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Focus on new words, grammar and pronunciation in this short text.
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THE LISTENING TAPESCRIPT
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Are you into cars? My brother is. He’s car crazy. He buys car magazines, watches
car programmes on TV and spends hours looking at car websites. He knows the
name, maker, engine size and top speed of every car on the planet. Every time we
go out, he talks non-stop about the cars he sees. I like cars. They are interesting. If
I had a lot of money, I’d like to buy a sports car. I’m saving up for a small car at
the moment. I’ll probably buy a hybrid car that is good for the environment. My
brother thinks these are boring. He says a car should be powerful and fast. I don’t
agree. I think cars should get you from A to B and be big enough for me and my
friends. I also prefer smaller cars because they are easier to park.
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LISTENING GAP FILL
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Are you into cars? My brother is. ______________________ . He buys car
magazines, watches car programmes on TV and ______________________
looking at car websites. He knows the name, maker, engine size and
______________________ every car on the planet. Every time we go out, he
______________________ about the cars he sees. I like cars. They are interesting.
______________________ lot of money, I’d like to buy a sports car. I’m saving up
for a small car ______________________ . I’ll probably buy
______________________ that is good for the environment. My brother thinks
these are boring. He says ______________________ be powerful and fast. I don’t
agree. I think cars should get ______________________ and be big enough for me
and my friends. I also prefer smaller cars because they are
______________________ .
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CORRECT THE SPELLING
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magazines, watches car programmes on TV and spends hours looking at car
swebstie-websites. He knows the name, maker, engine size and top speed of every
car on the antpel-planet. Every time we go out, he talks non-stop about the cars he
sees. I like cars. They are interesting. If I had a lot of money, I’d like to buy a
sstorp-sports car. I’m saving up for a small car at the toenmm-moment. I’ll
probably buy a yirhdb-hybrid car that is good for the environment. My brother
thinks these are bnigor-boring. He says a car should be powerful and fast. I don’t
agree. I think cars should get you from A to B and be big eohngu-enough for me
and my friends. I also prefer smaller cars because they are aeersi-easier to park.
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UNJUMBLE THE WORDS
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magazines, watches car programmes on TV and at looking hours spends websites
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size and speed every on top of car-and top of speed every car on the planet.
Every time we go out, he talks non-stop about the cars he sees. I like cars. They are
interesting. If I had a lot of money, like buy sports I’d to a car- I’d like to buy a
sport car. I’m the a moment small saving car up at for- saving up for a small car
at the moment. I’ll probably buy a hybrid car that is good for the environment.
My brother thinks these are boring. a should powerful says car be He-He says a
car should be powerful and fast. I don’t agree. I think cars should get you from A
to me for enough big be and B-to B and big enough for me and my friends. I also
prefer smaller cars they easier park because are to- cars because they are easier to
park .
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DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)
STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
1. ________________________________________________________
2. ________________________________________________________
3. ________________________________________________________
4. ________________________________________________________
5. ________________________________________________________
6. ________________________________________________________
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DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)
STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
1. ________________________________________________________
2. ________________________________________________________
3. ________________________________________________________
4. ________________________________________________________
5. ________________________________________________________
6. ________________________________________________________
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STUDENT CARS SURVEY
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Write five GOOD questions about cars in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student
must write the questions on his / her own paper.
When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.
STUDENT 1 STUDENT 2 STUDENT 3
_____________ _____________ _____________
Q.1.
Q.2.
Q.3.
Q.4.
Q.5.
Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found
out. Change partners often.
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Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.
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WRITING
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Write about cars for 10 minutes. Show your partner your paper. Correct each
other’s work.
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HOMEWORK
1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text.
Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up
more associations / collocations of each word.
2. INTERNET INFO: Search the Internet and find more information about cars.
Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.
3. MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about cars. Read what you
wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your
articles.
4. CARS POSTER Make a poster about cars. Show it to your classmates in the
next lesson. Give each other feedback on your posters.
5. MY CARS LESSON: Make your own English lesson on cars. Make sure there
is a good mix of things to do. Find some good online activities. Teach the class /
another group when you have finished.
6. ONLINE SHARING: Use your blog, wiki, Facebook page, MySpace page,
Twitter stream, Del-icio-us / StumbleUpon account, or any other social media tool
to get opinions on cars. Share your findings with the class.
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