We need a holiday!
Comprehension
1 Read and listen to the story. Answer the questions.
1 Where do Sweet Sue and Smart Alec go?
They go to Las Vegas.
2 What‘s happening there this week?
A Detectives‘ Convention.
2 Answer the questions.
They are really tired.
1 Why do Sweet Sue and Smart Alec decide to take a holiday?
2 What do they want to forget about?
3 Does Sweet Sue book the holiday on the Internet?
4 When do they go on holiday?
5 What do they do before they go?
6 How long will they be away for?
7 Why were they lucky to get rooms?
8 What do they want to do after they
check in?
9 Why is the hotel full?
They want to forget about detective work.
No, she goes to the travel agent.
On Friday.
They finish all their work.
For two weeks.
The hotel was full, they got the last two rooms.
Smart Alec wants to play golf, Sweet Sue wants to sit by the pool.
There is a detective convention there.
Grammar Time clauses
3 a Complete the sentences from the story.
1 As soon as I these e-mails, I to the travel agents‘.
2 We all our work before we
3 After we , I a game of golf.
4 I and sit by the pool while you that.
5 We dinner when I
finish
‘ ll go
‘ ll finish
leave
check in
‘ ll have
do
‘ ll go
‘ ll have
get back
b Underline the time clauses in the sentences.
1 As soon as I finish these e-mails, I‘ll goto the travel agents‘.
2 We‘ll finish all our work before we leave.
3 After we check in, I‘ll have a game of golf.
4 I‘ll go and sit by the pool while you do that.
5 We‘ll have dinner when I get back.
c What tenses do we use:
- in the time clause?
- in the main clause?
present simple
future with will
2 Before I go out, I‘ll do my homework.
3 We‘ll go to the cinema after school finishes.
4 I‘ll get up when the alarm rings.
5 As soon as we get home, we‘ll have a meal.
6 I‘ll watch the football match while I do my homework.
7 when I leave school, I‘ll go to university.
8 As soon as it stops raining, we‘ll play tennis.
9 We won‘t think about school while we’re on holiday.
10 Before it gets dark, I‘ll go jogging.
Listening and writing.
5 a Listen. Match the names to the pictures.
John: hamburger Pippa: mobile phone
Susan: friends meeting Maisie: post office
Mick: photos Bob: tickets
b Listen again. Match the pictures to the words in columns 3 and 4.
John: after; play tennis
Susan: when; finish work
Mick: before; go on holiday
Pippa: as soon as; arrive
Maisie: while, have a piano lesson
Bob: after; go to the dentist‘s
c Say what each person will do and when .
John will have something to eat after he plays tennis.
Susan will meet us in the square when she finishes work.
Mick will send the photos before they go on holiday.
Pippa will text as soon as she arrives.
Maisie will go to the post office while Kate has her piano lesson.
Bob will collect the cinema tickets after he goes to the dentist‘s.
SB: ex.7, p.71
WB: ex.2, p.56, ex.6, p.57
The lesson is over! Good bye!