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Directions
DRILL (15-20 Q’s): Here we’re simply reviewing the directions.
3Ask him/her how old his father was when he/she was born
6Ask me hold old I was when my older niece was born (34)
2 fundamentals 7Ask me how old I was when my younger niece was born (39)
2 MIN
8Ask me how old my youngest aunt was when I was born (3)
10Ask me how old I was when you were born (I don't know)
11Ask him/her how old his/her mother was when he/she was born
13Ask me how old I was when my best friend was born (4)
14Ask me how old the King of Spain was when I was born (18)
1...who plays the piano. Yes, I know someone. No, I don't anyone who...
Certainly! Here are 15 short sentences using "should" with simple business
vocabulary suitable for a B1 ESL English learner:
Example:
3North Pole – people. There aren't many people in the north pole.
16this company – french teachers. There aren't many french teachers in this
company.
It rains here about twice a week. How often does it rain here?
He loses his voice at least twice a year. How often does he lose
his voice?
He works with Mr. Smith. Who does he work with?
He’s from Toledo, Ohio. Where’s he from?
He comes to work by car. How does he come to work?
He listens to the classical music station. What radio station does
he listen to?
They pay me 10 dollars a month. How much do they pay you?
He pays me once a month. How often does he pay you?
He’s tall, dark, and handsome. What does he look like?
He’s pleasant, intelligent, and hard-working. What is he like?
He shouts when he gets angry. What does he do when he gets
angry?
She visits her sister when she finishes work. What does she do
when she finishes work?
DRILL (15-20 Q’s): Introduce the verb “to start”, make sure you
include the following expressions:
To start a car
To start the engine
To start a family
To start a business
To start a company
***FYI – In the unit it is also mentioned that we say “family
cars”, “family affairs”, “family reunions”, and “family
businesses”.
COMMON MISTAKE
21 FILLER To be out of (quedarse sin) (to not have any left) 2-5 MIN
AH if he’s out of coffee
AH if he’s always out of milk
AH if he feels out of good ideas at the moment
AH if he’s usually out of patience
AH if his phone is always out of battery when he needs it
AH if his friends are always out of credit
AH if he was always out of money at university
AH if he’s out of washing up liquid
AH if he’s out of clean clothes for this week
AH if he’s usually out of everything when he wants to cook something
AH if he’s ever been out of money on holiday
AH if he was out of toothpaste last week
AH if his office is always out of supplies
AH if his car has ever been out of fuel
AH if he’s ever been to a restaurant and it was out of what he wanted
AH if the supermarket is usually out of what he needs
AH what he does if he’s out of laundry detergent
AH if boss is usually out of good suggestions
AH if his boss is always out of time when he wants to speak to him
DRILL (20 Q’s): Here you are introducing the first modal
verb that your students learn, “should”. The unit explains to
your students that “should” is never followed by “to” but is
always followed by the verb in infinitive, e.g. “should go”.
Elicit sentences and questions.
Also, practice “to think” with “should”, e.g. “Do you think I
should go?”
1.
WRITING EXERCISE
SUNSET BOULEVARD
TIMESQUARE
26 BASICS 2 MIN
Frying Pan Alley
Ha-Ha Road
KEYWEST
Inner Ting Tong
I’ll give you a noun and an action and you will build the sentene as follows
Car-paint
The car needs painting
Guest room-paint
28 REVIEW Car-cleam 5-6 MIN
Hair-cut
My computer-fix
This machine-plug in
Phone-charge
Curtains-repair
Back wheel of your bike-oil
VANCOUVER WEEK 7
UNITS 25-28
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First, have one student ask another (or you) the following
questions: Ask Paco how long it takes him to: wake up?
get ready for work?
prepare coffee?
fall asleep at night?
write a memo?
access the internet?
wash your hair?
get to work?
go home after work?
1 H.P. DRILL 6-8 MIN
Ask Paco how long it takes to: fly to Paris? drive to Bilbao? learn
a language? lose 10 kilos? cook paella? peel an orange? pay for a
house? build a house? walk a kilometer?
Ask Paco how long it took him to: learn his job? come here
today? learn Spanish? get his degree? find his first job? go home
yesterday? get dressed today? learn to read? furnish his house?
Ask Paco how long it will take him to: go home today? learn
English? pay for his house? become rich? answer this question?
reach retirement age? reach the top job here? learn the irregular
verbs? come to work tomorrow?
