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Lesson objective
Module 3 Experiences and news
Talking about experiences

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9 In my life
1 Presentation

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a 1.32 Listen and read. Find the things Eva talks about in the pictures.

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My f irst years
Have you ever visited a castle?
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Have you ever visited a zoo?
Have you ever lived in an igloo?

Ive visited a castle,

Ive visited a zoo,
But I havent lived in an igloo.

Ive travelled on a bus,

Ive travelled on a train,
But Ive never been on an aeroplane.
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Ive eaten frogs legs,

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Ive eaten spinach leaves,

But Ive never eaten smelly cheese.

Ive listened to rock,

Ive listened to pop,
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But Ive never danced to hip hop.

Ive taken lots of exams,

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Ive taken lots of tests,

But I havent climbed Mount Everest.

Eva
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b 1.32 Listen again. Practise saying the poem.

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Grammar spot 4 Speaking
Present perfect: ever, never a 1.34 Listen and read these questions.
Have you ever visited a castle?
Yes, I have./No, I havent. Experiences Have you ever

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Ive eaten spinach leaves.
I havent climbed Mount Everest.
Ive never been on an aeroplane.

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1 4
played tennis? seen a rainbow?
Remember!
Full form Short form
I have Ive 5
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I have not I havent
been to London? eaten Chinese food?

2 Grammar practice
a Complete three of these phrases to make
true sentences about yourself.

Ive never eaten

I havent tasted
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Ive travelled on a
Ive been to
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swum in the sea?

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won a prize?

Ive listened to I havent lived in

Ive visited Ive never danced to b Now ask and answer the questions with a
classmate.
1 Ive never eaten spinach.
2 Ive been to Italy. Have you ever played tennis?
3 Ive never danced to hip hop.
No, I havent. or Yes, I have.
b Read your sentences to your classmates. Try
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to nd someone with one or two sentences like

yours. 5 Class poll
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1.35 Listen to the questions in Activity 4 again.

Put your hand up for all the things you have
Study tip done. Write the results on the board.
Remembering past participles
Write down verbs in lists of regular and Yes, I have No, I havent
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irregular verbs
Regular Irregular 1 Tennis 9 11
visit visited be been
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listen listened eat eaten

taste tasted take taken 2 London

3 Pronunciation 6 Check your English

1.33 Listen and practise saying these verbs. Complete with have, havent, ever, never.
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/d/ visited shouted started ended A: Have you 1 eaten Mexican food?
/d/ travelled listened climbed played B: No, Ive 2
eaten Mexican food, but I 3
/t/ danced worked helped watched eaten Spanish food. Have you 4 eaten
Spanish food?
A: No, I 5 .
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Lesson objective

Talking about experiences

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10 An amazing life you have had in your life

1 Presentation

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a 1.36 Listen and read. Find the things Mandy talks about in the picture.

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Sam Wow. Look at these!
Mandy Yes, Grandpas been all over the world. Look.
Hes ridden an elephant in India.
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Pam Cool. Has he ever climbed Mount Everest?
Mandy No, hes never climbed Mount Everest. But hes
climbed Mount Kilimanjaro and thats the highest
mountain in Africa.
Pam Wow! What else has he done?
Mandy Well, hes written lots of books and hes made
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Sam Has he written any childrens books?
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Mandy No, he hasnt written any childrens books. But

hes written lots of travel books. And hes met a
king and a queen and hes broken
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Sam His leg!

Mandy No, he hasnt broken his leg. Hes broken world
records. Look. Hes sailed around the world in
80 days and hes skied down Mont Blanc. Yes,
Grandpa has had a really amazing life.
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Pam Umm. No wonder hes tired.

b 1.36 Listen again. Then Real

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read the dialogue with your English

classmates.
Cool
No wonder
2 Class poll
Grammar spot
What do you think is the most amazing thing Present perfect
Gordon Gloom has done in his life? Vote and write
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the results on the board. Has he ever climbed Mount Everest?

Yes, he has./No, he hasnt.
Hes ridden an elephant in India.
ridden an elephant 2 He hasnt written any childrens books.
climbed Mount Kilimanjaro 5
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3 Grammar practice Grammar spot
Look at the picture in Activity 1. Make Present perfect and past simple
sentences with He has or He hasnt and these
words: Have you ridden an elephant?
Yes, I rode an elephant in India in 1948.

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sailed written ridden skied Have you sailed around the world?
broken made met been Yes, I sailed around the world in 1952.

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childrens books down Mont Blanc
an elephant lms Grammar page 101
to lots of countries around the world
kings and queens his leg
5 Grammar practice
Hes sailed around the world. a Complete the dialogue with the correct form of
the verb in brackets.
He hasnt written childrens books.

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1 ridden, rode
1 (ride) Sam Have you an elephant?
Gordon Yes, I an elephant in 1948.
2 (broke) Pam Have you a world record?
Remember! Gordon Yes, I a world record in 1952.
Full form
He/She has
He/She has not
Short form
He/Shes
He/She hasnt
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Gordon Yes, I
1960.
a king and queen?
a king and queen in

4 (y) Pam Have you across the Pacic?

