DIDA

CTIC
UNIT
4

NATURAL
DISASTERS

DIDACTIC UNIT 4 1
SESSION
1 SPEAKING
BEAUTIFUL GIRLS – SEAN KINGSTON –
You're way too beautiful girl
that's why it'll never work
you'll have me suicidal, suicidal
when you say its over
damn all these beautiful girls
they only wanna do your dirt
they'll have you suicidal, suicidal
when they say its over
see it started at the park
used to chill at the dark
oh when you took my heart
that's when we fell apart
coz we both thought
that love lasts forever (lasts forever)
they say were too young
to get ourselves sprung
oh we didn't care
we made it very clear
and they also said
that we couldn't last together (last
together)
see its very define, girl
one of a kind
but you mush up my mind
you walk to get declined
oh lord...
My baby is driving me crazy
CHORUS
it was back in 99
watchin movies all the time
oh when i went away
for doin my first crime
and i never thought
DIDACTIC UNIT 4
LISTENING AND
that we was gonna see each other (see
each other)
and then i came out
mami moved me down south
oh im with my girl
who i thought was my world
it came out to be
that she wasn't the girl for me (girl for
me)
see its very define, girl
one of a kind
but you mush up my mind
you walk to get declined
oh lord...
My baby is driving me crazy
CHORUS
now were fussing
and now were fighting
please tell me why define
im feeling slighting
and i don't know
how to make it better (make it better)
you're dating other guys
you're telling me lies
oh i cant believe
what im seeing with my eyes
im losin my mind
and i dont think its clever (think its
clever)
you're way too beautiful girl
that's why it'll never work
you'll have me suicidal, suicidal,
suicidal...
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1. Listen to the song and complete the missing words:

say / work / over / beautiful / me / dirt /

Youre way too ______________ girl

thats why it'll never _________________
you'll have _____________ suicidal, suicidal
when you say its ____________
damn all these beautiful girls
they only wanna do your ____________
theyll have you suicidal, suicidal
when they _______________ its over

2. Listen to the second part and complete the missing words:

together (2) / park / said / dark / love / young / clear /

apart / care / heart / ourselves

see it started at the _____________

used to chill at the _____________
oh when you took my ______________
thats when we fell _______________
coz we both thought
that ___________ lasts forever (lasts forever)
they say were too _____________
to get ______________ sprung
oh we didnt __________
We made it very _____________
and they also _____________
that we couldnt last _______________ (last _____________)
3. Correct the words that are on the wrong lines and find words with
the sound /ai/:

see its very decline, girl

one of a mind
but you mush up my kind
you walk to get define
oh lord...
My baby is driving me crazy

FAST LEARNERS

4. Correct the words that are on the wrong lines AND find words with
the sound /3:/:

youre way too beautiful girl

thats why itll never work
youll have me suicidal, suicidal
when you say its over
damn all these beautiful girls
they only wanna do your dirt
theyll have you suicidal, suicidal
when they say its over
 5. Join the two parts to make full sentences

1. it was back in 99 a. that she wasn't the girl for me (girl

2. oh when i went away for me)

3. and i never thought b. that we was gonna see each other

4. and then i came out c. mami moved me down south

5. oh im with my girl d. for doing my first crime

6. it came out to be e. wathing movies all the time

f. who i thought was my world
SESSION GRAMMAR AND
2 SPEAKING

1. Decide whether the Past Continuous or Past Simple should be used

in each gap.

We _____ (go) down the road at 100 kph when the wheel

____ (fall) off

He nearly _____ (have) a heart attack when he ______ (see)

the bear.

Uncle Ben _____ (get) dressed ___when he ____ (feel) a

shap pain in his chest

The winning racing driver ____ (shake) the bottle then

_____ (take) the cork out.

She ______ (fill) in a

questionnaire when the pen

_____ (run)out of ink.

They ____ (watch) TV when

the lights ____ (go) off.

Mike ____ (not see) his

friend because he ____

(face) the other way

 SLOW LEARNERS

We WERE GOING /WENT down the road at 100 kph when

the wheel FELL /WAS FALLING off

He nearly WAS HAVING / HAD a heart attack when he WAS

SEEING /SAW the bear.

Uncle Ben WAS GETTING / GOT dressed when he WAS

FEELING / FELT a sharp pain in his chest

They WERE WATCHING / WATCHED TV when the lights

WERE GOING / WENT off.

FAST LEARNERS

Look at the picture

on the right. What
was going on
yesterday morning
in the office?
2. Look at the picture and describe how were cooks in the past and
today using the Past and Present tenses

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3. Complete the sentences with when or while

a. Brian was watching us ________ we left

b. ________ they were waiting, they played a game
c. He took your bag ________ you were sleeeping
d. _______ the bay started crying, we were eating
e. I wasn’t expecting you ________ you arrived
f. I was runing ________ I fell
4. Talk with your partner and complete the sentences so that they
are true for you.

