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General English
Student Book

Compiled by

Drs. Baharuddin, M.Hum

L. Jaswadi Putera, SPd. MPd.

Mataram University
2016

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 Contents

1. Greeting and Introducing 1

2. Where Are You From? 9
3. Things Around You 19
4. Family and Friends 29
5. Describing Appearances & Characters 41
6. Times and Dates 48
7. Daily Routines 54
8. Leisure Time 62
9. Jobs and Places of Work 69
10. Talking about Abilities 80
11. Talking about Home 87
12. Asking for Directions 97
13. Around The City and Villages 104
14. Going Shopping 111
15. Cooking Time ! 123
16. Future Plans 131
17. Past Activities 137
18. Have You Ever . ? 149

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Introducing yourself

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Introducing others

Here are expressions to introduce others:

- Jack, please meet Nicolas.
- Jack, have you met Nicolas?
- I'd like you to meet Liza.
- I'd like to introduce you to Betty.
- Leila, this is Barbara. Barbara this is Leila.

Useful responses when introducing yourself or other people:

- Nice to meet you.
- Pleased to meet you.
- Happy to meet you.
- How do you do?
Things to remember:
- "How do you do?" is not really a question, it just means "Hello". You can respond to it by
saying How do you do?, too.

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Grammar: Indefinite Article a / an
Practice. Supply the articles a/an in the following.
1. Lucy has ______ dog.
2. Let's sing ______ song.
3. Emily needs _____ new desk in her room.
4. I need ______ blue pen.
5. Ben has ______ old bike.
6. Peter has _______ aunt in Berlin.
7. We listen to _______ English CD.
8. She has _______ exercise book in her
school bag.
9. The speed of this car was 160 miles
_______ hour.
10. They finished _______ unit.
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Decide whether each of the following sentences is
correct or incorrect.
1. There is an novel on the table.
2. John is eating an orange now.
3. Mary wants to go to an university this
summer.
4. She is an nice girl.
5. My father is an engineer
6. She is wearing a nice dress.
7. Ive waited for you almost a hour.
8. My father is a FBI agent.
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Regular Plural Noun

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 A: Who do you take after your eye
shape? Your mother or father?
1 Do a survey. Ask eight people in your class and fill in the B: My mother.
table. Which appearance is the most common? How
many people take after the mother/father?
Eye Hair Skin
Name Nose Face
shape type color
1 You: ..
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Do you know how to tell the time in English?

Headway. Unit 6. P. 40

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Headway Unit 6. P. 42-47

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What do you do everyday?

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Write about your friends or relatives daily activities.
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Listening American Headway 2. SB. Unit 2. P.16

American Headway 2. SB. Unit 2. P.16

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Present Simple (Negative / Interrogative)

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What do you like doing in your free time?

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Write and Speak
1. What do you like doing in your free time?
What dont you like doing? Why.
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2. What your friend or relative likes doing in his/her free time?

What he / she doesnt like doing? Why?
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Exercise: Complete the list below by asking other students to join your free time activities.
Write the students name in the box if he/she agrees to join you. You are only
allowed to aks one student to join the activity.
Example:
A: Would you like to go shopping tonight? A: Would you like to go shopping tonight?
B: Yes. What time? B: Id love to. But I cant. Im going shopping
A: At eight (8.00)? with Tina tonight.
B: OK. A: OK. No problem. Maybe some other time.
A: OK. See you later. Bye
B: See you later.

Tomorrow In my
In the night On Friday House At the Next In
afternoon at afternoon On weekend Week July
Activities
Saturday
1 2 3 4 5 6 7

1 Watch DVD

2 .

3 Eat some durians

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5 Go to Kuta Beach

7 Travel to Bali

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Exercise: A Patient and a hypnotherapist.
In pairs, role play the patient and the hypnotherapist.

Student A - Hypnotherapist: Student B - Patient:

1. Tell the patient to close his eyes.
2. Tell him to describe each activity
he is doing at the moment.
3. Tell him to describe about
everything he sees in his
imagination: the people, the
animals, the surroundings, the
weather, etc.
4. Ask questions if necessary.
5. Tell him to stop the hypnosis after
a few minutes.
6. Change role.
1. Close your eyes.
2. Describe everything you see in
your imagination
3. Describe where you are, what you
are doing, what other people are
doing, what the surroundings look
like, or what the weather is like.
4. Answer the questions from the
hypnotherapist.
5. Stop when you hear the word
stop or a clap of hands
6. Change role.

Example:
Patient: Now, Im in my house. Im grabbing my helmet and sweater. Im riding my
bike.. Im heading to the woods. Now Im in the woods.. I see many people.
There is a little boy with a red T-shirt. He is looking at me and smiling. Suddenly, the dark
clouds are gathering in the sky. Now the rain is falling down. People are running for
shelter. Now, Im alone, Im soaking wet. Im running, looking for my bike. But I cant find
it.

