Starting Off

1. Work in pairs.

Emily lives in Canada. Last year, she went to Mexico City to be an exchange student. What differences do you think she found between her life in Canada and her life in Mexico?

Listening

1. Listen to Emily talking about what was different. Make notes on these topics.

the school uniform
the city
shops and entertainment

2. Work in pairs. Write the interviewer’s questions, using you and the past simple.

3. Listen again and complete Emily’s answers.

4. Look again at Emily’s answer. What are the regular and irregular past simple verbs that she used?

Pronunciation /d/, /t/, /id/

5. Listen to the sentences. How do we pronounce these regular past simple -ed endings? Choose the correct option.

6. Listen, then drag and drop the verbs into the correct categories. 

7. Mark the words with spelling mistakes in each sentence.

8. Complete Amelia’s review with the past simple form of the verbs in brackets.

Grammar

Prepositions of Time

We use at : for times of the day: at 7 o’clock, at breakfast time in expressions like: at the weekend, at night, at New Year

We use on for:
days: on Tuesday
dates: on May 17th

We use in for:
years: in 2017
seasons: in summer
months: in August
parts of the day: in the morning

Exercise

1. Complete the conversation with at, in or on.

 2. Choose the correct option in italics

Speaking

1. Making Suggestions 

What about …..?
What do you think about …?
Would …. Be a good idea?

Exercise

1. Listen to two students doing the task below. Do they talk about all the options Which present do they agree on?
It is your friend’s birthday soon, and you would like to buy her a present. Here are some ideas.
Talk together about the different presents you could buy, and say which would be the most suitable.

2. Complete the discussion with words from the box. Then listen again and check. 

3. Match the beginnings and endings of the sentences.

2. So Do I, Neither Do I
We can use so (do) I and nor/neither (do) I to show that you think the name as another person.

• We use so in positive sentences when we have the same feelings or experiences.
  A: I love chocolate.
  B: So do I.
  A: I ate a lot of chocolate yesterday.
  B: So did I.
• We use the same auxiliary verbs or modal verbs in the reply.
  A: I am hungry.
  B: So am I.
  A: I will have lunch at one o’clock.
  B: So will I.
• We use nor or neither in negative sentences. We use the same auxiliary verbs or modal verbs in the reply.
  A: I don’t like chocolate.
  B: Nor/Neither do I.
  A: I haven’t had coffee for ages.
  B: Nor/Neither have I.
• Note: We use don’t to respond to positive statements. We use do to respond to negative statements.
  A: I love chocolate.
  B: I don’t!
  A: I don’t like chocolate.
  B: I do!

Exercise

1. Write replies to these sentences using so or nor/neither

2. Mark the words that Tanya and Gareth use to agree. When do we use nor? When do we use so?

3. Listen and complete the sentences. 

4. Two friends are discussing how their class should celebrate the end of exams. Here are some ideas. Talk together about the different ideas and say which would be the most fun.