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3 speaking • Exchanging news
Speaking • Exchanging I can request and respond to personal news.
news THINK! Imagine that you haven’t been in contact with a friend for a month. What do you talk about?
Daisy Oh, hey, Neil!
Aim Neil Oh, hi, Daisy. I haven’t seen you for
ages.
Request and respond to personal news. Daisy I know. I’ve been 1 .
Neil Really? What have you been up to?
Daisy I’ve just got back from an 2
THINK! Neil in Zambia.
Wow! Was it good?
Ask the question to the whole class and Daisy It was amazing! I’ve done a lot over
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elicit some answers. Ask more questions the last few weeks. I went
on the Zambezi River and I saw the
to encourage students to say more, e.g. Victoria Falls.
Do you talk about school / hobbies? Do you Neil That sounds great. Did you take many
?
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talk about other friends or family members? Daisy Yes, I’ve already posted 5 ! Neil Daisy
Do you ask questions to find out what your What about you? Have you been
doing anything special?
friend has been doing? What questions Neil Not really. I’ve been studying
might you ask? 6 . We’ve got exams all 4 Work in pairs. Match the phrases. Then
week. ask and answer the two questions with your
ANSWerS Daisy Oh. Good luck with that. partner.
Neil
Thanks. Bye, Daisy. It was good to see
Students’ own answers. you again. 1 What have you a anything special?
b been up to?
2 I haven’t seen you
3 I’ve been studying c to see you again.
exercise 1 r e 1.29 1 1.29 Complete the dialogue with the 4 Have you been doing d for ages.
Students read the dialogue and complete phrases in the box. Then watch or listen and 5 It was good e all week.
Use IT! Work in pairs. Read the situation.
it with the correct words and phrases. With check. Where has Daisy just been? What has 5 Prepare and practise a new dialogue. Use the
Neil got all week?
weaker classes, students could work in adventure holiday away every day key phrases and the dialogue in exercise 1 to
pairs for this. Play the video or audio for hundreds kayaking photos help you.
students to watch or listen and check their Student A: You meet a cousin who you haven't
answers. Check answers with the class, 2 1.29 Study the Key Phrases. Cover the seen for a few months. Ask him / her what
then ask the questions about Daisy and dialogue and try to remember who says the they’ve been up to. You’ve got exams next week,
Neil and elicit the answers. phrases, Daisy (D) or Neil (N). Watch or listen so you’ve been busy, too.
again and check.
Student B: You’ve just come back from an
ANSWerS Key pHrAses adventure holiday in Việt Nam. Tell Student A
1 away 2 adventure holiday about it. Ask him / her what they’ve been up to.
3 kayaking 4 photos 5 hundreds Exchanging news
1 I haven’t seen you for ages.
6 every day 2 What have you been up to?
Daisy has just been on an adventure 3 Have you been doing anything special?
holiday in Zambia. Neil has got exams 4 We’ve got exams all week.
5 Good luck with that.
all week. 6 It was good to see you again.
exercise 2 r e1.29 3 Work in pairs. Practise the dialogue.
Put students into pairs and ask them
to cover the dialogue in exercise 1. 36 Adventure
Students read the key phrases and try to
remember who says them. Play the video
or audio again for students to check their exercise 4 Optional activity: Speaking
answers. Check answers with the class Students match the phrases. Check
and check that students understand all answers with the class and check that Ask students to imagine something
the key phrases. You could ask students to students understand all the phrases. exciting they have done recently.
translate the key phrases into Vietnamese Students then work in pairs to ask and They could look back through the
to check understanding. answer the two questions. Ask some unit for ideas, e.g. they have visited
the Antarctic and seen penguins, or
ANSWerS students to tell the class what their partner kayaked over some falls. Allow students
1 N 2 N 3 D 4 N 5 D 6 N has been up to. time to prepare their ideas individually,
ANSWerS then put them into pairs to ask and
Optional activity: Key phrases 1 b What have you been up to? answer questions about what they have
Before students practise the dialogue, 2 d I haven’t seen you for ages. been doing. Encourage them to use
play the video or audio again, pausing 3 e I’ve been studying all week. some of the key phrases from page 36,
after the key phrases. Ask students to 4 a Have you been doing anything and to ask more questions to find out
repeat, copying the pronunciation and special? more information. Ask some students
intonation that they hear. 5 c It was good to see you again. to tell the class about their partner’s
Students’ own answers. adventures. The class could decide who
ANSWerS
Students’ own answers. exercise 5 USe IT! has had the most fun.
Students work in pairs to prepare a new More practice
exercise 3 dialogue. Students swap roles and practise Practice Kit Speaking 3
Students work in pairs to practise the again. Ask some students to perform their
dialogue. dialogues for the class.
ANSWerS
Students’ own answers.

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