5 A Real Achievement

Students will practice... and they will learn how to...

• can/can’t for ability • talk about abilities
• can/can’t for permission & possibility • write rules for a sport
• imperatives & -ly adverbs • give & follow instructions

5.0 Key Vocabulary pages 48–49 4 Students complete exercise B in the Key Vocabulary panel
with words from 2a. They then complete the notes about
1 a Begin by writing pastimes on the board and explain that it using go for… .
means hobbies or things you do in your free time. Elicit
Check answers and draw attention to the information in
some examples.
the Notice box.
In pairs, students match the photos to the sports and
pastimes in the box. Answers
do: a crossword puzzle, sudoku
Answers play: soccer, chess
a crossword b sudoku c skateboarding go: bike riding, skateboarding
d chess e bike riding f soccer go for a swim
go for a walk
b Students say what is unusual about each photo. go for a drive
Circulate, monitor and help with vocabulary.
Check answers and ask students if they can guess which
country each photo is taken in. Don’t confirm or deny
Do, Play and Go
answers at this stage. There are no fixed rules about when we use do, play and go
with sports and activities, and they need to be learned item
Answers
You don’t usually see crossword puzzles on the side of a
by item. However, these are some useful guidelines:
building. • We use go with outdoor activities, e.g., go riding, go
People don’t usually do sudoku on boards in the street. running.
People don’t usually go skateboarding in business suits. • We use play with games, where there is competition and
People don’t usually play chess in a pool.
other people are involved, e.g., play soccer.
People don’t usually go bike riding at the top of cliffs.
People don’t usually play soccer on the top of tall buildings. • We use do with sports and activities that we do on our
own and for self-improvement e.g., do yoga, do sudoku.
2 a In pairs, students complete the descriptions with the 5 Divide students into small groups to discuss the questions.
activities in 1a, and match the sentences to the photos. Circulate and monitor as they speak.
Answers
1 soccer, f 2 bike riding, e 3 skateboarding, c 5.1 You Can Do It! page 50
4 crossword, a 5 chess, d 6 sudoku, b

b Students discuss the question in pairs. Reading

3 a Refer students to exercise A in the Key Vocabulary panel. Lead-in
They complete the lists with the words in 1a.
In open class, ask students to imagine they have all the free
Check answers and ask them to add three more words to time in the world. What new skill or hobby would they like
each list. to start?
Answers Write a range of ideas on the board and categorize them
Sports: bike riding, skateboarding, soccer into groups, such as sports, music, art, languages etc.
Pastimes: crossword, sudoku, chess Ask students which of the activities on the board they think
is the most difficult to learn.
b Read the questions. Explain or elicit the meaning of on
your own. Students answer the questions in pairs. 1 Refer students to the photos. Elicit the names of the
activities. Students discuss the questions in pairs. Conduct
Check answers and ask some students to tell the class about
class feedback.
their partner’s favorite sports and pastimes.

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2 a Focus on the photo. Elicit the word twins. Ask if anybody Answers
is a twin, has twins in their families or knows any twins. If He can walk, he can run, he can talk, he can sing, he can’t read
so, ask if the twins are very similar or different.
Ask students how old they think the twins in the photo are 5.1
and which of the activities in 1 they like to do. A: Max can walk really well now, and he can run pretty well, too.
b Give students one minute to read the article and check He loves running away from his mom and dad! He can talk a
their ideas. Explain that they only have to find the answers to little—not very well, but we all understand him! And he loves
the questions. They do not need to read the text in detail yet. singing. He can sing for hours! He loves books...
Check answers. Make sure students say They’re five or They’re B: Books? Can he read?
five years old, not They have five or They have five years. A: No, he can’t. Not at all! He’s only two! I read the books to him.

