Unit 10   Classroom language

Task 1   Who does the following things – teachers or students?

do a quiz – work in groups – discuss a problem – recap the main points of the lesson – brainstorm a
problem – present their posters – check previous knowledge – justify their opinion – apply new
knowledge – develop reading skills – practice new vocabulary – elicit answers


Task 2  Match the groups of nouns with one of the verbs:

MAKE          DO           HAVE

A)    fun     an argument      a break       a chat       a guess         a go       patience

a look

B)      homework         exam        French at school      judo      research      some writing

a degree        a crossword      a translation

C)    a mistake     an attempt      a decision      a presentation    sketch     changes


Task 3  Cross out any of the words in italics that do not form common collocations.

1.      She got full/ maximum/ top marks in the listening test.

2.      We have to do/ make/ take a vocabulary test every Friday.

3.      He´s busy revising/ studying/ reviewing for his exam.

4.      She was always losing/ skipping/ missing out lessons – no wonder she flunked/ crashed/
failed the exam.

5.      He suffers badly from exam nerves/ stress/ worries, which affects his concentration length/
span/ time.

6.      The teacher made up/ wrote/ set a difficult exam but marked it leniently.


Task 4   Fill in the missing prepositions.

hand ___ copies

get ___ pairs/groups

call ___ a student

speak __  (if you can´t hear)

write the answer ___ the board

give an opinion __ the problem

___ the picture

take turns to/ take it ___ turns to

look ___ a word in a dictionary