Grammar and Vocabulary TEACHER’S NOTES I

Introduction
Language
Grammar:  Present simple, adverbs of frequency
Vocabulary:  Places at school
Objective:  To practise vocabulary for places in a school
and to practise adverbs of frequency
Preparation:  Make one copy of the worksheet for each
student.

Exercise 1
• Give each student a worksheet. Ask them to label the
different places in the school using the words in the box.
They can work on this individually or in pairs.

• Monitor and if necessary, give them clues, e.g. the first letter.
• Check answers with the whole class. Drill pronunciation
where necessary.

1 assembly hall 8 music room

2 canteen 9 playground
3 classroom 10 playing fields
4 entrance 11 science lab
5 gym 12 staffroom
6 Head’s office 13 stairs
7 library 14 toilets

Exercise 2
• Draw the symbols for adverbs of frequency from page 7 of
the Student’s Book on the board. Elicit the adverb for each
symbol, e.g. always, usually, often, sometimes, never. With a
weaker group, you could write the adverbs on the board in a
mixed order.

• Ask students to look at the photos of Jason and Maya. Ask Are
they brother and sister? (No, they are friends.). Elicit that they are
talking about their school.

• Students complete the sentences individually. They then

check their answers in pairs.

• Check answers with the whole class.

Possible answers
2 never, science lab
3 always, music room
4 often, library
5 sometimes, playground
6 usually, classroom
7 never, Head’s office
8 sometimes, assembly hall
9 often, gym
10 usually, staffroom
11 sometimes, assembly hall
12 never, canteen

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Communication TEACHER’S NOTES I
Introduction
Language
Grammar:  be, have got
Vocabulary:  Ordinal numbers, months, countries and
nationalities
Objective:  To practise questions, ordinals, months,
countries and nationalities
Preparation:  Make one copy of the worksheet for each
pair of students. Cut in half.

• Divide the class into pairs and label them Student A and
Student B. Give each student one half of the worksheet.

• Tell students that they have two fact files containing

information and two fact files which are empty. Explain that
they are going to ask and answer questions to complete the
empty ones. Tell them not to look at each other’s fact files.

• With a weaker group, you could elicit and write all the
questions on the board before they start, e.g. What’s the boy’s /
girl’s name? What’s his / her nationality? Where’s he / she from?
When’s his / her birthday? Has she / he got any brothers and
sisters? Has she / he got any pets?

• When students have finished, ask them to compare fact files

to see if their answers are correct.
EXTRA IDEA   Ask students to create a similar fact file about a
friend, family member or famous person. They then ask and
answer the same questions with a partner.

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