At the end of this unit, students will be able to: understand texts and conversations about changes in their lives

b

  Answer the questions as a class.

Answers

1  soon  2  after a while

c

  Ask students to complete the text with the correct words 

and phrases. Check answers as a class.

Suggested answers

1  To begin with / At first

2  After that / Then

3 Soon

4  After a while

5  After that / Then

6  In the end

 

EXTRA ACTIVITY

In pairs, students note down five or six facts from Simon’s 

story, e.g. 1 couldn’t run so went for walks 2 started to run and 

walk

 3 fell over and stopped for two weeks 4 started again 

and didn’t need to walk

 5 ran 10 km with no problems. Books 

closed. In pairs, students retell the story, using their notes 

and the linkers from this lesson. Monitor and point out errors 

for students to self-correct. Choose a pair to retell the story 

for the class.

d

  Ask students to look at the picture and predict what 

change the young woman made to her life, and why. 

After they have read through the text to  check their 

predictions, take feedback by eliciting a brief summary 

of  the story in a couple of sentences. Then ask students 

to complete the text with the words and phrases in the 

box. Check answers as a class.

Answers

1  At first / To begin with  2  Soon / After that / Then / After a while 

3  At first / To begin with  4  Soon / After that / Then / After a while 

5  After a while / Soon   6  In the end