Lesson 54: Unit 52 - Reading/Listening and Speaking. Retelling Stories.
The lesson develops the skills of listening to, reading and retelling stories in English. Learners work with two authentic texts and practise key vocabulary and grammar for retelling.
About this lesson
In this lesson you will develop the ability to retell stories in English by listening to and reading two amusing texts. You will learn important words and expressions related to hotels, travel and job interviews. You will practise the Present Simple as a narrative tense and get to know irregular verbs from the dictation. By practising speaking, reading and writing at the same time, you will improve your ability to relate events logically and clearly in English.
40 minutes
What you'll learn
- Understand and retell short stories in English
- Use the Present Simple to retell past events
- Recognise and use key vocabulary from the two texts
- Tell true statements from false ones after reading a text
- Know the basic irregular verbs from the dictation
Lesson vocabulary
- retell We retell the story in our own words.
- lift The lift in the hotel isn't working at that moment.
- hotel Dick and Harry stay in a big hotel in New York.
- walk up We can walk up to our room.
- step by step Step by step they walk up to the 44th floor.
- floor The hotel has 45 floors.
- downstairs Our keys are still on the receptionist's desk downstairs.
- key Where is the key to our room?
- late They come back to the hotel late.
- tired They are tired, so they sit down to have a rest.
- car I have a small car – a Golf.
- nervous I'm nervous because I need the job very much.
- breakfast I don't eat breakfast. I have just a cup of black coffee.
- job interview Sophie needs a job, so she goes to a job interview.
- suddenly Suddenly, a black BMW stops next to me.
In other languages: Български