Lesson 1

Unit One: Intercultural Exchanges

Step: Listening and Speaking
Structure: In order to / so as to
Warm up
Teacher introduces some words to brainstorm pupils' ideas about how to express purpose
Google yahoo facebook twitter skype
o Do you know theses words?
o Are they important to you? Why?
o Do you use them?
o Do you have e-mails or facebook account? What's your address? Read it.
o @ at / . dot / com / www world wide web

Listening dialogue:
Tom : Hi, Helen did you open your facebook account last night?.
Helen : Sorry , I didn't because I have forgotten how to open it.
Tom : What! You forget. Why?
Helen : Because in have never opened it.
Tom : Ok, I will show you how to open it . You just fellow the steps.
Helen : First , you press this button to switch on the computer. Then, select the facebook icon in order
to open the facebook page .Do you remember that?
Tom : Yes, switch on then the icon.
Helen : The next step is to enter your ID, I mean your user name and password and to access to the
facebook. Do you understand what I mean?
Tom : Ok, continue.
Helen : After that , you have to sign in here and wait for the connection, then read you messages.
Tom : Thank you Helen it's very easy.
Helen : Now Tom can you tell me how to open you facebook.
Tom : Uuuur….mmm, sorry I have forgotten the first step.

1 Listen to the dialogue then match A with B. A B

Press messages
2 Listen again then re-order the phrases according to the dialogue. Select ID and password
Switch Button
sign facebook icon
Enter In
Read computer
3 Answer the following questions with your partner by completing
the answers.
o Why do you press the button?
 I Press the button in order to ………….. (Switch on the computer)

o Why do you select the facebook icon?

 I select the facebook icon in order to ………… (Open the facebook page)

o Why do you enter your ID and password?

 I enter my ID and password so as to ………. (Get access to facebook)

o Why do you press sign in?

 I press sign in so as to ………… (Open my account)
4 Join the pairs of sentences using so as to, so as not to, in order to or in order not to.
o We use the skype. speak with our friends.
o You must be careful. disturb your neighbours.
o Invite her to my party. I am writing an e-mail to Jane.
o Watch videos. I use the youtube.

5 Rewrite the sentences using so as to, so as not to, in order to or in order not to.
o I phoned Richard because I wanted to invite him to my party.
o I need a book; I want to offer it to my friend.
o I have to wake up early; I don't want to come late to school.
o I am going to the bookshop; I need to buy a book about history.

6 Complete the sentences to express the purpose.

o I go to the stadium in order to…………..
o Billy is making diet so as to ……………..
o Sandra is revising her lessons in order to ……..
o Sandra is revising her lessons in order not to ……..
 Lesson 2
Unit One: Intercultural Exchanges
Step: Listening and Speaking
Lesson: Problem consonant (pronunciation problem)
Objective:
 Pronunciation of the silent letters
 Final 'ed' and the final 's'
 Final pronunciation f,t,d,v,s,z,k,t∫
Warm up
Tongue twister
I can can a can in a cannery, can you?

Dictation
1 Write what you teacher says then underline the silent letters
o The teacher me to answer the questions with my partner.
o I have a flight on Wednesday, I am going to visit a beautiful castle in an island with my daughter.

2 listen to your teacher and classify the underlined words according to their final pronunciation.
o Yesterday I had played a computer game and I listened to music in the youtube.
o Last year, I visited the south of Spain. I stayed and worked in a farm for two weeks.
o Tom likes video games. He always plays them in the morning so he sometimes misses the school
bus.

t d id s z iz

3 Classify the underlined parts according to their pronunciations

o The work was really hard and tough. /f/
o She has a nice car. /z/
o She has to send the e-mail before Thursday. /s/
o You have to pay attention when you drive. /f/
o They have lot of work to do. /v/
o He had to apologize for your mistake. /t/
o He had a beautiful smart phone. /d/
o Sally is a smart architect she built many churches that were turned to mosques.
o I like this book because it has good characters.

