PRE-INTERMEDIATE: TEENS
My day
Lesson 1

Today we're going to talk about everyday life.

We will discuss your life, and the life of the people around you,

and remember how to use Present Simple and Present Continuous.

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Your life

Let's watch the video and discuss the questions.

  1. What does the episode show?
  2. What time do you wake up on weekdays?
  3. Do you get up as soon as you wake up?
  4. What do you do right after you get up?
  5. When do you check your messages and personal accounts?
  6. How long does it take you to get ready for school?

Match the parts with each other to get complete expressions

Complete the gaps with the verbs to make collocations

Divide the arguments into the right groups

Listen to the audio and choose the sentences Anna talks about

Which problems does Anna mention?
  1. She gets lonely.
  2. Her sister makes noise in the morning.
  3. Her sister doesn't tidy the room.
  4. Her sister takes her clothes.
  5. Anna's sister uses her laptop.
  6. Anna's sister listens to loud music videos.

Listen to the recording again and correct the sentences

Complete the sentences with the verbs from the list in the correct forms

Choose the card and make true sentences about you and the people from your life

Listen to the recording and choose the correct adverbs to complete the table

  1. Are Thomas and Tyler similar or different?
  2. Who do you think has more friends: Thomas or Tyler? Why do you think so?
  3. Who do you think has better grades at school: Thomas or Tyler? Why do you think so?
  4. Who would you like to be friends with and why?

Arrange the adverbs according to the certainty they express

Choose if the sentences are True or False for you

Change the false sentences so that they are true

  1. I hardly ever go to bed early.
  2. I'm sometimes late for school. 
  3. My dad always has a shower in the morning.
  4. I'm usually in the classroom before the teacher. 
  5. I always do my homework in the evening. 
  6. We never go to school on Sundays. 
  7. We hardly ever go to the park at the weekend.

Make true sentences about your and your family's activities

To comb hair, to go on business trips, to work late, to cook dinner, to tidy the flat, to travel, to visit friends, to have a birthday party, to go to the park, to hang out with friends, to call relatives, to go out for dinner

  1. I _____ every day.
  2. My parents _____ every weekend.
  3. My best friend _____ twice a week.
  4. My dad _____ once a month.
  5. My mum _____ three times a week.
  6. My grandparents _____ once a year.
  7. Our family _____ every summer.

Make questions and give your own answer

Complete the sentences with the phrases from the box, then read and complete the rule

  • When do we use Present Continuous tense?
  • What is the formula?

Use the prompts to make true sentences. Use Present Simple + always, never, sometimes, or Present Continuous + today, at the moment

Example:
(I / wear pink socks).
I never wear pink socks.

  1. I / wear pink socks.
  2. I / text my friend.
  3. My mum / make cakes.
  4. I / read science fiction.
  5. My dad / wear glasses.
  6. I / want / lots of homework.
  7. I / sit near the window.
  8. My English / get better.
  9. Most of my classmates / do homework.

Complete the questions in Present Simple or Present Continuous

Ask and answer in turn

  1. What (____) you (to do) now?
  2. What do you think your parents (to do) now?
  3. What (____) you usually (to do) at the weekend?
  4. Where (____) you usually (to go) after school?
  5. What (____) your classmates (to do) now?
  6. What (____) you usually (to do) on holidays?
  7. (____) you (to read) a good book at the moment?

Look at the pictures and find 9 more differences

Example: In picture one the girl is writing a letter, in picture two she is drawing.

Choose a picture. Your partner asks you five questions and guesses

the picture you have chosen. Swap parts.

Example:
— Are you a boy?
— Yes, I am.
— Are you running?
— No, I am not.
— Is the sun shining?
— Yes, it is.

What can you do now?

Now I can:
  • talk about daily routines;
  • say how often I do different things;
  • use the correct tenses to talk about actions happening on a regular basis and actions happening at the moment of speaking.
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PRE-INTERMEDIATE: TEENS
A day in life
Lesson 2

Today we're going to speak about the lifestyles of children and teenagers in different countries. We are going to see what they have in common and what things are different..

Look at the pictures and answer the questions

Read what children say about their schools

Say which things are true or false for you

Match the expressions with the meanings

  1. Are there any optional subjects in your curriculum?
  2. Do you have detention at school?
  3. How much time do you spend brushing up before the test?
  4. How often do you stay up all night?
  5. What extra classes would you like to take next year?

Complete the sentences with the correct words

Read the information about the project Do Remember Me

Do Remember Me

Teens from Philadelphia connect with peers from around the world. Through the use of video chat, a student learns about a partner's culture and discovers the similar things they share. They also create short films to inspire the students from other countries to join them.
  1. How do the teenagers communicate with the peers from different countries?
  2. What is the purpose of the project?
  3. What do they create to inspire other students?

