Contents1 Unit 1: Families around the world............................................................................................... 1 Grammar point: Present simple and present continuous ........................................................ 4 Vocabulary: Describing people ............................................................................................. 5 Unit 2: The time of our lives ....................................................................................................... 7 Vocabulary: Leisure activities ................................................................................................. 10 Grammar point: Adverbs of frequency .............................................................................. 12 Unit 3: Hit the road! .................................................................................................................. 14 Vocabulary: Travelling ............................................................................................................ 16 Grammar point: Future forms ........................................................................................... 18 Unit 4: Welcome home! ........................................................................................................... 22 Vocabulary: Rooms of a house ............................................................................................... 23 Grammar point: Some, Any, A lot of, Lots of ...................................................................... 25 Vocabulary: furniture and home objects ............................................................................ 27 Unit 5: Good old days! .............................................................................................................. 31 Grammar point: Past simple and past continuous ............................................................. 33 Irregular verb list ................................................................................................................ 37 Unit 6: To eat or not to eat: that’s the question. ..................................................................... 38 Vocabulary: describing food ............................................................................................... 39 Grammar point: Comparative and superlative adjectives .................................................. 40 References ................................................................................................................................ 43
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Material elaborado por Débora Sales Almeida de Oliveira, coordenação pedagógica do Abraço Cultural SP.
UNIT 1: FAMILIES AROUND THE WORLD 1. Look at the pictures below. What kind of relationship these people have?
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2. Families around the world are very diverse. What kind of differences do you think there are between these
families? Think about the topics in the box and discuss them with a partner.
3. Now it’s time to share your opinions with the class! Use the inputs below to say what you and your partner
discussed.
I think the family in picture 1 is from…… / They are from….. They have a big/small family. They have one/four children. The family members are: mother/father…. 4. Look at the pictures again and complete the following sentences. a) b) c) d) e) f)
There ________ 5 family members in picture 1. ________ are they from? They ____ from India. How ________ family members are there in picture 2? In picture 2 they ______ a small family. _______ is their country of origin? Nigeria. The people in picture 3 ________ Muslims.
5. You are going to interview a classmate to find out what is his/her family like! Follow the instructions! a) Stand up, go around the class and choose a colleague to discover what is her/his family like. Use the following questions to help you. Then, write in the blue circle the similarities and the differences between your families.
Instructions: In the space where the two circles meet, write the similarities. In the spaces where the circles do not meet, write the differences. How many people are there in your family? Do you have any brothers or sisters? How old is you mother/father? What’s your mother/father/brother/sister’s name? What does your mother/father/sister do? Where does your family live? Who do you live with? What language(s) does your family speak? Where are your family ancestors from? Is there any special meal your family likes to eat?
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Adapted from: Teaching Tolerance.
b) Now, take turns with your classmates and ask the questions from the previous exercise to your teacher! Write
down his/her answers in the following space. Is there any difference between his/her family and yours?
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LISTENING 6.
Listen to a woman describing the picture of a family. Tick the words you hear: busy happy well organised friendly
7. Read the extract below and underline all the sentences that are used to describe the father and the mother. The father, who is wearing a white shirt and black glasses, looks like he is working from home today; he appears to be very busy as he is looking down at his notepad and has a pen in his hand. He is not smiling so maybe he just wants to get on with his work. The mother, wearing a blue blouse, is talking to someone on the phone. She could also be working from home, and is having her lunch while she works as she has a plate in front of her. On the other hand, she could just be chatting to a friend. Although everyone looks busy in the picture, they seem very well organised. Maybe they are working hard now so they can enjoy some free time together very soon. Source: Audio and excerpt of transcript from the British Council ESOL website.
GRAMMAR POINT Present simple and Present Continuous Take a look at the verbs from the previous exercise. Analyse the following sentences and complete the rule. *He appears to be very busy. *They seem very well organized. *They can enjoy some free time. *He is working from home today. *He is not smiling. *They are working hard now. The sentences in blue are in the present
simple or
The sentences in purple talk about things that
continuous.
are true in the present or
are happening now.
8. In your notebook, write some sentences about things you are doing now and things you do everyday. 4
VOCABULARY 9. Match the pictures on the right with the words from the box.
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Nervous ( ) Talkative ( ) Curious ( ) Lazy ( ) Shy ( ) Happy ( ) Hardworking ( ) Creative ( )
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10. Which adjectives best describe you? Talk to a partner about it.
E.g: I am a talkative person. I like to talk to different people everywhere I go.
11. Complete the sentences with an adjective that best represent each person. a) b) c) d) e) f) g)
Samir likes to know about different cultures. He is very ______________________. Joanne doesn’t like to speak in public. She is ______________________. Sarah is always smiling. She is a ____________ person. Khalil doesn’t like working. He is very ___________________. Claire has a lot of good ideas. She has a ____________________ mind. Jamila likes to talk with her friends everyday. She is a _____________ person. Johnny gets _____________ when someone doesn’t listen to him.
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FINAL TASK You are talking to a friend who lives in Egypt and she wants to know about your family. Use the telephone in the image below to describe some members of your family. Give as many details as you can, using all the vocabulary you learned in this unit.
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UNIT 2: THE TIME OF OUR LIVES 1. What is the importance of time in your life?
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2. Do you think everyone feels or thinks about time in the same way? Tick the boxes that are true for you when you think about the way you deal with time. Share your choices with a partner. I like to be on time for meetings. I am upset if someone is late. I often arrive late for meetings. I prefer enjoying things than thinking about time. I like to plan what I am going to do in my free time. I don’t like to plan my weekends. I don’t know how to deal with unexpected situations. I like unexpected things. I don’t like deadlines. I am organised and my agenda too. I have a plan for the next 5 years. I don’t have any idea of what I will be doing in the next years.
3. Proverbs are very common in popular culture and they can reveal each country approach to time. Take a look at the following sayings. Can you see they bring different ideas related to time?
“USE TIME WISELY”
“THE HUMAN BEING HAS RESPONSIBILITY BUT NO POWER OVER TIME”
4. Together with the whole class decide which sentences from exercise 2 belong to the group Use time wisely and which ones to the group No power over time. Your teacher will write two columns on the board and you need to tell him/her where to put each sentence.
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5. Different cultures have different perceptions of time. Read the text and do the following exercise.
Text extracted and adapted from Big World Media, Cultural Differences in the Workplace: perceptions of time. Available on: https://www.bigworldmedia.com/blogs/news/18184499-cultural-differences-in-the-workplace-perceptions-of-time
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6. According to the text, choose if the sentences below are true (T) or false (F). a) b) c) d) e) f)
Western and Eastern cultures see time in a different way. ( ) People do things in the same speed. ( ) Arabs think Western people are slaves to the clock. ( ) Meetings in Brazil and Germany start and finish in a very diverse manner. ( ) In Germany, the train announcements are very late. ( ) It’s important to analyse the difference between cultures and their perception of time. ( )
7. What is your daily routine like? Use the timetable below to write the type of activities you do every day.
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8. In pairs, talk about your weekly schedule and check if you have anything in common. E.g: On Monday, I go to the gym in the morning. On Tuesday, I have Spanish classes.
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