/f/ / d/ / t∫/ /s/ /v/ /z / /k/ /t/

 Lesson 3
Unit One: Intercultural Exchanges
Step: Listening and Speaking
Lesson: Stress
Objective:
 Practicing syllables
 Practicing stress

Syllables
1 Listen to your teacher and say how many parts are there in these words
Printer – mouse – happy – invent (verb) – invention – technology
(To help the pupils we ask them to clap their hands while saying the words; through rhythm they can find
their way to the syllabic division)
Introduce the rules:
o One voiced vowel, one syllable
o 2 voiced vowels together, 1 syllable (exception: geology)
o 'e' at the end isn't count ; it's voiceless ( exception it's counted with 'le')
o Don't forget the final 's' (names : 1 syllable / misses : 2 syllables)
and 'id' ( helped : 1 syllable / named : 1 syllable / divided : 3 syllables)

1 Classify these words in the following table Noun Adjective Verb

Printer – happy clever – to invent – buses

2 Listen to your teacher then put the stress in the 1st or the 2nd syllable.
(Pupils deduce the rule from the exercise. Noun and adjective 1st syllable/ verb 2nd syllable)

3 How many syllables are there in these words?

Invention – television – mechanic
(Pupils deduce the rule from the exercise. Endings tion, sion, ic/ stress 2nd from the end)

4 How many syllables are there in these words?

Technology – mechanical – capacity – democracy – photography - geology
(Pupils deduce the rule from the exercise. Endings gy ,al,ty,cy,phy, / stress 3rd from the end)

Practice
Underlined the stressed on these words
Aim: Syllabic division and stress.
Electronic – plastic – finished – problematic – connection – switched – imagination – reality-philosophy

Answers:
Electronic – plastic – fake – problematic – connection – switched – imagination – reality –philosophy
Unit One: Intercultural Exchanges
Step: Reading and Writing
Lesson: Frequency adverbs
Objective:
 Practicing adverb of frequency in context

Part 1
Reading
Text

Hi Marta,
I've found your name on the Electronic-friend Exchange website, so I´m writing this
e-mail to introduce myself and to know more about you.
My name´s Rodrigo De Lavega and I´m 17 years old from Caracas, Venezuela. I´m a
pupil in the secondary school, in languages stream. I study French, Spanish and English. I
want to study other languages at university to be a translator in the future.
On weekends, I rarely get up early, I usually get up by 9.30, I take my lunch and go
to play tennis. Sometimes , I go outside with my friends for shopping or watching fillms in
the cinema.
During my free time, I always read books about history. My hobby is collecting old
currency and stamps .My friends called me old-fashioned because I often wear Jeans of the
80s with trainers. I never wear shoes; I don't like them.
My family is a typical Venezuelan: we live in a small village which has only 5.000
inhabitants. My mother is a housewife and my father is a carpenter .I have two brothers
Bruno and Hugo .Both of them are in the primary school.
My village is very pleasant.Our winters are often wet and rainy , but are not cold.
It would be great to hear from you. Why not send me a message? Or maybe we could
chat on-line… Must go now!
Rodrigo
P.S Find my photo in attachment .

Comprehension questions
1 Read the e-mail and answer these questions.
o Who is the sender and the receiver of the e-mail?
o Who is Rodrigo?
o What does he study?
o Does he get up early on weekends?
o Why do they call him old-fashioned?

2 Read and write the sentences which contain the adverb of frequency in the graph.

100% -------Always--------------------------------------------------
---
--- ---Usually
---
--- ---Often
---
50% --- ---Sometimes
---
----- Rarely
---
0% ------Never-----------------------------------------------------------
Part 2
Speaking (pair work)
Ask a partner the questions and complete the questionnaire .Tick (  ) the correct box.
Questionnaire
Questions Frequency adverbs
1 What time do you get up on schooldays? □
Always □
usually
Early□ at 6 o'clock □ at 7 o'clock □ other time □ Sometimes□ never □
2 Do you have a big breakfast? Always □ usually□
Sometimes□ never □
3 How do you go to school? Always □ usually□
On foot □ by bus □ by taxi □ Sometimes□ never □
4 How often do you revise your lessons?

Everyday □ 3 times a week □ once a week □

5 When do you use the internet? Always □ □
usually
Sometimes□ never □
6 Do you go to bed early?
What time do you go to bed? ---------------------
7 What do you do on weekends?

Go shopping □ play sport □ stay at home □ other things….