Watch the video and choose if the sentences are True or False

  1. Manejar and Lulu are from North Philadelphia.
  2. Manejar and Lulu are showing their town. 
  3. The girls from Kazakhstan want to show their school day.
  4. It's summer in Philadelphia.
  5. The girls from Kazakhstan enjoy playing snowballs.
  6. The children from Philadelphia come to the playground only at the weekend.
Imagine that you are going to interview the teenagers from Philadelphia about their lifestyle.
Look at the starters and make your questions.

Your city

  1. Are there _______ ?
  2. Is it _______ ?
  3. Do you _______ ?
  4. Where _______ ?

Everyday life

  1. How often _______ ?
  2. What _______ ?
  3. Do you _______ ?
  4. Are you _______ ?

Studies

  1. What subjects _______ ?
  2. How long _______ ?
  3. How many _______ ?
  4. What _______ ?

Open each line, read the questions and talk about your everyday life

Read the facts and guess which are true about the school life of the American teens

  1. Most American teenagers go to school by a special school bus.
  2. American teenagers can start driving to school at the age of 18.
  3. Cheerleading is popular in American schools.
  4. Football isn't popular with American teens.
  5. The school day in an American school finishes after 3 p.m.

Watch the video and answer the questions

  1. How does Ashley get to school?
  2. What time does her school day start?
  3. What is Powderpuff?
  4. Is Ashley good at geometry?
  5. What music is playing when she comes to Global Studies class?
  6. What can she do during the lunch?

Read the text and complete the gaps with the given words

You don't need all the words

Watch the video and complete the sentences

Match the words with the definitions

Watch the video and tick the positive aspects people mention about the boarding school

What was mentioned?
  1. The life at the boarding school is enjoyable and fun.
  2. You become independent faster.
  3. You get to know people of different nationalities.
  4. There are a lot of talented teachers.
  5. The staff is very friendly and ready to help out.
  6. There are a lot events where students can mingle and get to know each other.
  7. You can go to the city whenever you want.

Do the quiz to check how much you remember about the lifestyles of different teenagers

What can I do now?

Now I can:
  • talk about the lifestyles of the teenagers from different countries;
  • ask about people's lifestyles;
  • compare the lifestyles of different people.
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PRE-INTERMEDIATE: TEENS
A Surprise Party
Lesson 3

The topic of our today's lesson is planning a party.

We're going to speak about different ways of expressing future in English. Look at the photos and say what holidays you see there.

Look at the photos and name the holidays you see there

  1. Where are the people?
  2. What are they doing?
  3. Are they having a good time?
  4. Do you have these holidays in your country?

Read the email and do the task below

Hi, Jenny!
I hope, you remember that this Saturday we're throwing a surprise B-day party for my brother. Thank you very much that you've agreed to help us!
We're meeting at 5 p.m. at my place. My brother is having his swimming lesson until 6.30, so we'll have enough time to prepare.
Mum is going to make a cake, and Alice and I are going to decorate the room with posters and balloons.
Andrew is going to help us with food — we're making sandwiches, and he's ordering pizza.
The guests are coming by 6 o'clock. There won't be too many people, just some classmates and our cousins.
P.S. When are you going shopping for a present? I'd like to come with you too!
Anna

Complete the sentences

Look at the diaries and complete the plans

Example: On Sunday Carrie is writing songs with Angie B.
What are your plans for the week?
Example: On Monday I am going to school, swimming and playing video games.

Listen to the recording and number the pictures. The first one is done for you.

Look at the photos and say what is going to happen

buy, go, miss, play, rain, see, swim, watch

Match the sentences with each other

Read and remember the rule

Look and write what the people are saying. Use will ('ll) + V

Make sentences about your next Birthday party

Useful phrases:
  1. I'm going to ___
  2. I think I will ___
  3. I guess I will ___
  4. I think I won't ___

What can I do now?

Now I can:
  • talk about organizing a party;
  • talk about your plans and intentions;
  • understand the difference between be going to and will V.
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PRE-INTERMEDIATE: TEENS
The future begins today
Lesson 4

Today we're going to talk about how the life will change in the future.

Match the sentences to the pictures

This is how people imagined the life in the future in 1900.

Say which of the predictions have come true

Example:
  • People can travel by air, but not with the help of the wings — we fly by planes.
  • We can stay underwater for a long time, but we don't have underwater buses.

Match the word to the definition

Do you believe in aliens?
How many planets are there in the Solar system?
Would you like to go to the outer space?
Do you think people will have colonies on other planets?

