Reward Elementary Level

 

Lesson

Grammar and functions

Vocabulary

Skills and sounds

1. What's your name?

Introducing yourself

Present simple (1): to be
Asking and saying who people are and where they are from

Countries

Reading: reading for main ideas

Listening: listening for main ideas

Sounds: syllable stress

Speaking: asking and saying who you are and where you are from

2. This is Bruno and Maria

Jobs and nationalities

Present simple (2): to be
Possessive adjectives
Articles (1): a/an

Jobs

Sounds: syllable stress

Reading: reading for main ideas

Writing: writing a description saying who people are, where they are from and what their job is

3. Questions, questions

Personal information

Questions
Negatives
Short answers

Forms giving personal information

Listening: listening for specific information

Speaking: using a model dialogue for guided speaking practice

Writing: completing a form; joining two pieces of information with and

4. How many students are there?

A brochure for a language school

There is/are
Plurals (1): regular
Position of adjectives

Numbers
Classroom vocabulary
Adjectives to describe people or things

Sounds: pronunciation of numbers

Reading: reading for specific information

Speaking: talking about your ideal school

Writing: writing a brochure for you ideal school

5. Where's my pen?

Personal possessions

Has/have got
Prepositions of place (1)

Personal possessions

Listening: listening for context; listening for specific information

Sounds: pronunciation of the alphabet

Speaking: talking about personal possessions

Progress check lessons 1-5

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Revision

Organising new vocabulary
Expressions to use when you don't understand

Sounds: syllable stress

Reading: reading for main ideas

Writing: punctuation of sentences

6. Families

Family relationships

Possessive 's and s'
Plurals (2): regular and irregular

Members of the family

Sounds: weak syllables

Reading: predicting; reading for main ideas; inferring

Speaking: talking about your family

7. What's the time?

Customs around the world at different times of day

Present simple (3): for customs and routines
Prepositions of time (1)

Times of the day

Speaking: telling the time

Reading: reading for main ideas

Listening: listening for specific information

Writing: writing an informal letter

8. Home

The home of a family in Russia

Some and any (1)
Prepositions of place (2)

Rooms
Furniture
Parts of the house

Sounds: syllable stress

Reading: reading for specific information

Listening: predicting; listening for specific information

Writing: completing a chart about different homes

9. How do you relax?

Different ways of relaxing

Present simple (4): for habits and routines
Wh- questions
Third person singular (he/she/it)

Hobbies

Reading: reading for specific information

Sounds: third person singular present simple endings

Listening: listening for specific information

Speaking: talking about ways of relaxing in your free time

10. Do you like jazz?

Different kinds of entertainment

Pronouns
Present simple (5): talking about likes and dislikes

Entertainment and recreation

Reading: reading for main ideas; reading for specific information

Listening: listening for main ideas; listening for specific information

Sounds: interested intonation in sentences

Writing: writing an advert for a penfriend

Progress check lessons 6-10

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Revision

Parts of speech
Noting down new vocabulary
Features of a dictionary

Sounds: polite intonation

Reading: reading for main ideas

Speaking: talking about lifestyles in Britain and in your country

11. A day in my life

A day in the life of a TV presenter

Present simple (6): saying how often you do things
Prepositions of time (2)

Everyday actions

Reading: reading for main ideas; understanding text organisation

Speaking: talking about your typical day

Listening: listening for specific information

Writing: writing about a typical day in your life using then, after that and and

12. How do you get to work?

Different means of transport

Articles (2): a/an, the and no article
Talking about travel

Means of transport
Adjectives and their opposites

Reading: reading for main ideas; reading for specific information

Sounds: listening and matching

Speaking: talking bout how to get to work/school

Writing: writing a paragraph on how to get to work/school

13. Can you swim?

Talking about what people can and can't do

Can and can't
Questions and short answers

Skills and abilities

Reading: reading and answering a questionnaire

Sounds: strong and weak forms of can

Listening: listening for specific information; listening for context

Speaking: talking about personal abilities

14. How do I get to Queen Street?

Finding your way around town

Prepositions of place (3)
Asking for and giving directions

Shops and town facilities

Listening: listening for specific information; listening for main ideas

Reading: predicting; reading for main ideas; reading for specific information

Speaking: talking bout shopping in Britain and you country

15. What's happening?

Describing actions taking place at the moment

Present continuous

Compass points
Adjectives to describe places

Listening: listening for main ideas; listening for specific information

Sounds: stressed words

Speaking: talking about cities around the world

Writing: writing a postcard to a friend

Progress check lessons 11-15

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Revision

International words
Words from other languages
Words and expressions used in everyday language

