Have + Noun + Participle (Have Something Done)

You are going to practise the construction Have + Noun + Participle (Have Something Done)





Discuss
What's the difference?

1. She cuts her hair.
2. She has her hair cut.

Answer.
In the 2nd sentence someone does the job for her




Speak
Look at the pictures and make sentences using the construction Have + Noun + Participle

Have something done from David Mainwood

Practise
Drag and drop the words to make a sentence. There are 10 sentences.





Write
How many things do you have done by others?
Make a list.




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Why do we celebrate Valentine's Day?

You are going to

• read information in a video about Valentine's Day
• do a true or false quiz based on the clip
• read an infographic about Valentine's Day

1) Discuss

• What do you know about Valentine's Day?
• Why do we celebrate it?
• Do you celebrate it in your country?
• What do people do on Valentine's Day?
• How and when did Valentine's Day start?

2) Watch
Watch the clip below.
What are the most popular gifts on Valentine's Day?

Now do the true or false quiz below

Printable worksheet here




3) Read
Look at the infographic.

• What additional information is there about the history of Valentine's Day?
• What is your favourite quote about love?
• What is your favourite funny verse?
• How do you say "I love you" in your language?

source http://www.cooldailyinfographics.com/post/the-best-valentines-card-verses





4) Discuss
Do you think Valentine's Day is popular because people want to be romantic or is it mainly a business and commercial interest?







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Why are jeans so popular?

You are going to

• discuss fashion and jeans
• watch a video clip and do some listening activities on the history of denim (Int)
• do a reading activity about the history of denim (Int) 
• do a listening activity about the popularity of jeans (U.Int)
• write about the influence of fashion on people

1) Discuss

• Are you wearing jeans now?
• How often do you wear jeans? 
• What are jeans made of?
• Do you like jeans? Why? / Why not?
• Why do you wear jeans?
• If you are in class now, how many people are wearing jeans?
• Why do you think they are so popular? 
• What do you know about the history of jeans?

2) Watch
What do you know about the history of jeans?
Look at the sentences in the exercise below.
A) Watch the video below and decide if they are true or false.

B) Watch again and do the gap-fill exercise

3) Read
Read the text below and put the sentences in the correct spaces

4) Listen
Listen to the clip below
You are going to listen to Anthropologist Daniel Miller talking about the popularity of  jeans on the BBC World service programme The Forum.
Why does he think jeans are so popular?

listen to ‘Why are jeans so popular?’ on Audioboo

From The Forum http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00np2s1#p00p8k7m

Now read the summary below and fill in the gaps.

Vocabulary - to plug = to promote / market / advertise

5) Write
Fashion trends are difficult to follow these days and it's widely believed that they primarily exist just to sell clothes. Some people believe that we shouldn't follow them and that we should dress in that we like and feel comfortable in.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?
(IELTS)




Printable worksheets here




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Read
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17101768

The history of jeans
http://www.jeans-and-accessories.com/history-of-blue-jeans.html

Keep Calm and Carry On

You are going to

• practise the passive
• watch a clip about a famous poster
• do a listening comprehension practising the passive
• do a word-ordering sentence

1) Discuss

• Have you seen this poster before?
• What do you know about the "Keep Calm and Carry On" poster?
• When and why was it designed?
• Who was it designed for?

2) Watch
Watch the video to find the answers.

Vocabulary. Before you watch check you know the meaning of these words -  commission   consider    design    distribute    hold in reserve    intend    issue    parody    reproduce    require    trivialize

Film, music, script, and narration by Temujin Doran.
Concept and production by Nation.
The original home of ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’ – Barter Books







3) Watch again
Watch the clip again, listen carefully and answer the questions below.
All of the answers practise the passive (see guide below).

If you have any problems doing the exercise, you can read and listen to the full script here


Printable worksheet here

Create your own motivational poster here http://www.keepcalm-o-matic.co.uk/

4) Word order. Practise the passive
Drag and drop to order the words and make correct sentences in the passive.
Click "Next" for a new sentence. There are 15 sentences in total.
If you can't remember how to make the passive look at the guides below.

The Passive
Pronoun / Noun	+  Be	+  Participle
I You He She It We They Water Food Computers DVDs Books Posters…	am are is was were will / shall be can be could be may be might be must be should be ought to be has / have to be has /  have been will / can’t / could / may / might / must / should / ought to have been had been	bought commissioned considered designed distributed found held intended issued made produced reproduced required sold

Questions in the Passive. Change the order.
·       Present ·       Past	Be Is / Are Was / Were	+ Noun / Pronoun the books water	+ participle sold? distributed?
·       Future ·       Modals in the present	Will / Modal Will Can Could Must Should Can Might	+ Noun / Pronoun it food they	+ be + participle be sold? be distributed?
·       Present perfect ·       Past perfect	Has / Have Has / Have Had	+ Noun / Pronoun the DVDs Water	+ Been + Participle been sold? been distributed?
·       Future perfect ·       Modals in the past	Modal / Will Will Might Could Must Should	+ Noun / Pronoun the DVDs Water	+ Have been + Participle have been sold? have been distributed?

