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LESSON 3: A CLOSER LOOK 2

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LESSON 3: A CLOSER LOOK 2
WARM-UP

Where is it?

PRESENTATION

Task 1: Complete the sentences with at, in, in front of, on,
opposite, or under.
Task 2: Circle the correct preposition.
Task 3. Complete the text with the prepositions from the
box.
Task 5: Complete the second sentence so that it has the
same meaning as the first sentence.

PRACTICE

PRODUCTION
CONSOLIDATION

Prepositions of place and time
Possessive pronouns

Task 4: Work in pairs. Tell each other whether you agree or
disagree with the ideas.
Wrap-up
Homework

WARM-UP
Answer the questions:

1. Where is teacher's smartphone?

Where is it?

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

PRESENTATION
Prepositions of place

on

in front of

under

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 sitopposite
_________ each other in a chess
game.

under

3. She looked ______ the table and finally found her
smartwatch.

in

on

in ______
front ofthe street. Walk ______ the
4. Don't walk

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

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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) ______
the near future.
in
They will be much thinner. (2) ______
By 2035, we 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 automatically when we are
(3) ______
at home. They might check the latest news (4) ______
on the
Internet. We won't have to wait (5) ______
for 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 your pencils
4. You look like Nick and Peter. Are you one of their relatives?
You look like Nick and Peter. Are you _________________?
a relative of theirs
5. Last year, two of our classmates won scholarships to the US.
Last year, _____________________
two classmates of ours won scholarships to the US.

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.

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

2 Homework
Do the exercise in the Workbook

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