Vocabulary Core vocabulary: Everyday objects

1 Students’ own answers.
2 A monastery is a place where monks (religious men) live.
3 Students’ own answers.
Aims
• Learn vocabulary for everyday objects.
• Do a questionnaire about personal possessions.
Warm-up (3 minutes)
• With books closed, ask students to work in pairs and write down in English the things that they usually have in their bag or in their pockets.
• Once students have discussed in pairs, elicit ideas from the class and write them on the board.
Exercise 1 CD 1.03
• Refer students to the photos on page 9. Students match the objects with the photos individually.
• In a weaker class, ask students to compare ideas with a partner before you check answers as a class.
• Play the CD so that students can check their answers. Model and drill the pronunciation of difficult words.
• Following on from the warm-up activity, ask the students how many of these items they have in their bags or pockets today.
answers.
a mobile phone b ticket c bus pass d wallet e clothes f mp3 player g money h keys
i ID card j bag
Exercise 2
• Refer students to the words in the box. In a stronger class, ask if anyone knows the translation of the words. Students then use their dictionaries to check the meanings of the words in the box.
• Once students have finished, ask individual students to read out their sentences to check the answers.
answers.
1 laptop 2 watch 3 purse 4 key ring 5 sunglasses
6 jewellery 7 make-up
Exercise 3
• Allow students time to read through the questionnaire, and check that they understand the meaning of the adjectives sentimental, sensible, trendy, organized, disorganized, careful.
• Students can use a dictionary to check the meanings. Ask for translations to check understanding.