New Inside Out

Listening

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  Listen to people talking about conversations and answer a question.
  
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  Listen to a telephone conversation between a girlfriend and a boyfriend and discuss some questions.
  
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  Listen and distinguish the differences between a normal conversation and an angry one.
  
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  Listen to some conversations and answer some questions.
  
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  Listen to recordings containing useful phrases for opening conversations and match them to different situations.
  

Speaking

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  Look at some photos and discuss questions about them.
  
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  Answer some questions about conversations with a partner.
  
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  Discuss some questions about conversations they’ve recently had in English.
  
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  Show agreement or disagreement towards several statements to do with differences between men and women regarding conversation.
  
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  Look at the cover of a book that explores the differences between men and women and answer some questions.
  
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  Brainstorm a list of common complaints girlfriends and boyfriends make about each other.
  
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  Act out a telephone conversation between a girlfriend and a boyfriend.
  
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  Read aloud a conversation in an angry tone of voice.
  
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  Discuss questions about overhearing other people’s conversations.
  
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  Discuss questions about excuses with a partner.
  
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  Prepare a conversation with other students from the class including useful phrases for opening conversations.
  

Reading

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  Match some definitions to the appropriate words and collocations.
  
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  Read two extracts from the book Men are from Mars, women are from Venus and discuss some questions.
  
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  Read sentences containing adverbials and answer some questions.
  
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  Look at some pairs of sentences and notice the change of their meanings according to the position of adverbials.
  
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  Read the Grammar Extra explanations about the position of adverbials on page 134 of the SB.
  
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  Underline the correct alternative to complete some definitions.
  
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  Underline the correct form of the verbs to complete some sentences.
  
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  Read the Grammar Extra explanations about perfect and continuous forms.
  
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  Read some tips to start a conversation and answer some questions.
  
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  Match some responses to the appropriate conversation openers.
  
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  Review the multiple meanings and uses of talk by completing the exercises of the Vocabulary Extra section.
  

Writing

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  Categorise some adjectives commonly used to describe conversations under the appropriate headings in a table.
  
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  Complete some extracts using the words and collocations given.
  
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  Complete a glossary about two texts with the words given.
  
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  Complete a table with noun, verb, adjective and adverb forms.
  
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  Complete some sentences with the appropriate words from the table.
  
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  Transform a positive sentence into a negative one and notice how this affects the position of adverbials.
  
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  Write answers to some questions using at least five adverbials.
  
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  Complete the extracts from a conversation using the past participle or ing form of the verbs given.
  
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  Look at a comic strip and complete the thought bubbles with an appropriate form of the verbs given.
  
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  Revise all the grammar and vocabulary contents of the unit by completing the Review A exercises for Units 1-3.