Engels 5

UNIT 1

Here we talk about inventions of the modern world.

Inventions _2_

We gather information about the invention of the car and learn more about the biography of Henry Ford.

To conclude unit 1, we listen to The Beatles: Drive My Car!

Drive My Car

And talking about cars, here’s a song for the women who aren’t allowed to drive:

No woman no drive

POWERPOINTS for unit 1:
auxiliary verbs (intermediate WB p5)

grammar spot (intermediate SB p7)

TENSES IN ENGLISH

word formation

UNIT 2

We read a text on clown doctors and talk about their work in hospitals. This documentary shows what clini clowns do in a children’s hospital in Sheffield.

Clown Doctors

Another topic discussed in unit 2 is sports. Let’s listen to Rod Stewart, “I am sailing”. This is also an exercise on the present continuous, the tense we revise in this unit.

SAILING, Rod Stewart

You love him or you hate him. Anyway, “Mr Bean at the department store” is another exercise to practise the present continuous.

Mr Bean department store – Present Continuous

POWERPOINTS for unit 2:

present simple and continuous (intermediate)

passive (present simple and continuous)

state verbs vs active verbs

sports – olympics quiz

sports voc. ex. PPT

numbers and dates (intermediate SB p21)

UNIT 3

In this unit we revise the past tenses. With the following exercise, “Mr Bean in hospital” you have a good exercise on the past simple, past perfect and past continuous.

Mr Bean hospital – past tenses

And if the following exercise is a piece of cake for you, then you know how to use the different past tenses correctly.

past tenses QUIZ

The theme of this unit is arts and literature. We read texts about Pablo Picasso and Ernest Hemingway. The following document serves as an introduction.

Hemingway and Picasso (intermediate SB p26)

One of my students suggested we listen to Don McLean’s Starry Night, a song about Vincent Van Gogh.

Starry Night (painting and song)

Starry Starry Night

POWERPOINTS for unit 3:

past tenses (intermediate)

WHILE – DURING – FOR

UNIT 4

In this unit we talk about modal verbs of obligation and permission.

modal verbs quiz (1)

modal verbs quiz (2)

Should I stay or should I go

Theme: good manners, table etiquette, …

Good Manners

POWERPOINTS for unit 4:

modal verbs of obligation and permission

exercise on modals

noun suffixes

UNIT 5

In this unit we’re going to revise future forms.

We will also talk about the weather, a favourite topic of conversation in England.

weather quiz

There are plenty of songs about the weather. Here’s a nice example.

Why does it always rain on me

POWERPOINTS for unit 5:

future forms 1 (intermediate)

future forms 2

weather voc and listening (intermediate SB p44)

UNIT 6

This is the last unit of the year. Maybe you’re planning a citytrip to London or New York? These lessons may give you some inspiration. Enjoy your trip!

London and New York

This is how Sting feels as an Englishman in New York:

An Englishman in New York

London by tube

POWERPOINTS for unit 6:

verb patterns

relative clauses