has got two cats; I've got two books; What is your name?

3. Word order.

  1. [ from / where / you / are / ? ]
  2. [ got / a / she / dog / has ]
  3. [ old / how / you / are / ? ]
Show the answers
Where are you from? She has got a dog. How old are you?

4. Matching.

  1. I'm thirty
  2. I'm from Poland
  3. I'm Anna
  4. Have you got
Show the answers
How old → I'm thirty; Where → I'm from Poland; What is your name → I'm Anna; Have you got → Yes, I have.
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Summary

Covered: lessons 1–5 in full. Next — lesson 7: word order in the English sentence.

End of the core

The lesson counts as done once the exercises are done. Everything after this is optional.

Lesson 7

optional

Mini production

Talk about yourself aloud and then write it down — five or six sentences: name, country, nationality, age, family, what you have got.

Checklist before lesson 7:

  • is there a verb in every sentence (am/is/are or have got/has got)?
  • does the nationality start with a capital letter?
  • is the age with am, not have?
  • is the plural with -s, except children, people, men, women?
  • is the owner before the thing (Anna's sister)?
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Practise this lesson in the other sections

Dictationbased on this lesson Write down what you hear. The check shows every word that differs, and how. Write the dictation Reading and listeningA1–C1 Texts at every level with comprehension questions; the transcript opens after you answer. Try it

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