English Made Easy

Learning English Through Pictures

VOLUME ONE

By Jonathan Crichton and Pieter Koster

T U T T L E Publishing
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Contents
FUNCTION GRAMMAR VOCABULARY

UNIT 1: Whats your name? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

identifying people by name possessive adjectives common objects

talking about ownership negation family relationships
simple present

UNIT 2: Thatd be great! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

giving, accepting and personal pronouns places to visit

declining invitations imperatives events
present continuous

UNIT 3: Id like you to meet my accountant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

introducing people demonstratives jobs

social relationships

UNIT 4: Its a beautiful day, isnt it? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

starting conversations question tags common adjectives

possessive pronouns common adverbs

UNIT 5: Revision and extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

UNIT 6: Would you like something to drink? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

making, accepting and count/uncount food and drink

declining offers nouns numbers 1-10
open questions

UNIT 7: Hes a tour guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

talking about occupations simple past occupations

asking for clarification

UNIT 8: Im going to New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

asking about price present perfect days and months

talking about travel duration money
numbers 11-20
transport

UNIT 9: This one is better. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

asking for and giving opinions comparatives and superlatives food

agreeing and disagreeing

UNIT 10: Revision and extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

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FUNCTION GRAMMAR VOCABULARY

UNIT 11: Whats the matter? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

greetings and farewells obligation parts of the body

talking about health common ailments

UNIT 12: I live in the big house. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

talking about addresses and future with will locators

locations spatial prepositions numbers over 20

UNIT 13: How much is this purse? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

buying goods and services some/any common containers

inquiring about health necessity musical instruments
rooms

UNIT 14: Its the second street on the left. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

asking for and giving directions open questions common institutions

directional prepositions colors
ordinal numbers

UNIT 15: Revision and extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

UNIT 16: She bought a cake. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

talking about the past simple past activities and processes

regular and irregular verbs
present continuous

UNIT 17: Theyre working in the garden. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

using the telephone gerunds telephone language

present and past continuous
before/after

UNIT 18: Whats the time? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

talking about time timetable future times

making appointments emotions

UNIT 19: Youre not allowed to park here. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

using public transport prohibition transport

asking for, giving and refusing quantifiers time measurements
permission

UNIT 20: Revision and extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

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UNIT 1: Whats your name?

a [ei, ] family [fmli:]

the []
husband [hzbnd]
wife [waif]
book [buk]
camera [kmr]
father [fa::r]
car [ka:r]
mother [m:r]
house [haus]
key [ki:]
son [sn]
laptop [lpta:p]
daughter [d:t:r]
mobile phone [moubl foun]
pen [pen]
brother [br:r]
purse [p:rs]
sister [sist:r]
wallet [wa:lit]
watch [wa:t]

whose [hu:z] name [neim]

her [h:r] is [iz]

his [hiz] isnt [iznt]
my [mai]
our [au:r]
their [e:r] it [it]

your [ju:r] this [is]

what [wt]

My names ... [mai neimz] this is [is iz]

Whats your name? [wts ju:r neim] its [its]

yes [jes] Excuse me. [eksku:z mi:]

no [nou] Thank you. [k ju:]
I dont know. [ai dount nou]

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what is = whats my name is = my names

1 Jim
2 Peggy
Whats your name? Whats your name?
Benson Benson

My names Jim Benson. My names Peggy Benson.

3 Whats your name? Tom

4 Whats your name? Anne
Benson Benson

My names Tom Benson. My names Anne Benson.

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The Benson Family

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UNIT 1

1
Tom is my son. Anne is my daughter.

Peggy is my wife.

2
Tom is my son. Anne is my daughter.

Jim is my husband.

3
Peggy is my mother. Anne is my sister.

Jim is my father.

Peggy is my mother. Tom is my brother.

Jim is my father.

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Whats your name?

1 This is my son. 2 This is my daughter. 3 This is our son.

4 This is my house. 5 6
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7 8 9
This is his father. This is her father. This is their father.

10 11 12
This is his mother. This is her mother. This is their mother.

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UNIT 1

it is = its is not = isnt

1 2 This is my 3 This isnt my book.

book. Its your book.

a book

4 This isnt my book. 5 Thank you. Thank you.

Its your book.

do not = dont

6 This isnt my book. 7 Its his book. 8 This isnt my book.

It isnt your book. It isnt your book.
Its Toms book. Its Annes book.

9 Its her book. 10 11

Whose book is this? I dont know.

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Whats your name?

1 2 3 4 5

a camera a mobile phone a key a pen a house

6 7 8 9 10

cameras mobile phones keys pens houses

11 12 13 14 15

a laptop a watch a wallet a purse a car

16 17 18 19 20

laptops watches wallets purses cars

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UNIT 1

1 Is this your camera? 2 No, it isnt.

Is it his camera?

3 Is this your camera? 4 Is this your camera?

Yes, it is.

No, it isnt.
Is it her camera?

5 ..................................... 6 ................................
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7 ..................................... 8 .....................................

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The Bensons
1 2
Whose mobile
phone is this?

I dont know.

3 4

Excuse me, is this Excuse me, is this

your mobile phone? your mobile phone?

No, it isnt.

No, it isnt.

5 6

Yes, it is.
Excuse me, is this Thank you.
your mobile phone?

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