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Ccsnprehensior: check

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FIow dqes Chuck's mood change during

the song? How does he feel at the
beginning, in the micldle. and at the
end? Why?

2 What happened to iiis friends ...

...
.

.Ioe

Spil,ey? ... Le,cnard Skinner?

.. his bunk mate? . .. Jcffrey Flardy?

3 Chuck

tries to persuade his parenrs to

take him home in various ways. What
are they?
What does he say might happen to him
at Camp Grenada?

4 A srss,l, is an inforrnal

Do

Ul,vsses'!

-vou

think

he likes his brother and

Aunt Bertha?

6 How long has he been at the camp?

7

Looi<ixg

iorw,w

'to

SPEAKI hic
seu,rug

Why is everythin-e bettelat the

end?

Each group reads oae of the ietters quicklv. Answer the quesiions.

a
b

Where was the letter writieir?

Who is the guest? Who is the host?
I&tich citli is deseribed? What is it like?
'What season is it?

c
d

Work witir a student from the other group.

Go through the answers together and
compere the information in the
two letters.

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Tire words in the boxes appear in the

sclng. WCte in the otirer parts of
speech. Mark the stress.
Verb

--*l

--J

enter'taining

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\4 Y
U

,uk.'qu E.q \\

$$',, s}'r

de'velop

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6
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cr,se. tgr-a-

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bs:qd ]T is r\ot-e,xci(ed as Landm
*hz Srr.t o.I" Lhei-u a,yry*
a{}.r- s..x
tlre. rvtzltl

il,i'*5
il*^Pfff
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u*?:l=,-,,.g
a-.d

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Umit

There's no plaee like home

erqoq

#,e*n
faar.,4a-q,

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s"hor{ rfte {asf

iT"

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*t ry
T' .:;:,r",.*"$^

tr-:;o**^'t'"rn,nrun'e
ti 'l'rr^fl

*An-'''r+\3w

In ,{rnerican English. and can be dropped.

456 {BE) lour hundred and flfty-sir; (US) four
1:unrired fift1-six

bc-ca-,rs

2 .T,l.J

Listen to the news broadcasts. They contain

fifteen numbers. Write them down. and then
practise

e.ocisG a.

w.u*_

rg
?,

Spel

F'

- CiUfS - TER

spelling mistakel
.t'n

Not pl B for

----_-

8F*
F

T1

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u6*kff**

ball! /
---..-.,--_:\

.,i

.-,-

Not s! F for

-6$8"8.#F

r\tn'5'"'*9,

FreddyD
-

\,/--

',-/

Spell vour sumame to a partner.

'#;tto

Pi"actice
}'cru are ali uoing to drflerent parts of the world to
learn English! )our teacirer wili give you a card to tell
vou where

Eoth rvriters have made niistakes in their ietters.

Find the mistakes in vour letter and correct them.
What diflerent kinds ol mistakes are there?

in nairs. ask and ilnswer questions. Write down the

intorn:ation vciu helr.

Do the trvo letters have any

simiiar kinds of rnistakes? Worir as a group ro vvrite

out & correct version of your letter on the board.

h,fAli

Notice how u,e correct people when they make a

Reacl tire cther ietter.

ng

Iv,lanchesrer

Er

"%,

ii

\\ie break up a lonser word when we are speliing

out ioud.

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L)-hasrp-

'-

?o ^

them.

LrLre

noise

piay

"{-we

.T,t'E. Lis:ten to the conversations. What are the

dilTerent wavs of'saying the number 0?

in British English. u,e always say andbefore the tens.

o,c?,rc.k

Nig f*i
ffi
y^ ;itt &;L;;"
{or
)
Prrwr'. Lie also pracnu_
"U *fgO=L
+f.'1 n .4(r ui,a*l i cnyr\L
to *ffe
,.,.?i,q"*
cJ:Dsrr
To nnc"ei

:*
1"ffi

'organize

mess

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nJ
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hJ.ve

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T{y,

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bu+

',fuft^&ry,xffi*y

Ln -l"e"r=

in your country?

Nu m bers

ryu.r

*#ff,. _$li#h:ffi-Jfr *I
ll

are t}re most irnportant dates

Whr,?

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atq 3fo"
-'"(9 .fT yJ

SCATE

'oromise

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;6,;

Jo....

;:il#;:f
t'^y4

\\ihr,?

R{r;;t

aRa w<p)1 .\ow, a1e- lvre

urr*g, rrie-

ir.rst

"[r*#q ar.d D ual{

{'**"w

hate

h3o Sass(

, rtWS

S,,a-tzxon{.

un

'tra iner

When Coes it finish?

\\''i:at are some of the important dates in your iife?

Jtrl

1Mq'ffiw
'i"#iffr#"f,iftrrq4.ffi
ii

1982

19/8/96 (Americans write 8119196)

What's the date today?

Srurtaer(ar\d

T)u.r Srplue

*to

2r. C uu'-J'no

w*.y#lne ry''*

'poisr:n

Lrndens{T

\iff/,t

5e*-

Atts?.tst' 23 September

\\ten did this rerm start?

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u)(P

'

fun

'il?e, ,i(,l'r,itrh o.{

'"lanuory" the

rt,nrli'

LangLlage work

Noun

Dates

rww

Divide into ru,o groups.

word for a boy

who isn't hard and aggressive. What do

you know about the Greek rvriteq
FIomer and his iegen<iary hero. Ul.vsses
(usually pronounc.ed / ju:lisi:z/)? So why
does the head coach read to the boys

from

ffift ITING AND

$,Irite a sin:iiar letter. imagine vou are either expectii:g

an Engiisii-speaitng suesi ro sffi.v u,,ith you in your
country. or going to stay with a friend in au Engiishspeaking countn. Describe your horne towu briefl_v- as
part of vour ietter.

u
ir

\\,'irere are v0Li gcrng to?

\\iirat's vour addr':.rs'l

\\Iieu are yoli going,t

ci \\,ho are voll slaving u,iti:.'

Vrhat's your teieplione nunrber'l

Fioi.l,much monev are \,'0u taking?

Tnere's no piace like

home

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