
- •Ответственный редактор: Кунанбаева с.С.,д.Ф.Н., академик ман вш
- •Look at the photos. Who are the people? What are their relationships?
- •Answer the questions about you and then ask a partner to complete the chart.
- •16. Work with your partner asking and answering the questions from the table.
- •17. Read the text quickly, and then in groups of 3-4 students
- •18. Match the questions with the answers.
- •Using the same words describe yourself, another student, your Teacher.
- •Read the dialogues in the pictures and complete the following sentences.
- •Read these sentences with comparative and superlative forms of adjectives. Complete the box.
- •Write your own words in this questionnaire following the example.
- •Ask your partner the questions from the table. Fill in the boxes for your partner’s opinion.
- •Ask your partner about each question:
- •Read the text and decide if the following sentences are true or false.
- •My Uncle
- •Match the parts to make phrases.
- •Read the text again and write out the words to complete the table.
- •Write 5-6 sentences describing your family member.
- •Answer the following questions
- •Match the names with the pictures.
- •Listen to the pronunciation of Zodiac signs and repeat.
- •Do you have something in common with your partner?
- •Independent assignment
- •Do you have friends? What do you usually do together?
- •5. Read the following rules about the use of the Present Simple. Then match one of the sentences below for each rule.
- •Tell another student about people you know using the adjectives above.
- •Read the following opinions about a good friend from the Internet forum.
- •Listening: Friends help you live longer
- •You are going to listen to the article. Look at the headline and guess whether these sentences are true (t) or false (f):
- •Listen to the article and check your answers.
- •Listen to the article again if necessary and write down some questions you want to ask the class about the text.
- •Give your opinion on the following questions based on the article.
- •Read the text.
- •A True Friend
- •4. Does the young man tell something about Socrates’s friend in the end? Why? Why not? Speaking
- •Do you prefer to do the following activities with family or friends?
- •Write an informal letter to your friend and describe your typical day at University. Communication
- •In pairs or in small groups talk about your friends. This may help you:
- •Independent assignment
- •Read the following questions and use them to start a conversation with your partner.
- •Vocabulary
- •Read the definitions and match them to the words in the box.
- •Work in pairs. Write definitions for the other words in the box.
- •Write the names of four people who are close to you. Tell your partner as much as possible about these people.
- •Read the words and phrases in column a and match them with their definitions in Column b.
- •Fill in the gaps with the words and phrases given above.
- •The letters th can be pronounced / θ / or / ð /. Put the following words into a correct column below.
- •Listen and check.
- •Look at the title of the text and say what a typical British family is like, then read the text and check your predictions.
- •Are the following statements true (t) or false (f)? Correct the false ones.
- •Here are some incorrectly formed questions. Correct them.
- •Here are the answers to some questions about the British family. Write the questions.
- •Read the sentences as if a) you are fairly sure
- •Work with other students and check what you know about them and their family using question tags and the appropriate intonation.
- •Match the following words with the definitions
- •Form the groups of four and answer the following questions:
- •Read the following rules about the use of Present Continuous. Then match one of the sentences below to each rule.
- •Now do the following exercises with a partner to practice the Present Continuous.
- •Read the paragraph.
- •Answer these questions about yourself on a piece of paper.
- •Now that you have the information about yourself ready fill in the gaps to complete this descriptive paragraph about you.
- •Independent assignment
- •Answer or just think about the following questions:
- •What do you do on a date? What are some of the best dating ideas? Read the following ideas and discuss them in groups of 4-5 students. Consult a dictionary if you need a definition.
- •Now, complete the sentences below with the best answer:
- •Read the texts quickly and match them with correct headlines.
- •Read some ideas from the text and put Agree (a) or Disagree (d). Discuss your answers as a class.
- •Discussion: Do’s and Don’ts in Dating
- •Write Sometimes – Never - Always to the right of each statement. Examples are given for you.
- •8. Look at the pictures. What are the people doing? Describe the pictures in pairs.
- •Read the text explaining the idea of speed-dating.
