Units 1 & 2 Teacher’s Notes

ACTIVITY 1: Read my mind

ACTIVITY TYPE PROCEDURE

Group work 1 Divide the class into groups of three or four
and give three or four slips of paper to each
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group member.
First and second conditionals
2 Ask them to complete the statements secretly.
SKILLS 3 When they have finished, one student reads
Writing, speaking and listening out the first part of their sentences and the
others have to guess how they finished them.
TIME
4 If someone guesses the sentence correctly, they
15–20 minutes
get the slip of paper.
AIM 5 The winner is the person with the most slips of
To guess how other students have finished their paper at the end of the game.
sentences.
PREPARATION
Before the class, photocopy one set of statements
for each group and cut them up.

ACTIVITY 2: General knowledge quiz

ACTIVITY TYPE PROCEDURE

Pair work 1 Divide the class into pairs (if there are an odd
number of students, have one group of three
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with two student As).
Passives
2 Nominate one student in each pair to be
Relative clauses student A and one to be student B.
Indirect questions 3 Give the students their cards and tell them not
to let their partners see them.
SKILLS
4 Ask the students to look at their quiz questions
Speaking and listening
and to decide if they are true or false.
TIME 5 When they have finished, tell the students to
20 minutes ask their partners questions about their quiz
questions to find out if they are true or false.
AIM
Tell them they should use polite questions to
To decide whether statements are true or false
do this, for example Can you tell me if
and ask your partner to find out if you are correct.
Shakespeare . . .?
PREPARATION 6 The students tell their partners the correct
Photocopy one pair of cards for each pair in the answers.
class and cut them up. 7 The winner is the student with the most
correct answers.

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ACTIVITY 1: Read my mind
If I could have dinner with any movie star . . .
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If I could travel anywhere . . .
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If I ruled the world . . .
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If I had $1,000,000 . . .
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If I could be anyone . . .
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If I could play any musical instrument . . .
ACTIVITY 2: General knowledge quiz
Student A True or False?
1 Romeo and Juliet was written by an Italian.
2 The Empire State Building was built in 1931.
3 Bill Gates was the man who started Microsoft.
4 Tom Cruise is the actor who stars in The
Matrix series.
5 Bill Clinton was the only president of the
U.S.A. who could play the saxophone.
Student B’s answers
1 The Mona Lisa was painted by Van Gogh.
False (The Mona Lisa was painted by
Leonardo da Vinci.)
2 Coldplay are a British pop group who are
popular in America. True
3 The Eiffel Tower in Paris, France was built in
1889. True
4 George W. Bush has an uncle who was also
president of the U.S.A. False (It was his father
who was president.)
5 Coffee is grown in the U.K. False
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Units 1 & 2 Communicative Activities
If I could buy any car . . .
If I could speak another language apart from
English, it . . .
If I could travel to another planet . . .
If I could meet a famous pop star . . .
If I were the president of the U.S.A. . . .
If I could have any job . . .
Student B True or False?
1 The Mona Lisa was painted by Van Gogh.
2 Coldplay are a British pop group who are
popular in America.
3 The Eiffel Tower in Paris, France was built
in 1889.
4 George W. Bush has an uncle who was also
president of the U.S.A.
5 Coffee is grown in the U.K.
Student A’s answers
1 Romeo and Juliet was written by an Italian.
False (It was written by William Shakespeare,
who was English.)
2 The Empire State Building was built in 1931.
True
3 Bill Gates was the man who started Microsoft.
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True
4 Tom Cruise is the actor who stars in The
Matrix series. False (Keanu Reeves is the actor
who starred in those movies.)
5 Bill Clinton was the only president of the
U.S.A. who could play the saxophone. True
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