Sounds: syllable stress; stressed information

Reading: stressed words

Speaking: talking about cities around the world

Writing: writing a postcard to a friend

16. Who was your first friend?

Talking about childhood

Past simple (1): be

Adjectives to describe character

Speaking: talking about childhood

Listening: listening for main ideas; listening for specific information

Sounds: strong and weak forms of was

Writing: writing true and false statements about your childhood 

17. How about some oranges?

Typical food at different meals

Some and any (2)
Countable and uncountable nouns
Making suggestions

Items of food and drink

Listening: listening for specific information; listening for main ideas

Sounds: plural nouns; in noun expressions with and

Speaking: talking about eating conventions in Britain and your country

18. I was born in England

Biographies of Sting and Whitney Houston

Past simple (2): regular verbs
Have

Words connected with the music business
Important life events

Reading: predicting; reading for specific information

Sounds: past simple endings

Listening: predicting; listening for specific information

Speaking: talking about the life of a famous person 

19. What's he like?

Talking about appearance

Describing people (1)

Adjectives to describe people's appearance
Physical features

Writing: writing a letter giving a personal description

Listening: listening for main ideas; listening for specific information

Speaking: talking about typical appearance

20. A grand tour

Visiting cities in Europe

Past simple (3): irregular verbs
Yes/no questions and short answers

Verbs connected with tourism
Irregular verbs

Sounds: pronunciation of some European cities and countries

Listening: listening for main ideas; listening for specific information

Speaking: talking about a holiday 

Progress check lessons 16-20

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Revision

Word association
Word charts
Words formed from other parts of speech

Sounds: silent letter patterns; interested intonation in sentences; syllable stress

Speaking: playing a game called Twenty Questions

21. Mystery

An extract from an article about Agatha Christie

Past simple (4): negatives
Wh- questions

New words from a passage about Agatha Christie

Reading: predicting; reading for main ideas; reading for specific information

Sounds: weak stress of auxiliary verbs

Writing: writing a short autobiography

Speaking: talking about your life

22. Dates

Special occasions and important dates

Past simple (5)
Expressions of time

Ordinal numbers
Dates, months of the year

Sounds: pronunciation of ordinal numbers and dates

Listening: listening for main ideas; understanding text organisation

Speaking: talking about your answers to a quiz

23. What's she wearing?

Clothes and fashion

Describing people (2)
Present continuous or present simple

Items of clothing and accessories
Colours
Actions of the face, hand and body

Listening: listening of specific information

Reading: reading and answering a questionnaire

Speaking: discussing your answers to the questionnaire

24. I'm going to save money

Talking about resolutions and future plans

Going to
Because
and so

New verbs from this lesson

Reading: predicting; reading for main ideas

Listening: predicting; listening for main ideas

Writing: writing resolutions; joining sentences with
because and so

25. Eating out

Eating in different kinds of restaurants

Would like
Talking about prices

Food items

Listening: predicting; listening for specific information

Sounds: pronunciation of like and 'd like

Reading: reading for specific information

Writing: writing a paragraph about eating out in your country

Progress check lessons 21-25

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Revision

Techniques for dealing with difficult words
Word puzzles

Sounds: words with the same pronunciation but different spelling; syllable stress; polite intonation