- •15. Complete the gaps with do, don’t, does, doesn’t
- •19. You are going to take part in a speed-dating event with your class. Your teacher will give you a profile sheet with your personal details. Follow the following task:
- •Independent assignment
- •1. How do you feel before going on a date?
- •2. Form three groups. Read the extracts.
- •Read the words and the definitions. Write your definitions to the rest of the words.
- •United States Wedding Traditions
- •Read the rules and examples to them.
- •Fill in the blanks with the correct form. (See Grammar reference)
- •Your family has just come from a holiday. Your friend is asking you some questions about your holiday. In pairs ask and answer the questions giving your own answers.
- •Read the interview with Mark Dilan, a pop singer. Read the questions in Past Simple and match them with Mark’s answers.
- •Put each verb into the right tense-Past or Present.
- •Listen to the song and check your answers. Discuss with your group if there are any other possibilities.
- •Vocabulary: Getting on well
- •Read the words below with their definitions. Two of the definitions are not correct. Find their correct match.
- •Fill the gaps with the words above in the correct form and tense.
- •Work with a partner, ask and answer the questions to talk about your friends.
- •Choose a for and against argument from one of the following themes:
- •22. Read the questions. Add three more questions and interview at least five people. Discuss the results of the interview. Compare the answers.
- •Independent assignment
- •Work in small groups to do the following tasks.
- •Vocabulary: phrasal verbs
- •Read the sentences and guess what each phrasal verb means.
- •Write five Past Simple questions using some of the phrasal verbs to interview your partner.
- •Write the past simple of the verbs in the list in the correct box.
- •Make sentences using the past forms of the verbs.
- •Discuss with your partner. Use Past Simple Tense.
- •Read the following answers about rules from the Internet forum
- •Answer the questions. Sometimes more than two people can be chosen.
- •Read the sentences. Are the sentences true about you? Your partner? Your teacher?
- •Write a short story about your childhood.
- •Read the text. Use a dictionary to help you
- •Answer the questions.
- •Have a class discussion talking about the ideas you strongly agree or strongly disagree with.
- •Independent assignment
- •Listen to the text again and answer the question.
- •Vocabulary: Idioms
- •Read the following idioms and their definitions. With your partner discuss the idioms and find them in your native language.
- •Give advice to these people using the idioms:
- •Look at the underlined sentences in exercise 14 and answer the questions.
- •Complete the rules about the Past Simple or Present Perfect.
- •Put the verbs into the correct form in Present Perfect Simple.
- •Put the verbs into the correct tense. Past Simple or Present Perfect Simple.
- •Look at the pictures below, choose two pictures and write a compare and contrast paragraph on how family life has changed in the last 50 years.
- •Interview your classmates.
- •Discuss the interview results with the class.
- •Independent assignment
- •Write the words that come to your mind first when you hear about traditional or modern families.
- •Read the text and decide if the following statements are True or False.
- •With your partner write out similarities and differences between traditional and modern families.
- •Share with a partner your opinion on changes in traditional and modern families. Use the following structure.
- •Read the sentences, mark each one true (t) or false (f).
- •Vocabulary
- •In the text find the boldfaced words which fit each of these definitions.
- •Rewrite the sentences using the phrases from the text.
- •Read the following rules about the use of Present Perfect. Then match one of the sentences below to each rule.
- •Now do the following exercises with a partner to practice the Present Perfect.
- •Answer the questions
- •Vocabulary
- •Listen to three dialogues about problems in relationship.
- •Listen to the dialogues again and complete the sentences
- •Discuss as a class.
- •Read the article quickly. Choose correct titles to three parts of the text.
- •Study the glossary and read the text again.
- •Write out ideas from text to show your opinion. Discuss the ideas as a class.
- •Vocabulary and pronunciation
- •Work in groups and discuss the following questions.
- •Work with a student from a different group and share your ideas discussing your questions
- •Agree or disagree with the following. Are the sentences true about your country? Have a round table discussion.
- •Independent assignment
- •World Divorce Statistics
- •Divorce in the United States
- •Two Stories by Alan Maley
- •1. A) Spend a few minutes thinking back over your childhood.
