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Learn English

Improving Spoken English

Hazel Robins

Book 1

Author: Hazel Robins

Editor: Nicola Mee

Illustrator and designer: Lorraine Inglis Printed and bound in the UK

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Introduction: how to use this book

Grammar and question tables

1 Hello! Meeting people for the first time

2 How’re you? Social etiquette

3 What’s your family like?

4 Having fun! Making conversation

5 Talking about your daily routine

6 Are you busy? Making plans

7 Visiting places

8 How do I get there? Directions in town

9 Visiting the doctor

10 A table for two, please! Eating out

11 A place to live – renting and buying houses

12 How much is this? At the shops

Numbers, money, measurements, time and dates Vocabulary

Question words

Introduction: how to use this book

This book is for students who have an A1/A2 level of English and want to improve their speaking and listening skills through self-study Each chapter is situation-focused You do not have to follow a specific order.

This course works best with a tablet or smart phone.

We recommend that students use:

a good English-English dictionary app (rather than a translation app) to use for checking meaning, grammar and most importantly

pronunciation of new words.

a ‘sounds’ app – for specific pronunciation work

a good voice recognition app e.g Siri (set to British English) or Cortana, on iPhones and Windows Phones, or a good Android

equivalent, to check pronunciation.

a means of recording their voice and playing back

Chapter structure

The chapters in this book all follow a structure to make it easier for you to learn English and to guide you through the learning process.

Underlining: to help with pronunciation, some words have underlining to show where the stress is The podcast will also help you to

understand pronunciation.

Grammar: key grammar is included in the chapters so you can learn grammar in context, where it’s useful A list of the grammar points is at the

front of this book.

Question words: this book explains all of the key question words in context A list of the question words and when you use them is at the front

of this book.

Key Tips: important aspects of learning English are highlighted with the Key Tips.

Links to external content: for extra help we include links to external content online.

Practising numbers: we include a section with numbers, days, months and time used in context.

Podcast: we include several conversations in a Podcast that you can listen to on your phone tablet, laptop, etc online by visiting

learnenglish1.education.

Pronunciation: practise your pronunciation: say key phrases to Siri/Cortana etc in your phone Does Siri understand?

Vocabulary: the Vocabulary section at the back of this book explains the most important vocabulary.

Using the book

As well as reading, understanding and practising the conversations contained in this book, it is important to listen to the conversations on the podcasts.

Listen to, read and repeat the conversations as many times as you need to Listen without the script the 1st time, then listen and read the 2nd time (and 3rd/4th time if you need to).

Each unit has useful vocabulary for specific situations, and general language to help you in your speaking At the back of the book there is a list

of vocabulary and descriptions.

Sometimes, try to understand generally without looking up every word If you do this you will improve your listening skills quickly Your English dictionary is a good tool for learning new words, but you don’t need to look up all the words to understand a conversation.

English-Listening

To be good at speaking, you also need to be good at listening To improve your listening skills:

Watch films in English Maybe try without subtitles.

Listen to your favourite English music, 1st without, then with the words online.

Listen to English radio stations while you cook or clean.

Relax – you don’t need to understand every word, and stress makes listening harder Just relax and let your brain do the work.

Speaking

Speaking a language is like driving a car – you need to practise This book lets you use technology to practise your language at home and work,

before you try with other people.

The aim of this book is to give you the structure to learn alone and really improve your fluency, pronunciation and confidence with speaking Good luck, and remember, practice makes perfect!

Grammar and question tables

You can find below items of grammar and question words that are used in specific situations in the various chapters in the book Use these to help you learn key pieces of grammar and understand how they are used in situations.

Grammar tables

Chapter 1: Hello! Meeting people for the first time

1.1 Present tense of be

1.2 Describing where you are from

1.3 Asking where someone is from

Chapter 3: What’s your family like?

