Lesson 2

Listening

1. Listen to a teacher talking to her students about Robert Louis Stevenson and answer the questions.

a. What are the class going to study?

Poems by Robert Louis Stevenson.

b. Did Nesma read Treasure Island?

No, she watched the film instead.

c. What kind of books does Wafaa like to read?

Romantic stories and poems.

d. Why did Robert Louis Stevenson like to travel?

To get away from the cold Scottish weather.

e. What did everyone in the Stevenson family like doing?

They all loved sailing.

3. Choose the correct answer.

1. We must avoid / want mixing with bad friends.

2. Would you like joining / to join faculty of arts?

3. I really regret to buy / buying this old car; it has caused me a lot of trouble.

4. We decided / enjoyed to spend the weekend in my village.

5. Amir started making / make preparations for his brother’s wedding party.

4. Some verbs are followed by both forms. Discuss the differences between these pairs of sentences.

a. Dalia remembers buying comics every week when I was young.

Dalia always remembers to buy a comic for her niece when she visits her sister.

Sentence 1 Dalia doesn’t buy comics anymore, but she remembers the action she did in the past.

Sentence 2 Dalia buys comics when visiting her sister because she remembers the need for the action.

b. Ahmed stopped playing football when he went to university.

Ahmed stopped to play football on his way home.

Sentence 1 Ahmed doesn’t play football anymore. (He no longer plays football)

Sentence 2 Ahmed stopped in order to play football on his way home.

5. Look at the requests. Write I if the requests in the box are informal and F if the requests are formal.

Making requests
Can you help me learn these words? I
Could you do me a favour? I
Could you do something for me? I
Could you possibly help me learn these words. F
I wonder if you could help me learn these words. F
I don’t suppose you could help me learn these words. F
Do you think you could help me learn these words? F

Listening

6. Listen to Nesma and Wafaa discussing their project.

1. What does Wafaa ask Nesma to do? Wafaa asks Nesma to go to the library for her.

2. Is her request formal or informal? It’s informal.

3. What does Nesma want Wafaa to get for her? She wants a DVD of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.