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1A Speaking Upper-intermediate
Description Students practise asking questions for more information
Lesson link Use this activity after 3a, page 5
Time 10–15 minutes
Extra material None
Instructions
a Write on the board your answers to five of the 24
questions in the Q&A questionnaires, .
Losing a balloon when I was two years old.
Freshly ground coffee.
Reading in the sun.
Locking myself out of my flat.
My piano.
b Give SS a time limit of three minutes to work out in
pairs which questions in the questionnaires these
are the answers to.
Answers
What’s your earliest memory?
What’s your favourite smell?
What’s your idea of perfect happiness?
What has been your most embarrassing moment?
What’s your most treasured possession?
c Check their ideas, and get SS to ask you as many
questions as they can about each answer.
d Then get SS to do exercise 3b. Encourage them
to ask extra questions and get to know each
other better.
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1B Pronunciation Upper-intermediate
Description Students categorize personality adjectives according to their stress patterns
Lesson link Use this activity after 3c, page 9
Time 10 minutes
Extra material Print out and photocopy the Word stress patterns worksheet for each student
Instructions
a Draw the table from the worksheet on the board,
or use an overhead transparency or PowerPoint
slide. Ask the class How many syllables does
‘creative’ have? Elicit three. Ask students which
stress category creative fits into. Ask SS to repeat
the word with the correct stress.
b Remind SS that word stress is vital – incorrect word
stress can make a word very difficult to understand.
c Give each student a copy of the worksheet. Tell
them to work individually to categorize the words.
Encourage them to say the words out loud.
d Divide SS into pairs and ask them pa