I Elementary Teacher's Book
Marta Umifiska, Caroline Krantz
OXFORD
Tim Falla, Pa ul A Davies
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The publisherand authorsaregrateful to the many teccners and students "'ofw read
and pi10ttdthe manuscript, and providedinvaluable f«dbcuk. With specialthanks
to tht follcrwingfor their contribution to the dtvelopmenl of the Solutions series:
Zinta Andzane. Latvia: Ire na Budreikiene. Lith uania; Kati Elekes. Hungary;
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Ukraine; Mario Maleta . Croatia; Juraj Marcek, Slova kia; Dace Miska . Latvia ;
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Czech Repu bl ic
The publisher and authors wouldlike to extend their special thanks to Emma Wa tkins
for the part she playtdIndt'Vt'loping the material.
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teachers : Ka ta rzyn a Bogda no wicz
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Introduction
Out and about
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Dyslexia: a guide for teachers
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Anote from the authors
Our wo rk on Solutions began in the spr ing of 2005 with a
research tri p. We trave lle d from city to city with colleagues from
Oxford University Press. visiting schools. watching lessons and
talkin g to teachers and students. The in format ion we gathered
on that t rip, and many subseque nt t rips across Centra l and
Eastern Europe, gave us valua ble insig hts into what secondary
students and teachers want from a new book. Th ese became
our guiding principles while writingSolutions. Most people we
spoke to asked for:
• a clear focus on exam topics and tasks
• easy-to-follow lessons which always have a clear outcome
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pie nty of support for speaking and writ ing
plentyof extra practice material
In respo nse, we design ed a book which has a crystal -clear
structure: one lesson in the book = one lesson in the
classroom. We included twentypages of extra vocabulary and
gramma r practice within the Student's Book itself to provide
more flexibility. We included ten specific lessons to prepare
st uden ts for the school-leaving exam, and ensured t hat the
book as a whole correspond s to th e sylla bus t opics required in
this exam. And we recognised the difficu lties that students
natu rally have wi t h speaking and writ ing , and t herefore
ensured that these activities are always well prepared and well
supported. Achi evable activities are essential for motivation!
Our research trips also taught us that no two schools or classes
are id ent ical. That is why Solutions is designed to be flexib le.
Th ere are five levels (Elementary, Pre-intermediate,
Intermediate. Upper-intermediate, Advanced) so that you can
choose the one which best fits your students' needs.
Solutions has benefited from collaboration with teachers with
extensive experi ence of teaching 14-1 9 year aids and of
preparing students for their school-leaving exam. We would like
to thank Marta Urninska for sharing her expertise in writing the
procedu ral note s in th e Teacher' s Book. Cult ural and language
notes as well as the photocopiable supplements in the
Teacher' s Book were provided by Caroline Krantz.
We are confident that Solutions will be easy to use, both for
students and for teachers. We hope it will also be interesting,
engaging and stimulating!
Tim Fall a and Paui A Davies
The components of
the course
The Student's Book
The Student's Bo ok contains :
• an Introduction unit to revise the basics
• 10 to pic-based unit s, each covering 7 lessons
• 5 Language Review/ Skills Round-up sections, providing a
language test of the previous two units and a cumulative
skills-based review
• 10 Getready for your exam lessons providingtypical tasks
and preparation for the students' final exam
• 10 Vocabulary Builders with practice and extension options
• 10 GrammarBuilders containing grammar reference and
further exerci ses
• tip boxe s throu ghout giving advice on specific skills and
how best to approach different task types in all four main
skills
You will find more details on pages 5- 7 in the section 'A tour of
t he Student's Book'.
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Introduction
Three class audio CDs
"The three audio CD'S (ontain a\\ the \istening mato:- ::.
Student 's Book .
The Workbook
The Workbook mirrors and reinforces the content of the
Student's Book. It offe rs:
• further practice, lesson-by-lesson of the material taugh:
class
• additional exam tasks with support for students and
teachers
• Challenge! exercises to stretch strongerstudents
• writing guides to provide a clearstructural framework for
writingtasks
• regular Self-checks wit h Con do state ments to promot e
conscious learnerdevelopment
• cumulative reviews to develop students' awarenessofth eir
progress
• a Functions Bank for reference
• an irregularverbs list
• a Wordlist which contains the vocab ularyactivated in the
Stude nt's Book units
Proced ural notes, transcripts and keys for the Workbook can be
easilyfound on the Solutions Teach er's Website at
www.oup.com/elt/teacher/solutions.
The MultiROM
The Mu ltiROM is an int eractive self-st udy tooi tha t has been
designed to give guidance, practice, support and consolidation
of the language and ski lls taught in the Stude nt's Book. The
MultiROM is divided into units and lessons corres ponding with
those of t he Student's Book.
• every grammar lesson in the bookis extensively practised
and is accompan ied by a simple explanation
• all targe t vocabulary is consolidatedwith crossword, word
search, and gap-fill activities
• one exam-type listeningactivity per unit is includ ed sothat
students are able to practise listening at their own pace
• speakin g and writing sections help stu dents improve these
skills outside of the classroom
• an audio CD element is included, with all the exam listening
tasks from the Workbook, which can be played on a CD
player
The Teacher's Book
The Teacher' s Book gives full proced ural notes for the whole
cou rse, includ ing ideas for tackli ng mixed-ability teaching. In
addition, it offers:
• optiona l activities throughout for greater flexibil ity
• structu red speak ing tasks to get stu dents talki ng confl dentiy
• useful tips and strategies to improve students' exam
technique
• a teacher's guide to dyslexia in the classroo m
• 20 photocopiable pages to recycle and activate the
language of each unit in a fun, communicative context
Test Bank MultiROM
A separate resource MultiROM contains:
• unit tests
• mid-year and end-of-year progress tests
• short tests
Solutions and the exam
Solutions Elementary is int ended to int roduce students to the
task type s and format of the basic level of the school·leaving
exam. The empha sis is on preparation and famil iarisation ,
helping st ude nts to build good study habits and exam
st rategies. Typical exam requirements are reflected throughout
th e course in the choice of top ics. task-types, texts and
grammar struc tures. In addition to th is. Solutions offe rs a
comprehensive range of exam support:
Studen t's Book
The Student's Book includes ten exam -specific lessons
designed to familiari se students with the task-types and
req ui rements of th eir final exam. The lessons provide strateg ies
and exam techniques as well as the language needed for
Workbook
The Workbook provides furthe r pract ice for both the oral and
the writte n exam. Work in class can be foll owed up with
Workbook tasks done as homework.
The list enin g material for the Workbook listening tasks is
availab le on t he MultiROM.
Teacher's Book
The exam lesso ns in t he Stude nt's Book are accompan ied by
full procedura l notes with advice and ti ps for exam preparat ion.
students to be able to tackle exam tasks with confidence .
A tour of the Student's Book
Th ere are ten main units in the Student's Book. Each unit has seven lessons (A- G). Each lesson provides
material for one classroom lesson of approximately 45 minutes.
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• The text recycles the main grammar poi nts from lessons 8
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• Lesson F prese nt s a funct io nal dialo gue.
• The lesson always incl udes listeni ng pract ice.
• Ext ra vocabulary is presente d. if necessary.
• Stud ents follow a clear guide w hen t hey prod uce the ir
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• Useful functiona l phrases are taught and practi sed .
• The step- by-step app roach of ' presentat ion, pract ice and
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Students learn and practise usefu l phr ases.
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Language Review/Skills Round-up
• There are ten Get readyforyourexam lesso ns (two afte r
unit s I, 3, 5, 7 and 9) which focu s on exam skill s and
prep aration .
