Obligation

1. English file Pre-
Intermediate
Unit 7B - Obligation

2. • Learning English / a language tips photos –(5 mins)
• Speaking practice – have you ever...? (10 mins)
• Reading – British and languages – new vocabulary (10 mins)
• Reading - British and languages – topic sentences (5 mins)
• Reading - British and languages – comprehension (10 mins)
• Grammar – obligation – highlighting (10 mins)
• Grammar – obligation – presentation (5 mins)
• Grammar – obligation – exercises (15 mins) 70
• Funny school rules from around the world quiz (10 mins)
• Communication activity – making rules and comparing (20 mins) 90
• Facts about the open university (5 mins)
• Grammar / vocabulary open university – new vocabulary (5 mins)
• Grammar / vocabulary open university – matching exercise (15 mins)
• Vocabulary from the class quiz (5 mins)

10. D
F
E .The British
are famous for
being bad at
learning
languages.
D. Motivation
is obviously a
problem.
F .The
situation in
British schools
doesn't help
either.

11. B
C
A
A. So what happened after four weeks?
B. But what happens when a Brit tries to
learn a new language after leaving school?
C. Max decided to learn Spanish.

14. 1. Tourists sometimes try to say a few phrases in a foreign
language, but stop as soon as they discover that the waiter
speaks English;
Many British people who live abroad never learn the language
at all.
2. They think they don’t need to learn a language because
everyone speaks English.
3. It’s too difficult.

16. 4. By sending one of their journalists on an intensive
language course.
5. Because he’d like to go to Spain and Latin America.
He did a one-month intensive course.
6. He went to Madrid with a teacher to do some tests
to see if he could survive.

18. Students are allowed to use the washroom only _ times per semester.
Evergreen High School in Chicago limited the number of times a student is
allowed to use the washroom. Yes, you read it right. It allows its students
to use the washroom this few times so that they don’t miss their classes.
3
A) 3
B) 4
C) 5

19. A school banned students from ________ during break time in school.
Remember how we used to jump with excitement as soon as the period bell
used to ring in school? An unnamed school had imposed a ‘no _______
policy during school break time on its students.
running
A) dancing
B) running
C) singing
running

20. Students clean their own classrooms and washrooms in school.
Cleaning your own classroom is a part of _________ school education. Not
only do they clean the classrooms, but also serve lunch and even clean the
washrooms so that the students become responsible citizens.
Japanese
A) Japanese
B) South
Korean
C) Chinese

21. Students are banned from _______ at school.
This rule wins the ‘strangest school rule’ trophy! In order to
stop anyone’s feelings from being hurt, schools in the UK
banned ____________.
winning
A) winning
B) drawing
C) finishing
last
winning

22. In _______, naps are considered important to the development of
Children, so all children are allowed to take a 30-minute nap on their desks
after lunch. This nap rule is supported by scientific studies that claim that
by allowing them to rest, kids can learn better.
China
A) China
B) Germany
C) Finland

23. sandwich
follow
taxi
dictionary
speak Spanish
hands

24. You have to You must
You mustn’t

30. has to
have to
Does have to
has to
have to
doesn’t have to
have to
Do have to

31. go

33. Bigger than your average
The OU is the largest academic institute in the UK, in terms of student
numbers. It has more than _ _ _,000 students and nearly 6,400 tutors.
Multitaskers
You need to be able to multi task to be an OU student! _ _% of students
work part or even full time whilst studying with the OU and many of them
have families to juggle as well, which always looks good with potential
employers.
Pick your point of graduation
You can graduate where ever you want with the OU regardless of where
you live or have studied. The OU has graduation ceremonies in _ _
locations
Only the Young
Contrary to popular opinion, it’s quite a young university. The average age
of an OU undergraduate is _ _ and a third are under 25 – in fact, only 9%
of OU students are over 50.
200
73
15
29

34. NEW OPPORTUNITIES WITH AN OPEN UNIVERSITY DEGREE
Like any other university, the Open University can (0) ..............................
a degree... However, you don't have to (26).........................working to
study. It can also open up a whole variety (27) ……………...............interests.
If you have (28) ………..... studied before, you will enjoy the special, new
pleasure of (29) …………….. your knowledge. You will make friends of
(30).......................kinds.
You may also (31)....................... that your qualification provides new
career opportunities.
You don't actually (32)................. to the Open University for lectures,
but study at home, using television, radio and computer software. You
can (33) .............. class a month if you wish at an Open University centre.
Of course, there are exams to take, as in (34)................. university.
If you (35)................. like to know more, all you have to do is complete
the form below. It could be the start of a wonderful new period in your
life.