- •You are going to read the beginnings of two different stories.
- •4. Discuss the following questions in your groups.
- •5. Read the whole story and check your predictions.
- •Read the text below and tell the class what information was new for you.
- •Tell your partner about …
- •What are your plans for the winter/summer holidays/next month/next year?
- •C hoose the right form of the verbs:
- •Work in pairs. Student 1 reads the daily schedule a, student 2 reads the daily schedule b.
- •Tell tour partner three things you plan to do this week. One is false. Your partner must decide which.
- •Answer the questions:
- •Read about famous hometowns in the usa. America’s famous hometowns
- •Introduction
- •Main Body
- •Conclusion
- •Put the parts of a letter in a correct order.
- •Read the text “My room” and decide if the following sentences are true or false
- •Complete the sentences using the words above.
- •Fill in the gaps in the text below with the words in brackets in correct form.
- •Listen to the text and check the answers. Pay attention to pronunciation of the words.
- •Answer the questions
- •Look at the diagram below and check your answers to the questions.
- •Which of the two skyscrapers in the pictures do you want to live or work in?
- •Listen to the text about two skyscrapers and complete the chart below with the missing information
- •The richest man in India, Mukesh Ambani, has moved into his new home in Mumbai which is 27 floors high and worth 630 million£.
- •Read the text again and say if the following sentences are True or False.
- •Do you want to live in the house like this?
- •Read the examples below and complete the sentences in the box with the underlined words.
- •Fill in: which, where, who or whose.
- •Are the following clauses defining or non-defining clauses? Put commas where necessary.
- •Complete the sentences with which, where, who or whose.
- •Rewrite the following paragraph using non-defining relative clauses to make it more interesting.
- •In pairs, describe the three kitchens below and say what are the similarities and differences.
- •Independent assignment
- •Grammar: Present Continuous for Future Plans
- •Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Continuous.
- •You bought a house and are planning a housewarming party this weekend. Write about the details of a party using Present Continous tense.
- •Put the correct preposition (or nothing) in each space.
- •Work in groups. You are building a café near you house. Discuss the following.
- •Read the text about the most unusual place to live and say what makes living in it unusual.
- •Read the text again and fill in the table.
- •You’re going to listen to a story about a person who lives in a lighthouse. Look at the picture below and think about the following:
- •Listen to the second part of the text and describe the inside of the lighthouse.
- •What do you think? Ask and answer these questions with another student:
- •Look at the picture of a house. Who do you think lives there? Would you want to live there? Why/why not?
- •What is important for you in a home? Work in pairs. Put these in order of importance for you:
- •Communication
- •Read the conversation questions on houses and architecture.
- •Get into two groups to talk about home safety. Share opinions on the following ideas. How effective are they?
- •Independent assignment
- •Working mothers spend three hours doing household chores before they get to the office – during this time the number of calories they use up is the same as during an hour-long bicycle ride.
- •Is the situation described in the text familiar to you? Was your mother’s day like in the text?
- •Answer the questions
- •Complete the sentences with the words below.
- •Discuss with your partner if you agree/disagree with the statements above. Then answer the questions below.
- •Listen to conversation between the roommates and decide if the following sentences True or False.
- •Do you think that Sasha is a good or bad roommate?
- •Who is the person you can complain to about your roommate?
- •Read the complaint below and an advice by an expert. Do you agree with an expert? What other advice can you give to Bill?
- •Complete the sentences with the words in brackets. Use as … as or not as … as.
- •Correct these sentences.
- •In pairs, discuss the questions.
- •Think about what you have in your home, and answer the following questions.
- •Independent assignment
- •Work in small groups. Answer the questions.
- •Vocabulary
- •Complete the following sentences with House or Home.
- •What is the difference in meaning and use between 'houseproud', 'housework' and 'homework', 'homesick' and 'homeless'? Complete the sentences.
- •In pairs list some reasons why people become homeless.
- •Listen to the text about reasons for being homeless. Complete the sentences.
- •Read the texts and match them with the correct titles.
