My sister works downtown. She takes public transportation like the bus or subway to get to work each day since we live in the suburbs outside of the city. Taking public transportation is slower than driving but it avoids having to find parking in the busy downtown area.

2. Page36: 6 My sister works
downtown
Vocabulary
1. Drive 1. to move or travel in a car
2. Walk 2. to move along/foot
3. Take the bus 3. to go by bus
4. Take the subway 4. go through underground passage
5. Take the train 5. go by train
6. Ride a bike 6. to move by bike
7. Ride motorcycle 7. to move by motorcycle
8. Take a taxi/cab 8. go in a taxi/cab

3. Vocabulary
1. Transportation
2. Top
3. Get to
4. Work
5. Suburb
6. Downtown
7. Public transportation
8. Slow
9. that’s too bad
1. Ways of going to different places
2. Most popular
3. Go to
4. A job
5. Outside area of a city
6. The business center of a city
7. Transportation everyone can use
8. Not fast
9. I am sorry about that

4. Practice 1
 Complete the sentences with present verb forms
1. He_____ (drive) a car to work.
2. Sheila _____ (walk) to office every day.
3. Does he_____ (take) the bus to school.
4. They _____(ride) a bike.
5. You don’t_____(ride) a motorcycle to work.
6. Please_____ (take) a taxi/can.
7. Turn right then____(take) a subway.

5. Page36: Conversation2
 Pre-Listening questions
Look at the picture in your books and answer the
following questions. Then listen to the clip.
1. Who are the people?
2. Where are they?
3. What are they talking about?
4. Describe the picture in your own words?

6. Adjectives+Nouns
Nice car It is a nice car.
Handsome boy He is a handsome boy.
Good-looking girl
Big house
Short man
Slow car
Lazy student
Intelligent student

7. P37: Word Power Family
No Word Pashto M English meaning
1 Husband the man a woman is married to
2 Wife The woman that a man is married to
3 Father A male parent
4 Mother A female parent
5 Parents A mother or father of a person
6 Brother A boy with same parents as another
7 Sister A girl or woman who same the same parents
8 Children Kids
9 Grand son Grand kid
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8. P37: Pair work
 Complete the sentences about Carter’s family. Then
listen and check your answers.
1. Anne’s Paul’s…………….. .
2. Jason and Emily are their…………. .
3. Paul is Anne’s………….. .
4. Jason is Anne’s…………….. .
5. Emily is Paul’s…………….. .
6. Jason is Emily’s…………… .
7. Emily is Jason’s………….. .
8. Paul and Anne’s are Jason’s……………… .
P37: B Pair work:
Tell your partner
about your family.

9. P37: Grammar Focus
 Simple present tense:
Structures:
 Affirmative form: S+V+s/es + Complement.
 Interrogative form: Do/Does + S + V + Complement?
 Negative form: S + Do/Does + Not + V +Complement.
 Negative Interrogative form: Do/Does + Not + S+V +
Complement?

10. Examples
Ex. I come to school every day
Ex. Do I come to school every day?
Ex. I do not come to school every day.
Ex. Do I not come to school every day?
He studies English in the class.
Does he study English in the class?
He doesn’t study English in the class.
Doesn’t he study English in the class?.

11. Usage:
 Simple present tense: is use to show habitual action,
Habitual action is an action which is done habitually.
Like every day, every noon, every week, etc.
Ex. We come to course every day.
Ex. Noor drinks milk every morning.
 Simple present tens: Is use to show general fact,
General fact is a fact which is clear for all.
Ex. Ahmad is a boy.
Ex. God is one.
Ex. The earth moves around the sun.

12. Usages
 Simple present tense: Is also used to show a planned
future action
Ex. I go to Kabul tomorrow.
Ex. We finish the class next week.
Ex. She comes here tomorrow.
 Memo: Verbs ending in (s, ss, sh, ch, o, x, z,) take (es)
Verbs ending in other letters take only (s)
Ex. She watches the TV every day.
EX. She washes the dishes

13. Rule
 Note: Verbs ending in (Y) following a consonant,
change the (Y) to (I) and add (es).
Ex. Ahmad studies English everyday.

