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Developing Oral Skills p.I68 Listening p.I68
1. Key: a box of chocolates John;
flowers Sheila; CD of rock music Eddy;
teddy bear Sandra; kite Mary;
video game Mike.
Tape-script
Boy It’s John’s birthday tomorrow.
Girl Really? Does he like chocolates?
Boy Yes. Why? Girl
Because I want to give him a box of chocolates as a present.
Girl It’s Sheila’s birthday tomorrow.
Boy Does she like flowers?
Girl Yes. Why?
Boy Because I want to give her some flowers as a present.
Girl It’s Eddy’s birthday tomorrow.
Boy Does he like music?
Girl Oh, yes. Why?
Boy Because I want to give him a CD as a present.
Boy It’s Sandra’s birthday tomorrow.
Girl Really? Does she like teddy bears?
Boy Yes, why?
Girl Because I want to give her a teddy bear as a present.
Girl It’s Mary’s birthday today.
Boy Really? Does she like kites?
Girl Yes. Why?
Boy Because I want to give her a kite as a present.
Girl It’s Mike’s birthday today.
Boy Really? Does he like video game?
Girl Yes. Why?
Boy Because I want to give him a video game as a present.
Listeningspeaking p.I68 2. The teacher can ask one or two students to answer the recorded questions. Then, the class
can work in pairs and check whether each student remembers what present each of the six characters gets.
Tape-script and key:
Mrs King What’s John’s birthday present?
You A box of chocolates.
Mrs King And what about Sheila? What’s her present?
You Some flowers.
Mrs King What’s Eddy’s birthday present?
You A CD.
Mrs King And what about Sandra? What’s her present?
You A teddy bear.
Mrs King What’s Mary’s birthday present?
You A kite.
Mrs King And what’s Mike’s birthday present?
You A video game.
Unit Self-Test p.I69 Key: Example questions:
My birthday is in June. My mother’s birthday is in January.
When is your birthday? What day is it today?
It’s Tuesday. It’s my brother’s birthday today.
Does he like video game? Yes. Why?
I want to give him a video game as a present. I don’t live in London.
Susan and John don’t live in Chelsea.
Culture File p.I70
Ask students to read A British Family on their own and complete the table. Tell students that it will not be possible to fill in all the columns in the table. In fact, only partial information is
given for each person mentioned in the passage.
Key:
Name Brad
Diana Barbara
Simon Age
6 8
Nationality Scottish
English
Address 22, Station Road, London
Job computer programmer
shop assistant
Place of Work Software Company in London
Harrods, London
Means of Transport Underground
Build up your Portfolio p.I71 1. How to prepare the activity
Ask students to write the questions required in activity A.
Key:
1. What time do you get up? 2. What do you have for breakfast?
3. How do you go to school? 4. What time do you do homework?
5. What do you do after dinner? 6. What time do you go to bed?
Check that students write their questions correctly. Then tell them to move around the classroom and ask the questions above to their classmates. They should also write down their
classmate’s answers. Ask a student to write a table on the blackboard which will collect all the information
concerning the students’ routines. Here is an example. Of course, you can add as many items as you like according to the students’ answers. In place of the dots, write how many students
usually get up at 7, how many have milk and coffee at breakfast, etc.
Time they get up Breakfast
Transport 7.00
Milk and coffee Bus
7.15 Biscuits
Car 7.30
Cereal Walk
etc. etc.
etc.
Homework After dinner
Go to bed 4 pm.
Watch TV 9.30 pm
4.30 pm Play
10 pm 5.00 pm
Go out 10.30 pm
etc. etc.
etc.
Then ask students to prepare a poster with the result of their research. At home they should illustrate the poster with photos or drawings.
In one of the next lessons, dedicate the whole time to checking what students have prepared. Make your own comments and listen to the comments of the class. Each students will make a
note of the suggestions and correct their work accordingly. Finally students can decide whether to put their work in their portfolios.
2. Skills on which the activity is based