• The lessons incl ude exam tasks for readi ng. speaking and
listen ing.
• Each lesson incl udes activ ities to prepare stude nt s for t he
exam tasks and provid e t hem wit h the language and skill s
they need to do t hem successfu lly.
• These lessons also recycle t he lang uage from th e previous
two uni ts and li nk with the to pics.
• There are five two -page reviews (aft er uni ts 2. 4, 6. 8 and 10) .
• The fi rst lesson of each review is a Language Review of t he
precedin g two unit s.
• There are exercises focusing on vocabulary, gram mar and
fun ctions.
• The marks always total 50, so it is easy to monitor progress
t hrough the book.
• The second lesson of each review is a Skills Round-up
whic h covers all th e precedi ng units of th e book.
• The lesson includes practice of all fou r skills: li sten in g,
read ing. wri t ing and speak ing.
• The mate rial is cent red aro und a Hungar ian boy called
Marton, who i s living and worki ng in Britain.
Introduction
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Tips and ideas
Teaching vocabulary
Vocabulary notebooks
Encourage yourstudents to record new wordsin a notebook.
They can group words according to the topic or by part of
speech. Tell them to write a translation and an example
sentence that shows the word in context.
Vocabulary doesn't just appear on Vocabulary pages, You can
ask stud ents to make a list of all the verbs that appear in a
Grammar section , or to choosefive useful words from a reading
text and learn them .
Learn ing p hrases
We often learnwords in isolation, but a vocabularyitem can
be more than one word, e.g. surf the Internet, have a shower.
Make students aware of this and encourage them to record
phrases as welt as individual words.
Revision
Regularly revise previously learn ed sets of vocabulary. Here are
two games you could try in class:
• Odd one out. Give fourwords, either orally or written on
the board. Student s say which is the odd one out. You can
choose three words from one vocabulary set and one word
from a different set (a relatively easytask) or four words
from the same set, e.g. kind, confident, rude, friend ly, where
rude is the odd one out as it's the only word with negative
connotations.
• Word tennis. This game can be played to revise word sets.
Call out words in the set, and nominate a student to answer.
The student must respond with anotherword in the set.
Continue around the class.
Students must not repeatany previous words . For example,
with clothes :
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sweats hirt
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Teaching grammar
Concept checking
The concept is important. Do not rush from the prese ntation
to th e practice before the students have fUlly absorbed the
meaning of the new language. Yo u can checkthat they truly
understand a new structu re by:
• asking them to translate examples into their own language.
• talking about the practice activities as you do them, asking
students to explain their answers.
• looking beyond incorrectanswers: they may be careless
errors or they may be the result of a misunderstanding.
• contrasting new structures with forms that they already
know in Engli sh and in their own language.
Practi ce
Practice makes perfect. Learning a new structure is not easy,
and students need plentyof practice. Use the extra activities in
the Grammar Builders and on the MultiROM.
Progression
Mechanical practice should come before persona lised practice.
This allows students to masterthe basic form and use first,
witho ut having to think about what they are trying to express at
the same time.
Teaching reading
Predicting content
Before reading the text, ask students to look at the picture and
tell you what they can see or what is happening. Yo u can also
discuss the title and topic with them.
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Int roducti on
Dealing with difficult vocabulary
Here are some ideas:
• Pre-teach vocabulary. Anticipate which words stud ents wilt
have difficulty with . Put them on the board before you read
the text wit h the class and pre-teach them. You can combine
this with a prediction acti vity by putti ng a iist of words on
the board and asking studentsto guess which oneswill not
appear in the text. For example, for the text about kung fu on
page 22 of the Student's Book, list th ese words:
training practise kicking
grandmother dangerous
blonde
fight
Ask students to look at the pictures and tell you which two
words they are not going to find in th e text (grandmother
and blonde) . At the same time, check that they understa nd
the other five words.
• Having read through the text once, tell studentsto write
down three or four words fro m th e text that they don't
understand. Then ask th em to call out th e words. You can
then explain or translate them.
• Rather than immediately explaining difficult vocabulary,
ask stude nts to identify the part of speech of th e word they
don't know. Knowing the part of speech sometimes helps
them to guess the meaning.
• Afterworking on a text, ask students to choose four or five
new words from the text that they would like to learn and to
write these in theirvocabulary notebooks.
Teaching listening
Pre-li st ening
This is an important stage. Li stening to something 'cold' is not
easy, so prepare the students well. Focus on teach ing rather
than on testing. Here are some things you can do:
• Tell the students in broad term s what they are goingto hear
(e.g. a boy and girl makin g arrangements to go out) .
• Predict the content. If there's a picture, ask students to
look at the picture and tell you what they can see or what is
happening.
• Pre-teach vocabulary. Put new vocabulary on the board and
pre-teach it. Translating the words is perfectly acceptable.
• Read throu gh th e exercise carefully and slowly before the
students listen. En sure that the students understand both
the task and all the vocabulary in the exercise. (You can
check th at th ey understand the task by asking a student to
explain it in th eir own language.)
Familiar procedure
It isn't easy to listen, read the exercise and write the answers
all at the same time. Ta ke some press ure off the students
by tellin g them you' ll piay the recording a number of ti mes,
and that they shouldn't worry if they don't get the answers
immediately. Tell students not to write anythi ng the fi rst time
th ey iisten.
Monitor
While the students are listening, stand at the back of th e class
and check that they can all hear.
Teaching writing
Use a model
Ensure that the students understand that the text in Lesson G
serves as a model for their own writing.
Preparation
Encourage your students to brainstorm ideas and make
notes, either alone or in pairs, before they attempt to write a
composition.
Draft
Tell them to prepare a rough draft of th e composition before
they write out the final vers ion.
Checking
En courage them to read thr ough their composition carefuliy
and check it for spelling mistakes and grammatical errors.
Correction
Establish a set of marks that you use to correct students'
written work. For example:
sp
indicates a spelling mistake
w
indicates a missing word
gr
indicates a grammatical erro r
v
indicates a lexical error
wo indicates incorrect word order
Self correction
Con sider indicating but not correcting mistakes, and asking
students to try to correct them.
Teaching speaking
Confide nce buildin g
Be aware that speaking is a chalie nge for most student s. Buil d
their confidence and they will speak more; undermine it and
they wili be silent. This means:
• encourage and praise you r students when they speak.
• do not over-co rrect or interrupt.
• ask other students to be quiet and attentive white a
classmate speaks.
• li sten and react when a student speaks, with phrases iike
'Really?' or 'That's interesting'.
Prep arati on
Aliow students time to prepare their ideas before asking them
to speak. This means they will not have to search for ideas at
the same time as trying to express them.
Sup port
Help students to prepare their ideas: make suggestion s
and provide useful words. Ailow them t o work in pairs, if
appropriate.
Cho ral dri ll i ng
Li sten and repeatactivities, which the class does together,
can help to buil d confide nce because the students feel less
exposed. They are also a good chance to practise word stress
and intonation.
Project w o rk
Provide on-going work for stronger students. You can giveyour
stronger students extended tasks that they do alone in spare
moments. For example, you could give them readers, ask them
to keep a diary in English or work on a project. They can turn
to these whenever they are waiting for the rest of the class to
finish an activity.
Correcting mistakes
How much we correct should depend on th e purpose of the
activity. The key question is: is the activitydesigned to improve
accuracy or fluency?
Accu racy
With controlled grammar and vocabulary activities, where
the emphasis is on the accurate produ ction of a particular
language point, it's best to correct aU mistakes, and to do so
immediately you hear them. You want your students to master
the forms now and not repeat the mistake in later work.
