Let’s Learn English

Th Year Basic Education Student’s Book

AUTHORS

Najoua BEN ALI Messaoud BEN MSADDEG JEBAHIInspector Inspector

Ali SOULI Mourad ABIDAInspector Teacher

EVALUATORS

Hela BERGAOUI NAFTI Mahmoud MELKIInspector Inspector

National Pedagogic Centre

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REPUBLIC OF TUNISIAMINISTRY OF EDUCATION

Module 1

Section one : Tell me about your family Section two : Tell me more about your familySection three : What are your hobbies ?Section four : How do you spend your day ?Let’s reviewLet’s remember Self-evaluation.Module 2

Section one : Aly’s friendSection two : What’s happening ?Section three : Welcome to TunisiaSection four : Time for lunchLet’s review Let’s remember Self-evaluation

Module 3Section one : Aly’s houseSection two : Uncle Hedy’s farmSection three : Market daySection four : Happy birthdayLet’s review Let’s remember Self-evaluation

Module 4

Section one : You must be carefulSection two : What’s the matter ?Section three : Let’s keep fitSection four : What’s the weather like ?Let’s review Let’s remember Self-evaluation

Module 5

Section one : Let’s visit Aly’s school

Section two : Who is your favourite teacher ?

Section three : Let’s help others

Section four : Goodbye Peter

Let’s remember

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Table of contents

The authors would like to thank Mrs Lamia DHAOU ABIDA,

Mrs Toumia KHAMMASSI, Mrs Anissa LEGER YAHYAOUI and the

pupils Rim BOUSLAMA, Youssef AHRES and Khalil BOUDHINA for

their valuable contribution and support in the development of these

materials.

We are also grateful to our spouses and families for their

unfailing support.

Our thanks are also due to Mrs Hela BARGAOUI NAFTI and

Mr Mahmoud MELKI who evaluated these materials.

Finally, we thank the dedicated staff at CNP, Tunis

The Authors

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

* Let’s Learn English is designed for Seventh Year Basic Education pupils. It is

made up of two interdependent Books : a Student Book and an Activity Book.

* Let’s Learn English contains five modules dealing with themes that cover the

requirements of the English Programmes – Year Seven Basic Education. Each

module is divided into 4 input sections and a review. Each section proposes

several activities. Ample description on how to use the various activities is

provided in the Teacher’s Book.

* We have drawn upon various methodological principles while working on Let’s

Learn English since no one single approach or method can claim to be

exhaustive and far-reaching.

* We have opted for principled eclecticism through the proposal of a variety of

techniques, advocated by different approaches and methods. Role play, minicry,

physical responses and repetition are but some of these techniques.

* It is our belief that learner-centredness and autonomous learning are essential

in teaching a foreign language. Therefore, most of the activities proposed in Let’s

Learn English aim at involving the learner while encouraging learner autonomy.

Project Work – the ultimate in collaborative learning is initiated as early as the

first module. The purpose is to encourage autonomous and collaborative learning

through the achievement of simple projects.

* Recreational and ludic activities (time for a song / time for a joke / listen and

colour, etc) are meant to motivate the young learners and meet their needs for

fun and anxiety-free atmosphere while learning a new language.

* We shall conclude with a word of caution : Let’s Learn English - in its first

edition - surely presents weaknesses and limitations. In this regard, any criticism

and suggestions for improvements that could be incorporated in the second

edition will be welcome.

The Authors

PREFACE

PHONETIC SYMBOLS

Diphthongs (2 vowels)

Consonants

Long vowelsShort vowels

/ i / sister

/ ∧ / mother

/ ⊃ / watch

/ U / good

/ ∂ / arrive

/ æ / family/ e / bed

/ i:/ teacher

/ a:/ father/ ⊃:/ sport/ U:/school/ ∂:/ early

/ei // ai // ⊃i // ∂U /

/ au// e∂ // i∂ // U∂ /

nowthereherepoor

daylikeboygo

/p/ play /k/ class /f/ family /s/ sport /h/ hello

/b/ bed /g/ go /v/ very /z/ visit /m/ mother /j/ yes

/t/ time /t∫ / children /θ/ birthday /n/ nice /w/ with

/d/ day /dz / luggage / a / brother / ∫ / delicious / l /late

/ z / usually /r/ read / / morning nJ

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Activity 1 : Match pictures with words.

secretary - farmer - doctor - player - pupil - teacher -

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........................