- •Answer the questions
- •Write down the exact question the people asked. What change do you need to make? (See Grammar Reference)
- •Teddy wants to buy a house. He asked Mr. Black, the owner of the house, questions about the house.
- •When Mr.Black came home his wife asked him what Teddy wanted to know about the house. Turn the questions from Direct into Reported speech.
- •Complete this email with the reported forms of the questions below.
- •Turn the underlined sentences from reported into direct speech.
- •There had been a burglary in a busy area of the city. Read the reporter’s questions to the owner and turn them into reported speech.
- •Listen to the recording. Underline the stressed word in each answer.
- •Listen again and repeat.
- •Work with a partner. Take turns to ask questions and give answers like the ones in Exercise 1. Use the words below. Be careful of the stress in the answers.
- •Ask the questions below to five different people in your class. Then walk around the class and tell each other what the other student asked you and what you answered.
- •Writing
- •Write a paragraph about advantages and disadvantages of living in the country/town.
- •Independent assignment
- •6. Read these adjectives. Group them into two:
- •8. Listen to the song “ Tie a yellow ribbon on the old oak tree”
- •Follow-up. Write a letter from Vingo’s wife to her close friend in which she reveals her feelings about Vingo’s coming.
- •Work in pairs. Look at these us holidays then answer the questions.
- •Match the u.S. Holiday with dates. Then listen and check your answer.
- •In pairs discuss these questions. Then make the same table with the holidays in your country.
- •Read the following passage and answer the questions.
- •What information can you add to your answers? Work with a partner.
- •Vocabulary
- •Match each word or phrase in column a with a meaning in column b. Use a dictionary.
- •Complete these sentences using the vocabulary words. Share your answer with a partner.
- •Listen to the song and fill in the missing words.
- •Look at the table below and make"if sentences"using one word from each column in your note book. Then give your sentences to a partner, who must finish them.
- •Make up conditional sentences with these beginnings as much as possible:
- •Read the text again and answer the questions and retell it.
- •Choose the correct form of a gerund or infinitive
- •Complete these sentences about your partner. Don’t ask him or her, just guess.
- •Choose a festival that you both like. Ask and answer the questions about how it is celebrated.
- •Write a letter to a pen friend. Invite her/him to celebrate a holiday together with you. Give information about a date, place, time, clothes etc.
- •Independent assignment
- •Work in pairs. Talk about the shops that you like going to and shops that you don’t like going to. Give reasons.
- •Read the text: Gift – giving in Britain
- •In pairs, read and find if these statements true or false? If it is false make it true.
- •In pairs, discuss these questions.
- •Look at the short texts. What are they? Where could you read them? Match the texts to the occasions/events.
- •Work in pairs. Interview each other
- •Imagine you’ve got 100 euros to buy gifts. Make notes.
- •Work in pairs. Talk to your partner about your plan to buy gifts.
- •Independent assignment.
- •Vocabulary
- •Independent assignment.
- •2. Match the sentences to the three festivals. Write wt for Water Throwing.Cr for Cheese Rolling or br for Bull Running.
- •3. Retell the text to each other.
- •4. Work in pairs. Imagine you are at one of these festivals. Phone your friend and give your impressions
- •Independent assignment.
- •Read the story below and write ten True - False statements. Discuss them with your partner.
- •Discuss as a group:
- •Speak in groups of 3-4
- •Here are some names of cities and countries. Listen and repeat them, then write in phonemic script and read correctly. Example - Brazil – [ brә’zil]
- •Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions about each picture.
- •Tree people are talking about their vacations. Listen and write the name of the country each person visited.
- •Listen again. What happened to each person? Tick (√) the correct answer in the boxes.
- •Match the word in the box with a suitable definition.
- •Now use the words in sentences.
- •First, match these words and expressions with their explanations.
- •Before you read, think about these questions.
- •Now read this text to check if you were right about the British.
- •Now answer these questions
- •Choose the best answer
- •Complete the sentences with should(n’t), can(n’t)or (don’t)have to
- •Work with a partner. Look at the pictures below. Discuss with your partner where should these people go.
