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WBT
Content Outline
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WBTs - CONTENT OUTLINE

The WBTs use the following type of questions to test the objectives for each
WBT:

Match The Following

Fill in the blanks
Soup of words
Multiple True and False: Catch the liar
MCQ
MMCQ
Record and Compare Drill
Reading and Comprehension Drill: True and False
Listening Comprehension Drill
Reading and Listening for Errors

WBT 1: MEETING PEOPLE

Objectives: This session covers the following:
• Greeting people and responding to greetings – phrases like hello, how
are you, I’m fine
• Introducing oneself and others – saying one’s name, where one is from,
what one does
• Asking questions – What’s your name? What do you do? Where are you
from?
• Common nouns and adjectives
• Use of the verb to be with I, we, you, he, she, It, and they
• Expressions and contractions, I’m, he’s she’s, they’re, this is
• Saying numbers from 1 to 4
• Names of well known countries and of states of India

WBT 2: MY FAMILY
Objectives: This session covers the following:
• Nouns used for people – man, woman, girl, boy, baby.
• Nouns used for family members – parents, father, mother, child, children,
daughter, son, sister, brother, husband, wife
• Adjectives used with ages – young, old, teenaged, little, younger, older
• Names of common jobs
• Singular and plural forms of the nouns introduced
• The verb have and has
• Pronouns his and her
• Numbers from 1 to 20

WBT 3: ASKING QUESTIONS

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Objectives: This session covers the following:
• The verb form to be.
• The negative form of the verb to be
• Asking questions
• Correcting people.
• Negatives (isn’t, aren’t)
• Yes/no answers
• What? Where? Who? questions

WBT 4: COLOURS AROUND YOU

Objectives: This session covers the following:

• Basic colours: red, yellow, blue, green, black, grey, pink, orange, white,
brown; additional colours in the rainbow: violet, indigo
• Common objects in the office: desk, table, computer, files, telephone,
chair, papers, computer monitor, keyboard, mouse, curtains, carpet,
flowers
• Vocabulary for gifts - watch, book, music CD, jeans, umbrella,
• Correct usage of it’s and they’re
• Place prepositions - in, under, behind, on, in front of, below, above, beside

WBT 5: HOLIDAY GETAWAYS

Objectives: This session covers the following:
• Basic ways of describing things
• Descriptive sentences with There is, there are, there isn’t, there aren’t
• Some, any, a lot of, lots of
• Questions with:
o Is there____?
o Are there___?
o How many__?

WBT 6: HOME SWEET HOME

Objectives: This session covers the following:
• Aspects of homes and other buildings that people live in
• Kinds of rooms and the furniture used in each room
• Objects of everyday use in homes and other buildings
• Noting down addresses and phone numbers correctly

WBT 7: IT’S MY LIFE

Objectives: This session covers the following:
• Talking about what people do and don’t do.
• Action words in the present
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• Positive and negative expressions, such as don’t and doesn’t, with I he,
she, it
• Simple statements using like, usually and sometimes
• Verbs: listen, exercise, walk, lift, eat, drink, play, deal, help, attend, go,
party, pray, smoke, love
• Activity phrases: play table tennis, eat healthy food, drink juice, and listen
to music, in the first person singular form.
• Additional words: music, weights, treadmill, juice, glass, healthy, table
tennis, college, salad, fruit, milk, cheese, eggs, chicken and fish, shares,
restaurant, college, movies, club, temple, pet
• Opposite pairs of adjectives: young, old, fast, slow, hot, cold, empty, full,
crowded, short, tall, down, up, high, low, in, out

WBT 8: FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Objectives: This session covers the following:

• Common types of food: rice, bread, cereal, carrot, tomato, cabbage,
mushroom, banana, orange, apple, grapes, meat, fish, eggs, milk, curd,
cake, oil, chocolate
• Food groups — cereals, vegetables, fruit, meats, and fats.
• The usage of the action word ‘eat’
• Commonly used table items, for example spoon, fork, knife, plate, glass,
salt, pepper, sugar, ketchup, napkin
• Usage of ‘Can I have…., and I’d like to…..’ for ordering things in an eating
place

WBT 9: MAKING FRIENDS

Objectives: This session covers the following:
• Learn to ask people about what they do
• Frame questions beginning with What, When, Why, Who, Where, Which
• Frame Yes/No questions to elicit positive or negative answers
• Make simple statements about your daily routine