........................

................................................

........................................................

Two

Activity 2 Complete.

Activity 3 Complete.

Activity 4 Read. Draw the hands.

Lunch - breakfast - dinner

Dialogue 1 Dialogue 2

Linda and Leena have ...................... at 7 o’clock.

At 12, they have.............. . They have..............at 8 o’clock.

It’s six o’clock. It’s twelve o’clock. It’s eleven o’clock.

- Hello. My name is ...... .- Hi. I am Andrew.- Nice to meet you.- ......................... , too.

- What’s your ............ ?- Ahmed.- How old are you ?- I am .....................

1

2

22

3

Three

Activity 6 NName the sports.

Activity 5 Find 4 words in the snail.

Family

a

b

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...............................

Four

c

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d

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.................................

..............................

..............................

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Five

Activity 1 a. Look and listen.

Section One Tell me about your family

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2

This is my mother, Fatma. She’s anEnglish teacher.

This is my little sister.Her name is Imene.She’s a pupil.

4

3

5

Hello, I’m Aly Soltane.I’m 13 years old. I am a pupil in Ryadh prep.

school.

These are my brothersAhmed and Selim.

They are pupils, tooThey are 8 and 6.

1

This is my father

Hedy. He’s a farmer

Six

Brothers

Father

Mother

Sister

Selim and AhmedFatmaHedyImene

pupil

farmer

teacher

pupils

b. Listen and match.

c. Listen and repeat.

/a:/ /∧ / /i/

father mother little

farmer brother sister

This

This is Singular

These are Plural

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Seven

Activity 2

Hello / Hi Greeting

Hello Bob. Nice tomeet you, too.

Hello Bob. This ismy friend Jane.

Hi, Jane. Niceto meet you.

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Read. Enact the conversation with your friends.

My name .................... .I .............................. old.I ........................................................prep. school.

I am .................... Introducing selfMy name is............This is ................. and othersNice to meet you ⎧

⎨⎩

Now introduce yourself.Activity 3

stick yourphoto here

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Activity 1

Section Two Tell me more about your family

Aly’s Family tree

Bechir Soltane

Grandfather + Grandmother = Grandparents

Khadija Soltane

Fatma

mother + father = parents

Aly Soltane Selim Ahmed Imene

sister

Sons + daughter = Children

brothers

Hedy Soltane

⎧ ⎨ ⎩ ⎧ ⎨ ⎩

Look and complete on thenext page.

Aly’s family

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⎧⎨⎩

⎧⎨⎩

Bechir Soltane

Ahmed Soltane

I’m Aly’s ........................ . I’vegot one .................... . His nameis Hedy.

I am Aly’s brother. I’ve got

two ............................. and

one ........................... .

IYou have/’ve got.WeThey

HeShe has/’s got.It

Possession

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Activity 2

Have you gotbrothers /sisters ?

Yes, I have/No, I haven’t.

How many brothers /sisters have you got ? I’ve got

(number) ..........

I’m fifteen.

a. Ask and answer. Look at the examples

How oldare you ?

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b. Listen and repeat .

c. Listen and put the words in the right column.

/ ⊃ / /∧ / /⊃ :/

doctor son daughter

stop brother sport

/⊃ :/ / ⊃ / /∧ / / t ∫ /................................................................................................

........................

........................ ........................ ........................

........................

........................

How many ? numberHow old ? age

more - got - match - four - daughter - son - children - your -

doctor - chocolate.

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SpellingCircle the correct spelling of the word.

[daughter - dauter] [ teacher - techer]

[little - litle] [fifteen - fiveteen] [school - scool ]

Activity 3

a. Write your mate’s answers here :

b. Now complete

My classmate’s name is ..................................................... He / She has

got .............................................................................................................

....................................................................................................................

Ask your classmate about his/her family then completethe report.

