Resources

10mins - Conversation: Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Divide the class into two teams. Assign each team a position on the topic. Ask each team to develop an argument, then have the teams debate.

05mins - Homework review: discuss any questions or problems.

05mins - Introduction: Look at the 'Listening requirements' on the #2 first help card. Review the requirements for the listening portion of the exam. Discuss the information with the class, answering any questions the students may have.

15mins - Test: 08 listening practice - part 1

10mins - Review: Questions: Yes/no and short answer. To make a question that can be answered with 'yes' and 'no'...

• Put the auxiliary verb before the subject: 'You're going on holiday soon.' -> 'Are you going on holiday soon?' 'He's packed his school bag.' -> 'Has he packed his school bag?'
• In the present simple or the past simple, use the aux. verb do/does/did to make the question: 'I like Italy' -> 'Do you like Italy?' 'She prefers Greece.' -> 'Does she prefer Greece?' 'They went to Spain.' -> 'Did they go to Spain?'
• The verb 'to be' goes before the subject. 'They're in Madrid today.' -> 'Are they in Madrid today?'
• With modal verbs, put the modal verb before the subject. 'We can stay here.' -> 'Can we stay here?' 'She would like a coffee.' -> 'Would she like a coffee?

10mins - Worksheet: 08 Forming questions - finish for homework

05mins - Warm down: Goodbye, see you next time!

00mins - Homework: Complete the next section of the online homework.

00mins - Extension: 'Life's Mysteries' activity: Discuss the following mysteries: Are there aliens? Why are we here? What happened to the dinosaurs? Do we have a 6th sense? -- Have each student write own of their own 'mysteries of life' on small pieces of paper. Collect the questions and have each student blindly choose a question. Students must speak about their question for 30 seconds.