WBT 10: BUYING THINGS

Objectives: This session covers the following:
• Language for buying things at a shop
• Ask questions about location of and direction to places
• Ask questions to get information about products — price, size, colour,
flavour
• Words of comparison — nicer, better, small, too big
• New phrases: near by, end of the street, next to, beside it, in front of

WBT 11: AT THE PARK

Objectives: This session covers the following:
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• Present continuous tense
• Asking someone what they are doing, speaking about what he/she hears
or sees happening, and saying what people are doing and/or where they
are.
• Actions in present continuous: playing football, watching cricket, dancing,
and so on
• Questions in present continuous: Coming to the mall with me? Are you
waiting for someone? And so on

WBT 12: WHO’S THIS?

Objectives: This session covers the following:
• Clothes and accessories worn by people (skirt, blouse, handbag, dress,
earrings, necklace, bracelet, trousers, shirt, suit, tie, coat, t-shirt, jeans,
shoes, jacket, cap, sandals, sneakers, sweater, muffler
• Occupations: student, doctor, tailor/seamstress, waiter/waitress,
actor/actress, architect, cobbler, singer, air hostess, nurse
• Physical appearances: old, young, grey/dark/blond/short/long
hair, beard, mustache, tall, short, thin, fat, fair, dark

WBT 13: HOME IMPROVEMENT

Objectives: This session covers the following:
• Expression for quantity
• a, some, any
• positive and negative quantifiers much, many, lots of
• count and non count nouns
• asking questions with quantity (how much/ how many)
• using have and have got

WBT 14: THE CALENDAR

Objectives: This session covers the following:
• The seasons: summer, winter, spring, monsoon;
• Words and expressions for describing the seasons and climate
• The months of the year and naming festivals

WBT 15: TIME GONE BY

Objectives: This session covers the following:

• Past tense of verbs

• Regular and irregular verb forms
• was and were, have and had
• on, in and at with past time expressions

WBT 16: KNOW YOUR PLANET

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Objectives: This session covers the following:
• Directions: east, west, north, south
• Types of places: town, village, capital, port, harbour, hill resort; hill station, spa,
health farm,
• Geographical features: mountains, lake, sea, river, coast, island, extinct
volcano, valley
• Means of transport and transport hubs: road, rail, bus, air, boat, ferry, Airport,
railway station, bus terminal, ferry/boat terminal
• Names of some countries, languages and continents.

WBT 17: WHAT DID YOU DO?

Objectives: This session covers the following:
• Simple past tense
• Simple positive and negative questions
• Yes/no questions
• Wh-questions

WBT 18: GOING PLACES

Objectives: This session covers the following:
• Prepositions of direction — between, across, on, up, down, along
• Motion verbs — get, transfer, lost, looking, exit
• Words related to transport — bus, subway, station, walk
• Giving directions — turn left, around the corner

WBT 19: DO’S AND DON’TS

Objectives: This session covers the following:
• can/can’t
• must/mustn’t
• have to/don’t have to

WBT 20: PARTS OF THE BODY

Objectives: This session covers the following:
• The human body and its parts – head, neck, arm, hand, finger, leg, foot,
eyes, nose, mouth, ears, face, thumb
• Adjectives used for describing the body – tall, fat, dark, fair, brown, large
• Verbs used for the body in action – walk, run, jump, climb, ski, swim

WBT 21: BETTER THAN THE BEST

Objectives: This session covers the following:
• Comparative form of adjectives (-er, more)
• Superlative form of adjectives (-est, most)
• Usage of than in comparative sentences
• Usage of which in comparative questions
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WBT 22: LEISURE TIME

Objectives: This session covers the following:
• Use of the verb go with some activities such as go for a walk, go on a
picnic, go trekking, go to the cinema and so on.
• Names of different sports such as chess and tennis, and activities such as
swimming and trekking
• Verbs used with leisure activities such as like, enjoy and their -ing forms.

WBT 23: A LOOK INTO THE FUTURE

Objectives: This session covers the following:
• The use of going to and questions with going to
• How to use the present continuous for the future
• How to ask for help with an activity

WBT 24: HOW DO YOU FEEL?