Note: For a more challenging activity, students can play the mysterious murderer to
help the police solve a murder case.

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1. Places of Work
Write the name of place of work that you hear.
1. Where does he work? _______________________________________________
2. Where does she work? _______________________________________________
3. Where does he work? _______________________________________________
4. Where does he work? _______________________________________________
5. Where does she work? _______________________________________________
6. Where does she work? _______________________________________________
7. Where does he work? _______________________________________________
8. Where does he work? _______________________________________________
9. Where does he work? _______________________________________________
10. Where does she work? _______________________________________________

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Tick the person that fits the job description you hear on the recording.

1. 6.

2. 7.

3. 8.

4. 9.

5. 10.

Speaking

3. Talk about your dream job. 4. Write and Discuss. The best job in
1. What is your dream job?
the world. What is the best job in the
2. Why do you want to be ?
world to you? Why do you think it is?
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Listening

Upstream A1. P. 40

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Error correction

Headway p.84

Listening Headway Beginner p. 81

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American English File 1. P.41

Reading

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Ex: Is there a TV in your living room? Yes, there is. (Yes)
Is there a mango tree in front of your house? No, there isnt. (No)

You Stu. 1 Stu. 2

Things at home
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2
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Prepositions of Place

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Student B

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Reading

Exercise. Answer these questions.

1. What is the name of the
house?
2. How many rooms are
there?
3. How many bathrooms are
there?
4. Has it got any lifts?
5. Are there any people in the
house?
6. How old is the house?
7. Where is it located?
8. Are all the things in the
house big?

What do you think of the house?

What things do you find
amazing?

Notes: When asking about address, pay attention to the use of in, on, and at.
Q: Where do you live?
A: I live in Indonesia / Mataram / Kekalik. (IN)
A: I live on (Jalan) Udayana Street / Jln Swasembada Street. (ON)
A: I live at/on (Jalan) Udayana Street No. 40 Mataram. (AT / ON)

Writing. Your friend is going to visit you. Send a description of your house.
Include Location, Number of rooms and furniture, and something special about it

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Speaking (Additional questions):
1. Where do you live?
2. Is it located in the city, a small village, on the mountain, or near the
beach?
3. Is your house big or small?
4. How many rooms are there in your house?
5. What is the color of your house?
6. Do you paint your bedroom with your favorite color?
7. What things are there in your bedroom?
8. Do you raise fish in your home? (If yes, What kind of fish?)
9. Do you plant flowers or trees at your home?
10. Do you like to keep pets in your house? What kind of pet?

At home on a plane

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2. _____________________

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Linguahouse elementary.

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Your friend wants to move to your neighborhood. Write a postcard to him
describing your town or village.
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Speaking (Gram: Much/ Many)

Ask and answer questions about the things in your city or village.
Q: Are there many trees? - Yes. There are (many).
- No, there arent. There are a few trees.
Q: Is there much air pollution? - Yes, there is much air pollution.

Things You Stu. 1 Stu. 2

1. Trees

2. Cars

3. Noise

4. Unemployment

5. Farmers

6. Trash (rubbish)

7. Crimes

8. Fresh air

9 Water pollution

10. Land polution

11. Children

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How Much / How Many

In A Clothes Shop

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Listening

Learn English Teens. British Council

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Real Reading-Listening 1 p. 14

Headway Beginner Workbook p.31

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What is your favorite food?
What is your favorite drink?
Do you know how to make them?

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Im going to Raja Ampat this weekend?
What about you? Where are you going this weekend?

Reading Writing Targets. Evans-Dooley. Express Publishing. P.52

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 What did you do last night?
Where were you yesterday?
What time did you get up this morning?
got up had breakfast came to school washed the dishes
rode bicycle walked with friends saw my teacher wrote
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2. Write the negative and interrogative of these sentences.

Ex: I wrote a letter yesterday.
I did not write a letter yesterday.
Did I write a letter yesterday?

1. I got up at 5.00 this morning.

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2. My mother cooked very delicious dinner last night.
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3. My father taught me English yesterday afternoon.
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4. John bought some bread a few minutes ago.
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5. You studied Biology an hour ago.
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How many verbs in past form (verb 2) do you know?

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Writing
1. Write about things that you did yesterday, where were you. Talk to your
partner.
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2. Write about what your friend or relative (father, mother, siblings) did
yesterday, where was he/ she. Talk to your partner.
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Understanding and Using English Grammar. Azar Hagen. Pearson-Longman. P.36

>> How many verbs in past participle (V-3) do you know?
has got up has written has read has studied has cut has hit has been
has run has gone has seen has had has drunk has forgotten

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