ACE 4 ANNUAL PLAN AND STUDENT BOOK CONTENTS

1° Bimestre

Unit (page)

Language Function

Language Pattern

Grammar

Vocabulary

Unit 1
(pages 4-9)

·          Asking and talking about animals

·          Asking and talking about daily activities

·          I can run but I canīt fly.

·          He usually washes the car on Sunday.

·          Heīs washing the car now.

·          I can, too./I canīt, either.

·          Review: auxiliary verb can

·          Review: simple present tense

·          Review: present progressive tense

·          Too/either

·          Ostrich, penguin

·          Too. Either

Unit 2
(pages 10-15)

·          Asking and talking about vacations

·          Asking and talking about quantities of food

·          Asking and talking about daily activities and time of day

·          Who did you go with?

·          Review: simple past tense

·          Review: past progressive tense

·          Review: some/any

·          Cake, flowers

REVIEW 1-2 (pages 16-17)

Unit 3
(pages 18-23)

·          Offering/accepting/refusing an invitation

·          Making excuses

·          Would you like to come too?

·          Yes, I would./Iīd love to.

·          Iīd like to, but I canīt.

·          I have to study.

·          Inviting

·          Accepting an invitation

·          Refusing an invitation

·          Making excuses

·          Go rollerbalding, go horseback riding, go camping, cut the grass, babysit

Unit 4
(pages 24-29)

·          Offering/accepting/refusing help with a task

·          I can do it myself.

·          Reflexive pronouns

·          Happen, change, build, wheel

·          Myself, yourself, herself, himself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves

REVIEW 3-4 (pages 30-31)

2° Bimestre

Unit (page)

Language Function

Language Pattern

Grammar

Vocabulary

Unit 5
(pages 32-37)

·          Asking and talking about quantities and measurements

·          How far is Australia from the United States?

·          How + adjective + verb

·          Far, wide, deep

·          Fly, weigh, nonstop

Unit 6
(pages 38-43)

·          Discussing a show

·          Asking and talking about conditions and results

·          Talking about weather conditions and plans

·          If we run, weīll catch the bus.

·          If we donīt run, we wonīt catch the bus.

·          First conditional tense: if + simple present + will + infinitive

·          Learn

·          Vacation, ladder, rainbow

REVIEW 5-6 (pages 44-45)

Unit 7
(pages 46-51)

·          Making suggestions and plans

·          Comparing people, places and things

·          Thatīs the best idea.

·          Degreees of comparison: good, bad

·          Review: degreees of comparison (regular)

·          Good, bad

·          Wet, big

Unit 8
(pages 52-57)

·          Giving opinions

·          Gorillas are more intelligent than monkeys.

·          Dolphins are the most intelligent animals.

·          Degrees of comparison: more/most + adjective

·          Intelligent, dangerous, interesting, difficult, delicious, popular, famous

·          Gorilla, dolphin, crocodile, peacock

·          Parachuting, bungee-jumping, hang gliding

·          Ice-cream sundae

REVIEW 7-8 (pages 58-59)

3° Bimestre

Unit (page)

Language Function

Language Pattern

Grammar

Vocabulary

Unit 9
(pages 60-65)

·          Asking and talking about experiences

·          Where have you been|?

·          Iīve been to Alaska.

·          Heīs never eaten snails.

·          Present perfect tense

·          Snails, wallet, thunderstorm, waterfall, palm tree, canyon

Unit 10
(pages 66-71)

·          Asking and talking about recent experiences

·          Iīve just finished my homework

·          Present perfect tense with just

·          Microwave, lamp, vase, derby

·          Just

REVIEW 9-10 (pages 72-73)

Unit 11
(pages 74-79)

·          Asking and talking about things that have already happened

·          Asking and talking about things that havenīt happened yet

·          Asking and talking about airline schedules

·          Weīve already been to Coogee Beach.

·          Present perfect tense with already/yet

·          Arcade, platypus

·          Already, yet

Unit 12
(pages 80-85)

·          Asking and talking about when an activity started

·          Asking and talking about how long an activity has been going on

·          Iīve lived here for seven years.

·          Iīve lived here since 19992.

·          How long have you lived here?

·          Present perfect tense with for/since

·          Hospital

·          For, since

REVIEW 11-12 (pages 86-87)

4° Bimestre

Unit (page)

Language Function

Language Pattern

Grammar

Vocabulary

Unit 13
(pages 88-93)

·          Asking for confirmation

·          Asking and talking about a famous person

·          Heīs Australian, isnīt he?

·          He was sad, wasnīt he?

·          They live in London, donīt they?

·          They lived in London, didnīt they?

·          Tag questions: affirmative sentence and negative tag

·          Carpenter, surgeon

·          Sunburn

Unit 14
(pages 94-99)

·          Asking for confirmation

·          Asking and talking about a competition

·          You arenīt busy tonight, are you?

·          You werenīt busy, were you?

·          He doesnīt work in a bank, does he?

·          He didnīt work in a bank, did he?

·          Tag questions: negative sentence and affirmative tag

·          Competition, form, club,

·          Enter fill in, choose, guess

REVIEW 13-14 (pages 100-101)

Unit 15
(pages 102-107)

·          Asking and talking about peopleīs occupations

·          Describing family members

·          Thatīs Kento, a Japanese boy who I met in São Paulo.

·          Aplumber is a person who fixes water pipes.

·          Relative pronoun who (for people)

·          Plumber, gardener, pilot, mechanic

Unit 16
(pages 108-113)

·          Asking and talking about the functions of things

·          Asking and talking about places you do things

·          I listen to radio stations that play songs in English.

·          A post office is a place where you buy stamps

·          Relative pronoun that (for things)

·          Relative prnoun where (for places)

·          Dishwasher, oven, washing machine, answering machine

·          bakery

·          REVIEW 15-16 (pages 114-115)



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