Mr Mason's arrival.

Julie and her mother are at London airport because they are waiting for Mr Mason.
Mr Mason arrives from Washington DC at ten past nine at gate n° 3.
Julie is very impatient to see her father because she loves him and she misses him.
Julie is very pleased / happy.
Mr Mason is very pleased to see his family because he loves them and he misses them.

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Mr Adam's languages.

Ben admires his step-father because he is very intelligent / clever, he speaks 5 languages.
Mr Adams speaks, reads and writes Spanish because it's important in California, they speak Spanish in California.
He speaks Italian very well, he loves it.
He speaks German a little but he doesn't write it.
He speaks and writes French and he understands Arabic.
He's a policeman (UK)/ police officer (US) in San Francisco.

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All about David

David is Ivorian but he lives in Champigny. He is twelve (years old). He speaks French and a little English. He has got two sisters and one brother but he doesn't have a pet. His parents are divorced and he lives with his mother. His brother and sisters each live in a different city.

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The early explorers

Giovanni da Verrazzano discovered the Bay of New York. He was born in 1485, he was from Tuscany in Italy. He was the first European to discover New York Bay. He called it New Agouleme because he worked for the king of France. He died in 1528 in the Caribbean eaten by cannibals. In New York the Verrazzano Bridge was named after him, and there is a statue of him in Battery Park.
Henry Hudson was* a British explorer. He sailed up the Hudson River in 1609, so they named it after him / they gave* his name to the river. He died in 1611 during a mutiny. The sailors put* him and his son in a small boat so he died of cold or hunger. This happened in the north Atlantic in the Hudson Bay in Canada.

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Telephone numbers

Julie, Rob, Sharon and James are at the Drama Club and they improvise.
Julie and Rob imagine they are VIPs so they are elegant. They exchange their telephone numbers. They are good actors.
Sharon and James pretend they are very old. Sharon pretends she is deaf so she thinks James's question is "What time is it?"
Everybody laughs because it's funny.

What's your telephone number?
It's 01 25 63 81 997 "oh one two five six three eight one double nine seven"

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The explorers

Giovanni da Verrazzano was an Italian explorer who discovered the Bay of New York. He worked for the king of France so he called it New Angoulême.
He was born in 1485 in Tuscany and he died in 1528. He was killed by cannibals and eaten.
In New York, the Verrazzano Bridge was named after him, and there is a statue of him in Battery Park.

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The Empire State Building

Read the Wikipedia article about the Empire State Building, or go to the building's official site.
Here are a few more facts about it. You can also take a photo tour and visit it!
Watch this video or this one to learn about its contruction.

Night view

Pairwork

Katie speaks Spanish but I don't.
Kelly's father speaks Arabic but my father doesn't.
David and I don't speak Spanish.
Both Katie's father and my father don't speak Arabic.
David's mother and my mother listen to us.
John's parents don't speak Spanish.
Joyce's mother doesn't speak English but my mother does.

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Languages in the classroom

Everybody speaks English a little. We all speak English a little.
Jerry speaks Italian and Arabic quite well.
Cathy speaks German a little but she doesn't understand Arabic at all.
Everybody speaks French very well.

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The new member

Kevin is nervous because he is new and he doesn't know the others.
He's twelve and a half. He lives in London with his mother, his step-father and his two half-brothers. They're twins.
He's from Glasgow so he's Scottish.
His parents are divorced and his father lives in Glasgow.
His father is 40, he's a cook in a hotel.
His mother is 36.

Kevin speaks Spanish a little.
Aliette speaks French because her grandmother is from Paris.
Rob understands Hindi because his grandmother lives in India, but he doesn't speak it.
Everybody in the Drama Club speaks English.
They all speak English in the Drama Club and Mark too.
They are all from different countries.

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Languages in the classroom

Do you speak English? Yes, I do.
Do you speak Japanese? No, I don't.

Does your mother speak Spanish? No, she doesn't.
Does your father speak German? Yes, he does.

Sean's mother speaks Arabic.
Jason's father speaks French.
Katie's parents speak Portuguese.

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Languages at the Drama Club.

Aliette is French but her mother is English so she speaks English and French very well.
Ben is American so he speaks English very well because they speak English in America.
Rob is a British Asian so he speaks English very well. He doesn't speak Hindi but he understands a little.
Sharon is Australian so she speaks English very well because they speak English in Australia.
Everybody speaks English at the Drama Club.

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Questions

What's your name?
How old are you?
Where do you live?
What's your nationality?
Where are you from?
Have you got brothers and sisters?

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Mr Adam's languages.

