Intermediate 2 – Week 25 – Pushy parents !
I)
Listening:
1) Listen
to a television programme about bringing up children and choose the
best definition for pushy
parents.
a) Parents who are very
liberal and give their children lots of freedom.
b) Parents who are very
ambitious for their children to be the best, whatever the cost.
c) Parents who are very
strict and don't allow their children to play or have friends.
2) Underline
the correct alternative.
a) George and Rachel agree
/ disagree about how to bring up their daughter.
b) Hayley is four /
five years old.
c) Rachel wants Hayley to
be a rock / film star.
d) Hayley has singing
lessons and acting classes every week / summer.
e) At the weekend Hayley
goes to parties / auditions.
f) George thinks his wife
is obsessed / reasonable.
g) George / Rachel
is the 'pushy parent'.
3) The
studio audience asked George and Rachel some questions. Look at the answers.
Write G if you think it's
George's opinion and R if you think it's Rachel's.
a) How does Hayley feel?
'She enjoys life.' _____
'She's too young to know.' ______
b) What are you going to
do when Hayley starts school?
'Continue doing
auditions. We've invested a lot of time and money.' ______
'Stop doing auditions.
Our child isn't a business.' ______
c) Are you depriving Hayley
of a normal childhood?
'Yes.' _____ 'No.' ______
d) Do you have any other
children and how are they affected?
'Yes, our son misses his
mom.' ______ 'Yes, our son is proud of his little sister.' ____
e) How stressful is it to
be a film star?
'Very stressful.' _____
'We can cope.' _____
4) The
questions in Exercise 3 are direct questions, but the audience actually asked indirect
questions. Complete their indirect questions using the question frames below,
a) Do you know __________________________________________________
b) Can you tell me ___________________________________________________
c) Do you think _____________________________________________________
d) Could you tell me _________________________________________________
e) Do you have any idea ______________________________________________
II)
Grammar: indirect questions
1) Answer
these questions about the construction of indirect questions.
a) Do you use do/ does/
did in indirect questions? _________________________
b) Is the word order
(subject + verb) the same as in affirmative sentences?______
c) Do you use if/whether
for yes/no questions? _____________________________
2) Put
the ends of these indirect questions in the correct order.
a) Do you think ... were
/ your parents / 'pushy parents' ?
____________________________________________________________________
b) Do you know ... in the
same city / if / were born / your parents ?
____________________________________________________________________
c) Do you have any idea ...
your parents / how / met ?
____________________________________________________________________
d) Do you think ...
children / enough freedom / have / these days ?
____________________________________________________________________
e) Can you tell me ...
are / what / your ambitions for your children ?
____________________________________________________________________
III)
Vocabulary
1)
Rewrite the sentences using make or let.
a) 'I'm
not forcing her to do anything against her will.'
____________________________________________________________
b) 'She's
a kid - allow her to play, allow her to have friends.'
____________________________________________________________
Which comment did Rachel
make? Which comment did George make?
The correct verb pattern
for make and let is:
1 make/let +
somebody + to-infinitive.
2 make/let +
somebody + infinitive without to.
2) Complete
the sentences with two of the following words so that they make sense.
Let made me us
a) My parents _______________
wear jewellery to school.
b) My parents ___________
do the washing up after dinner.
c) Our school teachers
______________ use their first names.
d) My sister never ______________
borrow her clothes.
e) My parents ______________
keep my room tidy.
f) My brother sometimes _______________
borrow his MP3 player.
g) My parents _____________
dye my hair.
h) Our sports teacher _____________
play outside in bad weather.
How many sentences are
true for you?
Change the sentences into questions.
___________________________________________________________
b. ___________________________________________________________
c. ___________________________________________________________
d. ___________________________________________________________
e. ___________________________________________________________
f. ___________________________________________________________
g. ___________________________________________________________
h. ___________________________________________________________
IV)
Homework: Change the direct questions into
indirect questions
1) Where does she play tennis? Do you
think _______________________________
2) Does he live in Paris? Can you tell
me __________________________________
3) Is she hungry? Do you know _________________________________________
4) What is this? Could you tell me _______________________________________
5)
Do
they work in Canada? Do you have any idea __________________________
6)
What
does he do at the weekend? Do you know __________________________
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