LOST AND FOUND

UNIT 8
Goals:
• Talk about attitudes to
possessions.
• Describe objects.
Indoor Scavenger Hunt

❑ Something that goes on your head

❑ Something yellow
❑ Book with numbers on the cover
❑ Something round
❑ Something soft
❑ Something that makes noise
❑ Book with the letter N in the title
❑ Someting plastic

Send a picture with all the objects!

 tender wide large
German comfortable
velvet
huge amazing bright blue
Wooden
round
silk
chubby new
Lovely French modern
old
silver
small straight yellow
beautiful daily
 What does these sentences have in common?

✓ The ugly small thin old red Italian cotton sleeping bag.
✓ A comfortable oversized new white American wool sweater.
✓ A large ancient Greek clay vase.
Homework

Make sentences to describe all the objects you got for the Scavenger Hunt.
Remember to use the correct order of the adjectives to describe them.
For example:
The small new white American plastic toy.
Clutter, rubbish, stuff Read the article and comments.
Who believe this things?

1. It’s nice to have possessions

that remind you of Good
times.
2. Cleaning can reduce stress.
3. No one needs a clutter
consultant.
4. People are wrong to think
buying new things will make
their lives better.
5. It’s a good idea to let other
people have the things you
don’t need.

What do you think about each of

the opinions?
Listening practice

Listen to the people describing their favorite objects and summarize

what they say writing in one sentence all the main description words
they mention.
 Do you think
Freecycle is a
Good idea?
Look at the
highlighted
expressions.
Which are
Good points?
Which are
bad?
Complete the
final offer with
the highlighted
expressions.
 English VI Freecycle

■ Think of something you have in your home that you no longer need (2
objects).
Write a description of the objects (40 words).
Take a picture of the objects and describe them for the group.

SPEAKING TIME!
What’s happening to him?
 8.2. A nightmare journey
■ What can go wrong when you are traveling?

2.21. Alice and Javier are on a journey. Listen to conversations A-F and
answer the questions:

A 1. Why are they traveling? D 6. What’s the problem?

2. What’s the problem? 7. Is there another way they could get to
the party?

B 3. What do they have to do? E 8. What does Javier suggest?

9. What does Alice think they should do?
C 4. What’s the problem? F Do they get to the party on time?
5. What do you think is going to happen
next?
 Complete Alice’s description of her journey with these
expressions in the correct form:

got on
We had a nightmare journey. We (1) _____________ get off
the wrong train and had to (2) ______
in some little town somewhere. We couldn’t get a connecting train here, so we had to go all
the way back but all the trains (3)were cancelled
_____________; there was a replacement bus service.
And then the bus (4)broke down so we got off and waited for ages. Then we decided to try
________,
got a lift
and hitchhike here and we (5) ____________ straight away but our problems didn’t end
got stuck
there. There was lots of traffic and we (6) __________ in a traffic jam for ages, so we tried
got lost
to go a different way but then we (7) _________. Anyway, Donna, the woman who (8)
gave us a lift was really nice and drove us all the way here. But now we’ve missed your
____________,
party!
Now it’s your turn!

Create your own story using the new expressions you have just learnt.
Write a 50-60 words story. The title of your story is:
A nightmare journey
Making interpretation