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GPP 1

GPP 1 Unit 7 : Key Point 21 – DVD Scene 4

Introduce the size of cities.
BIG Is New York big? (Yes, it's big.)
SMALL Is Madrid big or small? (It's big.)
What about Bern? (It's small.)

- Is ... big or small?

- It's ... .

- ... is big.
- No, it isn't. It's small.

VERY Is Monaco small? (Yes, it's very small.)

HOT What's Africa like? (It's hot.)

COLD What's Russia like? (It's cold.)

GPP 1 Unit 18 : Key Point 52

Mime reading a paper.
What do I normally do after breakfast? (You read the paper.)

PRESENT CONTINUOUS Pick up a paper and read it.

AT THE MOMENT Am I reading the paper at the moment? Nod.

What am I doing? (You're reading the paper.)

- Am I reading the paper?

- Yes, you are./No, you aren't.

- What are you doing?

- You're reading the paper.

Give the newspaper to a student.

Is ... reading the paper? Nod. (Yes, he's/she's reading the paper.)

- Is he/she reading the paper?

- Yes, he/she is./No, he/she isn't.

- What's he/she doing?

- He's/She's reading the paper.

Mime known verbs.

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GPP 2
GPP 2 Unit 7 : Key Point 19
PHONE BOX/BOOTH Where do you go if you want to make a phone call in the street? (Into a phone
box/booth.)

TO PICK UP Mime to elicit pick up the receiver.

RECEIVER
Continue miming and have students say what you are doing.

TO INSERT You're inserting a coin.

TO DIAL You're dialing the number.

GPP 2 Unit 24 : Key Point 70

Have students name all the things which use electricity in their kitchen. Ask for
APPLIANCE one word to describe all these things: appliances.

TO PLUG IN How do you make an appliance work? (You plug it in.) Also teach the opposite:
TO UNPLUG You unplug it. What's the noun? (Plug.)
PLUG
CABLE And what's this? Mime. (The cable.)

Tell students that you have just bought a new CD player and that they have to tell
you how to use it. Mime each of the steps below and have them supply the
instructions if possible. If you have the equipment available in the Centre, it will be
easier to demonstrate using it. Each time the correct form has been
produced/given, drill it.

TO CONNECT Plug the CD player into an electrical socket. Connect the speakers to the CD
SPEAKER player.

TO SWITCH ON/OFF Switch/Turn it on/off at the socket.

TO TURN ON/OFF
TO PRESS Press the on/off button. Press the open/close button.
BUTTON
REMOTE CONTROL Or: Use the remote control.

Put the CD into the machine. Press the open/close button.

Press the play button.

TO TURN UP/DOWN Turn up/down the volume.

VOLUME
TO ADJUST Or: Adjust the volume.

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APP1

APP 1 Unit 12 : Key Point 34

TO GET UP Use RS12A and mime to introduce the new vocabulary.
TO TAKE/HAVE A SHOWER
TO HAVE BREAKFAST - What time do you ... ?
TO LEAVE THE HOUSE - I … at ... .
TO DRIVE
DINNER - Do you ... before or after you ... ?
TO EAT -I….
TO DRINK - What do you do before/after you ... ?
TO START/FINISH WORK - I ... before/after I … .
TO GO HOME - Do you ... ?
TO GO TO BED - Yes, I do./No, I don't.
RESTAURANT
CANTEEN
CAFETERIA

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APP 1 Unit 12 : Key Point 34

Visuals Resource Sheet 12A

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APP 2

APP 2 Unit 18 : Key Point 53

PAST CONTINUOUS Mime Am I working on my computer? Was I working on my computer yesterday?
Did the screen freeze? Was I working on my computer when the screen froze?
Did I continue to work after the screen froze? (No, probably not.)

A time line would be useful to clarify the sequence of events.

- What were you doing when ... .

- I was –ing when … .

- Were you –ing when … ?

- No, I wasn't. I was –ing.

- What's happened?
- (The screen's frozen.)
- What were you doing?
- (I was just working on the computer.)

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