Gordon Yes, I across the Pacic in
4 Listening 1937.
a 1.37 Listen and then ll in the missing 5 (ski) Sam Have you down Mont Blanc?
words. Gordon Yes, I down Mont Blanc in
1977.
sailed been rode ew sailed 6 (climb) Pam Have you Mount Kilimanjaro?
been own took ridden
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Gordon Yes, I Mount Kilimanjaro in

1982.
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b 1.38 Listen and check.

6 Song
1.39Find the song Have You Ever Seen the Rain?
on page 90.
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7 Check your English

a Ask and answer questions about your
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Sam Is
I it ttrue?
?HHave you an elephant?
l h t? classmates experiences.
Gordon Yes, I an elephant in India in 1948. 1 (travel) on a plane 3 (ride) a horse
Pam And have you around the world? 2 (be) to England 4 (break) a leg
Gordon Yes, I around the world in 1952.
It me eighty days. Have you travelled on a plane?
Sam Have you ever to the moon?
Yes, I have. I travelled on a plane last year.
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Gordon No, I havent to the moon. But

I have across the Pacic. Look, I b Now write sentences about you and your
across the Pacic Ocean in this classmates experiences.
plane in 1937. I havent travelled on a plane.
Pam, Sam Wow. You are brave, Grandpa. Monica has travelled on a plane.
She travelled on a plane last year.
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b 1.37 Listen again and check your answers.

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Lesson objective
Announcing news

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11 My latest news
1 Guessing

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Phoebe is writing about things that have happened to her recently.
Look at the picture. Can you guess her news?

2 Presentation

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1.40Listen and read. How many pieces of news
does Phoebe tell her cousin in Australia?

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How r u? Do
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you
fancy a sleepo
ver
2nite @ min
e?
Let me kno.
Hope to CU
L8R.
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Julie

Real English
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Grammar spot
Guess what? pal Annoying! gorgeous
Present perfect: just
Text language Ive just started my new school.
do u (= do you) tonite (= tonight) Bonnie has just had three kittens.
r (= are) @ ( = at) kno (= know)
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CU = (see you) L8R (= later)

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3 Grammar practice 5 Speaking
a Match the words in A with the words in B to Work with a classmate. Make a dialogue with
make sentences using the present perfect. the words in the boxes. Complete it with your
own answer.
Ive just started my new school.

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Ive just been shopping.
A B What did you buy?
1 I just (start) a an MP3 player.
I bought a magazine.
2 I (change) b his back.

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3 Bonny just (have) c really busy. A: Ive just
4 Oscar just (buy) d my hairstyle.
5 Mum and Dad (be) e kittens. been shopping won a prize read a book
6 They just (paint) f a new job at a vets. seen a lm had a drink played a game
7 My dad (hurt) g me to a sleepover. B: What did you ?
8 Mum (nd) h the kitchen.
9 Julie just (invite) i my new school. buy win read see have play

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A: I
b 1.41 Listen and check.
bought won read saw had played

4 Listening
a 1.42 Listen. What news is Oscar telling his
friend?
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My latest news
Write a short email to your friend. Start with saying
thank you and write about your latest news.
Hi Peter,
A big thank you for your last email/phone call/
birthday present. Ive got some news, too. My
parents have just bought me a puppy! Its ...
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Real English
Saying thank you
Thanks for ... Thanks a lot for ...
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Thank you so much for ...

b 1.42 Listen again. Answer these questions. A big thank you for ...
1 What has Oscar just spent?
2 What did he buy?
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6 Check your English

3 Was it expensive?
4 Where did he buy it? a Complete with the present perfect of the
5 How many songs can it hold? verb in brackets.
6 How many songs has Oscar put on it? 1 I just a T-shirt. (buy)
2 My cat just kittens. (have)
3 My friend just a new school. (start)
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4 We our house. (paint)

Present perfect and past simple 5 My dad a new job. (nd)
Ive just spent my birthday money.
What did you buy? b Now write questions about the above with
I bought an MP3 player. the past simple.
1 Where did you buy it?
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Skills Cross-cultural

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12 Sumeos story
1 Reading

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a 1.43 Listen and read about the Tuvaluan island of Funafala. Why
do you think people on the island are afraid for its future?

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Tuvalu fears for its future

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1 3
My name is Sumeo and I live on the tiny island of All the men on my island are fishermen. We have
Funafala in the South Pacific. This is my house. As just brought a big net of fish back to the island.
you can see our house is very close to the sea. We share everything on my island and now we are
It isnt good to live close to the sea on Funafala going to share the fish between the five families.
because the land is very low. Sometimes the sea Fish is our main food on Funafala. We also eat
floods our island. chicken, pork and vegetables.
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2
Two families have just left our island to live in New
Zealand. One of these was my aunt and uncles
family. I am very sad because my cousins live so
far away from Funafala. Now there are only five
families on the island.
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We have our own language in Tuvalu and we have
our own songs and dances too. We are happy
tonight but we are often sad when we think of the
future.

b Read again. Are these sentences true or false?

