Unit Study Guide (Unit 1)

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Unit Study Guide

(Unit 1)
Self-Check Write a checkmark ✔ next to the language you know. Return to the unit in your
Student’s Book to find and study the language you are not yet sure of.
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GRAMMAR  athlete SOCIAL LANGUAGE

 Verb be: singular  banker  What do you do?
statements / Contractions  chef  I’m [an architect].
(page 4)
 doctor  And you?
 Articles a / an (page 5 )  Excuse me.
 engineer
 Singular and plural nouns  Are you [Marie]?
(page 6)
 flight attendant
 Be: plural statements  manager  No, I’m not.
(page 6)  musician  That’s [Marie].
 Subject pronouns (page 6)  photographer  Where?
 Be: yes/no questions and  pilot  Right over there.
short answers (page 7)  scientist  Thank you.
 Proper nouns and  singer  You’re welcome.
common nouns (page 8)  student  Hello.
 teacher  I’m [John Bello].
 writer  Excuse me?
VOCABULARY  How do you spell that?
Occupations The alphabet  B-E-L-L-O.
 actor  A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J,  Thanks!
K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S,
 architect T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z
 artist
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Unit Study Guide

(Unit 1)
Practice Write a new sentence or a short conversation with each grammar point, word, or
expression you didn’t check.
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Top Notch Pop Song Activities

(Unit 1, “What Do You Do?”)
A. Listen to the song “What Do You Do?” Complete the lyrics with subject
pronouns and a form of be. Use contractions when possible.
What do you do?
What do you do?
(1.) _________________ a student.
(2.) _________________ a teacher.
(3.) _________________ a doctor.
(4.) _________________ a nurse.
What about you?
What do you do?
(5.) _________________ a florist.
(6.) _________________ a gardener.
(7.) _________________ a waiter.
(8.) _________________ a chef.
Do-do-do-do%
That’s what we do.
B. Listen to the song again. Complete the lyrics with the social language and
vocabulary you hear.
It’s (1.) _________________.
What’s (2.) _________________?
Can you (3.) _________________?
(4.) _________________.
(5.) _________________.
Yes, it’s (6.) _________________.
What (7.) _________________?
What (8.) _________________? We are (9.) _________________and (1.)
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(10.) _________________, and (11.) _________________

How about you?
What do you do?
We are (12.) _________________,
we are (13.) _________________,
(14.) _________________, and (15.) _________________.
Do-do-do-do%
That’s what we do.
Hi, (16.) _________________ Linda.
(17.) _________________ John?
No, he’s (18.) _________________.
Excuse me. (19.) _________________ very much.
Good-bye.
Do-do-do-do%
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ABOUT YOU. Answer the questions.

1. What’s your name?
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2. What’s your teacher’s name?
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3. What do you do?
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4. Are you a student?
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SPEAKING OPTION. Use the questions to interview a classmate.

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Writing Process Worksheet
(Accompanies Unit 1, page 11)
SENTENCE PUNCTUATION
Use a capital letter at the beginning of a sentence.

Rose is an artist. NOT rose is an artist.
She is not a musician. NOT she is not a musician.
I’m Judy Miller. NOT i’m Judy Miller.
Use a period (.) at the end of a sentence.
Paul is a student. NOT Paul is a student
He is not a teacher. NOT He is not a teacher
PRACTICE
Write each sentence correctly.
1. i’m a student ________________________________________________
2. she’s from Brussels __________________________________________
3. he’s not Orlando Bloom _________________________________________
4. they’re from Santiago ___________________________________________
5. i’m Sam Smith _______________________________________________
6. we’re not bankers ____________________________________________
WRITING
Write affirmative and negative statements about the people in the picture on page 11
in your Student’s Book. Use a capital letter and a period.
For example:
Rose is an artist. She’s not an architect. ____________________________________
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Extra Grammar Exercises

(Unit 3, page 21)
LESSON 1 Be: questions with Where / Subject pronoun it

1 Rewrite each statement. Change the noun to It’s.
1. The restaurant is across the street. It’s across the street.
2. The bookstore is around the corner.

