The author would like to thank his family: Marcia, Nicolas, Erick and Andres for their

enthusiastic support and encouragement throughout.

Thanks also to all the First Class Institute teachers for their contribution, comments and sugges-
tions.

Copyright © 2016 by Erick Wäntig Azcárraga.

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Audios: Virtual Sound.

 Contents

Unit 1

Present Condition 1 Car Parts 7

At the Institute 6 Review 9

Unit 2

First Class Superheroes 11 Family Ties 19

Prepositions of Place 13 Review 21

Let’s Meet Mateo 17

Unit 3

The Torrentini Family 23 Mom’s Cooking 33

Cooking Verbs 25 Pop Quiz 35

Comparatives 28 Review 37

The Superlative 30

Unit 4

Puma Katari’s Driver 39 Money 46

Possessives 40 Must 48

Let’s Travel 43 Review 50

Pronunciation 45

Unit 5

You Are Not Alone 52 A Superhero Reminder 59

False Friends 55 Review 61

Should 57
Unit 6

Frequency Adverbs 67 Future 72

Most Useful Proverbs 69 Review 76

Main Idea 71

Unit 7

Quotes and Thinkers 78 Let’s 83

Tag Questions 79 Math Vocabulary 86

The Legend of the Torobochi Tree 81 Review 87

Unit 8

Zero Conditional 89 To Book a Room 96

Much and Many 91 Would 98

Could 93 Review 101

Unit 9

First Conditional 103 How Do You Get a U.S. Visa 109

Object Pronouns 105 Review 111

May 107

Unit 10

Be Going To 113 Adjective Order 119

Second Conditional 115 Had Better 121

Used To 117 Review 123

Teachers, read this to your students
English is fun, so have fun.

Listen to music in English.

Study your First Class Superheroes

Ask questions.

If you make a mistake, don’t worry. We learn from

our mistakes.

Find extra material that you enjoy reading.

Record yourself

Never, ever give up.

Use pencil only.

Sing songs in English.

Read car license plates.

Have a special notebook for new words.

Use post-its at home for vocabulary.

While doing homework at home speak English aloud.

! Remember:
Keep a Journal!
UNIT 1 Present Continuous

We use the Present Continuous to talk about an action that is happening right now.

EXAMPLE: We are learning English.

The Present Continuous is composed of two parts:

VERB TO BE + VERB + ING

AM
IS + ....................ING
ARE

Let’s work with some sentences. Change them to present continuous.

1 My mother cleans the house. ................................................................................

2 I eat a delicious salteña. ................................................................................
3 That boy dances reggaeton. ................................................................................
4 My friends have a good time. ................................................................................
5 That team wins the championship. ................................................................................
6 They go to the library. ................................................................................
7 Marta cooks at home. ................................................................................
8 My boss works at City Hall. ................................................................................
9 We send money to Cobija. ................................................................................

Not playing with

a full deck

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Now let’s practice.
Reading time.
1 Reading

Hello, my name is Valeria. This is my family.

We live in Rurrenabaque and it’s raining a lot here. My mother and father are watching
the news in the living room, my older sister is preparing dinner and also, she is
teaching my brother how to cook.

We are thinking about moving from Rurrenabaque because it’s dangerous in the rainy
season. My dog is sleeping in my bedroom because it’s very cold and wet outside.

I’m chatting with some friends and I am watching the rain.

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1 LESSON
Answer the following questions.

1 Where is Valeria?

......................................................................................................
2 What is she doing?

......................................................................................................
3 What are Valeria’s parents doing?

......................................................................................................
4 Who is in the kitchen?

......................................................................................................
5 When is it dangerous in Rurrenabaque?

......................................................................................................
6 Who is sleeping in the bedroom?

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

More exercises.

1 The bus to Cochabamba (LEAVE) .............................. at this moment.

2 My boss (WORK) .............................. at the office.

3 Listen! Your cellphone (RING) ...............................

4 I (WATCH) .............................. the news about the robbery.

5 Look! She (DANCE) .............................. really well.

6 Our dog (BARK) .............................. to the people.

7 Shh, the baby (SLEEP) .............................. now.

8 We (LEARN) .............................. English at the institute.

9 I (THINK) .............................. about you.

10 They (BLOCK) .............................. the streets right now.

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Use the words below to make negative sentences in present continuous.

1 Leonardo / walk the dog ...............................................................................

2 The kids / play Xbox ...............................................................................
3 They / watch a movie ...............................................................................
4 Javier and Caty / do their homework ...............................................................................
5 Marcelo / repair his motorcycle ...............................................................................
6 We / listen to the news ...............................................................................
7 Carola / wait for the cable car ...............................................................................
8 I / read a book about history ...............................................................................
9 It / rain right now ...............................................................................
10 The parrot / sing a nice melody ...............................................................................
11 Nicole / have a good time ...............................................................................
12 Charlie / take the history class ...............................................................................
13 Susan and Savanna / pay attention to the class ...............................................................................
14 Lynn / look for a new job ...............................................................................
15 Caroline / cook mac and cheese ...............................................................................

