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- 2. SPEAK DIRECT METHOD © - BOOK CONTENT Copyright by SPEAK DIRECT METHOD © Page 2 / 10 Book 1 content Grammar Points Topics 1. The verb „to be” in the singular and plural 2. The plural of basic regular and irregular nouns 3. The Present Simple Tense 4. Verbs in the infinitive 5. Expressions: “there is” and “there are” 6. Cardinal numbers 7. Basic rules about the use of the articles “a” and “the” 8. Names of the letters in the alphabet 9. Countable and uncountable nouns 10. The Present Continuous Tense 11. Ordinal numbers 12. Possessive adjectives (my, your, her, etc.) Greetings and pleasantries Basic names of people and objects (man, teacher, desk, etc.) Basic names of jobs Basic verbs (I live, I speak, etc.) Names of countries and nationalities Prepositions (on, under, in, above, etc.) Colors Clothes Frequency adverbs (always, often, usually, etc.) Parts of the body Describing the weather Names of the days of the week Names of animals Book 2 content Grammar Points Topics 1. Possessive pronouns (mine, yours, hers, etc.) 2. The expression “neither…nor” 3. Asking about a person’s age 4. “tall/short” versus “high/low” 5. Sentences in the Present Simple and the Present Continuous 6. Talking about quantity – expressions “much” and “many”, “few” and “little” 7. Expressions “some” and “any” 8. The imperative 9. “something”, “anything”, “nothing” 10. The Past Continuous Tense 11. The Future Continuous Tense 12. Frequency adverbs (once, twice, etc.) Names of countries and nationalities – continuation The family Names of the months of the year Seasons of the year Names of basic kinds of food and drinks Names of meals Means of transport The senses Times of the day Asking about the time Describing the different kinds of rooms (classroom, living room, etc.) and their furnishings Kinds of shops
- 3. SPEAK DIRECT METHOD © - BOOK CONTENT Copyright by SPEAK DIRECT METHOD © Page 3 / 10 Book 3 content Grammar Points Topics 1. Ordinal numbers – continuation 2. Dates 3. Comparison of regular adjectives 4. Comparison of the irregular adjectives “good” and “bad” 5. The Past Simple Tense 6. The past form of the verb “to be” 7. Irregular verbs – introduction 8. The use of “while”, “during” and “when” in sentences 9. The plural of nouns ending in “f” and “fe” The family – continuation Musical instruments Measurements (meter, centimeter, etc.) School subjects Cardinal directions (North, South, etc.) Describing the weather – continuation Talking about health Names of jobs – continuation Talking about holidays Giving directions how to get to a place Christmas and Easter vocabulary Book 4 content Grammar Points Selected Topics 1. The Future Simple Tense 2. The expressions “I’m sorry” and “excuse me” 3. Irregular verbs – continuation 4. The verbs “must” and “have to” 5. The word order in English sentences 6. The expression “to be going to” in the present and in the past 7. The difference between “gold” and “golden” 8. The expressions “would you like” and “would you prefer” 9. Sentences in the First Conditional 10. The difference in use between “wear” and “carry” 11. Making nouns from verbs (teach-er, sing-er, driv-er, etc.) 12. Sentence constructions with “may” and “might” 13. “Can”, ”to be able to”, ”could” 14. The Present Perfect Tense 15. The Past Participle form of verbs 16. Comparison of the Present Perfect and the Past Simple Tense Thanksgiving Mines Cooking recipes Soldiers, battles and wars The sense of humor Musical instruments – continuation Public transport Stairs and lifts Offense, crime, robbery The basement and the attic Salaries and wages Accent and pronunciation Keeping promises Employers and employees Princesses Teenagers Heroes and cowards Business competition Casinos Drug dealers Cemeteries
