First Certificate Masterclass
Unit 6 Extra activity
Getting to know you
1 Circle the correct form of the verb in each of the sentences below.
Find someone who &
1 is afraid of to fly/flying.
2 will be sorry to finish/finishing their English lesson.
3 can remember to go/going on holiday when they were a child.
4 finds it easy to study/studying English grammar.
5 hopes to travel/travelling abroad next year.
6 often forgets to send/sending birthday cards.
7 can t stand to wash up/washing up.
8 is keen on to play/playing tennis.
9 has considered to go/going on a round-the-world trip.
10 hates to watch/watching horror films.
11 can manage to keep/keeping a straight face when they are lying.
12 intends to learn/learning English fluently.
13 was allowed to stay up/staying up late as a child.
14 avoids to eat/eating chocolate.
15 would like to give up to smoke/smoking.
16 regrets to do/doing something in the past.
2 Move around the classroom asking your classmates the questions until you find
someone who says  yes . Write the name of that person in the space provided.
Only ask one question each time you speak to someone.
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Unit 6 Teacher s notes and key
Getting to know you
Activity Individual/mingle
Aim Students practise using gerunds and infinitives in a speaking
activity.
Time 20 minutes
Number of students Any
Before class Photocopy enough worksheets for each student in the class.
Procedure
1 Give every student a worksheet and ask them to circle the correct form of the verb
in each of the sentences. Check the answers to the activity.
Key
1 flying 5 to travel 9 going 13 to stay up
2 to finish 6 to send 10 watching 14 eating
3 going 7 washing up 11 to keep 15 smoking
4 to study 8 playing 12 to learn 16 doing
2 Students stand up and move around the classroom asking each other questions.
Check that they can formulate each of the questions accurately. Give an example
of the activity if necessary ( Are you afraid of flying? elicits two possible responses:
 Yes  questioner writes the name of the classmate who responds positively  or
 No  questioner moves on to next classmate). Monitor the activity and make a
note of any language errors. When they have finished the activity, check the
answers with the class by asking them for some of the information they found out.
Write any gerund/infinitive errors you heard the class making on the board and ask
the students to correct them.
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