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✦ Unit 1 · Part B
First Steps · Unit 1 · Part B

Where are you from?

Count from 0 to 10, learn the days of the week, and say where people are from — countries, nationalities, and languages. First, a quick recall of Part A. Click any ▶ to listen.

~15 minInteractiveBy Teacher Thais Lapolla
Teacher Thais Lapolla
Unit 1 · Part B · Overview

In this lesson, you will learn...

1

Numbers 0 to 100. Count, and play the listening game.

2

Days of the week. Monday to Sunday.

3

Countries & nationalities. Where you're from, and what you speak.

4

Phone numbers. Ask for and give a number.

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Warm-up

Do you remember?

A quick recall of Part A: greetings and the verb be.

Vocabulary

Numbers 0 to 100

🎧 Let's train your ears!

Tap to listen. Then play the game: listen and tap the number you hear.

🎧 Listening game

Tap Listen and choose from the 5 numbers. New numbers every round, so play as many times as you like.

In American English, zero is also often said as "oh", for example in phone numbers.
Practical English

Phone numbers

Say each number one by one. 0 = "oh" or "zero". Two of the same = "double". Click a line to listen.

555-0134 → "five five five, oh one three four". 77 → "double seven".
Vocabulary

Days of the week

Watch the video, then tap each day to listen. In English, days always start with a CAPITAL letter.

The week: Monday to Friday are weekdays; Saturday and Sunday are the weekend.
Grammar · At a glance

The verb be

Everything from the video, in one place. The verb be changes with every subject.

SubjectbeExample
IamI'm from Brazil.
YouareYou're American.
He / She / ItisShe's from Japan.
We / You / TheyareThey're Brazilian.
In everyday English we almost always use the short form: I'm, you're, she's.
No inglês do dia a dia usamos quase sempre a forma curta: I'm, you're, she's.
Vocabulary

Where are you from?

🎧 Let's train your ears!

Country, nationality, language. Tap a row to hear the full pattern.

CountryNationalityLanguage

Complete the pattern

Reading & Listening · A little story

Meet Laura

🎧 Let's practice your pronunciation!

Play the story, then tap any sentence to hear it again.

Laura
Marco
Luca
Sofia
Giulia
Venice, Italy
Venice

Hi there! I'm Laura. This is Marco. He's my husband. We have three children: Luca, Sofia, and Giulia. We're Italian, and we live in Venice. We love our city! We speak Italian and a little English.

Exercise · Translate
Did you know?

Writing by hand makes you 25% faster at recalling what you learned — and it lights up the memory areas of your brain much more than typing does. (University of Tokyo, 2021)Escrever à mão deixa você 25% mais rápido para lembrar o que aprendeu — e ativa muito mais as áreas de memória do cérebro do que digitar.

Say it in English

Translate each sentence, type it, and click Check answers. More than one answer may be correct.

Exercise · Answer
Tip

Don’t just listen — say it out loud. Repeating the words and sentences after the audio is what turns understanding into fluency.Não só escute — repita em voz alta. Repetir as palavras e frases depois do áudio é o que transforma entendimento em fluência.

What's your answer?

🎧 Let's train your ears!

Someone speaks to you. Tap ▶ to hear it, then choose the best reply.

Revise & Check

Check your progress

Six questions. Get 5 right to complete the lesson.

Dictation

Today's Challenge

🎧 Let's train your ears!

Listen and write. Play each sentence and type exactly what you hear.

Vocabulary

Countries & nationalities

🎧 Let's train your ears!

Tap each card to listen and repeat.

🌎 Country
🗣️ Nationality
🏆
Unit 1 · Part B complete

You did it!

You learned greetings, the verb be, numbers, the alphabet, and where you're from.

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