W26/ 27 - Elem

Week 26/ 27 – Elementary – I’ve always wanted to…

 

 

I)            Listening:

1)   Listen to Andrei and Anne talk about things they’ve always wanted to do

2)   Write down they wish

Andrei: _____________________________________________________________

Anne: ______________________________________________________________

3)   Why do they want to do these things?

4)   Think of some things you’ve always wanted to do. Tell the others.

 

II)         Voacabulary: sights

1)   Which of these things can you see in the town or city where you are now?

A castle              city walls        a fountain          a museum              a palace

Ruins              a sculpture               a statue            a tomb              caves

A waterfall              gardens                  a skyscraper

2)   What kind of sights do you like to see?

3)   What do you know about these places? Have you been to any of them?

Salto Angel, Venezuela (waterfalls)     Park Güell, Barcelona      Taj Mahal, Agra

4)   Read about the different places:

Salto Angel - At 979 metres high, Salto Angel in Venezuela is the highest waterfall in the world. The local Pemon people have always known about the falls and call them  Parekupa-Meru (meaning ‘waterfall of the deepest place’), but it was a pilot from the USA, Jimmie Angel, who made them famous around the world. He flew over the falls in 1933 and then landed his plane on Aiyan-tepui, the mountain at the top of the falls, in 1937. Later, the falls took his name: Salto Angel in Spanish, Angel Falls in English. They're very difficult to get to, but you can see them from the air or from a boat on the Churun river.

Güell Park - At the end of the nineteenth century, businessman Eusebi Güell bought a large hill in Barcelona, Spain. The land had no water and not many trees, but Güell asked Antoni Gaudi, an artist and architect, to design and build a small ‘city’ with 60 luxury houses and a park. From 1900 to 1914, Gaudi created one of the best-known

and most unusual parks in Europe, with strange-shaped buildings and colourful sculptures which rise up from the earth. However, only two houses were built and, because Gaudi’s style was not fashionable at the time, nobody wanted to buy them. Güell died in 1918 and in 1923 his family gave the park to the city.

 

III)       Listening:

1)   Listen to Monica and Prema talking about the places above?

Who’s been to Güell Park? Angel Falls?

2)   Are these sentences true or false?

1.   Monica grew up in Barcelona.

2.   She thinks Güell Park is beautiful.

3.   Prema would like to visit the Taj Mahal

4.   She had a two—week holiday in Venezuela.

5.   She saw Angel Falls from a boat.

6.   Monica doesn't like flying.

3)   Which of the places sounds the most interesting? Why?

IV)        Grammar: Have you ever…?

present perfect        has / have + past participle

ever = at any time (in your life)

You can use the present perfect to talk about your life up to now.

1)   Complete the sentences with been, seen and heard.

Have you ___________ to Güell Park? Yes, I have.

Have you ever _________ the Taj Mahal? No, I haven't.

I've ________________ to Angel Falls.

I've _______________ it on television.

I haven't __________ there.

I've never _________ of it.

2)   Complete the conversations with verbs in the present perfect.

1     A ________________________ [you see] the Forbidden City in Beijing?

B No, but I __________________ [hear] of it.

2 A ________________________ [you hear] of Petra in Jordan?

B Yes, I _______________ . Everyone says It's beautiful.

3 A _________________________ [you eat] sushi?

B No, I________________ . What's it like?

A A ________________________ [you read] Anna Karenina?

B I ________________ [not read] it, but I _____________ [see] a film of it.

5 A _______________________ [you play] golf?

B No. I _______________ [see…] it on TV. but I ___________________ [never try] it.

 

V)          Speaking:

Make a list of:

1.        five famous cities around the world. ___________________________________________________________________

2.         five cities in the country where you are now. ____________________________________________________________________

Ask questions for the others about these places

 

VI)        Homework:

Make questions with the following props:

1.   You / ever / see / a ghost?

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2.   Your best friend/ ever / get / a pet as birthday present?

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3.   You / ever / be / to / New York?

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4.   Peter / ever / take / a plane?

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5.   You / ever / sing / karaoke?

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6.   He / ever/ write / a poem?

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7.   Your friends / ever / wear / a costume?

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8.   Your son / ever / bake / a cake?

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9.   Your parents / ever / eat / Mexican food?

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10.                You / ever / send / a love letter?

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