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2 speaking • Planning free time 2 writing • A competition entry
I can discuss ideas about how to spend free time.
I can use intensifiers to add interest to my writing.
interesting – fascinating. Students read the
THINK! What do you like doing in the evening and at the weekend? ThINk! What do you like about the place where you live? Has it got any special sights and sounds? examples. Read out the questions one at a
time and elicit the answers.
Win
Louise Have you been / seen to Bowl You Over, Win a sensational holiday! Experience answers
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the new bowling club? the Mekong Delta
Grace Actually, I’ve never been / had bowling. Enter the You haven’t lived until … competition. in Southern Việt Nam 1 delicious 2 normal adjectives
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I’ve heard it’s a bit boring. Describe the sights, sounds, tastes and feelings Because you haven’t lived until … 3 yes 4 extremely, quite
Louise You’ve never been / made bowling? that visitors to your country can
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experience. Our winner
Seriously? Let’s try it next weekend. We will spend two … you’ve seen the life around
can invite Lori and Jack, too. weeks in Australia! the river like floating markets. Optional activity: writing
Grace It doesn’t sound much fun to me, but Besides, the Mekong Delta has got Write the following sentence
we’ll see what they say. I’m hungry. Have many fruit orchards or rice fields
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you had / taken lunch? and extremely beautiful sights, and beginnings on the board:
Louise No, I haven’t ate / eaten since breakfast. 1 Read the magazine advert and last year’s 16-string zither they’re all worth seeing. 1 The food in my country is … .
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Let’s have lunch together. winning entry about the Mekong Delta. What … you’ve heard Đờn Ca Tài Tử – folk music. The sound
Grace What do you fancy eating? do you have to do to enter the competition? of a variety of instruments like a flute, a 16-string 2 People in my country are usually … .
Louise I don’t know. Fish and chips, I suppose. Louise Grace What’s the prize? What do we learn about zither, a violin and a guitar is really amazing,
Grace Wait a second. There’s a great restaurant the residents in southern Việt Nam? and very soft! It’s quite an experience. 3 The weather in my country is … .
really near here. Come on. … you’ve tasted bánh xèo. It’s one of the Put students into pairs and ask them
Louise OK. 5 Work in pairs. Read situations 1–3. Take Language point: Intensifiers most popular dishes in the Mekong Delta.
Grace Here it is. turns to suggest doing something after Don’t forget to try other excellent local bánh xèo to complete the sentences using
specialities, like pop rice, lemongrass
Louise Can’t we had / have fish and chips? school. Use the key phrases. 2 Find the words in the box in the chicken or grilled snakehead fish. It’s intensifiers and normal or extreme
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Grace Why not try something different? The food 1 watch a scary film Experience the Mekong Delta in Southern absolutely delicious! adjectives and their own ideas.
Việt Nam text. What type of word (adjective,
here is delicious. I think you’ll enjoy it. 2 go for a bicycle ride … you’ve felt the warmth of the residents.
Louise OK. I’ll give it a try. 3 play a video game noun or verb) do they always come before? So do a homestay in a traditional village answers
Grace Great. absolutely really very from October to April because the
What do you fancy doing?
temperature is comfortable for travelling. Students’ own answers.
1 1.19 Choose the correct words in the Let’s watch a scary film after school. 3 Study the examples and answer the We’re looking forward to seeing you. pop rice
dialogue. Then watch or listen and check. questions.