Fluency
With activities such as role-play or freer grammar exerci ses it
may be better not to interrupt and correct every mistake you
hear. The important mistakesto correct in these cases are
those that cause a breakdown in communication. We shouldn't
show interest only in the language; we should also be asking
ourselves, 'How well did the students communicate?'. During
the activity. you can make a note of any serious grammatical
and lexicai errors and put them on the board at the end of the
activity. You can then go through them with the whole class.
Self co rrect ion
Give students a chance to correct themselves beforeyou supply
the correct version.
Modelling
When you correct an individual studentalways ask him or her
to repeat the answer afteryou correctly.
Peer corre ct io n
Yo u can involve the rest of the class in the process of
correction. Ask: Is thatanswer correet?You can do this when
the student has given a correct answer as weU as when the
answer is incorrect.
Teaching mixed ability classes
Teaching mixed ability class es is demanding and can be very
fru strating. Th ere are no easy solutions, but here are some
id eas th at may help .
Prep aratio n
Try to anticipate problem s and prepare in advance. Draw up
a list of the five strongest students in the class and the five
weakest. Think about how they will cope in the next lesson.
Which group is like ly to pose more of a problem - th e stronger
stud ents because they'll fini sh quickly and get bored, or the
slower stude nts because they won't be able to keep up? Think
how you will attempt to deal with thi s. The Teacher's Book
includes ideas and sugge stion s for activities and fillers for
different abil it ies,
Independ en t learn in g
There is the temptation in class to give most of your attention
to the higher-level students as they are more responsive and
they keep the lesson moving. But which of your students can
best work on their own or in pairs? It's often the stronger ones,
so consider spending more time in class with the weaker ones,
and finding things to keep th e fast-fl nlshers occupied whil e th e
others catch up.
Peer sup po rt
If you are doing palrwcrk , consider pairing stronger students
with weakerstudents.
Introduction
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lHIS UNIT INCLUDES
•
•
:
•
YoaIbutary· alphab et • numbers
==,....
> describing people
• time. days. months andseasons
Grammar· be • possessiveadjec:tives • demonstrative pronouns . have got
Speaking· introducingyourself
Writing. a descriptionof a friend or family member
WORK,.OOk pages4-7
Saying hello
LESSON SUMMARy • • • • •
FunctionalEnglish: introducing yourself
Ustenlng: short dialogues
Exercise 6
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page 4
g
1.04
Play the nu mbers fo r st ude nts to list en to. then model the
pronunciation for them to repeat in groups of 3-4 numbers
(e.g. 1, 2,3 - 4 .5 .6, etc.) . With a weaker class . di spl ay the
numberswritten as words on the board. OHP or a poster
and have students practise in pairs.
Vocab ulary: letters and numbers
Speaklng: introducing yourself
Topic: people
Transcript 1.04
"in.ijniill
To do the lesson in 30 minutes, have only a few
pairs actout their dialoguesin exercise 12.
1.2. 3. 4. 5.6. 7. 8. 9.1 0. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.1 6. 17.1 8. 19. 20.
21. 22. 23. 30.40.50
.. Lead-in
Exercise 7
•
4-5 m inutes
If th is is your first lesson w ith this class. ask everyone to tak e
a piece of paper and write down as many Englishwords as
theycan remember in one minute. If some students seem at
page 4
• Again, in a weaker class students may need to see the
numbers in ord er to repeat them. With a stronger class,
see how quickly the y can do it (yo u may wi sh t o rep eat th e
activity a few times, faster each time). You can also decide
that anyone who makes a mistake has to pay a forfeit, for
example, say the name of an En glish song, say the name of
three countries where En glish is spoken, etc.
a loss. po int out that t hey might. for example. know ti tl es of
songs in Engli sh. Share idea s as a class. ask ing each student
to read out a word from their list.They must not repeat a word
that has already been said.
Exercise 1
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Exercise 8
page 4
Draw students' atte nt ion to the photo. Ask the questi on in th e
book and help wit h comprehension if necessary. by sayi ng
•
forexample: How old is he / she?R{teen. sixteen. seventeen.
eighteen? You could writethe numbers on the board as you
page 4
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1.05
Play the recordin g twice . then ask students if t hey need
to listen agai n. Play it again if requ ired. Finally play the
recordingto check, pausing after every name has been
spelled and wr iti ng it on th e bo ard.
speak. Stude nts guess th e ages of the people in the photo.
Exercise 2
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1.01
• After playing th e dialogue ask : So, how old is Ben?How old
is Francesca?You can ask a few students: How old are you?
Exercise 3
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page 4
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1. 0 2
Play t he al phabet for students to listen to. t hen mod el it
forthem to repeat in groups of 2-4 letters. St ude nts repeat
cho rall y and individ ually.
• Point out the easilyconfused G and J. and suggest some
abbreviat ion s w hich th e stud ents may know and whi ch may
be used as mnemon ics: for example. OJ or GPS.
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Exercise 4 page 4
1.03
• Play the record ingtwice, pausing after each name. If
stud ents haven't written all the names, play the recording
as many times as they need. Finally. write the names On the
board. saying each letter aloud as you wri te it .
Transcript 1.03
Russell Crowe
Whitney Houston
Exercise 5
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Catherine Zeta Jones
RogerFederer
page 4
Student s t hink of the name s of up to th ree famou s peopl e.
They can write t hem down if the y wish. (Spelli ng out wit ho ut
seeing the wo rd is ext remely difficult for visual learner s!) As
they spell the names out, circulateand monitor. If someon e
cannot guess a name, their partner has to spell it again,
loudly. clea rly and slow ly. The othe r per son can wri te if It
helps them.
Introduction Unit
1 Name:
Age:
2 Name:
Age:
Name: Dafydd
Age:
15
Nam e: Katharine
Age:
16
Siobhan
15
Abdulla h
17
Transcript 1.05
1
Siobhan Hello. Myname's Siobhan. What'syourname?
Dafydd
Dafydd. Nice to meet you.
Siobhan Nice to meet you too.
Dafydd How do you spell your name, Siobhan?
Siobhan $-I·O-S-H-A- N. How do you spell yourname?
D-A-F-Y-D-D. How ald areyou, Siobhan?
Dafydd
Siobhan I'm 15. Howold areyou?
Dafydd
I'm 15 too.
2
Abdull ah
Hello. My name's Abd ullah. Niceto meet you.
Katharine Hi Abdullah. Nice to meet you too. I'm Katharine. That's
K-A-T-H -A-R-I-N-E. How doyou spell your name?
Abdull ah
A-B-D-U-L·L·A·H.
Kat harine How old are you , Abdullah?
Abdulla h I'm 17. Howald are you?
Katharin e I'm 16.
Exercise 9
page 4
• Stud ents do the task individually and compare answers in
pai rs. Check as a class.
KEY
1 b
2
d
3
a
4
c
Exercise 10
page
4
• Lead-in
2 min utes
• As k a few students the question: How old afe you?This is
revision of the previouslesson, but it will also lead in into this
lesson. Aftera few students have told you their age, name
a few students and say: So, you are 16. And he is 15. She is
also 15. They ore 15. Explain that today's lesson will be on
th e conjugation of th e verb to be.
"1.06
• Work on the pron unciation of the questions. Play each
one several times and ask students to repeat chorally and
individually, paying att enti on to th e follo wing features:
Each question is one tone unit, which means it should
be pronounced 'like one word', without stopping:
'Howo/dareyou?' (it is not necessary to teach students the
term 'tone unit').
In each question there is a stressed word - the one that
carries the key meaning: What's your name?How old are
you? Practise the question intonation .
