Unit 1: Lesson 3A Beginner (A0-A1)

Objectives
In this lesson you spell words and exchange information with your classmates.

After completing this lesson you should be able to:

Say the numbers 11-20 clearly. Exchange personal information.

Say and understand the letters of the

English alphabet.

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 Language review

A D
Say hello to the students in your class. Work with a partner.
Ask how they are feeling today.
Say how you feel. Write 3 sentences about your class.
Then read your sentences to the class.
Use these words.

How are you?

I’m great.
E Say these numbers.

I’m fine.
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
I’m fine, thanks.
I’m good. 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10
I’m OK.
1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11
Not very well.
11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0

B Look at this conversation.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10

F
Hello Bimali…how Invent 5 phone numbers.
are you today? Write them down.
Do not show your partner.
Hi there Susan.
I’m fine thanks. Example
And you?

Listen to your teacher ask how you feel.

Say how you feel.

Ask your teacher how he or she feels.

C Say these sentences.

 Say your numbers.

 Write your partner’s numbers.

There are 7 boys and 8 girls in my class.
 Check that they are the same.
There’s a whiteboard in the classroom.

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 A
Letters and words

Numbers 11-20

A D
Before you start.
Write six numbers from the number list in C
Work with a partner. into the squares of the grid.
Match each number to a word.
Use your notebooks.
Example

11 nineteen Say these numbers

eleven
12 seventeen
12, 14, 16, 18, 20
13 thirteen
14 fifteen 11, 13, 15, 17, 19

15 eleven
20, 19, 18, 17, 16,
16 sixteen  Listen to your teacher say some numbers.
15, 14, 13, 12, 11
17 twelve  Cross out the numbers on your grid when you hear
11, 12, 13, 14, 15, them.
18 twenty 16, 17, 18, 19, 20  Say BINGO if you cross out all of your numbers.
19 eighteen
20 fourteen
E Work in groups.

Play Bingo again!

B
Write five numbers.

 Say your five numbers.

 Write the numbers your partner says.
 Check the numbers are the same.

C
Use a piece of paper. eleven
twelve
Draw a grid.
thirteen
Example fourteen
fifteen
sixteen
seventeen
eighteen
nineteen
twenty

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 B
Letters and words

Letters and words

A D
Task preparation. Check your answers with your teacher.

Say these words. Give one point for each correct answer.

E
letter
Look at the symbols at the top of the table.
alphabet
capital letter Say the letters in each group.
upper case
lower case
vowel eɪ iː e aɪ əʊ u: ɑ:
consonant
A B F I O Q R

B Work in groups.

Write the numbers 1-7 on ONE piece of paper.

Write answers to these questions.
H
J
C
D
L
M
Y U
W

 How many letters are there in the English

K E N
alphabet?
G S
 How many vowels are there?

 How many consonants? T X

 Upper case letters are the same as
consonants. Is this true?
P Z
 Upper case letters are the same as capital V
letters. Is this true?

 Capital letters are big. Is this false? Are the symbols letters or sounds?

 Lower case letters are big. Is this true? Why are the letters in each group together?

C Pass your paper to another group.*

*See last page for suggested answers. F Say the letters again.

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 C
Letters and words

How do you spell that?

A D
Task preparation. Work with your partner.

Say these words.  Ask and answer questions.

 Use this information.

name phone number
first name mobile phone number  Use the chart to help you.
surname email address
vcook@yahoo.com What’s your email

B
address?
Work with a partner. rgregory@hotmail.com

Match items from the two boxes below to jpmorgan@gmail.com It’s

make questions.* jruskin@lancs.ac.uk vcook@yahoo.com

What’s your … spell that? jps07@gmail.com

How do you spell
And your … email address? What’s that? that?
How do you … first name, please?
What about … your phone number?
And your … surname? V - C - double O -K at yahoo dot com

Check as a class. *See last page for suggested answers.

eɪ iː e aɪ əʊ u: ɑ:

C Say the questions.

Aa Bb Ff Ii Oo Qq Rr
Ha Cc Ll Yy Uu
Jj Dd Mm Ww
Kk Ee Nn
Gg Ss

LANGUAGE KEY Tt Xx
Intonation Pp Zz
Words at the end of these
questions go up. ↑ Vv

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 Letters and words

Summing up
In this lesson you did Homework Ideas
these things…
 listen to and say numbers from 11 to 20.  Write the first names and surnames of three people
you know.
 write and understand letters of the alphabet.
Write who they are.
 write names and other words using letters from the
alphabet.
For example, a family member, a friend, a famous
 ask for and say phone numbers and email person.
addresses.

Answers from page B: Answers from page C:

What’s your first name, please?
 There are 26 letters in the English alphabet.
And your surname?
 There are 5 vowels. How do you spell that?
What about your phone number?
 There are 21 consonants. And your email address? What’s that?
 No. It’s not true. Upper case letters are the
same as capital letters.

 True-see 4

 It is not false. It is true.

 No. Lower case letters are small.

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