Tricky point ~15 min of the core left

Review 4 (lessons 19–23)

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.

Tricky point

3 min

The article again — with the things from lessons 19–23. Many languages have no articles, or use them in a different way, so you do not learn the article in one lesson: you come back to it again and again.

Three cases that cover almost everything:

you name a thing for the first time There is a bank near here.
you have named it before The bank is opposite the park.
there is only one in this place Where is the station?

And two cases with NO article: before an uncountable noun (I like bread) and after by when you talk about transport (by bus).

Go through this text with these five rules: I go to work by bus. There is a café near the station. The café opens at eight. I like coffee.

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Exercises on lessons 19–23

10–12 min

1. Mixed gap fill.

  1. I like (read)
  2. I want go home
  3. She (+) drive, but she (−) cook
  4. I go to work bus
  5. He goes foot
Show the answers
reading, to, can / can't, by, on.

2. Error correction.

  1. I want go home.
  2. I can to swim.
  3. Turn to left at the corner.
  4. I go to work by foot.
  5. Where the station is?
  6. The train leave at seven.
Show the answers
I want to go home. / I can swim. / Turn left at the corner. / I go to work on foot. / Where is the station? / The train leaves at seven.

3. Word order.

  1. [ swim / can / I ]
  2. [ is / where / the post office / ? ]
  3. [ at the bank / turn / left ]
Show the answers
I can swim. Where is the post office? Turn left at the bank.

4. Matching.

  1. Can you drive?
  2. Where is the station?
  3. How do I get to the park?
  4. What time does the train leave?
Show the answers
`Can you drive?` — `No, I can't.`; `Where is the station?` — `Next to the bank.`; `How do I get to the park?` — `Go straight on.`; `What time does the train leave?` — `At nine forty.`
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Summary

Covered: lessons 19–23 in full. Next — lesson 25: what is happening right now.

End of the core

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

Lesson 25

optional

Mini production

Talk aloud and then write down seven or eight sentences: what you like, what you want, what you can and can't do, how you get to work, and how to explain the way to the nearest shop.

Checklist before lesson 25:

  • is it -ing after like, to after want, and nothing after can?
  • does a direction have no subject, and is its negative made with don't?
  • in a question about a place, does the verb come straight after where?
  • is there no article after by, and is it on foot when you walk?
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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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