British Council Summer Course Group 1A: Week 3 (4/7 - 8/7)

Lesson 9: Monday 4th July 2011, 6:30pm

Today's July 4th - an American holiday. Here is a song about it by Aimee Mann.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kztcnVXtsjY

Remember irregular plurals
Man - men
Woman - women
Person - people
Police Officer - police

To check
Check your answers
Check your homework
Check your dictionary (for false friends)

To guess
Guess the answer
Guess what job he does

Book p 20 - 21, p. 144
What does he/she do?
Vocabulary for jobs

Homework
Revise job vocabulary p. 144

Lesson 10: Tuesday 5th July 2011, 6:30pm

Could you turn off the air conditioning and open the window please?

Confusing Words
Factory
Industry
Business
Lonely (adjective)
Loneliness (noun, negative)
Solitude (noun, neutral)

Book
Possessive "s" p. 22, 124
Family Vocabulary p. 23, 145

Lesson 11: Wednesday 6th July 2011, 6:30pm

Family Relationships Vocabulary
Masculine
grandfather
father
brother
son
nephew
uncle
father in law
brother in law
stepfather
stepson

Feminine
grandmother
mother
sister
daughter
aunt
mother in law
sister in law
stepmother
stepdaughter

Both Male and Female
children
cousin
partner

Book.

Practical English - At a Hotel
Social English
p. 24

An informal email
p. 25

Lesson 12: Thursday 7th July 2011, 6:30 pm
Adjectives - common adjectives, colours, appearance, quite, very
p 28 - 29, 146, 126 (3A)
pronunciation - vowel sounds

When you are learning new words, it's important to learn both the spelling and the pronunciation . Look at the notes on p. 157.

Listen and speak in phrases

"I have an appointment
at ten thirty
with the manager"

Homework
Revise adjectives

Lesson 13: Friday 8th July 2011, 6:30pm

Adjectives of sensation (cold, hungry)and emotion (angry,happy)p. 29
Telling the time:
What time is it?
What's the time?
p. 30, 126 (3B)
Daily Routine
p. 30, p. 147
wake up
get up
go to work
get to work
go home
get home

Homework
Practice - "Telling The Time" photocopy
What Do You Know? p. 26
What Can You Do? p. 27