ShapeS oF YoU
Vocabulary plus: prepositions
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1 Makenotesonthesetopicsrandomlyintheshapes.
• somethingyouusuallydoattheweekend
• somethingyoulikedoingonyourown
• a goodprogrammeonTVinyourcountryat
themoment
• apersonyoumetbychance
• thelasttimeyouwereinahurry–andwhy
• whereyouwereonNewYear’sDaythisyear
• aplacewhereyoulikegoingforawalk
• whatyouusuallydointheevening
• thelasttimeyouwentforarun
• somethingyoudidonpurposeandregretted
• thelastpersonyouspoketoonthephone
• t henameofasongbyyourfavourite
singer/band
• somethingyouhavemadebyhand
• thelasttimeyoutravelledbyboat
• ifyouareusuallyontimeorlate
• whereyouwerein2008
Fold
2 Lookatyourpartner’snotesandguesswhattheyreferto.
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celebRitY FactS
Grammar: present perfect/past simple
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Worksheet A
Readoutyourcelebrityfacts,choosingthecorrectverbform.Thenlistentoyourpartner’sfactsand
sayiftheyaretrueorfalse.
1 Attheageoften,JustinTimberlakehas won/wonthe1991pre-teenMrAmericacontest.(true)
2 ChristinaAguilerahas recorded/recordedanalbuminSpanish,butshedoesn’tspeakthe
language.(true)
3 Whenhewasachild,JimCarreyhas worn/woretapshoestobed,incasehisparentsneeded
cheeringupinthemiddleofthenight.(true)
4 DrewBarrymorehas never directed/never directedafilm.(false–shedirectedherfirstfilm
Whip Itin2009)
5 SamuelL.Jacksonhas first appeared/first appearedinafilmwhenhewastwoyearsold.(false
–SamuelL.JacksonfirstappearedinthefilmTogether for Daysin1972,whenhewastwenty-four)
6 JackBlackhas been/wasanactorsince1969.(false–hewasbornin1969)
7 ThefilmTitanichas never been/was nevertranslatedintoanylanguagesotherthanEnglish.
(false–ithasbeentranslatedintomanylanguages)
8 JanisJoplin,JimiHendrix,JimMorrisonandKurtCobainhave all died/all diedwhentheywere
twenty-seven.(true)
9 JamesBondisarealagentintheBritishsecretservice.Hehas worked/workedthereforover
twentyyears.(false–JamesBondisafictionalcharacter)
10 TomCruisehas studied/studiedtobeapriest.(true)
Worksheet B
Listentoyourpartner’sfactsandsayiftheyaretrueorfalse.Thenreadoutyourcelebrityfacts,
choosingthecorrectverbform.
1 QuentinTarantinohas directed/directedbutneveractedinfilms.(false–hehasappearedin
manyof hisownfilms)
2 JenniferLopezhas started/startedsinginganddancinglessonsattheageoffive.(true)
3 CubaGoodingJr’sfirstjobwas/has beenasabreak-dancerforLionelRichieatthe1984
Olympics.(true)
4 GeorgeClooneyhas had/hadapetlionwhenhewasaboy.(false–buthedidhaveapetpig!)
5 BradPitthas never won/never wonanOscar.(true–buthehasbeennominatedfortwo)
6 Ex-PresidentRonaldReaganhas appeared/appearedinoverfiftyfilmsfromthe1930stothe
1960s.(true)
7 JohnWaynehas made/mademorethan200filmsbeforehediedin1979.(true)
8 StevenSpielberghas appeared/appearedinthe1984filmET.(false–hedirectedit)
9 HarrisonFordhas had/hadaspeciesofspidernamedafterhim.(true)
10 JenniferAnistonhas dated/datedallofthemaleactorsinFriendsinreallife.(false–butshehas
datedBradPitt,whoonceappearedinFriends)
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iN YoUR DReaMS
Grammar: narrative tenses
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Thinkofadreamyouhadrecentlyandmakenotesinthewordwebs.Describeyourdream
toyourgroup.Listenandaskquestionstofindoutmoreaboutotherstudents’dreams.
Things you did/ate the day before
saw an old friend
Places in the dream
an old school
Main events of the dream
running away from somebody
Background of the dream
raining
Clothes you were wearing
a beautiful dress
The end/After the dream
woke up feeling scared
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What happeNeD NeXt?
Functional language: telling a story
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Worksheet A
Worksheet B
TwouglysisterslivedinaflatinLondon.
Joeandhismotherwereverypoor.Theylived
togetherinaverysmallhouse,anddidn’thave
enoughfoodtoeat.
Suzerellawasauniversitystudentwhoworked
part-timeasacleanerforthetwouglysisters.
Thetwouglysisterswereverycruelandmade
herworkveryhard.
Oneday,theywenttoamarket,sotheycould
selltheirTVtobuysomefood.
Anewnightclubopened,andaveryhandsome
celebritywasgoingtoopenit.Theuglysisters
andSuzerellareallywantedtogoandmeethim.
Whiletheywerethere,Joe’smotherwenttosee
theotherthingsforsaleandaskedJoetostay
andtryandselltheTV.
Theuglysistersboughttheirtickets,but
wouldn’tletSuzerellago.Theymadeherstayat
homeandcleanthefloors.
AmancameupandaskedJoetosellhimtheTV
forsome‘magic’beans.Joethoughtthiswasan
excellentidea,andsoldittohim.
Ontheopeningnight,Suzerellawasathome,
cleaningandfeelingverysad.Suddenly,anangel
appeared…
WhenJoe’smotherreturned,shewasveryangry,
andcouldn’tbelieveJoehaddonethat.When
theygothome,shethrewthebeansintothe
garden.
Thenextmorning,whenJoewokeup,ahuge,
treehadgrowninthegarden.Joedecidedto
climbit…
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YoU’Re the DiRectoR
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Vocabulary: types of story and the news
1 Chooseatypeoffilmandsomeevents.
Types of film
biopic docudrama disaster romanticcomedy perioddrama fantasy/sciencefiction mystery/crime action/adventure psychologicalthriller
Events
acrashhappens someoneattacksthehero alotof violenceoccurs afugitiveiscaught
anearthquakehitsthecity XandYfallinlove thequeendies Xisdestroyed workersgoonstrike hostagesaretaken/released Xgetsshot Xcausesaneconomiccollapse LordXfallsill Xhasanaffair other(saywhich)
2 Completethestoryboardthenpresentyourideastotheclass.
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Maincharacters
Problem
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Solution
Furtherproblem
Ending–happyorsad?
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