1. 5TH YEAR TALKING POINTS 2016
UNIT 8A SELL AND TELL.
Vocabulary& Speaking
Shopping
a) In pairs,sayif youthinkthese are the same or different.Thencheckwithyourteacher.
1) Buy somethingonline and buysomethingonthe internet
2) A chemist’sanda pharmacy
3) An outletstore anda departmentstore
4) A shoppingcentre anda shoppingmall
5) A libraryanda bookshop
6) Puton a shirtand try on a shirt
7) It fits you andit suits you
8) A sale andthe sales
b) Withyour partner,explainthe meaningof the wordsinthe list.
a bargain a discount a price tag
a receipt a refund take sth back
Complains
a) Talk to a partner.
1) Who’sbestat complaininginyourfamily?Give examples.
2) Can yourememberatime whenyou(orsomeone inyourfamily) complained…?
To a taxi driver To a hotel receptionist
To a waiter To someone else
Why didyoucomplain?Whatdidyou say?What happened?
UNIT 8B WHAT’S THERIGHTJOB FORYOU?
Do youknowanybodywho…
- Is applyingfora job?What kindof job?
- Is doinga temporaryjob?What?
- Has a part-time job?Whathoursdoeshe/she work?
- Is self-employed?Whatdoeshe/shedo?
- Has beenpromotedrecently?Whatto?
- Was sackedfromhis/herjob,or wasmade redundant?Why?
Thinkof someone youknowwhohasa job.Prepare youranswerstothe questionsbelow.
What/do?
2. Where/work(inaoffice,athome,etc.)?
What qualifications/have?
What hours/work?
/have to doovertime?
/geta good salary?
/like the job?Why(not)?
Wouldyoulike todo his/herjob?Why(not)?
SPEAKING.
PRESENTATION.
Work witha partner.Imagine youare goingto appearon the programme.You can choose one of
the productsbelow,oryou can inventyourown.
a watch a sandwich an app a chair
a dessert a pen a lamp a drink a gadget
THINKABOUT THE FOLLOWING ASPECTSOFYOUR PRODUCT.
What is the product?
What is its name?
Who is it for?
How much will it cost?
Why is it different from other similar products?
Do you have an advertising slogan for it?
CAN YOU SAY THIS IN ENGLISH?
Do the tasks witha partner.Tick if youcan do them.
Can you…?
1) Describe the schoolsyouwentto(or have beento) andsay whatyou likedordidn’tlike
aboutthem
2) Say whatyou will doa) if you don’tpassyour Englishexam atthe endof the course and b)
whenyoucan speakEnglishfluently
3) Describe yourideal holidayhouse
4) Say whatyou woulddoif a) youwona lotof moneyandb) you hadmore free time
5) Reportthree questionsthatsomeonehasaskedyoutodayand whatyouanswered
UNIT 9A LUCKYENCOUNTERS.
READING & SPEAKING
a) Answerthe questionswithapartner.Saywhat youwoulddoand why.
3. What wouldyou do if…?
1) Somebodyinthe streetaskedyouformoneyonyourway home tonight
2) You were drivinghome at nightandyou saw somebodywhohadrun outof petrol
3) You sawan oldmanbeingattackedinthe streetby a couple of teenagers
4) You were ina queue ata stationor airportand someone askedtogoinfront of you
because he/she wasinahurry
SPEAKING
a) Readthe questionsandthinkaboutyouranswers.
1) Look at some quotesaboutluck.Do youthinktheyare true?
“The more I practise, the luckier I get.” Gary Player,golf player
“You’ve got to think lucky. If you fall into a lake, check your back pocket – you might
have caught a fish.” Darrell Royal, American football coach
“Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck.”
The 14th Dalai Lama, religious leader
“If you have two friends in your lifetime, you are lucky. If you have one good friend, you
are more than lucky.” Susan Hilton, writer
2) Do youconsideryourself ingeneral tobe aluckyperson) Why(not)?
3) Can yourememberatime whenyouwere eitherveryluckyorveryunlucky?What
happened?
4) Do youknowanyone whoyou think isparticularlyluckyorunlucky?Why?
b) In groupsof three or four,discussyouranswers.Give asmuchdetail as possible.
UNIT 9B TOO MUCH INFORMATION!
INFORMATION OVERLOAD
Do yousufferfrominformationoverloadinyourownlife? Talktoyourpartnerabout how
informationoverloadaffectsdifferentpartsof yourlife.
Your work Your studies
Your social life Your familylife
Discussthe questionswithapartner.
1) Have you everhadto live withoutthe internetforafew daysor more,e.g.whenyouwere
on holidaysomewhere?Didyoumissita lot?Why (not)?
2) Do youthinkSusanMaushart’s experimentwasagoodidea?Why (not)?
3) If you had to dothe experiment,whatdoyouthinkyouwouldmissthe most?Why?
4. UNIT 10A MODERN ICONS.
SPEAKING
a) In groups,talkaboutyour people,things,andplaces.Explainwhyyouadmire them.
A famousdeadperson(who) youadmire
A famouslivingperson(that) youadmire
An iconiclandmark(that) youreallylike
A countrywhose designyouadmire
An everydayobject(that) you ownthatyou thinkhasa beautiful design
An object(which) youwouldlike toownthatyouthinkhas a beautiful design
A DVD cover,filmposter,orbookcover(that) youthinkhas greatdesign
COMPOUND NOUNS RACE
1) Where can youtake moneyoutwithoutgoingintoabank?
2) What do youneedto have before youcanget ona plane?
3) What mightyouhave to pay if you parkin a bus lane?
4) What shouldyouputon whenyouget intoa car?
5) What do youcall a longline of cars that can’t move?
6) What do youneedto bookif youwant to playtenniswithsomeone?
7) Where do people goif theywanttowatch a basketball orhandball match?
8) What do youcall the noise aphone makes?
9) What kindof booksor filmsare about the future,andoftenouterspace?
10) What do youcall a school whichispaidfor bythe government?
11) If you are ina liftand youpressG, where doyou wantto go to?
12) What device doyouuse whenyouwantto transferfilesfromone computertoanother?
UNIT 10B
MURDER AND MYSTERIES.
Whichdetective TV seriesorfilmsare popularinyourcountryat the moment?Do youenjoy
watchingthese kindsof programmes?
CAN YOU SAY THIS IN ENGLISH?
Do the tasks with a partner. Tick if you can do them.
Can you…?
1) Complete thesethree sentences:
If you had toldme aboutthe partyearlier,…
I wouldhave boughtthose shoesif…
I wouldn’thave beensoangryif…
2) Describe somethingthatyoudo toomuch, andsomethingthatyoudon’tdo enough
3) Talk abouta gadgetthat you use and whyit is useful
