One of those days — ready-made English lesson, B1

Lesson goal: Students can tell the story of a busy or difficult day using everyday phrasal verbs and put object pronouns in the right place.

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Lesson plan

1
Warm-up
Questions to get the student talking and lead into the topic.
- What's the first thing you do when you get home?
- What do you usually put off until the last minute?
- Have you ever looked after someone's pet or child?
- What was the last thing you lost, and where did you find it?
2
New words
Meet the words and practise them in games.
Find the matchFill the gap
look for · look after · give up · turn on · turn off · find out · get on with · put off · set off · run out of · pick up · take off · go on · come back · fill in
All words in the set
3
Exercises
The lesson's words in context. Only you see the answers.
1. Fill the gap
  We've ___ out of coffee, so I'll buy some on the way home.
  Answer: run
2. Fill the gap
  Could you ___ after my plants while I'm on holiday?
  Answer: look
3. Fill the gap
  Our flight was delayed, and the plane didn't take ___ until ten o'clock.
  Answer: off
4. Fill the gap
  The TV is still on. Can you turn ___ off, please?
  Answer: it
5. Multiple choice
  Which sentence is correct?
  Please fill in it before you leave.Please fill it in before you leave.Please fill before you leave it in.
6. Multiple choice
  My grandad ___ smoking when he was fifty, and he feels much better now.
  gave upturned offput offset off
7. Multiple choice
  I'd like to ___ more about the course before I sign up.
  find outlook aftercome backpick up
8. True / false
  Read: "On Saturday I set off for the market at eight, but I came back after ten minutes because I'd forgotten my wallet. Then I looked for my keys for half an hour — they were in my coat pocket! By the time I finally got to the market, they had run out of strawberries." The writer found the keys in the car.
  Answer: False
9. True / false
  Read the text again. There were no strawberries left when the writer arrived at the market.
  Answer: True
10. Discussion question
  Describe a day when nothing went right. Use at least four phrasal verbs from the lesson.
  Sample answer: I set off for work late because I couldn't find my phone. I looked for it everywhere and finally found out that my son had taken it. At work the printer ran out of paper, so I put off my report until the next day. When I came back home, I just turned off my phone and went to bed.
4
Speaking
The student answers using the new words.
- Do you get on well with your neighbours? Why or why not?
- Is there a habit you'd like to give up? What makes it difficult?
- When you go on a trip, do you prefer to set off early or late?
- What do you do when you run out of energy in the middle of the day?
- Who picked you up from school when you were a child?
5
Review
A quiz on the lesson's words. With a student, it's homework on their link.
Quiz

Lesson plan

Warm-up

Questions to get the student talking and lead into the topic.

What's the first thing you do when you get home?
What do you usually put off until the last minute?
Have you ever looked after someone's pet or child?
What was the last thing you lost, and where did you find it?

New words

Meet the words and practise them in games.

Find the matchFill the gap

look for · look after · give up · turn on · turn off · find out · get on with · put off · set off · run out of · pick up · take off · go on · come back · fill in

All words in the set

Exercises

The lesson's words in context. Only you see the answers.

Fill the gap
We've ___ out of coffee, so I'll buy some on the way home.
Answer: run
Fill the gap
Could you ___ after my plants while I'm on holiday?
Answer: look
Fill the gap
Our flight was delayed, and the plane didn't take ___ until ten o'clock.
Answer: off
Fill the gap
The TV is still on. Can you turn ___ off, please?
Answer: it
Multiple choice
Which sentence is correct?
Please fill in it before you leave.Please fill it in before you leave.Please fill before you leave it in.
Multiple choice
My grandad ___ smoking when he was fifty, and he feels much better now.
gave upturned offput offset off
Multiple choice
I'd like to ___ more about the course before I sign up.
find outlook aftercome backpick up
True / false
Read: "On Saturday I set off for the market at eight, but I came back after ten minutes because I'd forgotten my wallet. Then I looked for my keys for half an hour — they were in my coat pocket! By the time I finally got to the market, they had run out of strawberries." The writer found the keys in the car.
Answer: False
True / false
Read the text again. There were no strawberries left when the writer arrived at the market.
Answer: True
Discussion question
Describe a day when nothing went right. Use at least four phrasal verbs from the lesson.
Sample answer: I set off for work late because I couldn't find my phone. I looked for it everywhere and finally found out that my son had taken it. At work the printer ran out of paper, so I put off my report until the next day. When I came back home, I just turned off my phone and went to bed.

Speaking

The student answers using the new words.

Do you get on well with your neighbours? Why or why not?
Is there a habit you'd like to give up? What makes it difficult?
When you go on a trip, do you prefer to set off early or late?
What do you do when you run out of energy in the middle of the day?
Who picked you up from school when you were a child?

Review

A quiz on the lesson's words. With a student, it's homework on their link.

Quiz