YEARS
1. 1867
2. 1993
3. 2019
4. 1974
2 BASICS 5. 1256 2 MIN
6. 1644
7. 1311
8. 1584
9. 1876
10. 2001
3 VOCAB 1. El nivel de vida en mi país es muy alto. 5 MIN
2. Debido a circunstancias imprevistas, nos vemos obligados a cancelar el
espectáculo.
3. Te daré un toque mañana por la mañana.
4. Si asistes bien a clase, a la larga aprenderás mucho.
5. Voy a la clínica un día sí y otro no.
6. Me voy de esta empresa para siempre.
7. Utiliza las cifras preliminares por ahora.
8. El siempre está de mal humor los lunes.
9. Siempre está de buen humor los viernes.
10. Además de estos problemas, hay otros también
1. The standard of living in my country is very high.
2. Due to unforeseen circumstances, we are forced to call off the show.
3. I’ll give you ring tomorrow morning.
4. If you attend class well, eventually you’ll learn a lot.
5. I go to the clinic every other day.
6. I’m leaving this company for good.
7. Use the preliminary figures for the time being.
8. He’s always in a bad mood on Mondays.
9. He’s always in a good mood on Fridays.
10. In addition to these problems, there are others too
To make up (1) To recuperate (an exam, a class, etc.)
To make up (2) To invent (a story, an excuse, etc.)
To make up (3) To reconcile
To make up for To compensate for (lost time, etc.)
Made up of Composed of
To make out (1) To decipher or discern (something illegible or someone far
away)
To make out (2) To write out (a check, a receipt, etc.)
Ask the following questions: Ask me if I make up all the classes I miss.
If you miss a working day, do you make it up?
When you were in school, could you make up exams you missed?
4 MGP Have you ever made up an excuse? 6-8 MIN
Do you usually tell the truth or make up a story?
Should people try to make up after a strong argument?
How many members is the executive committee made up of?
How many members is a duo made up of? a trio? a quartet? If you miss
a day, do you work harder to make up for it?
If you hurt someone, do you look for ways to make up for it?
Can you make out who someone is from 300 meters away? Can you
make out what doctors write in their prescriptions? Can you make out
what a sign says from 300 meters away? Have you ever made out a check
in dollars?
How often do you make out checks?
PICTURE BOOK DRILL THEN PUT THE BOOK BACK DURING
6 CORRECT HW 5 MIN
THE BREAK
7 FILLER Spanish people constantly mispronounce words like “socialism”, 2-5 MIN
terminating the word is if there were no vowel sound at all between the “s”
and the “m”. Tell your students that there is an “a” sound between the two
consonants. Then have them repeat after you the following words (and
more if I’ve left out some). Accentuate to your students the phonetic sound
“isam”.
Mechanism
Socialism
Communism
Cannibalism
Tourism
Hypnotism
Modernism
Individualism
Criticism
Liberalism
Journalism
Stalinism
Industrialism
Capitalism
Protestantism
Catholicism
Terrorism
Buddism
Humanism
Organism
Metabolism
Conservatism
Radicalism
Pluralism
Marxism
Globalism
Nationalism
Fanaticism
Feminism
Alcoholism
Realism
Altruism
Rationalism
Darwinism
Colonialism
Protectionism
Fundamentalism
Sensationalism
8 MGP FEWER AND FEWER + NOUN / LESS AND LESS + NOUN 6-8 MIN
10 FILLER 3 MIN
DRILL (15-20 Q’s): Practice the expression “to call the shots”…
also practice “around here”…
REPHRASE
1. T: Mary is the one who makes the final
decision around here.
12 H.P. DRILL 5-8 MIN
S: Mary is the one that calls the shots
around here.
2. T: My boss should make the final
decision, but he’s too busy.
S: My boss should call the shots, but he’s
too busy.
15 VOCAB 5 MIN
➢ DRILL (15-20 Q’s): Practice the irregular verbs “to pay”, “to
seek” and “to sleep”.
ANSWER POSITIVELY
Hats
Wine
Pepper (pimiento)
Skin
I’ll give you a noun and an action and you will build the sentene as follows
Car-paint
The car needs painting
Guest room-paint
Car-cleam
Hair-cut
My computer-fix
This machine-plug in
Phone-charge
Curtains-repair
Back wheel of your bike-oil
For now, let’s simply focus on “to wait for” and “to expect”…
ADVANCED APRIL.07.2021
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1) KQVIYEVA
2) EYEWBCAS
3) IBCQESAY
2 BASICS 2 MIN
4) YSGIQHEK
5) VBSCKQIAE
1) The person that has taken my lunch must pay for it. Whoever has
taken my lunch must pay.
2) The car must be moved in some manner possible. The car must
be moved however possible.
