TIMESAVER 40 SKILLS LESSONS FOR CEF Sleep

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14 YOU ARE FEELING SLEEPY

Unjumble these letters to find a word connected with “sleep”. 1

(Clue: It’s when you can’t sleep.)

Work in a small group and ask the othermembers the questions on this survey.

21 Do you sleep well?2 How many hours sleep do you need?

3 Do you remember your dreams?

4 Are your dreams in colour or black and

white?5 Do you sleep a) on your back b) on your front c) on your side?6 Do you like a dark room for sleeping?

7 Do you like a quiet room for sleeping?

8 Do you like a warm room for sleeping?

9 Do you prefer a duvet or sheets?

10 What do you wear in bed?

11 If you can’t get to sleep, what do you do?survey

Look at the cartoon and complete thesephrases. Did you have any of these answers to the last question?

1 r............................... something boring.2 have a warm b...............................

3 have a hot d...............................

4 do some e...............................

5 count s...............................

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You are going to listen to a sleep recording for people who have problems going tosleep. Before you listen, talk to a partner about these questions.

1 What do you think will be on the tape?2 What will the voice be like?

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These words are on the recording. Before you listen, circle the correct answers A, B or C.4

1 What do we call a small area of water in agarden? A lake B pond C sea

2 What covers your whole body and goes brownin the sun? A dress B hair C skin

3 What is the opposite of “top”? A topless B bottom C down

4 If you put something heavy in water? It ….. A sinks B drowns C falls

5 What do we call the main door to a house? The ….. door. A big B front C key

Now listen to the recording. Sit in your chair and follow the instructions. 6 7

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TIMESAVER 40 SKILLS LESSONS FOR CEF Sleep

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With a partner, complete these sentences from the recording.7

Can-do checklist

■■ I can understand spoken instructions.■■ I can describe an imaginary situation.■■ I can give instructions orally and in writing.■■ I can ask and answer questions about personal information

With your partner think of another situation like the house and the stairs and write notes for the recording instructions. Here are some suggestions.

A field – track – river – bridge – steps down – shining water

B trees – path – light – clearing – pool – boat – beautiful woman

Try to use some of these phrases from the recording:

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I want you to imagine ….You are in ….

You are standing ….Breathe…relax …walk …move …put …

Can you see…?Can you feel…?

Speaking. Change partners and practise your situation on another student. Speakslowly. Does he/she go to sleep?!

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1 Lie on your ..............................

2 Relax your ..............................

3 Close your ..............................

4 Breathe .............................. and ..............................

5 Your bed is like a ..............................

6 You are standing at the top of the ..............................

7 You can see down into the ..............................

8 Put your .............................. on the .............................. step.

9 The sun is shining on the ..............................

10 You’re nearly at the ..............................

11 The lovely garden is ..............................

Listen again and check.

Speaking. Some people say that when you are in a very relaxed state like this youcan learn and remember things very easily. When your partner is very relaxed saythese things to him/her like the recording.

Student A

A nap is a very short sleep. A nap. Nap.To doze is to sleep very lightly. To doze. Doze.A nightmare is a bad dream. A nightmare. Nightmare.

Student BTo snore is to make noises through your nose when you sleep. To snore. Snore.A recurring dream is one that you have again and again. Recurring dream. Recurring.To sleep lightly is to wake easily during the night. Sleep lightly. Lightly.

Test him/her afterwards.

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Writing. Write the script you used in activity 9.11

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