The document outlines the schedule and activities for an English language class focusing on past tenses and friendships. The 90 minute class includes discussions, readings, speaking practices, games and quizzes on topics like past habits, how famous couples met, idioms about friends, and facts about friendships. Grammar points on using "used to" are presented and practiced. Vocabulary is also practiced related to relationships, friendship, and pronunciation of "s" sounds. Students participate in activities like a speaking board game using past habits and a card game about things from the past.

1. English file
Intermediate
Unit 5B – Past tenses (Habits and states)

2. • Lead in – pictures showing meeting friends (5 mins)
• Discussion questions – meeting new people (10 mins)
• Reading – Instagram stories – new vocabulary (10 mins)
• Reading – Instagram stories – comprehension (10 mins)
• Speaking practice – the end of the story – (10 mins)
• Speaking practice – discussing couples – (5 mins)
• Game filler – activity – famous couples how they met? (10 mins) 60
• Listening – how they met – Comprehension (10 mins)
• Grammar – past habits – highlighting – (5 mins)
• Grammar – past habits – presentation – (10 mins)
• Grammar – past habits – exercises – (10 mins)
• Pronunciation focus – s sounds in English – (15 mins)
• Vocabulary from the class quiz (5 mins)

8. Tiffany met her partner in a
supermarket car park.
Kristina met her partner in an
acupuncture clinic.

9. T
T
K
K
K
T
1. As I got nearer I noticed the rear door open
2.I was scared .....
3.I came to New York to do a Master’s degree
4.I started to get really bad back pain
5.The moment we looking into each other’s eyes, we connected
6.He laughed at me as if I was crazy

15. • Tiffany and her partner own
exactly the same car.
• Kristina was studying Creative
Writing and her partner’s
surname is Tolstoy (like the
great Russian novelist).

18. Wanda Sykes first laid eyes on her wife, Alex Niedbalski,
while boarding a ferry and was coincidentally introduced to
her after telling a mutual friend about plans to ...........................
A.remodel her
kitchen
B.change her
hairstyle
C.go on holiday

19. Matt Damon and Luciana Barroso met when
Matt __________________ she was
working at to hide from fans.
A.pretended to buy
a car from where
B.climbed into the
food truck where
C.jumped behind
the bar where

20. Serena Williams was eating breakfast in a hotel when Alexis
Ohanian sat at the empty table next to hers. Her friend
pretended there was a ________ to get rid of him!
A.cockroach
B.rat
C.Angry dog

21. When Michael Caine saw Shakire Baksh in a
___________ advert in 1971 he fell so hard
in love that he wanted to fly and meet mer.
A.coffee
B.underwear
C.trainers

22. Carey Mulligan and Marcus Mumford met at a
Christian youth camp when she was 12, and
then ___________________
A. met again at a
reunion.
B. both got sent
home for drinking.
C. stayed pen pals.

23. John Oliver got caught in a restricted area at
a conference. A group of veterans including
his now wife Kate Norley ......................................
A.told security on
him.
B.helped him to hide.
C.dressed him in
army clothes

25. They met in a school
corridor, and it wasn’t
romantic.

27. 1. T
2. F (She was a student at the school,
but not in his classes.)
3. F (She wasn’t usually very punctual.)
4. T

28. 5. T
6. F (She ran off, laughing.)
7. T
8. F (They’ve been married for 12 years.)

30. 1. We use it to talk about things that were true over a period
of time in the past.
We make questions with Did + person + use to + infinitive.
2. No

36. didn’t use to like
used to want
did you use to keep in touch
usually go
Did your parents meet
used to work
usually go

38. • When I arrived in the UK I wasn’t used to
the cold weather. (The cold weather was
unusual for me)
• Every day I’ve got a little more used to the
cold weather. (It describes the process of
the weather becoming usual to me).
• Now, I’ve been here for 10 years and I’m
used to the cold weather it doesn’t bother
me.

40. used to have
usually go
didn’t use to watch
Do usually play
usually eat out
did use to work
used to be
Did use to argue
usually gets on
didn’t use to speak

42. snake zebra shower television

44. used to usually
use
busy decision
friends
holidays
lose
music
occasion
parents
practise
singer
sport
summer
supermarket
sugar
sure
unusual

46. 1. At the beginning of a word, the letter s is usually
pronounced /s/. The two exceptions are sure and sugar /ʃ/.
2. At the end of a word, s can be pronounced /s/ or /z/.
3. In vowel + -sion, the letter s is pronounced /ʒ/.

47. 1. I’m sure you used to take sugar in your tea.
2. She didn’t use to like classical music, but now she loves it.
3. We used to stay with my parents’ friends in the summer
holidays.
4. Did you use to use your car more?
5. The singer usually practises for six hours a day.

48. • What activities did you use to do with your friends
when you were younger?
• What are some places where you usually meet new
friends?
• Did you use to join any clubs or groups to make new
friends? Which ones?
• How do you usually start a conversation with
someone you want to be friends with?
• How has the way you make friends changed as
you've gotten older?

