Communication Unit 8 Did you see her?

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Student A Student B
1 There was a famous actor in your town last 1 Look at the photo of a famous actor. Then
night! Your friend saw her. Read the blog answer Student A’s questions about the
post they wrote about it. photo.

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Zoe eats out 4 June, 8:42 p.m.

(1) Zoe Star went to a restaurant with a friend.
(2) Zoe had long, blonde hair. (3) She was quite
overweight. (4) She ate a pizza. (5) She didn’t
have anything to drink. (6) Some photographers
saw her.

2 Your friend made a lot of mistakes! Student

B has got a photo. Ask past simple
questions about the blog, then correct the
mistakes. One sentence is correct.
You Did Zoe go to a restaurant?
Student B No, she didn’t. She went to a café.

3 Look at the photo of a famous musician.

Then answer Student B’s questions about You Did Zoe go to a restaurant?
the photo. Student B No, she didn’t. She went to a café.

2 A famous musician arrived in town last

night! Your friend saw him at the airport.
Read the blog post they wrote about it.

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Brett in town 4 June, 7:05 p.m.

(1) Brett Zane was at the railway station. (2) He
had a beard. (3) He had short, straight hair.
(4) He was short. (5) He didn’t have his band
with him. (6) His fans didn’t see him. (7) He
didn’t have sunglasses on.

3 Your friend made a lot of mistakes! Student

A has got a photo. Ask past simple
questions about the blog, then correct the
mistakes. One sentence is correct.
Student B Was Brett at the railway station? You Was Brett at the railway station?
You No, he wasn’t. He was at the Student A No, he wasn’t. He was at the
airport. airport.
Communication Unit 8 Teaching notes

 Now re-pair the students so that each A

Did you see her? student is now sitting with a B. Hold up the
worksheet and explain that students should
Pairwork: Find the mistakes take it in turns to read their questions and
their partner will look at the picture they have
 Students work in pairs. They read a text and
on their worksheet to answer.
ask their partner questions to check whether
 Monitor and check that students are forming
the information in the text is correct. Copy
correct questions and answers.
one sheet per pair and cut into A and B.
 Do class feedback by eliciting the
 Review past simple questions and short
differences between the texts and the
answers by asking different students: Did
pictures.
you go to the cinema at the weekend? Did
you meet friends on Saturday? Then ask
Answers:
other students: Did Ben go to the cinema at
Student A: 1 No, she didn’t. She went to a
the weekend? (Yes, he did. / No, he didn’t.)
café.
 Explain to the students that one person has
2 No, she didn’t. She had short, black hair.
a text and one person has a picture and they
3 No, she wasn’t. She was slim.
need to ask questions to find the mistakes in
4 No, she didn’t eat pizza. She ate a banana.
the text.
5 Yes, she did. She had a coffee to drink.
 Divide the students into Student A and
6 Yes, they did.
Student B. Give all of the As the A worksheet
Student B: 1 No, he wasn’t. He was at the
and all of the Bs the B worksheet. All the A
airport.
students should work together to begin with
2 No, he didn’t have a beard.
and vice versa.
3 No, he didn’t. He had long, curly hair.
 Refer all the A students to the text in Ex. 1
4 Yes, he was.
and the B students to the text in Ex. 2. Tell
5 Yes, he did.
them to work together to work out the
6 Yes, they did.
questions they will need to ask to find out if
7 Yes, he did.
the text is correct.

Extension
Answers:
Student A: 1 Did Zoe go to a restaurant? In pairs, have one student say two true and one
2 Did she have long, blonde hair? false sentence about what they did last night
3 Was she overweight? using the past simple. The other student asks
4 Did she eat pizza? them past simple questions to find out which
5 Did she have anything to drink? sentence is false.
6 Did any photographers see her?
Student B: 1 Was Brett at the railway station?
2 Did he have a beard?
3 Did he have short, straight hair?
4 Was he short?
5 Did he have his band with him?
6 Did his fans see him?
7 Did he have sunglasses on?