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Boost 2 - Speaking
Boost 2 - Speaking
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Kgffi Sayeachsentence.Matchthe sentencesto the sentencestresspatterns.
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1 The peopleore very kind. a 0l+-*'Cl
2 Is it on old or o new book? b +iM.$l+ell
3 Which country do you come from? C +r?+iOO
4 It hos o huge temple. d +lmOC
Chris: I reolly like to meet rrew friends ond I wonted to seethis countrv.
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City 1
Lltv nome Sydney Beijing
Country Austrolio Chino
Populotion 14,900,000 4,250,OOO
Ronking Lorgest Secondlorgest
City 2
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City nome : Modrid Coiro
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io""ity rgypt Spoin
Poprrlotion 7,4OO,OOO 3,200,000
Ronking , Lorgest Secondlorgest
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Writea paragraphabouta studentfrom City 2. Presentit to the class.
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At the Movies
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andread.
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Hello?
Ted: Hey,Mox. It's Ted.
Mox: Sorry.Who's speaking?The
receptionis bod.
Ted: It's Ted.Con you heor me?
Mox: Yes,it's o little better now. Whot's XT
up, Ted?
Ted: Do you wont to seeq movie loter?
SuperTwins.
Mox: Excuseme? Which movie?Super
Twins?
Ted: Yep,SuperTwins.
Mqx: OK. Thot soundsgood.
Ted: It storts.of 6:L5,so I'll meet you
outsidethe movie theoter ot 6:00,
OK?
Mox: Sorry?Did you soy 6:00?
Ted: Yes,6 o'clock.
Mox: OK. Seeyou then!
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thequestions.
1 Why con't Mox ond Ted heor eoch other very well?
2 How doesMqx moke sure he understondswhot Ted is soying?
Asking for clarification
When you do not heanon undenstand what someonesays,you can
clear"ly
. ask to repeat what they said using sorryor excuseme.
. repeatwhat you heardso the personcan clarify if it is conrect.
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Do you wont to seeo movie loter?
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intonation uestions,
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evenif the lastwordin the
sentence is not stressed.
Put the dialogue in the correct order. Then listen and practicethe
dialoguewith a classmate.
Som: Four.
Coshier: Sorry?How mony?
Som: Excuseme. Which screen?
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Coshier: Screen3. It's upstoirs.
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Som: Four ticketsfor StarKids,pleose. ,
Coshier: OK. Hereyou ore. Four ticketsfor StarKids.
It's showingon Screen3.
Screen3, upstoirs.OK, thonks!
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Prepare
a telephone to seea movie.
arranging
conversation
Usewordsand
questions
to clarify
Presentyour telephone conversation in your
information
to the class. conversatlon.
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the dialogue.
Solly: Hello?
Ted: Hey there, Solly. Would you like to seeo movie
this (r) ?
Ted: SecretSuperheroes?
OK. Let'sgo seeit.
Secret Solly: Hey!There'so (s) gome orcode
Superheroes next to Mego-Theater.
Ted: Sorry?There'so whot?
Solly: A greot gome orcode.It meons we con ploy
gomes (6)_ the movie.
Ted: Greot! Good ideo!
Listenand read.
Followthe instructions
andanswerthe question.
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1 Underlinethe reosonwhy Ben likes-octionmovies.
2 Circle the reosonwhy Ben doesnot like romqnce movies.
3 whqt kinds of movies does]enny like? whot reosonsdoesshegive?
Givingpositive and negativereasons
Youwillsometimesbe askedto choosebetweendifferentoptions.To showwhichyou prefer',
it is a goodideato
. say the optionyou pnefer.
. givesome positiveneasonsfor why you preferthat option.
. givesome negativeneasonsto showwhy you do not pneferthe othenoptions.
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S o m e t i m eass y l l a b l e
Comedies ore olso good.
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Completethe paragraphby usingthe wordsfrom the box.
Thenlistenand readthe paragraphto a classmate.
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Listenand completethe paragraph.
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whatisyouropinionaboutthetopic?
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sayeachwordclearly.
