The topic explained
Write your own story about a strange coincidence or a misunderstanding.
Period 5 / Integrated skills
- telling personal stories
- using three past tenses together in narratives
- using prefixes (co- and mis-)
- using time phrases and pronouns to make stories cohesive
- writing personal stories or anecdotes
Samira’s story: from the pictures to the writing
1 Look at the pictures. Then discuss the questions in pairs or small groups.
- Activity 2: listen to Samira explaining what happened in the situation in Activity 1.
- Activity 3: listen again and number the sentences to show the correct order of events in the story.
- Time words: join the events with simple time words like when, while and as soon as.
- Tenses: be careful to use the correct tenses.
Period 6 / Writing
Telling your own story and joining it together
1 Look at the picture. Then discuss the questions.
- Underlined words: look carefully at them and think about how they join the sentences together.
- This unit: using time phrases and pronouns to make stories cohesive.
- Activity 3: write your own story about a strange coincidence or a misunderstanding.
- Your choice: it can be a true story about something that happened to you or someone you know, or a made-up story.
- Tenses: this unit practises using three past tenses together in narratives.
Progress test 1 Period 1
Progress test: reading about routines
1 Read the text about routines. Choose the best title for each paragraph.
- True or false: decide whether each statement is TRUE or FALSE.
- Highlighted words: them, it, which, them and They are highlighted in the text.
- Task 4: answer the questions about the first part of the book and about breaking your routine.
Progress test 1 Period 2
Progress test: vocabulary and language study
1 Match the words in the box with their meanings below.
- Task 2: complete the sentences with the words in the box.
- Fixed phrases: match words 1–5 with a–e to make fixed phrases, then use the phrases to complete the sentences.
- Prepositions: complete the sentences with the prepositions in the box; on is in the box twice.
- Circle the tense: choose the correct tense to complete each sentence.
- Task 6: complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets: to + infinitive or -ing form.
- Task 7: complete the sentences with the correct tense of the verbs in brackets: past simple, past continuous or past perfect.
Progress test 1 Period 3
Progress test: writing about your favourite subject
1 Write a paragraph (100–150 words) about your favourite school subject. Include the following information.