Listen and complete the dialogue with will / may / might/ won't

Match the meaning with the construction

Make sentences about the future using the constructions

  • We're going to…
  • I don't think we will…
  • People might…
  • I guess, we may…
  • We will probably…
  • build colonies in space.
  • play sports in space.
  • have a war with aliens.
  • go on holidays in space.
  • open parks on the Moon.
  • grow food in space.
  • use suspended animation.
  • travel at the speed of light.

Read the text, then match the title with the paragraph number

My Space Colony

by Nebula Brown. Class 6C. 20th February, 2050.

Paragraph 1

I live on Lunar Taurus 12. The colony is like a giant wheel. Rockets arrive and leave from the spaceport in the centre. This is connected by monorails to the wheel where we live. The monorails are very quick and it doesn't take very long to travel anywhere in the colony.

Paragraph 2

In the spaceport there is a sports centre. I go there twice a week after school. My favourite game is space volleyball. There is no gravity at the centre of the wheel, so you can hit the ball under the net and bounce it off the ceiling!

Paragraph 3

10,000 people live in our colony on the inside of the wheel. The wheel turns and this creates artificial gravity. Giant mirrors direct sunlight on to the wheel and we have forests, fields and rivers. There's even an artificial beach with a wave-machine, so you can go swimming and surfing.

Paragraph 4

All our food is grown in the colony. Vegetables are grown on special farms — all the people on the colony are vegetarians. There are also lots of factories. Rockets bring minerals from the Moon and we manufacture everything here from telephones to toothpaste. There's a big factory where rockets are repaired — my father works there.

Paragraph 5

Nothing in the colony is wasted, of course, everything is recycled. It is incredible to think that fifty years ago on Earth, people destroyed and threw away so many things!

Would you like to live in such a colony?
What will the life be like there?
Will it be interesting or boring? Easy or difficult?

Read the film review and watch the trailer

During a space mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney (Matt Damon) is lost after a storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself alone on Mars. With almost no food, he will have to survive and find a way to contact Earth.

Discuss the questions

  1. Why did NASA stop the mission?
  2. What is Mark going to do to survive?
  3. Do you think he will survive?
  4. Will he meet aliens?
  5. Will he be saved in the end and return to Earth?

What can you do now?

Now I can:
  • talk about space and future;
  • use be going to V, will V, may / might V while speaking about the future.
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PRE-INTERMEDIATE: TEENS
The future begins today 2
Lesson 5

Today we're going to talk about how the life will change in the future.

Complete the sentences with will / won't, may / might

Look at the profile and complete the sentences

  • The mission is called _____________.
  • It's going to leave _____________.
  • The mission is going to _____________.
  • We think that the journey will take _____________.
  • During the trip the astronauts will eat _____________.
  • We think that during the mission we may _____________ and _____________.
How many people do you think will agree to take part in the mission?
What difficulties do you think may happen during the mission?
Is it possible that they will meet aliens?
Will the mission be successful?

Think of your space mission and fill in the mission profile

Name: ____________________
Aim: ____________________
Date: ____________________
Distance from Earth: ____________________
Spacecraft: ____________________
Life support during the journey: ____________________
Possible results: ____________________
Possible difficulties: ____________________
When are you going to leave?
How long is it going to take?
How many people do you think will take part?
What will you do to support people during the journey?
What will be the result of the mission?
What problems may be there?

Say which things you would like to try and then fill in the application form

  • Go on holiday in space.
  • Take part in a space mission.
  • Go on a space walk.
  • Use a space flight simulator.

Invent your space colony and talk about it

Example: The colony will be on Planet Mars. It'll be a city in the glass cube. There'll be artificial trees and rivers.
What will the colony look like?
How will people breathe?
How will people get there?
How long will the journey take?
Will it be possible to go back to Earth?
Will there be any trees, plants, rivers, lakes?
What will houses, schools, cars be like?
How will people spend their free time there?
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PRE-INTERMEDIATE: TEENS
Test #1
Lesson 6

Today we are going to check what have we learned recently.

Put the verbs into correct forms

Complete the gaps with one word

Listen and complete the sentences with one word for each gap

Listen to the conversations and choose the correct answer

Put the paragraphs in order

Read the text and complete the sentences

On Sundays my brother George and I usually visit our grandparents. They live in the country, not far from our town. They have a house and a small garden. We usually arrive in the afternoon, and they are always very happy to see us. Granny cooks something special for lunch, and we bring some sweets or a cake. Our Granny's cat, Ginger, loves sitting under the table because my brother and I give her food when Granny isn't looking. Ginger loves food, but Grandmother says that she's a little fat and must only eat cat food.
In the summer, when the weather is warm, we have lunch in the garden. I really enjoy it because it's like a real picnic.
After lunch my brother goes fishing to the lake with our Granddad. I usually stay at home, watching old photos and listening to Granny's stories.

Choose a topic and answer the questions

Congratulations! Now you are ready to move to the next module!

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