Unit 7 Seeing the world

Warm up: Your best & worst vacations

1) Tell your partner about the best vacation you have ever had.

Example questions:• Where did you go?• Why was it so great?• Who did you go with?• When did you go?

2) Tell your partner about the worst vacation you have ever had.

Example questions:• Where did you go?• Why was it so bad?• Who did you go with?• When did you go?

Conversation:Guess what!

Conversation: Guess what!

Comprehension Questions

Where is Peter going?(London)

When is he going there?(next weekend)

Where is Sarah going?(Boston)

When is she going there?(next weekend as well)

What is Sarah’s friend’s name?(Silvio)

Vocabulary: The world

Vocabulary: Language Note

Articles are not used with these geographical features:o Continents: Asia, North America, Europeo Countries (singular): Korea, Canada, Spain, Kenyao Mountains: Mount (Mt.) Everest, Mt. Kilimanjaroo Lakes: Lake Victoria, Lake Louise

Articles are used with these geographical features:o Countries (plural): The United States of America, The

Netherlands, The United Kingdomo Oceans & Seas: The Pacific Ocean, The Mediterranean

Seao Deserts: The Sahara Desert, The Gobi Deserto Rivers: The Nile River, The Han River

Vocabulary: Speaking: Where would you like to go?

*Remember: during a conversation, always

think of another question to ask your partner to keep the conversation going.

The easiest questions start with one of the

5Ws (Who, What Where, When, and

Why and How)

Grammar: Going to

In English, we often use “going to” to talk about the future: Form:

be + going to + verb We can use “going to” when talking about the following:

future intentions & fixed plans:o I’m going to travel to Canada next month. I just bought my

ticket.

factual information (in the future):o The concert is going to start at 7pm.

to make a prediction on what the speaker knows:o It’s going to rain tomorrow. I heard the forecast earlier.

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2. Shana and Omar aren’t going to watch TV. They’re going to watch a movie at home.3. Bruno and Martina aren’t going to have dinner at home. They’re going to go out to dinner with friends.4. Bradley isn’t going to send some e-mails. He’s going to chat online with friends.5. Emma and Roy aren’t going to play soccer. They’re going to play tennis.

Speaking: what are you going to do this evening?

More actions:• study English• meet your friends• watch a movie• play video games• watch the news

Try to find more information by asking follow-up questions!

follow-up question

Speaking: Gap Fill: What are they going to do?

1) Fill in the missing gaps by asking and

answering questions with your partner.

2) Ask your partner each question.

Remember to expand and ask follow-up

questions.

Your story Peter brings news

Your story Peter brings news

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1. She thinks he’s going to London next weekend.

2. His new office is going to be two blocks away from the coffee shop.

Additional expressions:- I doubt it.- I don’t think so.- Probably not.- It’s highly unlikely.

Real-world listening Around the world – the Canadian Rockies

Speaking Beautiful places

Try to think of as many beautiful places as you can.

These places could be:- a country- a city- a mountain- a national park- an island- a lake- a river- a valley- a waterfall

Speaking Are you going to…?

Ask your partner each question. Remember to

expand and ask follow-up questions!

Use the example as a reference if you

want.

Speaking Are you going to…?

Ask your partner if they have any plans

for the times provided.

Remember to expand and ask

follow-up questions.