Student A Student B

A Ask your partner these questions. A Answer your partner’s questions.

1. What news sections are you interested in? Why?
2. Have you gotten the news today? [If yes, ask:]
How did you get it: online, on TV, on the radio, or
from a newspaper? [If no, ask:] Why not?
3. Were you interested in the news when you were
younger? Why or why not?
4. Have you ever read a news story about someone
who survived a dangerous situation? What do you
remember about the story?
B Now answer your partner’s questions.
B Now ask your partner these questions.
1. What news sections don’t interest you? Why?
2. How do you prefer to get the news: online, on
TV, on the radio, or from a newspaper? Why?
3. Were your parents interested in the news when
you were younger? Why or why not?
4. Have you ever read a news story about
someone who was rescued from a dangerous
situation? What do you remember about the
story?

Student A and Student B

C Student A: Choose one of the news articles below and tell your partner about it. Then answer
your partner’s questions about the story. Use your imagination to answer some of them.
Student B: Ask your partner the questions about the news article.
1. 2. 3.

Questions for Story 1 Questions for Story 2 Questions for Story 3

1. What happened to the girl? 1. What happened to the bus? 1. What happened to the hikers?
2. What was she doing at the 2. How many passengers were 2. What were they doing at the
time? there on the bus? time?
3. How did her dog help her? 3. When did the police arrive? 3. When did it happen?
4. How do you think the girl felt? 4. How do you think the bus driver felt? 4. How do you think the hikers
5. What do you think the girl will 5. What do you think the driver will felt?
do next time she walks her do next time he’s on the 5. What do you think they will do
dog? highway? next time they go hiking?
D Student B: Choose one of the other news articles and tell your partner about it. Then answer your
partner’s questions about the story. Use your imagination to answer some of them.

 Cambridge University Press photocopiable Four Corners 4     Unit 1 Oral Quiz

 Student A: Ask your partner the questions about the news article.

 Cambridge University Press photocopiable Four Corners 4     Unit 1 Oral Quiz