Frogress cneck. @ Buy a senience Well, goodbye ~T'll come and see you in case I pass through Spain one day. That would be lovely I hope you won't have forgotten what I look like. I've got an idea ~ let's meet in Paris on the 31st December, shall we? Isn't it difficult to find an accommodation in Paris at that time? My brother works as the teacher in Paris, so we can stay with him, Okay. I don't go back to work until the 6th of January. Meanwhile, I'll write to you. You mustn't answer, but I'd love to hear from you. © Sin 988 iy erage ang eating Tela Reward Upper-intermediate Resource Pack It’s a shame the course has finished - I was just getting used to the weather here, So was I. In fact, if I'd known how much I was going to enjoy myself, I ‘would have booked a longer course. PrPow™ ‘Three months isn’t long enough to speak English fluently, is it? B No, it isn't and the time went very l quickly. But I've been meeting a lot of nice people since I arrived here 5 So have I. Before coming here, I was | told that English people were unfriendly! E ‘That's rubbish! I've met some English a people they are reserved, but not unfriendly. 5 Anyway, Imust go now. I'l see you in q Paris, unless you don’t come and visit me in the meantime.eed Buy a sentence worsreet Progress creck QD ACTIVITY Prirwork: speaking AIM ‘To decide whether sentences are grammatically correct and t0 bid for them in a grammar auction, ‘GRAMMAR AND FUNCTIONS Revision VOCABULARY General PREPARATION Make one copy of the worksheet for each pair of students in the cass and one for yourself. Cut your worksheet up as. indicated, but lave the students’ Worksheets intact. Each pair of students will nced some money for this activity. Ifthere is ‘no British or American currency availble, you can make two ‘copies of the money atthe bottom ofthe Teacher's Notes for ‘Worksheet 17b for each par of students in the class and cut it ‘out as indicated. You will needa picture ofa work of art to demonstrate this activity TIME 30 t0 40 minutes PROCEDURE 11 Ask che students to work in pairs and give each pai of students an equal sum of money, I you are usin real currency, tel the students that, for example, cach penny represents $1000 and make sure that ech pair of students hhasa selection of small change. Alternatively, give each pir of students two copies of the money used for ‘Worksheet 17, cut up. Tell the stents chat this isthe ‘money they have available w spend and that you are going, tohold an auction 2. Hold up the picture ofa work of art and ask the students tid for it. 3. When you have set the scene, tell he students that they are going o bid for sentences inthe same way. 4 Give one copy of the worksheet to each pair of students. 5 Explain that some of the sentences are correct, while others have a grammatical mistake in them and that they should bid for the sentences which they think are correct. 6 Before they stat bidding, give them time to decide ‘whether the Sentences are grammatically comrect and to make corrections where necessary. 7 When they are ready, start bidding for sentence 1. When the bidding stops, give the strip with sentence 1 omit to the highest bidder and take their money. 8 Ifnobody wants to buy it because they think itis wrong, ddo not ask for corrections at this point 9 Continue until all the sentences have been bid for and then go back to the beginning and ak the clas to identify the mistakes in the sentences which are not correct. ANSWERS 11 wrong: in case shouldbe replaced by if 2 right 3 fight 4 wrong: accommodation is uncountable 5 wrong the teacher should be replaced by a teacher 6 right 7 wrong: mustn't should be replaced by don't have to 8 right 9 right 10 Fight 114 wrong: ve been meeting should be replaced by "ve met 412 tight 13 wrong: they are reserved should be replaced by who are reserved +14 wrong: uniess you don’t come should be replaced by ‘unless you come evar printed ac Pc © Si ay, 196 Pee by Henin Eh ngage Tech.