English Made Easy

Learning English Through Pictures

VOLUME ONE

By Jonathan Crichton and Pieter Koster

T U T T L E Publishing
Tokyo Rutland, Vermont Singapore

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Contents
FUNCTION

GRAMMAR

VOCABULARY

UNIT 1: Whats your name? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

identifying people by name
talking about ownership

possessive adjectives
negation
simple present

common objects
family relationships

UNIT 2: Thatd be great! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

giving, accepting and
declining invitations

personal pronouns
imperatives
present continuous

places to visit
events

UNIT 3: Id like you to meet my accountant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

introducing people

demonstratives

jobs
social relationships

UNIT 4: Its a beautiful day, isnt it? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

starting conversations

question tags
possessive pronouns

common adjectives
common adverbs

UNIT 5: Revision and extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

UNIT 6: Would you like something to drink? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
making, accepting and
declining offers

count/uncount
nouns
open questions

food and drink

numbers 1-10

UNIT 7: Hes a tour guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

talking about occupations
asking for clarification

simple past

occupations

UNIT 8: Im going to New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

asking about price
talking about travel

present perfect
duration

days and months

money
numbers 11-20
transport

UNIT 9: This one is better. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

asking for and giving opinions
agreeing and disagreeing

comparatives and superlatives

food

UNIT 10: Revision and extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

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FUNCTION

GRAMMAR

VOCABULARY

UNIT 11: Whats the matter? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

greetings and farewells
talking about health

obligation

parts of the body

common ailments

UNIT 12: I live in the big house. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

talking about addresses and
locations

future with will

spatial prepositions

locators
numbers over 20

UNIT 13: How much is this purse? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

buying goods and services
inquiring about health

some/any
necessity

common containers
musical instruments
rooms

UNIT 14: Its the second street on the left. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

asking for and giving directions

open questions
directional prepositions

common institutions
colors
ordinal numbers

UNIT 15: Revision and extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

UNIT 16: She bought a cake. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
talking about the past

simple past
regular and irregular verbs
present continuous

activities and processes

UNIT 17: Theyre working in the garden. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

using the telephone

gerunds
present and past continuous
before/after

telephone language

UNIT 18: Whats the time? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

talking about time
making appointments

timetable future

times
emotions

UNIT 19: Youre not allowed to park here. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

using public transport
asking for, giving and refusing
permission

prohibition
quantifiers

transport
time measurements

UNIT 20: Revision and extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

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UNIT 1: Whats your name?

family [fmli:]

a [ei, ]
the []

husband [hzbnd]
wife [waif]

book [buk]
camera [kmr]

father [fa::r]

car [ka:r]

mother [m:r]

house [haus]
key [ki:]

son [sn]

laptop [lpta:p]

daughter [d:t:r]

mobile phone [moubl foun]

pen [pen]

brother [br:r]

purse [p:rs]

sister [sist:r]

wallet [wa:lit]
watch [wa:t]

whose [hu:z]

name [neim]

her [h:r]

is [iz]

his [hiz]

isnt [iznt]

my [mai]
our [au:r]
their [e:r]

it [it]

your [ju:r]

this [is]
what [wt]

My names ... [mai neimz]

this is [is iz]

Whats your name? [wts ju:r neim]

its [its]

yes [jes]

Excuse me. [eksku:z mi:]

no [nou]

Thank you. [k ju:]

I dont know. [ai dount nou]

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what is =

Whats your name?

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my name is =

whats

Jim
Benson

Whats your name?

My names Jim Benson.

3

Whats your name?

Peggy
Benson

My names Peggy Benson.

4

Tom
Benson

Whats your name?

Anne
Benson

My names Anne Benson.

My names Tom Benson.

5

my names

The Benson Family

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UNIT 1
1
Tom is my son.

Anne is my daughter.

Peggy is my wife.

2
Tom is my son.

Anne is my daughter.

Jim is my husband.

3
Peggy is my mother.

Anne is my sister.

Jim is my father.

4
Peggy is my mother.

Tom is my brother.

Jim is my father.

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Whats your name?

1

This is my son.

This is my house.

10

This is my daughter.

8
This is her father.

11

This is our son.

6
.....................................

This is his father.

This is his mother.

This is her mother.

.....................................

12

This is their father.

This is their mother.

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UNIT 1

it is =

is not =

its

This is my
book.

isnt

This isnt my book.

Its your book.

a book
4

This isnt my book.

Its your book.

do not =

This isnt my book.

It isnt your book.
Its Toms book.

Its her book.

10

Thank you.

dont

Its his book.

Whose book is this?

10

Thank you.

11

This isnt my book.

It isnt your book.
Its Annes book.

I dont know.

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Whats your name?

1

a camera
6

cameras
11

a laptop
17

laptops

13

watches

10

14

18

11

houses
15

a car

a purse
19

wallets

a house

pens

a wallet

a watch

a pen

keys

mobile phones
12

16

a key

a mobile phone
7

20

purses

cars

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UNIT 1
1

Is this your camera?

Is this your camera?

No, it isnt.
Is it his camera?

Is this your camera?

Yes, it is.

No, it isnt.
Is it her camera?
5

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...........................

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................................

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12

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The Bensons
2

Whose mobile
phone is this?

I dont know.

Excuse me, is this

your mobile phone?

Excuse me, is this

your mobile phone?

No, it isnt.
No, it isnt.

6
Yes, it is.
Thank you.

Excuse me, is this

your mobile phone?

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