Answers
They’re five years old.
4 Read the information in the Notice box and elicit
Madeleine rides a bike, and she can play the guitar. translations for very well, fairly well and not very well.
Students ask each other whether they can do the activities
3 a Read the statements and explain any unfamiliar in the photos. You could get the students to ask the
vocabulary, e.g., nothing in common, good grades, abilities. questions across the classroom in open pairs first before
Give students three to four minutes to read the text in detail doing the exercise in closed pairs.
and say whether the sentences are true or false. Encourage As feedback, students tell the class about anything that
them to underline the section of the text that gave them the their partner can do very well.
answers.
In feedback, ask students where in the text they found their Pronunciation
answers. Ask them to correct the false sentences.
1 a Play the dialogue and ask students to listen and
Answers underline the stressed forms of can and can’t.
1 F 2 T 3 T 4 F 5 F Check answers and ask: Do we stress can in a question? (No)
…in a short answer? (Yes) …in an affirmative sentence, e.g., I
b Students answer the question in pairs or small groups. can ski? (No) Do we stress can’t in a short answer? (Yes) …in a
negative sentence, e.g., I can’t ski? (Yes).
Grammar page 51
5.2
1 Refer students back to the article to underline examples of
can and can’t. A: Can you ski?
B: Yes, I can. I can ski really well, but I can’t snowboard.
Check answers and explain that in this context, can means
Can you snowboard?
“have the ability to” or “know how to.” In a monolingual
A: No, I can’t.
class, elicit an L1 translation.
Explain that can’t is a contraction of cannot and is almost
b Play the audio again for students to listen and repeat.
always used in spoken English and informal written English.
2 Play the audio. Pause after each sentence for students to
Answers indicate with a thumbs up or thumbs down sign whether it
They can both speak, she can read, she can’t compete, she is affirmative or negative.
can’t sit still, She can swim, she can ski, she can ride a bike, their Play the audio again for students to write the sentences. Let
parents can’t believe, Madeleine can do, she can play, Marcia students check their sentences in pairs before writing the
can’t do answers on the board.
2 Students read and complete the Grammar panel. Play the audio a final time for them to repeat the sentences.

Answers Answers
1 ability 2 don’t add 3 don’t use 1 affirmative 2 negative 3 negative 4 affirmative

Can/Can’t 5.3
1 I can run ten kilometers, no problem!
Questions are formed by inverting the subject and verb: Can
2 I can’t swim very far.
you ski?, not Do you can ski?
3 I can’t play tennis very well.
Other typical errors are I don’t can ski and I can to ski. 4 I can ride a bike; it’s easy!
3 a Focus on the photo. Ask students how old they think the
boy is. Tell them he’s two. Ask what they think he can do. 3 Students practice saying the sentences, paying special
Students write sentences about Max individually. attention to the stress.
b Play the audio for students to check answers.
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Can/Can’t: Pronunciation 2 a&b Students complete the extracts with can and can’t.
Play the audio again to check answers. Ask students where
Many nationalities have difficulty producing the weak they think the people are.
form /kan/ and the long vowel in can’t /kœnt/. This can
lead to very serious communication problems! Even more You could ask more questions about where you can or can’t
frequently the miscommunication is due to students smoke in students’ countries. Do they think this is a good
putting too much stress on can or insufficient stress on thing?
can’t. It is worth emphasizing the importance of stress and You could have students read the dialogues out loud,
giving students plenty of oral practice in this area. concentrating on the sentence stress.

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Speaking 1 can’t; can 2 Can; can’t 3 Can; can’t; Can
1 a Write these categories on the board: music, art, languages,
technology, sports. Think of two or three questions together,
3 Students complete the Grammar panel.
e.g., Can you read music? Can you stand on one leg for one Check answers and explain that can/can’t has several
minute? Can you say hello in five languages? meanings: in the previous lesson they studied can/can’t to
express ability; here it expresses possibility or permission.
Students write five more questions individually, using a
dictionary if necessary. Read the information in the Notice box. Students might
find it strange that you means people in general and that
b Students ask and answer the questions in groups of four.
English doesn’t have an impersonal pronoun. (We can use
Encourage them to reply with very well, pretty well, fairly well
one as an impersonal pronoun, but it sounds formal and
and not at all and to make a note of other students’ answers.
unnatural in conversational English.) Ask how students
2 a Read the phrases and practice saying them chorally. Give refer to people in general in their languages.
extra practice, chorally and individually, using your fingers
to indicate one, two, three, four and zero as prompts to Answers
elicit the correct phrase. 1 can 2 can’t 3 can 4 can’t 5 Can you smoke here?
6 Can you eat here? 7 can/can’t 8 can/can’t
Individually, students write five sentences based on the
results of their mini-survey. 4 Students write three sentences for the classroom, e.g.,
b As feedback, call out a category, e.g., sports. Find out if Can you use a cell phone? They ask and answer the questions
anybody has sentences which suggest their group is in pairs.
athletic, arty, musical or academic, e.g., All of us can play an
instrument. Speaking
1 Students look again at the signs. In pairs, students write a
5.2 You Can’t Do That! page 52 sentence for each sign.
Check answers and make sure students are using the
Grammar correct verb + noun collocations where needed.

