Activity 3 Work in pairs. Listen and guess. 5 min Objectives: to develop listening and speaking skills Ask the pupils to work in pairs. Pupil A describes a room, Pupil B must
listen and guess the room.
e.g. A:This room is big. There are tables there. There are two flowers. B:It’s a canteen. (A canteen.) Activity 4a Read the letter. Answer the questions. 7 min Objectives: to introduce the conjunction “but”; to develop reading skills STEP 1: Ask the pupils to read the text and answer the questions:
1) Where’s Iris from? 2) What’s her favourite subject?
Answer key: 1) Iris is from London. 2) Her favourite subject is French.
STEP 2: Draw the pupils’ attention to the sentence “It’s old but beautiful”.
Ask the pupils to guess what “but” means. Help if necessary.
STEP 3: Ask the pupils to continue the sentences using ‘but’.
e.g. Iris is from London but I’m from … Her favourite subject is French but my favourite subject is English. Her brother’s name is Ted but … Her brother is 4 years old but … Her first lesson is at 9.15 but … etc.