Mr Adams speaks, writes and reads Spanish. It's important in California because they speak Spanish in California.
He speaks German a little but he doesn't write it.
He speaks French very well and he writes it.
He understands Arabic.
He speaks Italian very well and he loves it.

Mr Adams is a very clever / intelligent policeman because he speaks five languages.
He's a VIP, a Very Important Policeman, or a Very International Policeman.
He's not an interpreter, he's a police officier in San Francisco.

Policeman = UK / police officer = US

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I speak English.

I speak English.
I speak English very well.
Do you? Yes, I do.
And she speaks English too.
Does she? Yes, she does.
She speaks English very well.
And what about you?
Do you speak English too?

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Origins

Are you from the USA? Yes, I am.
                                      No, I'm not.

Mickael is from England, he's English.
Patrick is from Spain, he's Spanish.
Virginia is from Canada, she's Canadian.
Fanny is from Russia, she's Russian.

Where are you from? I'm from Champigny.

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What have you got?

Peter has got a garden, Tony has one too but Paul hasn't.
George and Ronald have got a bike but Daisy hasn't.
Sophie has got a computer, James has one too, everybody has got a computer!

Get some practice with an exercise.
Some more exercises here

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Present perfect

You can revise the present perfect in your book, page 144.

There are some exercises and a lesson on this difficult tense on Miss Bacon's site

You will find another lesson here (if you don't mind ads!)

Don't forget to learn your verbs page 154!

You can practise your irregular verbs here.

Here is a game to help you remember your verbs, you can play with your friends!

Have fun!

Languages

We all speak English a little.
Everybody speaks English a little.

We all speak and understand French very well.
Nobody speaks German at all.

Today it's quite a good day.

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The gangsters

This is Jim Ricotti, he's from New York City so he's American. He's a businessman.
This is Flo Rondo, she's from Chicago so she's American. She's a secretary.

The police open the bag and find dollars!

Jim and Flo are gangsters, they are under arrest.

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Simple Present

You can revise the Simple Present in your workbook pages 14-15.

Here is a lesson and an exercise.
Another one here.

The Willy Ronis Awards 2010

The Willy Ronis Awards reward celebrities for the entirety of their work.
There are 6 categories: sport, cinema and theatre, music, graphic arts (painting and photography), danseand literature.
There will be 6 nominees in each category. Their names will be announced from the 19th November.
The winners will be announced on the 29th November on the Willy Ronis Awards website.

Project files:
Fiche de présentation
Fiche d'évaluation
Fiche de vocabulaire

At the Drama Club

This is Mark Sydney, he is the instructor at the Drama Club.
Aliette Martin is French, her mother is English so she speaks English very well.
Ben Adams is American, so he speaks English very well too.
Rob Shintre is a British Asian so he speaks English very well. He understands Hindi a little but he doesn't speak Hindi.
Sharon Davis is Australian so she speaks English very well.

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Classroom English

1. Sorry I'm late.
2. I have forgotten my homework.
3. I've lost my book. 
4. Can I open the window, please?
5. Can you move please?
6. Be quiet! Don't talk! Stop chatting!
7. Take out your books.
8. Can you write the date on the board?
9. Have you finished?

Nationality

What's your nationality?
I'm French.

Are you American? Yes, I am
                                No, I'm not.

Jerry is Italian. Lisa is English.

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Sue and Billy's likes

Sue's favourite subject is Food Tech.
She doesn't like Miss Spam but she likes French and she likes Maths too. She likes Mr Rambo and Mrs Dubois as well.
Billy doesn't like Miss Spam either. He doesn't like Mr Rose and he doesn't like French.
His favourite subject is IT, he likes Maths and Miss May a little.

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Origins

Where are you from?
I'm from France, from Champigny.

Where is your mother from?
My mother / She is from Paris.

Where is your father from?
My father / He is from Paris.

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Likes and dislikes

I like chocolate. Do you like it?

I like strawberries. Do you like them?
I like Laure Manaudou. Do you like her?

I like Robinho. Do you like him?

Strawberries

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Personality

Holly is a Capricorn and so am I.
Morgan is bad-tempered but I'm not.
Morgan and I are both imaginative.
Joe admires Hitchcock but I don't.

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Profiles

Columbus Day, on the 2nd Monday of October, celebrates the discovery of the New World by Christopher Columbus in 1492.

Ken and I are both impatient and adventurous.
Ken is impatient and adventurous and so am I.
Holly is shy but / whereas I'm not.
Ken is not generous and neither am I.
Sean is not nice but / whereas I am.

