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2 Ask students to do the exercise.
3 Before students do the matching exercise, ask them to 
identify the sender and receiver of each card.
Students can do this exercise in pairs. They can either work 
together to work out the relationship between the sender and 
the receiver, or they can work on their own and then compare 
answers.
4–5 Students can do these exercises in pairs. Check answers.
6 Students can do this exercise in pairs. In order to ensure that 
they listen to each other, ask one student in each pair to read 
half a message. Their partner must then read the other half.
Ask students to read the messages again and identify phrases 
or sentences which they like or they think will be useful to 
them. Get them to personalize the phrases /sentences and 
then read them out (or say them), e.g. Lucky you!/I won’t be 
at swimming tomorrow/You are always welcome in Bogota. 
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1 Ask students to do the exercise. Ask students which of these 
four ways of communication they use. Which do they use 
most often? 
Did you know … ?
Look at the name and address on the postcard. Ask students if 
Silvia is married (we do not know from the postcard).
If you are teaching a multilingual group in an English-speaking 
environment, ask students to write their own name and address 
as in the example.
2–3 Students can do these exercises in pairs. Check answers.
4 Discuss the answers with the class. Read out each sentence 
in turn and get students to raise their hand if this sentence is 
true for them.
Ask students if they have seen the fi lm The Golden Compass. 
This is based on a book written by Philip Pullman and is set in 
Oxford where he lives.