Unit 1 - Reading

CONTENTS:
I. Pronunciation and Definition
II. Questions
a) True- False Question
b) Information Question
III. Game: Decide which map belongs to which
country
IV. Structure
a) The Infinitive
b) Subject and Verb Agreement
c) Inversion
d) Passive
V. Educational Language
The importance of English
VI. Discuss “ Who uses English?”
VII. Puzzle

I. Pronunciation and Definition:
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Q1: Put into columns according to the
pronunciation of the final –S or _ES:
languages pictures, peoples, uses, The
United States, pilots, continents, lecturers.
/Z/
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picture
s

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people
s
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use
s
•
lecturer
s
/S/
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The United State
s
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Pilot
s
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Continent
s

/IZ/
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languag
es

I. Pronunciation and Definition:
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Q2: Put an accent mark OVER the Stressed
syllable: private, possession, particular,
unreasonable, provide, foreigner, out number,

automatically.
1
st

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pr
i
vate
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f
o
reigner
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o
utnumber
2
nd

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poss
e
ssion
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part
i
cular
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unr
ea
sonable

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prov
i
de
3
rd

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autom
a
tically

I. Pronunciation and Definition:
Answers
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Q3: Find words and
expressions in the
passage that mean:
a. property
b. countries
c. means of communication
d. Teachers
e. supply
possession
nations
languages
lecturers
provide

II. Questions

A. True or false ? Justify your answers
1. Language is the private property of those
who use it.
False!

II. Questions
A. True or false ? Justify your answers
True!
2. English is used by a greater number of
speakers than any other languages.

II. Questions
A. True or false ? Justify your answers
False!
3. English is not used as an access to world
scholarship and world trade

II. Questions
A. True or false ? Justify your answers
True!
4. English is spoken as the first language in
many countries besides The United States
and Britain.

II. Questions
B. Answer the following questions.
1. Name some countries in which
English is used as the first language.
- They are the United States, Australia,
New Zealand, most of Canada, certain

nations of Africa and other areas of the
world.

II. Questions
B. Answer the following questions.
2. Which language is used by pilots to
ask for landing instructions in Cairo?
- It’s English.

II. Questions
B. Answer the following questions.
3. Is English an important language to
master? Why?
- Yes, it is. Because English provides
ready access to world scholarship and
world trade.

II. Questions
B. Answer the following questions.
4. To whom does English belong?
- English belongs to those who use it.

III. Game:
Decide which pictures belong to
which countries.
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The United States
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Australia
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Canada
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France
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England
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Vietnam
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China
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Denmark
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Holland
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Russia
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Egypt
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Malaysia