Final exams - good luck!!

- Remember to be there 10 minutes before the time assigned (both for the written and oral exam)
- Remember to bring your ID card with you.
- Once in the classroom, please make sure your mobile phones are switched off.

7C. Switch it off

- Vocabulary & speaking: Television (p. 108)
Useful vocabulary: channels, satellite, cable TV, quiz shows, cartoons, reality shows, comedy shows, chat shows, cartoons, documentaries, drama series, sports programmes, the news

- Phrasal Verbs
. Reading - p. 109 (for homework)
Complete with the following phrasal verbs: look out, sold out, pick up, switch off, look forward to, turn off, find out, pass away.

. Listening - p. 111
Four people are answering te question 'If I had to live without eletricity,...' and complete the chart.

. Vocabulary & Speaking - p. 110

. Phrasal verbs list - p. 155

Grammar points

- Have something done
. to express a service you receive
. examples: I have had my car repaired. / My sister had her hair cut yesterday.


- used to / be used to / get used to
. used to + infinitive: to talk about something your regularly did in the past and you no longer do.
I used to play tennis every day.

. be used to + -ing verb: to talk about something that is familiar and no longer strange or difficult because you've done it for some time.
I am used to getting up early.
My brother is not used to driving long distances.

. get used to + -ing verb: to talk about things becoming familiar.
Mike got used to living on his own.


- Relative pronouns whom / what
. whom: is sometimes used when the object of the relative clause is a person (synonym who)
The person whom the police were questioning is not guilty.

. what: is used without a pronoun in front of it; it means "the thing that..."
The shop didn't have what I wanted.

Homework

- Grammar & Reading exam (to be corrected and commented in class)

- Not compulsory composition: "That music brought back memories of the past, when I ..."

7B. Murder Mysteries

- How much do you know about the story of Jack the Ripper? - Reading & Listening (pp. 104-105)


- Question tags: they are used to get feedback in a conversation, usually to check something you know is true. (p. 142) Check the following examples:
You aren't happy, are you?
He isn't your friend, is he?
They will come to the party, won't they?

Activities: oral practice; exercises 2 & 3 (p. 105)


- Indirect questions: to begin questions in a polite way we use indirect questions (p. 142)
. We start with expressions such as Can you tell me...?; Could you tell me...?; Do you know...?; Do you remember...?

. We add the questions word OR if / whether; plus the usual structure of a sentence:
Can you tell me what the time is?
Do you know what time the shops close?
Could you tell me if this train goes to Victoria?

Activities: oral practice

7A. How lucky are you?

- Questionnarie: "How lucky are you?" (p. 101) & class comment.

- Reading: "Can we make our own luck?" (p. 102)
Useful vocabulary: seem to be, achieve one's ambitions, vary one's routine, bump into an old friend, make an effort to relax, convince yourself.

- Vocabulary: adjectives and adverbs (p. 103)

Homework

- Grammar practice: p. 143

- Writing Task: Write a letter of about 125 words to an English-speaking friend who has travelled around in the USA using public transport. Describe your last holiday and say why you would like something different this year. Tell him/her why you are thinking about going to the USA. Ask for specific information aout his/her trip and ask for some advice.