English for Spanish Speakers workbook, level 6 (grades 11–12)

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Real pages from topic 1, “Narrative tenses: had been waiting, would tell and personal stories”. Every topic in the book follows the same steps.

What your student will learn in level 6

Each topic builds on the one before it.

1. Narrative tenses: had been waiting, would tell and personal storiesTell a personal story with the past simple, past continuous, past perfect and past perfect continuous, use would and used to for past habits, and order events with by the time, as soon as, while and eventually
2. Third and mixed conditionals: If I had known, I would have...Talk about past situations that did not happen with the third conditional, use mixed conditionals, express regret with I wish, If only and should have, and choose between the first, second and third conditionals
3. Deductions about the past: must have, can't have, might haveMake deductions about the past with must have, can't have, couldn't have, might have and could have, tell could have from should have, and use probability phrases to explain mysteries in science and history
4. Passive reporting: It is said that..., have something doneUse formal passive structures to report (It is said that, is thought to have been, is expected to be), use have and get something done for services, and use the passive with modals and perfect tenses when reading science and technology news
5. Future perfect and future continuous: will have finished, will be studyingUse the future continuous for actions in progress at a future moment, the future perfect for what will be finished before a moment, and the future in the past (was going to, would) for plans that changed, when talking about careers, goals and technology
6. Participle clauses: Having finished..., Founded in 1890...Shorten sentences with participle clauses (Having finished..., Founded in 1890..., Not knowing...), reduce relative clauses, use the -ing form after a preposition (after finishing, before leaving) and avoid participles with no clear subject
7. Academic vocabulary: word families, collocations and false friendsBuild word families with prefixes and suffixes, use frequent collocations (make a decision, do research, take notes, raise a question), choose the noun, verb, adjective or adverb for the sentence, and recognize common false friends in academic texts
8. Argumentative essays: thesis, counterargument and concessionWrite an argumentative essay with a thesis, topic sentences, evidence, a counterargument and a rebuttal, use concession and contrast connectors (despite, in spite of, whereas, nevertheless, on the contrary), soften claims (may, tend to, it could be argued that) and cite sources, on global issues such as water, energy and digital access
9. College applications: personal statements, résumés and interviewsWrite a short personal statement about an experience and what it taught, describe activities with action verbs, write a formal email to ask for information or an interview, and answer interview questions with examples; an adult checks every application before it is sent
10. Presentations: signposting, cleft sentences and Not only... but alsoOrganize an oral presentation with signposting language, add emphasis with cleft sentences and inversion after negative expressions (Not only did we..., Never have I seen...), present a chart and answer questions from the audience politely
11. Reading academic texts and data: purpose, tone, inference and graphsRead short original academic texts, opinion articles and graphs, find the main idea, the author's purpose and tone, make inferences, find what a pronoun refers to, and describe data (rose sharply, fell slightly, one in five, the majority of), as on college entrance exams
12. Formal and informal English: emails to professors and university lifeSwitch register, choose formal verbs instead of phrasal verbs (find out, discover; ask for, request; put off, postpone), write polite emails to professors and offices, understand university instructions and announcements, and take notes in a short lecture

Who this English workbook for Spanish speakers is for

• Spanish-speaking families who want their teen to learn English at home
• Students who want daily practice at home, after school or over the summer
• ESL and ELL teachers who work with newcomers
• Teachers and tutors who need ready-to-print practice with answers
• Adults who want to keep going at the right level

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