Unit 2. YOUR SCHOOLTIME

Lesson 17. IT MIGHT RAIN TOMORROW

Цілі: формувати граматичні навички вживання should/may/might; вдосконалювати навички усного мовлення, аудіювання й читання; розвивати мовну здогадку; виховувати інтерес до іноземної мови, подорожування.

Procedure

1. Warm-up

Answer the questions.

1. How do you usually spend your free time?

2. What do you like doing?

3. Have you got any hobby?

4. Do you go in for sport in your free time?

5. Where do you spend your summer holidays?

6. With whom do you spend your summer holidays?

2. Grammar practice

Introduce the rule.

Do ex. 1, p. 64.

3. Grammar practice

Introduce the rule.

Do ex. 2, 3, p. 65.

4. Writing

Do ex. 4, 5, p. 66.

5. Listening

Listen to these scenes and say where you think they might be and why.

1

— How would you like it?

— Five tens and two fives, please.

— Here you are.

— Thank you. Oh, look. Can you change the five pound note into coins, please?

— Of course.

2

— How much are those nice big yellow ones?

— One pound fifty each.

— OK. I’ll have three.

— Anything else?

— Yes, I think I’d like some green to go with it.

— What about some of this fern?

— Fine. And I’d like to write a birthday card.

— Sure. Here you are. That’ll be five pounds altogether.

3

— I’d like something for my sore throat, please. Can you recommend something?

— Why don’t you try these new throat pastilles? They’re menthol, lemon and honey.

— They sound nice. I’ll try a packet.

4

— Right, I’ll just get a report form for your statements. Can I have your name and address please?

— John Brown, 57 Moor Road.

— That’s round the corner, isn’t it? and is that where the car was parked?

— Yes. Right outside the house.

— And are you the owner of the car, sir?

— Yes, but my wife drives it during the day.

— Now, when did she last see the car?

Key: 1 a bank, 2 a flower shop, 3 a chemist’s, 4 a police station.

6. Reading

Do ex. 6, p. 66.

7. Writing

Sarah is thinking about her plans for the evening. Complete the paragraph using may, might or going to and a verb phrase.

Stop at the cinema, telephone George, do my washing, buy a newspaper, get some fish and chips, watch TV

On her way home from college, Sarah (1) is going to stop at the cinema to see which films are on. She (2) ... , too. When she gets home, she (3) ... to find out if he wants to go out later. Then she (4) ... . Later on she (5) ... from the shop down the road. After that she (6) ... . One of her favourite programmes is on tonight.

8. Reading

Read the text and do the task.

The forecast for tomorrow is much cooler, with temperatures dropping from fifteen to about eight degrees Celsius. In the south-east it will be cloudy with the possibility of rain during the afternoon and evening. In the north of England and Scotland, however, it will stay bright and sunny with temperatures reaching a maximum of ten degrees Celsius. The forecast for the next few days is not so good. There will be rain and possibly some stormy weather coming in from the Atlantic.

True or false.

1 The weather will be warmer tomorrow.

2 It might rain in the south-east later.

3 it will be wetter in the north of England than in the south-east.

4 The temperature in Scotland might reach 15°C.

5 There may be some storms in the next few days.

Key: 1 F, 2 T, 3 F, 4 F, 5 T.

9. Speaking

Work in pairs

Say why you should take certain things on a walking trip.

— Shall I take a sweater?

— Yes, you might get cold.

A sweater, a camera, a pair of binoculars, a compass, a bar of chocolate, some matches

Get hungry, get cold, need to light a fire, want to do some bird watching, want to take some photos, get lost

10. Summary

Work in pairs

1. Where do you think you’ll go for your next holiday? — I think I might ... .

2. What are you going to do at the weekend?

3. What are you going to do after classes today?

4. What’s the next article of clothing you are going to buy?

5. What’s the next film you are going to see?

6. What do you think the weather will be like tomorrow?

11. Homework

Do ex. 7, p. 67.