Shaun of the Dead - Passive for News

You are going to

• watch a clip of the film "Shaun of the Dead"
• listen to the passive used in a news broadcast
• do some comprehension activities

Shaun of the Dead (2004) directed and co-written by Edgar Wright, co-written and starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaun_of_the_Dead
The DVD is available on amazon here

1) Discuss

Do you like comedy films?
Do you like horror films?

Watch the Trailer. What kind of film is Shaun of the Dead?

2) Introduction

Shaun of the Dead
Shaun is a salesman whose life has no direction. He has a Mum, a stepfather (Phillip), and he shares his house with a housemate, Pete. Ed, Shaun's best friend, lives on their sofa. Shaun's girlfriend, Liz, has broken up with him so Shaun goes for a drink with Ed at the Winchester pub...







3) Before you watch
Vocabulary - Check you know the meanings of these words and expressions

• to confront
• to be mugged
• crackheads
• sketchy
• to flee
• standstill
• assailants
• be "a bit under the weather"
• to grab
• wait for something to "blow over"

4) Watch the film

The film cannot be embedded here from YouTube

• so click here to watch it on YouTube. Watch 00:21.00 - 00:37.40
• or watch this clip here for exercises A,B and C
• Ex D can be seen here

If you have the DVD watch from 00:21.00 - 00:37.40
Then do exercises A, B, C and D



A) True or False? 
Watch 00:20:55 - 00:26:45 and do the true of false exercise below

B) The News.
Look at the exercise and watch 00:26:45 - 00: 34:35 and fill in the gaps with the correct passive

 

C) Mum's phone call
Watch 00: 34:35 - 00:35:27 and listen to the phone call. Match Shaun's questions with his mum's answers

D) The Plan
What's the final plan?
Watch 00:35:27 - 00:37:13 and fill in the space with a verb

Printable worksheet here

More

Shaun of the Dead fan site http://www.shaunofthedead.com/

Passives
http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-28628.php

http://a4esl.org/q/f/x/xz89mgu.htm

What are the worst branding gaffes?

You are going to 

• discuss gaffes, advertising and translating
• listen to a radio interview and do a true / false quiz
• practise the passive
• give advice about how to avoid making gaffes when speaking another language or visiting another country

Discuss

• What's a gaffe?

gaffe  /gaf/  Noun: An accidental act or remark causing embarrassment to its maker; a blunder: "an unforgivable social gaffe".

Synonyms: faux pas - blunder - mistake

• Have you ever made any gaffes? Describe one
• Do you ever make any gaffes when you are speaking in a foreign laguage?
• Do you know of any translations from your language into English which may cause a gaffe?
• Do you know of any translations from English into your language which may cause a gaffe?
• Why should we be very careful when we translate into another language?
• What are "false friends"
• What's an advertising or branding gaffe?
• Can you give any examples of advertising or branding gaffes?

Listen

Listen to a radio interview from BBC Radio 4 Today.  The interview is about branding gaffes.

The carmaker BMW launched a Mini Cooper marketing campaign in Germany to try to take advantage of the cold weather.  Unfortunately the Mini Cooper's name was attached to a cold weather front which killed many across Europe. BMW is embarrassed and a spokesman said that "it took on catastrophic proportions and left so many victims... we do regret it very much."

In this interview Allyson Stewart-Allen, a marketing expert who runs International Marketing Partners, explains how to avoid a branding mistake.

Listen to the interview
What other examples of branding gaffes do they give?




Listen again and do the exercise below

Grammar - Passive

What's the difference between these sentences?

• They translated the text into Chinese
• The text was translated into Chinese

Which one uses the passive?
When do we use the passive?

Not sure how to use the passive? Look here  http://efllecturer.blogspot.com/2011/04/passive-present-simple.html
or here http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/passive.htm

Try this exercise to practise the passive using phrases from the interview.

Printable version here

More practice

Passive
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/active_passive/sentences_gaps.htm
http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/blgrquiz_passive1.htm

Other activities
Things that happen on the internet every 60 seconds
http://efllecturer.blogspot.com/2011/08/60-seconds-things-that-happen-on.html
Making Potato chips
http://efllecturer.blogspot.com/2011/05/making-potato-chips-ielts-describing.html


Reading
More funny gaffes
http://k3hamilton.com/cb/cbgaffes.html

http://www.learnenglish.de/mistakes/HorrorMistakes.htm

Writing / Discussion

What advice would you give to an English speaking person who was learning your language or coming to visit your country?
How could he / she avoid making any gaffes?