- •Independent assignment.
- •Work in pairs and tell your partner:
- •Read the text and complete the table. Find some advantages and disadvantages of travelling by train from the text add your own.
- •Listen to a song and answer the question;
- •Use for or since.
- •For and since
- •Compare and contrast the photographs in each pair by discussing these questions.
- •Read the article and label the paragraphs with the correct headings? What is the writer’s opinion on the topic?
- •Fill in the spaces using the vocabulary in the box below.
- •Discussion. Ask your partner(s) the following questions
- •Read the text: Faster than the speed of sound
- •Complete the questions then practice in pairs.
- •Correct the sentences. Listen to and check your answer.
- •Work in pairs, a and b. You are going to do two roleplays.
- •Independent assignment.
- •Listen to a dialogue “Booking a room”. Practice with a partner and learn it by heart.
- •Complete the table below with the words and phrases form the box.
- •What are the most important room or hotel facilities for you? Explain your reasons.
- •In pairs, match the symbols to their meanings.
- •Discuss in pairs. Which services/facilities are most important to you when you go on holiday?
- •.Look at the title and picture. And give your own answer.
- •Write sentence and questions with will/won’t. Use contractions where you can.
- •Answer the following questions about yourself using I think/I hope/I expect … or I’m sure/I’m afraid I’ll….., as in the example.
- •I expect I’ll be at home.
- •Work in pair: Rob Brown and Molly Gould are opera singers. Look at their summer plans below, ask and answer the questions using prompts, as in the example.
- •Using the table complete the newspaper article about Rob Brown and Molly Gould.
- •Read the statements about hitchhiking in Japan. Tick (√) if it is true, cross (X) if it is false.
- •Practice "too /too much /too many/ enough"
- •Write questions using like/look like/would like/be like.
- •Find and correct the mistakes in each question.
- •A Holiday to Remember
- •I was sick and tired of going to the same place every year, so last year my family and I decided to travel around Britain for two weeks in a camper van.
- •In pairs list the events in the story in chronological order. Which words/expressions helped you to put events in the right order?
- •Complete the sentences using and, so or but.
- •Work in pairs. Talk about a bad experience you or your friend had while on holiday. Use in your description too/too much/too many/enough.
- •Independent assignments
- •Read the extract and match the sentences (a-e) to the gaps (1-4). There is one extra which doesn’t match any gap.
- •Independent assignments
- •Read these words with the right pronunciation and stress. Use a dictionary if necessary. Put the words in the right column. Add some more words related to clothing.
- •What do the expressions below mean? Read the text again and try to understand the meaning of each expression.
- •Listen to the text again if necessary and in groups of 3- 4 discuss these questions.
- •Some of the young people go in very strange haircuts. What is your opinion about strange haircuts?
- •Get into two groups. Answer the questions and compare your groups’ answers.
- •Read the text and check which group answered the questions correctly.
- •Match Column a with column b. Make sentences using the past simple passive. Then, in pairs, ask and answer questions, as in the example.
- •Read the interview with Mark. Match the interview questions with their answers.
- •Is the following information about tattoos true or false?
- •How do your group mates feel about tattoos? Walk around the class and share opinions. Did any answers surprise you? Are any of the statements true about the class?
- •How will the people of different ages form their opinions? In groups agree on what the opinions will be. Write the opinions in the columns.
- •You work for Image Consultants, an agency which helps people change their look. Your teacher will give you a photo of someone who wants to change their look and improve their image.
- •In groups:
- •Independent assignment
- •Reading: Street styles
- •The sentences below have been removed from the article. Read the text again, read the sentences that have been removed and choose the most suitable sentence for each gap.
- •Now read the complete text and answer the following question. What is the main idea of the article?
- •Discuss as a group:
- •Listening
- •Grammar: word formation; adjectives
- •What type of clothes do you prefer: formal, informal, business-like, fashionable?
- •Read these sentences. Use the words given in capitals in the second column to form a word that fits in the space in the same line.
