Photocopiable Activities-Part 9

7B Cleft sentences grammatically correct, e.g.
Wouldn’t you rather / speak to

her?, The best thing is / I’ve got enough money, etc.
Photocopiable activity on p.214
If the student can’t find a correct domino or puts one
You will need one sheet for each student. down that isn’t grammatically correct, the other player
Read out some statements and ask students to make them has another turn. The activity is designed so that most
into different types of cleft sentences: dominoes have several options, but monitor and help as
necessary. The game continues until all students have
She needs a good holiday. (What she needs is a good placed their dominoes correctly.
holiday. It’s a holiday that she needs.)
I went to England to study. (The reason I went to England NO-CUT VARIATION
was to study. The place I went to study was England.) Students work in groups and take it in turns to make
Give each student a sheet. In Activity A, ask students to sentences using the sentence halves on the sheet, e.g.
work individually and rearrange the sentences. Students Wouldn’t you rather have finished?, and crossing out the
compare answers in pairs, then check answers with the class. squares that have been used. Students are eliminated from
the game when they can’t make a correct sentence. The last
In Activity B, students discuss the statements in small groups,
student left is the winner.
seeing how far their classmates agree with each. Encourage
them to use cleft sentences where possible during their
discussion, e.g. It’s not computer games that are the problem.
EXTRA ACTIVITY
As feedback, find out which statement most students Students work in pairs. Give each pair two dominoes (four
agreed with and which most disagreed with. sentence halves) and ask them to write a short dialogue
Answers containing the sentence halves. Ask a few pairs to role play
1 What worries me is the amount of time kids spend on computer their dialogues for the class.
games.
2 The reason online education is so popular is simply its
convenience. 8B Conditionals
3 What technology does is replace face-to-face communication.
Photocopiable activity on p.216
4 It’s only people with too much time to waste who use social-
networking sites. You will need one sheet for each pair of students.
5 The worst thing is that our personal data is all over the Internet.
6 It’s these online dating sites that are dangerous. Write these sentences on the board and ask students to
7 It is just older people who still prefer printed books. correct them:
8 What the government shouldn’t do is monitor and regulate
If I would speak French, things would be easier. (would speak
people’s Internet use.
spoke)
Have you reminded me, it would have helped. (Have Had)
EXTRA ACTIVITY
Students rewrite four sentences so that they express their Don’t go in case you’re worried. (in case if)
own opinions, e.g. What worries me is the amount of time In Activity A, put students into pairs and give each pair a
kids spend online unsupervised. Then put students into new sheet. Ask students to read the conditional questions and
groups to discuss the sentences. decide which type of conditional they are. Check answers
as a class.
VARIATION In Activity B, ask students to choose six questions to ask

their partner. Students ask and answer the questions.
Copy one sheet for each group of eight students in your class Monitor and make sure students develop the discussion,
and cut up, so each sentence is separate. Give a sentence not just question and answer, and use correct conditional
to each student and ask them to unscramble it. Next, ask sentences where possible.
students to mingle, reading out their ‘opinions’ and seeing
how far their classmates agree with them. As feedback, get students to discuss some of the answers as
a class.
8A Gerunds and infinitives Answers

1 0 2 0 3 mixed (0 and 1) 4 1 5 1 6 2 7 0 8 2
Photocopiable activity on p.215 9 2 10 2 11 mixed (2 and 3, otherwise = if it hadn’t happened)
12 0 13 3 14 3 15 2 16 2
You will need one sheet for each group of three or four
students, cut up.
Explain to students that they are going to play a game of
9A Reflexive and reciprocal pronouns
dominoes using gerunds and infinitives. Divide the class Photocopiable activity on p.217
into groups of three or four and give a set of dominoes
You will need one sheet for each student.
to each group. Each student in the group takes an equal
number of dominoes. Give each student a sheet. In Activity A, ask students to
complete the questionnaire with the appropriate pronoun.
One student begins by placing a domino on the table
Ask them to compare answers in pairs. Check answers as
in front of the group. Students then take turns to play
a class.
by placing down a domino which can complete a
sentence. The sentences must make logical sense and be
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7B Cleft sentences grammatically correct, e.g.

Wouldn’t you rather / speak to

VARIATION In Activity B, ask students to choose six questions to ask

8A Gerunds and infinitives Answers

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