3) I’ll be here at the hour that you want to come and collect it.
Whenever
4) I’ll bring the bag to the place of your choosing. Wherever
5) I’m happy to do the thing that you want to do. Whatever
6) The person that you hire will be fine.
7) Do it in the manner that you want to do it.
8) We can perform the surgery at any time.
9) We can perform the surgery in any place you choose.
10) We can have the food you desire to eat tonight.
11) The person that saved the kittens from the fire deserves a medal.
12) The manner in which it was done should be investigated.
13) The time it happened isn’t important.
14) The place it happened isn’t important either.
15) The thing that happened is the important thing.
16) The person that is responsible will be held to account.
17) The manner in which we catch him is of the utmost importance.
18) The time we do that determines the outcome.
19) No matter the place we do it, we must do it quietly.
20) No matter the thing we do, it must be discreet.
4 MGP Go back to picture 41 (and point 11.18 if you wish). 6-8 MIN
Here we want to review direct and indirect objects when they are together
in their pronoun form. Example: He’s giving it to her, she’s showing them
to him, etc.
The following provides a running start for you. You should be able to
handle the other scenes in Picture 41 without help, unless you want to go
back to point 11.18.
SECOND PART
Tell your students that they can use “yesterday”, “last week”, “last month”,
etc.
By the way, during this routine, you will probably need to remind your
students that in English, we say “sell to – buy from” and “give to – take
from”. In Spanish, they say “buy to” and “take to”
When did Michael and Denise show the book to their mother?
When did the woman hand the documents to Nigel?
When did the workers deliver the merchandise to the inspector?
When did your uncle sell his car to the Smith family?
When did Natasha receive the ticket from her cousin?
When did the parents take the toy from their daughter?
When did you buy the computers from the dealer?
When did the postman give the letters to the woman?
What is my name?
Where necessary, the student must insert the pronoun in the right place.
Routine 2:
Teacher: I can’t take care of that matter now.
Student: Don’t worry, I’ll take care of it for you.
➢ Have you ever thought about shaving your head? (like me!)
➢
11 REVIEW 5-6 MIN
1. He said “I’m emailing Jerry about the meeting now”. He said he was
emailing Jerry about the meeting now.
2. She said “I interviewed 3 good candidates this morning”. She said she
had interviewed 3 good candidates this morning.
3. He said “I was discussing the problem with him at breakfast.” He said
he had been discussing the problem with him at breakfast.
4. He said “I’ll tell you about it after lunch.” He said he would tell me
about it after lunch.
5. She said “I can’t put it in writing.” She said she couldn’t put it in
writing.
6. She said “you must learn the technique by tomorrow.” She said I had to
learn the technique by tomorrow.
7. She said “I had already written to him when you told me.” She said she
had already written to him when I told her.
8. He said “I presented the idea to the board of directors this morning.” He
said he had presented the idea to the board of directors this
morning.
9. She said “I can reserve a spot for you at 8pm”. She said she could
reserve a spot for me at 8pm.
10. She said “I’ve been trying to get in touch with Mary all day.” She said
she had been trying to get in touch with Mary all day.
11. He said “I’m thinking of another option.” She said she was thinking of
another option.
12. She said “I’ve been in a graphic designer since 2004.” She said she had
been a graphic designer since 2004.
10 MIN BREAK
Zombie Epidemic Scenario
1. If there were a zombie epidemic, where would you hide?
2. If you had to run at a moment’s notice, where would you go?
3. If you found a place to hide how would you get food?
4. If you didn’t have a gun, how would you kill zombies?
5. If you could choose any weapon, what would it be?
6. What would you save if you had 4 minutes to leave your house?
7. What would you take if you had to choose: an axe or a gun?
8. If there was anywhere in the world you would want to survive a
zombie epidemic where would it be?
9. If you had to choose between your wife or your children, who
would it be?
17 H.P. DRILL 10. If your child/wife/friend had been bitten, would you kill 5-8 MIN
them yourself or make them do it?neither
11. If you got bitten, but no-one else saw, would you be honest about
it or would you wait to turn into a zombie?
12. If zombies had you surrounded and had one bullet in your gun
and an axe, would you kill yourself or die fighting to your last
breath? (but then become a zombie)
13. If you found a baby zombie (with no teeth), would you keep it?
14. If you had a choice, would you prefer a shopping mall or a hill
fort?
15. If there was a warlord fighting the zombies and building a new
world, but he was evil, would you join his group?
