Разработка к УМК "Starlight 7" Module 1, 1a

Today we are going to talk about hobbies and UFO, learn Present Simple and Present Continuous.

Ex.1a. In a minute write as many hobbies as you can think of. Compare your list with your partner’s.

model making

stamp/coin collecting

jewellery making

reading

hiking

skateboarding

Ex.1b. Listen and say. Do you know any of these activities (A-E)? Which one would you like to try? Why?/Why not?

buried treasure

ghost hunting

robot building

UFO hunting

What does each activity involve?

UFO – unidentified flying object

metal detecting

tornado chasing

Before reading learn the new words.

fascinated

в большинстве

mostly

зачарованный

strange object

расследовать

investigate

незнакомый объект

planet

случай наблюдения

планета

sighting

метеор

опрашивать свидетеля

meteor

interview witness

анализировать

analyse

военный самолет

military plane

любопытный

популярное место

curious

hotspot

rooftop

крыша

explanation

объяснение

hillside

включать, заключать(ся)

involve

склон (холма)

Before reading learn the new words.

mostly

fascinated

strange object

investigate

planet

sighting

interview witness

meteor

military plane

analyse

A piece of rock or metal from space that makes a bright light in the sky when it enters the Earth’s atmosphere

The reason for sth

The act of (briefly) seeing sth

The outside surface of the roof of a building

Unusual thing

A plane or aircraft that is used by the military

A place where action or events take place

Most of the time, mainly

A large object like the Earth that moves around a star

To consist of, include

To observe and make inquiries about sth

To examine, make notes and look carefully at sth

Slope of a hill

To ask sb questions who is present when sth happens and has seen sth that may be of use

Wanting to learn more

Interested in sth

hotspot

curious

rooftop

explanation

involve

hillside

Before reading learn the new words.

записывать информацию

spot

record information

замечать

camcorder

видеокамера

telescope

телескоп

device

устройство

take up

начать заниматься чем-либо

enthusiastic

полный энтузиазма

patient

терпеливый

find out

выяснять, узнавать

Before reading learn the new words.

record information

spot

camcorder

telescope

device

take up

enthusiastic

To discover

To start doing an activity as a hobby

A portable video camera

Able to wait without becoming annoyed

To make notes about details about a specific thing or event

A scientific magnifying instrument which allows sb to see stars and other activity in space

An invention, often a machine

Excited about

To see sth

patient

find out

Ex.2a. Read the title and the introduction to the article. What does Nick’s hobby involve? Listen, read and check.

Nick’s hobby involves investigating and recording information about UFO sightings.

Ex.2b. Read the article again and complete the sentences. Imagine you are Nick and use the words the Check these words box to talk about your hobby to the class.

Nick Porter likes UFO hunting because … .

His UFO club members mainly … .

When they go out, they have … with them.

If you want to take up UFO hunting, you need.

Suggested answer key

Check these words

Ex.2b. Read the article again and complete the sentences. Imagine you are Nick and use the words the Check these words box to talk about your hobby to the class.

Suggested answer key

Nick Porter likes UFO hunting because … .

His UFO club members mainly … .

When they go out, they have … with them.

If you want to take up UFO hunting, you need.

Check these words

Ex.2b. Read the article again and complete the sentences. Imagine you are Nick and use the words the Check these words box to talk about your hobby to the class.

Nick Porter likes UFO hunting because … .

His UFO club members mainly … .

When they go out, they have … with them.

If you want to take up UFO hunting, you need.

Suggested answer key

Check these words

Ex.2b. Read the article again and complete the sentences. Imagine you are Nick and use the words the Check these words box to talk about your hobby to the class.

Nick Porter likes UFO hunting because … .

His UFO club members mainly … .

When they go out, they have … with them.

If you want to take up UFO hunting, you need.

Suggested answer key

Check these words

Ex.3. Complete the sentences.

1. I find UFO hunting … because … .

1. I find UFO hunting exciting because there are many UFOs out there and we can’t explain what they are .

2. I … ghost hunting because … .

2. I don’t like ghost hunting because I don’t believe in ghosts .

3. My hobby is … because … .

3. My hobby is metal detecting because I find a lot of old coins and other interesting things .

1 What school do you go to?

2 What lesson are you having now?

3 How many English lessons do you have every week?

4 What are you doing after school today?

Which questions are about things that are always true?

Which questions are about things that are happening now or about arrangements for the future?

Present Simple

1 What school do you go to?

2 What lesson are you having now?

3 How many English lessons do you have every week?

4 What are you doing after school today?

Present Continuous

Present Simple

Present Continuous

(for future arrangements)

What tenses are the questions in?

Present Continuous

Present Simple

Grammar

Ex.4. Read the table. Find examples in the text.

Present Simple

Present Continuous

Ex.5. Put the verbs in brackets into present simple or present continuous .

do you hang out

go

watch

does Pete spend

surfs

reads

Ex.5. Put the verbs in brackets into present simple or present continuous .

are you doing

am painting

is Jane

is preparing

is going

Ex.5. Put the verbs in brackets into present simple or present continuous .

Are you coming

am meeting

Ex.6. Read the table. Then put the verbs in brackets in the Present Simple or the Present Continuous . Give reasons.

believes

which means is trying

which means is meeting

doesn’t understand

which means is staring at

am seeing

Do you want

loves

is tasting

smells

Table

are you looking

Ex.7. Complete the sentences using present simple or present continuous .

am going to a football game.

stay in on a Saturday night.

come around to my house.

am doing my homework.

am going to London.

stay in bed late at the weekend

Ex.8. Answer the questions, and then use your answers to write a short paragraph about your hobby. Tell your partner.

underwater photography

scuba diving to take photographs of marine life

most weekends

yes – scuba equipment and underwater cameras

Ex.1. Match the words to form phrases. The complete the sentences.

strange object

F

unusual hobby

E

G

ghost hunting

H

A

military plane

B

C

metal detecting

D

science fiction

tornado chasing

robot building

Workbook

Ex.2. Fill in: investigate, analyse, record, spot, involve in the correct form.

involves

investigate

spot

record

analyse

Ex.3. Choose the correct preposition.

Ex.4. Put the verbs in brackets into present simple or present continuous .

are you

am having

belong

go

use

tells

are going

lose

think

Do you want

are meeting

Ex.5. Choose the correct verb form.