35. 0. A. give B. take C. sell D. buy
26. A. stop B. end C. break D. leave
27. A. from B. of C. in D. for
28. A. ever B. never C. often D. always
29. A. growing B. changing C. adding D. increasing
30. A. all B. each C. both D. every
31. A. suggest B. find C. wish D. want
32. A. join B. enter C. arrive D. go
33. A. give B. attend C. learn D. study
34. A. any B. some C. many D. most
35. A. did B. will C. would D. can

36. Like any other university, the Open University can (0) .........................
you a degree. However, you don't have to (26).........................working
to study. It can also open up a whole variety (27) …………... interests.
If you have (28) ………..... studied before, you will enjoy the special,
new pleasure of (29) ..........…………….. your knowledge. You will make
friends of (30).......................kinds.
0. A. give B. take C. sell D. buy
26. A. stop B. end C. break D. leave
27. A. from B. of C. in D. for
28. A. ever B. never C. often D. always
29. A. growing B. changing C. adding D. increasing
30. A. all B. each C. both D. every
give
stop
of
ever
increasing
all

37. You may also (31) ................. that your qualification provides new career
opportunities.
You don't actually (32) ................. to the Open University for lectures, but
study at home, using television, radio and computer software. You can
(33) .................... one class a month if you wish at an Open University centre.
Of course, there are exams to take, as in (34)................. university.
If you (35)................. like to know more, all you have to do is complete the
form below. It could be the start of a wonderful new period in your life.
31. A. suggest B. find C. wish D. want
32. A. join B. enter C. arrive D. go
33. A. give B. attend C. learn D. study
34. A. any B. some C. many D. most
35. A. did B. will C. would D. can
find
go
attend
any
would
go

38. •What would you like to study at the
Open University? Why?
•Discuss the course you’d choose with
your partner.
•What reasons did you both give for your
choices?
go

41. 1. You have to / must turn off your phone.
2. Children don't have to pay.
3. You have to / must wear a jacket.
4. You mustn't touch the door.
5. You have to / must be over 18 to see this film.
6. You mustn't take photos here.

42. 7. You don't have to pay anything now.
8. You mustn't play football here at night.
9. You mustn't put your feet on the seats.
10. You don't have to come to class on Mondays.
11. You have to / must drive in one direction.
12. You have to / must wear sports shoes here.

45. • You are going to act out some scenes on
different topics.
• Student (A) will need to ask for some
information.
• Student (B) will have the information to
give.

46. Scene one “You are at a local college”
• Student (A) You want to study something new and want
more information about a course of your choice.
• “I’m interested in studying ______ can you help?”
• Student (B) You work at the college
• Find out what course they want to study then answer
their questions. (Invent the answers if you wish)
• You can talk about classes, times of classes, things they
will learn, how they will learn.
• Ask questions, give information and get the customer to
register for a course.

47. Scene two “You are talking to an IT helper
• Student (A) You are studying online and want some
advice to study better. Ask some questions.
• “Can you help me study online better?”
• Student (B) Think of some things you have learnt
online and give the student some advice and answer
their questions.
• You can talk about applications, websites, YouTube
videos and ways to study.
• Ask questions, give information and try give the
student some advice.

48. Class two

49. • Lead in – classroom rules pictures – (5 mins)
• Speaking practice – classroom rules (10 mins)
• Listening practice – school rules – hardest? (5 mins)
• Listening practice – school rules – true / false (5 mins)
• Speaking practice – discussing the rules (10 mins)
• Writing practice – a formal email – new vocabulary (5 mins)
• Writing practice – a formal email – which questions (5 mins)
• Writing practice – a formal email – expressions (5 mins)
• Writing practice – a formal email – planning (5 mins)
• Fun facts about learning English – quiz (10 mins) 65
• Vocabulary building – prepositions – (10 mins)
• Pronunciation focus – prepositions / speaking (10 mins)
• Speaking practice discussing the questions (10 mins)
• Three things – obligation speaking board game (15 mins)
• Vocabulary from the class quiz (5 mins)

51. •What rules did you have to follow at
your school?
•Now you’re an adult do you agree with
the rules? Why? Why not?
•If you were a teacher, what new rules
would you have? Why?
•Should students help to create
classroom rules? Why?

