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10mins: Introduction: Homework check: Have you completed the online homework? Any problems? Have you read anything since our last meeting? What did you read?

Speaking Part 3: In this part of the test, you and your partner are asked to talk together. The interlocutor gives you a question and some text prompts. This stimulus provides the basis for a discussion, after which you will need to make a decision on the topic in question.

Draw the following points on the board:

1. At school or college

2. Choosing a career

3. In the working environment

4. With financial issues

5. Understanding technology

Here are some areas of life where people might need help and support from others and a question for you to discuss. Talk to your partner for about two minutes, discussing what sort of help and support people might need from others in these different areas of life and why.

Now you have about a minute to decide in which area people need the least support.

15mins: Review: Compound nouns.

A compound noun is a noun formed by two or more words. The first part tells us the type or person, and the second part tells us the who or what. Compound nouns often have a meaning that is different, or more specific than the two separate words.

Compound nouns can be expressed with:

one word = rainforest, policeman, haircut

two words = swimming pool, water tank

a hyphen = passer-by, dry-cleaning

Compound noun patterns:

noun + noun = climate change, dinner party, kitchen utensil

participle + verb = outsource, income, output

Verb + participle = giveaway, checkout

Noun + ER = eye-opener, housekeeper, dreamcatcher

Adj. + noun = greenhouse, blackboard

noun + -ing form = energy-saving, skydiving, decision-making,

ing + noun form = driving license, washing machine, rocking chair

Use ’s when the first noun is the user of the second noun.

Ex: a women’s clinic, a boys’ school

Noun + ’S + noun = The charity’s aim

Noun + of + noun = the aim of the charity

*Noun + of + noun is more commonly used when:

The noun is a nonliving thing = the title of the book

We talk about a change over time = the destruction of the rainforest

We use a long noun phrase = the brother of someone I went to school with

10mins: Review: Countable and uncountable nouns

Uncountable nouns are not used with a/an or in the plural. Brainstorm a list with your students.

Most uncountable nouns relate to:

Liquids: milk, water, coffee, tea

Abstract ideas: advice, chaos, motivation, information

Powder and grains: rice, wheat, sand, pasta

Mass nouns: furniture, hair, transportation

Natural phenomena: sunshine, snow, rain, weather

States: sleep, stress, childhood

Feelings: anger, happiness, enthusiasm, courage

Gas: oxygen, air, carbon dioxide

Ways to express the quantity of uncountable nouns:

a great deal of, an amount of, a number of, plenty of, (a big or small) quantity of, some, much, a lot, any, many.

10mins: Worksheet: 04 Nouns

15mins: Test: 04 reading practice - part 2

05mins: Warm down: Goodbye, see you next time. Encourage students to do additional reading for vocabulary building outside of the lesson. News articles, short stories, and novels are all great examples.

00mins: Homework - complete the next section of the online homework

Worksheet answers:

Part 1 - 2. fresh fruit/ vegetables (both possible) 3. advertisements 4. salt* 5. advice* 6. explosives/ammunition (both possible) 7. work* 8. rubbish*

(the other word from the pair may be used in informal contexts only)

Part 2 - 2. Adam's decision 3. an action film, a documentary about young entrepreneurs 4. the brother of someone who I worked with in Malaysia 5. a moment's hesitation 6. a children's playground 7. The construction of a new library 8. letter box, a congratulations card

Test answers: 1. is 2. The 3. As/along 4. the 5. which 6. most 7. the 8. is