| Unit Title | Vocabulary | Structure | Examples | Phonics / Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Introductions | Names of RoyalABC teachers (Sally, Olly, Bud, Bart, Milton, Stella) | Hello. What’s your name?
I’m [name]. Bye bye. |
Hello. What’s your name?
I’m Sally. Bye bye. |
friendly intonation with hello and bye bye |
| Numbers 1 to 6 |
one (1), two (2), three (3), four (4), five (5), six (6) | How many are there?
[number] |
How many are there?
Six. |
/s/ in six |
| Animals 1 | bee, bat, cat, dog, rat, pig | What is it?
It’s a [noun]. |
What is it?
It’s a cat. |
/b/ in bee and bat |
| How old are you? | review of earlier vocabulary (numbers) | How old are you?
I’m [number]. |
How old are you?
I’m five. |
/t/ in ten |
| Numbers 7 to 12 |
seven (7), eight (8), nine (9), ten (10), eleven (11), twelve (12) | How many are there?
There are [number]. |
How many are there?
There are ten. |
/n/ in nine |
| Animals 2 | cow, duck, sheep, goat, horse, chicken | What is it?
It’s a [noun]. |
What is it?
It’s a horse. |
/g/ in goat |
| Fruit 1
(a & an) |
pear, apple, lemon, olive, banana, orange | What is it?
It’s a/an [noun]. |
What is it?
It’s an apple. |
/ə/ in a and an |
| Things 1 | pen, pot, bag, book, pencil, flower, painting | What is it?
It’s a [noun]. |
What is it?
It’s a book. |
/p/ in pen, pot, pencil and painting |
| Intro to Colours | red, black, blue, green, pink, yellow, white | What colour is it?
It’s [colour adjective]. |
What colour is it?
It’s blue. |
/r/ in red |
| How are you? | angry, sad, happy, hungry, tired, fine | How are you?
I’m [adjective]. |
How are you?
I’m happy. |
/æ/ in angry and sad |
| Vehicles | bus, car, boat, train, plane, bike, lorry | What is it?
It’s a [noun]. |
What is it?
It’s a train. |
final /s/ in bus |
| Intro to Plurals | cats, dogs, cows, ducks | What is it?
It’s a [noun]. What are they? They’re [noun]s. |
What is it?
It’s a cat. What are they? They’re cats. |
final /z/ in dogs and cows; final /s/ in cats and ducks |
| Animals 3 | panda, hippo, tiger, snake, monkey, lizard | What is it? It’s a [noun]. What are they? They’re [noun]s. | What is it? It’s a hippo. What are they? They’re monkeys. |
/h/ in hippo |
| People and Other Beings | boy, girl, man, woman, baby, monster, alien | He’s/She’s/It’s a [noun]. | He’s a boy.
She’s a girl. It’s a monster. |
/m/ in man and monster |
| Instructions (imperatives) | sit down, stand up, sing, jump, listen, look at this, make a circle | [instruction] | Sit down. | /ɪ/ in sit and sing |