You may also point out that the sentence stress in How
old Ofe you? changes when the second person asks the
question: Howold are you?I'm 16. Howold are YQ!!. ?
Exercise 1
page 5
• Draw students' attention to the photo. Say something like:
See - this is Ben from lesson A. Students read the text and
answerthe question s. Check answers with the whole class.
KEY
1 T
Exercise 11
page 4
• Students work on their dialogues. In a stronger class
encou rage them to try without writing the dialogues out in
fu ll. Heip t hem practise t he phrases, but don't insist if t hey
find it hard to do everyt hing orall y.
page 4
• Depending on time and on students' patience, have 3- 5
pairs act out their dialogues in front of the class. Choose pairs
who speak fai rly ioudly and clearly. Give feedback : praise
good performances and correcta few mistakes (especially
concerning pronunciation or the language from this lesson).
* : Ask students to say the alphabet around the class. If it
' : proves too easy and nobody makes any mistakes, ask
: them to say the alphabet backwa rds. Whoever makes •
* a mistake (gives the wrong letter or pronounces it
~ Incorrectly) must pay aforfelt. The real activity is doi ng the
'" forfeits,so make sure there"are quite a few. Here are some
• ~ ideas for what students have to do for forfe its :
: 1 Say three Engl ish names used by men/ wom en.
: 2 Say the name of a country in English.
: : 3 * Say the names of tWO cities in Britain .
::4 ' Say two titles of songs in English.
· 5' Say the title of a'fiIm i n Engl ish.
• Lesson outcome
Ask students: What hove we talked about today?
Eli cit: introductions or saying hello or saying how old you are.
Ask stude nt s to repeat the alphabet and count from 1 to 20.
Draw students' attention to the lesson statement: Jean
introduce myself.
F
3
F
Exercise 2
Exercise 12
:OPTIONAL ACTIVITY
2
pag e 5
• Rem ind studen ts that be is the infinitive. Ask them to do
the tasks. When checking, ask for equi valents of the forms
In th e st udents' own langu age. Point out the short answers
and emphasise that they are used a lot.
KEY
1
2
•
' m / am
is
's /
3
4
' re / are
'rn not / am not
5
6
isn't / is not
aren't / are not
LANGUAGE NOTE - USAGE
•••
Contra ctions (short forms) of th e verb to be are present ed
here and used throughout Solutions. Point out to students
that cont racti ons are almost aiways preferred in fluent
speech and i nforma l wri ti ng and that the use of the full
form sounds unnatural.
l
••
Exercise 3 pa ge 5
• Make sure students understand what they have to do:
complete the sentences so that they are true about them.
Help wi t h any language t hat needs expla ining (for exampl e:
bag, yellow, cold, hungry).
• Go over answers with the whole class. Where two different
answers are possible, try to find stud ents with different
answers and ask them both to read their sentences.
KEY
1
2
3
am / am not
are I aren't
are
4
5
6
is / isn't
aren't
is / isn't
7
B
am / am not
is / isn't
Exercise 4
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L ES S O N S UMMARy • • • • •
Grammar: be, possessives, pronouns
Reading:a short personal profile
Speaking: asking and answeringabout personal information
'-iI,.ljuM'"
To do the lesson in 30 minutes, do exercises 2
and 6 as 0 class. Ifyou oreshort of time, you could splitthe
questions in exercise 5, so that each student in a pair answers
half of the questions.
page 5
Explain thirsty and any other unknown vocabulary. In a
stronger class, refer students to the table in exercise 2, and
ask them to look at how questionsare formed . In a weaker
class , talk through the stru cture together, and do the fi rst
one or two questions as a class. Students do the task
individually and compare answers in pairs. Check answers
with the wh ole class.
KEY
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Are you 15 years old ?
Is Ronaldin ho your favou rite footballer?
Is our teacher in the classroom ?
Are we from Hungary?
Is Julia Roberts your favourite actres s?
Are you th irsty?
Are your friends at home?
Introduction Unit
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Exercise 5
page 5
• Do the first two or three questions in open pairs (two
stud ents ask and answer and th e rest of the group listen s)
to make sure they are getting it right. Insist on answers in
the form Yes, I am / No, J'm not + the correct information as
opposed to just yes and no. Students continue in closed
pairs. Circ ulate and monitor.
.. l ead-in 4-5
• If you've got a sister or brother, show the class his/h er
photo and say: This is my sister. Ask st udents around th e
class: Have you got a sister?Have you got a brother? Report
the stude nts' answers to the class. If you haven't got any
siblings, you can start by ta lk ing abou t your dog, cat, bike,
etc. Finally, write on th e board: have got and say th is is t he
topic of the lesson.
Exercise 6
page 5
• Explain what possessive adjectives are. You can ask a few
students Questions like: Is this yourpen?No it isn't?Oh, is
it his? (with gestures to indicate your meaning). Students
look back at the t ext in exerci se 1 and fill In the table
indi vid ually. Check with the whole class.
mi nut es
Exercise 1 page 6 "1.07
• Tell students they are going to hear a conversation between
Ben and Francesca. Focus students' attention on the photo
and ask them to read the task. Play t he recordin g on ce.
Allow a moment for everyone to finish answering and then
check as a class.
KEY
1 my
2 her
3 our
KEY
1 hasn't
2 has
3 haven't
Exercise 7
•
page 5
Demon strate the meaning of demonstrative pronoun s using
objects in the classroom, for example: This is my bag. These
are markers. That's a map of Britain. Those are posters.
• Students read the Learn this! box. Check understandin g by
eliciting some examples from the class. Ask stude nts why
they have used this, that, these, or those - Is the abject
close or further away? Is there one object or more than one?
• Students look at the pictures and write questions. Check
with the who le class.
• Practise the pronunciation of /3/ - show how the sound can
be produced by putti ng t he tip of the tongue against or even
between t he teeth .
Exercise 2 page 6
• Students read the instructions and complete the table. In
a weaker class , go through the dial ogue togethe r first, and
underline the examples as a class.
• To check, either have students write the answers on the
board, or displ ay the completed chart on an OHP.
• Explain that 've and's are short forms of have and has.
Point out that nearly all the form s are the same, just one is
different. Which one? When students answer (he/ she/i t has),
you may choose to tell them that they will later find tha t a lot ,
but not all, of third person singularforms end in - so
KEY
KEY
2
3
4
5
Are those your books?
Are these your trainers?
Is t hat your bike ?
Is th is you r CD?
6 Are these your pencils?
Dialogue: They've got a lovely hou se, Have you got brothers or
sisters? I haven't got a sister, but I've got a broth er. He's got
blue eyes, but he hasn' t got fai r hair. Have the y got children?
Tabl e:
5 hasn't
3 Have
1 has
6 haven't
4 haven't
2 have
.. lesson outcome
Exercise 3
Ask student s: Whathave we talked about today? Try to
elicit: to be; my. your, his, her, this. that or possessives and
demonstrative pronouns, but accept any answer that refers to
the content of the lesson . Briefly revise the conjugation of to
be. Drawstudents' attention to the lesson statement: I can ask
•
and answer questions.
KEY
1
2
3
4
5
page 6
Read the examp le and do th e first two sent ences wit h t he
whole class as a model. With a stron g clas s, you can do t he
exercise orally. With a weaker class, check any unknown
vocabulary fir st and do a few exampl es togeth er.
He's got a bike.
He hasn't got a computer.
He's got a pet.
He hasn't got an MP3 pl ayer.
He's got a skatebo ard.
