English for starter 1 students book

R. T. Nasr
D. Dallas


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First edition published 2002
New edition 2007
Reprinted 2014
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Contents
Unit

Language Focus

Functions

1 Hello!

Hello. I’m Salma.
How are you?
I’m fine, thank you.
What’s your name?
Goodbye

Greetings and responses

Stand up
Sit down

Giving instructions

Numbers 1-5

Counting

What’s this?
It’s a pencil.

Asking questions

How many books?

Counting

Open the window.
Close the door.

Giving instructions

Hassan’s a boy.
Salma’s a girl.

Describing

5 Revision 1

Revision of previous vocabulary
and structures

Giving instructions

17

6 Let’s eat!

Is this a sandwich?
Yes, it is.

Asking questions

19

7 What colour

What colour is the boat?

Describing what colour something is

22

What colour is this?
It’s blue.

Asking questions

8 My body

This is my mouth.
Touch your eye.

Talking about parts of the body

25

9 My family

Who’s this?
This is my father.

Talking about family members

28

10 Revision 2

Revision of previous vocabulary
and structures

Asking questions

31

Asking how old someone is

33

2 Counting

3 In the
classroom 1

4 In the
classroom 2

Page
5

Introducing yourself
8

11

14

is the ...?

11 My birthday How old are you?
How old’s Zeina’s brother?
He’s nine.

12 Colours

Numbers 6-10

Counting

Is the house white?
Yes, it is.
No, it isn’t.

Describing what colour something is

36


Unit
13 Let’s sing

Language Focus

Functions

Page

What’s this?
It’s a hand.

Asking questions

39

14 What’s
this? What’s
that?

What’s that?
It’s a big box.

Asking questions

42

15 Revision 3

Revision of previous vocabulary
and structures

Asking questions
Counting

45

16 Our clothes

Who’s that?

Describing what people are wearing

47

Asking questions

50

and play!

Describing objects

Huda has a green jacket.

17 Where is
it?

Where’s the doll?
It’s on the table.

Talking about places

18 I like ...
Let’s eat!

19 My lovely
animals

I like ice cream.

Expressing likes

How many tomatoes are there?
There are eight tomatoes.

Counting

What’s this/that?
It’s a cat.

Asking questions

53

56

Counting

20 Revision 4

Revision of previous vocabulary
and structures

Asking questions
Talking about places

59

21 Let’s eat

Is that Zeina’s sandwich?
Yes, it is.
No, it isn’t.

Asking questions

61

Where’s Hassan?
He’s in the sitting room.

Talking about places

64

Who is tall?
Tippy is tall.
Who has a red jacket?

Asking questions

67

outside!

22 Where is
everyone?

23 Who is
tall?
24 Letters are

Describing people and objects
70

Letters of the alphabet round up

fun!

25 Revision 5

Revision of previous vocabulary
and structures

Asking questions

73


Unit 1

Hello!

1 Listen
Hello.

Hello. I’m Salma.

Hello.

Hello. I’m Zeina.

5


2 Play

Hello, I’m Walid.

3 Sing
Hello. I’m Salma.
How are you?
I’m fine, thank you.
Hello. I’m Hassan.
How are you?
I’m fine, thank you.

6


Unit 1

4 Listen
How are you?

Hello. I’m Miss Reem.

Hello, Miss Reem.

I’m your teacher.
I’m fine, thank you.

What’s your name?

How are you?

I’m Hassan.

I’m fine, thank you.
7


Unit 2

Counting

1 Sing
Hello. Stand up, sit down.
Hello. Stand up, sit down.
Hello. Stand up.
Hello. Stand up.
Hello. Stand up, sit down.

2 Listen
Hello. I’m
Bill.

Stand up, Jill.

Hello. I’m
Jill.

Sit down, Jill.

8


Unit 2

3 Look and say

1

2

3

4

5

4 Sing
One and two.

1

One and two.

2

How are you?

3

How are you?

4

Three and four.
Three and four.

5

5

Sing some more.
Five, five, five!
9


Unit 2

5 Play
Hello.

Hello.

Stand up.

2

1

1
How are you?

I’m fine,
thank you.

2

What’s your name?
I’m Bill.

3

3

4
Sit down.

5
10

5

4

Unit 3
1 Listen
What’s this?

What’s this?

It’s a desk.

It’s a pencil.

In the
classroom 1

What’s this?

It’s a book.

What’s this?

It’s a chair.

11


2 Play

12

What’s this, Hassan?

It’s a computer.


Unit 3

3 Count

How many pencils, Zeina?
1, 2, 3, 4.

13


Unit 4
1 Listen

In the
classroom 2

Open the window, please.
Stand up please, Salma.

Close the window, please.

14

Thank you. Sit down.


Unit 4

I’m a girl.

4 Play
I’m a boy.

3 Count
Count the
girls, Zeina.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

15


Unit 4

4 Play

What’s this?

16

It’s a door.


Unit 5

Revision 1

1 Sing

Open the window.

Close the door.

Sit down on your chair.

Stand up in the air.

17


Unit 5
Revision 1

2 Play

18


Unit 6

Let’s eat!

1 Listen
Is this a sandwich?
Yes, it is.

Is this a biscuit?

Yes, it is.

Is this a banana?

Is this a tomato?

Yes, it is.

No, it’s a pen.
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2 Play
What’s this?
It’s a tomato.

20


Unit 6

3 Count
How many sandwiches?

21


Unit 7
1 Listen
What colour is the house?

The house is yellow.

22

What colour
is the ...?
What colour is the bus?

The bus is blue.

What colour is the boat?

What colour is the car?

The boat is green.

The car is red.


Unit 7
What colour is this?

It’s green.

2 Look and say

3 Look and answer

What colour is the tree?

It’s green.
23


Unit 7

4 Count

Five blue cars.
How many blue cars?

24


Unit 8

My body

1 Listen
This is my ear.

This is my nose.

This is my eye.

This is my mouth.

25