Օր 1. Երկուշաբթի։ 1 ժամ։
Gateway B1. Student’s book.
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Օր 2 . Երեքշաբթի 2 ժամ։
Retell the texts on page 13
Develop writing on the page 15
4 Choose the correct alternative (Culture exchange)
Dolmio® is an Australian-British company that makes – Italian food. The company discovered some interesting information about – family dinners. They found that at dinner time in the UK, 67 % of – family arguments are because of – technology. Fifty-four percent of parents think that it has a negative impact on family time at dinner. Children use – phones or tablets to play or watch – videos, for example. This can be a problem because all communication stops. In a filmed experiment, the child is at home playing with a tablet at the dinner table. He is concentrating so much on playing that he doesn’t notice what’s happening around him. His family disappears one by one and complete strangers come and sit at the table! The message is clear: switch your tablet off and talk to your family when you eat together!
5 Complete the questions with a, an, the or – (for no article)
1 Do you think – family dinners are a good idea?
2 Do you talk about – important things when you have – dinner?
3 Are – family dinners an important part of life in your country?
4 Do you think it’s important to do – activities together with your family?
5 Is there a video game that your family enjoys playing together?
6 Do you think it is important to like the same things as your parents?
7 Do you ever have – arguments with your family about using – technology?
Understanding your parents
Dean Burnett is a doctor of neuroscience. He is also the author of a new book called ‘Why your parents are driving you up the wall and what to do about it’ (Penguin, 2019). He wrote the book to help – teenagers to understand their parents. There are lots of books for – parents about this question, but not many written for – young people. He says that – problems in the relationship between – youngsters and – adults are nothing new. The ancient Greek philosopher Socrates talked about them 2500 years ago! Dean thinks that the key to understanding your parents is to simply realise that your brain works differently when you are a teenager and when you are an adult.
3 Speaking bank (Useful questions to ask for personal information)
- Have you got any brothers or sisters?
- What about you?
- What do you do at the weekend/in the evenings/on Wednesdays?
- How often do you play?
- Do you like basketball?
- What’s your favourite school subject?
5 Complete the questions and practise saying them with the correct intonation
1 Have you got any brothers or sisters?
2 How old are they?
3 Where do they study?
4 What do you do at the weekend?
5 Do you like playing video games?
6 Do you like sport?
7 What’s your favourite school subject?
8 How often do you see your grandparents and extended family?
2 Match the paragraphs in Maya’s email to their content
Paragraph 1 — basic personal information
Paragraph 2 — family
Paragraph 3 — hobbies
Paragraph 4 — favourite subjects at school
Paragraph 5 — asking for a reply
3 Writing bank (Useful words and expressions in informal emails)
- To begin an informal email, we usually use Dear (Maya) or just Hi.
- We use contractions like I’m or it’s.
- We can use emoticons like 🙂 or 😉.
- We can use the word Anyway to change the subject.
- To reply to an informal email we can use: Thanks for your email, It was great to hear from you, How are things?, I hope you’re well.
- To finish an informal email letter we can use: That’s all for now, Bye for now!, Write back soon, All the best or Best wishes.
Օր 3. Հինգշաբթի։ 1 ժամ։
Grammar reference. page 16.
Օր 4. Ուրբաթ։ 2 ժամ
Grammar test. page 17
| Verb | Third person singular | -ing form |
| 1 watch | watches | watching |
| 2 lie | lies | lying |
| 3 write | writes | writing |
| 4 cry | cries | crying |
| 5 get | gets | getting |
2 Choose the correct alternative.
1 He’s c wearing a new pair of jeans today.
2 When c does your sister have English lessons?
3 I’m not sure if he d ‘s studying French or German right now.
4 Where’s your cousin? He normally c arrives on time.
5 Stop talking to her because she d never listens to you.
6 Why b isn’t she doing anything?
State and action verbs
3 Put the verb in the correct form of the present simple or present continuous.
1 Do you understand state and action verbs?
2 I hate it when I make a simple mistake.
3 Don’t disturb me! I am thinking about how to answer this question.
4 To do this, you need to concentrate.
5 Who knows how to translate this?
Articles
4 Choose the correct alternative.
1 It’s a beautiful day and the sun is shining.
2 A young girl walks into a restaurant. The girl sits down and orders a pizza.
3 My cousin loves – books. He’s a writer.
4 Pete’s uncle is a doctor. He says – exercise is good for you.
Vocabulary test
Ages and stages of life; The family; Words connected with the family
1 Read the definitions and write the words.
1 a young child who is starting to walk toddler
2 the father of your husband father-in-law
3 your mother’s new husband in a second or later marriage stepfather
4 to describe someone who is not married single
5 to describe a family in which there is only a father or a mother single-parent family
6 when you have no brothers or sisters only child
7 someone who is over 65 senior citizen
8 your close family immediate family
9 the daughter of your uncle cousin
Noun suffixes -ment, -ion, -ence
2 Complete the table with the noun form of these words.
| -ment | -ion | -ence |
| enjoyment | explanation | adolescence |
| permission | confidence | |
| solution | ||
| argument |
