Resources

15mins: Introduction:

Online homework: Discuss any problems or difficulties the student may be having.

Independent reading: Ask the student about what they have read in English during the last week. If you are reading a novel together, discuss the assigned reading and any vocabulary words/ writing assignments.

Speaking part 3:

Tips:

- This section is all about collaboration with your partner. You will need to work together as a team.

- Avoid monologues - aim to be interactive with your partner as much as possible

- Keep a healthy balance between offering your opinion and suggestions as well as asking for theirs.

- Non-verbal skills are just as important in this exercise. Show you are listening and engaged with your partner while they are talking by looking at their face or nodding your head.

- Keep the question in mind. Avoid getting too far off topic, and be sure to answer the question fully and completely.

Questions:

1. Here are some things that people think are important when working together in a team and a question for you to discuss.

(write the following list on the board)

1. A sense of humour

2. Trust and respect for each other

3. Team-building activities

4. Willingness to share ideas

5. Different salaries

How can these things affect the experience of working in a team together? (2 minutes)

Now decide which of these things would have the greatest positive effect on working in a team. (1 minute)

15mins: Review: Verb patterns - Verb + to-infinitive and ing

When two verbs are used together, the second verb is in either a 'to-infinitive' and '-ing' or a 'bare infinitive' form.

Verb + to-infinitive/-ing

Some verbs can be followed by either a to-infinitive or an -ing form with little or no difference in meaning:

I started to scream

I started screaming

If the main verb uses -ing, use an infinitive form.

I was beginning to feel quite at home there. (correct)

I was beginning feeling quite at home there. (incorrect)

After opinion words like hate, love, and prefer, you can use both to-infinitive and -ing. It’s preferred to use to-infinitive to talk about regular events. Use -ing to speak generally.

When I was younger, I used to hate to swim. (implies regular swimming).

When I was younger, I hated swimming. (implies swimming in general).

After “would + preference verb” use to-infinitive.

I would like to watch a film.

Use -ing (1) after the preposition ‘to’ and (2) after the preposition of a phrasal verb.

(1) I’d been looking forward to staying at the hotel.

(2) I put off going home for as long as possible.

In negative sentences, the position of ‘not’ influences the meaning. Compare:

I regretted not speaking the local language.

I didn’t regret speaking the local language.

I was told not to exercise.

I was not told to exercise.

Verb + (object) + bare infinitive.

When 'let' and 'make' have an object, this is followed by a bare infinitive.

They made us wait outside the hotel for hours.

Use to-infinitive after a passive form of make.

We were made to wait outside the hotel for hours.

When verbs of perception (feel, hear, notice, observe, overhear, see, and watch) have an object, this is followed by an -ing form of the bare infinitive.

I sat on the beach and watched the setting sun.

I watched the sunset and went home.

10mins: Worksheet: 08 infinitive and ing

15mins: Test: 08 reading practice - part 5

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:

A: 2. him talking 3. him stealing 4. to have 5. to sack

B: 1. to capture 2. for the bear/it to get 3. to eat/eating 4. it/the bear escaping 5. to call/calling

C: 1. saying 2. having 3. to see 4. do 5. to collect 6. to get

Test answers: 1. D, 2. C, 3. A, 4. C, 5. A, 6. B