Year 7
Lesson 24
What is there
today?
Keywords
Listening for gist and detailed meaning in
a conversation
Producing a similar conversation using
I'd like some/any, definite and indefinite
articles, with correct pronunciation of listtype sentences
Contents
Aims
Learning goals:
Skills: Listening
and speaking
New: chocolate, sweets
Revised: pasta, pizza, sandwich, chips,
salad, soup, apple, banana
Language Analysis
Listening for gist and detailed meaning.
When listening for gist or general comprehension students should be told what they should listen for the
first time they hear the audio track. Gist questions should not rely on detailed comprehension. Instead
they should focus on the main message of the conversation.
If there are several questions to listen for the first time the conversation is played, it is often worth
stopping the recording after the first one is answered to make sure everyone understands what they
have to do and that they haven’t missed the first answer.
There are several useful techniques recommended for detailed comprehension questions including :
True or False tasks; gap filling and sentence completion, correcting wrong information, putting events in
order, various matching tasks, short answers to questions, labeling pictures and making lists.
Detailed comprehension questions are often designed to naturally lead on to the discussion or language
analysis stages.
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Procedure
Lead-in
Audio 1:
pizza
Audio 2:
chips
Audio 3:
pasta
Audio 4:
salad
Audio 5:
soup
Audio 6:
sandwich
Ask students to find words in the wordsearch. Ask
students to listen and repeat the words a few
times.
Audio 7:
chocolate
Audio 8:
sweets
Audio 9:
apple
Audio 10:
banana
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Key:
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Main input
Audio:
William: I’m glad it’s lunchtime – I’m so hungry!
Kate: What is there today?
Dinner lady: Today there’s pizza, pasta, salad,
soup or sandwiches.
Kate: Hmm … I’d like pasta, please.
Dinner lady: Here you are. What would you like
to drink?
Kate: Just water, please.
William: Are there any chips?
Dinner lady: Yes, there are. What else would you
like?
Ask students to listen, watch and then choose
True or False.
William: I’d like pizza, chips and lemonade,
please.
Emma: Yuk! You’re so unhealthy! I’d like salad
please. And an apple.
Dinner lady: Here you are, Emma. What would
you like to drink?
Emma: I’d like orange juice, please.
Harry: Salad is boring! I’d like pizza please, with
banana, chocolate and sweets on top.
Dinner lady: If you want chocolate and sweets
on your pizza you can put them on the pizza
yourself. You can buy them over there.
Harry: OK!
Emma: Chocolate and sweets, on a pizza? That
sounds horrible!
Harry: What’s wrong with chocolate and sweets?
Emma: Nothing, I like chocolate and sweets. But
not on pizza!
William: I think it’s a great idea! I’d like some
chocolate and a banana, please.
Harry: And I’d like some chocolate, a banana,
and some sweets, please.
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William: Yum! That was delicious! Good idea,
Harry!
Harry: Yep, much better than your salad, Emma!
William: Uh oh...
Key:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
The children all have the same lunch. False
Kate orders salad and orange juice. False
Harry doesn’t like salad. True
Emma doesn’t like chocolate. False
William and Harry liked their food. True
William and Harry are feeling ill now. True
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Practice 1
Audio:
William: I’m glad it’s lunchtime – I’m so hungry!
Kate: Me too! What is there today?
Dinner lady: Today there’s pizza, pasta, salad,
soup or sandwiches.
Kate: Hmm… I’d like pasta, please.
Dinner lady: Here you are. What would you like
to drink?
Kate: Just water, please.
William: Are there any chips?
Dinner lady: Yes, there are. What else would you
like?
Ask students to put sentences in the correct order
and then listen to check the answers.
William: I’d like pizza, chips and lemonade,
please.
Emma: Yuk! You’re so unhealthy! I’d like salad
please. And an apple.
Dinner lady: Here you are, Emma. What would
you like to drink?
Emma: I’d like orange juice, please.
Key:
1. Kate: Hmm… I’d like pasta, please.
2. Dinner lady: Here you are. What would you
like to drink?
3. Kate: Just water, please.
4. William: Are there any chips?
5. Dinner lady: Yes, there are. What else would
you like?
6. William: I’d like pizza, chips and lemonade,
please.
7. Emma: Yuk! You’re so unhealthy! I’d like
salad please. And an apple.
8. Dinner lady: Here you are, Emma. What
would you like to drink?
9. Emma: I’d like orange juice, please.
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Practice 2
Audio:
William: I’m glad it’s lunchtime – I’m so hungry!
Kate: What is there today?
Dinner lady: Today there’s pizza, pasta, salad,
soup or sandwiches.
Kate: Hmm… I’d like pasta, please.
Dinner lady: Here you are. What would you like
to drink?
Kate: Just water, please.
William: Are there any chips?
Dinner lady: Yes, there are. What else would you
like?
Ask students to listen and complete the words:
William: I’d like pizza, chips and lemonade,
please.
Emma: Yuk! You’re so unhealthy! I’d like salad
please. And an apple.
Dinner lady: Here you are, Emma. What would
you like to drink?
Emma: I’d like orange juice, please.
Harry: Salad is boring! I’d like pizza please, with
banana, chocolate and sweets on top.
Dinner lady: If you want chocolate and sweets
on your pizza you can put them on the pizza
yourself. You can buy them over there.
