HOW TO BE COOPERATIVE I.
Let’s get ready 1. With a peer find which pictures show cooperation. Tick the appropriate answer.
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2. Look at the picture in the spider gram. Think of words and expressions that best describe it. …………………… …………………….. ………………. …………………. ……………… ………….. …………………. ………………… ……………….. 3. How do you think people can be cooperative? In my opinion, people can……………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. …..…………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 4. Wha do you think of collaborating and cooperating with the others? I think………………………………………………………………………………………………………... II.
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1. Read the fiest sentence of the text. What, do you think, is it about? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 2. Read and answer the questions below. My name is Ian. I’m 16. I believe that volunteering is a meaningful experience. I usually do it for the elderly who live alone and feel lonely. They need help with practical jobs like gardening, painting and decorating because they can’t do them by themselves. They also need someone to talk to from time to time.
One day, while I and three other friends were hanging around, we saw an 80 year-old lady in her garden. We stopped and watched her. She was trying to dig the garden. She was carrying a heavy watering can when she slipped on the grass and fell on the ground. Therefore, we decided to help her. It took us two weeks to do the job. We worked in the evenings and the weekends. We enjoyed our time and everybody was very pleased with the results. We still visit her in our spare times. Sometimes, we are the only people she sees for days. a. Complete the sentence with reference to the text. The text is about …… (number) …………….. teenagers who spent two weeks ……………….in an…………… ………………’s garden. b. The following statements are false correct them with details from the text. 1. Ian thinks voluntary work is not important in our life. §1 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 2. The old people don’t require our support because they are able to do everything alone. §1 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3. Ian and his friends spent two hard weeks. §3 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… c. What were Ian and his friends doing one day? ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. d. What happened? ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. e. What was she doing? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. III.
Brush up your grammar
Read and think While I and three other friends were hanging around, we saw an 80 year-old lady in her garden. S+ ………………………. Expresses - past simple - past progressive - past perfect 1. …………………… is used when we have a past activity that has duration and which began before the action expressed in the past simple. Example: She was working in the garden while (when) I saw her. 2. Practise writing the verbs in the past progressive. It (rain)…………………………heavily at five o’clock. I (sleep)…………………………..when John called. She (clean……………………….. her car when the phone rang. What(you – do)………………………when the match started? You (not – listen)…………………………to me when I told you to work in groups 3. Write the verbs in brackets in the past simple or in the past continuous (progressive) When I (go) …………………………..into the office yesterday, many secretaries (type) ……………...... Letters. Some of them (talk) ………………………on the phones and a few customers (wait)………….. …………. To be helped. They (complain) ……………………… about the bad service. When the boss (come)…………………….in, they all(stop)………………………...talking and arguing. -
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Writing
One day while you were leaving the old lady’s house after a short visit, your uncle saw you and became very angry. He insisted to know what you were doing in a stranger house. You told him your story. He thanked you for being so cooperative and asked you to introduce him to the old lady. Write the conversation then enact it with your peer.