14. P38: Simple present tense with
irregular verbs
1. To have Verbs
2. To do Verbs
 To have verbs: Are those which are used to show possession or
ownership in the sentences.
 To have verb are consist in:
Have Has Had
 Present/Past Conjugation
I have I had
You have you had Exp: You have a book.
We have We had Exp: They have a car.
They have They had
She has She had Exp: She had a car.
He has He had Exp: He has a bike.
It has It had

15. Question and Negative forms of To
have Verbs
 Note: usually in the question and negative form of to
have verbs, the to do verbs are used along with them.
But some time it is a possible to use to have at the
beginning of the sentences in the question and add
only (Not) after them in negative
Ex. I Have a pen.
Ex. Have I a pen?
Ex. I have not a pen.
Ex. Do I have a pen.
Ex. I do not have a pen.

16. To do verbs:
 Are those which are used to show performing of an action in the
sentences.
 To do verbs are consist in:
Do Does Did
 Present Conjugation
I do Exp: I do my homework everyday.
You do Exp: You do your chores.
He does Exp: He does the home work.
She does Exp: She does the class activities everyday.
It does Exp: It does the same work like Honda.
They do Exp: They do the pair work in the class.
We do Exp: We do the group work every morning

17. Past Conjugation
I did
You did
He did
She did
It did
We did
They did
Ex. We did our home work yesterday.
Ex: She did her chores.

18. P38: Pronunciation:
Third-person singular –s endings
Listen and practice. Notice the pronunciation of the –s
ending
s=/s/ s=/z/ (e)s= /iz/ irregular
take takes go goes dance dances do does
walk walks study studies watch watches have has
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19. P38: Who is it?
 A Write five sentences about you and your family.
Write “Male” or “Female” on your paper, but not your
name.
Female) I live with my parents. I have two sister. My
father works downtown…….
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20. P38: Pair work
Put all the papers in a bag. Choose a paper and describe
the writer. Your classmates guess the writer.
A. She lives with her parents. She has two sisters. Her
father works downtown….. Who is it?
B. Michelle, is it you?
C. No, it’s not me……

21. P39: Conversation I get up at noon.
Listen and practice.
Grammar Focus
Do you get up early? What time do you get up?
No, I get up late. At ten o’clock.
Does he have lunch at noon? When do they drive to work?
No, he eats lunch at one o’clock Every day
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Simple present questions

22.  Page39: A complete the questions with do or
does. Then write four more question
Time expressions
Early in the morning
Late in the afternoon
Every day in the evening
At 9:00 on Sundays
At noon/midnight on weekends
At night on weekdays

23. P39 B Pair work Ask and answer the questions from part
A. Use time expressions from the box.
A: Do you get up early on weekdays.
B: Yes, I do. I get up at seven o’clock.
P40 CComplete the questions to complete the
conversation. Then ask a partner the question. Answer
with your own information.
Exp:
1. A: Do you exercise everyday?
(you every day exercise do)
B: Yes, I exercise everyday.

24. P40: Listening Marsha’s weekly routine
A Listen to Marsha talk about her weekly routine.
Check the days she does each thing.
B Group work Tell your classmates about your weekly
routine.
A: I get up early on weekdays and Saturdays.
But I sleep late on Sundays…..
B: I get up early on weekdays, too.
I get up at 6:00
C: Really? I get up late every day….
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25. P41: Reading
What’s your schedule like?
Look at the pictures and the labels. Who gets up late?
Vocabulary
No Word Pashto M English Meaning
1 Schedule a list of planned activities
2 Library Place where books are collected
3 Project Planned work
4 Reporter News broadcaster or collector
5 Early bird A person who gets up early
6 Night owl A person who gets up late

26. P41: A Read the article. Then number the activities in
each person’s schedule from 1 to 4.