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Modern families
G   future forms: present continuous, be going to, will / won’t 6 An adopted child is one who has become part of a family
V   family, adjectives of personality which is not the one in which he or she was born. An only
P   sentence stress, word stress child is a child who doesn’t have brothers or sisters.
7 ‘Brothers and sisters’ and ‘siblings’ mean the same thing, but
sibling is a more formal word and is used for both genders.
Lesson plan 8 Your immediate family are your parents, children, brothers,
The context of this lesson is the family. Sts begin by revising and sisters. Your extended family is anyone related to you who
is not your immediate family, e.g. your uncles, aunts, cousins,
family vocabulary and talking about family life in the UK
grandparents, etc.
and in their country. The grammar focus is on the three
most common future forms. Sts will have studied them b Focus on the instructions. Then read the introduction
all separately, but probably haven’t had to discriminate together and make sure Sts understand survey (= an
between them before. There is then a pronunciation focus investigation of the opinions, behaviour, etc. of a particular
on sentence stress patterns in future forms. group of people) and statistics (= a collection of information
In the second half of the lesson, the focus shifts to shown in numbers). You might also want to check they
relationships between siblings. Sts extend their knowledge know the meaning of the noun row (= argument).
of adjectives to describe personality, and also practise the Now give Sts time, in pairs, to complete the gaps with the
word stress in these adjectives. Sts then read an article about numbers from the list.
how birth order affects our personality. The lesson ends c e 1.14  Play the audio for Sts to listen and check.
with a listening and speaking about a time they or a sibling
Check answers.
behaved badly, and a writing focus on describing a person.
1  14%  2  45%  3  40%  4  30  5  32  6  10%  7  17%  8  2
More materials
For teachers
e 1.14
Photocopiables The modern family
Grammar  future forms: present continuous, be going to, Family life is changing all over the world, and it’s not just the
will / won't p.150 structure of the family, but also its habits. A recent survey of British
Communicative  Who is it? p.179 (instructions p.169) family life showed some surprising statistics.
Vocabulary Personality p.205 (instructions p.199) Family structure
Sixty per cent of families have married parents.
For students Twenty-two per cent are single-parent families. Only fourteen per
Workbook 1B cent of the single parents are men.
Online Practice 1B Forty-five per cent of families have one child, forty per cent have
two, and fifteen per cent have three or more.
OPTIONAL LEAD-IN (BOOKS CLOSED)   Eleven per cent of families have stepchildren.
On average, women get married at thirty and men at thirty-two.
Revise family words by drawing a quick family tree of your Family habits

family (including, if possible, aunts, uncles, nephews, nieces, Twenty per cent of families only eat together once or twice a week,
and cousins) and tell Sts a little about them. and ten per cent never eat at the same time.
They visit friends or extended family twice a month.
Put Sts in pairs and get them to do the same.
Seventeen per cent of people have family members who they never
speak to or contact.
1 VOCABULARY & SPEAKING family Seventy-five per cent of people are happiest with their families, and
a Books open. In pairs, Sts discuss the difference between seventeen per cent with their friends.
the words and phrases in 1–8. The average family has two rows each day, and the most common
cause is children or teenagers refusing to put down their phones or
Check answers. tablets.
1 A father is the male parent of a child. A parent is the mother
or father. Remind Sts that this survey was done in the UK. Give
2 A stepmother is married to your father, but she isn’t your them time to think which results they think would be very
biological mother. different for their country.
3 A brother-in-law is the brother of your husband / wife, or your Get some feedback.
sister’s husband.
d Focus on the questions and make sure Sts know the
4 A stepsister is the daughter of your stepmother or stepfather
meaning of argue (= to speak angrily to somebody
and their previous husband or wife. She isn’t biologically
related to you. A half-sister shares one parent with you, either because you disagree with them).
your mother or your father. Give Sts time to think about their answers.
5 A grandfather is your father or mother’s father. A great- Now go through the Politely refusing to talk about
grandfather is your father or mother’s grandfather. something box. Point out that in class Sts do a lot of
asking and answering questions, and if there are any
which they would feel uncomfortable answering, to
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 Put Sts in pairs or small groups. Tell them to discuss the c Focus on the instructions and make sure Sts understand
questions. the difference between a plan or intention, and an
Monitor and help when necessary. arrangement (= a plan for which you have already made
Get some feedback from various pairs or groups. preparations, e.g. booking a ticket, a hotel, or a table in a
restaurant).
2 GRAMMAR  future forms Put Sts in pairs to complete the task.
a e 1.15  Focus on the instructions. Play the audio once the Check answers.
whole way through. Play again if necessary. a plan or intention:  a  a prediction:  d, e   an offer:  b  
Check answers. an arrangement:  c  a promise:  f

