Level A1
1.
What can you see in
the pictures?
2.
Discussion
Have you
ever lost anything? What? How did it happen? How did you feel? Were you able to
find it?
What do you
think are the things that people lose most often?
What can we
do in order not to lose things?
3.
Vocabulary
a wallet
embarrassing
a taxi cab
slip out of
one’s pocket
notice
pay
attention
the counter
go hiking
a convenience
store
amazing
get something
back
to mail
pick something
up
4. Listen to a man talking about how
he has lost his wallet four times and do the exercise.
5.
Put the verbs in brackets into Past
Simple
I'm going
to talk a little bit about an embarrassing situation. In Japan, I've lost my
wallet four times. The first time I (lose) my wallet I (be) in a taxi cab going
home late at night and my wallet (slip)out of my pocket and I (not notice). The
second time I (lose) my wallet I (go) to a night club with my friends and I (drink)
too much and I wasn't paying attention and I (leave) my wallet on the counter
of the bar. The third time I (lose) my wallet I was hiking in a mountain region
in Japan and I (go)into a small convenience store on the way home and I (buy) an
ice-cream and I (leave) my wallet on the counter and (forget) about it. The
fourth time I (lose) my wallet I (be) in Ueno station, a really, really busy
station in Tokyo and I (leave)my wallet on the counter at a supermarket, and
the most amazing thing is that I still have the same wallet. In each of these
instances I (get) my wallet back. In two of the cases the person at the store (call)
me and I just (have to) go back to the store and get it. In one instance, the
person that ran the convenient store in the mountains (mail) me my wallet, and
another time I (have to) go to the police station and pick it up, but I think
that says a lot about Japanese people. They're very, very honest and sometimes
I think maybe Japan is the only country in the world where you could lose your
wallet four times and still get it back.
6.
Discussion
How did
this story make you feel?
Are people
in your country as honest as Japanese people? If you lose a wallet in your
country, do you think you’ll get it back?
What will
you do if you lose a wallet or another important thing?
Grammar focus 1
Read the
dialogue and comment on the use of Present Perfect and Past Simple
·
Have
you ever lost your key?
·
Yes,
I have.
·
Where
did you lose it?
·
I
left it on the counter in a bar.
7.
Complete the dialogues.
……. you
ever (meet) anyone famous?
Yes, I …
Who …. you
(meet)?
I … (meet)
Brad Pitt.
…. you ever
(win) anything?
Yes, I … .
What … you
(win)?
I …. (win)
100 pounds in a lottery.
…. you ever
(ride a horse)?
Yes, I … .
… you (enjoy)
it?
Yes, I …. .
Grammar focus 2
Read the
sentences and explain the difference.
It was an
embarrassing situation.
I was
really embarrassed.
8.
Complete the sentences
·
This
wet weather is so ...... (depressed/ depressing)
·
It
was not ..... she failed her tests. She never studied. (surprised/ surprising)
·
My
uncle is ..... of flying. (frightened/ frightening)
·
The
book is very ...... (excited/ exciting)
·
She
was ….. when she saw the accident. (shocked/shocking)
·
Nick
feels so ….. His girlfriend has just left him. (depressed/ depressing)
·
I
feel so ….. . I don’t know what to do. (bored/ boring)
·
His
behaviour was ….. . (shocked/ shocking)
·
I
don’t find this book (interesting/interested)
·
The
earthquake was really …..(frightened/ frightening)
·
It’s
Christmas Eve. The children are really …..(excited/ exciting)
·
I'm
not very ..... in art.(interested/ interesting)
·
I
will be very ..... if she does well in her test. (surprised/ surprising)
·
My
new job is extremely ..... (tired/ tiring)
·
I
was really ….. when I came home. (tired/ tiring)
·
The
lesson was so …... I nearly fell asleep. (bored/boring)
9.
Imagine you’ve lost one of the items
from 1. Describe it to the police officer.
10.
Homework
Read the article
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