51. Class 2

52. • Childhood experiences – asking questions (5 mins)
• Pictures showing children doing activities (5 mins)
• When I was a child – discussion (10 mins)
• Vocabulary building – relationships (15 mins)
• Speaking practice close friends (5 mins)
• Vocabulary building and speaking words with –ship (5 mins)
• Speaking board game – used to practice (10 mins)
• Mini lead in – idioms about friends (5 mins)
• Listening – friendships – topics that were discussed (5 mins)
• Listening – friendships – details of the facts (5 mins)
• Listening – friendships – discussion questions (5 mins)
• Fun facts about friendship quiz (10 mins) 75
• Discussion – friendship build up – vocabulary (5 mins)
• Discussion – friendship giving opinions (10 mins)
• Speaking card game – used to – blast from the past (15 mins)
• Vocabulary from the class quiz (5 mins)

59. 1. meet somebody
2. know somebody
3. colleagues
4. friends
5. discuss
something with
somebody
6. argue with
somebody

60. partner
fiancé
flatmate
colleague
ex
close friend
classmate

64. got to know
became friends
had in common
went out together
were together
broke up

65. lost touch
got in touch
got on
proposed
got married

66. • Friendship
• Leadership
• Membership
• Partnership
• relationship

67. relationship
membership
leadership
partnership
friendship

70. In a lifetime, you make ____ friends,
but only 1 out of 12 friendships lasts.
396
A) 196 B) 296 C) 396

71. According to a study, a strong network of friends is more
important than close family relatives for a prolonging life.
People aged over 70, but having an extensive network, tended
to live ___% longer than those with less extensive networks.
22
A) 12% B) 22% C) 32%

72. A recent study suggests that close friends share
about one percent of their DNA, making them as
close genetically as _______ cousins.
fourth
A) 2nd B) 3rd C) 4th

73. According to a study, even young babies can understand social
relationships, especially friendship, before they can ____ or _____.
‘Infants are able to watch strangers interact and then make
inferences about whether those two people are likely to be friends,’
walk talk

74. Anthropologist Robin Dunbar has studied the effect that love
has on friendship and the results are clear: when a new person
enters into your life, he or she displaces _____ others in your
close circle, usually a family member or a friend.
two
A) two B) three C) four

75. Pals also influence your job performance. If you don’t a
friend at work, then you only have a _____% chance
of enjoying what you do on the job.
But having a best friend at work changes everything -- you’re
_____ times more likely to get in the flow and be productive.
8
7
1) ........ <20% 2) .......<10 times

77. Animals
social media
productive
Love
health

78. Because you’re less stressed, and so you live
longer; you are 50 per cent more likely to have
a long life.
Chimpanzees, horses, elephants, dolphins, and
bats can form friendships.
Because with Facebook, it’s easier to stay in
touch with friends. (Research from Sheffield
Hallam University)
Because if you have friends at work, you’re
happier, and that makes you work better; the
exception is your boss (it’s better not to be
friends with him / her).
Because when you’re in love, you have less time
to see your friends.

83. • Tammy is always looking for a shoulder to cry on so I
introduced her to Ben. He is a good listener and will do
anything for anyone.
• A really liked Priscilla, but I realized she is just a fair-
weather friend. She’s not there for me when I need her.
• Jason and I have been friends through thick and thin. I was
there for him when his dad died and he was there for me when
I got married last March.
• Robert and Rosie get on like a house on fire. They are always
laughing and joking.

84. A shoulder to cry on
•Meaning: Someone who listens sympathetically
to you in times of need.
Fair-weather friend
•Meaning: When someone is a friend, but only
when things are going well for you.
Through thick and thin
•Meaning: To (be friends) through the good
times and bad
To get on like a house on fire
•Meaning: To get on well with someone.

89. snake zebra shower television

91. used to usually
use
busy decision
friends
holidays
lose
music
occasion
parents
practise
singer
sport
summer
supermarket
sugar
sure
unusual

93. 1. At the beginning of a word, the letter s is usually
pronounced /s/. The two exceptions are sure and
sugar /ʃ/.
2. At the end of a word, s can be pronounced /s/ or
/z/.
3. In vowel + -sion, the letter s is pronounced /ʒ/.

94. 1. I’m sure you used to take sugar in your tea.
2. She didn’t use to like classical music, but now she loves it.
3. We used to stay with my parents’ friends in the summer
holidays.
4. Did you use to use your car more?
5. The singer usually practises for six hours a day.

96. • You are going to play a game where you have 30 seconds to talk
about a topic.
• For each sentence you make with used to and didn't use to during
that time, you score one point.
• Take it in turns to pick up a card (e.g. computers) and talk about the
topic on the card, saying how the thing was different in the past,
e.g. 'Computers used to have floppy disks. The monitors didn't use
to be flat like they are today, etc…'
• When a group member is talking, the other students are responsible
for timing the speaker and awarding points.
• For every sentence with used to and didn't use to the student
makes, they score one point.
• The student with the most points at the end of the game is the
winner.