Teacher Guide
This exercise helps students to practise reading comprehension and extend their vocabularies. Have the students choose words to fill in the gaps, then read the completed text together out loud. Review the structure of the present perfect tense (has/have + past participle) and the most common uses of it. Teach the difference between 'for' and 'since' (with present perfect).
10mins - Introduction: Speaking part 2 - write on the whiteboard 'a restaurant, at home, fast food, a picnic, and a school canteen.' Ask students if they like eating at each of these places. They must provide reasons, saying why or why not. Students will have a partner during this part of the speaking exam, so have them work together in pairs and discuss the options.
05mins - Review online homework. What topics were discussed? Was the homework easy, medium or difficult? Answer any questions the students may have.10mins - Review: for, since, until, from - ask each student to write one question using each of these words. The students should ask and record the answers of their classmates.
15mins - Test: 24 reading practice - part 4 - discuss the answers.
15mins - Test: 24 reading practice - part 5 - discuss the answers.
05mins - Warm down: what will you do this weekend?
00mins - Homework: complete the next section of the online homework.
1) Only use one word in the gap.
2) Consider whether a pronoun, determiner, auxiliary verb, question word or preposition can fit into the space.
3) Do not use the first word that comes to mind. Remember to consider multiple options before choosing an answer.
4) Once all the gaps are completed, re-read the text to see if it makes sense.
- by
- too
- most
- what
- have
- of