Unit 11 | Session 3

I have no idea.
LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Talk about movies and actors
 Unit 11 | Session 3
I have no idea.
LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Talk about movies and actors

Lesson overview
1 GET STARTED: I’m not sure...
2 FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE: Expressing
uncertainty and taking time to think
3 SPEAKING: Trivia game
4 PROGRESS CHECK
GET STARTED
I’m not sure...
Put the phrases in the correct category.

I don’t know. I have no idea.

I’m not sure. I think. Maybe.

Very unsure A little unsure

FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE
Expressing uncertainty
Erica and Chris are not sure about the people at a party.
Can you complete their conversation?
Then listen and check your answers.

Erica Who’s that man over there?

Chris _______________.
1

Erica OK. Who’s that woman next to him?

Chris Oh, that’s Jamie’s wife. Her name is
Mischa, 2__________.
Erica Right. Where’s Alma? It’s her birthday
party, and I can’t find her!
Chris Good question! 3_______________!
Erica There’s Jamie. 4__________ Jamie can
tell us.
FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE
Taking time to think
Listen to the conversation.
What expression does Erica use while she takes time to think?

What’s the name of that song?

______________________...
I think it’s “Never Say Never.”
FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE
Expressing uncertainty and taking time to think
Listen to the conversation again. Then practice it with a partner.
Change the information in bold to ask about a different song or a movie.

Erica I like that song.

Chris Yeah. What is the name of that song?
Erica Let me think. I think it’s “Never Say Never.”
Chris Oh, that’s right. Who is the singer?
Erica Um, I’m not sure.
Chris Maybe it’s Justin Bieber...
USEFUL LANGUAGE
Erica Oh, that’s right. I think he’s American. I like this/that movie.
Chris Uh, I don’t know. I think he’s Canadian.
Who is the singer?
Who is the band?
Who is the actor/actress?
Who is the director?
SPEAKING
Trivia game
Play a trivia game. Ask your partner questions from your worksheet.
Then answer their questions. Use phrases to take time to think and to express
uncertainty.
USEFUL LANGUAGE
Let me think... What was Kate Winslet’s
Uh... name in “Titanic”?
Um...

I think ... Uh, I think it was ... . /

Maybe ... Um, I have no idea.

I don’t know.
I have no idea. It was ... .
I’m not sure.
SPEAKING
Trivia game
Now write four new trivia questions about movies, songs, actors, directors, bands, singers.
Then play the game with the new questions with other students.

Where is the band BTS from?

USEFUL LANGUAGE
Let me think... I’m not sure, but I Let me think...
think they are from South Korea. Uh...
Um...

I think ...
Maybe ...
That’s right!
I don’t know.
I have no idea.
I’m not sure.
PROGRESS CHECK
Now I can …
❑ express uncertainty.
❑ use expressions to take time to think.
 Unit 11 | Session 3
I have no idea.
LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Talk about movies and actors

Thank you!