Touchstone 3/ Vocabulary & Speaking/ Card 1

Answer these questions.

- Have you ever failed your exams before? Can you remember when it was and why?

- How good are you at managing your life? Are you good at organizing your study? Do you like to study?

- What are your priorities in life? What things matter to you?

- What would you do if you had your life to live over? What would you change?

- What’s something you’ve always wanted to learn how to do?

- What are you planning to use English for?

Read the situation below, and explain it to your partner. Then role-play the conversation. Use the Conversation Strategy: Ask politely for a favor. Continue the conversation as long as you can.

You are a student and your partner is the teacher. You haven’t finished writing a report, and you want to ask for an extension on your paper.

What guesses can you make about the picture? Ask your partner questions about the picture. Answer your partner’s questions using the active vocabulary given below.

Active vocabulary

Verbs

Advisability

had better (not)

might want to

ought to

Necessity

don’t have to

going to have to

have got to

Ability

be able to

Doing good

do some good (for)

do volunteer work

do your best

make a difference

make an effort to do something

Dealing with things

do a lot of thinking

do research

do something about a problem

do the math

ignore a problem

make a decision to do something

make a list (of)

make a living

make a mistake

make money

make sense

make sure (that)

make up your mind (if)

school and university

get a (full) scholarship

get accepted to (grad school)

get into (grad school)

graduate from (college)

major in (history)

Nouns

clutter

colleague

co-worker

deadline

promotion

Conjunctions

as long as

provided that

unless

if

Time expressions

afterwards

by next week

for the first time

Adverbs

definitely

probably

Touchstone 3/ Vocabulary & Speaking/ Card 2

Answer these questions.

- Have you ever been to any other countries? What’s the most interesting place you’ve ever been to?

- What’s the worst vacation you’ve had? Did you feel really disappointed? What happened?

- What’s an activity that you’ve never tried but would like to try?

- Have you ever seen an active volcano? Is it dangerous? Why?

- Can you remember how old your native city is?

- How many times have you gone out this month? If you had one month of free time, what would you do?

Make a statement about the topic “an activity you’ve been enjoying a lot”, and respond to your partner’s statement. Use the Conversation Strategy: When responding, use That must be plus an adjective. Then continue the conversation.

What guesses can you make about the picture? Ask your partner questions about the picture. Answer your partner’s questions using the active vocabulary given below.

Active vocabulary Nouns

Verbs island

fall and hurt yourself cause/be caused (by) lake

fall off (a raft) hit/ be hit (by) mountain

lose something important injure/ be injured mountain range

have the flu rescue/ be rescued (by) natural wonder

erupt river

climb wildlife

go hiking rain forests

(active) volcano

aftershock

(minor) earthquake

strong winds

valley

ancient city

monument

suspension bridge

train station

airport

(serious) injury

emergency worker

Adjectives

afraid (of something)

fun

scared (of heights)

scary

deep (36,000 feet deep)

high (8,850 meters high)

long (4, 160 miles long)

tall (1, 670 feet tall)

wide (29 kilometers wide)

Adverbs

amazingly

fortunately

unfortunately

badly (damaged)

Touchstone 3/ Vocabulary & Speaking/ Card 3

Answer these questions.

- Do you like people-watching? Which people would you like to meet? Why?

- Who is someone you really admire? Why? What is he/she like?

- Do you know someone who is always singing or whistling? Is it annoying? When is the last time you got annoyed with someone?

- If you had to give up one habit, what would it be?

- Who’s your closest friend? How did you meet?

- What is the most exciting thing you’ve ever done with your friends?

Take turns starting conversations. Talk to your partner about the topic below. Respond to your partner. Use the Conversation Strategy: Use expressions such as I guess/ I think, a (little) bit, maybe or kind of/ sort of to soften your comments.

Your friend borrows things and keeps them a long time. Sometimes he or she doesn’t remember that he or she borrowed them.

What guesses can you make about the picture? Ask your partner questions about the picture. Answer your partner’s questions using the active vocabulary given below.

Active vocabulary have a (great) sense of humor nouns

Verbs have impeccable taste (in clothes) circle of friends

admire someone honk you horn closest friend

apologize to someone slow down friend from college

balance work and play take (school/ work) seriously friend from work

borrow something talk about people behind their backs old school friend

count on someone tell the truth oldest friend

feel strongly about something trust someone running buddy

get impatient grow up

adjectives

accomplished

appropriate

considerate

creative

down-to-earth

easygoing

generous

helpful

humble

laid-back

outgoing

practical

quiet

safe

shy

arrogant

competitive

demanding

dishonest

disorganized

impatient

inconsiderate

reckless

rude

selfish

unreliable

confused

disappointed

embarrassed

frustrated

jealous

nerves

scared (of)

shocked

excited (about)

pleased (about)

adverbs

absolutely

completely

extremely

incredibly

not at all

pretty

really

so

totally

fairly

carefully

differently

easily

fast

hard

late

on time

Touchstone 3/ Vocabulary & Speaking/ Card 4

Answer these questions.

- How would you react if a friend started dating someone you used to go out with? Would you talk to your friend about your feelings?

- Are people getting married later these days? What’s a good age to settle down? Why?

- Do you think families should spend more time together? Is it bad for children when both parents work?

- Have you been spending much time with your family lately?

- Do you have any gripes about your family? Which of your parents’ demands do you think are not reasonable?

Ask this question. Answer your partner’s question. Use the Conversation Strategy: When answering, give your opinion using an expression such as I (don’t) think, It seems like, It seems to me (that), or If you ask me, …. Then continue the conversation.

1. Is it a good idea for kids to work?

2. Should kids have a pet when they’ve growing up?

What guesses can you make about the picture? Ask your partner questions about the picture. Answer your partner’s questions using the active vocabulary given below.

Active vocabulary get together (with someone) come back

Verbs hang out with the same crowd fly back

break up (with someone) make friends with someone go away (to college)

date (someone) meet a person through a friend grow up

get along (with someone) share an apartment move away (from/ to)

go back (to someone) sign up (for a class) turn out

go out (together) contact someone get divorced

go out (with someone) get back in touch (with someone) get married

settle down (with someone) lose touch (with someone) gripe (about)

work out write back have kids/ children

marry someone

pressure someone

have someone do something

help someone do something

let someone do something

make someone do something

ask someone to do something

want someone to do something

used to

would

nouns

boyfriend

girlfriend

high school sweetheart

long-distance relationship

father

mother

husband

wife

spouse (=husband or wife)

son

daughter

brother

sister

sibling (=brother or sister)

only child

stepfather

stepmother

stepson

stepdaughter

stepbrother

stepsister

half brother

half sister

time expressions

at the age of (17)

back then