New Headway_beginner_students book-9

This appears to be a textbook excerpt from an English learning course, Unit 9, centered around the theme of 'Happy Birthday!' and discussing how to talk about dates, years, and people's birthdays. It covers grammar points like the past simple of 'to be' (was/were born), irregular verbs, and saying years correctly. The exercises involve listening comprehension, pronunciation practice, reading comprehension, vocabulary building related to professions and dates, and basic conversational practice related to asking and answering questions about birthdays and people's birthdates. It uses real-world examples of famous historical figures like Leonardo da Vinci, Marie Curie, Shakespeare, Van Gogh, Beethoven, Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley.

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• Saying Years: The unit introduces how to pronounce years in English, differentiating between saying years like 'eighteen forty-one' and 'two thousand and eight'. It provides examples and listening exercises to practice pronunciation.
• Past Simple of 'to be' (was/were born): The unit focuses on using 'was' and 'were born' to talk about when people were born. It includes grammar exercises to understand the correct usage of 'was' and 'were' based on the subject.
• Irregular Verbs in Past Simple: The unit introduces and practices the past simple forms of irregular verbs (like buy - bought, see - saw, go - went). The unit includes listening exercises and gap-fill exercises.
• Asking and Answering Birthday Questions: The unit teaches how to ask and answer questions about birthdays, using phrases like 'When were you born?' and 'When is your birthday?' It promotes conversational practice through partner activities.
• Professions: The unit reviews vocabulary related to professions, such as painter, scientist, writer, musician, actor etc. and relates these to historical figures.
• Ordinal Numbers for Dates: The unit explains and drills the use of ordinal numbers (first, second, third, etc.) when expressing dates, promoting correct usage in birthday contexts.