Exercise 4
LESSON SUMMARy • • • • •
Grammar: havegot
Vocabulary: personal appearan ce
Listening: short dialogue
Speaking: talkingabout what people have got and what people
look like
Writing: a shortdescription of a family member
Topic: people
L,:ul;J"'" To do the lesson in 30 minutes. set exercise 7 and
possibly exercise 3 as homework
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12 /
Introduction Unit
6 He' s got a watch.
7 He's got a mobi le phone .
8 He hasn't got a DVD
player.
page 6
• You maywish to ask students to work with partners they
don't kno w very well (oth erwise they are lik ely to know t he
answers to all the questions the y ask), but thi s needs to be
handled sensitively. Some of the questions are about quite
expensive possessions, and it is important that nobody
should feel embarrassed by having to make statements
abou t th eir material stat us. If you th ink this is likel y to be a
problem, t ell st udents that they don't have to te ll the t ruth ,
they should focus on practis ing t he language.
Exercise 5
•
•
pa g e 6
Ask st ud ents around the clas s for the mean ing of the
adjectiv es in the table. Accept t ranslation s.
The ord er of adjectives before hair need s to be poin te d out.
Put th ese exampl es on the board :
He's got long, black hair. She's got short, curlyhair. He's
got straight, fair hair. Now ask studen ts to put t hese th ree
adjec tives In t he rig ht order befo re the wo rd hair: She' s got
wavy/ dark / lang ha ir. (Answer: She's got long, wavy, dark
hair.)
•
When t he words have been stu d ied and the ir pronunciati on
and orde r pract ised, stude nts can go on to de scribe t he fi rst
photo. Then let stude nts t alk abou t the remain ing one s in
pairs. Circulate and mon itor, help with sentence-buil ding
and pron unciat io n. Finall y, ask a few stu de nts to descri be
the pho to s to t he who le ciass. Give feedb ack: prai se good
sentences. correct errors in target language (has got and t he
appearance wor ds).
Exercise 6
•
page 6
You may wish to specify t he num ber of q uesti on s each pair
shou ld ask, for examp le, on e abo ut each person in t he
room, or one with each word, or a tota l of 10.
•
Infor m t he class of t he lesson top ic. It wouLd be good to
have a calendar with t he names of th e days and month s in
Engli sh on th e wall in your classroom.
Exercise 1
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page 7
"1.08
Ask st udents to open the ir books and look at th e clocks
(yo u may wish to teach clack) . Piay th e recor ding once for
st udent s to li sten, and th en again, pau sing afte r each t ime
for them to repeat.
Exercise 2
•
page 7
"1.09
Make sure everyone und ersta nd s what t hey have to do .
Play the recordin g th rough once, th en again, pausing aft er
each t ime. Ask a st udent to writ e each tim e on the board
in numbe rs: 4.00, 7.4 5, etc. (If you are sho rt of t ime, writ e
them yourseif.)
KEY
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Exercise 7
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•
•
page 6
Remind stud ent s of the language they can use in writ ing t he
desc riptio n:
He is / She is x years old . (Lesson B)
He's got /She 's got... (the featu res li sted in exercise 5).
Tell st udents it is also possibl e to say: Her eyes are blue.
His hair is lang and dark. (Point out t hat hair is not plura l
- in English it is seen as one subs tance, one mass of
somethi ng.)
If the w riting is set as ho mework, you may encourage
students to in clud e a photo w it h the description.
4
5
6
.. Lesson outcome
Ask stude nts : What have we to/ked about today? Elicit : have
got and appearance. Ask everyone to say one word t hey
learned from t he lesson. Draw student s' attent io n to the lesso n
stat eme nt: Ican describe people.
G
Transcript 1.09
four o'clock
quarter to eight
five past ten
half past six
twenty to eleven
quarter past t hree
Exercise 3
•
page 7
"1.10
Allow a moment for students to read the instructio ns, t he
dialogue and t he words in t he box. Make sure everyo ne
unde rstands w hat t hey have to do. Check answ ers by getting
a pair of confident students to read out t he dialog ue.
KEY
LESSON SUMMARy • • • • •
1 Excuse
3 to
VocabuLary: time, days, months, seasons
2 time
4 very
5 welco me
Functional English: asking for and telling the time
Speaking: talking about time, days, months and seasons
LANGUAGE NOTE - SAYING THE TIME
To say a t ime when t he minutes are not a multiple of five,
t he wo rd minutes must be added, e.g, It's twaminutes
past ten not It's twa past ten.
wr,UUjJlj.. 1 To do the lesson in 30 minutes, set exercise 10 as
a writtenexercise forhomework.
.. Lead-in
•
2 minutes
Write the date on the board, fi rst as numbers, th en as
wor ds, e.g.: 15/09/2009 (Wed) - Today is Wednesday, the
fifteen th of September two thousand and nine.
•
•
Read aloud what you hav e written.
Writ e the t ime, fi rst as numbe rs, t hen as words , e.g.:
Exercise 4
•
page 7
First practis e readi ng th e dial ogue from exercise 3 in open
pai rs several t imes (tw o stud ents sitt ing in different places
read, the rest of t he class li stens). Work on intonation. You
10.10 - It is ten past ten.
Introduction Unit
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may play the recording again. When you feel students have
had sufficient pronunciation practice, ask them to talk about
the times in this exercise. Circulate and monitor.
Exercise 5
page 7
• Ask stu dents t o look at the task and read th e instructions.
Ask them to pick out a few words which are days of the week
and a few which are months.
• Students workon the exercise in patrs.Itvou have a
calendar with those words in English. encourage them
to walk up to it and use it as a resource. You may want
to introduce a certain conditio n: they can walk up to the
calendar, but they must not take th eir note books with them.
Inst ead. th ey must remember as much as th ey can and the n
go back to the ir desks and write it down.
Exercise 6
page 7 "1.11
• When everyone has finished exercise 5, play the part of
the recordi ng with th e days of the week. Play it through for
students to check their answers, and then again, pausing
after each item for them to repeat. Point out the silent letters
in Wednesday and practise the pronunciation of Thursday.
• Repeat th e same procedure with the names of the months.
Point out especialiy the pronuncia tion of the Au in August
- not /ao/ but /0:/.
Transcript 1.11
Days
1 Sunday
2 Monday
3 Tuesday
4 Wednesday
5 Thursday
6 Friday
7 Saturday
Months
1 January
2 February
3 March
4 April
5 May
6 lun.
7 July
8 August
9 September
10 October
11 November
12 December
Exercise 7
pag e 7
• Give students a minute or two to look at the pictures. Then
ask them to match the pictures with the seasons.
KEY
1 spri ng
2
summ er
3
autumn
4
winter
Exercise 8
page 7
"1.12
• Play the recording and checkstudents' answers to
exercise 7. Then students repeatthe seas ons chorally and
individually, Pay special attention to the pronunciation of
the Au in autumn - not /ao/ but /0:/, just as in August.
Exercise 9
pag e 7
• Students discuss the months and seasons in pairs. Check
with the whole class.
OPTIONAL ACTIVITY - MONTHS AND SEASONS
You may bri ng four big photos showing the four seasons
(cut out of calendars) and attach them to the board with
magnets. After exercis e 8, ask four students to come and
writ e the names of the seasons on the board under th e
photos. Afte r exercise 9, ask 12 students On turn s - fou r
at a time) to come to the board and wri te th e names of
the months under the names of the seasons. The stud ents
then return to their seats. Discu ss the answers on the
board with the class - are they accurate?
. ". . 141
Introduction Unit
Exercise 10 page 7
• Students may ask and answer the questions with the
classmates theyare sitting with, or you may ask them to
stand up and ask each question of a different person.
