Unit 8 "In the news"

Unit 8

"In the news"

Listening and grammar activities

With teacher Gabriela Robayo

Poll

Do you think this is a good place to watch the news?

• Yes

• No

Now, let's listen to three people talking about news

Open Ended

Listen to Djamal and complete the sentence:

Djamal doesn't find out about the news because he...

Multiple Choice

Djamal thinks most news is...

• good

• bad

• excellent

Open Ended

Jeroen watches the news...

Multiple Choice

Jeroen doesn't like news about

• celebrities

• sports

• politics

• weather

• culture

Open Ended

Amanda thinks reading the newspaper is...

Multiple Choice

Amanda thinks the news in the newspaper is too...

• new

• old

Past simple

Irregular verbs

Let's remember some of them

Multiple Choice

I went to Loja _____ 2015.

• in

• on

• at

• during

Multiple Choice

I was born ____ September 14th, 1989.

• in

• on

• at

• during

Multiple Choice

I won the lottery ____ the age of forty-five.

• in

• on

• at

• during

Multiple Choice

Many people died _____ the war.

• in

• on

• at

• during

Open Ended

Write a sentence in the past tense and use "in + year".

For example: I went to high school in 2000.

Open Ended

Write a sentence in the past tense and use "at+ age".

For example: I visited Italy at the age of 15.

Open Ended

Write a sentence in the past tense and use "at+ age".

For example: I visited Italy at the age of 15.

Open Ended

Write a sentence in the past tense and use "on + day".

For example: I celebrate my anniversary on Saturday.

Multiple Choice

Complete this sentence in past tense:

Agatha Christie ______ crime novels. (write)

• wrote

• writed

• writing

• writes

Multiple Choice

Complete this sentence in past tense:

Cromwell _______ America. (not discover)

• discover

• discovered

• discovering

• dicovers

Multiple Choice

Complete this sentence in past tense:

People ______ emails in the past. (send)

• sended

• sending

• sends

• sent

Fill in the Blank

Complete this sentence in past tense:

People ______ e-books in the past. (not read)

Fill in the Blank

Complete this sentence in past tense:

People ______ paper books in the past. (read)