1 Focus on the signs and give students a few moments to Answers

study them before playing the audio. a You can’t wear shorts.
Students match the conversations to three of the signs. b You can’t play soccer.
c You can’t cross the street here.
Answers e You can’t go skateboarding.
1 d 2 k 3 i f You can’t go swimming.
g You can’t wear glasses.
h You can’t use a laptop.
5.4 i You can’t use dollars.
1 A: Excuse me, sir, I’m sorry, you can’t smoke here. This is a j You can’t eat or drink here.
non-smoking area. k You can’t drink the tap water.
B: Oh, sorry. l You can’t take photos.
A: There’s a smoking area over there. You can smoke there.
2 A: Can I drink this water? 2 a Students change partners, compare their sentences and
B: Ah, no, sorry, you can’t. It isn’t drinking water. say where you can see the signs.
3 A: Can I pay in dollars?
b Students say which signs are common in their country
B: No, sorry, you can’t use dollars here, only pesos.
and think of some more.
A: Ah, OK. Can I pay by credit card?

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Extra activity 2 a&b Students complete the paragraph with words in the
box, then listen again to check their answers.
Give students a minute to read the places again and look at
the prepositions. In pairs, they test each other. One covers Answers
the box. The other says, e.g., movie theater to elicit in a movie 1 ball 2 hands 3 street 4 park 5 teams
theater.
3 a Read the information in the Notice panel. Ask students
3 In pairs, students draw four more signs. Go around feeding to look at the paragraph again and underline examples of
in ideas if necessary. (Signs could include speed limits, no
can and can’t used for talking about rules, e.g., You can kick
passing, no right/left turn, no cell phones, no pets.)
the ball; you can’t pick it up.
Students exchange their signs with another pair and
In pairs, students write a similar paragraph about the rules
answer the questions. Ask for feedback from two or three
of a sport or activity they know. Tell them not to give the
pairs.
name of the activity. Monitor and help as they write.
Reading page 53 b Students take turns reading the rules out loud for the
other students to guess the activity. In a large class students
1 a Tell students about an exciting activity you do or that a read their rules out loud in groups.
friend of yours does, e.g., sky diving. Ask if any of the
students do this or if they can name any more exciting or
unusual sports. 5.3 Just Stop It! page 54
Focus on the words in the box and check students
understand the meaning. In pairs, students match the Vocabulary (1)
words to the photos. Tell them not to read the texts yet.
1 Students match the parts of the body to the words in the
Answers box.
a jump, trampoline, acrobatics Check the answers. Highlight the irregular plural feet and
b jump, wall, acrobatics model the words for the students to repeat. Pay particular
c hill, plastic ball, roll attention to the /k/ sound in stomach /st´m´k/.

