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Takeaway The Lost Backpack
The Lost Backpack English > Level A1.1 Starter
English > Level A1.1 Starter
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CONTENT
• Let’s Start! • Let’s Explore! • Let’s Practice! • Extension Activity • Target Words • Learning Points
Let’s Start!
Sally and Natalie have similar backpacks. Let's see what happens!
Learning Outcome Can Do Statements
Exchange personal information about • I can start a telephone call.
the home and family in communicative • I can ask for and tell the time.
situations. • I can express time using in, on, at.
Ask your partner:
• Do you lose things often?
• What kind of things do you lose?
• How do you find things you lose?
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Takeaway The Lost Backpack
The Lost Backpack English > Level A1.1 Starter
English > Level A1.1 Starter
Let’s Explore!
Sally and Natalie's backpacks are switched*. What do they do? Let's find out!
* To get "switched" means to get exchanged by accident.
Instructions: Read the text aloud.
Sally: Hello, is this Natalie?
Natalie: Yes? This is her. Who's this?
Sally: This is Sally. I have your wallet and backpack.
Natalie: You're kidding me! I have your backpack.
Sally: Thank goodness! There was a switch ... at the bus stop or on the 4:15 bus.
Natalie: It's funny our backpacks are so similar.
Sally: When do you want to meet?
Natalie: On Wednesday? At Star's Cafe, at two o'clock?
Sally: Hmmm ... What time is it now?
Natalie: It's ten o'clock.
Sally: I have a class in an hour. I need my backpack and books. Can we meet
today?
Natalie: Sure! How about noon?
Sally: Noon is perfect!
Natalie: See you then. Call me when you get there.
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Takeaway The Lost Backpack
Takeaway The Lost Backpack
English > Level A1.1 Starter
English > Level A1.1 Starter > Meeting New People
Let’s Practice!
In, On, At. Which one is it?
Instructions: Write the words in the correct category.
In On At
midnight, 20 minutes, May 6, Wednesday,
the 4:15 bus, an hour, 2 o’clock, 5:00 PM
.
Let’s Practice!
Let’s call Natalie!
Instructions: Draw a line from the first part of the statement on the left to the
second part on the right.
1. Hello. Is A. this?
2. Yes. This B. Sally.
3. Who is C. this Natalie?
4. This is D. is her.
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Takeaway The Lost Backpack
The Lost Backpack English > Level A1.1 Starter
English > Level A1.1 Starter
Extension Activity
Let's plan to meet!
Instructions: Complete the following steps. Fill in the Self-Assessment.
a) Write a dialogue about a phone call with
Self-Assessment Yes No
your partner.
b) In the dialogue, choose a place to go.
I write a dialogue between
Choose a specific time and day.
two people on the phone.
c) Read the phone call dialogue aloud with
your partner. I start the phone call
correctly.
I use times and days in the
conversation.
I express time with in, on,
at.
Target Words
• similar (adjective): to be almost the • to switch (verb): to mix up; exchange
same but not identical e.g. Our bags got switched.
e.g. Our bags are so similar. • wallet (noun): a purse in which you can keep
• to call (verb): make a phone call your money and important papers.
e.g. I'll call you when I get there. e.g. I have your wallet and backpack.
• to need (verb): a necessary thing that • You're kidding me! (expression): use to say
a person wants strongly. something cannot be true, show surprise
e.g. I need my books and backpack for e.g. Sally: I have your backpack.
class. Natalie: You're kidding me!
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Takeaway The Lost Backpack
The Lost Backpack English > Level A1.1 Starter
English > Level A1.1 Starter
Learning Points
Prepositions of Time
You use the prepositions of time in, on, at to say when an event happens.
Look at the table below: In, On, At
Preposition Use Example
in period The meeting starts in five minutes.
I come to Paris in June every year.
on days and dates The exam is on May 9th.
at a specific time Class starts at 9 a.m.
Asking and Telling Time
You use what to ask a person about the time.
You can use the Wh- question word when.
There are different ways to say the time. Look at the chart below.
noon 12 o'clock in the afternoon. It's noon. I'm hungry.
midnight 12 o'clock at night. It's midnight. I have to go
to sleep.
a.m. use this to talk about time between School starts at 9 a.m.
midnight and noon.
p.m. use this to talk about time between noon I have dinner at 8 p.m.
and midnight.
o'clock use this to tell the hour It's 5 o'clock.
When you ask and tell the time, you often use the present simple tense with the verb to be.
Examples:
• Ann : What time is it?
Tom : It's 5 p.m.
• Ann : When is the meeting?
Tom : It's at 10 a.m.
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