3 Writing
Introduce yourself and Write about your daily habit, then about your friends.
Start like this
My name's……I am a pupils at……On schooldays; I always get up at 7 o'clock….
 Name: ------------------------------------

Hi Marta,
I've found your name on the Electronic-friend Exchange website, so I´m writing this
e-mail to introduce myself and to know more about you.
My name´s Rodrigo De Lavega and I´m 17 years old from Caracas, Venezuela. I´m a
pupil in the secondary school, in languages stream. I study French, Spanish and English. I
want to study other languages at university to be a translator in the future.
On weekends, I rarely get up early, I usually get up by 9.30, I take my lunch and go to
play tennis. Sometimes , I go outside with my friends for shopping or watching fillms in the
cinema.
During my free time, I always read books about history. My hobby is collecting old
currency and stamps .My friends called me old-fashioned because I often wear Jeans of the
80s with trainers. I never wear shoes ; I don't like them.
My family is a typical Venezuelan: we live in a small village which has only 5.000
inhabitants. My mother is a housewife and my father is a carpenter .I have two brothers
Bruno and Hugo .Both of them are in the primary school.
My village is very pleasant.Our winters are often wet and rainy , but are not cold.
It would be great to hear from you. Why not send me a message? Or maybe we could
chat on-line… Must go now!
Rodrigo
P.S Find my photo in attachment .

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Ask a partner the questions and complete the questionnaire .Tick (  ) the correct box.

Questionnaire
Questions Frequency adverbs
1 What time do you get up on schooldays? Always □ usually□
Early □ at 6 o'clock □ at 7 o'clock □ other time □ Sometimes□ never □
2 Do you have a big breakfast? Always □ usually□
Sometimes□ never □
3 How do you go to school? Always □ usually□
On foot □ by bus □ by taxi □ Sometimes□ never □
4 How often do you revise your lessons?

Everyday □ 3 times a week □ once a week □

5 When do you use the internet? Always □ □
usually
Sometimes□ never □
6 Do you go to bed early?
What time do you go to bed? ---------------------
7 What do you do on weekends?

Go shopping □ play sport □ stay at home □ other things….

Unit One: Intercultural Exchanges
Step: Reading and Writing
Lesson: Comparison
Objective:
 Practicing comparison

Starter :
I prefer the e-mail because it is fast.
Do you refer to correspond by the e-mail or letter?
Tell the class.
I don't. I prefer the letter because it is safe and no
one can read it.

Comparative adjectives
1 Match an adjective with its opposites.
Adjective Opposite
Which adjectives are short and which ones are long?
fast expensive
Which adjectives describe the computer?
modern boring
Which describe the I pad tablet?
cheap heavy
big old
exciting small
2 Read the conversation between Andy and Mike
light slow
comparing the computer and I pad tablet. Do you agree?

Andy: I prefer the computer because its memory is bigger

and cheaper than the I pad tablet.
Mike: Yes, but the I pad tablet is more modern than the computer and it is smaller. You can easily take
it with you.

3 What do you think? Make sentences comparing the computer and I pad tablet.

cheaper
small
The computer is light than the I pad.
The I pad is heavy than the computer.
expensive
modern

4 Tell the class I think that the I pad is more

expensive than the computer.

GRAMMAR SPOT
1 Complete these comparatives. What are the rules?
I 'm ------------- (old) than you.
Your class is ---------- (noisy) than my class.
Your car was------------- (expensive) than my car.
When do we add er? When do we add more?
2 The comparatives of good and bad are irregular.
What are they?
good---better--- bad----worse----
Practice
Comparing cities
1 Complete the conversations using the comparative form of the adjectives.
1 A New York is older than London. (old)
B No, it isn't! New York is much more modern! ( modern)
2 A Tokyo is-------- ---------Bangkok. (cheap)
B No, it isn't! Tokyo much-------- -------! (expensive)
3 A Seoul is---------- --------- Beijing. (big)
B No, it isn't! Seoul is much --------! (small)
4 A Oran is ---------- --------- Saida .(safe)
B No, it isn't! It's much ---------- ---------! (dangerous)
5 A Taxi drivers in New York are---------- --------- taxi drivers in London. (good)
B No, they aren't! They 're ---------- ! (bad)

2 Use the ideas below and write comparative sentences.

o Saida / Adrar / hot
o Life in the country / life in the city / safe- dangerous
o Burj El Arab / the Eiffel Tower / taller
o The weather / Oran / Saida / wet – dry

Talking about your class

3 Describe you friends using these adjectives.

tall small old young intelligent funny

I think that Omar is taller than Karim. But i think that Karim older than Omar.

Check it
4 correct the sentences
o Yesterday was more hot than today.
o She's taller that her brother.
o Bill is more young than Karin.
o Last week was busyer than this week.
o This exercise is more difficulter.
I' m going to the ……………! My …….…….says that there are many big………..…..there, and very tall
trees. The biggest is the ……He says that he saw a …………, and it………..longer than the snake we
saw on……………….I don't …………to see the …………………..They are not ………….I think the
most …………….animal is the …………He is bigger than my aunt's ……………And his hair is
……………….longer. Maybe I 'll see a …………....lion at the zoo…………are the best.

