Teens 1
 Have got
 Family members
E.g.: Have you got any brothers/sister?
How many uncles have you got?
 Present Simple
 Jobs
 Workplaces
E.g.: What does your mom/dad do?
Does she/he work for a big company?
Where do they work?
Where does a chef/teacher/doctor/police
officer work?
 Adverbs of frequency
E.g.: What do you usually do in your free
time?
Do you always study English?
How often do you take a shower?
 Adverbial phrases of frequency
E.g.: How often do you have vacations?
Do you have classes everyday?
 Telling time
 Daily habits
E.g.: What time is it?
What time is your English class?
What time do you usually have
breakfast/lunch/dinner?
 Can (ability)
E.g.: Can you swim/ride a bike/speak any
other language?
 Countable & uncountable nouns
E.g.: How much coffee/water/mate/soda do
you drink?
How many ‘facturas’ do you usually eat?
 Imperative
E.g.: Open your book, please.
Reader: Newspaper Chase
a) Who is Harry Black?
A thief/burglar.
b) Where is the painting on Friday morning?
Under Harry’s bed.
c) Where does Harry live?
In a house/residence. (Mrs. Allen’s home)
d) Who goes into Harry’s room?
Janey Allen.
e) What does Janey put in a recycling box?
Old newspapers.
f) How much does the painting cost?
One million dollars.
g) Why does Harry jump into the back of the
recycling truck?
He wants the painting.
h) What does Janey look at Harry’s shoe?
There’s some blue glass in his shoe.
i) Who does she call afther seeing the blue
glass?
The police.
j) Why is the blue glass in his shoe so
important?
Because it belongs to the expensive blue
vase from the museum.
k) Is there a reward for Janey?
Yes, there is.
1st Year
 There is / There are
- Describe your school/workplace/home/bedroom
and say where things are (use PREPOSITIONS
OF PLACE
 Demonstrative pronouns
Point to distant/ close & singular/plural objects
- What’s this/that?
- What are these/those?
 Countable/Uncountable
(some/any)
- Do you have any brothers or sisters?
- Is there any cheese in your refrigerator?
- Are there any good parks in the city?
- Is there a computer in your classroom?
- Are there any pets in your house?
- Have you got any brothers or sisters?
- Has your mom/dad got a car?
 Present simple
- Do you like sports?
- What do you and your family do on vacations?
- What does your mom/dad do?
- Talk about your daily routine
- Where do you usually have
breakfast/lunch/dinner?
- What do you usually have for
breakfast/lunch/dinner?
 Verbs: come, work, study, go, play, cook,
finish.
 Wh. questions: what, when, where, etc.
 Frequency adverbs
E.g.: Do you work?
Reader: Kidnap!
a) What does Tom do?
He’s an artist. He draws comic strips.
b) Where does he go when he leaves his
home?
To a bookstore-café
c) What’s the weather like in the story?
It’s winter and there’s some snow.
d) What does he see in the bookstore
and why is it relevant?
A map. It’s probably a plan to a
crime.
e) What does Tom do in the café?
He draws a picture of a woman.
f) What do the woman and Tom talk
about?
About the map and a kidnap.
g) How do they know the map is about a
kidnap?
Because it shows a plan and a school
h) Who are the supposed victims?
A famous actress and her daughter
i) Where do they go?
To a concert at the school
j) Where do Tom and the woman go?
To the school
k) Why do they stop the car?
To put some gas in the tank.
l) Where are the kidnappers?
On the route, near the gas station
m) How does Tom find the school?
He asks a girl/clerk at a café
n) What does Tom find in Rita’s jacket
and what does he think?
Another map. The same map.
 Does your brother/sister study English?
Where do you go on the weekend?
What time does your class finish?
Who do you live with?
2nd Year
 Present Continuous
 Vs. Present simple
E.g.: What do you do? / What are you
doing?
What is your teacher doing? / What does
your father do?
Do you always study English at home?
