UNIT

1 Communication games teacher’s notes

Mondays: the same or Answers

different? Both Dan and Clare get to/start school

at eight o’clock. They have lunch at
twelve o’clock. They have/study chemistry
Activity: Information exchange in pairs at half past one. They finish school/go
home at four o’clock.
Language: Present simple affirmative and
negative, daily routines, school subjects
Option
Preparation: Make one copy of the
ɕɕ Before students start exchanging
worksheet for each pair of students. Cut the
information, ask them to write the daily
worksheets in half.
routine or school subject under each
picture, e.g. get up, get to school/start
school, study maths/geography, do PE, go
Procedure home, etc.
ɕɕ Tell students to close their eyes and imagine
it’s Monday. Ask them to visualise what they
do on a usual Monday from the moment Extension
they wake up until they go to bed. ɕɕ Ask students to think about what Dan or
Clare (depending on whether they are
ɕɕ Divide the class into pairs and give each
A or B) do on a Tuesday. Ask them to think
student in each pair an A or B worksheet.
of eight different activities and times.
Tell students that they are going to find
Ask the students to compare Tuesdays in
out what two people their age, Dan
different pairs, A and B.
and Clare, usually do on a Monday. Ask
students not to show their pictures to their
partner. Point out that in each picture
they can see the time of the activity.
Give students a few minutes to study the
pictures and identify what daily activity or
school subject is depicted in each one.

ɕɕ Tell students to work with their partner

and find out whether Dan and Clare do
the same things at the same time. For
example, Student A might say Dan gets up
at seven o’clock. Student B should respond
OK. Clare doesn’t get up at seven o’clock.
She gets up at quarter past seven. Students
talk about their pictures using the present
simple without making any notes.

ɕɕ When students finish talking about their

pictures, ask them to turn their worksheets
over and remember the similarities
between Dan and Clare. Elicit the answers
and give feedback with the whole class.

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