PUTTING ENGLISH TO WORK 1:

UNIT 3

THE CALENDAR

In this unit you will learn:

THESE LIFE SKILLS:

‰ Give days and dates It’s March second.
‰ Give addresses His address is 8427 1st Street.
‰ Give telephone messages Please tell her to call Ryan.

THIS VOCABULARY:
‰ Days and months Monday, September
‰ Places cafe, market, park

THIS GRAMMAR:
‰ Verb “BE” – negative form He isn’t at home.
‰ Ordinal numbers first, twenty-second
 Vocabulary: Places in the Community
Review the vocabulary from the video:

cafe home market park school

More Places in the Community

bakery bank bookstore laundromat gas station post office

Exercise 1: Circle the correct word.

1. 2. 3. 4.

home bookstore market park

gas station post office cafe gas station
bakery school park bank
laundromat bank home post office

Exercise 2: Unscramble the following words.

cafe
1. a e f c _________________________________________
2. o o s l h c _______________________________________
3. a e t k r m ______________________________________
4. p k r a _________________________________________
5. o s o r e k o t b __________________________________
6. a s g i t t s n o a __________ _____________________

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 Listening from the Video Unit 3
Page 3
Exercise 3: Watch the second “It’s Your Turn.” Point
to the answers. Circle the answers.

1. Is Bob at work?
a. Yes, he is. b. No, he’s not. He’s at home.

2. Is Bob at home now?

a. Yes, he is. b. No, he’s not. He’s at work.

3. Is Bob at the park?

a. Yes, he is. b. No, he’s not. He’s at the cafe.

4. Is Bob at the park now?

a. Yes, he is. b. No, he’s not. He’s at the cafe.

5. Is Bob at the market?

a. Yes, he is. b. No, he’s not. He’s at home.

6. Is Bob at the market now?

a. Yes, he is. b. No, he’s not. He’s at home.

Exercise 4: Watch “It’s Your Turn” again. Write the information

from the video.

PHONE MESSAGE
DATE: _________________________________________
TIME: _________________________________________
FOR: _________________________________________
FROM: _________________________________________
MESSAGE: _________________________________________

_________________________________________

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 Days of the Week
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

Months of the Year

January February March April May June

July August September October November December

Exercise 5: Complete the spaces below with the days and months.
Sunday ______ _______ ___________ ______ _____ ______
January ___________ _______ _______ May ______ _______
_________ September __________ _____________ __________

Numbers
CARDINAL ORDINAL CARDINAL ORDINAL
1 one first 1st 17 seventeen seventeenth 17th
2 two second 2nd 18 eighteen eighteenth 18th
3 three third 3rd 19 nineteen nineteenth 19th
4 four fourth 4th 20 twenty twentieth 20th
5 five fifth 5th 21 twenty-one twenty-first 21st
6 six sixth 6th 22 twenty-two twenty-second 22nd
7 seven seventh 7th 23 twenty-three twenty-third 23rd
8 eight eighth 8th 24 twenty-four twenty-fourth 24th
9 nine ninth 9th 25 twenty-five twenty-fifth 25th
10 ten tenth 10th 26 twenty-six twenty-sixth 26th
11 eleven eleventh 11th 27 twenty-seven twenty-seventh 27th
12 twelve twelfth 12th 28 twenty-eight twenty-eighth 28th
13 thirteen thirteenth 13th 29 twenty-nine twenty-ninth 29th
14 fourteen fourteenth 14th 30 thirty thirtieth 30th
15 fifteen fifteenth 15th 31 thirty-one thirty-first 31st
16 sixteen sixteenth 16th

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Exercise 6: Write the ordinal numbers.

3rd third 23rd

20th 31st
8th 10th
4th 21st
11th 12th
1st 9th

We use ordinal numbers to give a date

Example. What’s the date? It’s May 8th. (May eighth)
When’s your birthday? It’s March 2nd. (March second)
Exercise 7: Practice reading the following dates.

1. April 10th 2. June 4th

3. November 22nd 4. January 4th

5. August 1st 6. October 25th

We write the date in this order: month/day/year

Example: September 14, 2002 or 9/14/02
Exercise 8: Write the following dates in another way.
March 9, 2004
1. 3/9/04___________________________________________
2. 7/12/95 __________________________________________
3. 10/11/01__________________________________________
4. 5/28/06__________________________________________
11/4/97
5. November 4, 1997 __________________________________
6. May 8, 2003 _______________________________________
7. December 2, 2005 __________________________________
8. January 18, 1999 ___________________________________

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 Address
Street Road Place Avenue Boulevard
Abbreviations

Street = St. Road = Rd. Place = Pl. Avenue = Ave. Boulevard = Blvd.

