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PRE-INTERMEDIATE: TEENS
A bitten apple
Lesson 12
Today we're going to discuss Apple company and practice Past tenses.

Read the situations and make excuses using some of the words from the list

an apple, a helicopter, a snowman, the president, a nightmare, a sandwich, a stranger

Have you ever been in such situations?

What did you say?

Read the message and answer the questions

  1. What kind of challenge are you going to take part in?
  2. What two things are you going to learn today?
  3. Do you know who founded Apple?
  4. How do you think he became successful?
What devices does Apple produce?
Have you ever used any of them?

Match the words with their definitions

  1. What can change significantly ?
  2. What do you think a chief usually does?
  3. What verb is the synonym of the expression "to watch and direct"?
  4. What verb do we use to say that someone has started a company?
  5. What can increase ?
  6. What verb do we use to say that someone has stopped studying?
  7. What can people produce ?
  8. What do we call a person who starts a company or business?

Click on the card to read the message and do the task

Steve Jobs finished school, but didn't graduate from college. He dropped out of college after only one semester. He didn't have enough money, so he had to sleep on the floor in his friends' rooms and got free meals at the local Krishna Temple.

Later he worked as a programmer in a company that produced video games.

In 1976, together with his friends, he founded a computer company in his parents' garage and called it "Apple Computer".

In 1985 Jobs left Apple after a serious conflict and founded his own company NeXT. Some years later he came back to Apple and became a chief. Under Jobs's guidance, the company increased its sales significantly. iMac and other new successful products were created.

In 2007 Apple created the iPhone mobile phone, which is extremely popular now and is sold all over the world. Jobs also oversaw the development of such projects as iTunes, iPod and iPad.

So, Steve Jobs was an ordinary teenager but became a millionaire by the age of 25.

  1. Was Steve Jobs a successful person? Why?
  2. Is there anything in the text that surprised you?
  3. Did you learn anything from the text? What?

Fill in the gaps with the words from the box

Click on the card to read the message and do the task

  1. What do you think is important to make a real success in business?
  2. What personality traits are important?

Match the words with their meanings

Choose the personality traits that you think are important to become successful and explain why

A successful person should be...

  1. responsible
  2. beautiful
  3. patient
  4. creative
  5. industrious
  6. sporty
  7. independent
  8. purposefu
  9. stress-resistant

Click on the card to read the message and complete the sentences with the words from the box

Fill in the gaps with your ideas and give an interview

1. The name of my company is __________________.

2. The logo of my company is _________________ and looks like.

3. The things that my company produces are: _________________.


Example: My company produces different things, such as...


4. The date of foundation is _________________.


Example: I founded my company in...


5. Our future plans:

_________________

_________________

_________________


Example: I feel very ambitious about our future plans. We are going to ...


6. The personality traits that have helped me to become successful:

_________________

_________________

_________________

_________________

_________________

_________________


Example: Talking about my personality traits, I would say that...

What can I do now?

Now I can:
  • talk about Steve Jobs's success story;
  • name the words to talk about career and success stories;
  • name the personality traits that are necessary for being successful;
  • give an interview about my company.

Homework

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PRE-INTERMEDIATE: TEENS
Test #2
Lesson 13

Answer the questions

  1. Do you like shows?
  2. Do you have your favourite TV show? If yes, what is it called? If no, do you have your favourite YouTube channel?
  3. What do you watch more often, Internet shows or TV shows?
  4. Would you like to make your own show?

Read the message and answer the questions

  1. Who is Bella?
  2. What is Bella going to do?
  3. Why is Bella nervous?
  4. Have you ever watched such shows?
  5. Would you like to take part in a show like that? Why/Why not?