A 2; They’re talking about a party that she’s going to. From this, elicit from Sts that, generally speaking, we
B 3; They’re talking about if he can borrow her car. use going to for plans and predictions; will / won’t for
C 1; They’re talking about what he’s going to do next year. predictions, offers, and promises; and the present
continuous for arrangements.
e 1.15 d Tell Sts to go to Grammar Bank 1B on p.133.
(script in Student’s Book on p.125)
1 Grammar notes
A So what are you going to do next year, dear? Are you going to go Sts often have problems using future forms correctly in
to university? Adam? Can you hear me?
B Sorry, Gran. What did you say?
English, mainly because the future form used depends on
A I said, ‘Are you going to go to university next year?’ what the speaker wants to say, e.g. whether he / she wants
B No, Gran. I’ve already told you loads of times. I’m not going to to express a plan or pre-arranged event, or make an ‘instant’
go to university. I’m going to look for a job. I need to earn some decision at that moment. This means that Sts often can’t
money. use the same form that they would use in their L1.
A All right, dear, you don’t need to shout. I can hear perfectly well,
thank you. What’s the time now? The important thing to emphasize is that we use going to
B Ten to four. Shall I make you a cup of tea? (or present continuous) for things we have already
A Yes, please, dear. That’d be very nice. decided to do, i.e. our plans, intentions, or arrangements,
2 whereas will + infinitive is used for decisions made at the
A Bye. See you tomorrow. time of speaking, and also for offers, promises, and future
B Bye. Hey, what do you mean tomorrow? Aren’t you coming back
facts.
tonight?
A No, I told you about it yesterday. I’m going to a party at Katie’s. I’m A typical mistake here is to use the present simple for
staying the night there. offers: I carry your bag for you.
B Who else is going?
Remind Sts that shall is only used with I and we, e.g.
A Oh, just the usual crowd. You don’t know any of them.
B Well, make sure you don’t go to bed too late. And don’t forget Shall I…? for offers, or Shall we…? for offers or suggestions.
to… Some British people use I / We shall instead of I / We will,
A Bye! but it isn’t common, especially in spoken English. Shall /
B Where’s your coat? You can’t go out like that. It’s going to be cold shan’t is never used to express an instant decision.
tonight!
!   You may want to point out that in song lyrics, going to
A Bye!
3 is usually transcribed as gonna (because that is how it
A Can I use your car tonight? sounds when sung quickly).
B No, you can’t.
A You said you didn’t need it. Why can’t I borrow it? Focus on the example sentences and play audio e 1.16,
B Because you won’t look after it. You’ll drive too fast. e 1.17, e 1.18 and e 1.19 for Sts to listen and repeat.
A I won’t. I promise I’ll drive really slowly. I’ll be really careful. Encourage them to copy the rhythm.
B Oh, all right, then.
A Thanks. See you. Then go through the rules with the class.
Now focus on the exercises and get Sts to do them
EXTRA IDEA   Alternatively, you could pause the audio after individually or in pairs.
each conversation, play it again if necessary, and check the Check answers, getting Sts to read the full sentences.
answer.
a
b Give Sts time to go through sentences a–f and think what 1  Shall  2  ’ll make   3  f  4  Are you going to go   5  won’t tell  ​
the missing words might be. 6  ’re visiting   7  will go down   8  f  9  Shall
EXTRA CHALLENGE   Get Sts, in pairs, to decide before they b
1 I promise I will / ’ll phone every day.
listen again how to complete the gaps.
2 He is / ’s going to do a degree in engineering.
Play the audio again, pausing after each conversation. 3 No, I am / ’m working late.
Check answers. 4 Yes, I will / ’ll have the prawns, please.
5 OK. Shall we get a takeaway?
1 a  going to go 6 No problem, I will / ’ll lend you some.
b  Shall I make 7 No, the weather forecast says it is / ’s going to rain / will rain.
2 c ’m staying   8 Shall I pick you up from from the airport?
d  ’s going to be
3 e ’ll drive   Tell Sts to go back to the main lesson 1B.
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 Grammar activity answers

