Then Carol knocked on the door. She lived in the apartment downstairs. She was holding a bag of pretzels and a worn copy of American English File 1 . “I saw the truck hit the pole. I figured you guys were dying of boredom.”
The truth was worse. A truck had hit a telephone pole at the end of Lake Street. The super said it would be eight hours before the internet came back. american english file 1 third edition
| File | Language point | Example from story | |------|----------------|---------------------| | 1A | Greetings & introductions | “Hello, what’s your name?” | | 2B | Present simple (he/she/it) | “She lives downstairs.” | | 5C | Can/can’t for ability | “I can’t do my grammar exercises.” | | 7C | Weather vocabulary | “Rainy, cloudy, windy, humid.” | | 8A | I’d like to… / Can I…? | “I’d like to speak to the manager.” | | 9A | Prepositions of time (at/in/on) | “At 10:47 PM, the Wi-Fi came back.” | | 10C | Past simple (regular/irregular) | “A truck hit a pole.” / “They sat in a circle.” | Then Carol knocked on the door