.. Lesson outcome
Ask stude nts: Whathave we talked about today? Elicit: time
or days of the week, months and seasons. Ask seven students
to say the days of the week in order, then twelve to say the
months in order. Draw students' attention to the lesson
statement: I con ask the time and talk about the months of the
year.
THIS UNIT INCLUDES
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Family and friends
Exercise 5
LESSON SUMMARy • • • • ~
Vocabulary: family members
Listening: description of a social network
Grammar: possessive 's sin gular and plural
Speaking: talking about family and friends
Topic: family life and relationships
page 8
• Write on the board: my uncle's wife. Ask: Who's my uncle's
wife? hoping to elicit: Your aunt or Aunt.
• Allow a minute for students to study the Learnthis! box.
With a weaker class, write on the board: my dad's car and
my parents' car, po int to the apostro phe in th e different
positions, and say: singular - plural.
• Students compiete the puzzles. Check with the whole class.
..,n,13IMII1
To do the Jesson in 3 0 minutes, set Vocabulary
Builder (part 1) exercise 4 as homework. Limit the number of
questions in exercise 6 to 2- 3 and set exercise 8 as homework
tao (exercise 9 will then provide a method of checking that
piece of homework in the next lesson).
KEY
.. Lead-in
2 minutes
• With books closed, inform the class of the lesson objectives
by saying: Taday's topic is family. Write family an the board.
Ask: Do you know any words for members of the family!
people in the family? If students don't unde rstand, prompt
them: For example. 'mother' or ... 1 Write any words the
students say an the board around the word family.
Exercise 1
pag e 8
• Stud ents fill in the chartindividually or in pairs. If possible,
dictionaries should be available.
• Elicit the fact that the word cousin is the same for boys and
girl s.
KEY
4 moth er (or aunt)
5 niece
6 brother
1 uncle
2 uncle
3 cou sin
.
~
LANGUAGE NOTE - POSSESSIVE'S
• . ff a name ends in s, it is possible to add 's or just an
- apostroph e, e.g. Chartes' sister or Charles's sister. In bot h
cases the pronunciation isl rtJ.
Exercise 6
page 8
• With a weaker class specify: Write 2 or 3 more questions.
• With a strongerclass, you can provide a mod el li ke this:
Who is my father's granddaughter's mother? (answer:
you - for a girt; or yourwife - for a boy; or yoursister, or
yourbrother's wife) or: Who is my son's brother's mother?
(answer: you - for a girl; or your wife - for a boy)
• Yo u may start with the whole class - two or three students
ask a question each, the whole class answers. Afterthat,
students ask and answer in pairs.
A: aunt, cousin, daughter, granddaughter, grandmother,
mother, niece, sister, wife
8: brother, cousin, father, grandfathe r, grandson, husband,
nephew, son, uncle
cousin is in both groups
For more practice of family vocabularyand possessive 's, go to:
Exercise 2
KEY
page 8
"1.13
• Play the recording once, pausing after each item for students
to repeat cho rally and individually. Poin t out that the final -r
in mother, father, sister, etc. is completely silent, at least in
British English. (Students are likelyto have some experience
of American English pronunciation from films, etc.).
• If students' pronunciation needs corre cting, repeat the
words yourself as many times as is necessary, so that they
have a model to imitate.
Exercise 3
pag e 8
"1.14
• Play the words for students to hear. You can aiso model th e
pronunciation yourse lf. Aska few students to repeat.
Vocabula ry 8uilder (part 1): Student's Book page 128
1 1 broth er
2 grandmother
3 niece
4 husband
5 aunt
6 grandson
7 nephew
8 cousins
2-3 Open answers
11 3 That's Jane's skat eboard.
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
John is at his cou sins' house.
Have you got Mark' s MP3 player?
The dog' s ball is under the tree.
What's Maria' s pho ne num ber?
Where are the students' books?
These are Peter's pens.
That's my grand paren ts' house.
KEY
grandmother
Exercise 4
husband
son
uncle
brother
grandso n
page 8
"1.15
• Play the recording once for students to check their answers;
the n play it again and have them repeat the words
individ ually. Pay allention to the pronun ciation of I A!.
Exercise 7
page 8
"1.16
• Draw students attention to Laura's network. The 'ME' in the
middle is Laura; she has classified the people in her life into
threedifferent categories: school, family, free time.
• When students have identified the categories in the picture,
you maywish to ask them: Would yourcategories be the
same or different? Help students to put their ideas into
words. Play the recording.
Unit 1 • My network
~
KEY
voll eyb all te am: Hannah
f rien ds: Pete: Amy's cousin, Jake
music grou p: Moll y
fam ily : Mark and Lucy: Sam
favourite teachers: Mr Baker
Transcript 1.16
Hi! I'm Laura. I've got one brother, and hisname isSam . I haven't
got a sister, but I've got two cousins - Mark and Lucy. Our house
is near the centre of town . I'm a student at Whiteside Secondary
School. It's OK. My favourite teachers are Mr Baker and Miss Blair,
and my best friends areTina, Pete and Amy. Amyhas got a cousin
- Jake. He's really nice! My hobbies arevolleyball and music. I'm in
a volleyball team. Ourtwo best players areJanice and Hannah. I'm
also in a musicgroup with two friends, Bob and Molly.
Exercise 8
page 8
• If the class are artistic, you may wish to provide them with
large size paper, allow more time and possibl y disp lay the
results on the walls. If time's short, this exercise can be
don e at home.
Materials: One copy ofthe worksheet per pair of students
(Teacher' s Book page 123)
• If necessary, brie fly revise fami ly vocabu lary by draw ing a
family tree on the board and elicitingthe words to describe
the relat ionsh ip between th e family members.
• Divide students into pairs and hand out t he wo rksheets. Ask
them to sit so that they can 't see their partner's worksheet.
Students fill in the missing names and ages in the family
tree byasking and answering questions in pairs .
• Demonst rate the activity by taki ng the part of Student B
and aski ng e.g. Who's Tony's father? Stude nt A: He's Peter.
Student B: Howald is he? Student A: He's 74.
• Tell studen ts to ask all their questions in relation to Tony.
When t hey have fin ished they can look at t heir partne r's
worksheet to check their answers.
• Next ask students to draw theirown family tree and then talk
their partner through it givingextra information, forexample,
Adam's my brather. He's 19. He studies at university.
Exercise 9
page 8
• Provide a model first. Put 3-4 names of real people from
your own network on the board and encourage students to
ask: Who's ...? Write the names your family and friends use
normally, to show st udents th at there's no need for artificial
English names just because you're speaking English.
• Whenever students do an activity in whichthey scribble a
few words which are only important to this one exercise,
try to provide scrap paper, and train them not to put such
irrelevant notes in their notebooks. The notebook should be
a resource and contain inform ation of lasting value.
For wor k on pl ural forms of nouns, go to:
Vocabulary 8uilder (part 2): Studen t's Book page 128
LESSO N SUMMAR Y
Grammar: present simple: affirm ative
Speaking: making statements about you rself and your family
"iUIliU....
To do the lesson in 30 minutes. read the text
in exercise 1 aloud with students following it in their books,
do exercise 4 as a class, and set the Grammar Builder as
homework.
.. Lead-in
KEY
5 1 noses
6 stories
2 watches 3 boxes
7 leaves
6 foot - feet
to ot h - teeth
4 videos 5 tomatoes
child - children
person - people
man - men
woman - wome n
7 2 Th ese potatoes and tomatoes aredelicious. potato, tomato
3 Where are those men and women from? man, woman
4 She's got bi g eyes, and beautiful, white teeth . eye, tooth
5 Th e c h il d r~.!l's dictionaries are in the classroom. child,
dictionary
6 Have you got nephews and n i e c ~ ? nephew, niece
7 The glasses are on the ,,-helves in the kitchen . glass, shelf
B 1 babie s
2 feet
3 watches
4 keys
5 sandwic hes
6 knives
2-3 minutes
• Write on the board: present, past, future . Ask if students
knowwhat thesewords mean. (Accept answers in the
stude nts' own language.)
