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Volume 2 of IN ENGLISH continues with more beginning-level lessons.
Volumes 3, 4 and 5 cover intermediate ESL.
There are two 1-hour videos with each volume.
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VOLUME 2
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Unit Five
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- present tense of drink, have, walk, etc.
- How much?
- some, any, a little, much, a lot of
- How? How is the soup? It's good!
- Whose? (possessive adjectives and pronouns)
- Why? because
- When?
- before/after
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Vocabulary: 196 new
Topics: money, family, directions (N, S, E, and W),
weekly routines, polite expressions, ordering in a restaurant, daily
activities
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Unit Six
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- present progressive
- now vs. "habitual" present
- imperative (e.g. Help me!)
- "3 wants": I want a car; I want to buy a car;
I want him to buy me a car
- get (as in become)
- how much/how many
- articles: definite, indefinite (a, the/some)
- How does he write? He writes well.
How do you open your apartment door? With a key.
- How do you come here? ... by bus.
- Introduction of comparatives (His bill is higher than hers.)
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Vocabulary: 160 new
Topics: addresses, telephone numbers, hotel, cardinal and
ordinal numbers, housing, personal likes and dislikes
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VOLUME 3
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Unit Seven
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- past of "to be"
- future: "going to"
- the familiar "you" (e.g. You need to eat every day.)
- I have the time to (+ verb)
- something, anything, nothing
- How do you get there?
- Imperative (negative and positive)
- How far?
- How long does it take to (+ verb)?
- How often?
- know how to (+ verb)
- comparative, intro to superlative: good/better, more/fewer
- embedded statements (I know that Richard is coming.)
- too/enough
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Vocabulary: 194 new
Topics: food, prices, shopping, holidays, directions
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Unit Eight
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- past of regular verbs
- past of three irregular verbs: go, come, put
- comparatives, superlatives: good/better/best, more/most,
bad/worse/worst, less/least
- everybody, somebody, nobody, anybody
- somewhere, anywhere
- embedded "wh" clauses (I know where he is from.)
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Vocabulary: 134 new
Topics: social language apologizing, disagreeing, information/asking for
clarification, marital status, etc.
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VOLUME 4
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Unit Nine
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- will (future)
- can
- ... and Joe can too./ ... and so can Joe.
- ... and Joe can't either./
... and neither can Joe.
- past of irregular verbs
- who, that, which, as relative pronouns
- It is difficult to (+ verb)
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Vocabulary: 131 new
Topics: picnics, cultural differences, American women's and men's roles,
problem-solving, advice, describing recent activities, personal choices
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Unit Ten
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- modals: should, must, have to, be able to (can)
- comparisons: the same as, different from, as big as, as much as, as
many as, similar to, like
- relative clauses
- past progressive:
He told me while we were walking.
We were walking when he told me.
- tag questions; present to future
- past of additional irregular verbs
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Vocabulary: 175 new
Topics: shopping for services, smoking and health, expressing feelings:
pleasure, displeasure, congratulations
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VOLUME 5
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Unit Eleven
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- present perfect: I have lived here ... (for or since)
- still, yet, already
- past vs. present perfect
- How many times ...?
- ... used to (+ verb)
- anymore
- modals: must (conclusion); could (past of can); might; may
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Vocabulary: 184 new
Topics: renting an apartment, movies, buying a used car, outdoor
activities/sports
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Unit Twelve
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- present perfect progressive:
I have been living here since...
- How long have you been (verb + ing)?
- reported speech: He asked her if ...
He told her that ..., She told him to ...
- say/tell
- reflexives (myself, yourself, etc.)
- either/or, neither/nor
- review of comparative/superlative with adverbs
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Vocabulary: 163 new
Topics: outdoor activities, telephone skills, reporting
what others have said or asked, appreciating nature
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