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I' m going to the ……………! My …….…….says that there are many big………..…..there, and very tall
trees. The biggest is the ……He says that he saw a …………, and it………..longer than the snake we
saw on……………….I don't …………to see the …………………..They are not ………….I think the
most …………….animal is the …………He is bigger than my aunt's ……………And his hair is
……………….longer. Maybe I 'll see a …………....lion at the zoo…………are the best.

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I' m going to the ……………! My …….…….says that there are many big………..…..there, and very tall
trees. The biggest is the ……He says that he saw a …………, and it………..longer than the snake we
saw on……………….I don't …………to see the …………………..They are not ………….I think the
most …………….animal is the …………He is bigger than my aunt's ……………And his hair is
……………….longer. Maybe I 'll see a …………....lion at the zoo…………are the best.

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I' m going to the ……………! My …….…….says that there are many big………..…..there, and very tall
trees. The biggest is the ……He says that he saw a …………, and it………..longer than the snake we
saw on……………….I don't …………to see the …………………..They are not ………….I think the
most …………….animal is the …………He is bigger than my aunt's ……………And his hair is
……………….longer. Maybe I 'll see a …………....lion at the zoo…………are the best.

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I' m going to the ……………! My …….…….says that there are many big………..…..there, and very tall
trees. The biggest is the ……He says that he saw a …………, and it………..longer than the snake we
saw on……………….I don't …………to see the …………………..They are not ………….I think the
most …………….animal is the …………He is bigger than my aunt's ……………And his hair is
……………….longer. Maybe I 'll see a …………....lion at the zoo…………are the best.

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I' m going to the ……………! My …….…….says that there are many big………..…..there, and very tall
trees. The biggest is the ……He says that he saw a …………, and it………..longer than the snake we
saw on……………….I don't …………to see the …………………..They are not ………….I think the
most …………….animal is the …………He is bigger than my aunt's ……………And his hair is
……………….longer. Maybe I 'll see a …………....lion at the zoo…………are the best.

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I' m going to the ……………! My …….…….says that there are many big………..…..there, and very tall
trees. The biggest is the ……He says that he saw a …………, and it………..longer than the snake we
saw on……………….I don't …………to see the …………………..They are not ………….I think the
most …………….animal is the …………He is bigger than my aunt's ……………And his hair is
……………….longer. Maybe I 'll see a …………....lion at the zoo…………are the best.

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I' m going to the ……………! My …….…….says that there are many big………..…..there, and very tall
trees. The biggest is the ……He says that he saw a …………, and it………..longer than the snake we
saw on……………….I don't …………to see the …………………..They are not ………….I think the
most …………….animal is the …………He is bigger than my aunt's ……………And his hair is
……………….longer. Maybe I 'll see a …………....lion at the zoo…………are the best.

Unit One: Intercultural Exchanges

Lesson: Comparison
Practice

Coral Club Palm Hotel Bati Island

Resort Resort Resort
Barbados Maldives, Fuji, Pacific
Caribbean Indian Ocean
Sea Ocean Built in 1992
7 rooms
Built in 1952 Built in 1998
$ 660 to $ 770 a night
85 rooms 98 rooms
One restaurants,
$ 420 to $ 710 a night $ 200 to $ 600 a night
swimming pool
One restaurant, Two restaurants,
One hour seaplane
swimming pool swimming pool
from airport
40- minute taxi ride 50- minute boat ride
from airport
1 Correct the false sentences. from airport
1 The Coral Club is cheaper than the Palm Hotel.
2 Bati Island is the most expensive resort
3 The Coral Club is newer than the Palm Hotel.
4 The Palm Hotel is the newest resort.
5 The Coral Club is bigger than the Palm Hotel.
6 The Palm Hotel is the biggest resort.
7 Bati Island is the smallest resort.
8 The Coral club has got two restaurants.
9 Bati Island is nearer to the airport than the Palm Hotel.
10 The Coral club is the nearest to the airport.
11 Bati Island is the furthest from the airport.
12 The Palm hotel has got a swimming pool.

