Module 9 Activity Notes

9A The race is on 9B Q & A

Aim Aims
To practise the present perfect and past simple with To practise social media and technology vocabulary; To
time expressions practise answering IELTS Speaking Part 1 questions

Activity type Test link

Matching words and making sentences Speaking Part 1: Introduction and interview

Classroom dynamics Activity type

Pairs Sentence sorting and speaking interview

Time taken Classroom dynamics

20 minutes Pairs

When to use Time taken

After 9a, Vocabulary, Activity 4, Page 139 25 minutes

Preparation When to use

Make one copy of the activity sheet per pair. After 9b, Vocabulary, Activity 2, Page 145

Procedure Preparation
1 Divide students into pairs and hand out the activity Make one copy of the activity for each pair and cut the
to each pair. sentences up into cards. Shuffle them.
2 Explain that the words in the white oval are all
verbs and the words in the grey oval are words Procedure
that can form time expressions that can be used 1 Divide students into pairs. Write the following
with either the past simple (e.g. last year) or the three group headings on the board: devices/gadgets,
present perfect (e.g. since Tuesday). The students news/information, social media/communication.
match a verb in the white oval with a word in the 2 Hand out one set of the shuffled cards to each pair.
grey oval to form a sentence in either the simple Tell students that the cards contain Speaking Part
past or the present perfect that also contains a time 1 questions but are all mixed up. Ask them to sort
expression. The sentences should relate to either them into the three groups according to the topic
the topic of media or social media. They can write of the sentences. It doesn’t matter if students put
their sentence in the space provided on the activity some sentences into different groups. They should
sheet. When they have used a word, they cross end up with about five sentences in each group.
it out as they cannot use a word more than once. 3 Elicit answers and justifications for any that are in
They have ten minutes to write as many sentences different groups to the ones in the answer key.
as they can. 4 Ask students to choose two of the topics and
3 Demonstrate by writing the following on the board: to ask their partner the five questions in each
e.g. use + never: I have never used an e-book reader. topic. Students should not pick the same topics.
Explain that the sentences can be either positive or The question(s) in brackets should act as follow-
negative and they can be in either the simple past up questions that can be used if their partner’s
or the present perfect. answers are short or undeveloped.
4 Monitor to check for correct sentence form. 5 Students take it in turns to ask their partner their
5 Stop the activity after 10 minutes and elicit some of questions. Encourage them not to rush their
the sentences. The group with the most sentences partner as the point is for their partner to say as
wins. much as possible when answering, as they would
be expected to do in the exam.
6 Circulate and monitor the activity.
7 Get feedback by asking students what they found
difficult and/or easy about answering questions
with no time to prepare.

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 Module 9 Activity Notes

Answer Key 9C My opinion is …

Devices/gadgets: 2, 7, 8, 10, 14
News/information: 4, 5, 6, 12, 15
Social media/communication: 1, 3, 9, 11, 13 Aims
To practise phrasal verbs from Module 9; To practise
expressing attitude when speaking

Activity type
Matching sentence halves and expressing opinions

Classroom dynamics
Pairs and groups of 4

Time taken
20 minutes

When to use
After 9b, Vocabulary, Activity 4, Page 145

Preparation
Make one copy of the activity for each pair of students.

Procedure
1 Divide students into pairs and give each pair a
copy of the activity.
2 Explain that the activity contains opinions (as
sentence halves) about using technological devices.
Students will need to complete each opinion by
matching the sentence halves in pairs. They can
write their answers in the gaps provided. They will
need to use their knowledge of the phrasal verbs in
Module 9 to do this.
3 Get feedback by reading out the opinions as a class.
4 Ask each pair to join another pair to form groups
of four. In their groups, students discuss their
opinions about each statement. Do they agree with
them or not? If so, why or why not? Encourage
them to use words that express their attitude (e.g.
thankfully, obviously, sadly, surprisingly, basically,
clearly, fortunately, naturally, definitely). You could
put a list of these words on the board for students
to refer to.
5 Elicit feedback by discussing students’ attitudes to
some of the opinions.

Answer key
1 H 2 F 3 A 4 L 5 J 6 I 7 C 8 G 9 E 10 K 11 B 12 D

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