Objectives: This session covers the following:
• Adjectives to describe physical feelings with I’m… and I feel…: tired, cold,
sick, hot, hungry, thirsty, sleepy
• Adjectives to describe emotions: angry, sad, surprised, embarrassed, scared,
nervous
• Describing reactions to movies, plays etc: I laughed, I thought it was funny, I
liked it… enjoy, funny, boring, interesting, sad, laugh
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MODULE 2: GRAMMAR

T1: Articles

L1: Articles - Understand Rules

o Introduction to Articles
o Articles - Lesson Objectives
o Indefinite Article
o Indefinite Article Rules
o Indefinite Article – Check Your Understanding
o Indefinite Article – Recap
o Definite Article
o Definite Article Rules
o Definite Article – Check Your Understanding
o Definite Article – Recap
o No Article
o Count and Non-count Nouns – Introduction
o Count Nouns
o Non-count Nouns
o Count and Non-count Nouns – Rules and Exceptions
o Categories of Non-count Nouns
o Count and Non-count Nouns – Check Your Understanding
o Articles – Correcting the Errors
o Articles – Summary
o Article Usage Chart

L2: Articles - Applying the Rules

o Case 1: The Grocery List
o Case 2: The Cake Recipe
o Case 3: Shopping Spree

L3: Articles - Practice and Assessment

T2: Adjectives and Comparatives

L1: Adjectives - Understand Rules

o Introduction to Adjectives
o Adjectives - Lesson Objectives
o Adjectives
o Adjectives – Categories
o Adjectives – Comparative and Superlative Forms
o Adjectives – Comparative Form
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o Adjectives – Superlative Form
o Adjectives – Irregular Comparison
o Adjectives – Check Your Understanding
o Adjectives – Summary
o Adjectives – Correcting the Errors
o Adjectives – Usage Chart

L2: Adjectives - Applying the Rules

o Case 1: Vacation in Goa
o Case 2: How to Study for Exams
o Case 3: Shoppers’ Paradise

L3: Adjectives - Practice and Assessment

T3: Prepositions

L1: Prepositions - Understand Rules

o Introduction to Prepositions
o Prepositions - Lesson Objectives
o Prepositions - Types
o Prepositions of Time
o Prepositions of Position
o Prepositions of Place
o Prepositions of Direction
o Prepositions – Other Uses
o Prepositions – Check Your Understanding
o Prepositions – Most Frequently Used
o Prepositions – Summary

L2: Prepositions - Applying the Rules

o Case 1: Mira and the Chemist
o Case 2: Ram and the Music Teacher
o Case 3: Party Invitation

L3: Prepositions - Practice and Assessment

T4: Subject Verb Agreement

L1: Subject Verb Agreement - Understand Rules

o Introduction to Subject Verb Agreement
o Subject Verb Agreement - Lesson Objectives
o Subject Verb Agreement
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o Subject Verb Agreement Rules
o Subject Verb Agreement – Check Your Understanding I
o Subject Verb Agreement – Correcting the Errors
o Subject Verb Agreement – Summary
o Subject Verb Agreement – Check Your Understanding II

L2: Subject Verb Agreement - Applying the Rules

o Case 1: My Hobbies
o Case 2: Keeping Fit
o Case 3: College Life

L3: Subject Verb Agreement - Practice and Assessment

T5: Tenses

L1: Tenses - Understand Rules

o Introduction to Tenses
o Tenses - Lesson Objectives
o Tenses – Categories
o Present Tense
o Past Tense
o Future Tense
o Present Continuous Tense
o Tenses – Areas of Concern
- Avoid the Double Past Tense
- Avoid Excessive use of the Present Continuous Tense
o Tenses – Check Your Understanding I
o Tenses – Summary

L2: Tenses - Applying the Rules

o Case 1: The Way to Pragati Maidan
o Case 2: The Bokia Phone
o Case 3: Rohit is Absent
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L3: Tenses - Practice and Assessment
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MODULE 3: FLUENCY

L1: Indianisms
o T1: Direct Translation
o T2: Hindi Fillers

L2: Fluency
T1: Rate of Speech
o Life Today
o First Time Travel
o My Office
o Watching Television
o Planning a Picnic
o Buying a Wedding Gift

T2: Fluency and Self Analysis

o Going to School
o My First Salary Cheque
o Broken Window
o Food Fuss
o Assignment
o Birthday Gift

MODULE 4: LISTENING AND COMPREHENSION

L1: Listening
o The Last Night
o Birthday Preparations
o The Fair
o Broken Vase
o Picnic Plan
o Technology
o Story
o Vacation

L2: Practice
o A Healthy Lifestyle
o Tiger Conservation

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