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  Hello and welcome to a new lesson! We're going to begin today's class by practising the use of gerunds and infinitives with and without TO. 1- Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets: 2- Now, let's focus on the reading skill. Go to page 80 in the SB. Read the first paragraph of an article about the TV programme Dragon's Den. Answer the questions: 1- Who are the 'Dragons'? 2- What is their 'Den'? 3- How does the programme work? 4- Is there a similar TV programme in your country? How does it work? 3- Watch these videos: Then read about three products that were presented on the show, a sauce (A), coffee tables (B), and suitcases for childfren (C). Which products...? 1- has been very successful although the Dragons didn't invest in it 2- was presented by a musician 3- became successful very quickly 4- has two different functions 5- combines history with practicality 6- is sold outside the UK. 4- Look at the highlighted wor

  Welcome to a new lesson! Today we're going to learn about gerunds and infinitives, but first let's work with some vocabulary: 1- Look at the picture story. Match sentences A- I with pictures  1- 9: 2- Listen and check: AUDIO 3- Go to page 164 SB. Complete the verb phrases with a word or phrase from the list: 4- Listen and check: AUDIO 5- Match the adjectives and definitions: 6- Complete the sentences with the correct prepositions: 7- Listen and check act. 5 and 6: AUDIO 8- Make nouns from the following verbs by adding -ment, -ion, or -ation and making any other necessary changes: 9- Make nouns for the people who do the jobs by adding -er, -or, -ian, or -ist and making any other necessary changes: 10- Listen and check act. 8 and 9. Underline the stressed syllable in the new words: AUDIO STUDY THIS: 11- Go to page 147 SB and read the theory about GERUNDS and INFINITIVES. Then complete this questionnaire: 12- Choose five of the circles below and write something in them: HOMEWORK

Welcome to a new lesson! Today we're beginning a new unit.  1- Look at the home page of a new website. Listen to part of a readio programme about this website and answer the questions: A RADIO PROGRAMME  (audio) 1- Why did Annabel Acton set it up? 2- What king of things di people sell on it? 3- What else do they do apart from selling things? 2- Look at three things from the website and answer these questions: 1- Would you like to buy any of them? 2- Which break-up do you think was the worst? 3- Do you have anything you would like to sell on the website? In this unit we're going to work with "reported speech". Do you remember how it worked? Let's see... "Reported speech  is  speech  which tells you what someone said, but does not use the person's actual words" 3- Now, let's practise! Rewrite these sentences using reported speech: 4- Rewrite what the people said in direct speech: 5- Now...let's work with a dictionary. Are these expressions the

  Welcome to a new lesson! Today we're going to continue talking about houses. In this case, we're going to read about a famous musician's house.  1- Read and listen to the audio guide (page 70  SB) AUDIO GUIDE  (audio) 2- What is the connection between these things and Tchaikovsky's house? 3- Look at the highlighted words in the text. Then match them with definitions 1-8: 4- Tchaikovsky lived in his dream house. Let's listen to four American architecture students describing their "dream house". Which speaker's house is...? FOUR AMERICAN STUDENTS  (audio) 5- Listen again and make notes about the location and special features of each house: FOUR AMERICAN STUDENTS  (audio) 6- Now listen to four sentences the students said. Why do the s speakers use "would"? FOUR SENTENCES  (audio) 7- Read the song lyrics and think about what the missing verbs could be. Then listen and complete the gaps: SONG  (audio) SONG FACTS: "If I could build my whole