English Made Easy Learning English through Pictures, Volume 2

English Made Easy
Learning English Through Pictures

VOLUME TWO

By Jonathan Crichton and Pieter Koster

T U T T L E Publishing
Tokyo Rutland, Vermont Singapore

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The Tuttle Story: “Books to Span the East and West”
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Contents
FUNCTION

GRAMMAR

VOCABULARY

UNIT 1: Here’s a letter for you. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
• Communicating with friends

• Imperatives
• Paired verbs

• Prepositions
• Definite article

• Family relationships
• Correspondence

UNIT 2: Let’s check the flight number again. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
• Describing time
• Reporting events
• Checking details

• Reported speech
• Adjectives (present and past
participles)
• Adverbs of frequency (1)

• Timetables and deadlines

• Feelings

UNIT 3: It’s a goal! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
• Talking about accommodation

• There is/are
• Prepositions

• Enough
• Too much

• Accommodation
• Quantity/division

UNIT 4: I want a chocolate bar! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
• Making plans

• Present continuous with future
meaning
• Present perfect
• While

• While
• Around

UNIT 5: Revision and extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
UNIT 6: You always watch movies! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
•
•
•

•

Giving preferences
Expressing hopes
Describing the weather
Making offers

•
•
•
•

I’d like/I’d rather
I hope…
Instead (of)
1st conditional

• Electronic appliances
• Television programs
• Weather

UNIT 7: I’d like to see a doctor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
• Seeking clarification
• Travelling on public transport

• Which…?
• Because/so
• Comparatives (1)

• Paired verbs

• Travel
• Memory
• Make-up

UNIT 8: Ten dollars extra. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
• Asking questions

• Wh questions

• Duration
• Animals

• Zoo

UNIT 9: Where is Sue? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
• Describing location
• Expressing possibility

•
•
•
•

Modals of possibility
Prepositions
Too + adjective
Not… enough

3

• Position
• Movement


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FUNCTION

GRAMMAR

VOCABULARY

UNIT 10: Revision and extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
UNIT 11: I’m wearing one, too. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
• Speculating and justifying

• Reflexive pronouns
• Modals of deduction
• In case…
• Either

• Clothes
• Furniture

• Damage

UNIT 12: You’d better go to the dentist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
• Giving advice

• Causatives
• You’d better..
• Un + adjectives
• Comparatives with than

• Repairs
• Injuries

UNIT 13: I was having breakfast when the phone rang. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
• Describing medical problems
• Making recommendations

•
•
•
•

Interrupted past
Modals of obligation
Until
Soon
• Few

•
•

•
•

Parts of the body
Medical problems
Symptoms
Treatments

UNIT 14: Do you have a receipt? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
• Buying goods
• Renting services
• Describing size and distance

• Grammar of numbers

• Financial transactions
• Insurance
• Measurement
• Simple maths

UNIT 15: Revision and extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
UNIT 16: Can I try them on? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
• Choosing prices and sizes

• Comparatives (2)
• Other/the others

• Shopping
• Sizes
• Prices, discounts and sales

UNIT 17: Neither can I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
• Ordering in restaurants

• Every..
• Neither/so

• Until

• Food
• Eating in restaurants

UNIT 18: If I won, I’d buy a new car. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
• Talking about conditions and
consequences

• Conditionals
• Adverbs of frequency (2)
• As..as
• Can/can’t (ability)

• Empty
• Full

UNIT 19: I wish I could play the piano. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
• Expressing wishes
• Congratulating

• Saying
goodbye

• As soon as

• Celebrations
• Applications

• Farewells

UNIT 20: Revision and extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Grammar/Function/Topic, Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

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Preface
In an increasingly international world, being able to communicate in English is nowadays a
necessity in social, professional and business life. Competence in English creates an
increasing range of business, travel and leisure opportunities, opening doors to international
communication.
English Made Easy is a breakthrough in English language learning – imaginatively
exploiting how pictures and text can work together to create understanding and help
learners learn more productively.

English Made Easy gives learners easy access to the vocabulary, grammar and functions of
English as it is actually used in a comprehensive range of social situations. Self-guided
students and classroom learners alike will be delighted by the way they are helped to progress
easily from one unit to the next, using the combinations of pictures and text to discover for
themselves how English works.
The English Made Easy method is based on a thorough understanding of language
structure and how language is successfully learned. The authors are experienced English
language teachers with strong backgrounds in language analysis and language learning. The
English Made Easy team is confident that the books represent a significant development in
English language learning.
— Professor Christopher N. Candlin

Using this book
This book is easy to use. You will learn how to speak English by looking at the pictures and
words on each page. The pictures explain the words.
The table of contents tells you what you will learn in each of the twenty units. You can use
this table to look up any particular points you want to learn or practice.
The twenty units are arranged in groups of five. The first four units present language and
give you opportunities to practice as you learn. The first page of each unit has a list of all the
words and phrases you will learn in that unit. At the end of each unit there is an interesting story
which uses the language you have just learned.
The fifth unit in each group gives you the opportunity to revise the language in the first four
units and to use it in different situations. The exercises are easy to understand and there is an
answer key at the end of the unit.
At the end of the book there is an index which contains all the words and phrases in the
book. It is not a dictionary. It refers you to the unit in which that language first appears so that
you can “discover” the meaning of the word by seeing it in context.

