American English File Level 02
Book Overview
Weeks | Grammar | Vocabulary | Pronunciation |
1 | word order in questions | common verb phrases,
spelling and numbers |
vowel sounds, the
alphabet |
simple present | describing people:
appearance and personality |
final -s / -es | |
present continuous | clothes, prepositions of place | /ə/ and /ər/ | |
2 | simple past: regular and irregular verbs | vacations | regular verbs: -ed endings |
past continuous | prepositions of time and
place: at, in, on |
sentence stress | |
time sequencers and connectors | verb phrases | word stress | |
3 | be going to (plans and predictions) | airports | sentence stress and fast
speech |
present continuous (future
arrangements) |
verbs + prepositions e.g.,
arrive in |
sounding friendly | |
defining relative clauses | expressions for paraphrasing:
like, for example, etc. |
pronunciation in a
dictionary |
|
4 | present perfect + yet and
already |
housework, make or do? | /y/ and /dʒ/ |
present perfect or simple past? (1) | shopping | c and ch | |
something, anything, nothing, etc. | adjectives ending -ed and -ing | /ɛ/, /oʊ/, and /ʌ/ | |
5 | comparative adjectives and adverbs,
as…as |
time expressions: spend time,
etc. |
sentence stress |
superlatives (+ ever + present perfect) | describing a town or city | word and sentence
stress |
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quantifiers, too, not enough | health and the body | /ʌ/, /u/, /aɪ/, and /ɛ/ | |
6 | will / won’t (predictions) | opposite verbs | ’ll, won’t |
will / won’t (decisions, offers,
promises) |
verb + back | word stress:
two-syllable verbs |
|
review of verb forms: present, past,
and future |
adjectives + prepositions | the letters ow | |
7 | uses of the infinitive | verbs + infinitive: try to, forget
to, etc |
weak form of to, linking |
uses of the gerund (verb + -ing) | verbs + gerund | the letter i | |
have to, don’t have to, must,
must not, can’t |
modifiers: a little (bit), really, etc. | sentence stress | |
8 | should | get | /ʊ/ and /u/, sentence stress |
if + present, will + base form
(first conditional) |
confusing verbs | linking | |
possessive pronouns | adverbs of manner | sentence rhythm | |
9 | if + past, would + base form
(second conditional) |
animals | word stress |
present perfect + for and since | phobias and words related to fear | sentence stress | |
present perfect or simple past? (2) | biographies | word stress, /ɔr/ | |
10 | passive | verbs: invent, discover, etc. | /ʃ/, -ed, sentence stress |
used to | school subjects | used to / didn’t use to | |
might | word building: noun formation | diphthongs | |
11 | expressing movement | sports, expressing movement | sports |
word order of phrasal verbs | phrasal verbs | linking | |
so, neither + auxiliaries | similarities | sentence stress, /ð/ and /θ/ | |
12 | past perfect | verb phrases | contractions: had/hadn’t |
reported speech | say or tell? | double consonants | |
questions without auxiliaries | review | review |
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