Teaching notes and key

Unit 7 Unit 7
Lesson 2 Lesson 3
I didn’t watch it. We love sports!
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Type of activity: Completing a chart. Type of activity: Wordsearch.

Organisation: Individual work. Organisation: Individual work.
Time: 10 minutes. Time: 20 minutes.
Preparation: Copy one worksheet per student. Preparation: Copy one worksheet per student.
To use: After Activity 4. To use: After Activity 5.

INSTRUCTIONS INSTRUCTIONS
• Review making past forms of regular verbs with • Tell students to write as many words for sporting
the students. events, people, places, media, and TV programmes as
• Hand out the copies of the worksheet. Ask students they can. Set a time limit of 2 minutes. Find the winner.
to complete the chart with the regular Past simple • Hand out the copies of the worksheet. Explain that
forms of the verbs in the box. Tell them to pay special students have to find 19 words in the diagram: circle
attention to the rules. the names of people in green, names of places in red,
• Students complete the chart and compare their names of media in blue and names of TV programmes
answers in pairs. Check the answers with the whole in orange. The words go across or down, not diagonally.
class. Set a time limit of 10 minutes. Ask students to compare
answers in pairs and complete the chart.
KEY • Write the names of the five categories on the board.
-ed -d -ied Tell students to complete the chart on the board.
cleaned arrived carried
asked closed tidied KEY
laughed danced tried S P O R T S P R O G R A M M E
opened hated studied C R W E B P A G E O R A D I O
R E C T V C D S E R I A L A E
2 U L S O C O M M E N T A T O R
N X T Q M V K A P L A Y E R D
Type of activity: Sentence writing. N Z A G S W I M M E R H L Q A
Organisation: Individual work. I B D T A L E N T S H O W H T
Time: 10 minutes.
N H I T W I N N E R B D I O H
Preparation: One worksheet per student – use
G Y U S S P E C T A T O R W L
the same worksheet as in Activity 1 above.
To use: After Activity 4. T C M F E K M A G A Z I N E E
R C A R T O O N S E T O Y B T
A T R G A M E S H O W O N S E
INSTRUCTIONS
C N C H A M P I O N S H I P I
• Focus students’ attention on Activity 2. Ask them to
K F Q B U N E W S P A P E R L
look at the pictures and verbs. Tell students to complete
affirmative or negative sentences using the children’s D T V C O M P E T I T I O N E
names and the verbs given in the Past simple, as in
events: championship
the example.
people: commentator, player, swimmer, winner,
• Students compare their answers in pairs. Check
spectator, athlete
the answers with the whole class – volunteers read
places: running track, stadium
the sentences out loud.
media: web page, radio, TV, magazine, newspaper
KEY TV programmes: sports programme, serial, talent
1 Sue played 2 Miss Jones watched 3 Ruby didn’t tidy show, cartoon, game show, TV competition
4 Jeff didn’t close 5 Lisa danced
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KEY
Unit 7
She was brilliant!
Lesson 4 I loved it!
Sporty Sue: Episode 7 – Sue’s a fantastic commentator.
We love Sue!
Congratulations, Sue!
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Unit 7
Type of activity: Gap filling. Lesson 6
Organisation: Individual work.
Time: 10 minutes.
A day out
Preparation: Copy one worksheet per student.
1 and 2
To use: After Activity 4.

Type of activity: Role play.

INSTRUCTIONS
• Ask the students to summarise the story in their own
words. Ask them if Sporty Sue won the race and what
Sue is good at.
• Hand out the copies of the worksheet. Ask students to
complete the comic with the words in the box, as in the
example.
• When students have finished, tell them to compare
their answers in pairs. Then check the answers with
the whole class.
• Let volunteers read out the dialogues.
• Tell students to cover the sentences and look at
the pictures. Encourage them to recall the sentences
from memory for each picture.
KEY
1 Did 2 didn’t 3 Did 4 did 5 ran 6 went 7 lost
8 saw 9 sat 10 had 11 found 12 gave 13 did
2 • Explain that each pair is going to act out the dialogues
Type of activity: Choosing the sentences.
Organisation: Individual work.
Time: 5 minutes.
Preparation: One worksheet per student – use
the same worksheet as in Activity 1 above.
To use: After Activity 4.
INSTRUCTIONS
• Ask students to read the comic in the Student’s Book
and cover it. Focus students’ attention on Activity 2.
Ask them to circle in red all comments about Sue from
the comic.
• When students have finished, tell them to compare
their answers in pairs. Check the answers with the
whole class.
Organisation: Pair work.
Time: 30 minutes.
Preparation: Copy one worksheet per one pair.
To use: After Activity 4.
INSTRUCTIONS
• Divide the class into pairs. Hand out the copies of
the worksheet. Ask students to read the sentences and
complete them with the Past simple forms of the verbs
in brackets. Check the answers with the whole class.
• Tell students to cut out the sentences and put them
into the correct order to make a dialogue. Set a
time limit of 2 minutes. Let volunteers act out the
dialogue. The rest of the students make any necessary
corrections and act out the dialogue in pairs.
• Assign the roles of Student A and Student B to each
pair. The pairs cut out the information cards and put
them face down on the desk.
between two friends like in Activity 1. Student A and
Student B take roles in a dialogue in turn. Walk around
the classroom and provide help where necessary.
KEY (FOR ACTIVITY 1)
1 was 2 caught 3 had 4 watched 5 went 6 got
A: How was your weekend?
B: Fine, thanks. I went to the theatre with my parents and
aunt.
A: Great! Tell me about it.
B: First, we caught a bus to the city centre. Before the play,
we had dinner in a restaurant. Then, we watched the
play. Finally, after the play, we went for a short walk. We
got on a bus home.
A: That sounds like a good weekend.
B: It was.
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INSTRUCTIONS
Unit 7
• Focus students’ attention on Activity 3. Tell them to
Lesson 7 read the sentences and match them with the correct
Around the world people – J (Jakub) or N (Natalia). You may ask students
to work in pairs.
1 and 2 • When students have finished, tell them to compare
their answers in pairs or groups of four. Then check the
answers with the whole class.
Type of activity: Reading comprehension.
Organisation: Individual work. KEY
Time: 15 minutes. 1J 2N 3J 4N 5N
Preparation: One worksheet per student.
To use: After Activity 5. 4

