UNIT 1: Here’s a letter for you.
In this unit you will learn the following:
• How to talk about family members

• How to communicate with friends

Here are the words you will learn to use:
airmail
cat
envelope
all
chair
fax
aunt
close
from
bill
cousin
grandfather
brother-in-law
daughter-in-law
grandmother
card
email
holidays

invitation
land
letter
letterbox
nephew

niece

Here are some phrases you will learn to use:
lay the table
butter the toast
clear the table
make the toast
pass the milk
load the dishwasher

This is the Benson family.

put
quickly
sister-in-law
sofa
son-in-law
stamp

look forward to
arrive at

Here are some sentences you will practice:
Here’s a postcard for you.
It’s for you.
Could you open the door, please.
The dog is on the chair.

1

off
on
open
parcel
postcard
postman

depart from
take off

to
uncle
want

hurry up

The cat is off the sofa.

2

3

This is Jim and Peggy.

This is Tom and Anne.

4

Grammar tips:

The new structures
in this unit are
imperatives,
prepositions and
paired verbs.
They live at 2 Richmond Street.

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The Benson Family

Jim

Peggy

Tom

Anne

Brian

Carol

Kim

Jane

Sue

Steve

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Phil

Marge

Bud

11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.

19.

Jim is Anne’s father.
Anne is Jim’s daughter.
Tom is Anne’s brother.
Marge is Jim’s sister.
Kim is Jim’s brother.
Brian is Jim’s father.
Brian is Tom’s grandfather.
Carol is Tom’s grandmother.
Marge is Carol’s daughter.
Peggy is Carol’s daughterin-law.
Kim is Anne’s uncle.
Marge is Anne’s aunt.
Sue is Anne’s cousin.
Anne is Sue’s cousin.
Sue is Jim’s niece.
Steve is Jim’s nephew.
Jane is Jim’s sister-in-law.
Kim is Peggy’s brother-inlaw.
Phil is Carol’s son-in law.

The Taylor Family
1. Bob is Julie’s __________ .
2. Julie is Bob’s __________ .
3. Alan is Julie’s __________ .
4. Lynne is Alan’s _________ .
Paul

Lynne

5. Cindy is Bob’s _________ .
6. Paul is Bob’s __________ .
7. Jenny is Lynne’s _______ .
8. Luke is Bob’s __________ .
9. Christine is Lynne’s _____ .
10. Rose is Julie’s _________ .

Luke

Cindy

Bob

Jenny

Christine

11. Luke is Julie’s _________ .
12. Christine is Julie’s ______ .
13. Christine is Bob’s _______ .
14. Julie is Rose’s _________ .
15. Paul is Alan’s __________ .
16. Don is Bob’s ___________ .

Rose

Don

Mark

Alan

17. Rose is Bob’s __________ .
Julie

18. Luke is Jenny’s ________ .

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UNIT 1

1

2

a letter

5

3

a postcard

9

7

10

13

11

a parcel

12

write a letter

an email

14

get a letter

8

a stamp

an envelope

a fax

a bill

a card

6

an invitation

4

15

16

a postman

a post office

send a letter

a letterbox

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Here’s a letter for you.

who is =

1

who’s

Here’s a postcard
for you, Sam.

A postcard from Andy and Janet

2

What are you
doing, Ken?

Who’s it
from, Brian?

I’m writing a
letter to Brian.

It’s from Ken.

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UNIT 1

1
1

2

Could you open
the door, please?

Close the window!

3

Open your books
at page 51, please.

4

Close your
books, please.

5

6
It’s for you.

Could you open
it, please?

Send this letter,
please.
You didn’t close it.

Oh, didn’t I? Could
you close it before you
send it, please?

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Here’s a letter for you.

1

2

a dog

5

a chair

6

a cat

9

3

4

7

a sofa

The dog is off the chair.

The dog is on the chair.

8

The cat is on the sofa.

10

Don’t put the dog
on the chair!

The cat is off the sofa.

Put a stamp on
the envelope.

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UNIT 1

1

2

arrive at the hotel

arrive at the hotel at two o’clock

3

4

depart from the hotel

depart from the hotel at nine o’clock

5

6

land at the airport

take off from the airport

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Here’s a letter for you.

1

2

holidays

looking forward to holidays

3

4
Hurry up!

fast

5

Can I have

more, please?

He’s got one grape.

slow

6

Can I have
more, please?

He’s got some grapes.

7

He’s got all the grapes.

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The Bensons
1

2

Here’s a letter

for you, Jim.

This is the Benson’s house.
The postman is putting a letter in the letterbox.

3

4

Hurry up! Open it!
When are they coming?

Anne wants Jim to open the letter quickly.

5

6

Thursday
next week.

We can meet them at
the airport, can’t we?

Yes, of course.
I’ll ring them.

8

7

Lay the table, please,
Anne. I’ll make the toast.

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9

11

10

Butter the toast,
please, Tom.

Clear the table,
load the dishwasher
and let’s go.

Pass the milk, please, Anne.

12

14

13
It’s a quarter to eight.
We’re early.

15
It’s half past eight.
Where are Kim and Sue?

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