BOOK 1

LISTEN / AN AIRPLANE
UNIT 3

Lyle: Excuse me. I think I have the aisle seat . Look, 6C.
Jonas: Oh, I’m sorry. You’re right. We have 6A and 6B.
Attendant: Is there a problem?
Jonas: No, everything is fine, thank you.
Good afternoon. How do you do?
Lyle: Fine, thank you.
Jonas: Wylie’s the name. Jonas Wylie.
Lyle: Nice to meet you, Mr. Wylie. I’m Lyle Falk.
Jonas: Lyle Falk, the name sounds familiar...
Are you Lyle Falk, the writer?
Lyle: Yes, sir.
Jonas: What a coincidence! My wife has all your books!
Allow me to introduce you to my wife.
Honey, this is Lyle Falk! Mr. Falk, this is my wife, Marge.
Lyle: It’s a pleasure to meet you, Mrs. Wylie.
Marge: It’s a pleasure to meet you too, Mr. Falk.
I really admire your work.
Lyle: That’s very kind of you, Mrs. Wylie.

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PRONOUNCE SPEAK
Listen to the pronunciation of the vowels in the
following words and repeat in the spaces provided.

eat & eet vs. it

eat it
beet bit
feet fit
heat hit
meet mitt
seat sit

STRUCTURE & VOCABULARY LEARN

1. DEMONSTRATIVE ADJECTIVES
This & That
Singular Plural
this these (near)
that those (far)
This is my book. These are my books.
Is that your bag? Are those your bags?

2. THE DEFINITE ARTICLE

Use the definite article the for singular and plural nouns.
SINGULAR PLURAL
the name the names
the plane the planes
the writer the writers
the university the universities

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The is pronounced with a long e before words beginning with a vowel
sound, usually a, e, i, o, and u, and sometimes a silent h (honesty, hour,
honor).

the arm the arms

the elbow the elbows
the idea the ideas
the uncle the uncles
the hour the hourslong

3. REGULAR PLURALS
Most nouns form the plural by adding -s to the singular form:
animal animals
paper papers
boy boys

The -s is pronounced differently depending on whether it is voiced or not.

The following plurals are pronounced with the voiceless:
books pets plots

The following plurals are pronounced with the voiced.

bees doors paws days

When a singular noun ends in -s, -z, -sh, -ch or -x, the plural is formed by
adding -es. This plural form is pronounced
mess messes
dash dashes
box boxes
sex sexes
dish dishes

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4. VOCABULARY: FILLING IN FORMS

Leonard is not married. Lyle is divorced.
Kathryn is single. Frances is also single.

Family Name/Last name: Falk

First (Given) Name: Lyle
Middle Initial: N/A
Birth Date: September 3rd 1978
Citizenship: American
Single Married
Age: 35
x Divorced Widowed

Marital status: Advertising executive and writer

Profession: 7903 Orville Street, Queens, New York
Address/Residence: 7903 Orville Street, Queens, New York
Telephone number: 697-2693
Hobbies: Travel, Exercise, Books

Fill out the chart with your own information

Family Name/Last name:

First (Given) Name:
Middle Initial:
Birth Date:
Citizenship:
Single Married
Age:
Divorced Widowed
Marital status:
Profession:
Address/Residence:
Telephone number:
Hobbies:

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PITFALLS BEWARE

DEFINITE ARTICLES

These names require the definite article:

Certain country and / or place names: The Philippines
Mountain ranges: The Andes (mountain ranges are always plural)
Peninsulas, groups of islands, deserts, oceans and seas: the Cape
peninsula, the Seychelles, the Namib desert, the Atlantic,
the Pacific, the Black Sea
Gulfs, rivers, canals, groups of lakes (expressed in plural),
gardens and zoos: the Persian Gulf, the Nile, the Panama Canal, the Great
Lakes, (but Lake Victoria)
Hotels, museums, institutes and buildings: the Ritz,
the Sheraton, the Guggenheim, the United Nations, the Empire State
Business names that include the word company: IBM, but
the IBM company, Microsoft, but the Microsoft company

LANGUAGES READ

The language used by the greatest number of people in the world is

Chinese. About 1 billion people speak Chinese. The most widespread
language in the world, however, is English, with a conservative
estimate of 800 million speakers worldwide. Of these, about 350 million
are native speakers, of whom about 227 million live in the United States.
The English language contains more words than any other, with 616,500
words plus another 400,000 technical terms. William Shakespeare employed a
vocabulary of only 33,000 words. The most frequently used words in
written English are the, of, and, to, a, in, that, is, it, for and as. The most
common last name in the English-speaking world is Smith. As of the 2010
US census there were an estimated 2,772,200 Smiths in the United States.

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GREET SOMEONE / INTRODUCE SOMEONE ELSE

NOW
I CAN

GREET SOMEONE
Good morning. (a.m)
Good afternoon. (p.m)
Good evening. (after 6:00pm)
How do you do? (formal, no answer expected)
Hi, how are you? (informal)
I’m fine, thank you. And you?
Fine, thanks.
Nice to meet you.
Pleased to meet you.
It’s a pleasure to meet you.
It’s nice to meet you, too.

INTRODUCE SOMEONE ELSE

I’d like to introduce you to my wife.
I’d like you to meet my wife.
Allow me to introduce you to my wife.
Let me introduce you to my wife.
This is my wife, Marge. Marge, this is Lyle Falk.
Mr. Falk, this is my wife, Marge.

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