Phonetics

Listening Comprehension

Booking a flight: (Video New English in Use Unit 1)

Complete the information

PART 1 (Conversation with a friend)

1. What day of the week is it today?
2. What time is he free?
3. What does he suggest eating later?

PART 2: (Conversation with the travel agent)

4. Destination:
5. Flying from:
6. Available flights:
7. Number of people:
8. Class:
9. Departure:
10. Arrival:
11. Price:
12. Why is it so expensive?
13. Price in February:
14. Luggage allowance:
15. Does he book a flight now? Why? / Why not?

Writing a narrative

Write your own narrative. Choose one of the following topics.
A. A trip to India. (Use information from the slideshow about India that we watched yesterday if you need some help)).
B. The Ministry of Time: (Travelling back in time)

Remember to include the following:

1. CONTENT  (5 points)
-Backgound information.
-Sequence of events.
-People´s feelings in the story.

2. GRAMMAR (4 points)
-Connectors of sequence.
-Past simple and past continuous; used to
-Vocabulary learnt in the unit.
-Quotes.

2. OTHER (1 point)
-Title.
-Separate paragraphs.
-Correct punctuation.
-margins and neatness.

Past Simple and Past Continuous

Lower
Exercise 1 multiple choice
Exercise 2 multiple choice

Intermediate
Exercise 3 fill in the gaps
Exercise 4 fill in the gaps
Exercise 5 fill in the gaps

Upper
Complete the text
Translation

Summary unit 1

Contents:

A.Vocabulary and pronunciation:
-p. 10:A journey
-arrive in Spain / Cordoba / Madrid... // arrive at school / the library / ... // arrive home
-p. 14: Feelings
-p. 18 + photocopy: Booking a flight:
boarding card; boarding gate; luggage allowance; scale; unattended; empty; check-in desk; proceed;
availability; available; book a flight; direct; stopover; one way; round trip; departure / arrival; pay by credit card; aisle seat; business
-Expressions of time: At first;  First of all; After a while; After several/a few (days)....; After that; Afterwards; In the end; Eventually; As....; While......; As soon as.....; Before.....; After....; Until (till)...
-Irregular verbs (WB. pp. 107-108)

B. Phonetics:
Learn the following symbols:
ʃ   (she)    ʧ  (chair)       θ  (thin)             ð (the)           ʤ   (just)       ŋ  (thing)
ʌ  (cut)     ɜː (bird)        ə (computer)     ɪə (dear)        əʊ  (go)         juː (useful)       eə  (pair)

C. Grammar:
-Past Simple / Past Continuous
-Used to.

D. Everyday English: 
-Booking a flight (expressions used in the dialogue: See, SB p. 20 + photocopy)

E. Writing:
-Talking about a memorable trip.

(For more practice, go to the label "Unit 1" on the right)

Booking a flight

Here you have extra practice on this topic.

Mixed-up sentences
Sentences and vocabulary matching
Listen and complete the text

used to.....

Exercise 1
Exercise 2

Subject Questions / Object Questions

Multiple choice
Type