- •Fill in the blanks with the following words to form new compound adjectives.
- •Fill in each space with an appropriate adjective. Use adjectives from exercise 2.
- •Look at this picture. Do you like the way this young man is dressed? Read the paragraph about him and answer the questions following the text.
- •Read the following jokes and comment on the answers.
- •Example: My sister likes wearing jackets, straight skirts or trouser suits. It doesn’t mean that she always buys only designer clothes. ………………………………………………………………..
- •Listen to the following tongue twister, read and memorize it following the right pronunciation. Betty Botter
- •What do you know about buttons? Why do men and women button their clothes differently?
- •Do you know any idioms with “button”?
- •When you use more than one adjective before a noun, you have to put them in the following order:
- •Put the adjectives below in the correct order to describe clothes
- •Complete the following sentences putting the adjectives into the correct order.
- •Read a magazine article about couturiers Elizabeth and David Emanuel quickly. Look at the photos and choose the ones the text mentions.
- •Elizabeth and David Emanuel: couturiers
- •Write a paragraph (50-60 words) on one of the following topics to describe how you would get dressed for:
- •Vocabulary
- •Choose the right phrasal verb for each definition. Write a paragraph using them.
- •Choose one of the following statements. Tell your partner the reason of your choice.
- •In small groups talk about your last shopping using the vocabulary words and phrases. Writing: Paragraph
- •Describe the most expensive thing you ever bought and how you got the money for it; tell why you wanted to buy it and whether it was worth the price. Write 10-15 sentences.
- •Independent assignment
- •Who is for and who is against? Write f or a near the names. Find lines in the text to support your opinion.
- •Are you for or against uniforms? Choose ideas from the text supporting your opinion and write a ten sentence paragraph.
- •Read the following list of dress codes with correct pronunciation.
- •What kind of dress codes can you see in the pictures below? Describe the pictures using the words in the box. Find pictures to the rest of the styles.
- •Read these sentences. What do you think the dress-code is for each event? Fill in the table with a suitable event.
- •Read the text quickly and write out different styles.
- •Answer the questions.
- •Where will you wear the underlined types of clothes in the text? For each type of clothing think of an event and write sentences as shown in the example.
- •Dress code – what to wear where?
- •In small groups remember the last time you wore the following.
- •In pairs practice the role play and give a performance for the whole class.
- •Work in groups of three students and role play the situation.
- •Try this questionnaire individually. Answer using the key to the following questions. (sa - strongly agree, a-agree, n-neutral, d-disagree, sd-strongly disagree)
- •Role play the situation in pairs a and b.
- •Independent assignment
- •Work in pairs. Ask each other the following questions and answer them using the structure below:
- •Answer the questions:
- •Answer the questions:
- •Read the rules below and choose the correct variant:
- •Listen and repeat sentences above with correct pronunciation of can, can’t, could, couldn’t.
- •Fill in the gaps with can/could/ to be able to:
- •Work in pairs. Discuss the pictures below and make up dialogues matching to the pictures. Use expressions from Vocabulary exercises above. Choose one dialogue and act out before the class.
- •Read the article below and decide if the following sentences are True or False:
- •When do shops have sales?
- •Write five questions about shopping and sales. Interview your partner.
- •Independent assignment
- •Reading: Pasta - The World's Favorite Food
- •Pasta - The World's Favorite Food
- •In some countries people often complain. Below is a list of common reasons for people to complain. Match the complaints below with the people you can complain to...In this box.
- •Read the e-mail below and complete the paragraph plan.
- •Which of the following can you thank someone for?
- •Read the task and underline the key words. Then answer the questions.
- •Independent assignment
- •Before you read make sure that you know these words. Use your dictionary to help you.
- •First stop
- •2. Answer the questions.
- •Write down in the chart delights, difficulties and dangers of being very rich.
- •Read Part Two and answer the question
- •5. Are these sentences about Part 2 True or False?
- •6. Predict the end of the story.
- •Read the end of the story.
- •Answer the questions
- •Look at the pictures and choose the names of jobs form the box.
