esl-lounge.com Premium Level: Pre-Intermediate The Inspector Calls A Speaking In pairs, ask each other these question: Where were you at 7pm last night? What did you before going to bed last night? How may friends did you meet yesterday? What time did you arrive home last night? What did you wear yesterday evening? Was it difficult to remember some of the information? Now imagine a policeman asked you the same questions! B Vocabulary Here are some words connected with the police and their investigations Match the words with a definition on the right Word Definition Arrest 12 people who decide if you are guilty or innocent Fingerprint You did something wrong! Alibi Something to hurt someone: gun, knife, bat Bail Person who the police think is guilty Interrogate Money you pay to be released before your trial Suspect Ask someone a lot of questions Weapon You didn’t anything wrong! Innocent Story you tell the police to prove where you were Guilty When the police are looking for someone Manhunt The event where a jury decides if you are guilty or not Trial When the police take you to the police station Jury Sign from your finger which is different for every person Page © 2005 esl-lounge.com esl-lounge.com Premium C Level: Pre-Intermediate Listening You are going to listen to a conversation between a senior policeman, an inspector, and a woman, Mrs Wilson Something terrible has happened in Mrs Wilson’s home! Part One Listen to the inspector and Mrs Wilson talking and answer the following questions by writing either true or false after each sentence Mrs Wilson arrived home at about six o'clock _ Mrs Wilson thought the house was empty _ Mrs Wilson doesn’t like her sister-in-law _ Mrs Wilson’s husband’s name is Trevor _ Mrs Wilson didn’t go into the bathroom _ Mrs Wilson tried to wake her husband _ Mrs Wilson waited a long time for the police to arrive _ Part Two Now you will hear the conversation again Use the map below the mark the path that Mrs Wilson takes through the house: Ground Floor First Floor Page © 2005 esl-lounge.com esl-lounge.com Premium D Level: Pre-Intermediate Speaking Now you are going to speak to your partner again about what he/she/you did yesterday afternoon and yesterday evening One of you is the “suspect” and the other one is the police officer Read your roles below: Suspect The police officer will ask you a lot of questions about what you did yesterday afternoon and evening Try and remember as many details as possible Don’t tell lies! The police officer will discover them and arrest you! Police Officer You need to find out as much information as possible about what the other student did yesterday afternoon and evening Ask about: Food Friends Places Clothes Weather Exact times Remember to use different question words: Why How When Who What time How long Which ? After Was it difficult to remember all the details? Were there any questions you weren’t able to answer? Page © 2005 esl-lounge.com esl-lounge.com Premium Level: Pre-Intermediate Teacher Notes Target Language: Past Simple, Police vocabulary, Listening Duration: 50 minutes Listening File Required: 2L5 A B C D Structure and Timing (all times approximate) Speaking Vocabulary Listening Speaking (10 (10 (15 (15 minutes) minutes) minutes) minutes) Total: 50 minutes Procedure A Warm Up This first part of the lesson is to get students into the idea of speaking about police investigations and, in particular, giving an alibi It is something we return to in the last part of the exam and goes together well with the subject of the listening later on Put students into pairs and let them work their way through the provided questions Stronger students who finish first can be encouraged to think of some other similar questions Ensure all students are using the past simple in their answers, a major part of today’s lesson B Vocabulary A few of these words might be a little tough and is one reason this is at preintermediate level and not elementary Put students into pairs or small groups to work through this exercise Further examples can be given at the end of the exercise if some of the words are continuing to create difficulty Word Arrest Fingerprint Alibi Bail Interrogate Suspect Weapon Innocent Guilty Manhunt Trial Jury Definition When the police take you to the police station Sign from your finger which is different for every person Story you tell the police to prove where you were Money you pay to be released before your trial Ask someone a lot of questions Person who the police think is guilty Something to hurt someone: gun, knife, bat You didn’t anything wrong! You did something wrong! When the police are looking for someone The event where a jury decides if you are guilty or not 12 people who decide if you are guilty or innocent As always, make sure students are doing their best to keep good vocabulary records at all times Just having this worksheet is NOT sufficient A good vocabulary entry should include at least its pronunciation (through phonetics), definition and an example Page © 2005 esl-lounge.com esl-lounge.com Premium Level: Pre-Intermediate C Listening For this listening, you will need the mp3 file 2L5 found in the Listening Bank of the Premium site The PDF of the transcript can also be found there The difficulty level of the listening shouldn’t be too hard for your students as it is primarily a series of past simple sentences talking about a sequence of past events Answer Keys Part One Mrs Wilson arrived home at about six o'clock FALSE Mrs Wilson thought the house was empty FALSE Mrs Wilson doesn’t like her sister-in-law TRUE Mrs Wilson’s husband’s name is Trevor TRUE Mrs Wilson didn’t go into the bathroom FALSE Mrs Wilson tried to wake her husband FALSE Mrs Wilson waited a long time for the police to arrive FALSE Part Two Just follow the green lines and the numbers Students will mark Mrs Wilson’s path in many different ways Just ensure they haven’t misunderstood anything important The phone, for example, is not marked on the map so it has not been included in the path D Speaking Page © 2005 esl-lounge.com esl-lounge.com Premium Level: Pre-Intermediate This is a sort of mini-role play, which is a less controlled speaking activity than that with which we opened up the lesson Only a general guide is given to the “police” students concerning the questions they should ask Be quite strict about their use of past simple as this is the target structure for the lesson Extra As a possible extra writing activity, ask the students to write up the inspector’s report This will involve your students putting into prose what Mrs Wilson told the inspector Mrs Wilson said that she arrived home at about ten past six She entered the library first, where she thought her husband was She was surprised to see that he wasn’t in the library so she then went to look… As can be seen from this excerpt, students can write up the report using the past simple: there’s no need for them to have to use the past perfect which would be too difficult at this level Subscribe Today This is a free sample from esl-lounge Premium The site offers: High quality PDF lesson plans such as this one Integrated listening lessons using mp3 audio files Hundreds of full-color flashcards Hundreds of worksheets from the main esl-lounge.com site in PDF format Sign up today and get access for around $0.10 (€0.09 / £0.06) a day! http://www.esl-lounge.com/amember/signup.php esl-lounge Premium home page: http://www.esl-lounge.com/premium/ Page © 2005 esl-lounge.com