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LearnEnglish Elementary Podcast Magazine No. 09
Section 3 - Quiz
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Section 3 is based on the Quiz. This helps you to learn the meaning of new words and how to remember them.
Suggestion: You can write your answers in our Support Pack.
You might want to use a notebook or part of your folder to make your own word lists and maps.
The quiz was about phrases that we use with ‘make’. It’s a good idea to learn phrases that we use with different verbs.
Practice materials: Exercise 1
Which phrases go with which verbs?
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Ravi: Right. Shall we meet the players for our quiz today then? We have a little quiz now with two of our listeners and this time we’ve got Ethan. Hi Ethan.
Ethan: (on phone) Hi Ravi
Ravi: And Abby. Hello Abby.
Abby: (on phone) Hi Ravi.
Ravi: Let’s start with you, Abby. Where are you calling from?
Abby: From Margate.
Ravi: Ah, at the seaside. Is it sunny down there today?
Abby: It is, it’s lovely and warm today.
Ravi: And what do you do Abby?
Abby: I’ve just left school. I don’t know what I’m going to do now.
Ravi: Well, good luck with what you decide to do and good luck with today’s quiz. Now, Ethan.
Ethan: Hi Ravi.
Ravi: Where are you from, Ethan?
Ethan: South London.
Ravi: OK. Well I know that it’s sunny here in London too. What do you do Ethan?
Ethan: Nothing, at the moment Ravi. I finished school last year and I’m going to university in a couple of months time. I’ve had a gap year and done some travelling.
Ravi: Ah, fantastic. Where have you been?
Ethan: I went to South America for 4 months.
Ravi: Brilliant. Did you have a good time?
Ethan: Unbelievable. It was so cool.
Ravi: Right. Today’s quiz is another ten second quiz, OK? I’m going to give you a topic and you’ve got ten seconds to think of as many things as you can. So, let’s say, I say ‘things that you play’ you have to think of as many things as you can. You might say ‘football’, ‘the piano’, ‘volleyball’, you know. All things that you play. The winner is the person who gets the most in ten seconds, OK?
Abby/Ethan: OK
Ravi: OK then. You’ve got ten seconds to write down things that you make. I’ll give you one to start with – ‘make the bed’. Go on then, ten seconds, things that you make. Go!
[countdown, followed by bell]
Ravi: OK – time’s up. How many Abby?
Abby: Five
Ravi: OK. How about you Ethan?
Ethan: Erm .. six, Ravi.
Ravi: OK then, let’s hear your six Ethan.
Ethan: Erm .. Make a decision, make a mistake, make a mess, make friends, make progress and … make an appointment.
Ravi: Yep. That’s six. Well done. It’s not easy when the clock’s ticking. So, you win the book token Ethan, we’ll send that to you soon – and bad luck to you Abby but thank you for playing.
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