B1

Empower
 What can you see?
• Look at the picture and answer the questions
• 1. What do you think the relationship is?
• 2. Where do you think they are? Why are they together?
• 3. What are they laughing about?
 Discuss
• Who do you like to spend break times with?
• What do you talk about?
• What do you show other people on your phone?
 Listening

• What do the people talk about?

• Which speakers are not enjoying their conversations?
 Common Adjectives
• 1. perfect
• 2. delicious
• 3. alright, boring
• 4. awful
• 5. strange
 Which adjectives are positive?

• Perfect, delicious
 Which are negative?
• Awful, boring
 Which adjective means OK?
• alright
 Answers Vocabulary Focus
• 1. silly; boring 7. amazing; ugly
• 2. rude; serious
• 3. awful;horrible
• 4. awful: horrible
• 5. lovely; perfect
• 6. strange; alright
 Exercise b
• 1. alright
• 2. strange
• 3. ugly
• 4. rude
• 5. delicious
• 6. silly
• 7. serious
• 8. boring
 Exercise c
• Very nice/good: gorgeous, lovely, amazing, perfect,
• very bad, horrible, awful
 Exercise d
• Delicious 3 boring 2
• Ugly 2 strange 1
• Serious 3 gorgeous 2
• Rude 1 horrible 3
• Alright 2 awful 2
• Silly 2 perfect 2
 Reading
• Talk to your partner:
• 1. Where do you usually meet new people?
• 2. Do you usually start the conversation or wait for others to speak?
• 3. What’s the first question you usually ask someone?
 Read the first paragraph of Small Talk
• Who is the article for?
• What problem does it help with?
 Read the first paragraph of Small Talk
• Who is the article for? People who dont know what to say when meeting
new people.
• What problem does it help with? It offers advice on some good questions to
start a conversation.
 Complete the gaps with the questions.
• How do you know Ana?
• How much do you earn?
• Do you live near here?
• How much rent do you pay?
• What do you do?
• How’s the food?
• Do you play any sports?
• Where did you buy them?
 Complete the gaps with the questions.
• How do you know Ana? 1
• How much do you earn? 7
• Do you live near here? 5
• How much rent do you pay? 8
• What do you do? 6
• How’s the food? 2
• Do you play any sports? 4
• Where did you buy them? 3
 Discuss
• Do you agree with the article? Why/why not?
 Grammar
• Question words
• In be questions, which Word is first, be or the subject?
• In questions with other main verbs, what kind of word goes before the
subject?
 Grammar
• Question words
• In be questions, which word is first, be or the subject? Be
• In questions with other main verbs, what kind of word goes before the
subject? An auxilary verb.
 Grammar focus: Answers
• 1. live
• 2. are
• 3. see
• 4. know
• 5. do
• 6. like
• 7. ‘s
• 8. sit
 Exercise b
• 1,3,4,5,6,8
 Exercise c
• 1. What kind of books do you usually read?
• 2. Did you watch the Olympics on TV?
• 3. What was the food like in India?
• 4. Do you go to the gym?
• 5. How much does she earn?
• 6. Is it cold today?
• 7. Where do they go on holiday?
• 8. Am I late?
 Exercise d
• Why do you want to go home?
• Who did you meet at the party?
• How much was your car?
• Which film did you see?
• Whose key is this?
• How many people did you invite?
• What was the film like?
• What kind of music do you like?
 Pronunciation
• Where did you meet?
• Are you married?
• Who do you know at this party?
• Why were you late?
• Do you like the music?
• Is she your sister?
 Pronunciation
• Where did you meet?
• Are you married?
• Who do you know at this party?
• Why were you late?
• Do you like the music?
• Is she your sister?
 Speaking
• Write down six questions that you would like to ask other people.
 Speaking
• Ask someone your questions and write down their answers.
• Tell the class about the person you interviewed.
 1B
• I’m really into Facebook
 Reading and Listening
• How do you communicate?
• Do you…
• Send birthday cards to friends
• Write a blog
• Send postcards from abroad
• Write letters by hand
• Make or cancel plans by text or instant message
 Read the introduction to the article
• What do you think are the missing words from the green sentences?
 Read the article and check your answers
• Answer these questions
• Why does Julie think her friend will cancel?
• What does Facebook help Gin remember?
• Why is Marc writing a blog?
• Why does Claudio prefer sending instant messages?
 Read the article and check your answers
• Answer these questions
• Why does Julie think her friend will cancel? Because she generally does
• What does Facebook help Gin remember? birthdays and big news
• Why is Marc writing a blog? So his friends and family know his news
• Why does Claudio prefer sending instant messages? Because it’s better than
shouting and crying.
 Vocabulary
• Abroad
• Blog
• Cancel
• Comment
• Instant message
• Realise
• Separate, independent of each other
 Listening
• Match the speakers with the topics they talk about.
• Tara
• Magda
• Chris
• Mike
 Listening
• Match the speakers with the topics they talk about.
• Tara : relationships and text messages
• Magda: plans and text messages
• Chris: important days and Facebook
• Mike: blogs and emails