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1.2 The Fun they Had

Warming up !
The teacher should
Chit-Chat dictate the words in

one, giving students
• What do you like best about your school ? ‘Classify!’ one by
• Do you think school is fun ? enough time to write
appropriate column.
• Which is the part that you don’t like ? the word in the
• How often should the teacher
give you a test ?

Classify!

1. Listen carefully and write each word in the appropriate
column/columns.
ancient modern futuristic

ö Can you think of
any devices/objects
that came into
use in the recent

• bicycles • bullet trains • school past but are now
• wheels • robots • flying cars outdated ?
• bullock carts • horse-drawn • tonga Find an example of
• tar roads carriages • homework outdated devices/
• ships • spaceships • aeroplanes words from the list
given here. Think of
• computers • television • cameras other examples on
• floppy disks • windmills • axes
your own.
• audio/video • earth movers • mortar and pestle
cassettes • brushes • hot air balloons
• telephone • mobile phones • headphones

• books • notebooks • tests
• vacuum cleaners • ball pens • solar lamps
• umbrellas • water on tap • electric lamps
• earthen stoves • electric lamps • candles
• fans • air conditioners • grammar teacher should
demonstrate the use of an
The
• geography • microbiology online dictionary or the
2. Listen to the pronunciation of these words  audio available on the
CD/DVD of a dictionary
and practise saying them properly yourself. or a good dictionary in

• grandfather • geography • satisfactory • superior an electronic format.
• pronouncing • betcha • nonchalantly

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