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1 Outdoors
Write the words below each picture.
a forest a jungle a lake a mountain
a river a tree grass wood
1. 2. 3. 4.
5. 6. 7. 8.
Answer the questions below using the words above and ‘some’, ‘a few’, ‘a little’, ‘a lot of’, ‘much’, ‘many’
or ‘not ... any’.
1. Describe the landscape in your country?
2. What are the names of your famous mountains, rivers and lakes?
3. Do you have any natural areas near your home? Describe them.
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2 In the wild
Read the text about Jake Williams and complete the definitions.
a landlord a nightmare boil
damp hard
lovely strange wilderness
1. difficult
2. somebody who owns a flat, house or building and receives money from the
people who use it
3. a little wet
4. a wild area where there are only animals and plants, not people
5. to cook something in very hot water (100 ◦ C)
6. a very unpleasant experience
7. not normal
8. very nice
Living in the wild
My life is a great adventure.
I live in an old house in the Scottish wilderness. I got the house 30 years ago. I was tired of landlords
and I wanted to live alone. I decided to save money and buy my own house. There weren’t any windows
and it was very damp inside. I started to make fires and prepare the house for winter.
I am always busy. I always boil potatoes and look for berries. When I see some wood, I pick it up. I
never miss an opportunity to get something for nothing. Sometimes, people visit me. I write letters and
articles for a magazine.
Summer is the best time. I go outside and cook with an outdoor fire. It’s lovely. It’s an easy life. If I want
to stay at home, I can. Three winters ago, a man from Latvia came to visit me. We went skiing in the
mountains. It was a great adventure. But two winters ago, it was a hard life. I travelled regularly to the
city Aberdeen because I needed to go to court. I couldn’t go by car or train, so I travelled on skis – for
six miles. When I got back home, the fires were out and it was cold and wet. It was a nightmare.
To me, this is a normal life. A career is strange for me. I don’t want to work every day and take money
home. This is more simple. It sounds depressing, but for me it’s a great adventure.
Interview by Emily Jupp, adapted from The Independent, Tuesday, 22 May 2012
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3 Checking understanding
Answer the questions.
1. Where does Jake Williams live?
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2. When did he get his house?
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3. Why did he decide to live there?
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4. What does he do in summer?
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5. Who did he meet three winters ago?
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6. What did they do?
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7. Why did he travel to Aberdeen regularly two winters ago?
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8. What does he say about his life?
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Would you like to live like Jake Williams? Why? Why not?
4 Past time expressions
Complete the time expressions.
I met Andrew ...
ago in on last yesterday
1. last night/Monday/week/weekend/summer
2. 2001/August/summer
3. 30 years/5 minutes/a long time
4. Monday/3rd April/Christmas Day
5. morning/afternoon/evening
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5 Find someone who ...
Now complete the questions with ‘last’, ‘ago’, ‘yesterday’ or ‘in’.
1. Did you go on holiday year?
2. Did you watch TV morning?
3. Did you start learning English more than one year ?
4. Did you speak English evening?
5. Did you have a holiday 2010?
6. Did you meet somebody night?
7. Did you text somebody 5 minutes ?
8. Did you go to a party weekend?
9. Did you live in another country 2005?
10. Did you do any exercise week?
One-to-one and small classes: Work with a partner. Ask and answer the questions.
Larger classes: Ask your classmates the questions and write names on the next page.
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Find someone who ...
went on holiday last year. He/She went to .
watched TV yesterday morning.
He/She watched .
started learning English more than one year ago.
He/She started learning in .
spoke English yesterday evening.
He/She spoke to .
had a holiday in 2010.
He/She went to .
met somebody last night.
He/She met .
texted somebody 5 minutes ago.
He/She texted
.
went to a party last weekend.
He/She had/didn’t have a good time.
lived in another country in 2005.
He/She lived in .
did some exercise last week.
He/She did a lot of/quite a lot of/a little exercise.
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Key
1. Outdoors
Students can work alone and check in pairs. Go through the answers with the class. Model and drill pronunciation.
In the second part of the exercise, students revise the use of quantifiers, which was covered in previous lessons,
e.g. ‘We have a lot of lakes in our country’, ‘We don’t have any jungles’, etc. Model with a strong student. If the
students are from the same countries, you could ask individual students specific questions, e.g. ‘Do you have any
mountains in your country?’
1. a mountain 2. a river 3. a jungle 4. wood
5. a lake 6. a forest 7. a tree 8. grass
2. In the wild
1. hard 2. a landlord 3. damp 4. wilderness
5. boil 6. a nightmare 7. strange 8. lovely
3. Checking understanding
1. in the Scottish wilderness
2. 30 years ago
3. He was tired of landlords and wanted to live alone.
4. He goes outside and cooks.
5. a man from Latvia
6. They went skiing in the mountains.
7. He needed to go to court.
8. He says it’s a great adventure.
4. Past time expressions
Students complete the time expressions. Go through the answers. Point out that we say ‘last night’, not ‘in last
night’. Have the students come up with other expressions with ‘in’, ‘on’, ‘ago’, ‘yesterday’ and ‘last’, e.g. ‘5 minutes
ago’, ‘last week’, ‘on Wednesday’, etc.
2. in 3. ago 4. on 5. yesterday
5. Find someone who ...
In a large class, have the students complete the questions individually or in pairs. Go through the answers and
then hand out page 5. Have the students stand up and ask each other the questions. Tell them that they cannot
have the same name written down more than three times during this activity. They should ask further questions
(Where did you go? Who did you meet? Did you have a good time? How much exercise did you do? etc.) in order
to complete the information. If the students cannot find anyone to fit the sentences, they should write ‘nobody’
in the space. With a weaker class, you can elicit and write the follow-up questions on the board. Pre-teach the
verb ‘to text’ (send an sms) if the students are unfamiliar with the term.
1. last 2. yesterday 3. ago 4. yesterday 5. in
6. last 7. ago 8. last 9. in 10. last
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