INSTRUCTIONS Type of activity: Writing a description.

• Find out if students know anything about Jakub Organisation: Individual work.
Błaszczykowski and Natalia Partyka (they may use L1 to Time: 20 minutes.
answer). Preparation: One worksheet per student –
use the same worksheet as in Activity 3 above.
• Explain that students are going to read an article about
two famous sportspeople. To use: After Activity 5.

• Hand out the copies of the worksheet. Focus the

students’ attention on Activity 1. Students read the
INSTRUCTIONS
text and exchange their opinions about their favourite
• Focus students’ attention on Activity 4. Ask them
sportspeople.
to find information about a sportsperson or other
• Check the answers with the whole class. Discuss the
person they admire and complete the chart with
answers.
the information. If you have Internet access in the
• If you have Internet access in the classroom, find
classroom, ask the students to find any necessary
images of both sportspeople.
information online; otherwise, assign the research for
• Focus students’ attention on Activity 2. Ask students homework.
to read the text again and underline Past simple forms
• Once the chart has been completed, students use it
of the verbs. When students have finished, tell them to
to write about the person. They may use the text in
compare their answers in pairs. Check the answers with
Activity 1 to help them. They can also print photos or
the whole class.
make drawings to attach to their project or prepare
• Encourage students to check the meaning of the a slide show on the chosen person. Monitor the task
unknown words in a dictionary. and provide help as necessary.

KEY (FOR ACTIVITY 2) • Extension: In small groups, students take turns to

played, was, organised, wanted, took, won, was, decided read their descriptions. They omit the name of the
person and provide a translation of any unfamiliar
3 words. Other group members try to guess the name
of the person that has been described. Ask the groups
to report back on what information they remember
Type of activity: Reading comprehension. about the described people. The class vote for the most
Organisation: Individual work. interesting person.
Time: 5 minutes.
KEY
Preparation: One worksheet per student –
Students’ own answers.
use the same worksheet as in Activity 2 above.
To use: After Activity 5.
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Unit 7 5
1 was 2 Fine, 3 match 4 Great! 5 about 6 First,
Lesson 8 7 Then, 8 took 9 Finally, 10 sounds 11 good 12 was
Revision workout 6
Students’ own answers.

Type of activity: Vocabulary and grammar

revision.
Organisation: Individual work. Unit 7
Time: 30 minutes.
Preparation: Copy one worksheet per student.
Grammar summary
To use: After Activity 6.
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INSTRUCTIONS Type of activity: Card game – vocabulary and

• Hand out the copies of the worksheet. Go through grammar revision.
the rubric to Activity 1, explaining anything that is Organisation: Group work.
unclear. Give the students enough time to complete Time: 20 minutes.
the task. Then ask them to compare their answers in Preparation: Copy one worksheet per student.
pairs before you check the answers with the whole This should be cut up either by the teacher or
class. by the students.
To use: After Grammar summary.
• Repeat the procedure for activities 2–5.
• Explain that Activity 6 is a self-assessment task and
the students do not need to show their responses to
INSTRUCTIONS
anyone. It does not affect their grade. Explain that
• Divide the class into groups of four and give each one
students should tick the right face, depending on how
a set of cards or one worksheet to cut up into cards.
well they can perform each task, e.g. they can tick
the smiling face for perfect, the neutral face for average, • Explain the rules of the game. The students take turns to
and the sad face for I need to revise this. draw two cards at a time. If the cards match, they keep
them and score a point. If the cards don’t match, they
KEY must be turned back over and another student in the
1 group can take a turn. The groups play the game until
1 game show 2 serial 3 sports programme there are no cards left. The winner is the one with the
4 talent show 5 TV competition most cards at the end of the game.
Students’ own answers. • Monitor the task and provide help as necessary.
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1 athletes 2 players 3 win 4 running track KEY
5 commentators be – was / were take – took
3 buy – bought win – won
break – broke write – wrote
buy watch find run have lose
catch – caught arrive – arrived
listen take do try wash win hate do – did ask – asked
sleep go get dance see tidy find – found carry –carried
get – got clean – cleaned
bought, found, ran, had, lost, took, did, won,
give – gave close – closed
slept, went, got, saw
go – went dance – danced
4
have – had hate – hated
1 didn’t read 2 Did your mother find; she did 3 had
lose – lost laugh – laughed
4 Did Tom lose; he didn’t 5 didn’t take
read – read listen – listened
6 Did you do; I didn’t 7 bought 8 won
run – ran open – opened
see – saw tidy – tidied
sit – sat try – tried
sleep – slept wash – washed