b Ask students if they know where the sports come from, Mixed ability
but don’t confirm or deny their suggestions yet.
In a stronger class, you could teach some other high
Answers
frequency body words (e.g., neck, shoulder, chest, finger, toe).
Bossaball comes from Slovakia.
Parkour comes from France. Answers
Zorbing comes from New Zealand 1 arm 2 hand 3 foot/feet 4 head
5 stomach 6 back 7 leg
2 Students read the descriptions and check their answers
from 1. Ask which activities they’d like to try and why. 2 In pairs, students draw the parts of the face onto the figure.
3 Students read the texts again and match the activities with Check answers by asking a pair to come to the board. One
the statements. draws a face and the other labels it. Point out that the
singular of teeth is tooth /tAT/.
Answers
1 Bossaball 2 Zorbing 3 Bossaball 4 Parkour 5 Parkour
Extra activity
Draw a table on the board with ear /Ir/, eye /ay/, nose /noz/
Listening & Writing and mouth /mawT/ at the heads of the columns. Students
1 Play the audio for students to guess the activity. copy the table.
Check the answer and ask which words helped them guess Model the words, asking students to listen carefully to the
it correctly. vowel sounds. In a strong class you could explain that these
are double vowels (diphthongs) and show how your mouth
Answer moves as you say them. Model them again for students to
Soccer repeat.
Write these words on the board: now near beer know
5.5 my hotel smoke out snow like loud we’re how
You play with two teams. You can kick the ball, but you can’t pick Students write the words in the correct column.
it up with your hands. You can play this sport on the street, on (Answers ear: near, beer, we’re eye: my, like, nice
the beach or in a park. You can see professional teams play it in nose: know, hotel, smoke, snow mouth: now, out, loud, how)
special stadiums. It’s probably the number one most popular sport
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3 a Tell students that they are going to hear eight people
talking about what they first notice when they first meet a 5.7
person. Ask what they think the people will say. 1 She can touch her nose with her feet.
2 She can dance on her hands.
Play the audio for students to notice the part of the body.
3 She can put her feet behind her head.
4 She can write with her feet.
5.6
1 Her eyes… eyes tell you a lot about a person.
2 I look down at his shoes! I don’t like men with small feet. 4 Play the audio for students to do the actions.
3 Their teeth… teeth are very important for me. You can’t smile
with bad teeth. 5.8
4 I know it’s strange, but I notice people’s arms. 1 Touch your nose with your left hand.
5 Lips and a nice smile! That’s so important! 2 Stretch your right arm to the right.
6 I look at people’s hair. Long hair is really attractive. 3 Stand on one leg and wink with your left eye.
7 I can’t help it, but I look at legs… on a woman or a man! 4 Sit down and put your hands on your head.
8 I don’t look at eyes… I prefer ears and noses! I love little ears 5 Open and close your mouth. Now open and close your eyes.
and big noses! Repeat and don’t stop!

b Refer students to the transcript on page 163 to check their

Extra activity
answers. Students talk in pairs about what they notice first.
Conduct class feedback and ask students if their first ideas As a review of parts of the body and action verbs, play Simon
about a person are usually right. says as a warm-up exercise.
Answers In this game, you give instructions to students prefacing
1 eyes 2 feet 3 teeth 4 arms your instruction with Simon says, e.g., Simon says stand up.
5 lips and a nice smile 6 hair 7 legs 8 ears, noses Students follow the instruction as quickly as possible. If
you don’t say Simon says, they shouldn’t follow it.
Vocabulary (2) If a student obeys the instruction when you haven’t said
Simon says, they are out of the game and must sit down.
1 a In pairs, students complete the labels. Discourage them Also, if a student performs an incorrect action, they are out.
from using dictionaries. Encourage them to work out the Continue until there is only one student left in the game.
meaning of the verbs from the pictures instead. Practice
Teacher: Simon says stand up (everybody stands).
saying the expressions.
Teacher: Simon says put your hands on your head (everybody
Answers puts their hands on their head).
1 hands 2 feet 3 eye 4 nose; mouth
5 toes 6 arms; legs 7 back
Teacher: Now stretch your right arm (four people stretch their
right arm—they are out of the game), etc.
b Students mime the actions in pairs.
Grammar (1) page 55
First they take turns saying an expression and their partner
responds by miming. 1 In pairs, students underline the verbs and answer the
Next they take turns miming the expression and their question.
partner responds by saying the expression. (The first stage
Answers
gives receptive practice and the second gives productive
1 Touch 2 Stretch 3 Stand; wink
practice.) 4 Sit; put 5 open; close; open; close; repeat; stop
2 Look at the picture and explain that this is a contortionist. One – don’t stop.
Ask the questions in open class. List students’ suggestions
on the board. 2 Students read and complete the Grammar panel.
Answers Check answers and highlight the following points: The
She can type and dial a phone number with her toes. imperative (in the affirmative) is the same as the infinitive.
We use it to give instructions or advice, e.g., Take a nap,
3 a&b Play the audio for students to complete the sentences. or invitations or offers, e.g., Have a piece of cake. Unlike in
Ask if students can do any of these things. many languages, we never use the imperative to ask for
something. We say Can I have a cup of coffee? and never Give
Answers me a coffee, please.
1 touch; feet 2 hands 3 feet; head 4 write
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3 a Students change the body parts in 1 to make new Answers
instructions. Look at the example together and ask students 1 quickly 2 happily 3 quietly 4 slowly
to continue individually. 5 well 6 loudly 7 badly 8 sadly
b In pairs, students follow their partner’s instructions.
4 a Focus on the photos of the exercises. Ask students if they 5.10
can tell you which part of the body each exercise is good 1 [speaking quickly] Come in! Sit down! Do you want a drink?
for. Students write instructions for two of the photos. 2 [singing happily]
Play the audio for them to listen and check. 3 [laughing quietly]
4 [speaking slowly] Sit down over there, please.
5.9 5 I love English, I’m almost bilingual…
1 Sit down and hold your feet. 6 [laughing loudly]
2 Stand up straight and hold your left leg. 7 English is very difficult for me…
3 Lie on your back and hold your head up. 8 [singing sadly]
4 Stretch your arms carefully up over your head.
5 Lie on your stomach, put your hands on the floor and push
Adverbs of Manner
your body up slowly.
Adverbs of manner go after the verb, e.g., He dances well.
b In pairs, students read instructions out loud and their In the case of transitive verbs they go after the object, e.g.,
partner guesses which photos they refer to. He speaks English well, not He speaks well English.
4 In small groups, students mime an action in the manner
Extra activity of one of the adverbs from 3. They can use verbs from the
box or think of their own. The rest of the class guesses the
In pairs or small groups, students describe other exercises
action.
they know. Go around the classroom listening and
monitoring. Make sure they resist the urge to mime rather
than use words. 5.4 Functional Language page 56
Grammar (2) Tune In
1 Students read the transcript and find the adverbs, then
1 Students work in pairs to ask and answer the questions.
complete the exercise in the Grammar panel.