Julie meets James

Julie Mason is American.
James Wilson is British.
Captain Cooper is the pilot.
Molly Brown is American. She's an air hostess.

Julie is with her mother. Mr Mason is in Washington DC.
James is not with his parents.

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London airport arrest

Today, it's a little cold, very cloudy, a little rainy and a little windy. It's not snowy and it's not sunny.

Jim Ricotti is not a businessman, he's a gangster. He's American, he's from New York City.
Flo Rondo is a secretary. She's American, she's from Chicago.
Jim Ricotti is under arrest because he has got lots of dollars in his bag.

Nationalities

Today, it's very cloudy, a little rainy, a little windy and a little cold.

What's your nationality? I am French.
John is Spanish.
Sharon is British.

Are you Italian? Yes, I am
                           No, I'm not.

Here is a list of countries and nationalities, as well as some activities.
Here is another list where you can listen to the words.

Have fun!

Likes and dislikes

Positive:
I like dancing very much.
I love dancing.
I enjoy sport.
I'm crazy about playing the piano.
She's interested in music.
I am fond of singing.
I prefer swimming.
I am an addict / a buff / a nerd / a lover / a freak
My favourite actor is Johnny Depp.

Negative:
I don't like reading.
I hate swimming.
My mother can't stand waking me up.
I can't bear eating spinach
It drives me insane.
I detest playing baseball.


Here is a lesson and some activities.
Have fun!

Julie meets James

Today it's very cloudy and a little windy.

Julie Mason is American.
James Wilson is British.
Captain Cooper is the pilot. Molly is an air hostess.

Mrs Mason is in the plane. Mr Mason is in Washington D. C.

About Morgan

Morgan Jones is 14 (years old), she lives in Cardiff but she was born in Bangor so she is Welsh and British.
Her passion is music, she adores classical, rock and electronic music. She spends most of her time listening, improvising and playing music. She wants to be a concert pianist.

Roll call

Radan and Sandra are absent.
Everybody's here except Radan and Sandra.

Sally's absent.
Everybody's here except Sally.

Everybody's here, nobody is absent today.

Lost and found

Whose watch is this? Whose cap is it?
The red watch is Ken's and the brown cap is John's.

Whose umbrella and cell phone are these?
The umbrella and the cell phone are the teacher's.

Introductions

What's your name?
My name is Fanny.
I'm Fred.

Who's this?
This is Jimmy.
This is Jimmy and that's Patrick.

Classroom objects

A little quizz here  another one here
An oral matching exercise here
Jumbled words and a crosswords exercise
Some vocabulary and an exercise here
More vocabulary and games: I recommend the Hang Man Game

Three exercises:

• very easy
• easy
• a bit more difficult 

Have fun!

Roll call

Radan and Sandra are absent.
Everybody's here except Radan and Sandra.
Sally is absent.

About Morgan

Morgan Jones is 14 (years old). She lives in Cardiff but she was born in Bangor, so she's British and Welsh.
She's crazy about music, she likes classical, electronic and rock music.
She wants to be a concert pianist so she spends most of her time playing the piano and listening to music.

Family members

A family tree to complete: http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/vocabulary/family/exercises?02
A video, some vocabulary and an exercise: http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-49853.php
A word list and games to play with it! http://www.manythings.org/vocabulary/lists/a/words.php?f=family_members
I recommend the Hang Man game.

Have fun!

Introductions

What's your name?
I'm Jerry.
My name is Audrey.

Who's this?
This is Audrey, and that's Julie.

A treasure hunt - Mission 1

Here are the questions:
Pairwork A:
Are you 13 years old?
Are you an only child?
Are you interested in politics?
Do you live with a stepfather or stepmother?
Do you play a musical instrument?
Do you like school?
Do you like English?
Do you watch TV everyday?
Have you got 2 sisters?
Have you got a cell phone?

Pairwork B:
Are you 14 years old?
Are you an only child?
Are you interested in religion?
Do you live with only one parent?
Do you play volley ball?
Do you like maths?
Do you like sport?
Do you watch soaps on TV? (A soap is a TV series, like Friends for example)
Have you got two brothers?
Have you got an MP3 player?

Questions

When were you born? How old are you?
How many brothers and sisters have you got? Are you an only child?
What do you like doing? What are you interested in?
Who do you live with? Do you live with your father?
Do you play an instrument? Do you practice a sport?
What do you like watching on TV? What is your favourite TV programme?
Have you got a mobile phone (UK) / a cell phone (US)?

To finish, a page where you can listen to punctuation: http://www.languageguide.org/im/punctuation/eng/

Have fun!