Lesson 3, From generation to generation!

Lesson 3

From generation to generation!

1	We are in Nafplio, Greece. Magda's class is organising the exhibition ‘From Generation to Generation'. What are they doing? Listen to Magda talking and check your guesses.

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2	Listen to the whole interview. What topics are they talking about? Tick () from a-h.

a. Home
b. School
c. Hobbies
d. Modern technology

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e. Going out
f. Watching TV
g. Traffic
h. School tests

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Listen again and complete Magda's notes.

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UNIT 5

Lesson 3

1	The students are looking at some photos for the exhibition. What do the photos (a-f) show?

2	The students need your help to choose photos. In pairs, discuss how suitable photos a-f are for the exhibition and how they can use them. The Language Bank can help you. Then, tell the class.

What do you think of photo a?
What does photo b show?
Let's talk about photo c.
This is an interesting photo. It shows …
How about photo d? They can use it to
show…

Do you agree? / What's your opinion?
Photo e is (not) really useful because …
A good idea is to use photo f to show…
What about a photo of ….?
I believe they should also show how
our parents …

3	What other photos can they look for? Explain why.

From generation to generation!

1	Put the following words in three groups: On TV / On the radio / On both. Then, listen and check.

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soap opera / police drama / cartoon / quiz show / chat show / documentary /
music programme / sports programme / game show / the news / commercials /
breaking news / phone-in programmes / viewers / listeners

2	Which programmes do you prefer? Which ones do you never watch or listen to? Tell each other.

Technology

3	Choose from on/ from / to / - to complete questions a-f. Then, listen to check.

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4	In pairs, ask and answer questions a-f. Then, tell the class what you have learnt about your partner.

a. How often do you surf ............ the Internet
b. What do you usually find ............ the Internet
c. When do you connect ............ the Internet
d. What do you usually download ............ the Internet
e. Do your parents use............ the Internet
f. Who else in your family goes ............the Internet

Talking about past habits and states - Past Simple / used to

1	Study the example sentences and complete the Grammar table.

a. We looked for information in encyclopaedias.
b. All girls hated their uniform.
c. TV used to be black and white.
d. Did you use to go out with your classmates? Yes, I did / No, I didn't.
e. Boys didn't use to wear a school uniform.

Habits and states in the past Past Simple Used to	Choose from a-e: Past Habits: sentences .... / .... / .... Past States: sentences .... / ....
How do we form the negatives, questions and short answers of used to?

see Grammar Appendix, pages 170 - 171

UNIT 5

Lesson 3

2	Ask each other about your life when you were in the first grade of primary school. Here are some ideas. Add yours.

1	Write a paragraph about your partner when he/she was in the first grade of primary school. Draw a picture of him / her.

2	Read each other's paragraphs. Check Past Simple and ‘used to’ forms for past habits and states.

3	Put your work on display.

Did you (use to) .....
have a pet?
buy food from the school
canteen?
go to amusement parks?
play a sport at school?
wear a school uniform?
have long / short hair?
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From generation to generation!

1	Listen to the song and say:

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My English is great
I studied it at school
I used to write letters
To friends from Liverpool

I bought English comics
And listened to rock songs
I learnt by heart the lyrics
And used to sing along

We didn't have computers
Or DVDs at school
Our English-English dictionary
Was our greatest tool

Follow your dad's advice
Grammar is not enough
Put English in your life
And you can have great fun!

3	What about you?

Do you do any of these
activities? How often?
Do you want to try any others?
Which ones?

My learning routine

2	Listen again and read the song. Tick what the singer used to do to learn English? He used to ...

a. read English books / mags.
b. travel abroad.
c. listen to English songs.
d. keep a diary in English.
e. watch films with English subtitles.
f. practise with his friends.
g. use an English-English dictionary.
h. play Scrabble® in English.
i. have an English key pal.
j. send text messages in English.

If you play a musical
instrument, your teacher
can give you the music
score. Your music teacher
can help you play and
sing the song.