• Write the sentence I live in (insertthe name of your town!
city / village) . Ask: Is this present, past or future? After
eliciting present, erase past and future from the board, so
that what's left is: present - I liv e in (town) . Add t he word
simple after present and say: Today, we're going to learn a
tense called the present simple.
Exercise 1
page 9
• Draw students' attention to the picture of Th e Simpsons.
Elic it some names of his family members.
7 child ren
KEY
His dad's name is Homer. His mum's name is Marge. He's got
two siste rs called Lisa and Maggie.
.. Lesson outcome
Ask students : What have we talked about today? Elicit: family .
Ask: Can you give me some words forfamilymembers? Praise
the students who come up with the more sophisticated ones,
such as cousin, niece, grandfather, etc. Draw attention to the
iesson state ment : I can talk abo ut people I meet regu lar ly.
Notes forPhotocopiable activity 1.1
Who'swho?
Pairwork
l anguage: possessive '5 , family vocabulary, num bers
1
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Unit 1 • My network
Exercise 2
page 9
• Asstudents read, monitor to see whether they're copingwell
with the text. Does everyone understand lazy, classmates,
power station, and studies hard? If some students do not
know these words, maybe oth ers do and can explain /
t ransla te them . Wit h a weaker class , be prepared to explain
the vocabu lary yourself (e.g, Ifyou don 't like work, you 're
lazy. Daniel, Marta, Eva and so on are yourclassmates
- people in the same class). With a stronger class , ask
students to usetheir dictionaries.
Exercise 3
page 9
• Draw students' attention to the table. Yo u may wish to
mention that Engli sh verbs are quite easy in one way, as
many forms are the same: / work, you work, we work. Ask
stud ents to lookfor the third person singular in the text and
see whether it is the same too.
• After checking this part of th e exercise, read th e box that
outlines the use of the presen t simple. Quote sentences
fro m the text as exam ples: Eleven million Americans watch
it every week. (something that happens regulariy); The
Simpsons live in Springfield (something that is always true).
KEY
works
Exercise 4
page 9
• Students work individually. Fast finisherswrite one more
sentence said by a member of the Simpson famil y. They can
rea d their sentences aloud and the whole class guesses the
pers on who says the sentence. Check answers as a class.
KEY
1 work - Homer
2 go - Lisa
3 studies - Ba rt
4 stays - Homer
5 li ke - Bart
6 live - Marge
For further practice of the present simple (affirmative), go to:
Grammar Builder 1 B: Student's Book page 108
KEY
lsi or IzI: doe s, dri ves, hates, list ens, looks, loves, speaks,
stays, tell s
/rzJ dances, teaches. was hes
Exercise 7
page 9
• Point out to students that some of the forms used will be
th e third person singular, e.g. (elicit:) lives, and others wil t
be ot her form s, e.g. (eli cit :) we gao
• As students do the exercise, monitor and make sure they
understand next door and get up. Be prepared to explain.
• Ask two students In turn to read th e text aloud. Help with
pronunciation, especially of the present simple third person
form s: lives, goes, etc.
KEY
1 lives
2 go
3 walk
4 goes
5 gets up
6 finish
7 listen
9 hates
10 thinks
11 loves
8 like
Exercise 8 pag e 9
• Model the activity. Have one true and one false sentence
about yourself or a memb er of your famil y prepared. Read
your sentences to the whole class and ask: Isthis true?
Students then work on their own sentences.
• Fast finishers write more sentences.
Exercise 9
page 9
• Students talk in pairs. Circulate and monitor.
KEY
1 2 watch es
3 goes
4 flie s
5 does
6 likes
7 finishes
8 plays
2 1 watches
2 does
3 finishes
4 goes
5 stud ies
6 plays
7 likes
8 flies
3 2
3
4
5
6
7
.. Lesson outcome
Ask students (in thei r own language if necessary): What
tense have we looked at today? to elicit: The present simple
tense. Con duct a brief drill, using verbs from the lesson. Draw
students' attention to the lesson statement: / can talk about my
family and friends.
My brother loves pizza .
We go to school by bike.
My classmates like me.
His gran dmother speaks French.
My cou sins and I play footbail.
My friend 's aunt lives in NewYo rk.
4 1 reads
2 speak
3 live
4 work
5 drive
6 teaches
The Royal Family
7 cooks
8 get up
Exercise 5
page 9
"1.17
• Students repeat the third person forms ind ividually. Make
su re they differentiate between lsi in e.g. likes and IzJ in e.g.
plays. Explain that the syllable IIzI is added aft er Is/,/zI,/II,
Itl l after which lsi wouid be diffi cult to either pronoun ce or
hear.
Exercise 6
page 9
"1.18
• Play the recording 2-3 times, depending on students'
respon se.
• The table requi res them to differentiate between just two
categories: /s/ or /z/ and /lz/. However, when they have
listened, you may want to ask them to repeat the verb
forms. Insist on correct pron unciation of the final consonant
/s/ and / z/ or the flnal syllab le /IZ/.
LESSON SU M M A RY
Readi ng: a text about Queen Elizabeth II
listening: interviews
Speaking: talkingabout the British Royal Family
Topic: culture
""n"ill... 1 To do the lesson in 30 minutes, ask students to
read the text forthe {irst time and do exercise 2 at home.
.. Lead-in
2 min ut es
• Before students open their books, ask them if they know
any names of Briti sh kings or queens from history. Then ask
for names of contemporary members of the Royal Family and
anything students know about them .
Exercise 1
page 10
• Students loo k at th e photo s and do th e task. If they find it
interesting, you can ask them to draw a family tree of the
three generations of the Royal Family shown in the pictures.
Unit 1 •
My network
po
KEY
Exercise 4
1 Elizabeth
2 Philip
3 Charles
4 Camilla
5 Diana
6 Willi am
7 Harry
•
CULTURE NOTE - THE ROYAL FAMILY
Camilla Parker·Bowles had a relationship with Prince
Charles for many years before marrying him in April 2005 .
The maj ority of th e British public supported the marriage,
despit e Princess Diana's great pop ularity.
J
Diana, Prin cess of Wales, was t he first w ife of Prince
Charles. She was t he mo st po pular member of th e roya l
family and was often referred to as Di. She died in a car
accide nt in Paris while trying to escape photographers.
•
pri nce Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, is th e Queen' s hus band.
He is well·kn own in Brita in for maki ng jokes during pub lic
visits that can some times cause offence.
Prince WllUam is t he first child of Charles and Diana. He
is th e second in line to the British throne. He stud ied Art
~ Histo ry at univers ity and t hen changed to Geography. He
joined hi s younger brothe r in the army in 2006 .
Exercise 2
go over them wit h the w hole class. If there are any w rong
answers, discusswhy, for example, Why is 0 The Queen's
job' and not 'The Queen 's travels'? - Because only one
sentence is about travels, and the whole paragraph is about
various types of work.
KEY
A Introduction
B The Queen's home
C The Queen's family
D The Queen's job
E The Queen's free time
Exercise 3
page 10
• Stud ents read the text more carefully now and answer the
questions. Do the firstone as a class. The word charity may
need explaining.
KEY
1
T
2
3
4
5
T
F Prince Phil ip i s the Queen's hu sband .
