Say, You will hear recording of a conversation. The people will talk about some of the activities and people, but they will not talk about others. Please underline the words you hear on the recording.

Play the recording the first time. Students only listen.

Play the recording a second time. This time, ask students to underline each word that is said on the tape. Point out the sample answer, grandmother.

Correct the answers.1grandma 2 homework 3 English 4 farm 5 cows

Ⅵ. Listening

Work on 2b:

This activity provides listening practice using the target language.

Call attention to the pictures of Carol, Becky, and Jack and ask students to identify each person by name.

Say, Now I will play the recording again. Listen to the students talking about what they did over the weekend. Write C for Carol, B for B Becky or J for Jack next to each statement in activity 2a. The first one has been done for you.

Play the recording the first time. Students only listen.

Point out the sample answer, S, in statement 1. Say, Sonia visited her grandmother.

Play the recording again. Ask students to write a letter in front of each statement to show what each person did.

Check the answers. B B C J J

Ⅶ. Pair work

Ask and answer in pairs.

Point to the example conversation. Ask two students to read the dialogue to the class.

Say, Now work with a partner. Student A, ask questions about what, who or where, Student B answers. Students work in pairs.

Ⅷ. Role-play the conversation.

1. Ask Ss to look at conversation in 2d. Then Ss read the dialogue by themselves and find the answer to these questions:

① What did Lisa do on her weekend?

② What did Paul do on his weekend?

2. Ss work in pairs and role-play the conversations.

3. Have several pairs perform their conversations for the rest of the class.