3. The newsstand is on the right.
4. The school is next to the bank.
5. The pharmacy is on the left.
6. The bank is between the bookstore
and the newsstand.
2 Complete each conversation. Write a question with Where. Use contractions.

1. A: Where’s the bank?
B: The bank? It’s across the street. Look!
2. A:
B: The newsstand is around the corner.
3. A:
B: The bookstore? It’s on the right.
4. A:
B: The pharmacy is between the school and the bank.

NAME: _________________________ DATE: ________________________

(Unit 3, page 22)
LESSON 2 The imperative

1 Unscramble the directions.
1. restaurant. / bus / Take / the / to the / Take the bus to the restaurant.
2. a taxi / to / the school. / Take /

3. take / the bus. / Don’t /
4. walk / Don’t / restaurant. / to the /
5. take the train / bank. / to the / Don’t /
2 Change each negative imperative to an affirmative imperative.

1. Don’t walk. Walk.
2. Don’t take a taxi.

3. Don’t drive.
3 Change each affirmative imperative to a negative imperative.

1. Walk to the pharmacy. Don’t walk to the pharmacy.
2. Drive to the bookstore.

3. Walk to the newsstand.
4. Take the bus to the bank.

NAME: _________________________ DATE: ________________________

(Unit 3, page 24)
LESSON 3 By to express means

1 Look at each picture. Write directions.
1. I don’t go by car to work.
2. I go by bus to school.
3. to the restaurant.
4. to the pharmacy.
5. to the bank.
6. to the bookstore.

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Pronunciation Activity
(Unit 3, page 21)
FALLING INTONATION FOR QUESTIONS WITH WHERE
PAIR WORK. Take turns. Ask your partner questions with Where. Use falling
intonation.
Example:
A: Excuse me. Where’s the bank?
B: The bank? It’s around the corner.
STUDENT A: Ask the questions.

1. A: Excuse me. _______?
B: The pharmacy? It’s down the street.
2. A: Excuse me. _____?

B: The bookstore? It’s across the street.
3. A: Excuse me. _____?

B: The school? It’s next to the bookstore.
STUDENT B: Ask the questions.

4. B: Excuse me. _____?
A: The newsstand? It’s between the school and the bank.
5. B: Excuse me? _____?

A: The restaurant? It’s around the corner.
6. B: Excuse me? _____?

A: The bank? It’s next to the pharmacy.

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Learning Strategy
(Unit 3, page 26, Reading)
READING STRATEGY: scanning
Scan a reading only for specific information you need.
PRACTICE
Answer the following questions for each person in the Reading. Complete the
chart. Look for the information in the Reading.
1 x’x Mark Jackson.

x’x xx architect.
xx xxxxxx xx down
the street xxxx xx
home. x xxx walk
to work. x’x xxxxx!
4 x’x Matt Carson, xxx xxxx

xx xx xxxxxxx, xx. xxxxx.
2 x’x x manager xx xxxxxx xx xxxxx xxxxxx
xx x bank. xx xxx xxxxxx xxxx xx xxxx,
xxxx xx Laura xx x walk to school xxxx
Blake. x go to xx xxxxxxx. xx walk home
work by car xxxx 3 x’x Min Park, xxx
x’x x doctor xxxx xxxxxxxx, too.
xx xxxxxxxx
xxxx xxxxxx xxx
xxxxx. x xx xx work 5 x’x Art Green. x’x xxxx’x
by train. x take the teacher. xxx x xxxx xx
xxxxxx, xxxx xxxx.
train home, xxx. xxxxxx? xx xxx! xx xxxx
xx’xx xxxxxxxxxx
xx xxx xxxx. xx xxx xxxxxx xxx xxxxxx
xxxx xxx xxxxxx. x take the
bus to and from school.

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Mark Jackson Laura Blake Min Park Matt Carson Art Green
What does the
person do?
How does the
person get to
work or
school?
How does the
person get
home?

