TeachersResourceBook - %20A22-Unit3 - Travel and transport - Unit 3 Step 1 Travel

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Teacher guidance for Unit 3, Step 1: Travel and transport, focused on teaching holidays and travel through core language functions, vocabulary, and grammar. Activities include a starter discussion using holiday memories, a competition-entry skimming and matching task, comprehension questions, and student-generated questions. Grammar practice moves from present progressive to past progressive, covering structure, meaning, and picture description with accuracy-focused on-the-spot correction. Additional lesson stages and optional materials are referenced for preparation.

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Unit 3 Step 1 Travel

Starter and optional stage activities

Competition entry comprehension

Grammar: Present progressive and Past progressive

Picture-based practice tasks

Step 1 | Travel | Travel and transport 3 Unit 3 Step 1 Travel Text topic Functions Vocabulary Grammar Additional material Optional stages Photo page 5 mins Starter: Your first holiday memory 5 mins A website competition page about happiest holiday moments Talking about holidays and travel; Describing past holidays; Describing a scene Holidays and travel; Adjective intensifiers You already know: Present progressive And now: Past progressive For optional and additional material for Unit 3, Step 1, see page 89. Refer to this section before your lesson as some of the materials require preparation. Optional stages of the lesson are written in grey in these notes. • Hold up your open book at page 47 and introduce the topic of the unit by looking at the pictures with the class. Ask the questions to individual students. • Refer students to In this unit, you will learn to: …. Give them a minute to read the learning aims. • With closed books, ask individual students the Starter questions. 1a Competition entry titles 10+ mins 1b Comprehension 5+ mins Language and culture 2 Grammar 10 mins • Ask the class to read through the competition entries quickly (skimming) and find out what kind of holiday each of the competitors had. (Samira – backpacking in Jordan; Karl – camping in Brazil; Pippa – a self-catering holiday in Switzerland; Bruce – a Caribbean cruise)! Skimming a text for specific information is a skill needed for some exam tasks. • Read out the instructions and the titles. Tell the students they only need four titles. • Students then read the competition entries in detail and match a title to each one. 5 Samira, 6 Karl, 2 Pippa, 3 Bruce Students read the text again to find the answers to the comprehension questions. 1 Because she felt totally alone in the universe. It was completely dark. The stars were shining and the wind was blowing. 2 Because the animals were very loud and were making alot of strange noises. 3 They were listening to music and drinking a good bottle of red wine. 4 Because dolphins were following the ship. • Students write one more comprehension question to ask the class. Students can read the text Holidays (p. 63) and do the related task at home – or you can use this as a ‘filler’ if you have time at the end of the lesson. For more information on this, look at page 89 of this TRB. You already know: Present progressive • Read out the sentences from the You already know Grammar box. Have students repeat them in chorus. • Board: at the moment – next week – two days ago Ask: Which phrase can we put on the end of the sentence? (at the moment) • Say: We use the present progressive to talk about something happening now. And now: Past progressive • Read out the sentences from the And now Grammar box. Have students repeat them in chorus. • Say: We can use the past progressive to describe a scene – something which was happening ata specific moment in the past. • Say: To form the past progressive we use ‘was’ / ’were’ + the ‘-ing form’ of the verb. • Ask students to look at the photos on page 27 for half a minute and then close their books. Network Now A2 .2 – Teacherʼs Resource Book 33 3 Travel and transport | Step 1 | Travel 2a On a cruise ship 5+ mins 2b Memory game 5 mins 3a Vocabulary: Types of holiday 5+ mins 3b The best holiday I’ve ever had 2/2–3 10 mins • Ask what the people in the photos were doing. (The young woman was reading a book in the library. The child was swimming and his mother was helping / teaching her. The older people were working with / using computers. The four people were talking about / looking at plans. • Board He was …ing – They were …ing NB: If you have time, and if you feel your students need more consolidation of these grammar points, there’s an explanation in German and some example sentences in the Language study (p. 50). • Read out the instructions. • Board: take a pho

FAQs

What is the main grammar focus in Unit 3 Step 1 Travel?

Students practice present progressive to talk about what is happening now, then use past progressive to describe a scene happening at a specific moment in the past.

How do students use the competition entries in the lesson?

They skim to identify what kind of holiday each competitor had, then read in detail to match titles and later answer comprehension questions using the text.

What does the lesson emphasize during picture description tasks?

Learners should use the present progressive when describing pictures, and the teacher should correct errors immediately to maintain accuracy.

Sep 28, 2026

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