3.1 A and any after do you have and have you got

3.2 The present tense of have

3.3 The present tense of have got

3.4 Describing people using be, have and have got

3.5 Possessives – my, your, his, her, their

Chapter 4: Having fun! Making conversation

4.1 Ways of saying I like

4.2 Other ways of saying I like

4.3 Ways of saying I don’t like

4.4 Ways of asking Do you like?

4.5 Ways of saying you like something more

4.6 Questions with regular verbs

4.7 Regular verbs – endings with he/she/it

4.8 He, she and they – likes, dislikes and preferences

4.9 Negatives with regular verbs

Chapter 5: Talking about your daily routine

5.1 Regular verbs

Chapter 6: Are you busy? Making plans

6.1 Polite ways of saying no

6.2 The two negative forms of be

6.3 Suggesting when to meet

6.4 Questions with can, could and shall

Chapter 7: Visiting places

7.1 Pronouns after for

7.2 Position of adjectives

7.3 There be says what exists

7.4 Does it have, has it got and are there

Chapter 9: Visiting the doctor

9.1 I’d like and I need

9.2 Can doesn’t conjugate

9.3 Keep + -ing

9.4 Using have + [past participle] to talk about the recent past (the present perfect)

Chapter 10: A table for two please! Eating out

10.1 Asking questions with can and could

10.2 Asking questions with’d

10.3 Be in the past

Chapter 11: A place to live – renting and buying houses

11.1 Regular verbs in the past – call, speak and show

11.2 Subjects and objects

11.3 Present questions, past questions and negatives with most verbs

11.4 Present and past questions and negatives with be

11.5 ’d meaning would

Chapter 12: How much is this? At the shops

12.1 Would: questions, positives and negatives

12.2 The comparative and superlative

12.3 The future using will + [verb]

12.4 Countable nouns

12.5 Uncountable nouns

Numbers, money, measurements, time and dates

13.1 Metric and imperial measures – kg, st, 1 etc.

13.2 The ordinal numbers in dates – 1st, 2nd etc.

13.3 The past of be

Chapter 1: Hello! Meeting people for the first time 1.A What? asks for information

1.B How do you? asks for a description

1.C How? asks for more information

1.D Where? asks about place

1.E Which? asks you to choose

Chapter 3: What’s your family like?

3.A How many? asks about quantity

3.B What’s … like? asks for descriptions

3.C When? asks about time or date

Chapter 4: Having fun! Making conversation 4.A What? asks for information

Chapter 6: Are you busy? Making plans

6.A Where? asks about place

Chapter 9: Visiting the doctor

9.A Who? asks about people

Chapter 12: How much is this? At the shops 12.A What? asks for information

12.B Which? asks you to choose

12.C Where? asks about place

12.D How much? asks about quantity

1 Hello! Meeting people for the first time Hello!

You can say: Hello, Hi, Hiya, Heya,

Good morning, Good afternoon, Good evening,

situations; Hi! is slightly informal; Hey! , Hiya! and

are slightly formal.

Goodbye!

You can say: Goodbye, Goodnight,

Bye-Bye, Bye

Night, See you

I’m called Elijah

Florence: Florence And

Fernanda: What’s your

name?

name?

1.A What asks for information: What’s your name?

What’s yours?

name?

name?

You can ask: What’s your…?

Examples

What’s your first name?

name?

What’s your middle name?

What’s your surname?

Conversations

Sam: Afternoon! Imogen: Hello!

Quintana: Quintana You?

Nice to meet you  

Aafreen: Aafreen.

Raffaela: Raffaela Baptiste: My name’s

Baptiste.

you Baptiste What’s your last name?

full name, Faye?

name?

Muller And you?

middle name? Luke: Charlotte, what’s your

Michael: Walker And

what’s your name?

Charlotte Jane Richardson.

Sophie: I’m Sophie

Martins.

Charlotte: That’s right.

is used to talk about

someone’s name, age,

birthday, nationality, work and much more.

we are or we’re we are not or we’re not or

they are or

they’re

She’s not my cousin.

Are you English?

Is your name James?

Are they happy

How’s that spelt?

Is that spelt…?

Is that spelt with…?

way something is done:

How did you study

you spell Izara?

spelt with a Y, or I–E?

Adriano: How’s that

you spell your name?

Emma: Is that spelt E–

French…

Joseph: F–O–T–H–E–R–G– Guadalupe: No, I’m joking!

I–L–L It’s spelt G–U–A–

D–A–L–U–P–E.

How old are you?

You can ask: How old are you?

You can answer: I’m… years

old.

… years old.

I’m…

or just the number.

Then you can ask: And you?

You?

How about you?

1.C How…? also asks for information

about an adjective:

How long is the bridge? 1.5 km.

How heavy is the flour? 1 kg.

Conversations

1.D Where…? asks about place.

Where are you from? Where do you live?

Samuel: How old are

Calandra: How old are

you?

you?

Abhayan: How old are

Where are you from?

You can ask: Where are you

Where is Manchester?

Where are you?

Where is the train station?

I come from…

or just your country, town or

region.

Examples

I’m from Taiwan.

I’m from Paraguay.

I’m from Canada.

I come from Australia.

I come from Iraq.

I come from Israel Then you can ask: You? And you?

How about you?

You can answer:

I’m Chinese = I’m from China = I come from China I’m

Argentinian.

= I’m from Argentina.

= I come from Argentina.

England.

= I come from England.

I’m Japanese = I’m from Japan = I come from Japan I’m American = I’m from

America.

= I come from America.

1.2 Describing where you

are from

You can ask: Are you from…?

Do you come from…?

Are you…?