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Unit Study Guide

(Unit 3)
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GRAMMAR Locations Destinations

 Be: questions with Where  across the street  go to work
(page 21)  down the street  go home
 Subject pronoun it (page  around the corner  go to school
21)
 on the left
 The imperative (page 22)  on the right
 By to express means  next to the bank SOCIAL LANGUAGE
(page 24)  Where’s the [bank]?
 between the [bookstore]
and the [bank]  It’s [around the corner].
 Can I [walk] to the
VOCABULARY [bookstore]?
Ways to get places
Places in the
neighborhood  walk  Sure.
 bank  drive  And what about the
 take a taxi [school]?
 bookstore  OK. Thanks!
 newsstand  take the train
 take the bus  How do you go to
 pharmacy [school]?
 restaurant Means of transportation  What about you?
 school  bicycle  Me?
 car  Don’t [drive]. [Walk].
 moped
 motorcycle
 subway

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Unit Study Guide

(Unit 3)
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Extra Reading Comprehension Exercises

(Unit 3, page 26)
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
Look at the Reading. Write T for True or F for False.
1. Mark Jackson goes to work by bus.
2. Laura Blake goes to work by car.
3. Min Park drives to work.
4. Matt Carson walks to school with his friends.

5. Art Green doesn’t walk to school.

6. Min Park takes the train from work.

7. Art Green takes the bus home.

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THE QUESTION MARK
Use a question mark (?) at the end of a question.

Where’s the school?
Can I walk to the bookstore?
BUT REMEMBER: Use a period (.) at the end of statements.
The school is down the street.
Don’t walk. Drive.
I don’t walk to school.
PRACTICE
Write a question mark or a period.
1. Where’s the restaurant
2. Don’t walk to the pharmacy
3. What’s her name
4. Is he an artist
5. I’m a student
WRITING
Write five questions and answers about locations for the people at the bus stop in the
picture on page 27 in your Student’s Book. Remember to use question marks and periods
correctly.
For example:
Where’s the restaurant? It’s across the street. _______________________________________
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Unit Study Guide

(Unit 4)
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GRAMMAR  husband  forty

 Be: questions with Who  sister  fifty
(page 29)  brother  sixty
 Be with adjectives (page  seventy
30) Adjectives to describe  eighty
 Adverbs very and so people
(page 30)
 ninety
 pretty  one hundred
 Verb have / has:  handsome
affirmative statements  one hundred one
(page 32)  good-looking
 Be: questions with How  cute Other language
old (page 33)  short  dad
 tall  mom
 old
VOCABULARY  young
Family relationships SOCIAL LANGUAGE
 grandparents Numbers 21–101  Who’s that?
 grandmother  twenty-one  That’s my [father].
 grandfather  twenty-two  Tell me about your
 parents  twenty-three [father].
 mother  twenty-four  Well, [he’s] a [doctor].
 father  twenty-five  And [he’s] very [tall].
 children  twenty-six  And how about your
 daughter [mother]?
 twenty-seven
 son  twenty-eight  I have one [brother] and
two [sisters].
 grandchildren  twenty-nine  Really?
 grandson  thirty  How old is your [brother]?
 granddaughter  thirty-one
 wife  thirty-two

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Unit Study Guide

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Extra Reading Comprehension Exercises

(Unit 4, page 34)
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
A. Circle the letter of the correct person for each item.
1. She has one sister.
a. Hannah Quinlivan
b. Dakota Fanning
c. Patricia Bernal
2. His parents are actors.
a. Gael García Bernal
b. Steven Fanning
c. Jay Chou
3. He is a singer.
b. Diego Luna
c. Jay Chou
4. He is from Mexico.
b. Steven Fanning
c. Jay Chou
5. Her sister is an actor.
a. Hannah Quinlivan
b. Elle Fanning
c. Heather Joy Fanning
6. His parents are teachers.
b. Steven Fanning
c. Jay Chou

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CRITICAL THINKING
B. Answer these questions. Answer in complete sentences.
1. How many children do Mr. and Mrs. Chou have?
2. Who is Hannah Quinlivan’s boyfriend?
3. Who are Gael García Bernal's parents?

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NAME: _______________________ DATE: _________________
SUBJECTS AND VERBS
A sentence has a subject and a verb.

subject verb
Mike has two children.
Pia is his daughter.
My grandparents are very good-looking.
Paul and Lisa aren’t very tall.
PRACTICE
1. Circle the subjects in the sentences below. Then underline the verbs.
a. I have one brother and two sisters.
b. My son is very handsome.
c. They are my parents.
d. My neighbors have two children.
e. Mr. Park is a teacher.
f. Actors are so good-looking.
2. On a separate piece of paper, correct the sentences. Add verbs.

a. She my sister.
b. My mother and father chefs.
c. I two brothers.
d. My parents teachers.
e. Danielle three brothers.
f. Mr. and Mrs. Yu my neighbors.

