Listening 'Virtually Anywhere' episode 4

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

pre-teaching: vocabulary

• a torch (noun) = a small electic light that you hold in your hand (e.g. she shone the torch into the dark room.)
• to explore (verb) = to go around a place where you have never been to find out what is there (e.g. the best way to explore the countryside is on foot.)
• to investigate (verb) = to try to discover all the facts about something (e.g. we are investigating how an error like this could have happened.)
• a tunnel (noun) = a long passage under the ground or through a mountain (e.g. the train went into the tunnel.)
• an arrow (noun) = a weapon made from a long thin stick with a sharp end, shot from a bow (e.g. Robin Hood asked to be buried where his arrow landed.)

pre-teaching vocabulary WS 2

• mercury (noun) = a heavy, silver coloured metal which is liquid at normal temperatures (e.g. mercury is used in batteries and thermometers.)

• a crossbow (noun) NB note pronunciation of second syllable = a powerful weapon that shoots a short arrow

• treasure (noun) = very valuable things, usually made of precious metals or stones (e.g. when they opened the tomb they found treasure.)

• a skeleton (noun) = the structure made of all the bones of a person or an animal (e.g. we found an old sheep skeleton up on the cliffs.)

language focus 2: possibility

Speculating about the present:

Subject + modal verb + infinitive without to
e.g. = for example)
• He might be French (because he speaks French) = possibly he is French

• He can’t work in London (because he lives so far away from London) = I am sure he does not work in London.
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• He must be hungry (because he did not have any breakfast) = I am sure he is hungry

LW 2: other ways to speculate

apparently (adverb) ==>
used to say that you have read or been told something, although you are not certain if it is true (e.g. apparently it is going to rain today.)

to think (verb) ==>
to believe something is true, although you are not sure (e.g. I think The Terracotta Army is over 1000 years old, but I don’t know.)

possibly (adverb) ==>
used when something is not certain (e.g. He may possibly decide not to come, let’s wait and see.)

feedback on picture exercise:

focus on:

- form

- meaning

- pronunciation

homework 16 November:

Homework

Write some sentences speculating about what happened in your pictures.
Complete the online activity about using past and present modals for speculation.Lesson Planner Cambridge Certificate PET November and December 2015

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Homework: read at least two of the texts you find in Edmodo.