Examples

Do you come from Portugal? = Are you Portuguese?

1.3 Asking where someone

is from

You can ask: Which region of China?

Which part of Argentina?

Which town in England?

a selection: Which colour? Red or

Harrison: I’m American How about you?

Bethany: Are you French, Luc?

Luc: Yes And you? Where do you come from? Bethany: I’m Canadian.

Laurence: I’m from China You?

Laurence: Which part of Argentina are you from?

region of China do you come from?

Laurence: I’m from the east, a region called

Shandong.

Abhiram: Are you Asian?

Abhiram: Whereabouts?

Abhiram: South Africa.

Abhiram: Cape Town.

To show interest, you can say: Really?

Oh right?

Oh?

The question mark means that the

voice goes up at the end of the

sentence.

Clemence: I’m from England.

Clemence: Manchester, in the north And you? Are you

from America?

Ottavia: Italy.

nationality?

Where do you live?

You can ask: Where do you live?

You can say: I live in…

In…

or just the country, town or region.

You can ask: Do you live in…?

Examples

Do you live in Lebanon?

Do you live in Athens?

Do you live in the Czech Republic?

Do you live in Reykjavik?

You can answer: Yes, I do.

No, I don’t I live in…

Then you can ask: You?

but I come from Russia.

in England do you live?

Liam: I’m from the UK,

but I live in South Africa You?

Mikhail: I live in Graz.

Podcast conversations

Kalindi needs Jason’s

personal information for a form…

Full name: Jason Richard

Pierre meets Emilia at a party…

Pierre: Hi! What’s your name?

Emilia: Emilia Yours?

Pierre: Pierre Where are you from?

Emilia: Canada And you?

Pierre: Paris, France Where in Canada are you from? Emilia: Alberta.

Pierre: Do you live in Alberta?

Emilia: No, I live in Winnipeg.

Pierre: How old are you?

Emilia: 29 How about you?

Pierre: I’m 28.

TIME TO TALK

understand you?

2 How're you? Social etiquette How’re you?

You can ask:

To talk about yourself in the present tense you use

It is polite to thank someone for asking You can say: Thank you!

How about you? and Yourself? are informal.

Conversations

Brooke: Hi, Fia Alright?

Brooke: I’m really good.

You can answer: I’m a bit… stressed

I’m feeling… depressed

I feel … terrible

I’m in a good

frightened.

I’m feeling tired.

anxious.

You can ask: Why are you…?

Why do you feel…?

Examples

Why are you fantastic?

Why are you terrible?

Why do you feel good?

Why do you feel awful?

Maddison:That’s great! Livia: That’s not good!

Nathan: I’m pretty good.

Why only ok?

Abena: I’m very stressed Jenson: Hi.

how’re you?

Darcey: Morning Eleanor! Jenson: I’m fine.

Eleanor: Morning! How’re

you doing?

Edwige: How’re you

really?

Darcey: I’m feeling really

happy and relaxed.

Jenson: I feel depressed.

feeling down, Zeno?

Darcey: I’m sorry! Why’s

Ellis.

Nathan: Hey Zachary All

well?

Ingrid: Are you worried

about your exam?

Maisie: I’m OK.

How are you really?

but I’m good.

Maisie: I’m in a bad

mood.

Viveca: Afternoon, Déwu.

You alright?

tired and I’m really stressed.

Introductions

You can say:

friends)

introduce you to…

Do you know…?

introduce you to…?

Meet…

Allow me to introduce… or Allow me to introduce you to…

I don’t think you’ve met…

Examples

I’d like you to meet my colleague Deepesh.

I don’t think you’ve met my boss Connor.

introduce you to Oceane.

May I introduce my boyfriend Umberto? May I introduce you to my girlfriend Vasili?

Allow me to introduce Victoria Allow me to introduce you to Tygo.

This is my husband Jimmy.

Do you know my friend Florence?

Meet Katya, my daughter.

When you meet somebody, you can say:

Nice to meet you.

Pleased to meet you.

Pleasure to meet you How do you do?

situations.

You can answer: Nice to meet you too.

Pleased to meet you too.

How do you do?

You too.

Conversations

Hollie.

Hannah: Good afternoon, Amaia.

Hannah: Allow me to introduce you to my colleague

Pascal.

Raoul?

Rose.

Natalya: How do you do, Rose.

Benjamin: Hi Scarlet.

Aiko my boyfriend.

friend Toril.

Orlando: Nice to meet you, Toril.

Gemma: Nice to meet you Aito.

Cartright?

boyfriend?

Adriano: Hello Alessio, pleasure to meet you.

Who’s that?

You can ask: Who’s this?

Is this…?

You can ask: Who’s that?

Is that…?

You can ask: Who’re they? Are they…?