EVOLVE Level 1 Language Summaries
EVOLVE Level 1 Language Summaries
Nouns
Greetings, introductions, goodbyes
Countries
Jobs Good evening.
Brazil
Japan artist Hello. How are you?
Chile
Mexico chef I’m fine thanks. And you?
China
Peru doctor I’m fine.
Colombia
Russia hotel clerk (X), this is (Y).
Ecuador
South Korea salesperson Hi, (Y). Nice to meet you.
France
Spain server Nice to meet you, (X).
Honduras
The United States student See you later.
The Alphabet
teacher Bye.
Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii
Adjectives Insider English
Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq
Nationalities Uh-huh
Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
American My last name is Garcia.
Personal information
Brazilian Uh-huh. What’s your email address?
college
Chilean
company
Chinese
email address
Colombian
first name
Ecuadorian
last name
French
Numbers
Honduran
1 one 2 two 3 three 4 four 5 five
Japanese
6 six 7 seven 8 eight 9 nine 10
ten Mexican
Peruvian
Russian
South Korean
Spanish
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UNIT 2 LANGUAGE SUMMARY
Nouns
Months Adjectives
Family
January February March April May June Describing people
aunt July August September October November boring
brother December friendly
child Numbers funny
children 11 eleven 12 twelve 13 thirteen interesting
cousins 14 fourteen 15 fifteen 16 sixteen
old
dad 17 seventeen 18 eighteen 19 nineteen
20 twenty 21 twenty-one 22 twenty- really
daughter
two short
father
30 thirty 40 forty 50 fifty shy
grandchildren 60 sixty 70 seventy 80 eighty smart
grandfather 90 ninety 100 one tall
grandmother hundred Days of the month young
grandma (ordinals) very
grandpa first second third
grandparents fourth fifth sixth Insider English
husband seventh eighth ninth She’s not tall.
mom tenth eleventh twelfth You’re not from South Korea.
thirteenth fourteenth fifteenth
mother Filip isn’t American.
sixteenth seventeenth eighteenth
parents nineteenth twentieth twenty-first My friends aren’t boring.
sister twenty-second thirtieth thirty-first
son Glossary
uncle both
wife
wives
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UNIT 3 LANGUAGE SUMMARY
Nouns
Furniture and objects Adjectives
Rooms in a home
bed big
bathroom
bookcase boring
bedroom
chair cool
dining area
couch funny
kitchen
desk great
living room
lamp interesting
door
refrigerator new
floor
rug nice
picture
shower old
wall
sink small
window
space
cat Insider English
television / TV
dog Sure. A cookie, please.
table
Drinks and snacks
coffee
cookie
milk
sugar
tea
Talking about your home Offering and accepting a drink and Choosing things for a home
Welcome to my home. snack Discussing
This is your bedroom. Making offers This is the kitchen/living room …
This is her bedroom. Coffee or tea? It’s good for him.
This is his bedroom. With milk? It’s not good for him.
This is their bedroom. Sugar? Preparing
This is their bedroom. Replying to offers Where’s a good place for a couch / TV?
This is my parents’ bedroom. Coffee, please. In the living room?
Milka is our cat. No, thanks. Deciding
T-Rex is Sergei’s dog. Yes, please. What’s important for Jason?
This is my apartment. Its. windows are What about this TV / picture?
old, but its doors are new. Writing an email about a home-share
This is a big / small TV.
Where is it?
This TV is good for Jason.
Talking about furniture How many bedrooms/bathrooms are
It’s $180. ($ = dollars)
It’s great for college students. in it?
I agree. / I don’t agree.
This desk isn’t just a desk. How many people are in the house?
Are they students? It’s expensive. ($$$)
It’s cheap. ($)
The house is on …
Good idea!
It’s big, with four bedrooms, three
bathrooms, and a big kitchen.
Asking about words you don’t
Three people live in the house. understand
They are students at … Sorry, I don’t understand. What’s a …?
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UNIT 4 LANGUAGE SUMMARY
Nouns
Verbs Insider English
Technology
Talking about your favorite things And what else? Do you listen to music
app on your phone?
have
camera
like
cell phone Glossary
love
earphones phone plan
want
(computer) game product review
Using technology
laptop
call friends / family
phone
chat with friends / family
smartwatch
listen to music
tablet
play games
… on my cell phone /
post photos / comments
tablet
read emails / (text) messages
… on my computer / laptop
send emails / (text) messages
… on my smartwatch
leave voice messages
… on the internet
use apps / social media / technology
Music
watch movies / videos / TV
album
band
songs
singer
Adjectives
famous
popular
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UNIT 5 LANGUAGE SUMMARY
Nouns
Verbs Adverbs of frequency
Days of the week
Everyday activities always
Monday Tuesday Wednesday
drink coffee / tea hardly ever
Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
eat / have breakfast / lunch / never
Times of day
dinner get up often
afternoon sometimes
go out
evening usually
go to bed / work / classes
morning
play soccer
night Glossary
run
the weekend after
study
weekdays before
work
at night every
Telling the time
in the morning / afternoon / evening from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
It’s eight o’clock.
on Monday / Thursday / the weekend / late
It’s five fifteen.
weekdays routine
It’s three-thirty.
tired
It’s ten forty-five.
way of life
It’s (a) quarter after five.
It’s (a) quarter to eleven.
It’s nine-oh-five.
