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New English File Elementary Coolers

1A

As they did in PRONUNCIATION ffor Food, Travel, and Communication, get yourstudents in groups to brainstorm words they already know in English in two or moreof these categories: Sport, Music, Clothes, Jobs, Family. Give a time limit of fiveminutes for them to think of three words for each category. Theyll probably besurprised by how many words they can think of, and this will give them confidence.Some of these words will come up again in later lessons.

1B

Write the alphabet in capital letters on the board:

ABCDEetc.

Brainstorm with the class one country for each letter of the alphabet (there isnt acountry that begins with X). If you have a bit more time, students could do this ingroups and feed back their ideas. Give a time limit of e.g. three minutes. The groupwith most countries wins. Some countries may be spelt the same in your studentslanguage, but the pronunciation is probably different make sure students can

pronounce the countries correctly, with the correct stress.

Possible answers:Argentina NigeriaBrazil OmanChile PortugalDenmark QatarEgypt RomaniaFrance SyriaGermany TurkeyHungary UruguayItaly Vietnam

Japan WalesKenya YemenLatvia ZimbabweMexico

1C

Bring in some magazine pictures of other famous people (politicians, sports people,singers, etc.), and repeat part 6 of the lesson for more practice.

1D

Play Hangman with common objects from the Vocabulary Bank on page 142 (see

page 20 of the Teachers Book for instructions). Be in charge of the first gameyourself, and then get different students to come up to the board and take over.


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2A

Read out these sentences. Students say if they are true or false for their country, orfor another country they know, e.g. a neighbouring country.People drink a lot of tea.People eat a lot of food from other countries.

Most people read the newspaper every day.Most people dont smoke.People eat a lot of fast food.People watch a lot of TV.Most people have a sandwich for lunch.People dont do a lot of exercise.People talk to each other on the bus.Cars stop on zebra crossings.

2B

Give a quick dictation with these six sentences:

I speak English, French, and Spanish.I dont speak any languages.I have a Mercedes.I dont read the newspaper.I have a terrible diet.I drink a lot of coffee.Check answers on the board, then ask students if they think the sentences are aboutNatasha or Darren.

2C

This is a spelling challenge (students learnt the alphabet in English in lesson 1C).Spell a job from the Vocabulary Bank at natural speed. Spell it correctly (N-U-R-S-E)or incorrectly (N-U-R-S). Students have to say right or wrong if they say wrongthey have to spell it correctly themselves. Make sure you do this quickly, and dont letstudents write anything down.

2D

Get your class to brainstorm famous people and write them on the board theycould be footballers, sports people, celebrities, politicians, actors, singers about 20is enough. Then each student draws on a piece of paper something that belongs toone of the famous people. Collect the pieces of paper, and show them one by one to

the class. Ask first What is it? and teach the word if necessary. Then ask Whose isit? The class has to say e.g. Its Andre Agassis tennis racket.


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3A

Divide the class into two, three, or four teams, and play Define the word with 20adjectives from the Vocabulary Bank on page 146. You give a definition, and the firstteam to say the adjective wins a point. The team with the most points is the winner.

Definitions:Its the opposite of beautiful. (ugly).An elephant is very ________. (big)Its the opposite of long. (short)A motorbike is ________. (fast)Its the opposite of white. (black)Mount Everest (or the name of a local mountain) is very ________. (high)A Ferrari is ________. (expensive)(Name of famous actress) is very ________. (beautiful)Its the opposite of safe. (dangerous)English is very ________. (easy)The Sahara desert is ________. (dry)

Its a colour and a fruit. (orange)Its the opposite of old. (new or young)Its the other opposite of old. (young or new)Its the colour of Hugh Grants tie on page 22. (blue)Its the opposite of fast. (slow)Its the opposite of expensive. (cheap)Someone who has no money is ________. (poor)Its the opposite of full. (empty)(Name of famous rich person) is very ________. (rich)

3B

Build up a sentence round the class. Start by saying Every day I get up. The nextstudent has to add something, for example Every day I get up and I have a shower.The next student adds something else, for example Every day I get up, I have ashower, and I have breakfast. Keep going round the class for as long as you can.Finish by getting the whole class to repeat the sentence together. Start the next classby seeing if they can still remember it.

3C

Write on the board:Always. Usually. Sometimes. Hardly ever. Never.

The class ask you questions with How often? which they think you will give one ofthese answers to, e.g. How often do you get up early? Sometimes.When you give one of the answers, rub out that answer on the board. Keep going tillyouve said each answer.The students do the same in pairs.

3D

Give students a books-closed memory test on festivals. Give them a minute to re-read the information about the three festivals. Then read out the followingdescriptions. Students have to shout out whenever you make a mistake (these arehighlighted in bold, with the correct answer in brackets) and give the correct

information from memory.


