English with games and activities 1

1 E n g li s h w ith GA M ES A N D ACTI V I TI ES

A1 - A2

English with Games and Activities 1 in both digital and paper format, is aimed at learners who are studying English as a foreign language.

The functional communicative approach helps learners to gradually acquire vocabulary for everyday use.

Each unit introduces approximately 20 words using pictures and audio recordings.

The vocabulary is contextualised in a dialogue, then practiced in graded games and activities.

L A T I G I D s e c r u o res

The solutions in the appendix encourage self-learning.

This volume is part of a series of 3 books, each of them reaching the following CEFR levels: Book 1: A1-A2 – Book 2: A2-B1 – Book 3: B1-B2.

To download the digital book, go to www.elionline.com/digitalbooks and follow the instructions to use the code.

A1 - A2

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The pleasure of learning PUBLISHING

introduction English with Games and Activities 1 is aimed at learners of varying age groups who are learning English as a foreign language and have an elementary level of English (A1-A2 on the CEFR). The activities in the book are based on a functional communicative approach, which helps learners to gradually acquire new vocabulary. There are 14 themed units introducing everyday vocabulary, followed by practice activities which can be done using the book or in digital format.

Each unit opens with the presentation of about 20 words. Pictures and audio recordings are used to facilitate comprehension and language acquisition.

The words are then contextualized in a dialogue and practiced in the following 4 pages through graded games and activities such as crosswords, gap fills, word searches, anagrams and matching exercises. At the end of each unit there is a gap fill activity based on an audio recording, as well as a lexical map. Both these activities allow learners to gauge how much new vocabulary they have learned. The unit ends with a free production writing activity.

The appendix contains solutions to all the activities and transcriptions, so learners can check their answers autonomously.

This means that it is ideal for self-learning.

The book is part of the English with Games and Activities series.

There are 3 levels based on CEFR: A1-A2, A2-B1, B1-B2.

To download the digital book go to www.elionline.com/digitalbooks and follow the instructions to use the code.

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home 1

Listen and repeat.

roof

chimney

terrace

balcony

garden

garage

door

window

lift

stairs

wall

floor

entrance hall

hallway

kitchen

living room

bathroom

bedroom

study

basement

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Listen to the conversation.

Architect: Well, there it is. Your new home.

Mrs Jones: But… there’s a problem!

Architect: What problem? Don’t you like it?

Mrs Jones: Yes, it’s a beautiful house, but…

Architect: Of course it’s beautiful… when you open the door there is an entrance hall…

Mrs Jones: From there you can go into the kitchen and into the hallway which leads to the living room and study.

It’s certainly…

Architect: The bedrooms are upstairs, with the bathroom… and there is also a lovely terrace!

Mrs Jones: Yes, but…

Architect: You can see the garden from the windows.

Mrs Jones: That’s true, but there’s a problem!

Architect: Maybe it’s the garage? Is it too small?

Mrs Jones: No, no…

Architect: Well, maybe the roof is the problem? Or you want to move a wall?

Mrs Jones: No, that’s not it…, there’s a basement, a ground floor and a first floor.

Architect: Of course, like lots of houses. So what’s the problem?

Mrs Jones: Well… where are the stairs?

3 Read the conversation and answer.

True

False

Don’t know

1 The architect has designed a house.

2 The house only has one floor.

3 There is a terrace overlooking the garden.

4 There are two bedrooms on the first floor.

5 Mrs Black is not very happy.

6 The architect has designed beautiful stairs.

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4 Look at the pictures and do the crossword.

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5 Look at the picture and write the words.

1 __________________ 2 __________________

3 __________________

5 _____________ 4 _____________

6 __________________

7 __________________

8 __________________

6 Look at the pictures and complete the sentences.

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5 Can you open the __________?

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We are having a birthday party for our son in the __________.

3

Sam is hanging a picture on the __________.

6 The _________ is open in the bedroom.

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John is taking his car out of the __________.

4

There is smoke coming out of the __________.

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The wind has damaged the __________.

You can see the garden from the __________.

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7 Look at the plan of the flat and number the rooms.

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kitchen

study

entrance hall

living room

bathroom

bedroom

8 Guess what it is and write the word.

1 They separate the rooms of a house. _________________________ 2 It is on top of the house. _________________________ 3 You walk on this inside the house. _________________________ 4 You can use this to go up or down a floor in a building. _________________________ 5 This room is under the house. _________________________ 6 They are closed when it is cold. _________________________ 9

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Listen and complete.

My new home is a house. It has a beautiful __________. The __________ is at the end of the ___________. It has two ___________ and there is also a __________. There is a __________ next to the __________ with a beautiful __________. You can see the ___________ from the ___________. At the top of the __________ there are two __________ and two __________.

