Present perfect continuous Ex1. Students open their books at page 74. Ask students to look at the photos and tell you if they know anything about the places. Elicit ideas from the class. Then ask students to read the text and see if they are correct. Encourage students not to look up every new word but just to read the text quickly to find the answer. Yu could give them two-minute time limit to encourage them. Read through the questions. Pre-teach any difficult words in the text. Play the recording. Students read and listen to the text and answer the questions. Ex2. Read through the questions with students and ask them to read the text on page 74 again to check if the answers are true or false. When students have found the answers, ask them to compare with a partner. During feedback, encourage students to give reasons for their answers, ask them to compare for their answers and to try to elicit the sentences using past modals of deduction. Ask students to read the examples in Exercise 2a. Students complete the rule. Remind students there is a table of past participles on page127. Student complete the sentences using a modal of deduction and the correct form of the verb. Check answers and ensure that students understand how using a different verb changes the meaning. Ex4. In pairs or small groups, students look at the photograph and discuss the questions. Listen to some of their ideas in open class as feedback, but do not comment at this stage. Tell students they are going to listen to an interview with a historian. Play the recording students to listen and check their ideas from the previous exercise. Ask them to compare answers with a partner before checking in open class. Check answers with the class. Ex5. Books closed. Write the sentences n the board. Ask students if they can finish the sentences with either of the questions we can’t answer about Stonehenge. Students work out the word order of each type of question. Students choose the correct opinions in the indirect questions. Students put the words in correct order. Ex6. Tell students that indirect questions are useful as they often make a normal question more polite. Monitor and check that students are using the correct word order. |