- 4. SPEAK DIRECT METHOD © - BOOK CONTENT Copyright by SPEAK DIRECT METHOD © Page 4 / 10 Book 5 content Grammar Points Selected Topics 1. Irregular verbs – continuation 2. The expression “to have something done” 3. Uncountable nouns 4. “Hang” as regular and irregular verb 5. Sentences in the Second Conditional 6. Talking about movement direction (“upwards”, “downwards”, etc.) 7. Rules of using the definite article “the” Hurricane, avalanche, snowstorm, earthquake To sink and to drown Stubborn and clever My friend wants to be a priest The armor Fencing Household electric equipment Canned food Beauty parlors Job advertisements Mammals, reptiles and amphibians The truth and a lie TV commercials Marriage proposal Batteries and electricity Reviews Illnesses, diseases and medications Inventors Pension and retirement We need oxygen to live Football matches The Independence Day Scientific discoveries About the work of a servant Cotton, velvet and silk Mortgage Printers Vice and virtue Neighbors and neighborhood A Velcro, a zip or just buttons? Theory and practice A bath or a shower? Acronyms Pain and ache To lend and to borrow Qualifications The house of my dreams Industry and agriculture Flood The attendance list Problems and troubles Smoking cigarettes
- 5. SPEAK DIRECT METHOD © - BOOK CONTENT Copyright by SPEAK DIRECT METHOD © Page 5 / 10 Book 6 content Grammar Points Selected Topics 1. Irregular verbs – continuation 2. Expressions “each other” and “one another” 3. The First and the Second Conditional – comparison 4. Sentence constructions with the word “would” 5. The expression “used to” 6. “would” in the expression “would like” and as the past of “will” 7. “so” and “such” 8. “when”, “before” and “after” instead of “if” in the First Conditional 9. “Amount” and “number” – difference in use 10. Question tags (haven’t you?, don’t they?, aren’t we?, etc.) 11. Reflexive pronouns (myself, yourself, herself, etc.) Kinds of measures Celebrities Graduates The job of my dreams Native Americans Abbreviations (p.m., e.g., etc.) Sport champions Toys Bees and hives Motivation and determination What is more important: intelligence or appearance Living conditions and comfort Car insurance Beach fashion Football – continuation An appointment Money allowance A good coach Jealousy Exhibitions, galleries, masterpieces Wounds and injuries Healthy produce Emperors A good car mechanic Parents’ expectations An employment contract Lawyers, judges and courts of law Traffic and traffic jams Mozart was a genius Preparing a meal The gym Kinds of car drives Consequences of drinking alcohol Product quality Conquerors Unusual phenomena Burglar alarm Uncovering children’s talents The Statue of Liberty Amusement parks Soldier uniforms Challenging to a fight Trust and honesty Disclosing secret information
- 6. SPEAK DIRECT METHOD © - BOOK CONTENT Copyright by SPEAK DIRECT METHOD © Page 6 / 10 Book 7 content Grammar Points Selected Topics 1. Irregular verbs – continuation 2. The First Conditional – revision 3. “Few” and “a few” 4. The Present Perfect Continuous Tense 5. The Second Conditional – revision 6. The expressions “to be used to” and “to get used to” 7. The difference between “little” and “a little” Attending a difficult client About traffic regulations Harvest Books and encyclopedias Demand in business How to maintain (a house, a family, figure, etc.) Extending borders Freelancers and flexible working hours How to keep vegetables in winter How to serve wine When you’re stuck in a traffic jam… E-mail attachments Strength and weaknesses Betrayals and traitors Legal sentences Overeating Extravagant jewellery Downloading and uploading files Charity organizations Protection of endangered species Discounts How to discipline children Business relationships Advertisements The press Fairs Is good English necessary to get a good job? Suppliers and buyers Welcome to Sydney Jack Allen – the travel writer Jet lag French diet Italian shoes export Traffic in Europe cities Body language Champagne About chocolate Chairman’s report Euro Tunnel Plan of a journey
- 7. SPEAK DIRECT METHOD © - BOOK CONTENT Copyright by SPEAK DIRECT METHOD © Page 7 / 10 Book 8 content Grammar Points Selected Topics 1. Irregular verbs – continuation 2. Transitive and intransitive verbs 3. The Passive Voice 4. Rules of using the definite article “the” 5. Prepositions “in”, “on”, “at” in describing the time 6. The difference in meaning between “in time” and “on time” 7. The Past Perfect Tense 8. Indirect Speech 9. The possessive form with “-s” 10. The expressions: “alone”, “on one’s own”, “by oneself” 11. The difference between “among” and “between” 12. The Third Conditional 13. Examples of differences in spelling of words in the British English and the American English Holidays abroad Glass production Where does ice-cream come