Strange events with Level 11

• To be able to use the “past perfect”, e.g. “I had had an idea” or “I had driven 3km when

I stopped”. To use responses with “So” and “Neither”. To talk about coincidences, superstitions' and strange events.Repeat your ideas to make your meaning clear. Use “just” to make what you say stronger or softer.

Objectives

What is happening in the pictures?

What are coincidences.

You are about to phone a friend when suddenly your phone rings. It’s your friend who was just thinking of calling YOU.

Coincidences

What part of the verb comes after the “had”?

Why is “had” used?

Act out the situations.

What happened in the monologues?

Where had I come back from when this happened?

Which book had I picked up?

Who did I meet there?

The Coincidence

Go to Past Perfect slide

Act out your own coincidence story!

Kangaroo

A violin

To go to Scotland

To learn English

To own a snail

To get married

What things give us good and bad luck? What is a superstition?

Superstitions

I arrive You arrive She/He/it arrives We arrive They arrive

Llegar – to arrive

I had left LEFT

Salir – to leave

I had just left the supermarket when I met a beautiful guy and I brought him flowers.

I had just phoned when the phone rang and I answered. It was bad news

John had just got on the metro when a cow arrived.

Subir en algo – to get on something

I had just finished eating when suddenly the waiter arrived to take the bill.

T finish + verb = gerund

◦ Vale la pena – It’s worth it!◦ Town - pueblo

To have dinner

To spill the salt

Is it lucky or unlucky to spill salt?

Who is superstitious? Why?

Angie Terry

To throw

Shoulder

A ladder

You believe in things that you don’t understand and then you suffer.

Superstition ain’t the way.?

1) What is the singer’s opinion on superstition?

2) How many superstitions does he mention? What are they?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXsxvdF481I&feature=related

Very superstitious?

Looking glass

Soul – alma Nothing more to say The Devil – El diablo

Suffer – Sufrir, padecer

“So” is used to agree with the person which is used with the verb “to do”.

I really like Abba.◦ So do I.

Neither works the sameI can’t stand Abba.

Neither can I.

“So” and “Neither”

Common verbs like “to be” and “to be able to” are repeated in the “So” and “Neither”.

For example: I can play the guitar.

◦ So can I.

I am not an accountant.Neither am I.

However,

It is just the same. Do ---- did. I played the guitar when I was 12. So did I. I didn’t like Abba. Neither did I. Am --- was. I was in Argentina in 2003. So was it. I wasn’t there Neither was I.

And in the past tense…

Can --- could I could see Lake Titicaca from my window. So could I.

I couldn’t walk under a ladder. Neither could I.

Use this structure to answer the following questions.

I don’t like Abba.

I can’t play the guitar

I speak English.

I live in Colombia.

So/neither + verb + subject.

Tell us a superstition. Is it true or false? Agree or disagree with “so” or “neither”.

Lesson C – Weird and off the wall.

What makes people look tired?

Why is Nicole tired?

Nicole looks tired?

How does Nicole explain her dreams?

B – We can repeat adjectives to make ideas clearer and to emphasise points.◦ E.g. I’ve had some weird dreams. Really weird

dreams. And they’re scary. They’re always scary ones. They never good ones. They’re just weird and off the wall.

What makes the meaning clearer?

Use a different adjective to make each sentence clear.

Do you dream in colour? Do you ever had strange dreams? What do you dream about?

Dreams

You’ve already seen “just” used to soften instructions like, “Could you just give me that pen?”

It can also be used to strengthen instructions like, “Just do it!”.

However, as we have seen they can be used to emphasise a certain adjective:

How are your dreams? My dreams are weird, they’re just weird.”

Just

How does Nicole use “just”?

What is the stress and tone in the sentence? Which parts have the strongest stress?

Let’s look at the text

Group 1

Kangaroo

Mariana Pajon

Tree

Group 2

Eiffel Tower

Sunglasses

Nuns

Are these things true for you?

2A – Do the activity

Look at the picture! These are identical twins.

What are twins like?◦ Are they alike?

What different kinds of twins are there?

Lesson D – An amazing story…

How do you think Tamara and Adriana got to know each other?

How do you think Tamara and Adriana got to know each other?

How do you think they are different?

What do you think WILL happen?

Do the “order the sentences” game!

Group A – Answers the questions. Group B – Grammar Group C - Vocabulary

Do the task!

Do the exercise at home!

Can you think of words about your family?

Do the speaking activity!