Choose one of the activities in Task 2 above which you like.
Add this activity to your daily routine for three weeks. For example, keep a diary in English almost
every day or arrange to watch two films with English subtitles every week.
At the end of the first week, discuss in class how you feel about the activity. Is it...?
helpful difficult / easy enjoyable interesting
Share ideas and advice with your classmates and your teacher and take notes of your thoughts.
Do the same at the end of each of the two following weeks. What new is there to say?
At the end of the project, write down your thoughts about this new activity. Will you adopt it in your
learning routine?

S e l f - A s s e s s m e n t

VOCABULARY LINK

1	Write the words below the pictures.

1 POINT FOR EACH CORRECT ANSWER TOTAL ___/5

Complete the sentences with the correct word.

Example: We visited the ancient temple/island of Poseidon last week.

1. Rameses II traded/ruled Egypt for sixty-seven years.
2. Text-messages are a modern way to communicate/entertain with your friends.
3. What's the ancient/official language in Spain?
4. We've got a project in biology class. I need to surf/download the Internet for information.
5. Can you download/connect this song from the Internet for me?
6. Let's watch “The Young and the Restless”. It's my favourite chat show/soap.
7. Farmers in ancient Egypt grew/hunted crops and raised animals.

1 POINT FOR EACH CORRECT ANSWER TOTAL ___/7

Write the numbers.

1,678 = ................................................................................................................................
64% = ..................................................................................................................................
3.32 = ..................................................................................................................................
4,980,060 = ..........................................................................................................................
206,612 = .............................................................................................................................

1 POINT FOR EACH CORRECT ANSWER TOTAL ___/5

S e l f - A s s e s s m e n t

GRAMMAR LINK

4	Complete the sentences with who/which/where.

1. John is the teacher ………… taught us Latin.
2. Athos Camp was the camp ………….. I spent my holidays.
3. Mark Twain is the author ………….. wrote Oliver Twist.
4. Indigo Blue is a book ………… is about the life of a young girl.
5. The Parthenon is the temple ………… the Greeks built for the goddess Athena.

1 POINT FOR EACH CORRECT ANSWER TOTAL ___/5

Rewrite the sentences using the words in bold.

e.g.: I woke up at 11.00 when I was five years old. When I was five years old, I used to wake up at 11.00.	USED TO
1. Playing football is my favourite pastime. ……………………………………………… ………………………………………………	LOVE
2. I don't like watching horror films. ……………………………………………… ………………………………………………	HATE
3. My parents went to discos on Saturdays. ……………………………………………… ………………………………………………	USED
4. Boys didn't wear uniforms at school. ……………………………………………… ………………………………………………	USE

2 POINTS FOR EACH CORRECT ANSWER TOTAL ___/8
TOTAL SCORE ___/30

CHECK YOUR ANSWERS WITH YOUR PARTNER. THEN LOOK AT THE ANSWER KEY ON PAGE 176

0 -10

11 -20

21 -25

26 -30

S e l f - A s s e s s m e n t

Which is true for you? Put a tick

in the right box.

I can complete my notes with information from a guide book text.
I can ask for and give information about ancient civilisations.
I can write a history quiz for my classmates.
I can find similarities and differences between the British and the Greeks.
I can read numbers.
I can understand numbers in spoken language.
I can talk about suitable photos for an exhibition with my partner.
I can write a paragraph about my partner's past habits and states.
I can talk about what helps me learn English.

: I'm very good! What can I revise?	My Notes: ……………………………………………… ……………………………………………… ……………………………………………… ……………………………………………… …………………………………....…………
: I can become better. What should I practise?
: I must try harder. What do I need to work on?

FOCUS ON LISTENING SKILLS

Tick

the listening strategies that have helped you in this unit. Which other(s) do
you want to try in the future?

Read the task carefully to understand the context and what you have to do.
Look at the material that goes with the listening (photos, tables, titles etc)
to guess what it is about and what to expect.
Think of words / ideas you might hear and make a list.
Focus on what you have to do. Don't worry if you don't understand
everything on the recording.
Listen to the recording more than twice if necessary. Focus on difficult
parts.