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UNIT 1: Here’s a letter for you.
grandfather

open

on

letter

postman

grandmother

close

off

invitation

card

daughter-in-law

postcard

bill

son-in-law

envelope

stamp

parcel

fax

letterbox

airmail

brother-in-law

all

sister-in-law
uncle

email

lay the table

aunt

to

make the toast

niece

from

butter the toast

nephew

pass the milk

cousin

holidays

clear the table
load the dishwasher

arrive at

look forward to

want

hurry up

quickly

depart from
land

chair

take off

sofa

cat
put

1

2

This is Jim and Peggy.

This is the Benson family.

4

They live at 2 Richmond Street.
6

3

This is Tom and Anne.


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The Benson Family

Jim

Peggy

Tom

Anne

Brian

Carol

Kim

Jane

Sue

Steve

Phil

Marge

Bud

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
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 daughter-in-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-in-law.
Phil is Carol’s son-in law.

1. Bob is Julie’s ______________.

The Taylor Family

2. Julie is Bob’s ______________.
3. Alan is Julie’s ______________.
4. Lynne is Alan’s _____________.
Paul

5. Cindy is Bob’s _____________.

Lynne

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 ______________.

Rose

Don

Mark

Alan

16. Don is Bob’s _______________.

Julie

17. Rose is Bob’s ______________.
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
8

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

2

Could you open
the door, please?

Close the window!

3

4

5

Open your books at
page 51, please.

Close your
books, please.

It’s for you.

6
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

The dog is on the chair.
7

a sofa

The dog is off the chair.
8

The cat is on the sofa.
10

Don’t put the dog
on the chair!

11

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!

slow

fast
5

Can I have
more, please?

He’s got one grape.

6

Can I have
more, please?

He’s got some grapes.
13

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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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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UNIT 2: Let’s check the flight number again.
once

a bit

bell

twice

ring

three times
always

interesting

sometimes

boring

never

interested

again

bored

accident

frightening

trophy

frightened

student

on time

surprising
surprised
tiring
right (not wrong)

tired

say

wrong

exciting

tell

check

excited

1

Say “Aaaah!”
Aaaah!

2

Tell John I’ll be late.

He’ll be late.

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1
Say you love me.

I love you.

What did she say?

She said she loves me!

2

3

What happened?

What did you say?

What did he say?
He said he had
an accident.

4

I said I had an
accident.

I had an accident.

accident

5

Sorry, what did you say?
I said I came
in first, I won a
trophy.

I came in first.
I won a trophy.

He said he came in
first and won a trophy.

trophy

6
Please tell Kevin
I’ll be late. I missed
my train.

What did he say?

I said, Please tell
Kevin I’ll be late. I
missed my train.

What did
you say?

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What did he say?
He said he’ll
be late. He missed his train.


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UNIT 2

1
Lunch is at
twelve o’clock.

I said lunch
was at twelve.

He said lunch
is at twelve.

2
I’ll meet you
at eleven.

Didn’t she
say she would
meet us at
eleven?

She said she’ll meet
us at eleven.
She did. She said she
would meet us at eleven.

3
I’m working late
tonight, dear.

Dad won’t be home for
dinner tonight. He said he
is working late tonight.

You said you
were working
late tonight.
Yes, but I have
a headache, so I
came home.

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Let’s check the flight number again.

1

2

Ring the bell!

3

4

5

Ring it again!

6

7

Hello. How can
I help you?

8

9

once

We rang the bell three times!

10

11

three times

twice
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four times


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UNIT 2

1

2

The timetable says it
comes at five past ten.

What time does
the bus come?

I’ll check the
timetable.

3

4
But it’s five past
ten now, isn't it?

5

It was late yesterday, too.
So it’s late again.

It was late on Wednesday,
and Tuesday, and Monday
too. It’s late every day.
So it’s always late.

Yes. The bus is late.

6

7

The timetable
says the bus
comes at 3.05.

The timetable

says the bus comes
at 4.25 p.m.

It’s 3.05 now, and here
comes the bus.

It’s 4.25 now and the
bus is not here.
It was here at
4.25 yesterday.

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This bus is always on
time. It comes at 3.05 every
day. It’s never late.

This bus is
sometimes late and
sometimes on time.


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Let’s check the flight number again.

will not =
1

This string is
too short.

won’t

2

This string is
too long.

short
How long have
you been here?
I’ve been here
for two hours.

long

3

4
How long has it been there?
A long time.

The next train won’t

come for a long time.

5

6

7

Goodbye, Harry.

Goodbye, Rick.

8

Hello, Dick. It’s good
to see you again.

I haven’t seen him
for a long time.

9

Hello, Harry. It’s been a long time,
hasn’t it? How have you been?

I’m good now. I was sick for a long
time but now I’m better again.

That’s good. I’m
glad you’re better.

Good, good. How
have you been?
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UNIT 2

1

2

This is interesting, isn’t it?

3

No, I think it’s boring.

frightening

4

frightened

5

surprising

surprised

6

Shopping is tiring.

She is tired.

The game is exciting.

He is excited.

7

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Let’s check the flight number again.

1

2

The teacher is very boring.
The student is very bored.

The teacher is boring.
The student is bored.

3

4

right

wrong

5

6

Mr Willis?

Is that 9494956?

Yes, that’s right.

No, sorry, wrong number.
This is 9494965.
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The Bensons
1

2
They said they were
arriving at eight o’clock and
it’s eight thirty now.

Where are
Kim and Sue?

3

4
It says flight 421 arrived
at eight o’clock. What’s

happened to them?

Did you bring the
letter, Peggy?
Yes. Here it is.

I don’t know.

5

6

It says arriving at eight
o’clock on flight 412.

Let’s check.

But there it says flight 421.
It’s the wrong flight number!

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