- •Write sentences as shown in example using the words above.
- •Read the job descriptions below and write the job title.
- •Read the job duties and match them with the job titles.
- •Which of these jobs would/wouldn’t you like to do? In pairs, decide on the top three and the bottom three. Tell the class the reasons of your choice.
- •Listen and mark the main stress on each job title in exercise above.
- •Listen again and repeat.
- •Read the text below and replace the underlined words and phrases with words in the box. Use your dictionary to help you.
- •The Best Job in the World
- •Which of the pictures are not mentioned in the text?
- •Read the text again and decide if each sentence is true or false. Mark true sentences t, false sentences f.
- •Listen to five job advertisements and fill in the missing information in each sentence.
- •Listen to the advertisements again and decide which position is best for the people below. Choose only one position for each person.
- •Which position is best for you? In pairs, choose from the advertisements one position for a full time and one for a part time job. Why did/didn’t you choose this position?
- •Create your resume and compare it with your partner’s.
- •Read the text below and give your title of the job.
- •Find the following words in the text. Look at the context, I.E. What comes before and what comes after. Say what you think the words might mean.
- •Read the text again and answer the questions. Write five questions to interview Mr Winston.
- •Read the rules below. Write to in the sentences 1-2, if necessary.
- •Change the structure of the following sentences:
- •Vocabulary: Job Quiz
- •Your groupmate is thinking of taking a part-time job. In pairs, discuss the jobs suggested in the pictures and decide which one is the best for your friend.
- •Independent assignment
- •What skills do you need to be a
- •These are the top seven skills most valued by employers in today’s job market.
- •Break into small groups and say why these skills are most valued. Are there any important skills which are not included in this list?
- •An applicant phones Catherine, the contact person for the job to arrange an interview. Listen and put the following dialogue in order.
- •Practice the telephone conversation in pairs
- •Read the mini story
- •Read some more examples:
- •Identify which action took place first in the past and which action took place second.
- •Read the situations and write sentences from the words in brackets.
- •Read the situations and write sentences ending with before. Use the verb given in brackets.
- •Mary decided to give party to her colleagues. What had she done the day before the party?
- •Talk about the idea of a gap year. If you do not know what it is, read a dictionary definition.
- •Do you agree with the following ideas? Decide as a group.
- •Read the words. What is meaning of the following words in the text? How do you say them in your language? Use the words and speak about a gap year.
- •Study the sample answer.
- •Now read the question carefully and write your letter
- •Make correct questions using Past Perfect and Past Simple. Ask students in the class the questions. Interview at least three people and share the most interesting answers as a class.
- •Write down the age you first did these things. Guess if you can't remember. Put X if you haven't done something.
- •Independent assignment
- •Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text. Ask your partner / group your questions.
- •Answer the questions:
- •Vocabulary
- •Answer the questions:
- •Answer the questions:
- •You are going to listen to the text. Look at the headline and predict whether you believe the following statements about the text are true or false:
- •Look at the pictures below and tell the class what you know about these universities?
- •Read the introduction to the text and answer the questions:
- •Work in pairs. Student a reads text 1, student b reads text 2.
- •Cambridge
- •Work in pairs. Ask each other the following questions and what are the similarities and differences between the Oxbridge universities.
- •Complete the Conditional Sentences by putting the verbs into the correct form.
- •Listen to a song and put the song parts in correct order.
- •Are your imaginations like anyone else's? Imagine and say what would happen if...
- •In pairs draw a picture to illustrate parts of your stories. Combine stories into a booklet.
- •Read the same dialogue with 3 different intonations according to given situations. Don’t be afraid to exaggerate the intonation patterns.
- •Listen to the tape and check your intonation.
- •You are going to make your University catalogue.
- •Imagine you can join one of the student clubs in the pictures, discuss with your partner every activity and choose one you find the best.
- •Independent assignment:
- •Read the sentences and fill in the gaps with words above.
- •Match the sentences with the right parts of the text.
- •Write five questions about university fees in the table. Do this in pairs. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.
- •Choose one question and make a one minute speech on it. You may not choose the question chosen by another student.
