WEEK 8

Basic Conversation

Music Time

Listen to Who Wants to Live Forever?

Minimal Pairs /s/ and /ʃ/

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Listen to the song and circle the correct words.

Kelly Brianne Clarkson is an American singer and songwriter.

In 2002, she rose to fame after winning the first season of American Idol.

Kelly Clarkson My Life Would Suck Without You

Adverbs of Frequency

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never hardly ever occasionally sometimes generally usually always seldom once in a while fairly often frequently

Ask your partner:

How often do you study English? How often should you study?How often do you wake up in the middle of the night?How often do you take your English book to study?How often do you brush your teeth?How often do you listen to music?How often do you go to the movies?How often do you go swimming?How often do you go on Facebook?How often did you get presents when you were a child?How often did you cry when you were younger?How often do you wish you had special powers?How often do you check your e-mail?How often do you worry about your hair and the way you look?

Do You Know These People?

Do You Know These People?

Do you know these people?

Do you know these people?

1b) Match the verb phrases with the pictures.

2a) Read about Gary’s audition and complete the phrases.

2b) Listen and check.

2c) Now listen to Justin, Gary and Naomi.

2d) What do the judges say?

2e) Match the sentences

3b) Listen and circle what you hear.

Are you the next American Idol?

Look at the questions on your worksheet.

Write a follow-up question of your own under each question.

Ask your classmates the questions on your worksheet.

Don’t forget to ask follow-up questions!

Then - take a slip of paper and walk around to get advice for

your problem.

What do you like?

What makes you crazy?

Ask each other the questions on the Annoying Things question

sheet

Problems, Problems!

Still got some time?

Do tongue twisters twist your tongue?

Pooped purple pelicans.

A skunk sat on a stump and thunk the stump stunk, but the stump thunk the skunk stunk.