Dates English Teacher

Activity 2b Chain Drill. 5 min

Objective: to give practice in asking about and saying the date of birthday
This is a usual Chain Drill activity. The pupils ask and answer as shown in the example.
Note: We write “My birthday‟s on 3 February” but say “My birthday‟s on the third of February.”

Activity 3a Work in pairs. Put the years in order. Listen and check. 8 min

Objectives: to give practice in saying the years; to practise putting the years in chronological order
STEP 1: Write on the board three years, e.g. 1982, 2000, 2008. Ask the pupils to look at the Remember box and say the years. Help them. Help the pupils see that when you say a year, you split the number in half, e.g. 1982 = nineteen (19) eighty-two (82)
STEP 2: In pairs the pupils put the years in chronological order.
STEP 3: Play the DVD. The pupils listen and check.

Activity 3b Listen and repeat. 3 min

Objective: to pronounce the years correctly
Play the DVD. The pupils listen and repeat the years after the DVD.

Activity 3c Work in pairs. Point and say. 5 min

Objective: to reinforce the years
The pupils work in pairs. As shown in the example Pupil A points to a year in Activity 3a, Pupil B says the year.

Activity 4 Play “Bingo”. 5 min

Objective: to practise years
STEP 1: Ask the pupils to copy the table from the book into their exercise books. Then ask to write six years from Activity 3a and Remember box in each space of the card in a random way.
STEP 2: When the pupils finish, call out the years. If the pupils have them in their cards, they cross them out. As soon as a pupil crosses out all the years in the card, s/he shouts “Bingo!” This pupil is the winner. More than one pupil can win.

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