Project work

Step 1 : Draw your family tree on a poster.

name : ................. has gotbrother(s) : (number) ....................

(name(s)) ........................................

(age) ........................................

sister(s) : (number) ....................(name(s)) ....................

....................(age) ................... ........................

Classmates

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Activity 1

Section Three What are your hobbies ?

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We like ..................

very much.

Complete.

cycling - dancing - reading - videogames - football -

watching cartoons - listening to music - swimming.

He enjoys ............................

Hi ! I’m your friend Aly. I lovevideogames.

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They love ................ .

Children like ............. .

They enjoy ............... .

My hobby is

............................

My favourite pastime.

is ............................

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Activity 2

Example :

My favourite pastime

is basketball.

like enjoy + Noun phrase Expressing likes.love

⎧⎨⎩

What is your favourite pastime ? Tell your classmates.

like ♥

I enjoy ♥ ♥ dancinglove ♥ ♥ ♥

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Activity 3

Example :

Is tennisyour onlypastime ?

What is your favourite pastime ?

I love tennis.

No, it isn’t.I like football, too.

Affirmative formI am

We/You/They areHe/She/It is

Negative formI am

We/You/They are+notHe/She/It is

Interrogative formAm I..............................Are we/you/they ........ ?Is he/she/it ..............

⎧⎨⎩

To be : Simple Present

2

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1

Now ask your classmate about his/her hobbies. Look at this example :

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a. Listen and repeat.

b. Listen and match. Number 1 is an example.

/ a : / / / / t ∫ / / ei / /⊃ :/ / e /

cartoonspastimedancing

swimmingcyclingwatching

watchchildrenmatch

playgamefavourite

fourballyoursport

tenfriendtell

1. friend

2. sister

3. golf

4. sing

5. favourite

6. twelve

7. tennis

8. rugby

9. they

10. hobbies

11. swimming

12. play.

/∧ /

/ e /

/ ei /

/ /

/⊃ /

/ i /

playing golf rugby

nJ

nJ

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Spelling

Listen and write.

1. ........................ 5. ..........................

2. ........................ 6. ..........................

3. ........................ 7. ..........................

4. ........................ 8. ..........................

Dansing or Dancing ?

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Activity 4

Name 1...........

Name 2...........

Name 3............ Hobbies

videogames

watching T.V.

dancing

playing football

singing

swimming

reading

playing sport

Now complete the report.(name)

................................... likes ................................. and ............................ .

(name) (name)............................. loves ........................... only. ................................ and

(name)............................. enjoy ..............................................

Interview your classmates about their hobbies.Put a tick ( �).

Project work

Step 2 :

• Put some pictures on your family tree.• Write a paragraph : Introduce your family members (name /

age / job).

Friday, October 26th, 2007

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Activity 1

Section Four How do you spend your day ?

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It’s a quarter toseven. Time to havebreakfast.

It’s half past seven.Time to go to school.

It’s two o’clock. Timefor lunch.

It’s nine fifteen p.m.Time for bed.

Look. Read. Match.

...

...

...

...

...

It’s six thirty. Timeto get up.

1

2

3

4

5

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Activity 2

Question :

1. Ahmed always gets up early on Sunday. [ ]

2. Ahmed usually plays football in the morning. [ ]

3. Ahmed never does his homework in the afternoon. [ ]

– at + time – in + part of the day– on + day.

Write True «T» or False «F».

Read. Answer. Enact.

Tom : Tell me Ahmed. What time do you get up ?

Ahmed : I usually get up at six.

Tom : Do you always get up early ?

Ahmed : No, I don’t. On Sunday, I get up at nine.

Tom : What do you do on Sunday ?

Ahmed : In the morning, I always do my homework. In the

afternoon, I usually play football with my friends.

I sometimes go cycling.

Tom : That’s great. You are very active.

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Activity 3

Example :

I wash and dress at 6 O’clock am.

have breakfast/eat

do homework

watch cartoonshave dinner/lunch

play/go cycling/practise sport

Now tell me about your day.

go to bed

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a. Listen and repeat.

b. Same or different ? Write (S) or (D)

/ ∂u / / ai / / u:/ / ∂: /

gohomeworkno

timecyclingnine

schoolcartoontooafternoon

earlyhomeworkherthirteen

Example :

tell – me (D)

two – too (S)

a watch

son – old (......) sing – like (......)

match – watch (......) bed – breakfast (......)

uncle – lunch (......) go – got (......)

always 100 %usually 90 %sometimes 50 % Adverbs of frequencynever 0 % ⎧

⎨⎩

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Spelling

Listen and write.

1. ..................... 2. ...................... 3. ..........................

4. ..................... 5. ...................... 6. ..........................

The simple present

Affirmative form Negative form Interrogative form

IYou

+ VerbWeThey

IYou

+ do not / don’t + VerbWeThey

I

Do +you

+ Verb ?wethey

HeShe + Verb + SIt

HeShe+does not /doesn’t+VerbIt

heDoes + she + Verb ?

it

I get up late on Sunday

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Activity 4 Read the table about Tom’s activities onSunday and complete the paragraph.

On Sunday, Tom always gets uplate. He

............................................................

............................................................

............................................................

............................................................

............................................................

............................................................

............................................................

Activity Time

get up 9 a.m

have breakfast 9:15

go cycling 10:00

visit grandparents 14:00

play with friends 17:00

have dinner with family 19:00

go to bed 21:30

Homework

Project work

What do you do on Sunday ? Write a short paragraph.

Step 3 :

• Write a second paragraph about the hobbies of your family members

• Write a third paragraph about the daily routines in yourfamily.

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Activity 1

Let’s review

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Look at the family tree and complete thesentences. Number 1 is an example.

1. Ann is Jane’s mother.

2. Martin is Robert’s............................................. .

3. Steve is Martin’s ................................................... .

4. Dave is Lisa’s ................................................... .

5. Jane is Dave’s ................................................... .

6. Jane is Robert’s ................................................... .

7. Martin, Robert and Jane are Ann’s ................................ .

Steve

Dave

Martin Robert Jane

Ann

= Grandfather = GrandmotherLisa

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Activity 2 Complete with the right questions from the box.

1.

3.

I’mtwelve.

At fiveo’clock.

My nameis Dorra.

I’ve got oneson and onedaughter

It’s four thirty.

It’s myfavourite sport

1. What time is it, please ? 4. What’s your name ?

2. How many children have you got ? 5. How old are you ?

3. Do you like football ? 6. What time is the film ?

What is my

name ? !!

................................. ?

................................. ?

5.....................

............. ?

2.....................

............. ?

4.....................

............. ?

6.....................

............. ?

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Activity 3 Complete the dialogue.

Fill in the blanks with words from the box.

– Hello ! I am Amine.

– ................................, My name is Sarra.

– ..................................................., Sarra.

– Pleased to meet you, too.

– Are you in my class ?

– Yes, ................................................. .

– Have you got friends at this school ?

– No, .................................................. .

Activity 4

goes - like - has - doesn’t - at - is - dresses up - has -in - enjoys - eats - has got - at - in - reads - is - takes.

Miss Williams usually gets up at 6.30 a.m. She 1 ...............breakfast then 2 ...................... . She 3 ...........................the bus to school. Miss Williams 4 ....................... an Englishteacher, she 5 .................... nice. Her pupils 6 ..................her. Miss Williams 7 .................... go home 8 .....................midday ; she 9 ................. at school. She 10 ....................home 11 ....................... five o’clock 12 ......................... theafternoon. 13................ the evening, she 14 .......................dinner, watches T.V. and 15 ................ the newspaper.

Reading

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Activity 5 What time is it ? Write the answers. Read to the class.

a. ............................ b. ............................ c. ............................

d. ............................ e. ............................ f. ............................

g. ............................ h. ............................ i. ............................W

atch

Clock

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Activity 6 Circle the correct word.

Playing the guitar

Reorder the letters to form words.Activity 7

Mrs Larson is a [ h - e - a - r - c - t - e ]

.................................... Her pupils are

[ t - i - t - l - e - l ] .........................

children in a [ p - m - y - r - a - r - i ]

............................ school.

