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1st Year Contents 2016

This document provides an overview of the contents covered in the first year of a language course, including grammar structures, tenses, question forms, prepositions, linkers, communication functions, vocabulary topics, and writing text types. Key grammar points include subject pronouns, possessive adjectives, regular and irregular noun plurals. Main tenses are present simple, continuous, future with "going to". Common question forms, prepositions of place and time, and linkers such as "and" and "but" are also outlined. Communication functions involve introducing oneself, ordering food, making requests. Vocabulary covers topics like abilities, food, free time activities. Writing genres include personal profiles, descriptions, emails.

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1st Year Contents 2016

This document provides an overview of the contents covered in the first year of a language course, including grammar structures, tenses, question forms, prepositions, linkers, communication functions, vocabulary topics, and writing text types. Key grammar points include subject pronouns, possessive adjectives, regular and irregular noun plurals. Main tenses are present simple, continuous, future with "going to". Common question forms, prepositions of place and time, and linkers such as "and" and "but" are also outlined. Communication functions involve introducing oneself, ordering food, making requests. Vocabulary covers topics like abilities, food, free time activities. Writing genres include personal profiles, descriptions, emails.

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1st Year Contents (Live Beat 1)

Grammar & Structures


- Subject pronouns (1A and 1C)
- Possessive adjectives (1A and 2B)
- The indefinite article: a/an ( 2A)
- Demonstrative pronouns: this, these, that, those (2A)
- Regular and irregular noun plurals (2A and 4A)
- Genitive s (singular) and s (plural) (2B)
- The definite article: the (3A)
- Can for requests and ability (2C and 7C)
- There is/are (affirmative, negative and interrogative) (3A)
- Countable and uncountable nouns with some and any (3C)
- Object pronouns: me, you, him, her, it, us, them (5C)
- Like + -ing (7B)
- Adverb: (not) very well (7C)
- Comparative and superlative of short and long adjectives (10A and B)
- Which? (10A)
- Too + adjective (11C)

Tenses
- Verb to be Present Simple (1A 1C)
- Have got with all the subject pronouns (4A and B)
- Present Simple for habitual actions (5A, 5B)
- Present Simple with fixed times (6A)
Adverbs and adverbial phrases of frequency: always, often, hardly ever,
never, sometimes, usually, every day, once, twice, three times a week/a
month (6B and 6C)
- Present Continuous for ongoing actions (7A)
- Present Simple and Continuous: contrast (7B)
Time expressions: now, at the moment (7B)
- Imperatives (9C)
- Going to for future plans and intentions (10C)
- Future time expressions: tonight, tomorrow, on Saturday (evening), next
week/month/year (10C)

Question forms:
How do you spell? Whats your name/address? How old are you? Where
are you from? What nationality are you? Where do you come from? What?
Where? Who? How much? (cost) How many? Whens your birthday? What
time? How often? Whats Tom like? (physical description and character)
Whats the weather like? What kind of do you like? What sort of hair has
she got? Which? How do you get to school?
Prepositions:
- PLACE: in, on, under, behind, in front of, next to, near, opposite,
between, on the corner of (3B and 9C)
IN the north/south/south-east/east/west of Poland (1C)
the centre of Argentina (1C)
an office/a hospital (5B)
ON the beach/a building site/a farm (5B)
AT home/school/work/Emmas house, the cinema/the drama club (8A)
IN bed (8A)
ON the 5th floor (3D)
- TIME in, on, at (4C and 6A)
- TRANSPORT:
BY bus, bike, bus, car, coach, lorry, motorbike, plane, scooter, taxi,
tram; underground (Tube) (9A)
ON foot (9A)

Linkers:
- AND, BUT, BECAUSE AND SO (5E)
- SEQUENCERS: FIRST; THEN, AFTER THAT, LATER, FINALLY;
IN THE END.

Communication
- Introducing yourself and others (1A)
o E.g. Nice to meet you. This is
- Saying hello and goodbye (1B)
o E.g. How are you? How are things?
- Asking for and giving personal information (1B)
o E.g. Whats your name? How do you spell it? Whats your address?
Whats your postcode? Whats your phone number? How old are you?
- Ordering food and drink (2C)
o E.g. Can I have? How much? Its Here you are.
- Making and responding to requests (3B)
o E.g. Can I borrow? Yes, of course. No, Im sorry. I need it.
- Talking about your family (4A)
o E.g. Have you got any brothers or sisters? No, Im an only child. How
many cousins have you got? Ive got ten. How old are they?
- Exchanging opinions (5C)
o E.g. What do you think of ? I think shes // I hate her.
- Expressing surprise and commenting positively and negatively (6C)
o E.g. Really! Wow! Youre joking. Thats interesting. Thats awful
- Making and responding to suggestions (7C)
o E.g. Lets Why dont we..? How about/What about + ing? Yes,
thats a good idea. Im not sure.
- Asking about problems (8C)
o E.g. Whats the matter? Nothing, Because Never mind. Why dont
you do it?
- Asking for help in a town (9C)
o E.g. Excuse me, wheres? Is there a near here? Im sorry. I dont
know. / Its in West Street / Thanks very much. Youre welcome.
- Inviting, accepting and refusing (10C)
o E.g. Would you like to? Yes, Id love to. / That sounds great. / Im
sorry. I cant. etc.

Vocabulary & Topics


- Abilities - Food and drink
- Adjectives of opinion/quality /feeling - Free time activities
- Appearance - Jobs & places of work
- Birthday presents - Likes and dislikes
- Birthdays and star signs - Numbers 1-100
- British money - Ordinal numbers
- Clock times - Personal information
- Clothes - Places in town
- Colours - Rooms, parts of a house and
- Compass points fittings. Furniture
- Countries and nationalities - School life
- Daily routines - Sports
- Days of the week; months and - Star signs
seasons; years - The alphabet
- Everyday things - The weather
- Family members and friends - Transport
- Famous people: sportspeople, actors, - Types of homes
singers and pop bands. - Types of music

Personality: tidy, untidy, a mess, noisy, bossy, annoying, jealous (4D)


Feelings: angry, bored, excited, fed up, happy, sad, scared, tired, worried (8C)
Holiday activities: (9B)
GO + GERUND: go climbing/mountain biking /shopping /sightseeing /skiing /
windsurfing /sunbathing /rollerblading
go to a museum /to the beach
play beach volleyball
Landscape: coast, forest, island, lake, mountain, ocean, river, sea, tree (9B)

Writing Text Types


- A personal profile (1E)
- A description of a place: room, house, flat, school, etc. (email) (3E)
- A description of a person (4B and D)
- A problem page (4D)
- An email (5B)
- A description of someones daily routines (6B)
- A postcard about holidays (7E)
- A short article for a magazine (10A)

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