Exercise 9: Write the word next to the abbreviation.

a. Blvd. __________________ b. Rd. ___________________
c. Ave. ___________________ d. St. ___________________
e. Pl. ____________________

Leave a Phone Message

pick up dial leave a message hang up

Exercise 10: Put the actions in the correct order from 1 to 4.

_____ ____ ____ ____

dial hang up leave a message pick up

Exercise 11: Put the following conversation in order.

___ What’s your number?
___ No, she’s not.
___ Thank you. Bye.
___ Please tell her to call John.
1
___ Is Linda there?
___ It’s 555-7491.

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 Grammar: Verb “BE” — Negative Form

Negative Negative Contraction

I am not I ‘m not

at the bank. at the bank.

He He
is not isn’t
She She

It is not at home. It isn’t at home.

We We
You are not at the park. You aren’t at the park.
They They

Exercise 12: Look at the model. Fill in the blanks. Use the
contraction.

1. He isn’t at home. He’s at school.

2. She ___________________________

________________________________________________

3. You ___________________________

_________________________________________________

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 4. I _____________________________

________________________________________________

5. They _________________________

________________________________________________

Review: Verb “BE”

QUESTION CONTRACTION 1 CONTRACTION 2
Am I at home? No, you're not. No, you aren't.
Is he at the park? No, he's not. No, he isn't.
Is she at the bank? No, she's not. No, she isn't.
Is it at school? No, it's not. No, it isn't.
Are we at the market? No, you're not. No, you aren't.
No, I'm not.
Are you at the post office?
No, we’re not. No, we aren’t.
Are they at the cafe? No, they're not. No, they aren't.

Exercise 13: Answer the following questions.

1. Am I at home? No, _________________________

you aren’t. .
2. Is he at work? No, _________________________ .
3. Are you at the cafe? No, _________________________ .
4. Is she at the market? No, _________________________ .
5. Is today Sunday? No, _________________________ .
6. Are they on First Street? No, _________________________ .

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 Life Skill: Reading a Calendar

Exercise 14: Write the following information on the calendar.

1. My birthday is on Thursday, April 5th.

2. The days of the week

3. School is on Monday, April 9th at 6:30 p.m.

4. Lunch at the cafe is on Saturday, April 7th at 12:30 p.m.

5. Call Ramon on Wednesday, April 11th at 5:30 p.m.

APRIL

Thursday
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
My
birthday

8 9 10 11 12 13 14

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 Life Skill: Reading a Phone Message

Exercise 15: Read the phone message below. Circle the answers to
the questions.

PHONE MESSAGE
October 10th
DATE: _________________________
TIME:__________________________
3:15 p.m.
FOR: __________________________
Paul
FROM: _________________________
Carlos
MESSAGE: ______________________
Call back.
_______________________________
Carlos is at the market.
_______________________________
Phone number: 555-7810

1. Who is the message from?

a. Paul b. Call c. Carlos

2. Who is the message for?

a. Paul b. Call c. Carlos

3. What is the phone number?

a. 555-7810 b. 555-7180 c. 555-7801

4. Where is Carlos?
a. at home b. at school c. at the market

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 Writing

Exercise 16: Put these words in the correct category.

· 2417 First St. · February · Sunday · hang up

· park · school · 123 Fourth St. · home
· leave a message · dial · pick up · Thursday
· 3437 Park Ave. · April · work · 8946 Oak Pl.

ADDRESS PLACE CALENDAR PHONE CALL

2417 First St.

Street

Exercise 17: Answer the these questions with YOUR information.

1. What’s your name? _________________________________

2. What’s the date today? _____________________________

3. When’s your birthday? ______________________________

4. What’s your address? _______________________________

5. What’s your phone number? __________________________

6. Where are you? ___________________________________

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 Narrative Reading
”This is Juan Perez”

This is Juan Perez . This is Juan’s house . His

address is 3427 First Street and his phone number is

(626) 555-5499. Juan lives near the park . Juan works at

Nidia’s Cafe . He works there Monday to Friday. Right now,

Juan isn’t at home. He is at the market .

Exercise 18: Answer the following questions.

