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Unit 2
On the road Reading

Warmer
To revise forms of transport, give 2 ON THE OBJECTIVES GETTING TO WORK
students two minutes to think of as
many different vehicles as they can. ROAd FUNCTIONS:
introducing information
After two minutes, play a game of GRAMMAR:
‘vocabulary tennis’ with each group relative clauses (review); which to refer
to a whole clause; omitting relative
taking turns to say a vehicle until one pronouns; reduced relative clauses
team runs out of ideas. VOCABULARY:
Watch the video and think: groups of people; phrasal verbs (1)

04 is there a lot of traffic congestion where you live?

04 Get ing A C
Check/clarify: congestion.
Play the video and discuss the
question with your class.

1 Put a copy of the four photos up
on the board and do the exercise
as a class before students open B D
their books.
2 Allow students a few minutes to
prepare, then ask a student to
read out their monologue. The
rest of the class can try to guess
which photo it is about.
3 Ask students to cover the article
on page 21 and just look at the REAdING 5 Read the article again and answer the questions
title and photos and answer the 1 SPEAKING Look at the people in the photos. with the name of a person. Sometimes more than
SPEAKING
one name is possible.
question. Write their ideas on the Work in pairs and answer the questions. Who …
board. Remind students not to 1 Where are these people going? 1 uses a hobby to get to work?
2 How are they feeling?
focus on every word for now. 3 How are the people in the photos different from 2 works in a school?
3 uses a talent that he learned when he was younger
each other? in his commute?
4 2.01 Play the audio while 2 WRITING Choose one of the people and write 4 flies to get to work?
students read to check. a short monologue about what they are thinking. 5 spends an hour and a half commuting each day?
clever ways to get to work 3 Look at the article and the photos on the next 6 gets wet on their way to work?
7 used to use public transport to get to work?
page. What do you think the article will be about? 8 uses more than one type of transport to get to work?
5 Check/clarify: tedious, a 4 2.01 Read and listen to the article to check 6 SPEAKING Work in pairs and discuss the questions.
SPEAKING
commute, innovative, unicycle, your ideas. 1 Which of these journeys sounds the most/least fun?
pedestrians, paragliding. Why?
Encourage students to underline 2 What would be your perfect way to get to school?
3 What can be done to make people’s commutes easier?
parts of the text that support 20
their answers.
1 Gabriel Horchler 2 Abdul Mallik,
Elizabeth Miranda 3 Benjamin 6 Invite students to share their answers with the rest of the class during
Keiffer 4 Paul Cox 5 Gabriel feedback.
Horchler 6 Abdul Mallik, Elizabeth
Miranda 7 Benjamin Keiffer
8 Gabriel Horchler

Objectives Resources for this unit

All available online
Functions and speaking Introducing information
Grammar Relative clauses (review); which to refer to Videos Worksheets
a whole clause; omitting relative pronouns; reduced ● Get ing: Is there a lot of traffic ● Grammar and vocabulary: Basic, Standard
relative clauses congestion where you live? and Extension Worksheets
Vocabulary Groups of people; phrasal verbs (1) ● Grammar video!: Omitting relative pronouns ● Project: On the road
Values Learning from other cultures ● Culture: Nomadic people and animals ● Communication: Going places
Culture Nomadic people Tests ● Literature Worksheets: Gulliver’s Travels
● Unit, extension and skills test 2 ● Get ing and Grammar video! video
Worksheets

T20 On the road | Unit 2