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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
possessive adjectives:

my, your, etc.

 classroom language /oʊ/, /u/, /ar/; the

alphabet
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
imperatives, let’s feelings understanding

connected speech
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
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
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
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
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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