1. While I was waiting for a bus one day,....

2. While I was shopping one day,...
3. As I was watching TV one afternoon,...
SESSION VOCABULARY AND
3 READING

1. Look at the following pictures. Which adjectives describe the

weather at the moment? Exchange your ideas with your partner.
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2. Match the natural disasters to the pictures
 hurricane flood earthqueake tornado
volcanic eruption snowstorm forest fire drough
tsunami

3. Which adjectives in the first exercise describe the natural

disasters above? Discuss with your partner

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4. Read the newspapers headlines. Which are about natural
disasters?

1) Fan murders famous Beatle

2) Terrorist attack on New York
3) Villagers leave as Mayon Volcano erupts
4) Local fireman helps earthquake victims

5. Read the nespapers articles nd match them to the headlines above

a. 11th Spetember, 2001

New York – At 8.45 am an aeroplane crashed into the North Tower
of the World Trade Center in a horrifying terrorist attack on the US.
A second plane hit the South Tower at 9.03 am. Thousands of
people were running in every direction, trying to escape the collapse
of the two 110-storey towers.

b. 1st Novemebr, 2205

Muzamil Choudry, a fireman from Trafford, Manchester, spent nne
days in Pakistan helping the victims of the October earthquake.
Choudry has got family in Pakistan and was happy to hear they
were all safe. But as he was watching the terrible news on TV, he
decided to go and help anyway. Over three million people are in
need of help in the area.
c. 9th December, 1980
John Lennon, the famous singer and founding memeber of the Beatles,
died last night after being shot by an obsessed fan, Mark David
Chapman. At the time, Lennon was returning to his New York
apartment after a recording session.

d. 8th August, 2006

Philippines – More than 34,000 villagers left their homes in the Mayon
volcano area after the alert level for a major volcanic eruption reached
level 4 (imminent). All villages in a five-mile radius of the volcano are
now empty of people.

6. Copy and complete the chart about the newspaper articles

DATE OF EVENT PLACE OF WHAT HAPPENED?

ARTICLE EVENT
FAST LEARNERS

CAN YOU THINK OF A NATURAL DISASTER YOU HAVE HEARD

RECENTLY IN THE NEWS? WRITE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION LIKE
THE ONES YOU HAVE DONE BEFORE

DATE OF EVENT PLACE OF WHAT HAPPENED?

ARTICLE EVENT
SESSION LISTENING AND
4 WRITING

1. Listen to Chris and Harry’s phne call. Why was Chris embarrased?

2. Listen again. Match A and B to make sentences

A B
1. Harry a. sat next to Pamela Brown on Friday
2. The mobile phone b. bought a new mobile phone
3. Chris c. met Harry a few minutes earlier
4. Pamela d. worked together on a science project
5. Chris and Pamela e. has got a camera
 3. Joel wrote about his first day of secondary school. Look at the
ideasin his word map. Write the events in the order you think they
happened.

Missed bus

Hurt finger
Secretary took an hour

to solve problem MY FIRST DAY

OF SECONDARY mix-up with

class list
SCHOOL

Late for school Alarm clock

Walked didn’t go off

home
4. Now read Joel’s paragraph. Did you guess the order correctly?

MY FIRST DAY OF SECONDARY SCHOOL

What a disaster! That’s how I describe my first day of school. First, my

alarm didn’t go off, so I was late for school. Then, my name wasn’t on
Mrs Durley’s class list and it took the secretary an hour to solve the
problem. After that, I ran quickly to class and closed the door on my
finger. Ouch! Finally, it was time to go home. But as I was walking to
the bus stop, the bus drive past and I had to walk home. It was not one
of my best days.
5. Now write about a bad day you once had and make a word map
with the events of that day. Then list the events in the order they
happened.

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SESSION READING EXAM
5

E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL

BY WILLIAM KOTZWINKLE
(based on a screenplay by Melissa Mathison)

1 Who is E.T.’s friend (F) or not his friend (N/F)? (20 points)
(a) Keys      

(b) Gertie      

(c) Harvey      

(d) The scientists      

(e) Elliott      

(f) The plants      

(g) The police      

(h) Michael      

(i) Greg, Tyler and Steve      

(j) Lance      

2 Complete the sentences with so, before, after, or when. (10

points)
(a) E.T. was fat               he couldn’t run fast.

(b) Elliott jumped into bed               his mother came in.

(c) Elliott was asleep               E.T. went out.

(d) Harvey wanted food               E.T. gave him some meat.

(e) E.T. died               the scientists found him.

3 What does E.T. do? Check the things he does. (20 points)

(a) He talks to plants.