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20 MGP Telephone skills practice: 6-8 MIN
TELEPHONE SKILLS
Dealing with disruption on the line
ANSWER IN A FULL SENTENCE
1. Do you find it stressful to talk on the phone in english?
2. Do you find it difficult to understand native english speakers on the
phone?
3. How often do you talk to someone on the phone in english?
4. Do you have to call english speakers often?
5. Have you ever dealt with disruption on the line?
6. Have you ever had bad reception during a work phone call?
7. Has the line ever broken up during a work phone call?
8. Is it hard to understand someone when the line is breaking up?
9. Was the line breaking up during your last phone call?
10. Was there interference on the line last time you spoke on the phone?
11. Do you get interference on the line in remote places?
12. Have you ever been cut off during a business call?
13. Did you get cut off during your last business call?
1. Lives alone?
2. Makes their own beer?
3. Drives to work for more that 2 hours a day?
4. Speaks 4 or more languages?
5. Lives next to the sea?
6. Can’t ride a bicycle?
7. Reads horoscopes?
8. Works in the circus?
9. Flies planes?
21 FILLER 10. Supports the nazis? 2-5 MIN
11. Wants to be a lion tamer?
12. Sleeps with three pillows?
13. Loves Leonardo DiCaprio?
14. Is still afraid of the dark as a adult?
15. Lives in Florida?
16. Buys McDonalds regularly?
17. Thinks President Rajoy is a genius?
18. Only shops at Carrefour?
19. Works for El Corte Ingles?
20. Is married to a supermodel?
Get to know:
1) How did you get to know your husband?
2) When did you get to know about Vaughan?
3) How did you get to know most of your friends?
4) Should you get to know as many people as you can?
5) Do you want to get to know your classmates outside of class?
22 ACTIVITY COMMON MISTAKE 4-6 MIN
DRILL (15 Q’s): Hopefully by now your students know they shouldn’t
say “the things”… get
9. Are you proud of yourself when things in your life are going well?
LINCOLNSHIRE
NEWQUAY
ANGLESEY
26 BASICS 2 MIN
CARLISLE
MILTON KEYNES
PLYMOUTH
27 H.P. DRILL ACCUSATIVE 5 MIN
WHEN/YOU/PLUMBER/GO?
PAST-QUESTION-NEGATIVE-
TO RING SOMEONE
1. Did you ring anyone this morning?
2. Have you rung anyone so far today?
3. Did you overcome any problems last weekend?
4. Did you learn anything new Last Friday?
5. Have you rung any doorbells today?
6. Do you like to ring bells?
7. Are you good at overcoming problems?
8. Would you like to learn a new language?
28 REVIEW 9. Has anyone rung you this week? 5-6 MIN
10. Have you learned how to overcome a problem in the right way?
11. Have you overcome your nerves when speaking English?
12. Did you overcome your shyness on your first day here?
13. Have you ever learned a new dance from scratch?
14. Did you learn how to cook by yourself?
15. Did you ring anyone to tell them you learned how to overcome
your fears?
1. Ask X, if he/she will be able to attend class every day next week.
2. Ask .., if he//she will be able to come to the next class if her boss is ill.
SPONTAENOUS 3. Ask Pepe if he’ll be able to work tomorrow if he breaks his leg today.
29 4. Ask ...if he/she will be able to help me if I suddenly start feeling ill. 4-5 MIN
REVIEW
5. Ask .... if he/she will be able to understand if someone speaks to him in
French.
6. Ask....if he/she will be able to tell me how to change a tire in English.
7. Ask...if he/she will be able to run 10 kms non-stop if he/she has to.
8. Ask...if he/she will be able to celebrate his birthday this year.
9. Ask ...if he/she will be able to plant potatoes next year.
10. Ask....if he/she will be able to read 4 books by the end of this year.
11. Ask....if he/she will be able to eat everything they serve at a wedding
celebration.
12. Ask....if he/she will be able to throw a party with 100 people at his/her
house.
1.
1) Lives alone?
2) Makes their own beer?
3) Drives to work for more that 2 hours a day?
4) Speaks 4 or more languages?
5) Lives next to the sea?
6) Can’t ride a bicycle?
7) Reads horoscopes?
8) Works in the circus?
9) Flies planes?
31 FILLER 10) Supports the nazis? 2-5 MIN
11) Wants to be a lion tamer?
12) Sleeps with three pillows?
13) Loves Leonardo DiCaprio?
14) Is still afraid of the dark as a adult?
15) Lives in Florida?
16) Buys McDonalds regularly?
17) Thinks President Rajoy is a genius?
18) Only shops at Carrefour?
19) Works for El Corte Ingles?
20) Is married to a supermodel?