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Unit 9
It’s a mystery! Listening; Grammar; Values

6 Put a copy of the four pictures
up on the board before students IT’S A MYSTERY! UNIT 9
open their books. LISTENING
A 4 B 2 C 1 D 3 6 Match the pictures with the words.

7 9.04 Before playing the audio,
ask students to predict what
happens in the story based on
the pictures from Exercise 6. A B C D
Encourage them to use modal 1 fortune-teller 2 rope 3 housekeeper 4 chandelier
verbs of deduction. 7 9.04 Listen to a story called The Case of the Mysterious Fall. Why is the fall mysterious?
It’s mysterious because it isn’t clear
who or what will fall. 8 9.04 Listen again. Mark the sentences T (true), F (false) or DS (doesn’t say).
1 Mr Huntingdon was friendly and sociable.
2 He only spoke to one person each week.
8 9.04 Check/clarify: cheat death. 3 He thought of a plan to try and cheat death.
Stress that a statement is only 4 Mr Huntingdon tried to call Mrs Crabtree back to the house after she’d left.
wrong if there is information in 5 Mrs Crabtree always started work at 8 am.
the text explicitly contradicting 6 The fortune-teller’s prediction came true.
it. If there is no information, the GRAMMAR
answer is doesn’t say. should(n’t) have
1 F 2 F 3 T 4 T 5 DS 6 T 9 Look at these sentences from the listening. Thinking carefully before you act
Answer the questions. Then complete the rule. 12 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Which do you think was
SPEAKING
1 Maybe [Mrs Crabtree] should have asked why. Mr Huntingdon’s biggest mistake?
9 1 a No b Yes 2 a Yes b No a Did Mrs Crabtree ask why? A He should have thought about his plan more
carefully.
b Would it have been a good idea to?
RULE: 3 have 4 past participle 2 He shouldn’t have sent Mrs Crabtree home. B He should have told Mrs Crabtree about the
a Did Mr Huntingdon send Mrs Crabtree home? fortune-teller’s prediction.
10 If you want to focus on students’ b Was it a good idea to? C He shouldn’t have gone to see the fortune-teller.
pronunciation, draw their RULE: To criticise actions in the past, we use should / 13 SPEAKING Look at the pictures. What mistake did
SPEAKING
attention to the elision of /t/ and shouldn’t + 3 + the 4 form of the verb. each person make? What should they have done?
the weak have in shouldn’t have 1 3
by saying the first sentence and 10 Write replies to the statements. Use should have
or shouldn’t have and suitable verbs. Then practise
getting students to notice these reading them out in pairs.
features. Say the rest of the 0 ‘I had five slices of pizza! Now I feel sick.’
sentences for students to repeat. ‘You shouldn’t have eaten so much pizza!’
Suggested answers: 1 ‘We’ve broken the TV. Quick! Put the ball away!’
2 ‘I bought these jeans yesterday, but now I haven’t got
1 We shouldn’t have played with a ball enough money to buy Mum a birthday present.’
in the house. 2 You shouldn’t have 3 ‘I failed the test!’ 2 4
4 ‘Joey didn’t invite me to his party.’
bought those jeans. 3 You should 5 ‘You only paid 100 for those tickets? I paid 250!’
have studied harder. 4 He should 11 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Write three sentences
SPEAKING
have invited you to his party. 5 You about famous people using should have or
should have paid less for the tickets. shouldn’t have. Then read them out without saying
the names. Your partner tries to guess who the
people are.
11 Give a couple of your own ideas workbook page 82
before students begin. 87
Workbook p82
12 Give students 30 seconds to
reflect before they discuss in pairs. Homework
Encourage them to try to persuade Ask students to invent a new plot for a film which includes Mr Huntingdon, the
their partner that the response housekeeper, the fortune-teller and a rope. Encourage them to include other
they chose was the right one, characters and objects if they wish. As a follow-up, students could present their
where they have different answers. stories to the class to decide which would be the best film.

13 During feedback, students could
swap partners and compare ideas Activity idea Extension
with a different person. Students write three true sentences
Suggested answers: and one false one about themselves
1 He should have put on some sun and their family. Give examples of
cream. 2 She should have cleaned your own first. Divide the class into
her shoes before she came in. small groups. Students read their
3 He should have left home earlier. sentences for the others to decide more
4 She should have taken out the cake which one is not true. Students
earlier. should say: That must / might / Workbook
could / can’t be true because … Listening p88, Ex.1–5
Grammar pp82–83, Ex.3–5
They report back on something they
Critical ing learned about their partners during Worksheets
Evaluating ideas, arguments and options feedback in open class. Grammar Worksheets 9
Analyses causes and effects of problems.
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