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The Tomatina festival takes place on the lastTuesday(Wednesday) ofOctober(August) in Buol, Italy(Spain). The tomato battle starts at10(11) oclock in themorning, and continues forfive (two) hours. During the Tomatina 25,000(35,000)people throw 125,000 kilos of tomatoes!

In January (the exact date changes every year) you can go to Ivrea in Scotland(Italy) and take part in the Carnevale dIvrea, where people throwmoney(oranges)at each other. If you dont want people to throw an orange at you, you have to wear agreen tie (red hat)!

Thailand has a Water Festival (Songkran) everyMarch (April) to celebrate the NewYear. It starts on 30th (13th) April and lasts for two weeks (days). People throwwater at each other all daybut not at night(and also at night).


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4A

Divide the class into two teams. Get a student up to the board and show him / herone of the actions on page 149 of the Students Book, e.g. buy a newspaper. He /She has one minute to draw it on the board while the rest of his / her team tries to

guess what it is. If they guess correctly within one minute, show the student anotheraction. After one minute exactly they must stop drawing and sit down. The a studentfrom the other group comes up. Show him / her the action the first student was tryingto draw, and give him / her one minute to continue. If his / her team guess the action,then show a new action, etc. The winning team is the one with the most correctguesses after three minutes of drawing for each team.Alternatively you could do this with miming instead of drawing.

4B

Students individually look at the Vocabulary Banks on pages 142 and 149. Theywrite six sentences three starting with I love and three starting with I hate Do

this yourself too. The read one of your sentences, but leave out I love orI hate, e.g.___________ swimming. The class has to guess whether you love or hateswimming. Do this with all your sentences. Then students continue in pairs.

4C

Students in groups could write a five-line love story like the one in PRONUNCIATIONb. They should use vocabulary and phrases from the lesson. Its up to them whethertheir story is happy or sad.Get the groups to read out their stories (either now or at the beginning of the nextclass they could finish them for homework), and vote on the best one.

4D

Divide the class into teams of three students. Tell the class that youre going todictate 30 words. One person in each group should write them down as you saythem, on a large piece of paper so the other two students can see. When a word hasthe same vowel sound as a previous word, they must raise a hand and say the twowords if theyre right their group gets a point. All the groups then cross those twowords off their lists.The 30 words are:minedoor

bookindofour (same sound as door)eightdrive (same sound as mine)blackspeakcook (same sound as book)you (same sound as do)startnurse

hotrich (same sound as in)


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safe (same sound as eight)bushousework (same sound as nurse)see (same sound as speak)tellbrown (same sound as house)dance (same sound as start)oldlong (same sound as hot)red (same sound as tell)phone (same sound as old)young (same sound as bus)have (same sound as black)


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5A

Give your class a history quiz about famous people you could divide them intoteams and make it competitive if you want. They have to write down the answers,which you can go through at the end one point for each correct answer. If you want

to make the quiz easier you could give students multiple choice options.These are suggested questions. You may want to think of your own questions thatare more relevant to your students knowledge and interest.1 In which country was Ludwig van Beethoven born? Germany, Austria, orSwitzerland? (Germany)2 Which American city was Michael Jordan born in? Los Angeles, Chicago, orNew York? (New York)3 Which country was Van Gogh from? Belgium, Holland, or Germany?(Holland)4 What was the name of the first man on the moon? Buzz Aldrin, NeilArmstrong, or Louis Armstrong? (Neil Armstrong)5 Who was the first president of the USA? George Washington, Abraham

Lincoln, or Thomas Jefferson? (George Washington)6 Which modern artist was born in Malaga in Spain in 1881? Picasso, Dali, orMiro? (Picasso)7 When did Elizabeth II become Queen of the United Kingdom? 1948, 1950, or1952? (1952)8 Where was Madonna born? Michigan, Texas, or California? (Michigan)9 What was Shakespeares wifes name? Mary, Jane, or Anne? (Anne)10 Where were the 2000 Olympic Games?Atlanta, Sydney, or Barcelona?(Sydney)

5B

Give your class a geography quiz (so that they never have an experience like Emmaand Raoul). Name cities, and they name the country help with pronunciation wherenecessary. You could divide them into teams and do this as a quiz, maybe withdictionaries to help them with spelling.Vancouver CanadaAthens GreeceOsaka JapanBaghdad IraqNaples ItalySo Paulo BrazilDublin IrelandPrague the Czech Republic

St Petersburg RussiaBangkok ThailandAnkara TurkeyTeheran IranKuala Lumpur MalaysiaMelbourne AustraliaSan Diego the United StatesCaracas VenezuelaCairo EgyptPorto PortugalCape Town South AfricaBerlin Germany


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5C

If you have a class from the same city or town, ask students to vote for some ofthese things:their favourite restauranttheir favourite bar

their favourite cinema / theatretheir favourite nearby beach / village / national parktheir favourite clothes shopetc.Encourage them to try to explain their choice if they disagree.