F Camil la is Charles' s w ife.
F The Queen meet s t he Prime Mi nister every week I
Tuesday.
F She goes to the horse races in May and June.
~
Unit 1 • My network
3 castl e, palace
4 cent ury
5 monarch
6 discuss
Exercise 5
•
page 10
"1.1 9
Before pl aying t he recording, check unders tand ing of the
statements and the task. With a weaker class, read the
opinions with the whole class. Expensive and modern may
need explaining.
Play the recording through once. Then play Speake r I only
and ask how man y of the opinions listed in the task she
expresses. If more than a few students are not sure, play
Speaker I agai n. Ask a studen t whic h op inions the old lad y
expressed. Follow t he same pro cedure for Speakers 2 and 3.
KEY
They're a bit boring . 3
They're very expensive. 1
I like read ing about them . 2
They wo rk hard. 3
They aren 't modern. 1
Th ey have interesting lives. 2
Transcript 1.19
page 10
• This may be the first time some of the students have seen
a task of this type, so explain it to them, pointing out
especiallythat there is one extra heading, which does not fit
anywhere. Allow students to compare answers in pairs, then
""""
KEY
1 at the moment
2 prince
is in t he Briti sh army.
6
like: Can you give me the name of a famous monarch? Do
you remember which century he/ she lived in?
Prince Charles, t he Princ e of Wales, is the fi rst son
of Queen Eti zabeth II. He is expected to becom ethe
next Briti sh ki ng. He is we ll known for his interest in
architecture and his concern for the envir o nment.
Prince Harryis the youngerson ofCharles and Diana. He
I
pag e 10
Students go t hrough the t ext again. Let t hem compare
answers in pairs, then checkwith the whole class.When
checking, pay attention to the pronunciation of century
(weak vowel) and monarch (li na l zk/) . You can rein force t he
words by asking questions about the students' own country
t Int.
Do you think the royal fam ily is important?
Woman Important? No! They'revery expensive.
Int.
Really?
Woman Yes. We spend miiiions of poun ds on them. And they
aren't mod ern . Th ey're old-fashioned! I want a republi c!
What doyou thinkof the royal family?
2 Int.
l love them. I like reading about them in newspapers
Man
and magazines.
Soyou thinkthey're important?
Int.
Oh, yes, very important. They have really interesting
Man
lives.
Wh at do youthinkof the royal family?
3 Int.
Man
Th ey're OK, I suppose.
So you don't really like them.
Int.
Well, I don't mind them . They're a bit boring, but they
Man
work hard .
Exercise 6
pa ge 10
• If a student says a sentence that's true but incorre ct,
help them correct it. If a student says a sentence that's
correct but false, ask the class: Is that true? and let them
try to correct it. If a student says a sentence which is not
a st atement of fact, but an opi nio n (such as, They have
interesting fives.) accept it, but point out that it is opinion .
.. Lesson outcome
Ask st udents: What have we talked about today? Elici t: the
Royal Family or the Queen or kings and queens. Draw students'
attention to the lesson statem ent: Ican understand information
and opinions on the Royal Family.
5 My parents don' t work in an offic e.
6 You don't like computer games.
7 Tom and I don't w alk t o school.
a Kat harine doe sn't get up at five o'clock.
For further practice of the present simple, go to:
LESSON SUMMARY
Gra m mar Bu ilder 1D : Stud ent' s Boo k page 10 8
Grammar: present simple negative
listening: listening for specific information (true/ false)
Speaking: speaking about your habits
...,UlhUi ... To do the lesson in 30 minutes, don't ask students
to write all 12 sentences in exercise 5 (2-3 affirmative and
2-3 negative should be enough.) Set the Grammar Builder for
KEY
5 1
2
3
4
6
2
3
homework.
.. lead-in
7 2
3
2 minutes
• Reca ll someth ing one of the students said about themselves
in exercise 10 in lesson lB . Start this lesson by saying
so met hing cont rary to w hat he/s he said , e.g. if Paui said:
Iget up at seven , say: Paul, you get up at five. is that true?
When the student replies no, write on the board and say: I
don't get up ot five o'clock. Tell st udents that toda y th ey'r e
going to st udy t he negati ve form of the present simple
tense.
Exercise 1
•
1
page 11
Draw students' attention to the photos. Stude nts read and
match the names to t he photos. Explain othletic: someo ne
who is fit and good at spo rts, but not necessarily massively
muscular. Check answers .
4
5
doesn't
5 do n't
a don't
don't
6 doesn't
9 doesn't
doesn't
7 don't
10 don't
don't
don't kno w
4 stay
7 doesn't work
walk
5 hates
a doesn't listen
doesn't like
6 love
He doe sn't walk to school. He goes to school by bike .
She doesn't listen to music in her bedroom. She watches
1V in her bed room.
He doesn' t get up early on Sunda ys. He stay s in bed on
Sunda ys.
She tea ches maths. She doe sn't t each English .
Exercise 4
•
page 11
"1.20
Point to t he photos. Say: This is Mark. This is Sally. They're
students. Draw students' attention to the table. Expla in that
you are goi ng to play th e recording str aight through once ,
then play it again stopping to check the answers.
KEY
Mark:
Sally:
1
1
F
F
2
2
T
F
3 F
3 T
4
F
4 T
5 T
5 F
6
6
T
T
KEY
1 Ben
2 Josh
Transcript
Mark
Exercise 2
•
page 11
Find t he fi rst examp le wit h t he whole class. Afte r that
studen ts continue on their own. Circulate and lookover their
shouldersto see if they're getting it right. With a weaker
class , you may want to copy the table onto a transparency or
write it on the board for students to see and check.
• Point out or elicit that the only different form is the third
person singular with - es, which is the same as the -s in
affirmative sentences.
KEY
1 don't
Sally
1.20
My name's Mark. I come from Lon don, but I live in
Liverpool. I'm a student. I study French at Liverpool
University. My hobbiesare basketball and playingthe
guitar. I play in a band at university. I stu dy hard during
the week. Atthe weekends I work in a restaurant.
Hi, I' m Sally. I'm a student at Cardiff University, but I'm
notfrom Cardiff. My family co mes from London. I study
medicine. I want to be a doctor. Whatare my hobbies?
Well, I love shopping. I go shopping every Saturday
morning. I also like sport - I play tenn is. I sometimes work
in a shop on Saturdays.
Exercise 5
2
doesn't
3
Exercise 3
do n't
4
do n't
page 11
• Do the first three sen tences as a class. Students do the rest
indi vid uall y.
• Checkas a class. Pay attention to the pronunciation of these
words: science- there is no /tJ/; ice hockey - th e fi nal
so und is / i/ not / er/; computer - t he st ress on th e second
syllable. Computer games is a tone unit, stressed on the first
word .
KEY
1 I don't live in England.
2 We don't come from Lon don.
3 Sara h doesn't study science.
4 Mic k does n' t play ice hockey.
page 11
• Read the examples and do one or two sentences with the
whole class. After that students can continue individually.
• Fast finishers can also write sentences containingcorrected
information, Markdoesn't study maths. He studies French.
• With a stronger classyou may not require all students to
write al110 senten ces. Half of the class could do Mark
and th e othe r half Sally, oryou can ju st do 2-3 affirmati ve
sentences and the same number of negative ones.
KEY
He doesn 't study math s.
He doesn't enjoy playing the piano
He plays ba sketba ll.
He works in a restaurant.
Sally doe sn't come fr om Cardi ff.
She doesn't live in London.
She studies medicine.
She enjoys shopp ing.
She doesn 't play volleyball.
She works in a shop.
Unit 1 • My network
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