Students need motivating but accessible material and tasks which help them read better, e,g. guessing the meaning of words and phrases from context. In New English File Pre- intermediate texts have been adapted from a variety of real sources (the press, magazines, news websites) and have been chosen for their intrinsic interest. | Grammar notes The infinitive has two forms in English 1 work is the form which is given in a dictionary. SS have seen this used in present simple questions and negatives . Do you work I didn t work and after the modal verb can 2 to work SS should already be familiar with the infinitive with to used after some verbs such as want and would like . ZiZ like to work with children. The infinitive of purpose is only used to express a reason. To express a 0 reason we use in order not to or so as not to . We took a taxi so as not to be late NOT I Ve took a taxi not to be late. Focus on exercises 5A on . SS do the exercises individually or in pairs. Check answers. a Ito meet 2todo 3 to go 4 not to make 5tulearn 6 not to drive 7 to leave blA 2 F 3G 4 B 5 H 6C 7E Extra idea Put SS into small groups. Get them to try to think of at least two answers to each of the questions below using to infinitive. Why do people . - go to parties -goon holidays - get married - learn English -go to a gym Tell SS to go back to the main lesson on . 3 READING LISTENING a Focus on the article and explain that this is about the right and wrong things to say to people who you meet for the first time at a party. Go through the article quickly with the class you could read it aloud but tell SS not to guess the missing words yet. Put SS into pairs and set them a time limit. Tell them to try and guess the missing words but not to write them in yet. They can write them on a piece of paper. b 5 1 Tell SS they are now going to listen to five conversations where people say the wrong thing. Play the tape CD once pausing after each conversation for SS to complete the phrases. Get SS to compare their answers with their guesses. Check answers and get feedback to find out how many SS guessed more or less correctly. CD2 Track 20 tapescript in Student s Book on 1 A Hello you re one of Peter s friends aren t you B That s right. I m Adrian. A Hi I m Harry. Are you enjoying the party B Yes.
