Lesson 1 Funny stories Do you find this picture funny?Why or why not? 1. What can you see on the pictures on P20? 2. Read the headlines and predict what each story is about. withdraw person who manages business for others board take back, draw back agent make or be slow or latepassenger person being conveyed by bus or train etc delay get on or into a train, ship etcMatch the words with the definitions Read the first and last lines of the stories, look at the pictures and match the stories and the pictures with the headlines. A / 3 / Check your spelling B / 1 / Proverbial kid C / 2 / Forgotten identity Read the three stories & answer the following questions: 1. Why does the woman write a cheque for $50? Because she doesn’t know how to spell 40. 2. What does the man mean when he says “Do you know who I am?” Maybe he is a VIP. 3. “Where there’s a Will there’s a Wayne” sounds like a famous proverb. Do you know what it is? What does it mean? Where there is a will, there is a way. Which of the stories do you like most? Why?Do you have your funny stories?Voice your opinionVoice your opinion Retell the story (You can choose one of the 3 stories). Read the following sentences and see if they have something in common: 1. I was in the town centre, where I _______________ some shopping. 2. I ______________ __ about this for some time when one day I saw the boys’ mother in the street. 3. … when an angry man, who ____ ____________ in line for some time, …had been doinghad been thinkingbeen waitinghad 1. longer activities in the past that happened before other past events 2. the repeated actions that happened before a particular point in the past 3. an actio...