52. The easiest test was ordering the beer and sandwich.
The most difficult was getting a taxi.

54. 1. F (The waiter understood Max first time.)
2. T (seis noventa = 6.90)
3. F (It was the second street on the right.)
4. F (The driver didn’t understand the name.)
5. T
6. F (He got seven.)
7. F (You can’t learn a language (Spanish) in a month, but you can
learn enough to do some simple everyday things.)

55. 1. (Can / Could I have) a coffee and a cheese sandwich, please?
How much is that?
2. Excuse me, where's the nearest chemist's?
3. Could you take me to…, please?
4. Hi, it's Anna. Could you please call me back? My number is…

57. Shakespeare added over ______ words to the English language.
Everyone in the world has heard of the great William Shakespeare, the
famous English poet and playwright of the 16th century. But did you know
that the English language itself wouldn’t be the same without him?
1,700
A) 750
B) 1,250
C) 1,700

58. A new English word is added to the dictionary every ____ hours.
Editors from the Oxford English Dictionary have estimated that about
4,000 new words are added to the dictionary every year. That means a
new word about every ____ hours!
2
A) 2
B) 3
C) 4
2

59. You can fit every letter of the alphabet into a single sentence.
A__________ is a sentence that contains every letter from the alphabet.
A very famous English example is: “The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy
dog.”
pangram
A) pangram
B) palindrome
C) ambigram

60. The average English speaker knows between ______ and _____ words.
While this statistic from Twinword still seems daunting, it should be a
comfort to learners that you’re not going to have to memorize all of the
million English words out there. You’ll still be understood!
20,000 30,000
A) 5,000 to
10,000
B) 10,000 to
20,000
C) 20,000 to
30,000

61. A) 223
B) 347
C) 464
?

62. A) orange
B) blue
C) purple
?
?

71. Dear / Hi [first name]
I’m writing
I’d like
but
Looking forward to hearing from
you.
Best wishes / All the best /
Love

76. at
at
for
of
in

77. of
for
to
with
from

78. Languages
1. Do you think you're good at learning languages?
2. Is there anything about learning English that you're bad at?
3. Do you think listening to pop music is good for your English?
4. Are you afraid of going to places where you don't speak the language?
5. What English-speaking countries are you most interested in?
Tourism
6. Which towns or cities in your country are full of tourists in the summer?
7. What tourist attractions is your country famous for?
8. Are people in your country usually nice to tourists?
9. Do you get angry with tourists who don't try to speak your language?
10. Are people in the capital city very different from people in the rest of the
country?
go

80. • Answer the questions
with your partner.
• Remember to add
details to extend your
turn.
• If your partner gives
a short turn, ask
them for more
information.

83. 1. You have to / must turn off your phone.
2. Children don't have to pay.
3. You have to / must wear a jacket.
4. You mustn't touch the door.
5. You have to / must be over 18 to see this film.
6. You mustn't take photos here.

84. 7. You don't have to pay anything now.
8. You mustn't play football here at night.
9. You mustn't put your feet on the seats.
10. You don't have to come to class on Mondays.
11. You have to / must drive in one direction.
12. You have to / must wear sports shoes here.

86. Homework

89. • Look at the two photos you have.
• You need to compare and contrast them.
• You also need to answer the question.
• Describe the photos a little to begin with.
• When you finish your partner will answer a question
about your photos.
• Then you change roles.

90. How are
these
methods of
studying
different?
Follow up question
Which picture is your preferred way and why?

91. How are these
people learning?
Follow up
question
Which way
would
students learn
more?

93. 1. Do you think you’re good at learning languages?
2. Is there anything about learning English that you're
bad at?
3. Do you think listening to pop music is good for your
English?
7. What tourist attractions is your country famous for?