(b) He throws an orange at Elliott.
(c) He eats chocolates.
(d) He sleeps on Elliott’s bed.
(e) He thinks children are stupid.
(f) He learns English.
(g) He makes a television.
(h) He stays at home on Halloween.
(i) He wants to do bad things to Earth.
(j) He takes Elliott in the spaceship.

4. Underline the wrong word. (20 points)

(a) Where does the spaceship go?
sky/river/forest
(b) What does E.T. like?
flowers/plants/loud noise
(c) Who are Elliott’s family?
Michael/Tyler/Mary
(d) What things are in Elliott’s bedroom?
fork/record-player/toys
(e) What does Elliott give E.T.?
fruit/flowers/vegetables
(f) Who loves E.T.?
Gertie/Mary/Elliott
(g) Who looks for E.T.?
Keys/scientists/Harvey
(h) Who listens to the transmitter?
E.T./Lance/Tyler
(i) What does Keys want?
E.T./van/spaceship
5 When do these things happen? Put the sentences (a–j) in
the correct order (1–10). (20 points)

(a)     E.T. is very sick.

(b)     E.T. wakes up in Elliott’s room.

(c)     Elliott’s bike flies to the forest.

(d)     Elliott throws an orange at E.T.

(e)     The scientists find E.T.

(f)     Elliott tells E.T. about Halloween.

(g)     E.T. goes away in the spaceship.

(h)     Gertie teaches E.T. to talk.

(i)     E.T. wants to phone home.

(j)     E.T. sees the spaceship fly away.

6 Change the verbs in italics to past tense. (10 points)

(a) The spaceship (fly)           away.

(b) Gertie (give)           E.T. some flowers.

(c) Elliott (ride)           his bike.

(d) Mary (see)           E.T. in the shower.

(e) Michael (drive)           the van.

 SESSION EXAM
6

READING (20 points)

1 Read the text. Then answer the questions.

Hat-Tricks

Every football player dreams of scoring a hat-trick – three goals in one match.

In 1966, Geoff Hurst, an English footballer, was the first player to score a hat-trick in a World
Cup Final. In 1975, Malcolm Macdonald (“Supermac”) scored five goals while he was playing for
England in a match against Cyprus!

Michael Owen scored an impressive hat-trick in 2001 but it wasn’t all his own work. All the
players were working together, so he could score. That match ended with England scoring five
goals and Germany scoring only one.

Rivaldo scored a great third goal in a hat-trick in 2001. While he was playing for Barcelona,
Rivaldo scored with his back to the goal. He kicked the ball over his head and into the goal.

1. Why is Geoff Hurst famous?

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2. What did Geoff Hurst, “Supermac” and Michael Owen all do?

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3. Which team were England playing when “Supermac” scored five

goals?

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4. How did Michael Owen’s team help him?

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5. Why was Rivaldo’s goal amazing?

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2 Circle the correct answers.

1. Geoff Hurst scored ...... goals in the World Cup Final.

a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. 5

2. “Supermac” was another name for ...... .

a. Cyprus c. Macdonald b. England d. Hurst

3. Owen scored a hat-trick for ...... .

a. England c. Cyprus b. Germany d.

Barcelona

4. In 2001, the game between Germany and England ended ...... .

a. 5-3 b. 5-2 c. 5-1 d. 3-1

5. Rivaldo scored a goal for ...... .

a. Barcelona c. England b. Germany d. Cyprus

GRAMMAR (30 points)

1 Complete the sentences. Use the Past Continuous of the

verbs below.

not run • read • kick • not watch • bake

1. John ............................ a football.

2. ............................ Mum ............................ a book?

3. The girls ............................ TV.

4. I ............................ a cake.

5. Dad and the dog ............................ in the park.

2 Complete the sentences. Use the Past Simple or Past
Continuous.

1. While I ............................ (walk) to school

I ............................ (see) my friend.

2. Caroline ............................ (have) a bath when her

mother ............................ (come) home.

3. Jane ............................ (read) the newspaper while

Michael ............................ (clean) the kitchen.

4. We ............................ (have) lunch last week when

we ............................ (hear) a strange noise.

5. Last week I ............................ (see) a fox while

I ............................ (drive) along the road.

3 Write the words in the correct order to make questions.

1. at the station / were / they / waiting

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2. an e-mail / him / you / send / did

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3. doing / your brother / was / yoga /

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4. was / a green and yellow hat / Jill / wearing

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5. Terry and Alan / the match / last night / did / watch / on TV

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VOCABULARY (10 POINTS)

1. Write the names of the natural disasters under each

picture
LISTENING (10 points)

Listen and tick (ü) the sentences true (T) or false (F).

1. Debbie saw the game last night.

2. Dan likes the Derby Dodgers.
3. Roberts plays for the Derby Dodgers.
4. The Derby Dodgers didn’t win the game.
5. Debbie wants to watch the game on TV.

WRITING (20 points)

Write about a bad day you once using the appropriate linking words.

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