APPENDIXES LEVEL: 6 TEACHER: Mirna Lizeth Cantón Argueta

UNIT: 5 Growing up

A. Presentation – Listening
True/False-Why?

1. Ling lived in Seattle. _________

2. Ling was born in Seattle. __________
3. Ling’s parents were born in Hong Kong. _________
4. Ling lives in San Francisco now. __________
5. Ling speaks Chinese, English and French. ___________

Ramon: That’s a great baseball shirt, Ling. Are you from Seattle?
Ling: Um, kind of. I lived there, but I wasn’t born there.
Ramon: Oh, yeah? Where were you born?
Ling: In Sao Paulo, actually.
Ramon: In Sao Paulo? Brazil?
Ling: Yeah, My parents were born in Hong Kong, but they moved to Sao Paulo in 1986, just before I was born.
Ramon: Wow. How long did you live there?
Ling: Until I was six. Then we moved to the U.S.
Ramon: To Seattle?
Ling: Yeah. We lived there for ten years, and we came here to San Francisco about three years ago.
Ramon: Huh. So did you grow up bilingual?
Ling: Well, we always spoke Chinese at home. I couldn’t speak English until I went to school. And actually, I can still speak
a little Portuguese.

Complete the following sentences based on the conversation.

Use these words: since/ago/in/then/for/until

 Ling’s family left Hong Kong _____________ 1986.

 Ling live in Sao Paulo _____________ six years.
 Her family stayed there ______________ she was six.
 They moved to Seattle. ____________ they came to San Francisco.
 They moved to San Francisco three years ____________.

B. Grammar notes

Exercises
B1
Complete the sentences writing the corresponding form of the verb in parentheses.

1. I_____________________ (not/drink) coffee last night.

2. She____________________ (get on) the bus near the university.
3. What time ________________________ (he/get up) yesterday?
4. Where _________________________ (you/get off) the taxi?
5. I _______________________ (not/change) bus on my way to San Salvador.
6. We ________________________(wake up) very late.
7. What ___________________________ (he/give) his mother for Christmas?
8. I _______________________(receive) $300 on my last birthday.
9. We __________________________ (not/use) the computer last night.
10. _______________________________(she/make) good coffee?
11. They ___________________________ (live) in this city.
12. She ___________________________ (read) the newspaper yesterday.
13. I ___________________________(not/watch) TV.
14. He _________________________ (not/study) for the exam.
15. _________________________________ (he/call) you?
16. _______________________________(I/forget) something?
17. What time _________________________(the movie/start)?
18. He _________________________ (have) a shower.
19. Why ________________________(not/you/come)?
20. ________________________ (he/go) to the party?

B2
Write sentences using the past form of the verb “be”

1) (I / be / at the cinema last night) __________________________________________________

2) (the children / be / naughty)? __________________________________________________
3) (we / be / in a cafe when you called)? __________________________________________________
4) (I / be / late)? __________________________________________________
5) (she / be / a teacher when she was young) __________________________________________________
6) (where / we / be)? __________________________________________________
7) (you / be / okay)? __________________________________________________
8) (we / be / too tired) __________________________________________________
9) (how / the party / be)? __________________________________________________
10) (they / be / late for the interview) __________________________________________________
11) (you / be / in the garden) __________________________________________________
12) (what / his name / be)? __________________________________________________
13) (it / not / be / cold) __________________________________________________
14) (she / be / beautiful)? __________________________________________________
15) (she / not / be my wife at the time) __________________________________________________
16) (he / be / hungry) __________________________________________________
17) (why / you / be / late)? __________________________________________________
18) (you / not / be / early) __________________________________________________
19) (they not / be / in love) __________________________________________________
20) (we / not / be / in China) __________________________________________________

B3
Complete the following paragraph with the correct form of the verbs in parentheses.

I remember the last year I _______________ (live) with my parents. We ______________ (spend) our Christmas in Ireland.
It ______________ (be) great. We _________________ (travel) by car with some friends, and we _______________ (visit)
lots of interesting places. In the evenings, we usually __________________ (go) to a pub. One night, we even
______________ (learn) some Irish dances. We _________________ very lucky with the weather; it _________________
(not/rain) a lot, but we ________________ (see) some beautiful rainbows.
I really miss those times. Now that I live alone, I have to work so much, and I don’t have time to visit foreign countries.

C. Speaking activity

1. Where ______________ your mother born?

_____________ your father born there, too?
2. Where _____________ you grow up?
_____________ you born there?

3. Who ____________ your best friend in school?

How long ___________ you best friends?