Harry: OK!
Emma: Chocolate and sweets, on a pizza? That
sounds horrible!
Harry: What’s wrong with chocolate and sweets?
Emma: Nothing, I like chocolate and sweets. But
not on pizza!
William: I think it’s a great idea! I’d like some
chocolate and a banana, please.
Harry: And I’d like some chocolate, a banana,
and some sweets, please.
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William: Yum! That was delicious! Good idea,
Harry!
Harry: Yep, much better than your salad, Emma!
William: Uh oh...
Key:
Answers in bold:
William: I’m glad it’s lunchtime – I’m so hungry!
Kate: Me too! What is there today?
Dinner lady: Today there’s pizza, pasta, salad,
soup or sandwiches.
Kate: Hmm… I’d like pasta, please.
Dinner lady: Here you are. What would you like to
drink?
Kate: Just water, please.
William: Are there any chips?
Dinner lady: Yes, there are. What else would you
like?
William: I’d like pizza and chips, please. And
some lemonade.
Emma: Yuk! You’re so unhealthy! I’d like salad
please. And an apple.
Dinner lady: Here you are, Emma. What would
you like to drink?
Emma: I’d like orange juice, please.
Harry: Salad is boring! I’d like pizza please, with
banana, chocolate and sweets on top.
Dinner lady: There aren’t any bananas, chocolate
or sweets here Harry, so if you want them on your
pizza you’ll have to buy them when you pay and
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put them on the pizza yourself.
Harry: OK!
Emma: Chocolate and sweets, on a pizza? That
sounds horrible!
Harry: What’s wrong with chocolate and sweets?
Emma: Nothing, I like chocolate and sweets. But
not on pizza!
William: I think it’s a great idea! I’d like some
chocolate and a banana, please.
Harry: And I’d like some chocolate, a banana,
and some sweets, please.
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Practise 3
Audio:
Kate: What is there today?
Dinner lady: Today there’s pizza, pasta, salad,
soup or sandwiches.
Kate: Hmm… I’d like pasta, please.
Dinner lady: Here you are. What would you like
to drink?
Kate: Just water, please.
Key:
Kate: What is there today?
Ask students to listen and repeat.
Dinner lady: Today there’s pizza, pasta, salad,
soup or sandwiches.
Kate: Hmm… I’d like pasta, please.
Dinner lady: Here you are. What would you like
to drink?
Kate: Just water, please.
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Practice 4
Key:
Students’ own answers.
Ask students to work in pairs discussing what
they want to eat and drink. Instruct students to
use prompts at the bottom of the screen
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Practice 5
Audio 1:
Dinner lady: Today there’s pizza, pasta, salad,
soup or sandwiches.
Audio 2:
Harry: Salad is boring. I’d like pizza please, with
banana, chocolate and sweets on top.
Audio 3:
William: I’d like pizza, chips and lemonade,
please.
Audio 4:
Harry: And I’d like some chocolate, a banana,
and some sweets, please.
Key:
Dinner lady: Today there’s pizza, pasta, salad,
soup or sandwiches.
Instruct students to listen and repeat. Ask how
their voices change when they say a list?
What happens is that the intonation stays up until
you get near the end of the list, which is when it
goes down.
Harry: Salad is boring. I’d like pizza please, with
banana, chocolate and sweets on top.
William: I’d like pizza, chips and lemonade,
please.
Harry: And I’d like some chocolate, a banana,
and some sweets, please.
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English to take away
Key:
The dishes appear in random order:
1. pizza
2. pasta
3. bread
4. soup
5. salad
6. chips
7. chocolate
8. sweets
9. an apple
10. a banana
11. rice
12. ice cream
13. chicken
14. fish
15. burger
Tell students to imagine they are in their school’s
canteen. Ask students to look at the pictures and
order their lunch. Make sure that students order
all the items from the available menu.
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Handout
Complete the sentences with some or any.
1. There are ________________ chocolate biscuits in the cupboard.
2. There aren't ________________ banana trees in Sweden.
3. Would you like ________________ grapes?
4. We haven't got ________________ eggs.
5. Would you like ________________ biscuits?
6. I'd like ________________ orange juice, please.
7. Would you like ________________ milk?
8. Could I just have ________________ water?
9. We haven’t got ________________ bread, so I’m going out to buy ________________.
10. I went out to buy ________________ milk but they didn’t have ________________ in the shop.
11. She always takes ________________ sugar with her coffee.
12. Can I have ________________ chips, please?
13. My friend doesn’t like ________________ vegetables.
14. Does she eat ________________ fruit?
15. Are there ________________ snacks in the refrigerator?
16. Is there ________________ more tea?
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Key:
1. There are some chocolate biscuits in the cupboard.
2. There aren't any banana trees in Sweden.
3. Would you like some grapes?
4. We haven't got any eggs.
5. Would you like some biscuits?
6. I'd like some orange juice, please.
7. Would you like any milk?
8. Could I just have some water?
9. We haven’t got any bread, so I’m going out to buy some.
10. I went out to buy some milk but they didn’t have any in the shop.
11. She always takes some sugar with her coffee.
12. Can I have some chips, please?
13. My friend doesn’t like any vegetables.
14. Does she eat any fruit?
15. Are there any snacks in the refrigerator?
16. Is there any more tea?
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