It’s six fifty.
It’s twelve p.m.
It’s 12:00 a.m.
It’s five after nine.
It’s ten to seven.
It’s noon.
It’s midnight.
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UNIT 6 LANGUAGE SUMMARY
Nouns
Nature Verbs
Places in cities Things to do
beach
bookstore go shopping
desert
café have dinner
flower
college learn
forest
hospital
grass see friends
hotel
hill
mall
island Insider English
movie theater lake No way! Central Park is great.
museum
mountains Glossary
park
ocean neighborhood
restaurant
plants
school
river
store
snow
supermarket
tree
zoo
Talking about places in the city Asking for directions Planning a new neighborhood for a
There’s no free time this week. Where am I? / Where are we? city
There’s a zoo in the park. I don’t understand the map. Discussing
There’s a nice café near here. Where’s Garcia Moreno Street? I have children. A school is really
There are some interesting museums Is it near here? important.
near the park. Excuse me? Is this Garcia Moreno What about …?
There are a lot of good places to see on Street? Me, too.
the weekend. I agree. / I disagree.
no = zero Giving directions I think … is good for the neighborhood.
a / an = one Turn left / right (here). I want … for the neighborhood.
some = a small number It’s that way. I like / don’t like …
a lot of = a large Go one block / three blocks. I think … are very important / not very
number Go straight. important.
It’s on the left / right. Presenting
Talking about nature It’s over there. / It’s here! We want …
Count nouns That’s Garcia Moreno Street. Everyone in the class likes …
There’s an ocean near here. Look on your phone. Zoom in / Zoom
There’s a river in my city. out. It’s here. Checking information
There are no oceans near here. It’s that way. Turn left here. Go one
Writing a fact sheet block, and then turn right.
There are two rivers.
It has a lot of interesting animals and So, turn left here. Go one block, and
There are some plants.
birds. then turn right.
There are a lot of
It is a nice, big forest.
flowers. Non-count
Tijuca Forest is very important to Rio de
nouns Janeiro.
There’s no / some / a lot of grass.
There’s no / some / a lot of water in
the ocean.
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UNIT 7 LANGUAGE SUMMARY
Verbs
Transportation Insider English
Activities around the home
be at the bus stop / train station ha ha
brush my teeth / my hair
be on the bus / train / subway
clean the kitchen / my room
carry a plant / bag Glossary
cook breakfast / lunch / kids
drive
dinner do my homework / the millions
go to the mall / a store / your
dishes help my daughter / my parents’ house noise
father take a bath / a shower ride your / my bike running late
wash my hair take the bus / train / subway
wash the car / the dog wait
walk
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UNIT 8 LANGUAGE SUMMARY
Nouns
Verbs Insider English
Work and study Skills So, Mia. You know it’s your mom’s
company dance birthday next month, right?
coworkers draw
have a meeting Glossary
fix things
office all
paint
take a break ordinary
play the guitar
think pay
read music
workers robot
sing
work hard terrible
skateboard
snowboard
speak two languages
surf
swim
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UNIT 9 LANGUAGE SUMMARY
Nouns
Verbs Insider English
Travel
Travel arrangements At an airport: Where is the men’s
boat restroom?
arrive
country At a friend’s house: Sorry, where’s your
buy
farm bathroom?
check in
plane
fly Glossary
ranch
leave local
ticket
stay
tour reserve (a room)
travel
town tour guide
vacation wonderful
Travel arrangements
airport
destination
flight
online
trip
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UNIT 170 LANGUAGE
Nouns
Verbs Insider English
Clothes
Going out Oh, I know! I can take my fall or
boots winter pants.
eat outside
coat
get together with friends
dress Glossary
go shopping
hat light
have a picnic
jeans sunrise
look at art
pants surprise
meet someone at the airport
shirt
take a walk
shoes
take someone out for dinner
shorts
skirt
sweater
T-shirt
Seasons
dry season
fall
rainy season
spring
summer
winter
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UNIT 11 LANGUAGE SUMMARY
Describing people, places and Expressing uncertainty – very unsure Talking about TV shows from your
things in the past I have no idea. childhood
I was in the yard. I’m not sure. Discussing
My parents weren’t there. I don’t know. I remember … from my childhood.
We were on vacation. What about you?
It wasn’t old. Expressing uncertainty – a little Let’s talk about the characters in …
unsure
What were their names?
Talking about colors and memories Her first name is Kate, I
I liked that show because …
Were you at home? think. I think her first name Agreeing
No, I wasn’t. is Kate. Maybe it’s Kate
What do you remember?
Was the phone in the kitchen? Hudson?
A lot of people remember …
Yes, it was.
Writing an email about your past I remember …
How old were
Do you remember this …? Presenting
you? I was two.
There was also … We’re talking about …
What color were the walls?
Your old … was in the … Our show was really popular.
They were orange.
It was on TV in (year).
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UNIT 172 LANGUAGE
Nouns
Grains Insider English
Dairy products
bread server
butter
crackers waiter
cheese
rice waitress
Desserts
Meat and main meals
chocolate cake Glossary
beef
cookies food stand
chicken
ice cream hungry
eggs
Drinks iced tea
fish
juice more
lamb
soda
pizza
water
steak
Fruit and vegetables Snacks
apple
sandwich
banana
soup
black beans
coconut
green beans
orange
pineapple
potato
tomato
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