This is a reading and vocabulary lesson plan for C2 students who are preparing to take the Cambridge C2 Proficiency exam. Students read a text about a boy, his grandad and football then look at expressions and collocations from the text. Download the handout and key below:
You may also want to use this quizziz game to review the language at a later date.
The class procedure is pretty self-explanatory and should take the best part of 90 minutes. Follow the instructions on the student handout.
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The last day of term is fast approaching so I’ve made a fun quiz to keep students entertained. I recommend bringing sweets as a prize for the winning team. Credit to my friend Dan for the inspiration and some of the questions. Download the questions and instructions below:
Spilt the class into groups of 2 or 3, give each group a piece of paper and encourage them to come up with an interesting team name. Explain that you are going to give the teams a category and they have 3 minutes to come up with the top 5 items in that category. For example: the top 5 largest countries in the world by area. Students are awarded 1 point for every answer that they guess that appears in the top 5, and an additional bonus ½ point for every answer that is in the correct place in the list, meaning that there is a total of 7.5 points on offer for each round. The different categories are listed below:
(Note: this was designed with Spanish students in Barcelona in mind so some categories may not be suitable for all groups)
| Largest countries in the world by area
1. Russia 2. Canada 3. China 4. USA 5. Brazil |
Most popular pets in the USA
1. Cat 2. Dog 3. Fish 4. Small mammal (hamster, gerbil, rabbit etc.) 5. Bird |
| Most viewed artists on youtube.com
1. Justin Beiber 2. Rihanna 3. Taylor Swift 4. Katy Perry 5. Eminem |
Highest grossing films of all time
1. Avatar 2. Titanic 3. Star Wars: The Force Awakens 4. Jurassic World 5. The Avengers |
| Best-selling books of all time
1. The Lord of the Rings 2. The Hobbit 3. The Little Prince 4. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s stone 5. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie |
Largest oceans in the world
1. Pacific 2. Atlantic 3. Indian 4. Southern 5. Arctic |
| Richest people in the world
1. Bill Gates 2. Amancio Ortega 3. Warren Buffett 4. Carlos Slim 5. Jeff Bezos |
First 5 Pixar films in the order they were released
1. Toy Story 2. A Bug’s Life 3. Toy Story 2 4. Monsters’ Inc 5. Finding Nemo |
| Largest cities in Europe (inc Russia)
1. Istanbul 2. Moscow 3. London 4. St. Petersburg 5. Berlin |
Countries in Europe by population
1. Russia 2. Germany 3. Turkey 4. France 5. UK
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| Male tennis players with most grand slams
1. Roger Federer 2. Pete Sampras 3. Rafa Nadal 4. Novak Djokovic 5. Bjorn Borg |
Female tennis players with most grand slams
1. Steffi Graf 2. Serena Williams 3. Chris Evert 4. Martina Navaratilova 5. Margaret Court |
| Most popular ice-cream flavours in the world
1. Vanilla 2. Chocolate 3. Cookies and cream 4. Strawberry 5. Mint choc-chip |
Best-paid football (soccer) players (2016)
1. Cristiano Ronaldo 2. Lionel Messi 3. Wayne Rooney 4. Zlatan Ibrahimovic 5. Yaya Toure |
| Most popular football clubs in the world
1. Man Utd 2. Real Madrid 3. Barcelona 4. Chelsea 5. Arsenal |
Autonomous regions in Spain by area.
1. Castile-Leon 2. Andalusia 3. Castile-La Mancha 4. Aragon 5. Extremadura |
| Barcelona FC’s most expensive signings
1. Neymar Jr. 2. Luis Suarez 3. Zlatan Ibrahimovic 4. David Villa 5. Marc Overmars |
5 elements in the periodic table from which the letters in the symbol do not appear in the name of the element in Spanish or in English. (award 1 point for name of element and ½ for correct symbol:
1. K – Potassium 2. Na – Sodium 3. Hg – Mercury 4. Au – Gold 5. W – Tungsten |
| Most popular boys names in UK
1. Muhammed 2. Oliver 3. Jack 4. Noah 5. Jacob |
Most popular girls names in UK
1. Sophia 2. Emily 3. Lily 4. Olivia 5. Amelia |
| Most popular boys names in Spain
1. Alejandro 2. Daniel 3. David 4. Pablo 5. Adrián |
Most popular girls names in Spain
1. Maria 2. Lucia 3. Paula 4. Laura 5. Andrea |
This is an activity for teenagers to practice:
The future perfect, to talk about completed actions in the future:
By 12 o’clock I will have finished my homework.
The future continuous, to talk about actions that will be on going at a specific time in the future:
At 12:30 I will be walking the dog.
The activity is based around football manager Jose Mourinho’s plans for the day.
Here is the handout:
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