| UNIT 2 | __ Verbs followed by -ing or inf |
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| Phonetics |
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Pronunciation of final -s
Read these classnotes to revise how to pronounce final -s or watch this 8-minute videotutorial. -
Phonetics practice
Make a list of verbs and nouns ending in -s, then classify them. -
Voluntary homework
Read about the differences between Spanish and English sounds. -
Download and print the materials for this unit: verbs followed by infinitive or gerund.
Bring it to class for your next lesson. -
Practise making your own verb list
To learn when to use gerund or infinitive you can make a similar list to the one you use for irregular verbs, with verbs in alphabetical order. Use the classnotes you downloaded to make a list like this:
Verb Followed by Example admit gerund He admitted eating the rest of the chocolates in the box.
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Practise verbs followed by infinitive or gerund -
worksheet 1 (TopWorksheet)
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Practise verbs followed by infinitive or gerund -
worksheet 2 (TopWorksheet)
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Practise verbs followed by infinitive or gerund -
worksheet 3 (TopWorksheet)
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Send your teacher an image.
- Find a picture (a photograph or any other kind of image) on the Internet. It should show at least one person.
- E-mail it to your teacher.
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Describe a photograph.
Look at this snapshot from Avicii's song The Days. Think of one thing you could say about it, then raise a hand and tell it to the class. -
Describe more pictures.
Raise hands to add sentences to describe the photographs that your teacher will show on the screen. -
Watch a videoclip of
Steve Jobs' commencement speech
at Stanford University in California.
Do the activities in the worksheet. -
Listen to
The Nights, by Avicii, as you read the lyrics.
What does it have in common with Steve Jobs' speech?
What do you think is the message that the song is trying to put across? -
Watch the original videoclip at home
(You can copy the lyrics here onto a document in a different window to read them as you watch the video).
Think about the images and write down 20-50 words about this question:
How is the message in the song different because of the images in the videoclip? -
Partitives
Do the exercise at school. -
Write a commencement speech.
Your audience is a class of sixteen-year-old students who have just finished year 10 and are about to start studying A-levels. Think of some advice to give them using your own experience. You can also warn them against making some bad decisions. -
Exchange compositions.
- When you finish your composition, leave it on the teacher's desk, and read a composition by another classmate.
- Try to find and correct mistakes.
- If you do not understand something, ask the student who wrote it what they meant.
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Oral pairwork — describing photos
Work in pairs: your teacher will show one of your photographs (the ones you described in the previous speaking activity). Prepare to describe it in English to your classmate, talking about what is happening now, what has happened before, what is going to happen and/or what might happen soon.
Try to add relative clauses to your sentences using the relative pronouns which we have learned; for example, instead of saying this:
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"There is a boy playing basketball with an orange ball. He's wearing a black T-shirt and he looks tired."
...you can say this:
- "There is a tired-looking boy who is playing basketball. The ball (which) he's playing with is orange.
The boy, who is wearing a T-shirt, looks tired".
Take turns at describing your photographs to each other. Score 1 point for every relative sentence you manage to say, and see who gets the most points! -
Warning: bring a dictionary to school next day.
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Learning vocabulary.
Choose a topic related to one of these issues which is interesting for you and read some text about it on the Internet. Choose a list of 10 words that are related to that topic.
Here are some sample topics about social issues:
- mass media
- the Internet
- new technologies
- mobile phones
- cybercrime
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Make a vocabulary exercise.
Use your dictionary to help you write an example sentence with each word you chose. You can also write a short text if you prefer. Highlight the new words in CAPITALS or using a different colour. Give it to your teacher for correction. -
E-mail your examples to your teacher.
AFTER they have been revised and corrected, e-mail your examples to your teacher.
He will turn your examples into an interactive exercise which you will be able to find in this list_of_HotPotatoes_exercises. -
Do an interactive vocabulary exercise.
Choose and do an exercise about another topic that interests you from your classmates' vocabulary_exercises.
Comment on it on your .
Email me a review (score, time, and opinion) if you find one that you really like. -
Voluntary homework: write an exercise review.
You can write a review of the exercise you did and post it in your virtual classroom.
You can also do more of your classmates' exercises. -
Reading: Human milk for human babies
exercise 1 
exercise 2
You can write your score and comments in your . -
Send a message to your teacher if you had any problems with the reading text and exercises.
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Reading - Planned obsolescence
Read a text about a newspaper article and do a matching definitions exercise. -
Planned obsolescence 2
Do a vocabulary practice exercise (gaps in examples). -
Reading - Planned obsolescence 3
Read another newspaper article and fill in the gaps.
| Grammar work |
| Speaking |
| Listening |
| Vocabulary work |
| Writing |
| Speaking 2 |
| Vocabulary work 2 |
| Reading |
| Vocabulary work 3 |