Now add 5 more sentences on your own.

1 ....................................................................................................................................... AFFIRMATIVE

2 ....................................................................................................................................... AFFIRMATIVE

3 ....................................................................................................................................... NEGATIVE

4 ....................................................................................................................................... QUESTION

5 ....................................................................................................................................... QUESTION

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1 LESSON
Change the sentences in questions in present continuous.

1 Gonzalito is walking to school. ..............................................................................................?

2 My secretary is working on the report. ..............................................................................................?
3 That boy is doing his chores. ..............................................................................................?
4 We are waiting for the Puma Katari. ..............................................................................................?
5 Grandpa is reading the newspaper. ..............................................................................................?
6 Candicha is cooking chicharrón. ..............................................................................................?
7 I am studying really hard. ..............................................................................................?
8 Ben is brushing his teeth. ..............................................................................................?
9 D’shawn is making pop corn. ..............................................................................................?
10 Erin is feeding the homeless. ..............................................................................................?
11 They are riding horses. ..............................................................................................?
12 Santa Claus is bringing amazing gifts. ..............................................................................................?
13 The Mayor is talking to the crowd. ..............................................................................................?

Now add 5 more questions in present continuous.

1 .........................................................................................................................................
2 .........................................................................................................................................
3 .........................................................................................................................................
4 .........................................................................................................................................
5 .........................................................................................................................................

What did you learn?

.................................................................................................................................
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At the Institute UNIT 1

Listen and answer the questions.

Track 2

Now answer the questions.

1 What kind of music does she like? ...............................................................................

2 When is she going to graduate? ...............................................................................
3 Does she want to leave the Institute? ...............................................................................
4 How does she feel? ...............................................................................
5 What are the bands that she likes to listen to? ...............................................................................

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2 LESSON
UNIT 1 Car Parts

antenna Track 3
window
roof windshield
trunk

hood

brake light

door

headlight
tires

Exercises.

1 You put your luggage in the .........................................

steering wheel
2 You always check the air in the ......................................... speedometer

3 If you want to stop the car, you push the .........................................

4 You start the car with the .........................................

brake
5 If you want to go faster, you push the .........................................
gas pedal stick shift
6 If you want to check the engine, you open the ......................................... ignition key

Now add 5 more parts on your own.

1 .........................................................
2 ......................................................... The arrow next to your fuel
3 ......................................................... gauge tells you which side
your gas tank is on
4 .........................................................
5 .........................................................

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Let’s see how much you remember.
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Hit and run
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Score: /16

Make 3 sentences with the words that you forgot. Show your teacher.
Match the logos with their country.

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3 LESSON
 Review
Unscramble the words to create sentences and questions in present continuous.

1 Las Vegas / betting / I / in / money / am

............................................................................................................................................................................................
2 having / are / tonight / we / fun / ?

............................................................................................................................................................................................
3 remote / is / the / holding / time / she / control / the / all

............................................................................................................................................................................................
4 with / are / problems / time / you / wasting / those

............................................................................................................................................................................................
5 ? / soccer / is / this / he / playing / moment / in

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

According to the answers, write appropriate questions in present continuous.

1 ............................................................................................................................................................................................
I am studying English at First Class Institute.

2 ............................................................................................................................................................................................
No, she isn’t. Actually, she’s traveling to Peru in this moment.

3 ............................................................................................................................................................................................
They are celebrating Mario’s birthday tonight.

4 ............................................................................................................................................................................................
We are watching the game, it is exciting.

5 ............................................................................................................................................................................................
No, I am not. I work night shift.

6 ............................................................................................................................................................................................
I am cooking a steak with mashed potatoes.

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 Choose the most appropriate verb in the box to complete the sentences.

are reading writing are having are planning

are is swimming having are studying

1 Sergio .......... .............................. very hard because he will take a test tomorrow.

2 They .......... .............................. and .............................. in English all the time.

3 They .......... .............................. right now and it seems they .......... .............................. a good time;
I am not there because I am sick.

4 Manolo and Gabriela .......... .............................. a difficult situation, their parents ..........
.............................. to help them. I hope everything gets better soon.

Have fun and imagine what they are doing.

1 ...........................................................................................

2 ...........................................................................................

3 ...........................................................................................

4 ...........................................................................................

5 ...........................................................................................

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

7 ...........................................................................................

What’s your score: /7

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