2 Complete the sentences with an opposite comparative adjective

1 The music here is too loud. Can we go somewhere quieter?
2 The 10.00 train is too slow. Is the 11.30 train . ………one?
3 You're late .Why weren't you here………?
4 This flat is too far from the town centre .I need somewhere………….
5 This exercise is too easy. Can I do something ……….?
6 Five minutes is too short for a break. We need a ……………..one.
Unit One: Intercultural Exchanges
Lesson: Prepositions / preposition of place
Materials used: Handouts

1 Introducing the prepositions using a photo.

2 Gaps filling by using the photo of Robert's bedroom
3 Communication: asking and answering questions about Roberts's things.
4 Communication: ask and answer about things in your class.
5 Match A with B using the prepositions
A Prepositions B
a. mother and sister. And you, who
1. Jane's married do you live………?
2. I have present - with b. your free time?
3. Can I speak - in c. the photo! Is that you?
4. Look - at d. music.
5. What do you do - for e. a restaurant….. a pizza
6. Thank you - to f. you.
7. In the evening I listen - to g. Pete.
8. We go - for h. you, please?
9. - I live i. the present.

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Unit One: Intercultural Exchanges
Developing Skills
Structure: Preposition of time ( in / on / at / from…..to)

Step 1: Deduction / Rules Guess

On
With days : on Monday
With dates : on the 1st of November
In
For months: in October
For years: in 2015
For seasons: in winter
For periods of time
In the 1990s (from 1990 to 1999)
For parts of the day: in the morning
To talk about the future: I'll be there in an our
At
For times: at 9.00 at 11.30 / at midnight /at lunch
For festivals: at Mewled Mabawi
For expression like: at the weekend
From …to
For the start and finish of something

Choose the correct preposition

o Her birthday is (on / at) new year's evening.
o He always leaves his work (in / on /at) 4.30 ( at /on ) Thursdays.
o I have a meeting ( on / in / at ) Monday morning.
o I never go to work ( at / in ) the weekend.
o I can't come, I am really busy ( on / at) moment.

Match A with B using the prepositions

A Prepositions B
1. Jane is going to Jamaica
a. Moharem
2. I met Peter
b. Sunday morning.
3. Jane is busy ,she will call
- in c. morning.
4. will people live on the
- at d. July , 2005.
moon
- on e. 7.00
5. The banks are closed
f. night.
6. I have an exam
g. the 21st century.
7. I don't like going out

Pair work
Ask and answer questions with your partner using the prepositions of time and place.
o Where were you born?
o When were your born? Which day?
 o What time do you go to school?
o When will you have exams?
o When are the holidays of November?
o When do people fast? In Moharem

Unit One: Intercultural Exchanges

Developing Skills
Structure: Definite or indefinite article: "the", "a", "an" or "x" (zero article) .

Study these examples

John: I had a sandwich and an apple for dinner. The sandwich wasn't very good but the apple was
nice.

A man and a woman were sitting opposite to me. The man was Algerian but the woman was
American.

Exercise 1
Put in a/an/the
o John Colloway is …………. bank manager. He works in ………… bank in ……… center
of ……… London. Every morning he gets up at seven o’clock, has ……… breakfast and
……… cup of ……….. coffee, and reads ……….”Times”. Then he goes to ………. work
by …….. bus. In ………. morning, he usually makes ……….. telephone calls, sees
……….. customers and ………… dictates ………… letters. He has ………. lunch at
……….. restaurant near ……… bank. In ……….. afternoon he works until five or fivethirty,
and then goes ………. home. He doesn’t work on ……….. Saturdays or Sundays;
he goes to ………… cinema or reads. He likes …………. novels and ……….. history. He
is not married. He has ……….. sister in ………. Oxford and ……….. brother in ………..
London.

o I saw an accident this morning. A car crashed into a tree. The driver of the car wasn't
hurt but the car was badly damaged.

o Yesterday, I bought a laptop from a shop. But when I came home, I found that the laptop
was broken. So I returned to the shop but it was closed. There I found two men; a man
with his son and another man carrying a computer and shouting. A Short moment later, a
man came and told the 2nd man that the shop is closed for 3 weeks; the man angry
quarreled with him and called the police .However, instead of finding the solution, the
police took the misfortune man

Exercise 2
Put in a / an / the or "x" (zero article) where necessary.
o Would you like a cup of tea?
o How often do you go to the dentist?
o Could you close the door, please?
o Excuse me, where is the bus station?
o I going to the post office, I won't be late.
o There were no chairs, so we had to sit on the floor.
o I had a job in a bank in Manchester.