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LESSON 3: A CLOSER LOOK 2

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WARM-UP
Answer the questions:
1. Where is teacher's smartphone?

Where is it?

2. What will smartphone be like at
the end of 2023?
3. What will smartphone be like in
10 years?

PRESENTATION
Prepositions of place

on

under

in front of

opposite

in

at

PRESENTATION
Prepositions of time
• “in + a length of time” can express future
meaning.
Example: Robots will replace human shop assistants
in ten years.
• “for + a length of time” says how long something
goes on for.
Example: It rained for three hours yesterday.
• “by + a specific time” means “not later than that
time”.
Example: We'll be there by 6 p.m.

PRESENTATION
Possessive pronouns

We can use possessive pronouns after of.
Example:
Mi is one of my friends.
Mi is a friend of mine.

PRESENTATION

PRACTICE

1 Complete the sentences with at, in, in front of, on,
opposite, or under.

1.Lily's house is ______
the end of this street.
at
2.Players always sit opposite
_________ each other in a chess
game.
3.She lookedunder
______ the table and finally found her
smartwatch.
4.Don't walk ______
______ the
on the street. Walkon
pavement.

PRACTICE
2

Circle the correct preposition in each sentence.

1. Let's get ready by / on / for 10 a.m. We are meeting Dr Saito at
10:15.
2. The first camera phone appeared on / at / in May 1999 in Japan.
3. We will be away on / for / by two weeks.
4. In the UK, supermarkets always close early in / by / on Sundays.
5. I think language barriers will disappear in / for / by 30 years.

PRACTICE

3 Complete the text with the prepositions from
the box. Use each preposition only ONCE.
in

on

at

for

by

I think smartphones will change a lot (1)
in ______ the near
future. They will be much thinner.
(2) ______ 2035, we
By
might be able to roll a phone like a sheet of paper. They
will become much smarter, too. They will be able to charge
their battery
at automatically when we are (3) ______ home.
on
They might check the latest news (4)
for______ the Internet.
We won't have to wait (5) ______ a long time for these
super smartphones.

PRACTICE

5 Complete the second sentence so that it has the
same meaning as the first sentence.
1. Jack is one of her cousins.
Jack is a _______________________.
cousin of hers.
2. Is this one of his tablets?
Is this a _______________________?
tablet of his.
3. Can I borrow a pencil of yours?
Can I borrow ___________________?
one of our pencils.
4. You look like Nick and Peter. Are you one of their
relatives?
a relative of
You look like Nick and Peter. Are you
theirs.
______________________?
two classmates of

PRODUCTION

4 Work in pairs. Tell each other whether you agree or
disagree with the following ideas.

1. We should not use our smartphones for
more than a few hours every day.
2. By 2050, the way people communicate
with each other will be different from now.

PRODUCTION

4 Work in pairs. Tell each other whether you agree or
disagree with the following ideas.

1. I agree with this idea. Smartphones are bad for
your eyes. If you spend too much time looking at
the phone screen for a long time, you will be shortsighted. Also, smart phones has an negative effect
on your health. You can't fall asleep if you use a
smartphone before you go to bed .

PRODUCTION

4 Work in pairs. Tell each other whether you agree or

disagree with the following ideas.
2. I agree with this idea. In the future, we no longer need to
visit a relative or friend to get updates. Alternatively, we can
let them know our updates instantly. For many years ago, we
have to travel for a long time to meet them, but in the future,
we can meet our friends and relatives using video calls.
Moreover, we can make so many friends via chatting or social
networking.

CONSOLIDATION

1 Wrap-up
What have we learnt in this lesson?
 How to use prepositions of place and time
 How to use possessive pronouns

CONSOLIDATION

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Homework

Workbook

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