Answers Extra activity

1 carefully 2 slowly
Ask when it’s better to phone somebody (e.g., when you
2 Point out that quickly and slowly are opposites. Students need a quick answer, when you want a long chat) and
find more pairs of opposites and an irregular adverb. when it’s better to text (e.g., when you’re very busy, when
talking is too expensive, at night when a call might wake
Check answers and elicit that well is the adverb for good.
somebody).
Practice the pronunciation of quietly.
2 a Preteach give somebody a lift. Students read the text
Answers messages and answer the questions.
well ≠ badly
Check answers with whole class and elicit the meaning of
quickly≠ slowly
c u @ 7:30.
happily ≠ sadly
quietly ≠ loudly Answers
well is irregular 1 go to soccer practice 2 give Ali and Steve a lift 3 tell Steve

3 Play the audio. Students listen and write the most b Play the audio. Students write the names of the people in
appropriate adverb. each conversation. Don’t check answers yet.
Let students compare answers with a partner before Answers
checking answers as a class. 1 Jo and Dan 2 Ted and Dan 3 Ted and Ali
Draw attention to the word order in 5 and 7 (see Language
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Intonation: Hello?
5.11
1 J = Jo D = Dan Play audio 5.12 and ask students to listen to how the voice
J: Hello? goes up when Jo answers the phone. Explain that this is
D: Hi, Jo, this is Dan. Is Ted there? because when we answer the phone, Hello functions as
J: Yes, but he’s in the shower. Can I take a message? both a greeting and a question. (Who are you?/Why are you
D: Yes, can you tell him it’s about soccer practice tonight? calling?) Ask what students say in their own language and
Can you ask him to call me when he gets out of the whether the voice goes up.
shower? Play the second audio, 5.13. Students decide whether the
J: Yes, sure. No problem. person is on the phone or speaking face to face to a friend.
D: Great! Thanks! Bye.
J: Bye. Answers
2 D = Dan T = Ted 1 b 2 a 3 a 3 b
T: Hi! Is that you, Dan?
D: Yeah, hi, Ted. Extra activity
T: So, what time’s soccer practice tonight?
D: 8 p.m. Can you give Steve and Ali a lift? Write the following incorrect questions from phone
T: Yes, sure. Do you want me to call them? conversations on the board. Students correct the questions
D: Yes, thanks. Then you can decide on where and when in pairs.
to meet. 1 Is Sue?
T: OK. See you later, then. 2 Can I take message?
D: Yeah, see you later. 3 Can you call to Max?
3 A = Ali T = Ted 4 Are you Jade?
T: Hi, Ali. How’s it going? 5 Can you ask him call me?
A: Hi, Ted. Everything is going great! 6 Can you say him it’s about the meeting tomorrow?
T: Dan says you and Steve need a ride to soccer practice
(Answers: Is Sue there? Can I take a message? Can you call
this evening.
Max? Is this Jade? Can you ask him to call me? Can you tell
A: Yeah, that’s right.
him it’s about the meeting tomorrow?)
T: I can meet you at the corner of your street at 7:30.
How’s that? 5 Students practice the conversations on page 163 in groups
A: That’s great, thanks! of four.
T: Can you call Steve? I don’t have his cell phone number.
A: Yeah, sure, no problem. Over to You
T: OK. See you later.
6 a Focus on the instructions and the prompts.
A: See you.
Mixed ability
3 Students compare their answers and match the
conversations with the pictures. In a weaker class students can script their conversation. In
stronger classes they can just plan what they will say.
Answers
b Students act out their conversations. To imitate the
1 b 2 c 3 a
conditions of a real phone conversation you could ask them
to sit back to back.
Focus on Language
4 a&b Students match the questions to the conversations 5.5 Speaking Task page 57
and say who is speaking. Play the audio again for them to
check their answers. Tune In
Answers 1 a Focus attention on the name of the website, the sentence
1 conversation 1, Dan
below it and the photos. Ask students to say what they
2 conversation 1, Jo
think the website is for. Elicit suggestions and ask them to
3 conversation 1, Dan
4 conversation 1, Dan read the descriptions and match them with the photos.
5 conversation 2 Ted Answers
6 conversation 2, Dan 1 c 2 a 3 b
7 conversation 3, Ted
b In pairs, students compare their answers in 1a and
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Check answers and ideas with the class. Explain engineering I: That’s OK. Final question—what other interests do you have,
student, it’s a great excuse and full time, if necessary. Mono?
C: I like drawing and painting, that’s my main hobby and, of
Answers
course, I love children!
1 A babysitter is a person who takes care of small children.
2 Nia wants a babysitter because she works full-time.

