I speak English

A1 | Lessons 9-10
 Objectives
2. Practise forming
regular verbs

1. Review words for

nationalities and 3. Read about a polyglot
countries who speaks many
languages

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 Can you hear?

Yes I can hear I’m sorry, I can’t

you, thanks! hear you...

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 Introductions: Ask and answer

How are you? What country are

How’s it going? you from?
What’s up?

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 What is their nationality?

Claudette is from France. Joshua and Samuel are from Brazil. Alex and Maria are from the UK.
__________ is __________. __________ are __________. __________ are __________.

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 In this country the native language is...

1 2 3 4
In France In Brazil In the UK In Mexico
they they they they
speak... speak... speak... speak...

a. English b. Spanish c. French d. Portuguese

I’m from __________. My native language is __________.

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 Do you speak...?

5. It’s my native
Do you speak Spanish? language
4. I speak ○○○○○
fluently
○○○○
3. I speak
quite well Yes I speak Spanish
2. I speak a ○○○ quite well.
little bit
1. I don’t ○○
speak
No, I don’t speak
any... any Spanish.
◌

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 Remember: Present simple verbs
Complete the table

Person Verb (+) Verb (-)

I / you / we / they _____1_____ _____2_____

he / she / it _____3_____ _____4_____

a. speaks b. doesn’t speak c. speak d. don’t speak

don’t = do not doesn’t = does not

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 Make the sentence negative
don’t = do not
1. Ruby speaks Japanese quite well. doesn’t = does not

2. I speak French and Spanish fluently.

3. You speak Turkish at home.

4. Manuel speaks English a lot because he lives in USA.

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 Vocabulary
1 2 3

a. to learn b. to understand c. to go on holiday

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 Meet Lena the polyglot
Read the introduction.

Hey everyone, it’s nice to meet you! My name’s Lena. I’m

originally from Khabarovsk, Russia, but I don’t live there
now and I can speak 6 languages!

Look at the picture, think and write in the chat box.

1. Where does Lena live?

2. What are the 6 languages that she speaks?

Write your ideas in the chat.

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 Meet Lena the polyglot
Hey everyone, it’s nice to meet you! My name’s Lena,
I’m originally from Khabarovsk, Russia, but I don’t live
there now and I can speak 6 languages!

Russian is my native language, but I live in Paris and I

speak English fluently. I have many international friends
and we speak English together. My boyfriend speaks
French and I understand a lot, but I don’t speak it very
well!

I also speak Japanese and Chinese quite well. I learn

Japanese because I like anime series and manga.
Chinese is a difficult language, but in Khabarovsk we
1.Where does Lena live? learn in school.

Finally, I go to Spain a lot for holidays so I know a little

2.What are the 6 languages
bit of Spanish
that she speaks?

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 Lena speaks this language because...

1 She speaks French because… a her friends speak this language.

2 She speaks English because… b she likes TV series in this language.

3 She speaks Russian because… c she uses this language on holiday.

4 She speaks Japanese because… d her boyfriend speaks this language.

5 She speaks Chinese because… e they learn this language at school.

6 She speaks Spanish because... f this is her native language.

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 Complete sentences with regular verbs in brackets
1 Lena speaks French because her boyfriend __________ this language. (speak)

2 Lena speaks English because her friends __________ this language. (speak)

3 Lena speaks Japanese because she __________ TV series in this language. (like)

4 Lena speaks Chinese because they __________ this language at school. (learn)

5 Lena speaks Spanish because she __________ this language on holiday. (use)

6 Lena __________ French, but she __________ it very well.(understand/not speak)

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 It’s your turn...
I’m learning English because…

a. I use it on my holidays
b. I speak it with friends
c. I like English TV series
d. My boyfriend/girlfriend speaks it
e. I learn it at school or university
f. I love the language

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 Remember
2. Negative forms:

I, you, we, they don’t

1. A native language = = do not
the language people 3. A polyglot is a person
speak in a country he/she/it doesn’t
who speaks many
= does not
languages.

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 Great work!
Review lessons 9 & 10 in our A1 English
course. Go a step further and do lesson 11
& London Central Episode 1 in our A1
English course.

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 Additional material

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 World language quiz

They speak __________ in Portugal,

1. They speak __________ and English in 2.
Canada. Mozambique and Brazil.
a. French a. Spanish
b. Spanish b. Portuguese
c. Italian c. Brazilian

3. In Switzerland they speak __________ 4. Busuu is a language from __________

a. Swiss a. Morocco
b. Swedish b. Cameroon
c. German, French and Italian c. Nigeria

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 Can you remember the expressions?

5. It’s my ____________
Do you speak __________ ? language ○○○○○
4. I speak __________
○○○○

3. I speak ________
well ○○○
2. I speak a little
________ ○○
1. I don’t Yes __________ ?
speak it
_______◌

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 What languages do they
speak?

Does your mom/your dad/your best

friend speak English? Your mom

Your dad

My mom speaks English

fluently and my dad
speaks a little bit.

They speak Chinese.

Your best friend
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 Answer key (1)
P.5 P.9
1. She is French. 1. Ruby doesn’t speak Japanese very well.
2. They are Brazilian. 2. I don’t speak French and Spanish fluently.
3. They are British. 3. You don’t speak Turkish at home.
4. Manuel doesn’t speak English a lot because
P.6 he doesn’t live in the USA.
1. C 2.D 3.A 4.B
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P.8 1. B 2.C 3.A
1. speak 2. speaks
3. don’t speak 4. doesn’t speak P.12
1. She lives in Paris.
2. Russian (native language), English (fluent),
Japanese and Chinese (quite well), French
(doesn’t speak very well), and Spanish (a little
bit)

P.13
1. D 2.A 3.F 4.B 5.E 6.C
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 Answer key
P.14 P.18
1. Lena speaks French because her boyfriend 1. A 2.B 3C 4.B
speaks this language.
2. Lena speaks English because her friends P.20
speak this language. 1. I don’t speak it at all.
3. Lena speaks Japanese because she likes TV 2.I speak a little bit.
series in this language. 3.I speak it quite/very well.
4. Lena speaks Chinese because they learn this 4.I speak it fluently.
language at school. 5. It’s my native language.
5. Lena speaks Spanish because she uses this
language on holiday.
6. Lena understands French, but she doesn’t
speak it very well.

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