Writing: preparing a quiz

Speaking: asking and answering quiz questions

26. Can I help you?

Shopping

Reflexive pronouns

Items of shopping

Listening: listening for specific information; listening for main ideas

Sounds: polite and friendly intonation

Speaking: talking about shopping habits

27. Whose bag is this?

Describing objects and giving information

Whose
Possessive pronouns
Describing objects

Adjectives to describe objects
Materials

Speaking: describing objects; acting out conversations in a Lost Property office

Listening: listening for main ideas; listening for specific information

28. What's the matter?

Minor illness
Healthcare in Britain

Asking and saying how you feel
Sympathising
Should, shouldn't

Adjectives to describe how you feel
Nouns for illnesses
Parts of the body

Listening: listening for main ideas

Reading: reading for specific information; dealing with unfamiliar words

Writing: writing an advice leaflet about healthcare for visitors in you country

29. Country factfile

Facts about Thailand, United Kingdom and Sweden

Making comparisons (1)
comparative and superlative forms of short adjectives

Adjectives to describe countries
Measurements

Sounds: syllable stress; pronunciation of measurements

Reading: reading for specific information

Listening: listening for specific information

Writing: writing a factfile for your country

30. Olympic spirit

Olympic records

Making comparisons (2):
comparative and superlative forms of longer adjectives

Sports
Adjectives to describe sports

Listening: listening for main ideas

Speaking: talking about olympic sports

Writing: understanding text organisation

Progress check lessons 26-30

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Revision

Adjectives and opposites
Words Zigzag

Sounds: words which rhyme; stress patterns

Speaking: conversation building for sentences

Listening: listening for main ideas

31. When in Rome, do s the Romans do

Customs and rules in different countries

Needn't, can, must, mustn't

New words from this lesson

Reading: reading for main ideas

Speaking: talking about rules and customs in different countries

Listening: listening for main ideas; listening for specific information

Sounds: pronunciation of must and mustn't

Writing: writing advice and rules for visitors to your country

32. Have you ever been to London?

Travel experiences

Present perfect (1): talking about experiences

New words from this lesson

Reading: reading for main ideas

Sounds: strong and weak forms of have and haven't

Speaking: talking about things to do in your town; talking about experiences

Writing: writing a postcard

33. What's happened?

Talking about good and bad luck

Present perfect (2): talking about recent events
Just and yet

Adverbs and their opposites

Listening: listening for specific information

Speaking: talking about things you have and haven't done; acting out conversations about good and bad luck

34. Planning a perfect day

Favourite outings

Imperatives
Infinitive of purpose

Words connected with outings

Speaking: talking about a perfect day

Reading: reading for main ideas

Writing: writing advice for planning the perfect day out

35. She sings well

Schooldays

Adverbs

Adverbs and their opposites

Sounds: identifying attitude and mood

Reading: reading for main ideas; reading for specific information

Listening: listening for main ideas

Speaking: talking about achievement at school; performing an action in the style of different adverbs

Progress check lessons 31-35

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Revision

Collocation

Sounds: words with the same vowel sound; word stress and a change of meaning

Reading: reading for specific information

Writing: focusing on unnecessary words

36. I'll go by train

Travel by train and plane

Future simple (2):
(will) for decisions

Features of an airport and station

Listening: listening for specific information

Reading: reading for specific information

Speaking: acting out a role-play in a travel agent's

37. What will it be like in the future?

Talking about the future

Future simple (2):
(will) for predictions

Nouns and adjectives for the weather

Listening: listening for specific information

Reading: predicting; reading for specific information

38. Hamlet was written by Shakespeare

World facts

Active and passive

Verbs used for passive

Speaking: talking about true and false sentences

Reading: reading and answering a quiz

Listening: listening for specific information

Writing: writing a quiz about your country

39. She said it wasn't far

Staying in a youth hostel

Reported speech: statements

Items connected with travel

Reading: reading for main ideas

Listening: listening for specific information

Writing: writing a letter of complaint

40. Dear Jan .... Love Ruth

A short story by Nick McIver

Tense review

New words from this lesson

Reading: predicting; reading for main ideas

Listening: listening for specific information

Writing: writing a different ending to the story

Progress check lessons 36-40

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Revision

Prepositions
Word association

Sounds: syllable stress

Speaking: playing Reward Snakes and Ladders