Test Yourself A

LISTENING: * Listen to the passage about the changes in families in Western countries during the last two centuries and decide if the following statements are true T or false F.. READIN

TEST YOURSELF A PERIOD 17

* OBJECTIVES: By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to consolidate skills and knowledge which have been learned from Unit 1 to Unit 3

* MATERIALS: textbooks, posters, handouts, cassette player…

* PROCEDURE:

12’

13’

15’

I LISTENING:

* Listen to the passage about the changes in families in

Western countries during the last two centuries and decide

if the following statements are true (T) or false (F).

T F

1 Families in the Western world have changed very  

much in the last 200 years

2 Before the 19th century, people usually got married  

because they were in love

3 In the 19th century, a marriage joined two families, not  

just two people

4 Later, people realize that education was necessary for  

a good life

5 Today many parents want to have fewer children and  

take care of their health and give them an education

→ KEY: 1 T 2 F 3 F 4 T 5 T

II READING:

* Read the passage and then answer the questions.

1 How can we communicate?

2 What types of body language are mentioned?

3 What could it mean if your posture is slumped and your head

is down?

4 How do you know a person who is expressing a challenge or

lack of interest or is shy?

5 Why should you stay away from someone who points at you

while talking with you?

→ KEY:

1 We can communicate not only through words but also body

language

2 They are posture, facial expressions , and gestures

3 If your posture is slumped and your head is down, this could

mean that you are sad or you lack confidence

4 A person doesn’t look away is expressingchallenge A person

who doesn’t look at you is expressinglack of interest or is shy

5 Because that person might be angry at you or feel superior to

you

III GRAMMAR:

A Circle the correct answer (A, B, C or D) to complate the

letter

→ KEY: 1 A 2 D 3 B 4 A 5 B 6 D

TRUE FALSE STATEMENT COMPREHENSION

- T asks Ss to listen to the passage about the changes in families in Western countries during the last two centuries

- Play the tape twice

- Ask Ss to compare the answers with their partners

- Call on some Ss to write the answers on the board

- Play tape again and check

- Ss take notes

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

- T asks Ss to read the passage and answer th following questions

- Ss work individually

- Run through the vocabulary

- Set the time

- Ask Ss to ask and answer with their partners

- Call on some Ss to write the answers on the board

- T corrects and give feedback

MULTIPLE CHOICE

- T asks Ss to complete the letter individually

- Ask Ss to compare the answers with their partners

1’

B Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that

it has the same meaning as the original sentence.

1 “What did you do before working for this company, John?”

asked Lan

Lan asked ………

2 “I’ll come to see you next Sunday.” Bill said to you

Bill promised ………

3 “I’m sorry I didn’t ring you earlier,” Tom said to you

Tom apologozed for ………

4 “It was nice of you o give me the present Thank you,” Miss

White said to Peter

Miss White thanked ………

→ KEY:

1 Lan asked John what he had done before working for that

company

2 Bill promised to come to see me the next Sunday

3 Tom apologized for not ringing me earlier

4 Miss White thanked Peter for giving her the present

IV WRITING:

* Write a letter of about 150 words to your pen pal,

telling him/ her about your family.

Give the number of your family members, their names, ages,

and jobs

 How do they share the housework?

How do tehry behave?

What are their hobbies?

What do you like about each of them?

* HOMEWORK:

Rewrite the letter to your pen pal, telling him/ her about

your family

- Call on some Ss to write the answers on the board

- Ss take notes

TRANSFORMATION

- T elicits the task ans ask Ss to rewrite the sentences with the same meaning

- Run through the vocabulary

- Set the time

- Call on some Ss to write the answers on the board

- T corrects and Ss take notes

WRITE IT UP

- T elicits the task and give some cues to write a letter of application for the University’s Employment Service

- Set the time

- Ss work individually

- T gives the sample letter on the board

- Ss correct in pairs