1 True
1 Funafala is a tiny island. 4 Sumeos uncle and aunt live in New Zealand.
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2 The land on Funafala is very high. 5 There are only two families on Funafala.
3 All the men are farmers. 6 They are sad tonight.
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2 Listening 4 Writing
a 1.44 Listen to the interview with Sumeo. Write a paragraph about the island of
Thenanswer these questions. Funafala. Try to use as many of these words
1 Why is Sumeos house on stilts? as you can.

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2 Why have Sumeos uncle and aunt left the island?
tiny South Pacic houses close tothesea
3 What food do they eat on Funafala?
land low stilts afraid of two families
4 Why are they happy tonight?
oods New Zealand afraid for the future

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ve shermen net sh share
b 1.44 Listen again and check. main food chicken pork vegetables

3 Speaking
Funafala
a 1.45 Look at the pictures in Activity 1 and
listen. Think about the answers. Funafala is a tiny island in the
South Pacic. The island is

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b Now play a quiz game. Get into small teams
and write ve questions to ask another team.

c Then close your books and ask and answer

your questions. You get one point for every
correct answer.
Why is Sumeos house on stilts?
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Because its very close to the sea.

Picture quiz a m
a Match each verb with two pictures. Write your answers..
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1 b,m
1 travel on a
2 climb a
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3 make a
4 throw a
5 swim in a b b
6 ride a(n) c p
7 break a(n) d c
g a
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e j
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f e
i t h b

j b
k b
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b Then make sentences with You can

You can travel on a bus.
m t n l
You can travel on a
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Review
Check you can do these things.

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1 I know the past participle of some irregular verbs.
Find the present perfect form of ve verbs in this word square.

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t o s k t t s h

w i n d w a a e

b h b r o k e n

e a t e n e w a

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e t s e e n a r

n e g o e d s t

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2 I can talk about experiences using the present perfect.
Complete the questions about Eva. Then answer with Yes, she has. or No, she hasnt.
1 Has she ever visited a castle? Yes, she has.
1 visit castle
2 live in an igloo
3 travel on a bus
4 be on an aeroplane
5 eat spinach
6 listen to rock
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7 dance to hip hop

8 climb Mount Everest
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3 I can use the past simple and the present perfect.

a Complete the dialogue with the correct word from the box.

made wrote skied met made skied written met

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Sam Is it true? Have you 1 a book?

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Gordon Yes, I four travel books in 1948.
Pam And have you 3 a king and queen?
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Gordon Yes, I a king and queen in 1960.
Sam Have you ever 5 down Mount Everest?
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Gordon No, I havent. But I down Mont Blanc in 1977!
Pam Have you 7 any lms?
Gordon Yes, I 8 a lm about Tibet in 1957.

b Write four sentences about things you have done.

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When did you do these things?

Ive eaten Indian food. I ate a curry last Friday..
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4 I can use the present perfect to talk about recent news.
a Can you remember Phoebes news? Use the pictures to help you.

Shes just changed her hairstyle

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1 She her hairstyle. 2 Bonny three kittens.

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3 Oscar an MP3 player. 4 Her mum and dad the kitchen.
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5 Her dad his back. 6 Her mum a new job at a vets.

b Write three pieces of news about yourself.

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Ive just

5 I know how to use verbs and nouns together 6 I can say the difference between a poem and
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correctly. atext message.

Match the verbs in A to the nouns in B to make a Which of these texts is a poem and which
phrases. atext message?
A B
Ive been 2 a zoo Hi. Ive just been
1 break a a bike
And L8R in an igloo 2 a concert. It was
2 travel b a mountain
How about u? gr8! CU 2nite.
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3 climb c in a river
Do u miss me 2?
4 make d a ball
5 swim e on a train
6 throw f a leg b Choose one of the two texts and write it in
7 ride g a cake a full form.
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Extra special
Whats just happened?

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a Work in a small team. Look at the picture. Find the twelve people who have just
done these things. The rst team to write the 12 correct letters is the winner.

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1 He has just thrown a ball.
2 He has just scored a goal.
3 She has just jumped into the water.
4 He has just hurt his leg.
5 She has just bought an ice cream.
6 She has just fallen off her bike.

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7 He has just got out of the pool.
8 He has just come into the park.
9 She has just dropped the ball.
10 He has just sat down.
11 She has just dived into the water. a
12 She has just taken a photo. FR
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b 1.46 Listen and check your answers.

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Mini-project

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1 Read Helens poster. Have you done
anything similar?

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My latest news
These are some things Ive done:

1 Ive played netball for my school team.

We won
We won 116.
11
6.

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j
k

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2 Ive just passed my Maths test. I got
a very good mark!
h 3 Ive made some biscuits. They were
delicious!
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4 Ive just
j started piano
i lessons. I had my
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first lesson last week.

5 Ive been to the dentist. I went yesterday.

Helen
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2 Make a poster about your news. Write at least

ve sentences.

3 Show your poster to your classmates. Answer

questions about your news.
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