4. _________ you and your best friend ever fight?

__________ you ever get in trouble?

5. Who took care of you when you _____________ little?

______________ your mother have a job?

D. Listening activity
Four people will talk about their years at school. Write as many details as you can.

Keiko Mirka Brad Paul

E. Grammar notes

Exercise

Make true sentences using determiners.

1. ______________________ my friends studied English in junior high school.

______________________ junior high school students take English nowadays.

2. Today ____________________ employees need a second language for their jobs.

______________________ my friends speak two languages.

3. _________________________ college students major in English.

_______________________ the college here teach several different languages.

4. ________________________ students take two languages in high school.

In my class, _________________________ us studied two languages.
F. Vocabulary

F1. Discussion questions

What memories do you have of your years at school?

Which was the easiest subject for you? And the most difficult?
Would you like to have those classes again?
What are your memories of your school teachers?
Did you study chemistry?
Were you good at English?
Did you get good grades in math?

F2. Crossword

Down:

1. A school subject in which you exercise and play sports.

2. A school subject in which you study the earth's physical features and the people, plants, and animals that live
in different regions of the world.
3. A school subject in which you study the events of the past.
4. A type of mathematics that uses letters and symbols in place of numbers.
5. A school subject in which you study novels, stories, poems and plays.
6. The main language that people speak in the UK, the USA, Australia and some other countries.
7. A school subject in which you sing and listen to the works of famous composers.
8. A school subject in which you learn how to use computers.
9. A school subject in which you draw, paint, and study the works of famous painters and sculptors.
10. The language that people speak in France, Canada, Belgium, and some other countries.

Across:

1. A school subject in which you learn about heat, light, and other forms of energy and how they affect objects.
2. A type of mathematics that deals with relationships between lines, angles and surfaces.
3. A school subject in which you study animals and plants and the natural processes that control how they live.
4. A school subject in which you learn to make things by hand.
5. The language people speak in Russia; therefore the subject students take.
6. A school subject in which you learn the structure of substances and how they react with other substances.
F3 Speaking and writing activity

Find the classmates who… Names

1. …loved English when they were at school.

2. …hated science when they were at school.

3. …had friendly teachers.

4. …strict teachers.

5. …skipped classes.

6. …were excellent students.

7. …won medals because of their performances.

8. …were expelled from school.

9. …were very popular at school.

10. …didn’t like to go to school.

G. Conversation
Ben: Look at these old photos. My mom sent them to me.
Jessica: Oh, is this you?
Ben: Yeah, with my best friend. We were in kindergarten together.
Jessica: Oh,…you were cute! Do you remember much about kindergarten?
Ben: Not really. Well, I remember my first day of school. Actually, I don’t remember the day, but I remember on the way
home I missed my bus stop.
Jessica: Oh, no!
Ben: Yeah. And I kept riding around until I was the last kid on the bus.
Jessica: So how did you get home?
Ben: Well, the teacher, I mean, the bus driver had to call and find out my address and everything, and he took me home.
Jessica: So that was when you were five?
Ben: Yeah. Uh… no, wait… I was only four. I started school early.

H. Listening activity
Listen to people talk about their childhood memories. Underline the words they correct. Write the corrections on the lines.

1. When I was three, we moved to another city for a few years. ________________________
2. I played softball until I was in sixth grade, and then I got interested in other sports, like football. _________________
3. My mother made clothes for me and my brother. One time, she made me some dark blue shorts. They were awful.
____________________
4. I met my best friend in 1996. We were in high school together. _________________________
5. All the kids teased me in school because I had an unusual name. But one kid was really nice to me. ________________

I. Discussion questions
When you were a child,…
 …did your read a lot of comic books?
 …did you have a bicycle?
 …did you like playing outside?
 …did you get bruised knees?
 …did you get into trouble a lot?
 …how often did you visit your grandparents?
 …did you go swimming on vacation?
 …did you like to eat vegetables?
 …were you afraid of any animal?
 …did you have an imaginary friend?
 …did you collect any stuff?
 …were you good at any sport?
 …were you good at music?

J. Reading

Exercise:
Are these sentences TRUE or FALSE? Correct the false ones.

1. Joe was born in Manchester.

2. He liked to sneak out of school to go to the movie theater.
3. His worst subject in school was biology.
4. He wore black T-shirts and had long hair when he was in school.
5. Joe’s best memory was playing soccer for England when he was 17.
6. Joe enjoyed having no responsibility as a teenager.
K. Listening activity