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10 Complete the vocabulary chart.

Inside ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________

Parts of the house ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________

HOME

To go up or down ________________ ________________

Outside ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________

11 Complete.

Describe your house or flat. ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ 9

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family Listen and repeat.

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GRANDPARENTS

Our son’s name is Robert and our daughter’s name is Rose.

We have two children.

We also have four grandchildren: two grandsons and two granddaughters.

Grandfather (Granddad) - Colin Claire is my wife.

Grandmother (Grandma) - Ruby

We have AUNT AND UNCLE a nephew and a niece.

PARENTS

Alice is our niece and Daniel is our nephew.

Robert is my husband.

Father (Dad) - Robert Daniel is my brother.

Mother (Mum) - Claire

CHILDREN

Aunt Rose

Uncle George

COUSINS

Daniel and Alice are siblings.

Alice is my sister.

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Alice’s brother, Daniel.

Helen

Luke

Alice and Daniel are our cousins.

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Listen to the conversation.

Mum: Max, your bedroom is a mess. Tidy it up, please.

Max: But Mum, do I have to?

Mum: Yes! Or I could ask your uncle’s mother to ask her husband, if his granddaughter’s brother can do it.

Max: Good idea! Who’s that?

Mum: Well, let me explain. Your uncle is your father’s brother, right?

Max: Right!

Mum: And who is his mother?

Max: My grandma Katherine.

Mum: Good. So her husband is...?

Max: Granddad Arthur! Grandma Katherine is his wife!

Mum: Well done! And who is your granddad’s granddaughter?

Max: That’s easy! It’s my sister, Emma.

Mum: Great! Well, her brother has to tidy up your room...Who is her brother?

Max: Oh, no! It’s me!

Mum: Exactly! So go and do it! The sooner you start, the sooner you finish!

Max: But... that’s not fair!

3 Read the conversation and answer.

True

False

Don’t know

1 Max’s room is a mess.

2 Max’s mum asks him to tidy up the kitchen.

3 Max doesn’t want to tidy up his room.

4 Max’s grandmother is called Katherine.

5 Max’s grandfather is called Tom. 6 Max has got a cousin.

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4 Look at the pictures, read the sentences and do the crossword.

Colin

Ruby

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Robert

Claire

2 Rose

3 4

George 5

6 7

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8 10

ALICE

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12 13

Daniel 14

15 16 17

18 Helen

Luke 19

1 Robert is Alice’s...

11 Daniel is Robert and Claire’s...

2 Claire is Robert’s....

12 Alice is Rose and George’s....

3 Helen is Alice’s...

13 Luke is Colin and Ruby’s...

4 Helen and Luke are...

14 Claire is Alice’s...

5 Alice and Daniel are Colin and Ruby’s....

15 Alice is Colin and Ruby’s...

6 Robert is Claire’s...

16 Daniel is Alice’s...

7 George is Alice’s...

17 Alice is Robert and Claire’s...

8 Ruby is Alice’s.....

18 Colin is Alice’s...

9 Daniel is Rose and George’s...

19 Alice is Daniel’s...

10 Rose is Alice’s .....

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5 Make pairs.

mother

niece

grandfather

aunt

husband

daughter

sister

grandmother

uncle

father

son

wife

nephew

brother

6 Do the crossword, then complete the sentence with the letters in the

grey squares.

1 Alice is Luke’s...

4 A married woman.

2 Alice’s... is George.

5 A married man.

3 Another word for “mum”.

6 Another word for “dad”.

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If you don’t have any brothers or sisters, you are an only __ __ __ __ __.

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7 Look at the pictures and complete the sentences.

1 Mr and Mrs Andrews have got a ___________. Her name is Jane.

2 Mary’s __________ Philip always buys her ice cream.

He is her dad’s brother.

3 Mr and Mrs Smith have got three __________.

4 Mrs Brown’s __________ is really tall.

8 Guess who it is.

1 My brother’s son is my ___________.

2 My father’s mother is my ___________.

3 My uncle’s son is my ___________.

4 My mother’s parents are my __________.

5 My mother’s sister is my ___________.

6 My son’s son is my ___________.

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Listen and complete.

My _________ has a _________ , my _________ Margaret. She is married to my _________ John. They have two _________ and a _________.

They are my _________, Adam, Lewis and Ann. My _________ has a very young _________, my _________ Lucy. She also has a _________, my _________ Mark. He isn’t married and doesn’t have any _________, but he has one _________: me.

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10 Complete the vocabulary chart.

Grandparents ________________ ________________

Siblings ________________ ________________

FAMILY

Parents

Children

________________ ________________

________________ ________________

11 Complete.

Describe your family.

I have _______________________________________________________ Their names are ________________________________________________ 15