Unit 6 | Lesson 1

Going viral
LEARNING OBJECTIVE: describe unexpected fame
 Unit 6 | Lesson 1
Going viral
LEARNING OBJECTIVE: describe unexpected fame

Lesson Overview

1. GET STARTED: Going viral

2. VOCABULARY: Talking about fame
3. GRAMMAR: Narrative tenses
4. SPEAKING: The marriage proposal
5. PROGRESS CHECK
GET STARTED
Going viral
What makes people famous these days? What can make ordinary people go viral?
VOCABULARY
Talking about fame
Choose the correct word to complete the
phrase.
1. make something entertaining / a reputation
2. get publicity / an appearance
3. catch somebody’s attention / fame
4. do hits / a broadcast
5. make awareness / an appearance
6. praise somebody / publicity
7. have a good reputation / entertaining
8. raise fame / awareness
9. get hits / fame
10. make praise / headlines
VOCABULARY
Talking about fame
Work in small groups. Describe a famous
person you follow or know about. Use the
questions to help you. Can your partners
guess the famous person?

1. Have most people heard of them?

2. How did they become famous? Did they
seek fame?
3. Why do they catch your attention?
4. Do they have a good or bad reputation?
5. What headlines have they made?
6. Have they ever gotten bad publicity?
7. Do people praise them for their work?
Narrative tenses: within the time or suddenly

She was cooking when she met her husband Raul.

She loved cooking when she met her husband Raul.

When she working in a company, she found one hundred soles.

When she had been working in a company for 2 weeks, she found
one hundred soles.
When she was an administrator in a company, she found one
hundred soles.
GRAMMAR
Narrative tenses
Complete the sentences with the verbs in
parentheses in the correct tense.
We were exhausted when we 1 ____ (reach) the
town. We 2 ____ (travel) for days! Then we 3 ____
(interview) several people about what they 4 ____
(see). Some 5 ____ (say) that they 6 ____ (hear)
about a huge bear walking down the middle of the
street! Others 7 ____ (report) that the bear 8 ____
(try) to break into people’s cars! As we 9 ____
(travel) back, we 10 ____ (hear) that the story 11
____ (already/go) viral on social media.
GRAMMAR
Narrative tenses
Read the story quickly. Pay attention to the main events and the verb tenses.

Wengie has been entertaining her friends for years, but she’s been a famous YouTuber for
only a short time. She was born in China, but she has lived in Australia since she was a
child. She started writing one of Australia’s top blogs in 2011. She later started a YouTube
channel that now has more than 11 million viewers. She gives tips on fashion and makes
videos showing people how to make DIY (do-it-yourself) projects, such as colored pencils
and holiday gifts. She was working in a business office before she became a famous
blogger and YouTuber. In 2017, Wengie recorded her first song, which became a big hit in
China. Today she continues to record music and YouTube videos and make appearances
around the world.
GRAMMAR
Narrative tenses
Take turns retelling the story of Wengie in
your own words. Use the questions below
to help you recall the main events.

1. What made Wengie famous?

2. Where was she born? Where does she live
now?
3. How long ago did she start writing her blog?
4. What are her videos about?
5. Where had she been working before she
became a blogger?
6. What did she record in 2017?
SPEAKING
The marriage proposal
Read the beginning and end of the story below. Work
in small groups, taking turns making sentences to
complete the story. Use a variety of tenses.

Matt wanted his marriage proposal to be special, but

he never expected it to make headlines . . .

. . . This was a truly happy ending.

Matt wanted his marriage proposal to be special,

but he never expected it to make headlines. He
had been planning the speech for months . . .

. . . and he chose what he thought

was the perfect ring . . .
SPEAKING
The marriage proposal
Share your story with the class. Then vote on the one that was the most entertaining.
PROGRESS CHECK

Now I can . . .

 talk about fame.

 use narrative tenses to tell stories.

 Unit 6 | Lesson 1
Going viral
LEARNING OBJECTIVE: describe unexpected fame

Thank you!