Extra activity
Prepare for Task
Focus on some of the language for responding to questions.
2 a Explain the situation and ask what skills/abilities are Write or dictate the following responses with blanks for
useful for looking after two children, aged six and nine. Let students to copy. Play the audio again for students to
students consider this in pairs before eliciting ideas on the complete the response.
board. 1 That’s _____.
Students compare these ideas with the list of prompts and 2 Yes, no _____.
then write questions from the prompts. 3 Well, _____ I don’t really like dogs.

Answers
(Answers 1 right 2 problem 3 actually)
2 Can you swim? 4 Divide the class into two groups. They complete the form
3 What sports do you do? for their character, using some of the details from the text
4 What other interests do you have? and inventing others. Remind them to answer No to at least
5 What languages do you speak? two items.
6 Can you sing? Can you play a musical instrument?
In large classes divide students into four groups to give
7 Can you work on weekends?
8 Do you like animals? them more talking time.

Task
b Students write three more questions. Go around feeding
in ideas and vocabulary as required. 5 a Divide the class into A/B pairs and read the instructions.
3 Preteach pet and phobia. Play the audio for students to b Students role-play the first interview. Encourage the
check which questions are asked. interviewees to expand on their answers and remind the
interviewer to take notes. They will need to refer to these
Answers
She asks questions 1, 2, 3, 4, 7 and 8 later.
Allow three or four minutes for the interview and give a
“one minute to go” sign before the end.
5.14
6 Students role-play the second interview. Go around
I = interviewer C = candidate
listening and noticing examples of good use of language as
I: Hi, come in. Take a seat.
well as errors for a feedback session at the end.
C: Hello, nice to meet you.
I: You’re Monomita, aren’t you?
Report Back
C: That’s right.
I: That’s an interesting name. Where is it from? 7 Refer students to the extra information about Nia and her
C: My family’s Indian. You can call me Mono. family on page 159. They underline the new information
I: OK, thanks. So, Mono, I just need to ask you some questions and in pairs decide on the best person for the job in light of
about the job. the new information.
C: That’s fine. 8 Ask a few students to say who they think is best for the job
I: First… can you drive? I imagine you can. and why. End with a class vote.
C: Yes, no problem.
I: And can you swim as well?
C: Sure, I can swim really well.
I: That’s great. And what other sports do you practice?
C: Well, I sometimes play tennis or go running on weekends.
I: And speaking of routine, can you work on weekends?
C: Yes, I can, that’s fine.
I: And do you like animals… pets?
C: Well, actually, I don’t really like dogs. I have a kind of phobia…
I: I see…
C: But only dogs…

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