- •Independent assignment
- •Describe the pictures in pairs. What do the pictures have in common? What is good about being a teacher?
- •What are your reasons for choosing the teacher’s profession?
- •Read the definitions and complete the words from the text below, the first letter is already given.
- •Top 10 Reasons to Become a Teacher
- •Work in pairs and divide the jobs into two groups: jobs in a school, and jobs in a university.
- •Which of the phrases below are used at secondary schools, which at universities and which at both of them. Complete the chart. Consult a dictionary.
- •Describe the pictures. What are the people doing?
- •Answer the questions:
- •Look at the title and guess whether these sentences are true or false.
- •Choose the correct pair (either / or and neither / nor).
- •Work in pairs, with someone you know very well. How many sentences can you make with these expressions in three minutes?
- •Good work habits are important in any job. Look at your work habits at university and at home. Mark each habit from 0 to 10.
- •Choose from the list two habits you will try to improve. Compare your list with your partner’s and give each other advice on how to improve.
- •List three material things you wish for, three happenings that would make you happy, and three places you would like to visit.
- •Circle one favorite item from each list. Read the instructions below.
- •Now write a paragraph of your own. Pay attention to spelling and grammar.
- •Independent assignment
- •1. Read the title and the last paragraph of the story. What is the story going to be about? Share ideas as a whole class.
- •2. Read the story.
- •Read the sentences. Circle one of the three words after each sentence.
- •5. Read the underlined sentences in the story. How do these sentences characterize the heroes?
- •6. Compare two ladies giving details about their appearance and clothes. What is the authors’ attitude toward them?
- •7. Answer the questions
- •Adverbs of frequency
- •3. Present Continuous
- •Past simple
- •So and Neither
- •Present perfect simple
- •Going to ( future plans)
- •Defining relative clause
- •Present Continuous (Future arrangements)
- •Comparatives and superlatives
- •Irregular adjectives
- •Indirect questions
- •Should, have to, can
- •Used to
- •Uses of like
- •Too, too much /many, enough.
- •I …………………………………… to share a room in this house.
- •Bibliography
In some countries people often complain. Below is a list of common reasons for people to complain. Match the complaints below with the people you can complain to...In this box.
Waiter / Hotel manager / Customer Complaints Department /Supermarket manager
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Your hotel room is very noisy
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Restaurant food is cold.
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There is a dead mouse inside a new packet of chips.
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Your new camera takes bad pictures.
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A new shirt changed color when you washed it.
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In the right-hand column put a tick (√) for the problems that you will complain about
if this happens to you. Then discuss your ideas with your partner. If your ideas are different, ask...
Why do you complain when airplane food tastes bad?
Because I must pay a lot of money for the flight so I want good food.
Why don’t you complain when airplane food tastes bad?
Because pilots have a difficult job and I don’t want to make problems.
Vocabulary: Food idioms
Match the words below with the pictures.
pie /beans/piece of cake/ nuts/ cup of tea
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In pairs, fill in the gaps using the words and phrases below.
as nice as pie / full of beans / not my cup of tea / nuts / a piece of cake
I think our teacher is …. She is very kind and patient.
I don’t enjoy learning poems by heart. It’s …
I think that learning English grammar is … It’s very easy.
I know someone who is completely … He/She is mad.
I am always … I’m very energetic and full of life.
In pairs, act out a situation in the supermarket using the idioms above.
Communication
Answer the questions:
What are the shop assistants like in your local shops? Are they friendly? Which shops have the best sales in your area?
The pictures below show people selling different things. In pairs, discuss the pictures and say what the places are like and how the people feel?
Writing: E-Mail
Read the task below and underline key words. Then answer the questions.
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You went on a picnic your friend organized last week. Write a thank you e-mail to your friend. In your e-mail you should:
Thank her/him for a wonderful day
Say what you enjoyed the most (dishes)
Invite her/him to a party at your home next Sunday
What is the purpose of e-mail?
What tenses should you use?
Think of some phrases you could use to thank your friend and to invite your friend.