American English File Level 01
Book Overview
Weeks | Grammar | Vocabulary | Pronunciation |
1 | verb be + , subject pronouns:
I, you, etc |
days of the week, numbers 0–20,
greetings |
vowel sounds, word
stress |
verb be? and – | the world, numbers 21–100 | /ə/, /tʃ/, /ʃ/, /dʒ/;
sentence stress |
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possessive adjectives:
my, your, etc. |
classroom language | /oʊ/, /u/, /ar/; the
alphabet |
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2 | a / an, plurals;
this / that / these / those |
things | final -s and -es; th |
adjectives | colors, adjectives, modifiers:
very/ really |
long and short vowel
sounds |
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imperatives, let’s | feelings | understanding
connected speech |
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3 | simple present + and – | verb phrases | third person -s |
simple present? | jobs | /ər/ | |
word order in questions | question words | sentence stress | |
4 | Whose…? possessive ’s | family | /ʌ/, the letter o |
prepositions of time (at, in, on) and
place (at, in, to) |
everyday activities | linking and sentence
stress |
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position of adverbs and
expressions of frequency |
adverbs and expressions of
frequency |
the letter h | |
5 | can / can’t | verb phrases: buy a newspaper, etc. | sentence stress |
present continuous | verb phrases | /ŋ/ | |
simple present or present
continuous? |
the weather and seasons | places in New York
City |
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6 | object pronouns: me, you, him, etc. | phone language | /aɪ/, /i/, and /ɪ/ |
like + (verb + -ing) | the date; ordinal numbers | consonant clusters;
saying the date |
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review: be or do? | music | /y/ | |
7 | simple past of be: was / were | word formation: paint > painter | sentence stress |
simple past: regular verbs | past time expressions | -ed endings | |
simple past: irregular verbs | go, have, get | sentence stress | |
8 | simple past: regular and irregular | irregular verbs | simple past verbs |
there is / there are, some / any +
plural nouns |
the house | /ɛr/ and /ɪr/, sentence
stress |
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there was / there were | prepositions: place and movement | silent letters | |
9 | countable / uncountable nouns;
a / an, some / any |
food | the letters ea |
quantifiers: how much /
how many, a lot of, etc. |
food containers | /ʃ/ and /s/ | |
comparative adjectives | high numbers | /ər/, sentence stress | |
10 | superlative adjectives | places and buildings | consonant groups |
be going to (plans), future time
expressions |
vacations | sentence stress | |
be going to (predictions) | verb phrases | the letters oo | |
11 | adverbs (manner and modifiers) | common adverbs | word stress |
verbs + infinitive | verbs that take the infinitive | sentence stress | |
articles | the Internet | word stress | |
12 | present perfect | irregular past participles | sentence stress |
present perfect or simple past? | more irregular past participles | irregular past participles | |
review: question formation | review: word groups | review: sounds |
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