Unit 1: Entertaining Myself
Summary: Pass the Ball
Key points
- Team games have their own words: team, ball, goal, goalkeeper, match, kick, run, cheer.
- One team wins and the other loses; in the past: won and lost.
- We make a polite offer with Would you like…?
- We answer Yes, please to accept and No, thank you to refuse.
- The letters ee and ea often make the same long sound /iː/: green, team.
Rules to remember
Would you like + thing
Would you like some juice? Would you like a sandwich?
Would you like to + verb
Would you like to play with us?
Answers and requests
Yes, please. / No, thank you. · I’d like some water, please.
How to do it
- Decide: a thing or an activity?
- Thing ➡️ Would you like + some / a + noun?
- Activity ➡️ Would you like to + verb?
- Answer with please or thank you.
Example
Would you like to play in our team? — Yes, please! I love football.
Common mistakes
- *Would you like play?* ➡️ Would you like to play?
- *Yes, I like.* ➡️ Yes, please.
- *We winned.* ➡️ We won.
Key words
Summary written by سكولار for quick revision: it does not replace the lesson and its exercises.