Activity 1: Warm-up and review · 5 minutes
Warm-up: Transport Guessing Game
Aims
Ss recall the names of means of transport and get ready for the new sentence pattern.
Content
T shows the flashcards quickly. Ss play 'Guess the transport': T mimes one means of transport, and Ss shout out the English word. Then T asks the first question of the lesson.
Expected outcomes
Ss say at least five transport words in English, such as bus, train, plane, boat and taxi.
Procedure
Teacher's activities
Pupils' activities
Teacher
T says: 'Let's play Guess the transport! Please shout the English word when you see my action.' T mimes riding a bike, then a train, then a plane.
Pupils
Ss watch the mime and shout the answer: 'by bike', 'train', 'plane'.
Teacher
T shows the flashcards of bus, boat, coach and taxi, and asks: 'What is this?'
Pupils
Ss answer in chorus: 'bus', 'boat', 'coach', 'taxi'. Some Ss do the same in pairs, one shows the card, the partner says the word.
Teacher
T asks: 'Which means of transport do you use to go to school?' and calls on 2–3 Ss.
Pupils
Ss answer, for example: 'I go to school by bike.' / 'I go to school on foot.' / 'I go to school by bus.'
Teacher
T writes the question on the board: How can I get there? and says: 'Today we will learn how to ask and answer about the way to a place.'
Pupils
Ss read the question aloud after T and copy the title into their notebooks.