5 November 2010

2nd to 5th November (Summary & Homework)

- Check homework: "both, neither, either" / future worksheet / prepositions


 UNIT 2. Money, Money   
 - Listening: Shania Twain's "Ka-ching" (p. 20) - What's the meaning of the song?
Useful vocabulary: broke, mortgage, loan, mall, greedy, blow

Speaking "the money questionnaire": consider these questions
. have you ever wasted money on something you've never used?
. have you ever been robbed?
. have you ever lent money to someone who didn't pay you back?
. have you recently taken money out of a cash machine?

- Grammar: present perfect and past simple (p. 132) (theory + activities)
Time adverbs usually found with
. present perfect: yet, alreay, for, since, just
. past simple: last..., ago, yesterday

- Oral activity with class: present perfect or continuous? (slidesheet)

- Oral activity in groups of 4: role play - explain your bad economic situation to your partners and provide useful advice
Useful collocations:  get a loan, poorly paid, highly paid, to have a steady income, to have an overdraft


HOMEWORK:
- Complete worksheet on present perfect simple and past simple