from? Picnic Sources of happiness Laughter clubs Microwave dinners Natural medicine IKEA furniture The lucky ones Started business when retired… Computer viruses Shark attack Slimming center Alain Roberts – the skyscraper climber Success of the Nike Leap year Chocoholics Fast food chains The history of Coca-Cola Gossip Electronic gadgets for children Hispanics in New York Life without a car Against tests on animals Boston May I have your autograph, please… Love at first sight More than just a gym Penelope Cruz Russell Crowe Esperanto Bilingual children The history of English language in America The story of Aron Ralstron Football for women American English versus British English The Beatles Drugs legalization
- 8. SPEAK DIRECT METHOD © - BOOK CONTENT Copyright by SPEAK DIRECT METHOD © Page 8 / 10 Book 9 content Grammar Points Selected Topics 1. Irregular verbs – continuation 2. Sentence constructions with the verb “prefer” 3. Sentence constructions with “I would rather” 4. Rules of reading the dates 5. Comparison of “all the” and “the whole” 6. Acronyms 7. Use of “wish” in sentences 8. The expressions “I’d better, you’ better” 9. Causative “have” 10. The word “unless” 11. Differences in use of “there” and “it” Leonardo da Vinci Thomas Edison The job of a pilot What London and New York have in common The greatest world corporations Silence as a means of communication Against globalization DNA tests for employers The first impression The new Mercedes model Computer rage What to pack on a business journey Naming and shaming E-mails Canterbury ghosts Giving money to charities Natural environment protection Revenge Murphy’s Law Should we ban smacking children Vegetarians Pheasant hunting Why don’t men want to marry? Airbus Tourism in Argentina The right to vote Slang Sexual harassment Against the war in Vietnam The story of impolite robber Win-win negotiations Business plan The longest mustache in the world Job sharing Sumo fighters The Muslim veil Homelessness Part of speech by Martin Luther King
- 9. SPEAK DIRECT METHOD © - BOOK CONTENT Copyright by SPEAK DIRECT METHOD © Page 9 / 10 Book 10 content Grammar Points Selected Topics 1. Irregular verbs – continuation 2. Making nouns from verbs by adding the “-ness” particle 3. The word order in English sentences – continuation 4. The Past Perfect Continuous Tense 5. Idioms 6. End constructions 7. Use of auxiliary verbs with “so” and “neither” 8. Defining and non-defining relative clauses 9. Relative clauses with “whose” and “whom” 10. Use of “I am to do something, You are to do something” when talking about future plans 11. Sentences of the type “I saw him cross …” and “I saw him crossing…” Poverty Smoking as a habit Books Happiness Is TV good or bad Cleaning up the world Rubbish food Insurance companies Drought Ancient Sparta Nikola Tesla The Beaufort scale The Ivory Coast SETI American Rodeo Around the world by bicycle The Sphinx and the Egyptian pyramids Coincidents Life in the depths of the ocean Buying a birthday present Definitions of intelligence Eating healthy in a fast food restaurant? Narcolepsy Genealogy as a hobby Army divisions New Zealand The meaning of sound Rowan Atkinson Sickness absence Karl Lagerfeld’s chocolate hotel About the British pronunciation Fears and phobias History of prison Adoption Antipersonnel land mines Giving names American SAT tests
- 10. SPEAK DIRECT METHOD © - BOOK CONTENT Copyright by SPEAK DIRECT METHOD © Page 10 / 10 Book 11 content Grammar Points Selected Topics 1. Irregular verbs – continuation 2. Idioms – continuation 3. The Future Perfect Continuous Tense 4. Making adjectives with the use of “un-” prefix Relaxation through breathing Fragment of Bill Clinton’s speech Writing a cv Gunpowder How to make a presentation The famous Coca-Cola … America – the land of hopes? TV reality shows The Rubic’s cube The art of caricature Cyberspace Postal services today School uniforms Patron saints British wedding The legend of Godiva Loch Ness Fools and follies Traditional English cooking The Remembrance Day Alfred Nobel and his invention Intelligence as secret information Graffiti English breakfast The legend of Robin Hood War deserters How to survive the heat wave Wimbledon tennis matches Taking the time off Recipe for successful business The undertaker’s job Couch potatoes