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1 Soundslike on action movie. a f=,OO
2 Comediesore olso enjoyoble. b ;rrOe'ruC{D
3 It stortsot7:3O. C +lD==lO
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4 I reolly enioyedthe oction scenes. d {lq,clO
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Preparea dialogue between you and a friend about a movie you want
' to go and see.Presentyour dialogueto the class.
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Look at eachtopic. Chooseyour preference
and give reasonsfor it. Then ask a classmate
and write down what he or she saYs'
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My classmate
Preference
Positivereosons
Negotivereosons
Me My clossmote
Preference
Positivereosons
Negotive reosons
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Listenand read.
Answerthe questions
andfollowthe instruction.
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1 Which friend hos o positive reoctiop to Ben'sstory?Who hos o negotive reoction?
2 Circle the expressionsthot Mork ond Kylie use to show their reoctions.
3 Which expressioncould meon both "it's not true" qnd "thot's so omozing?"
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Using expressionsto show surpniseor disbelief
Youcan show a quickreactionto what somebodytellsiou by usingspecialexpressions.
. To show you are surpnisedor impnessedby something: Cool!/ You'rekidding!/ No way!
. To show you do not believesomething:No way!/ | don't believeit for a second!/ Are you
serious?
1 Are you serious?It d be so omozing to seeo reol UFO. scory,cool o reol spoceship,
o monster
2 No woy. Do you reolly believein oliens? monsters,ghosts
3 I don't believeit. Somekids mode those morks for sure. Someone it up, o joke
4 You'rekidding! Do you think they could be reol oliens? it o true story
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There'sbeen o UFO sighting!
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We'vegot to go ond seefor ourselves!
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separate
syllable.
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practicewith a classmate.
News Reoction
I set o new highest Yo u'r e kid dingl Thaa'sgreatl
scorein thot new
computergome!
A UFOlonded in
our bockyord lost
night!
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UFO monster ghost Bigfoot hauntedhouse
Present
yourdialogue
to theclass. Remember to use
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to show
disbelief
or surprise.
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reactionsfrom Activity I to the class.
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Ryon stortedthe science
experiment.He hod some
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yellow liquid ond some
blue liquid. He wontedto
know whot would hoppen
if he mixed them together.
Ryon poured o little blue
liquid into the flosk of
yellow liquid. Nothing
hoppened.
Ryon put more blue liquid
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in. He wotchedos the -
yellow liquid turned green
ond mode somebubbles.
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He could heor o stronoe
sound. -= q i :,'1
Ryon put oll the blue
liquid in. Thereweremore
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bubblesond the stronge
sound got louder.He
droppedhis testtube ond
turned oround.
Boom! The greenliquid
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exploded!Yuck!Whot o 3.,i'
mess!
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Describingevents from pictures
When describingeventsfrom picturesyou needto
. talk aboutthe thingsthat you see happeningin the pictures.
. use some extnadetailsto connectone pictureto the next one.
1 Ryon put oll the blue liquid in. [in, Diono purplepowder
2 The yellow liquid turned green. blue, purple, red
3 He could heor o strongesound. see thing
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He hod someyellow liquid ond someblue liquid.
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Ryon put more blue liquid in.
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Yuck!Whot o mess! threeandfoursyllable words
in English,
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Matcheachpictureto the correctdescription.Thenlisten
and practicetelling the story with a classmate.
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He droppedo
bosketboll ond the
flour explodedoll
over the kitchen!
the soil.i\..,.._.*:
ltoter shecqme bock to the tqnk ond
got o big surprise.The onts hod.escoped!
The
kitchen toble wos coveredin onts. I
Workwith.a classmate.
Presentthe story about makinga bouncingegg to
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Completethe dialogueusingexpressions
to showsurpriseor disbelief.
Potty: "l sow o report on the newsobout o new cell phone thot is smoller thon
on eroser.
Yun:
Potty: It con connectto the Internet, toke photos ond ploy music.
Yun:
Potty: They're giving owoy the first 500 free todoy.
Yun:
Potty: The report soid thot you con even use the phone to recordpeople
speoking from more thon 50 metersowoy!
Yun:
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connectingdetails. Presentyour story to the class.
Picture L:
Detail:
Picture 2:
Picture 3:
Detoil:
Picture 4: