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b) Listen and for statements 1-10, write T (true) or
F (false). Is it formal or informal?
1 Toby went to Thailand with his family. .......
2 The tsunami happened at the beginning
of Toby’s holiday. .......
3 Toby got separated from his brother. .......
4 The wave took Toby outside the hotel. .......
5 The brothers floated in the water for hours. .......
6 They reached a tree and held onto it. .......
7 They stayed there the whole day. .......
8 A policeman told Toby where his parents were. .......
9 Toby’s parents were in a hospital. .......
10 Toby’s dad had broken his wrist. .......
1 What is the text about?
A an awful restaurant
B a bad meal
C a terrible holiday
2 Which sentence best describes
the main idea of the text?
A A holiday meal was a bad
experience.
B Food poisoning ruined my
holiday.
C I didn’t like the food on my
holiday.
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2d Listening skills
b) Listen and match the people (1-5) with what each
says about their experience (A-H). There are three extra
sentences that you don't need.
A My friends had to call someone to find me.
B The local people helped us get home.
C I regularly take trips of this kind.
D Many others on the trip had the same problem.
E The weather changed halfway through
the trip.
F The problem started on the way home.
G I ignored some good advice on the trip.
H This was my first time on such a trip.
Narrate a travel experience of yours to the class. 3
Give the class a summary of Toby’s experience. Rewrite it
as a news article.
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Intonation: Word stress & Weak vowels
a) Listen and say.
• • • • • • • •
• sunburnt • weather • advice • return
b) Listen and identify the stressed syllable (•) and the
weak vowel (• ) in each word, then repeat.
• about • rainy • attack • perhaps • rescue
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T/F statements
a) You will hear a man telling the story of how he got
caught in a tsunami. Before you listen, check the words/
phrases below in the Word List. What do you think
happened to Toby?
• tsunami struck • loud roar • froze in fear • terrifying
• huge wall of black water • pushed underwater
• floating inside hotel lobby • grabbed onto a staircase
• standing on rooftops • debris • upside down cars
• broken wrist
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Read the statements and underline the
key words. Listen for words and phrases
that mean the same. This will help you
to match each speaker to what they
said. Be careful because you may hear
information that could distract you.
Speaker 1
Speaker 2
Speaker 3
Speaker 4
Speaker 5
One of my favourite things to do on
holiday is try the local cuisine. I was
really excited about the top restaurant
we had booked near our hotel. It had a
great view of the sea and the service
was good. The food was not as great as
I had expected though. Later that
evening, my stomach started to hurt
and I ended up sick in my room for a
whole day. Fortunately, the rest of the
food on the holiday was just fine.
Multiple matching
Preparing for the task
Read the text and answer the
questions. Justify your answers.
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a) You will hear five people
talking about bad experiences
they had while on a trip.
Before you listen, check the
phrases in the Word List.
• get stung by a bee
• get bitten by mosquitoes
• get caught in a terrible storm
• see a dangerous animal
• have a bad accident
• get food poisoning
• get caught in a natural
disaster (tsunami, hurricane
etc) • get badly sunburnt
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Before listening
activities to
prepare
students for
the listening
tasks
Intonation
practice
Activities to
consolidate the
listening tasks
Study skills to
help students
become
autonomous
learners