5D

Get students individually to choose three irregular verbs from the list on pages 154155. They then write one past simple sentence for each verb, but with a gap(___________) instead of the verb. Then they swap and complete each otherssentences.


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6A

Divide the class into two teams. Get a student up to the board and show him / herone of the things in the house on page 151 of the Students Book. He / She has oneminute to draw it on the board while the rest of his / her team tries to guess what it is.

If they guess correctly within one minute, show the student another thing in thehouse. After one minute exactly they must stop drawing and sit down. The a studentfrom the other group comes up. Show him / her the thing the first student was tryingto draw, and give him / her one minute to continue. If his / her team guess the thing,then show a new thing, etc. The winning team is the one with the most correctguesses after three minutes of drawing for each team.

6B

Give students a books-closed memory test on Stephen Bleachs experience. Givethem a minute to re-read the text on page 67. Then read out the following version.Students have to shout out whenever you make a mistake (these are highlighted in

bold, with the correct answer in brackets) and give the correct information frommemory.I arrived at Gosforth Hallearly in the morning(late in the evening). It was a verydark night but I could see there was a supermarket(church with a cemetery) next tothe hotel. I checked in, and the receptionist gave me the somemoney(the key) andshowed me to my room.I left my things in the room and came downstairs. There were a lot of guests(werent many guests). There were only three including me. I sat in the dining room(sitting room) and I talked to the manager, Sara Daniels, about her hotel. I had adrink and then at10.00(12.00) I went upstairs to my room.Room 11 was on the second floor(top floor). I opened the door and turned on thelight. It was a verysmall room (big room), quite old, and yes, it was a bit spooky.There was an old television on a table but there wasnt a remote control. I turnedon the TV. There was a football game (film) on. I was happy to see that it wasnt ahorror film. I decided to watch the film and to have the light on all night. But I wastired after my long journey and aftertwo minutes (half an hour) I went to sleep.

6C

Give students these sentence beginnings. In groups they try to write down threeendings for each sentence. (Possible answers in brackets.)Hes playing _________(the guitar, chess, football)Theyre having _________(a party, breakfast, dinner)

Shes reading _________(a book, a newspaper, a magazine)Im doing _________(my homework, housework, exercise)Hes drinking _________(a cup of coffee, a beer, a glass of water)Theyre waiting for _________(the bus, a taxi, the train)

6D

Ask students to re-read the three white panels of practical information about theLondon Eye. Then, in groups, they write similar information for a tourist attraction intheir town, without naming the attraction. One group then reads its information, andthe other groups identify the attraction.


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7A

Build up a sentence round the class. Start by saying I ate an apple yesterday. Thenext student has to add something, for example I ate an apple and a biscuityesterday. The next student adds something else, for example I ate an apple, a

biscuit, and some ice cream yesterday. Keep going round the class till someoneforgets the sequence. Then play again with I drank

7B

Play Hangman with words from the lesson (see page 20 of the Teachers Book forinstructions). Be in charge of the first game yourself, and then get different studentsto come up to the board and take over.Possible words:healthytemperaturecontain

watersweatlitreboringscientist

7C

Read out some going to sentences about your holiday plans. Students have to saywhere youre going.Possible sentences:

Im going to see the Eiffel Tower. (Paris)Im going to dance samba. (Brazil)Im going to see kangaroos. (Australia)Im going to eat spaghetti and pizza. (Italy)Im going to visit the Niagara Falls. (Canada or the United States)Im going to drink whisky. (Scotland)Im going to see the Pyramids. (Egypt)Im going to visit Red Square. (Moscow)Im going to visit Buckingham Palace. (London)Im going to speak Swahili. (Anywhere in East Africa)Then get students to choose a place and write a sentence. They then readsentences and guess destinations in groups or open class.

7D

Play listenings 7.117.15 again, pausing at the points marked a in the tapescriptbelow. See if students can remember what comes next, then continue to play thetape and see if they were right.

Its written in the cardsCome in, said a voice. Jane Ross opened the door and went into a small room.There was a man sitting behind a table.Good afternoon, said Jane. I want to see Madame Yolanda, the fortune teller.Madame Yolanda isnt here today, said the man. But dont worry.aIm going to tell

you about your future. What questions do you want to ask? Jane looked at thefortune teller. She couldnt see him very well because the room was very dark.


