Cambridge week 10

Necessities for class

•  chromebook (charged!)
•  student book 
•  notebook 
•  pen!

Today's class focus

• Look into the articles

Chapter 3: Happy holidays?

• Listening part 3
• Grammar: past simple, past continuous and used to
• Reading and Use of English part 3

Check the article

Read the article and complete the following tasks:

• Complete the checklist
• Mark words and expressions from the ‘key language box’ on page 207
• Compare the article to the 'modal answer'
• Return the article and the completed checklist to the writer

chapter 3: Happy holidays?

Starting off: student book page 30

2. Choose one or two of the photos. Discuss the different types of activities you could do on this type of holiday and say what the advantages and disadvantages of this type of holiday are.

Listening part 3

• You listen to five different speakers talking about the same topic.
• You match each speaker with one of eight sentences A-H. There are three extra sentences you don't need.
• You hear the recording twice.

Page 31 exercise 1

You will hear five short extracts in which teenagers are talking about their best holiday ever. Before you listen, underline the main idea in each statement A-H.

Answers

A. wanted, home country, more like this

B. surprised, liked the food

C. didn't want, change, holiday plans

D. first holiday, without parents

E. didn't know, where, place was, before, went there

F. had been, this place, before

G. had no idea, this place, would be like

H. prefer, holidays, parents

How many did you get correct?

1. 9
2. 8
3. 7
4. less than 7

Exercise 2 page 31

Now listen and choose from the list (A-H) in exercise 1 what each speaker says about their holiday. Use the letters only once. There are three extra letters which you don't need to use.

Best holiday ever

Answers

Speaker 1 (Nick) E

Speaker 2 (Emma) G

Speaker 3 (Robin) B

Speaker 4 (Liz) A

Speaker 5 (Pete) D

Explanation

Not C, because Emma's sudden change of climate was not a                      change of plans as the layover in Toronto was part of the                original plan.

Not F, because Robin had only seen New York on tv, he had                        never been there before.

Not H, because Pete says he usually goes on holiday with his                      parents, but he doesn't prefer this.

Grammar

past simple, past continuous and used to

When do you use them?

Past simple

We use the past simple to describe:

• Actions or events in the past                                                            
• Actions or events which happened one after another 
• Things which happened over a long period in the past

Past continuous

We use the past continuous to describe:

• An activity which started before and continued until an event in the past

Used to

We use used to  to describe:

• Situations in the past which are no longer true
• Repeated activities or habits in the past which no longer happen

When they __ home, they found a wallet with a huge amount of money in it!

1. used to walk
2. walked
3. were walking

When I was at primary school, I __ about one hour's homework a day

1. was doing
2. did
3. used to do

When I was younger, we __ our holidays in my grantpartents' village.

1. spent
2. used to spend
3. were spending

My mum __ lots of exotic places when she __ a tour guide

1. used to visit, was
2. used to visit, was being
3. was visititing, used to be
4. was visiting, was

www.bbc.co.uk

Today's topics?

What was the happy news about?

Reading and Use of English Part 3

• In Reading and Use of English Part 3, you read a text of 150-160 words with eight gaps and one example.
• In each gap, you write the correct form of the word given in CAPITALS at the end of the line.
• In the test, the words will be a mix of nouns, adjectives, adverbs and verbs. Some of them might need a prefix, e.g. un-.

-al, -able/ible, -ful, -ous, -y, -ly, -ing, -ed

These are all word endings typical of adjectives

Examples: 

- medical                mysterious          thrilling

- reliable                 risky                        delighted

- succesful            lovely

Your turn: Do you know more adjectives ending in any of the above suffixes?

-al, -able/ible, -ful, -ous, -y, -ly, -ing, -ed

Exercise 1 page 33

1. Form adjectives from these nouns and verbs by adding a suffix

Answers

2. adventurous            7. crowded

3. friendly                      8. thrilled/thrilling

4. memorable              9. doubtful

5. mysterious              10. succesful

6. risky                            11. remarkable

                                           12. accessible

How many did you get correct?

Exercise 3 page 33

3. Read the text on the right. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gaf in the same line. 

Answers

1. inexpensive                      5. delighted 

2. luxurious                           6. identity

3. comfortable                     7. enthusiastic

4. considerably                   8. marvellous

How many did you get correct?

1. 8
2. 7
3. 6
4. less than 6

Next week

Chapter 3: Happy holidays

• Grammar: at, in and on  in time phrases
• Reading and Use of English part 7
• Grammar: past perfect simple and continuous

Homework

past simple, past continuous and used to

• exercise 1, 2 (grammar reference, page 165, 166)

Vocabulary: travel, journey, trip and away

• exercise 1,2,3 (page 32)