Introduction 2A  present perfect and past simple

  What do you remember? a 2  I’ve been   3  did you go   4  finished  5  I’ve been  
2  a  3  b  4  c  5  c  6  a  7  b  8  c  9  a  10  a  11  a   6  did you go   7  went
12  b  13  a  14  b  15  a  16  c  17  c  18  b  19  b  20  a b 1 2  had  3  did you meet   4  was  5  went  6  ’ve known  
7  got  8  were you   9  ’ve just met
2 1  did you go   2  didn’t leave   3  came  4  Have you finished  
Introduction 5  sent  6  ’ve just made   7  ’ve already had
  Don’t make these mistakes!
2  I was born
3  ’ve lived
2B present perfect + for / since, present
perfect continuous
4  wife’s name’s Emilia
a 2  She’s been playing the violin for two hours.
5  We don’t have any children
3  She hasn’t been feeling well since last week.
6  get on with them
4   They’ve been waiting for the bus for a long time.
7  we’d like to have
5  It’s been raining all day.
8  We’re looking for a flat
6   They’ve been watching TV since they got home.
9  Emilia is a translator
b 2  A  have the children been doing
10  work very hard
  B  ’ve been doing, for
11  don’t have to do
3 A  have you been going out
12  they look after the house
  B  ’ve been going out since
13  much free time
4 A  has Penny been
14  enjoy doing
  B  ’s been single since
15  I used to play
5 A  have you had
16  I don’t have enough time
  B  ’ve had, for
17  I want to get 6 A  has Pete been trying
18  I have to speak   B  ’s been trying since
19  I often make mistakes 7 A  has your sister wanted
20  I’m going to go   B  ’s wanted, since
21  to do 8 A  have you known
  B  ’ve known, for
1A present simple and continuous, action and
non-action verbs 3A choosing between comparatives and
a 2  I’m doing   3  do you come   4  do you have   5  It depends   superlatives
6  Do you know   7  Do you mean   8  I’m getting ready   3  ✓
9  are you living   10  I’m staying  11  are you doing   12  want 4  more comfortable than
b 2  ’m buying   3  don’t like   4  depends  5  gets  6  do   5  younger than
7  sounds  8  Do (you) have to   9  have  10  doesn’t work   6  ✓
11  meet  12  Do (you) want   13  need  14  is staying 7  ✓
8  more modern than
1B future forms: present continuous, be going to, 9  better than
will / won’t 10  ✓
2  ’re having (’re going to have’ also possible) 11  the most beautiful beach I’ve ever been
3  ’m going to look for 12  the worst actor
4  ’m having / ’m going to have 13  ✓
5  ’m going to be / ’ll be 14  the best city in the world
6  ’s going to fall / ’ll fall 15  cheaper
7  won’t tell 16  ✓
8  ’ll check 17  hotter
9  ’s going to pass / ’ll 18  the same school as
10  ’re going (’re going to go’ also possible) 19  ✓
11  Shall I turn 20  ✓
12  won’t be
13  ’m introducing / ’m going to introduce 3B articles: a / an, the, no article
14  ’m going (’m going to go’ also possible) 3  –  4  the  5  –  6  the  7  –  8  The  9  a  10  an  
15  ’ll live / ’re going to live 11  –  12  an  13  –  14  – / –   15  the / –   16  a / –  
17  – / –   18  an / the   19  a / a / The / the   20  – / –

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