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Well, she said, I have a problemawith my boyfriend. We argue all the time. I dontthink he loves me. I want to know if were going to stay together.Please choose five cards, but dont look at them.Jane took five cards. The fortune teller put them on the table face down. He turnedover the first card.Ah, this is a good card. This means youre going to be very lucky.But am I going to stay with my boyfriend? Jane asked.Maybe, said the fortune teller. We need to look at the other cards first.He turned overathe second card.Mmm, a house. A new house. Youre going to move, very soon, to another country.But my boyfriend works here. He cantamove to another country.Lets look at the next card, said the fortune teller. He turned over the third card.A heart. Youre going toa fall in love.Who with? asked Jane.Let me concentrate. I can see a tall man. Hes very attractive.Oh, thats Jim, said Jane.Whos Jim? Your boyfriend?

No. Jims a man I met at a party last month. Hes an actor, and he says hes in lovewith me. It was his idea afor me to come to Madame Yolanda.Well, the card says that youre going to fall in love with him.Are you sure? asked Jane. But what about my boyfriend?Lets look at the fourth card, said the fortune teller.The fortune teller turned over a card with two rings.Now I can see everything clearly. You are going to leave your boyfriend and goaway with the other man, to another country. You are goingato get married.Married? But am I going to be happy with him?Youre going to be very happy.Jane looked at her watch. Oh no, look at the time. Im going to be late.She stood up, left a 50 note on the table, andaran out of the room.

The fortune teller stood up. He turned on the light. At that moment an old womancame in. So, what happened? she asked.She believed everything, said Jim. I told you,aIm a very good actor!He gave the woman 100.Thats Janes 50 and another 50 from me. Thanks very much, Madame Yolanda.Goodbye.Madame Yolanda took the money. The fifth card was still on the table, face down.She turned it over. It was the ship. She looked at it for four or five seconds and thenshe said:aYoung man! Dont travel with that girl youre going toBut the room was empty.


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8A

Write some pairs of words on the board. Students in pairs have to say or writesentences comparing the two things.Possible pairs:

VWs BMWsFrench food British foodthe Earth the mooncats dogscoffee teatravelling by car travelling by busEnglish (your students, first language)

8B

Say the names of places from the lesson. Students have to make superlativesentences about the places from memory.Tokyo (Its the noisiest capital city in the world.)

Tokyo again (Its the biggest capital city in the world.)Tokyo again! (Its the most expensive capital city in the world.)New Delhi (Its the most crowded capital city in the world.)La Paz (Its the highest capital city in the world.)Mali (Its the hottest country in the world.)Cairo (Its the driest capital city in the world.)Yakutia (Its the coldest place city in the world.)Oslo (Its the safest capital city in the world.)Include some of the places your students mentioned in section 5 SPEAKING.

8C

Students work individually and write down three things they think their partner wouldlike to do and three things they think they wouldnt like to do. In pairs, they then readout the sentences to each other, e.g. I think youd like to go to the United States onholiday, or I dont think youd like to drive a Ferrari. (not I think you wouldnt like todrive a Ferrari).Their partner says if the guesses are right or wrong.

8D

With books closed, read out these sentences, all taken from the three texts in thelesson. Students have to say Los Angeles, Tokyo, orJapan.

People drive quite slowly. (Los Angeles)

People are shy and polite and they speak very quietly. (Tokyo)When I first came to live here there werent any McDonalds but now they areeverywhere. (Milan)People dont go out much because they work very hard. (Los Angeles)People drive carefully. (Tokyo)They are very elegant and wear very stylish clothes. (Milan)You can walk safely in the city late at night. (Tokyo)Its normal to work twelve hours a day and people usually only have one or twoweeks holiday. (Los Angeles)They love food here. (Milan)Work is the most important thing here, more important than family and social life.People are really nice here. (Los Angeles)

It is easy to see who are the British people here. (Milan)The shop assistants are very helpful. (Los Angeles)


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You can leave things in your car and nobody steals them. (Tokyo)Its impossible to find where you want to go. (Tokyo)People use their cars for everything. (Los Angeles)Traffic lights are difficult to see. (Tokyo)You never see people walking in the street. (Los Angeles)Everybody dresses well, but especially the men. (Milan)People here are in love with their cars and they drive very fast. (Milan)


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9A

This is the same game as in 3B and 7A.Build up a sentence round the class. Start by saying Ive been to (name of country orcity, e.g. France). The next student has to add something, for example Ive been to

France and Germany. The next student adds something else, for example Ive beento France, Germany, and Italy. Keep going round the class for as long as you can.Finish by getting the whole class to repeat the sentence together.Start the next class by seeing if they can still remember the places.

9B

Put students in groups. One student in each group draws three large circles on apiece of paper, labelled as follows:

/O;/ brought /V/ come /e/ felt

Dictate 15 infinitives. The groups have to write the past participle in the correct circleaccording to the vowel sound.Infinitives:drinkthinkmeetreadsingwearbuysayspendring

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