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General English
Student Book
Compiled by
Drs. Baharuddin, M.Hum
L. Jaswadi Putera, SPd. MPd.
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1.
Greeting and Introducing
1
2.
Where Are You From?
9
3.
Things Around You
19
4.
Family and Friends
29
5.
Describing Appearances & Characters
41
6.
Times and Dates
48
14.
Going Shopping
111
15.
Cooking Time !
123
16.
Future Plans
131
17.
Past Activities
137
18.
Have You Ever …. ?
149
2
Introducing others
Here are expressions to introduce others:
- Jack, please meet Nicolas.
- Jack, have you met Nicolas?
- I'd like you to meet Liza.
- I'd like to introduce you to Betty.
- Leila, this is Barbara. Barbara this is Leila.
Useful responses when introducing yourself or other people:
- Nice to meet you.
- Pleased to meet you.
- Happy to meet you.
- How do you do?
Things to remember:
- "How do you do?" is not really a question, it just means "Hello". You can respond to it by
6
16
20
Grammar:
Indefinite Article
a / an
Practice.
Supply the articles
a/an
in the following.
Decide whether each of the following sentences is
correct or incorrect.
1. There is an novel on the table. 2. John is eating an orange now. 3. Mary wants to go to an university this
summer. 6. Peter has _______ aunt in Berlin. 7. We listen to _______ English CD. 8. She has _______ exercise book in her
school bag.
9. The speed of this car was 160 miles _______ hour.
26
1
Do a survey. Ask eight people in your class and fill in the table. Which appearance is the most common? How many people take after the mother/father?48
Do you know how to tell the time in English?
Listening
54
60
62
Write and Speak
2.
What your friend or relative likes doing in his/her free time?
What he / she d
oesn’t like doing?
Why?
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
Speaking
Exercise
: Complete the list below by asking other students to join your free time activities.
Write
the student’s name in the box
if he/she agrees to join you. You are only
allowed to aks one student to join the activity.
Example:
A: Would you like to go shopping tonight?
B: I’d love to. But I can’t. I’m going shopping
with Tina tonight.
68
Speaking
Exercise
: A Patient and a hypnotherapist.
In pairs, role play the patient and the hypnotherapist.
Student A - Hypnotherapist:
1.
Tell the patient to close his eyes.
2.
Tell him to describe each activity
he is doing at the moment.
3.
Tell him to describe about
everything he sees in his
imagination: the people, the
animals, the surroundings, the
weather, etc.
4.
Ask questions if necessary.
5.
Tell him to stop the hypnosis after
a few minutes.
6.
Change role.
Student B - Patient:
1.
Close your eyes.
2.
Describe everything you see in
your imagination
3.
Describe where you are, what you
are doing, what other people are
doing, what the surroundings look
like, or what the weather is like.
4.
Answer the questions from the
hypnotherapist.
5.
Stop when you hear the word
‘stop’ or a clap of hands
6.
Change role.
Example:
Patient:
Now, I’m in my house…. I’m grabbing my helmet and sweater…. I’m riding my
bike….. I’m heading to the woods…. Now’ I’m in the woods….. I see many people….
There is a little boy with a red T-shirt. He is looking at me and smiling. Suddenly, the dark
clouds a
re gathering in the sky…. Now the rain is falling down. People are running for
shelter. Now, I’m alone, I’m soaking wet. I’m running, looking for my bike. But I can’t find
it.
Note
: For a more challenging activity, students can play the mysterious murderer to
help the police solve a murder case.
70
Listening
1. Places of Work
Write the name of place of work that you hear.
2. What does he/she do?
3. Talk about your dream job.
80
82
Listening
Listening Headway Beginner p. 81
Error correction
84
American English File 1. P.41
Reading
88
Student A
92
Include
Location, Number of rooms and furniture, and something special about it
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
Exercise
. Answer these questions.
1. What is the name of the
house?
2. How many rooms are
there?
3. How many bathrooms are
there?
What things do you find
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
Speaking (Additional questions):
1.
Where do you live?
2.
Is it located in the city, a small village, on the mountain, or near the
beach?
3.
Is your house big or small?
4.
How many rooms are there in your house?
5.
What is the color of your house?
6.
Do you paint your bedroom with your favorite color?
7.
What things are there in your bedroom?
8.
Do you raise fish in your home? (If yes, What kind of fish?)
9.
Do you plant flowers or trees at your home?
10.
Do you like to keep pets in your house? What kind of pet?
100
106
Writing
Your friend wants to move to your neighborhood. Write a postcard to him
describing your town or village.
_______________________________________________________________
Ask and answer questions about the things in your city or village.
Q: Are there many trees?
- Yes. There are (many).
4. Unemployment
5. Farmers
6. Trash (rubbish)
7. Crimes
8. Fresh air
9 Water pollution
10. Land polution
Prepositions of movement
116
Listening
118
122
128
I’m going to Raja Ampat this weekend?
What did you do last night?
Where were you yesterday?
What time did you get up this morning?
2.
Write the negative and interrogative of these sentences.
Ex:
I
wrote
a letter yesterday.
2.
My mother cooked very delicious dinner last night.
_________________________________________________________ (-)
_________________________________________________________ (?)
3.
My father taught me English yesterday afternoon.
_________________________________________________________ (-)
_________________________________________________________ (?)
4.
John bought some bread a few minutes ago.
_________________________________________________________ (-)
_________________________________________________________ (?)
5.
You studied Biology an hour ago.
138
Writing
1.
Write about things that you did yesterday, where were you. Talk to your
partner.
2.
Write about what your friend or relative (father, mother, siblings) did
yesterday, where was he/ she. Talk to your partner.
Have you ever seen a silent film?
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