Key: 1 Ava
2 Oscar
3 Max
4 Lily
5 Ava
6 Oscar
Example sentences: He’s better than Oscar at juggling.
(Max) She’s worse than Oscar at doing cartwheels, but
better than Ava. (Lily)
7 Complete the riddle about a friend. Then ask the class to guess. •
Say
We are all good at different things. Elicit an example
for every student, e.g.,
Caio is good at running. •
Teach
riddle. Students think about a friend and fill in
the blanks with activities / sports / personality traits.
Circulate and help. Students read their riddles in groups.
8 Which word sounds the strongest? Listen and repeat. •
Say
Which word is the strongest? Listen. Tell the students
to look at the words in
bold and play the recording,
pausing after the “strongest” word. Then play the
sentence for the second time and pause for students to
repeat. Show how stress affects the meaning by reading
the sentences in brackets.
CD 1 :34 Oscar isn’t the best at juggling. … Oscar
Oscar isn’t the best at juggling.
Oscar
isn’t the
best at juggling. … best
Oscar
isn’t the
best at juggling.
Oscar
isn’t the best at
juggling . … juggling
Oscar
isn’t the best at
juggling .
•
Say
Now listen to these sentences. Which word is the strongest? Play the recording, pausing for students
to tell you the “strong” word. Ask students to explain
the meaning, like the sentences in parentheses in the
Student’s Book. Then encourage the students to repeat,
stressing the correct word.