Match the words to make word combinations

Choose the correct options to complete Bella's story

Use the collocations from the first exercise and make up your sentences about your family members.
  • to start/leave school
  • to do well
  • to pass exams
  • to study hard
  • to get a degree/diploma
  • to earn a living
  • to find a job
  • to go to college/university
  • to become successful

Study the information and talk about Bella's family

Read the rules and play the game

Fill in the gaps with the words from the box

Look at the animals below and give your command to each of them

Complete the sentences to make them true about you.
  1. I usually go along … to get to the ...
  2. When I go to school, I cross …
  3. I never go under ...
  4. I like to jump over …
  5. I have climbed into the …
  6. I usually go out of school at …
  7.  I'm moving towards the ...

Read the message from Bella to her Dad and complete it

Mark the sentences as True or False

  1. The story happened at Bella's home. 
  2. Lora was preparing for the interview with Bella's Dad. 
  3. The strange noise was coming from the box. 
  4. Lora ran faster than the mice.

Listen to the recording and choose the correct option

Click on the cards and do the tasks

Choose the correct options

What can I do now?

Now I:
  • can use Past Simple and Past Continuous, used to, prepositions of movement, indefinite pronouns;
  • have increased my vocabulary related to study and work;
  • have finished the unit with an excellent result.
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PRE-INTERMEDIATE: TEENS
Have you ever ... ?
Lesson 14

Look at the advertisement and answer the questions

  1. What is the advertisement about?
  2. Where do you think Rick, Tara and Jane are going to go?
  3. What are they going to do?
  4. What difficulties can they face?

Useful language

  • I suppose the advertisement is about …
  • I can predict that Rick, Tara and Jane are going …
  • I guess they will face such difficulties as ...
  • Why do people go camping?
  • How popular is camping in your country?
  • Have you ever been to a wild nature?
  • What would you choose: going camping or on a seaside holiday? Why?

Camping adventure weekend

Do you like nature? Would you like to spend your weekend with your friends?

Join us and have a cool camping tour with your friends. Our experienced instructors will teach you how to read a map, so you won't get lost. Besides, you will learn to put up a tent.

You will cook food over an open fire. But before that, you will learn to light a fire with matches and without them, in case it is going to rain.

Have you ever tried to build a raft to go down the river? Try to do it with us! You can also sail a boat or learn to catch a fish with and without a fishing rod.

Are you interested in wildlife? You can track wild animals or go horse-riding. The most energetic and active campers can go hiking or rock-climbing.

Are you interested? Join us now!

Contact Julia: julia@camping.adventure.weekends.org

  1. Would you like to learn the things described in the advertisement?
  2. Why (not)?
  3. Which activity have you already tried?
  4. Which of the activities would you like to try most of all? Why?

Match the words and say if you like the activity or not

Match the phrases with the pictures

  1. What activities are incredibly difficult?
  2. What activities are pretty hard?
  3. What activities are a piece of cake?

Listen to the audio and answer the questions

  1. When did Rick go camping before?
  2. Who did he go with?
  3. Are there wild animals in the area where he went camping?
  4. What wild animals are there?
  5. Has Rick ever seen a wild bear?
  6. What is Jane's opinion about camping?

Listen to the audio again and choose who says these sentences

Read the sentences and answer the questions

  1. Did the teens do these things in the past?
  2. Do we know when they did this?

Fill in the gaps with the correct forms of the verbs

Choose the correct options

Listen to the recording and choose the correct options. Then speak about yourself

Fill in the gaps with your ideas and answer the questions to present your company

  1. to build a raft
  2. to catch a fish
  3. to light a fire
  4. to cook food over an oven fire
  5. to put up a tent
  6. to read a map
  7. to sail a boat
  8. to track wild animals
  9. to go horse-riding
  10. to go hiking
  11. to go rock-climbing

Make questions to interview your teacher

Have you ever…?

My verdict: You are ( READY/NOT READY ) to join a trip with my company.

What can I do now?

Now I can:
  • understand the conversations about camping;
  • can use new vocabulary to talk about camping and survival skills;
  • know how to describe things you have ever done in your life;
  • am ready to open my own survival company.

Homework

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