Unit 2: Humans And The Environment
Lesson 2: Language

01
Warm-up
Guessing game

WARM-UP

Guessing game: WHAT AM I GOING TO
DRAW?

A truck

WARM-UP

Guessing game: What am I going to
draw?

A car

PRONUNCIATION

Describe each picture with a word.

class

ground

play

PRONUNCIATION

Describe each picture with a word.

present

green

clean

PRONUNCIATION

Describe each picture with a word.

place

protect

PRONUNCIATION
Put the pictures into 4 groups

class

green

ground

clean

play

place

present

protect

PRONUNCIATION
Group 1

Group 2

clean

class
Group 3

green

place
Group 4

ground

present

play

protect

PRONUNCIATION

1

Listen and read.
/kl/

/pl/

/gr/

/pr/

club

please

green

practise

clean

place

group

present

class

play

ground

protect

PRONUNCIATION

2

Listen and practise saying the following sentences.

1. The club members will clean up all the classrooms.
2. We are pleased that we created an interesting plot
for the school play.
3. Our group will make the playground green again.
4. The students are practising their presentation on
environmental protection.

03
Vocabulary

VOCABULARY

1 Match the words and phrases to their meanings.

a. the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2)
produced by the activities of a person or an
organisation

1. household appliances

b. rubbish lying in an open or public place
c. causing no harm to the environment

2. energy

3. carbon footprint

4. litter

d. devices such as fridges or TVs used in
people's homes
e. power used for driving machines, providing
heat and light, etc.

5. eco-friendly

Vocabulary
Game
START

__________car
models always attract
Eco-friendly
great attention at exhibitions.

litter
household
appliances
eco-friendly

Remember to turn off your
__________________
household
appliances when they are not used.

household
appliances
carbon
footprint
litter

Small changes in your daily habits can help
reduce the _______________
carbon footprint you produce.

household
appliances
energy
carbon
footprint

One of the most important sources
energy is the sun.
of _______

energy
litter
household
appliances

litter
Students are reminded to pick up ______
that they see on the ground.

ecofriendly
energy
litter

VOCABULARY
PRACTICE

3

Sentence making

household
appliances

energy

carbon footprint

litter

eco-friendly

* In two minutes, make as many sentences
with those words/ phrases as possible.
* Make at least one sentence with each word/
phrase.

04
Grammar

GRAMMAR - will and be
going to

This shirt is beautiful. I will buy
it

GRAMMAR - will and be going to

I think your team will win the
match.

GRAMMAR - will and be
going to

I have made a reservation. We
are going to have dinner at the
Chinese restaurant nearby.

GRAMMAR - will and be
going to

Look at the dark clouds. It is
going to rain.

GRAMMAR - will and be
going to
1. We use will to talk about:
- plans which are made at the moment of speaking.
Ex: This shirt looks beautiful. I will buy it.
- Predictions based on what we think or believe about the
future.
Ex: I think your team will win the match.
2. We use be going to talk about:
- plans and intentions which are made before the moment of
speaking.
Ex: I have made a reservation. We are going to have dinner at
the Chinese restaurant nearby.
- Predictions based on what we see or know.
Ex: Look at the dark clouds. It is going to rain soon.

GRAMMAR
- will and be
PRACTICE
going to

Complete the following sentences with will or the correct forms of
be going to.

will
1. I don't think she ________________
come tonight. She has to
revise for her exam tomorrow.
2. We have already made the decision. We _________________
are going to
buy a new house next month.
3. I'm sure she ________________
will
pass her final exam.
4. Look at the sun. It __________________
be a beautiful day.
is going to
5. I forgot to phone Dad. I __________________
do it right after
will
lunch.

GRAMMAR
- Passive voice
PRACTICE

1. The school is cleaned up everyday
by the students
2. The school was cleaned up yesterday
by the students
3. The rubbish will be moved to the
garbage dump tomorrow.

GRAMMAR
- Passive voice
PRACTICE
3. We use the passive voice
- when the person or thing that does the action is unknown,
unimportant, obvious from the context or we don't want to
say who the doer is. We focus on the action itself.
1. The school is cleaned up everyday by the students
2. The school was cleaned up yesterday by the students
3. The rubbish will be moved to the garbage dump tomorrow.

GRAMMAR - Passive voice
Rewrite the following sentences using the passive voice. Begin each sentence as shown.
1. More and more people adopt a green lifestyle.
is adopted by more and more people
-> A green lifestyle ________________________________.
2. The students didn't put the rubbish in the bins after the party yesterday.
-> The rubbish was not put in the bins after the party yesterday by the students
3. We will plant more trees in the neighbourhood.
-> More trees ________________________________.
will be planted in the neighbourhood
4. Our club is going to organise a lot of clean-up activities this weekend.
-> A lot of clean-up activities are going to be organised by our club this weekend.
5. They discussed important environmental issues at the meeting.
-> Important environmental issues __________________________.
were discussed at the meeting

EXTRA ACTIVITY
Game: Chain Memory
Rules:
- Sit in a circle.
- Say a sentence about what you are going to or will do.
e.g. After this lesson, I'm going to play volleyball in the playground.
- The next one repeats it and adds another sentence.
e.g. After this lesson, I'm going to play volleyball in the playground and
I'm going to meet some friends.
- Continue until a student can't remember the previous sentences.
- The winner is the one that continues the chain for the longest time.

05
Consolidation

CONSOLIDATION

1 Wrap-up
WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNT TODAY?
 - consonant blends /kl/, /pl/, /gr/, and /pr/
 - some lexical items about humans and the
environment;
 - will and be going to to talk about the future;
 - the passive voice .

CONSOLIDATION

2 Homework
*Do exercises in the workbook.
* Prepare for Lesson 3 - Unit 2.

SEE YOU NEXT TIME !!