Karim is my (freind - friend). He is

(fiveteen - fifteen) years old. His

(favrite - favourite) pastime is

tennis. He likes (listening -

lisstening) to music too. He

(olways / always) plays the guitar in

the afternoon.

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Activity 8 Complete this paragraph about yourself.

Interview your classmate and complete.

Activity 9

My classmate’s name is ...................................

– Her / His family name is .......................... .

– She / He is .......................................... old.

– She / He’s got ............................. brothers.

– She / He ........................................ sisters.

– Her / His favourite pastime is .................. .

– She / He always ...................................... .

– She / He never ........................................ . [Draw or stick yourclassmate’s photo]

My name............................ . I am a pupil at ...................

prep.school. I .........................old. My father ................... .

I’ve got ........................ and ............................................

sisters. ............................ is my favourite ....................... .

I enjoy ...................................... too.

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Activity 10

Put these words in the right boxes.

/a:/ /⊃ : / /∂ :/ /u:/ /ei/ / ∂u/ /ai/

name - four - farmer - favourite - daughter - more - ball - game -cartoons - pastime dancing - go - early - thirteen - nine - cycling -homework - too - afternoon - no - Thursday.

/ei/ / u/ /ei/ /ai/Playing videogames is children’s favourite pastime.

Project workStep 4 :

• Present your family to your classmates :– Show your family tree (and pictures).– Read the text about your family.

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Let’s Remember

Personal PronounsI He WeYou She You

It They

Articles

an + vowel example : an activitya + consonant example : a sport.

Demonstratives

This singularThese plural

This is a flower These are books

This is a TV set.

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WH - questions

What object

How old age

Example :

What isthis ?

This is a blackboard

I am

four years old.

How old

are you, Ines ?

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What time time

How many number

Example :

Example :

– What time is it, please ?

– It’s ten past ten.

⎧⎨⎩

IYou have/’ve got.WeThey

HeShe has/’s got.It

Possession

How many

brothers and sisters

have you got ?

I’ve got one

sister only.

I’ve got a very

nice sister.

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Examples :

• I am a pupil but she is a teacher.

• He has got brothers but I haven’t.

• Does she like football ? No, she doesn’t.

The simple present

Verb

FormTo be have got other verbs

Affirmativeam

Subject + areis

have/ ’veSubject+ + got

has / ‘s

verbSubject +

verb + s

Negativeam

Subject is+ notare

haven’tSubject + + got

hasn’t

do not / don’tSubject+ +Verb

does not/doesn’t

InterrogativeAmIs + Subject ?Are

Have+ Subject + got ?

Has

Do+ Subject + Verb ?

Does

⎧⎨⎩

⎧⎨⎩

⎧⎨⎩

⎧⎨⎩

⎧⎨⎩

⎧⎨⎩

⎧⎨⎩

⎧⎨⎩

⎧ ⎨⎩

Is itsimple ? !

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Functions

2. Introducing others

3. Greeting

Nice tomeet you.

This is Mrs Jones

Pleased to

meet you, too.

Hello ! ? !Hi ! ? !

1. Introducing oneself Hello ! M

y

name i

s Tina.

I’m Afric

an.

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Expressing Likes

They love Disneyland.

Football is my favourite sport.

I like music and ice cream.

He enjoys videogames.

Pronunciation

/∧/ / i / / ⊃ / / e / / / / t ∫ / / ei/ /ai/ / ∂u/ /a:/ /u:/ /⊃:/

bussondoes

singthisit

gothobbynot

bedfriendseven

singmorningevening

watchchildrenteacher

namegameeight

fivemylike

oldhomeworkhello

farmerpast

twotooschool

balldrawyour

nJ

Thirty-nine3399

Self-evaluation

Tick the right box.�

Now I can ...

• greet people.

• introduce myself.

• introduce my family / my friends.

• talk about family relations.

• ask about and tell the age.

• tell the time.

• speak about my hobbies.

• speak about my daily routines.

• draw my family tree.

• listen then answer questions.

• complete a short paragraph.

• pronounce words correctly.

GoodLuck !