Contents FUNCTIONS Identifying people by name Talking about ownership GRAMMAR Possessive adjectives Negation Simple present TOPICS Common objects Family relationships FUNCTIONS Giving, accepting and declining invitations GRAMMAR Personal pronouns Imperatives Present continuous TOPICS Places to visit Events FUNCTIONS Introducing people GRAMMAR Demonstratives TOPICS Jobs Social relationships FUNCTIONS Starting conversations GRAMMAR Question tags Possessive pronouns TOPICS Descriptions FUNCTIONS Making, accepting and declining offers GRAMMAR Count/uncount nouns Open questions TOPICS Food and drink Numbers 1-10 FUNCTIONS Talking about occupations Asking for clarification GRAMMAR Simple past TOPICS Occupations FUNCTIONS Asking about price Talking about travel GRAMMAR Present perfect Duration TOPICS Days and months Money Numbers 11-20 Transport FUNCTIONS Asking for and giving opinions Agreeing and disagreeing GRAMMAR Comparatives and superlatives TOPICS Food FUNCTIONS Greetings and farewells Talking about health GRAMMAR Obligation TOPICS Parts of the body Common ailments FUNCTIONS Talking about addresses and locations GRAMMAR Future with will Spatial prepositions TOPICS Locators Numbers over 20 FUNCTIONS Buying goods and services Inquiring about health GRAMMAR Some/any Necessity TOPICS Common containers Musical instruments Rooms FUNCTIONS Asking for and giving directions GRAMMAR Open questions Directional prepositions TOPICS Common institutions Colors Ordinal numbers FUNCTIONS Talking about the past GRAMMAR Simple past Regular and irregular verbs Present continuous TOPICS Activities and processes FUNCTIONS Using the telephone GRAMMAR Gerunds Present and past continuous Before/after TOPICS Telephone language FUNCTIONS Talking about time Making appointments GRAMMAR Timetable future TOPICS Times Emotions FUNCTIONS Using public transport Asking for, giving and refusing permission GRAMMAR Prohibition Quantifiers TOPICS Transport Time measurements
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3 he 2 head 11 headache 11 heat 19 heated 19 heavy 9 heavier 9 heaviest 9 hello 7 her 1, 2 here 3 hi 3, 7 him 2 his 1 horse 9 hospital 12 hot 4 hour 19 house 1 How about ...? 2 How many ... do you have? 7 how many 6 How many ... ? 19 How much are ... 8 How much is ... 8 Hows your ... now? 13 hurts 11 husband 1 I 2 I dont know. 1 I live at ... 12 Id like ... 3 Id like this ... 3 Id like you to meet ... 3 Id love to but I cant. 2 Id love to. 2 Ill 12 Im a ... 7 Im afraid I cant. 2 Im from ... 8 Im sorry. 7 Ive been here for ... 8 ice cream 9 in 2 interesting 9 is 1 isnt (is not) 1, 4 it 1 its (it is) 1 January 8 jockey 9 juice 6 July 8 June 8 keep right 11 key 1 knee 11 know 2 laptop 1 late 18 leave 8 leave a message 17 left 14 leg 11 lets 2 lettuce 9 light 9 lighter 9 lightest 9 like 9 long 17 ... looks good 4 looks like 3 lovely 4 lunch 2, 17 make 13 make an appointment 18 manager 3 March 8 market 2 May 8 me 2 mechanic 7 meet 3 meeting 2 message 17 met 3 milk 6 mine 4 minute 19 miss 19 Monday 8 month 8 moon 11 more boring 9 more expensive 9 more interesting 9 morning 11 most boring 9 most expensive 9 most interesting 9 mother 1 movies 2 mum 16 mushroom 9 my 1 My names ... 1 name 1 narrow 9 narrower 9 narrowest 9 near 12 need 13 neighbor 3 new 13 newspaper 17 next door 12 next to 12 night 11 nine 6 nineteen 8 ninety 12 ninth 14 no 1 No parking. 19 No problem. 13 No, I havent. 3 No, thanks. 6 not 4 November 8 now 7 number 17 nurse 7 nuts 6 oclock 18 occupation 7 October 8 OK 2 old 13 on 12 on the corner 12 on the left 14 on the right 14 one 6 one hundred 12 one hundred and one 12 onion 9 open 16 opposite 12 or 13 orange 6, 14 our 1 out 2 p.m. 18 pair of sunglasses 9 pants 9 park 19 parked 19 party 2 past 14 pasta 9 pay 11 peach 6 pear 6 peas 9 pen 1 pharmacist 7 phone 17 piano 13 picnic 2 piece of... 6 plane 4, 8 play 4, 13, 17 play the ... 16 please 17 plum 6 police officer 7 police station 12 post office 14 potato 9 pull 16 purse 1 push 16 quarter 18 railway station 14 read 17 receptionist 7 red 14 restaurant 2 rice 9 right 14 road 12 roof 14 room 13 runs 4 sad 18 sales assistant 7 sandwich 6 Saturday 8 sausage 6 school 8 seat 4 second 14, 19 secretary 3 See you later. 11 sell 16 September 8 seven 6 seventeen 8 seventh 14 seventy 12 she 2 shoes 4 shop 17 short 9, 17 shorter 9 shortest 9 shoulder 11 since 8 sister 1 sit 4 six 6 sixteen 8 sixth 14 sixty 12 sleep 16 slowly 7 small 9 smaller 9 smallest 9 sock 6 some 6, 13 something to drink 6 something to eat 6 son 1 Sorry, I cant. 2 sorry 11 speak 17 stadium 14 stars 11 still 8 stomach 11 stomachache 11 stop 11 straight ahead 14 street 12 sugar 6 suitcase 9 sun 11 Sunday 8 supermarket 14 sure 2 surfboard 9 swim 17 tablet 6 take 2, 11 take a message 17 taking 2 talk 16 tall 9 taller 9 tallest 9 taxi driver 7 taxi rank 14 tea 6 teach 16 teacher 3 telephone 17 television 17 ten 6 tennis 17 tenth 14 Thank you. 1 Thanks for coming. 11 that 3 Thatd be great. 2 Thats okay. 13 the 1 theater 2 their 1 them 2 there 3 these 3 they 2 think 9 third 14 thirteen 8 thirty 12 thirty-one 12 this 1 this is ... 1 those 3 three 6 Thursday 8 ticket 6 timetable 19 to 2, 7 today 18 toilet 14 tomato 9 tomorrow 18 too 7 tooth 11 toothache 11 toothbrush 13 toothpaste 13 tour guide 7 traffic lights 14 train 8 tram 19 trumpet 13 tube 13 Tuesday 8 turn 14 Turn left before ... 14 Turn right 16 twelve 8 twenty 8 twenty-eight 12 twenty-five 12 twenty-four 12 twenty-nine 12 twenty-one 12 twenty-seven 12 twenty-six 12 twenty-three 12 twenty-two 12 two 6 us 2 use 19 used 19 very 9 very much 9 view 4 violin 13 wait 13 waiting room 13 wall 13 wallet 1 was 7, 16 wash 16 washing the ... 16 watch 1, 17 water 6 we 2 wedding 18 Wednesday 8 week 8 weekend 8 welcome 18 well 4 were 7, 16 wet 4 what 1 What do you do? 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