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Learning English: Difficult?

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• How to use MEC• Play a Game Quiz to check previous knowledge

about small talk. (Active Book)• Speaking: Talk about expectations at an

international meeting• Identify things to consider in a small talk• Identify use and structure of tag questions

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Have you gone to an international meeting? What would you expect at this kind of meeting?

• Book p. 2

Activity: Speaking. Answer the following questions. Read the invitation on p. 2 of the Active Book and answer the questions from the teacher.

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When we meet someone for the fist time, what should we consider in our small talk? What would

you ask? What wouldn’t you ask?

Activity: Speaking. Answer the following questions and share them with the class.

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Tag Questions

Use:-to ask the other person to agree with you.

-to make a question

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Tag Questions: Structure1. Identify the auxiliary of the sentenceHe bought a present for me. (as the verb is in past, the auxiliary is ‘did’2. Identify the subject of the sentenceHe bought a present for me.3. Identify if the sentence is positive or negativeHe bought a present for me. (It’s positive)4. If it’s positive the auxiliary of the question tag goes in negativeHe bought a present for me, didn’t he?5. If it’s negative the auxiliary of the question tag goes in positive

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Examples

1. They like us,

2. She wasn’t very angry,

3. He is playing the piano,

4. Ann will be here soon,

5. Tom should pass his exams,

6. You haven’t seen him,

Activity: Grammar practice. Finish the sentences using the correct tag questions. Write the answers in your notebook and share them with the class.

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Difference in meaning

To to ask the other person to agree with you.

A:‘Tom doesn’t look very well today, does he?’

B: ‘No, he looks awful’

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Difference in meaning

To ask a real question

• You haven’t seen Ann today, have you?

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Exercise: Tag questions

• http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/questions/question_tags3.htm

Activity: Grammar practice. Complete the sentences with the correct question tag. Write the answers in your notebook and share with the class.