1. What is Juan’s address? _____________________________

2. What is Juan’s phone number? _______________________

3. Does Juan live near the park? _________________________

4. Does Juan work at the bank?__________________________

5. Where does he work? ______________________________

6. Does he work there on Monday? _______________________

7. Does he work there on Saturday? ______________________

8. Is Juan at home right now? ___________________________

9. Is Juan at work?___________________________________

10. Is Juan at the market? ______________________________

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 UNIT TEST 3 -- WRITTEN EVALUATION

Part 1: Answer the questions in complete sentences.

1.
Where is she? _________________________________ .

2.
Where are they? _________________________________ .

3.
Where is he? _________________________________ .

4. Is he at home? [page 7]

No, __________________________________ .

5. Are you at the market? [page 7]

No, __________________________________ .

Part 2: Follow the directions.

6. Write the word next to its abbreviation. [page 6]

a. Blvd. __________________________________________
b. Ave.________________________________

7. Complete the days of the week. [page 4]

Sunday _________ ____________ ___________________

Thursday ___________ ______________________

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8. Put the following conversation in order. [page 6]

_____ No, he’s not. May I take a message?

_____ 555-2187. I’m at school.
_____ Please tell him to call Sophia.
_____ Yes. Is Peter there?
_____ What’s your phone number?
_____ Hello. May I help you?

9. Read the phone message. Circle the answer to the question.

[page 10]

PHONE MESSAGE Who is the message from?

a. Carrie
January 15th
Date: ___________________
b. January
10:15 a.m.
Time: ___________________
Carrie
For: ____________________ c. Olivia

Olivia
From: ___________________ d. Call back

Call back.
Message:_________________
Olivia is at the bank.
_______________________
Phone number: 555-6554
_______________________

Part 3: Write the ordinal numbers in words.

10. [page 4]

a. 1st ___________________ b. 5th ___________________

c. 9th ___________________ d. 11th ___________________

e. 12th ___________________ f. 20th ___________________

g. 22nd __________________ h. 31st ___________________

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 Unit 3 – Student Answer Key
Exercise 1, page 2 Exercise 11, page 6
1. bakery 2. bookstore __
4 What’s your number?
3. home 4. post office __
2 No, she is not.
Exercise 2, page 2 __
6 Bye.
2. school 3. market 4. park __
3 Please tell her to call John.
5. bookstore 6. gas station __
1 Is Linda there?
Exercise 3, page 3 __
5 It’s 555-7491.
1. b 2. a 3. b 4. a Exercise 12, page 7
5. b 6. a 2. She isn’t at the bakery. She’s at the market.
Exercise 4, page 3 3. You aren’t at the cafe. You’re at the gas
station.
Phone Message
Date: February 5th 4. I am not at the bookstore. I’m at the post
Time: 8:00 office.
For: Bob 5. They aren’t at the park. They’re at the bank.
From: Ryan
Exercise 13, page 8
Message: Call Ryan. 555-2678
He’s at the cafe. 2. he isn’t or he’s not.
3. I’m (we’re) not.
Exercise 5, page 4 4. she isn’t or she’s not.
(Sunday) Monday Tuesday Wednesday
5. it isn’t or it’s not.
Thursday Friday Saturday
6. they aren’t or they’re not.
(January) February March April Exercise 14, page 9
May (June) July August
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
(September) October November December
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Exercise 6, page 5 My Lunch at
3 (third) 23 twenty-third birthday the cafe
at 12:30
20 twentieth 31 thirty-first p.m.
8 eighth 10 tenth 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
4 fourth 21 twenty-first School Call Ramon
at 6:30 at 5:30 p.m.
11 eleventh 12 twelfth p.m.
1 first 9 ninth Exercise 15, page 10
Exercise 8, page 5 1. c 2. a 3. a 4. c
2. July 12, 1995 3. October 11, 2001 Exercise 16, page 11
4. May 28, 2006 5. 11/4/97 ADDRESS PLACE CALENDAR PHONE CALL
6. 5/8/03 7. 12/2/05 2417 First St. park February leave a message
123 Fourth St. home Sunday hang up
8. 1/18/99
337 Park Ave. school April pick up
Exercise 9, page 6 work Thursday dial
a. Boulevard Exercise 17, page 11
b. Road Answers will vary.
c. Avenue
Exercise 18 page 12
d. Street
1. 3427 First Street. 2. (626) 555-5499
e. Place
3. Yes, he does. 4. No, he doesn’t.
Exercise 10, page 6
5. He works at Nidia’s Cafe. 6. Yes, he does.
2 4 3 1
7. No, he doesn’t. 8. No, he isn’t.
dial hang up leave a message pick up
9. No, he isn’t. 10. Yes, he is.

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