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8 Ask students which sections of the notice the tips should go 
in.
9–10 Ask students whether they think the tips are good and 
whether they use any of them already. Ask the class to come 
up with more tips for the notice, write them on the board. 
Class bonus
Students can work in groups and make a list of ideas. They can 
then discuss their ideas with the rest of the class and write a 
notice for the school noticeboard. Students can also write notices 
for particular areas of the school. For example, a notice for the 
computer room might be If you’re the last to leave, switch off 
the lights
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More activities
1 Tell students to imagine that they are in charge of the 
stationery cupboard at work. They need to check that there 
is everything they need in the cupboard. Students write a 
list of stationery items, e.g. pencil, stapler, ruler. Set a time 
limit, e.g. two minutes. Then ask individual students to 
suggest an item each. Write a class list on the board.
2 Play a memory game. Students work in pairs or small 
groups and write a list of ways to save or recycle paper. 
The winners are the students who can remember the 
most ways.
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Write down the number!
Ask students what kind of number you usually write down 
(telephone number).
1 Ask students to complete the sentences with the correct 
numbers. 
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Learning tip
Give one or two more examples of related words, e.g. grow 
(verb) – growth (noun), grower (noun), growing (adj), grown 
(adj), overgrown (adj). 
Ask students to fi nd two other examples in advertisement 6, i.e. 
move – moving
and removals, clear – clearance.
2 Students can do this exercise in pairs. Alternatively, they can 
work on their own to fi nd the answers, and then ask and 
answer questions in pairs. Get students who do the exercise 
quickly to write more questions about the advertisements for 
other students to answer.