What does Louise want to do next weekend? It doesn’t sound much fun to me. very soft ✓ very delicious ✗ exercise 4
Where does Grace suggest going for lunch? really soft ✓ really delicious ✓
absolutely soft ✗ absolutely delicious ✓ 5 USe IT! Follow the steps in the Writing Guide. Ask students to find the key phrases in the
2 1.19 Cover the dialogue and complete 6 USe IT! Work in pairs. Read the 1 Which adjective is an extreme adjective text about the Mekong Delta in southern
the Key Phrases. Watch or listen again and check. situation. Then prepare and practise a new (it describes a strong opinion): soft or delicious? WrITINg gUIDe
Key pHraSeS dialogue. Use the key phrases and the 2 Do we use very with normal or extreme Việt Nam. Check that students understand
dialogue in exercise 1 to help you. adjectives? a TaSk all the phrases. Students then work in pairs
Making plans for free time 3 Can we use really with both normal and Write an entry for the ‘You haven’t lived until … ’ and complete the first two phrases about
I’ve heard it’s a bit 1 . Student A: You want to go camping in the extreme adjectives? competition. Use information about a place
It doesn’t sound 2 to me … countryside at the weekend. Listen to what your 4 What other intensifiers can we use with you like and know well. Include some of the their town.
What do you fancy 3 ? friend suggests instead and respond. adjectives? Find examples in the text. key phrases.
Can’t we 4 ? B ThINk aND pLaN exercise 5 Use IT!
Why not try 5 ? Student B: You don’t want to go camping in 4 Read the key phrases and find them in the Brainstorm ideas and decide whether they
I think 6 . the countryside at the weekend. You fancy Experience the Mekong Delta in Southern belong in the paragraph on sights, sounds, Read the task with the class. Elicit some
watching a film then having dinner. Suggest Việt Nam text. Think of how to complete tastes or feelings. places that students could write about, if
what type of film and food you want. the first two phrases about your town.
3 Practise the dialogue with your partner. C WrITe they prefer not to write about their own
key phraSeS
4 1.20 prONUNCIaTION: Stress for Use your notes from B to write a first draft town or city. With stronger classes, put
emphasis Listen and repeat the sentences. Expressing recommendations of your description. students into pairs to brainstorm ideas.
Which sentence has more stressed words? Don’t forget to try … . D CheCk
Why? It’s one of the most … in the ... . • adjectives and intensifiers Bring their ideas together on the board.
Have you been to Bowl You Over? It’s quite an experience. • ordering your ideas in a logical way With weaker classes, brainstorm ideas
You’ve never been bowling? Seriously? They’re (all) worth seeing. for each sense with the whole class and
We’re looking forward to (seeing you).
24 Sensations Sensations 25 make notes on the board. Students then
write their description. This can be set for
homework. Remind students to check
Writing • A To enter the competition, you have to their grammar and spelling carefully.
answers
competition entry describe the sights, tastes, sounds and More practice
feelings that visitors to your country can Workbook page 19
aim experience. The prize is a two-week trip Practice Kit Writing 2
Use intensifiers to add interest to to Australia. We learn that the residents End-of-unit activities
your writing. in southern Việt Nam are very warm. Cumulative Review, Workbook page 56
* Vocabulary and language focus worksheets,
Language point: Intensifiers Teacher’s Resource Disk
THInK! ** Vocabulary and language focus worksheets,
Read out the questions and elicit answers exercise 2 Teacher’s Resource Disk
from individual students. If students are Teach the meaning of spectacular. Students *** Vocabulary and language focus
struggling for ideas, ask more questions to find the words in the text and decide what worksheets, Teacher’s Resource Disk
prompt them, e.g. What places can you visit type of word they always come before. With Speaking worksheet, Teacher’s Resource Disk
in your area? Are there any national parks, weaker classes, students work in pairs.
mountains, beaches, etc.? Is there any music Check answers and elicit or point out that
that is typical of your area? the intensifiers make the meaning of the
answers adjectives stronger.
Students’ own answers. answer
exercise 1 They always come before adjectives.
Focus on the photos and ask: What do exercise 3
you know about the Mekong Delta? Elicit a Remind students of what they learned
few ideas. Students then read the advert about extreme adjectives on page 22.
and the winning entry and answer the Elicit a few examples of normal and
questions. Check answers with the class. extreme adjectives, e.g. good – wonderful,
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