New Cutting Edge Intermediate Module 5
Part One: Personalisation
Tell your partner about one of your plans or arrangements, and they will predict something about it. Tell them how accurate you think their prediction is.
Examples
“I’m going to move to England”
“You’ll hate the weather”
“I think you are right/ You could be right/ Actually, I love the rain”
“I’m going on a blind date”
“I think you’ll be quite nervous”
“I’m sure I’ll be VERY nervous”
Possible plans and arrangements to talk about
Cinema
Shopping/ Purchases
Meeting people
Business meetings
Dates
Appointments
Eating out
Going out
Exercise
Travel
Study
Work
Weekend
Evening
Birthday and other celebrations
Homework
Housework
Possible predictions about those things
Success/ failure
Feelings
Length of time
Amount of money
Conversations
Part Two: Big life changes- Speaking and listening
You are going to listen to three people who have made changes in their lives:
Clare changed from being a geography teacher to being a plumber
Kevin changed from being a factory supervisor to being a house husband and looking after the kids while his wife goes back to work
Lorna and Ian gave up their jobs in the City to run a small hotel in the country
How do they feel about their new lives (as compared to their old lives), and what might they do in the future?
Listen and check. Which of your predictions were correct?
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PDF version for easy printing: PlansArrangementsPredictions
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Very useful! The only problem is that i don’t find the link for the listening activity. where is it? thank you very much!
You’d need to buy the Cutting Edge book for that…