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WRITING
Choose two of your relatives. Write sentences about them.
For example:
My sister is 24 years old. She’s short and good-looking. She’s an architect. Her name is...
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Supplementary Pronunciation Lessons
(Unit 4)
WORD STRESS
The stressed syllables in a word are long and strong.

For example:
PARents CHILdren DAUGHter
___ . ____ . _____ .
In compound nouns, the first word has a stronger stress.

For example:
GRANDparents GRANDchildren GRANDdaughter
____ . . ___ . . ___ . .
2:02 Listen to the Vocabulary on page 28 and repeat in the pauses.

1. GRANDparents 9. SON
2. GRANDmother 10. GRANDchildren
3. GRANDfather 11. GRANDson
4. PARents 12. GRANDdaughter
5. MOTHer 13. WIFE
6. FATHer 14. HUSband
7. CHILdren 15. SISter
8. DAUGHter 16. BROTHer

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Unit Study Guide

GRAMMAR  athlete SOCIAL LANGUAGE

Top Notch Fundamentals, Third Edition Unit 1

Unit Study Guide

Top Notch Fundamentals, Third Edition Unit 1

NAME: ___________________ DATE: _________

Top Notch Pop Song Activities

Top Notch Fundamentals, Third Edition Unit 1

(10.) _________________, and (11.) _________________

ABOUT YOU. Answer the questions.

SPEAKING OPTION. Use the questions to interview a classmate.

Top Notch Fundamentals, Third Edition Unit 1

Writing Process Worksheet

(Accompanies Unit 1, page 11)

Use a capital letter at the beginning of a sentence.

Top Notch Fundamentals, Third Edition Unit 1

Extra Grammar Exercises

LESSON 1 Be: questions with Where / Subject pronoun it

2. The bookstore is around the corner.

2 Complete each conversation. Write a question with Where. Use contractions.

Top Notch Fundamentals, Third Edition Unit 3

Extra Grammar Exercises

LESSON 2 The imperative

2. a taxi / to / the school. / Take /

2 Change each negative imperative to an affirmative imperative.

2. Don’t take a taxi.

3 Change each affirmative imperative to a negative imperative.

2. Drive to the bookstore.

Top Notch Fundamentals, Third Edition Unit 3

Extra Grammar Exercises

LESSON 3 By to express means

1. I don’t go by car to work.

Top Notch Fundamentals, Third Edition Unit 3

FALLING INTONATION FOR QUESTIONS WITH WHERE

STUDENT A: Ask the questions.

2. A: Excuse me. _____?

3. A: Excuse me. _____?

STUDENT B: Ask the questions.

5. B: Excuse me? _____?

6. B: Excuse me? _____?

Top Notch Fundamentals, Third Edition Unit 3

NAME: _______________________ DATE: _________________

READING STRATEGY: scanning

Scan a reading only for specific information you need.

1 x’x Mark Jackson.

4 x’x Matt Carson, xxx xxxx

Top Notch Fundamentals, Third Edition Unit 3

Top Notch Fundamentals, Third Edition Unit 3

Unit Study Guide

GRAMMAR Locations Destinations

Top Notch Fundamentals, Third Edition Unit 3

Unit Study Guide

Top Notch Fundamentals, Third Edition Unit 3

Extra Reading Comprehension Exercises

Top Notch Fundamentals, Third Edition Unit 3

Writing Process Worksheet

(Accompanies Unit 3, page 27)

THE QUESTION MARK

Use a question mark (?) at the end of a question.

Top Notch Fundamentals, Third Edition Unit 3

Unit Study Guide

GRAMMAR  husband  forty

NAME: ________________ DATE:

NAME: ___________ DATE: _

(10.) _, and (11.) _

NAME: _______ DATE: _

NAME: _______ DATE: _

NAME: _______ DATE: _