English, Unit 1
This section introduces students to the present forms of ‘be’ verb i.e., is, am, and are.
Objective Use is/ am/ are in the sentences correctly.
Follow these steps:
A. Study the following examples.
- Read the sentences from ‘a to f’ and ask students to follow you. Tell them to notice the words in red in the given sentences.
- Tell students that these words are the varieties of the auxiliary verb "be". Explain with sufficient examples that "is" comes with singular subjects, "am" comes with first person, and "are" comes with plural subjects and second person, i.e., you.
- Ask the students to make one sentence using ‘is’, ‘am’, and ‘are’ in their notebooks.
- Tell them to read out the sentences.
- Make corrections if necessary.
B. Complete the sentences with ‘is, am, are’. This is a practice exercise where students are expected to complete the sentences with 'is/am/are'.
- Have students work in pairs to complete this task.
- Once they complete the task, have some students read aloud their answers.
- If a student's answer is wrong, correct the answer and explain why the answer is wrong.
Answers a. are b. is c. am d. is e. are f. are g. is h. am i. are
1.6 Listening In this section, students listen to a short self-introduction of a lady.
Objective Listen to a short speech and choose the correct answers
Materials
- Audio file and audio player
- Script of the listening text (The script is available at the end of this teacher’s guide)
- For the audio file, please visit: http://202.45.146.138/elibrary/pages/view.php?ref=9992&k=
Follow these steps: A. Look at the picture and answer these questions.
- Ask the students to look at the picture and answer the questions.
- Elicit the responses such as: Perhaps they are friends/cousin-sisters/mother and daughter. They are greeting/taking leave.
B. Listen to the audio and circle the correct answers.
- Tell the students that they are going to listen to a short self-introduction of a lady.
- Tell them to go through the questions given in Activity B. Allow them 1 to 2 minutes to read the questions. Make sure that they understand the questions.
- Play the audio and let them circle the correct answer. Provide a transcript if anyone has hearing difficulties.
- Go around the class and check whether all the students are involved in the assigned task.
- Play the audio again and let them review their answers.
- Move around the classroom and ensure that all the students have corrected their answers.
Answers: a. Anna b. small town c. nice d. job e. Washington D.C.
C. Introduce yourself. Say: your name, where you live, and what you like to do.
- Get students to work in groups and ask them to introduce themselves in the group.
- Tell them their introduction needs to cover their name, where they live, and what they like to do. They could also cover other things if they want, like their interest, things they are good at, etc.
- Get 3 or 4 students to share their introduction with the whole class. Provide feedback to them if required.
1.7 Reading II This is the second reading text in Unit 1. It is a short personal profile of a boy.
Objectives
- Learn the words: introduce, hometown, difficulty, ambassador, English
- Read the text and do the comprehension exercises
Follow these steps: Pre-reading activities
- Ask the students to observe the picture in the pre-reading section and answer the questions given there.
- Elicit the answers like: Perhaps they are family members. Perhaps they are sitting together for a family photo or they are talking about some serious matter. They look happy or sad because……….
- Write these words on the board: introduce, hometown, difficulty, ambassador, big, learn, English, doctor.
- Tell students to find these words in the text.
- Tell them to look at the meanings of these words in a dictionary or the glossary at the end of the book.
- Provide visual aids, examples, synonyms, antonyms, and definitions to help the students understand the meaning of these words.
- Ask students to use these words in their own sentences.
While-reading activities
- Read the text aloud at a normal speed to your students. Read with expressions and ask the students to point to the lines you are reading with their fingers.
- Ask one of the students to read the first paragraph and the other student to read the second paragraph.
- Now, ask the students to close their books.
- Write two initial sentences on the board: Hi, everyone. Let me introduce myself.
- Ask one of the students to participate by telling the next sentence from the text. Likewise, ask other students to contribute by telling further sentences from the text.
- Keep on writing the sentences that the students mention without making any corrections.
- If required, make corrections later.
- Since students have already made the sentences using the words given in Activity A, tell them to read the instruction for Activity B.
- Tell them to read the text once again and find the appropriate words to complete the given sentences.
- When they complete the work, let some students read out their answers to the class.
- If a student's answer is wrong, correct the answer and explain why the answer is wrong.
Answers a. hometown b. study c. big d. four e. hearing
For Activity C,
- Tell students to read the questions from a-e and let them work in pairs to find the answers to the questions. This will help them to practice working together and to learn from each other.
- Get them back to the text again and ask them to read the paragraph or part of the text where they find the answer.
- When they all write the answers in their notebook, tell them the correct answers and ask them to check their own answers.
Answers a. Hamid is from Pakistan. b. He is 9 years old. c. He has three brothers and one sister. d. His father is an ambassador e. He wants to become a teacher.
Post-reading activities
- First, talk about your own family in simple sentences.
- Pair up the students and ask them to talk about their families in a similar way.
- Tell them to take turns to talk about their family.
- Move around the class and check how they have been doing.
- Provide feedback if necessary.
1.8 Pronunciation II In this section, students will identify and learn how the vowels /ɪ/ and /i:/ are pronounced in words.
Objective Pronounce words with /ɪ/ and /i:/ vowels correctly
Follow these steps:
- Ask the students to look at the list of words given in the book.
- Ask them to pronounce the words in turn.
- Now, instruct the students to listen carefully to you as you read the words.
- Provide the correct model of pronunciation. The students will follow along till they grasp the correct pronunciation of the words.
- Pair up the students and ask them to practise pronouncing the words.
- Ask them to find other words with /ɪ/ and /i:/ sounds from the reading text in page 7.
1.9 Speaking This is a practice exercise in which students will learn the use of common expressions for greeting and introducing.
Objectives Learn the expressions for greeting and introducing
Follow these steps: For Activity A and B,
- Get two volunteer students to act out the conversation in Activity A.
- Ask the class to underline the expressions used for ‘greeting’ and ‘introducing’ in the conversation.
- Have students work in pairs and practice the conversation.
- Tell students to read the instruction for Activity B.
- Help students to make guesses focusing on the preceding question for the first answer and the following answer for the second question.
Answers Q. Hi! What's your name? A. My name is (your name) Q. How are you? A. I’m fine. Thank you.
For Activity C,
- Instruct students to work together in pairs and fill in the blanks with appropriate expressions.
- Once they complete the task, ask any two students to read their answers to the class.
- If a student's answer is incorrect, correct the answer and explain why the answer is incorrect.
- Tell other students to correct their answers if they find that their answers are incorrect.
- Now, have all the pairs practise the conversation with their partner.
Answers a. Hello/ Hi! b. from c. introduce d. me…. from e. friend……She f. Nice to meet you. g. soon h. know…. name i. are j. fine
1.10 Grammar This grammar section deals with prepositions ‘in’ and ‘from’.
Objective Make correct use of the prepositions ‘in’ and ‘from'
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