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Solutions Elementary - Unit 1C - Family and Friends (Listening)

This document contains a unit map and materials for an elementary English solutions textbook on the topic of family and friends. The unit map outlines the following components: 1) Vocabulary and word skills focusing on family members, adjectives, prepositions, and personality adjectives. 2) Grammar covering the present simple tense. 3) Listening activities on spelling, pronunciation, and distinguishing similar sounding words. 4) A reading passage about sibling rivalry. 5) Speaking prompts to describe people. 6) A writing assignment to create a personal profile. The materials include vocabulary exercises, comprehension questions, listening strategies, and a conversation transcript between two students discussing housework responsibilities.

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Solutions Elementary - Unit 1C - Family and Friends (Listening)

This document contains a unit map and materials for an elementary English solutions textbook on the topic of family and friends. The unit map outlines the following components: 1) Vocabulary and word skills focusing on family members, adjectives, prepositions, and personality adjectives. 2) Grammar covering the present simple tense. 3) Listening activities on spelling, pronunciation, and distinguishing similar sounding words. 4) A reading passage about sibling rivalry. 5) Speaking prompts to describe people. 6) A writing assignment to create a personal profile. The materials include vocabulary exercises, comprehension questions, listening strategies, and a conversation transcript between two students discussing housework responsibilities.

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SOLUTIONS

ELEMENTARY
Unit 1: Family and Friends
LISTENING: SPELLING AND
PRONUNCIATION
I can distinguish between words with very
similar sounds in them.
UNIT MAP
VOCABULARY &
01. WORD SKILLS
02. GRAMMAR 03. LISTENING
Family members, adjectives Present simple (affirmative) Spelling and
and prepositions, housework, Present simple pronunciation
describing people, personality (negative and interrogative)
adjectives; singular and plural
nouns

04. READING
Sibling rivalry
05. SPEAKING
Describing people
06. WRITING
A personal profile
VOCABULARY

cook dinner do the ironing


VOCABULARY

do the washing unload the dishwasher


VOCABULARY

tidy my bedroom set the table


Task 1. Look at the photo of the Radford family. What
is the relationship between the people, do you think?
Task 2. Read the text and answer the questions.
1. What is Noel's job?
Noel is a baker.

2. How many people live in


the Radford family home?
21 (seventeen children
and two parents)
Task 3. Find seven of the housework activities below in
the text in task 2.
clean the house

cook dinner

do the ironing

do the washing

go to the supermarket

load / unload the dishwasher

set the table

tidy my bedroom

wash the dishes


Task 4. Read the Listening Strategy 1. Which
underlined vowel sound in each group of words is
different? Listen and check.
Listening Strategy 1: 1. A. school B. too C. look D. cool
In English, you can't
always predict how a 2. A. grandson B. class C. father D. grandma
word sounds by
looking at the 3. A. wife B. China C. Italy D. like
spelling. Learning
how words are 4. A. go B. son C. photo D. hello
pronounced will
allow you to 5. A. eat B. meat C. seat D. great
understand them
when you hear them. 6. A. university B. uncle C. mum D. Hungary
Task 5. Read Listening Strategy 2. Then listen and
repeat the words. Which word in each pair do you hear
first? Pay attention to the different vowel sounds.
1. men man
Listening Strategy 2:
Some words sound similar
2. cap cup but have very different
meanings. Being able to
3. far for detect the small difference
in pronunciation will help
4. wet wait you to understand them
when you hear them. Use
5. live leave the context to help you
too.
6. match March
Task 6. Listen to Ryan and Joanna talking about
housework. Are the sentences true or false? Write
T or F. Then correct the false ones.
1. Ryan thinks that his bedroom is tidy. F
2. Joanna tidies her bedroom. F
3. Ryan hasn't got time to tidy his bedroom every day. T
4. Joanna's family shares the housework. T
5. Joanna and Ryan like housework more than homework. T
6. Joanna has got exams at the moment. F
Transcript
Ryan: My parents are a bit angry with me. Joanna: We share the housework in our family.
Joanna: Oh, why? My dad cooks dinner. My mum does the washing
Ryan: My bedroom is untidy – they say! and cleans the house. I unload the dishwasher
Joanna: Is it untidy? and I do the ironing too.
Ryan: Yes, I suppose so. But I can’t tidy it every Ryan: What about your brother?
day! It’s so unfair. Joanna: He’s got exams at the moment so he sits
Joanna: I share a bedroom with my sister, Clare. in his bedroom and does homework. Normally, he
She’s a really tidy person. She tidies our bedroom. sets the table and he goes to the supermarket
Ryan: Really? Lucky you! I tidy my bedroom every too, with dad.
weekend. But I’m really busy on schooldays. Ryan: I think I prefer housework to homework!
Joanna: Oh, dear. That is a bit unfair. Joanna: Me too! I’m happy I haven’t got exams
Ryan: Yes. I do a lot of housework! I help my mum this year!
with the cooking, for example. What about you?
Task 7. Read these sentences from the
conversation in task 6. How are the red
sounds pronounced? Listen and check.

1. I tidy my bedroom. /aɪ/

2. My mum does the washing. /ʌ/

3. He's got exams at the moment. /æ/

4. He goes to the supermarket too. /uː/


Task 8. Talk about housework in your home.
Use phrases below.

clean the house cook dinner do the ironing

go to the load / unload the


do the washing
supermarket dishwasher

set the table tidy my bedroom wash the dishes


PANTADO
See you next time!

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