Are you learning anything new?
 Mix tenses
 Present simple vs Present Continuous
What do you usually have for breakfast?
Are you working today?
Where are you studying?
How often do you play videogames?
Do you have a pet?
 Have got
Have you got a sister? Has she got a pet?
How many children/brothers/sisters have
you got?
 Past simple
Where were you yesterday morning?
When did you last travel out of the city?
What did you do last weekend?
Who was your favorite actor/character
when you were a child?
 How much / many
How much sugar do you put in your
coffee/mate?
How many tomatoes do you need for a
pizza?
How much meat do you eat a week?
o) Who is really Rita?
Another kidnapper
Reader: The Earthquake
a) Who are Mr. Enriquez and Mr.
Garcia?
Some neighbors from the building.
b) Where was Gabriel when the
earthquake happened? Was he
injured?
He was outside the cinema, so he was
barely injured.
c) How did she realize she was in love
with Gabriel?
She was happy that Marco was all
right but understood that she didn’t
love him, but she did love Gabriel.
d) Where was Mrs. Delgado?
She was at Liberty Park, on the
ground.
e) What did Gabriel do after the
earthquake?
He helped some people and ran to
Silvia’s building.
f) Did he help anyone after the event?
Yes, he did. He helped a little boy.
g) How did they mark the dangerous
buildings?
They put a big white cross on the
dangerous buildings.
h) Was Gabriel in the park with the
injured people? If not, where was he
and what was he doing?
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3rd Year
 Verb patterns: want, hope, like, enjoy, etc.
E.g.: What do you want to do after the class?
Where do you hope to live in 10 years?
What do you like/enjoy doing in your free
time?
 Future forms
 Will
 Going to
 Present Cont.
E.g.: Will you go to the beach next
weekend?
What will you do tomorrow morning?
What are you going to study after
English?
Are you going to travel on your next
vacations?
What are you doing on Friday afternoon?
Are you cooking tonight?
 ‘Like’ as a preposition
What does your husband/wife/bro’/sis’ look
like?
What is she/he like?
 Comparative & Superlative
E.g.: Compare 2 cities, 2 famous people, 2
football teams. Then compare 3 or more foods, In card games, specially poker.
countries, etc.
 Present Perfect
 ever
 never
E.g.: Have you ever been to Canada?
Have you ever eaten snake meat?
What have you never done in your life?
What have you done in the last 5 years?
 Modal verbs
No, he wasn’t. He was outside Silvia’s
apartment, waiting for her.
Reader: No place to Hide
a) Who’s Nat Marley?
A licensed private investigator, who used to
be a police officer for the NYPD.
b) Why did Mrs. O’Neill call the
investigator?
To find out the whereabouts his of her
husband, Patrick, who disappeared recently.
c) What did Patrick leave to his wife?
A postcard, which said he was fine but
couldn’t come home for a while. Also not to
call the police.
d) What does Patrick O’Neill do?
He works as an accountant for a firm on
Wall Street called Ocean Star Finance.
e) Who did the investigator call first?
He called Patrick’ soffice and spoke with his
personal assistant.
f) What was the plan of the investigator and
his personal assistant at the firm?
Check in with reception and let them think
they were millionaires with money to invest
and asking for financial advice.
g) What was Patrick O’Neill interested in
(based on the books in his home office)?
h) Were there any payments from Patrick’s
bank account to someone? If so, to whom?
To a person named Van Zandt.
i) Who is Captain Oldenberg?
A policer officer from the NYPD, who worked
in the past with the investigator.
j) What happened when Mrs. O’Neill came
back home after speaking with the
investigator for the second time?
 must Someone broke into her house and took some
 have to stuff from Patrick’s office.
 should
E.g.: What are the rules before boarding a k) Where is Patrick’s family from?
plane? They’re from Ireland. They went to the U.S.
What would you recommend for someone in the 20’s.
coming to Argentina to visit?
Do you have to wear a uniform to school?