Starter • Unit 3: Daily Life

Do You Like This Book?

Ask yes/no questions with 'Do you...?', give short answers (Yes, I do / No, I don't), and use common verb phrases.

50 min
simple present questions: Do you...? + Yes, I do. / No, I don't.
14 words
1

Listening

10 minutes
At an airport café. Laura starts a conversation with a traveler.

Dialogue: At an airport café. Laura starts a conversation with a traveler.

Laura and Aisha

Here is the text from the listening. Read along and check your answers.

Laura
Excuse me, is this seat free?
Yes, please sit down.
Aisha
Laura
Do you like coffee?
Yes, I do. I love coffee.
Aisha
Laura
Do you travel a lot?
Yes, I do. I'm a photographer.
Aisha
Laura
Oh, nice! Do you work in Brazil?
No, I don't. I live in Dubai.
Aisha
Laura
Do you have family here?
Yes, I do. My sister lives in São Paulo.
Aisha
or click any bubble to hear one line

Comprehension:

1. Does Laura ask a lot of questions?

2. Does Aisha live in Brazil?

3. What's Aisha's job?

4. Does Aisha have family in Brazil?

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Language Focus

12 minutes

Grammar Discovery: simple present questions: Do you...? + short answers

Look at these questions and answers from the dialogue. What word starts every question?

Do you like this book? → Yes, I do.

Do you live in New York? → No, I don't.

Do you have children? → No, we don't.

How do we make questions with 'you'?

Try it!

1. ___ you live near here? (Do / Are)
2. Do you like coffee? Yes, I ___. (do / like)
3. ___ you have children? No, we ___. (Do/don't)
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Practice

15 minutes

Do you...? + Short Answers

Complete with Do, do, or don't.

don'tDodo
1. you like coffee?
2. Yes, I .
3. you work in Brazil?
4. No, I .
5. you have family here?

Verb + Complement

Match the verb to its complement.

Column A

live
work
speak
read
listen to

Column B

near here
music
a newspaper
for a company
English

Dialogue Verbs

Complete with the correct word from the box.

dodon'tlikelivetravelhave
1. Do you coffee?
2. Do you a lot?
3. No, I . I in Dubai.
4. Do you family here?
5. Yes, I .
6. you work in Brazil?

True or False — Aisha

Based on the dialogue, is each statement True (A) or False (B)?

Replay dialogue

1. Aisha loves coffee.

True
False

2. Aisha is a journalist.

False
True

3. Aisha works in Brazil.

True
False

4. Aisha lives in Dubai.

True
False

5. Aisha's sister lives in São Paulo.

False
True

Do You / Don't You — Practice

Read each prompt out loud. Use real preferences.

1. Ask me: Do you speak English? Do you speak Spanish?

2. Tell me what you want: I want a coffee. I want a new phone. I want a new apartment.

3. Negative: Do you speak Italian? No, we don't. We don't speak French either.

4. Describe your home: I live in an apartment. My apartment is small. Do you have an apartment too?

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Let's Talk

13 minutes

Let's Talk!

Use what you learned today to answer these questions. Elaborate as much as you can!

Dreams and habits — using verbs from real life.

1. Do you WANT to live in another city or country someday? Where, and why?

Follow-up: Do you want to learn another language too?

2. Do you WATCH movies in English? With subtitles, or only in Portuguese?

Follow-up: What's the last movie you watched?

Self-Assessment

How did you do today?

  • I can ask: "Do you live near here?" / "Do you like coffee?"
  • I can answer: "Yes, I do." / "No, I don't."
  • I can talk about my habits with a partner.

Great work today!

Next class: What time is it? — You'll learn to tell the time and say how you feel!