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• • Who are these people? What are they doing? Why? 1 3 2 4 © British Council 2014

Task 1 • What does Sunita want Arjun to do? • Who phones Sunita? Why? • Why is Sunita worried? • Why is Arjun wearing silly glasses? © British Council 2014

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• • • noticed worried optician angry silly • surprised • pick up • whiteboard • positive © British Council 2014

Task 2 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. In the classroom the teacher writes on the ………… If you have a problem with your eyes you can go to an ………… The teacher ………… that Deepak had a problem with his eyes. She saw it. It’s late at night and your daughter hasn’t come home. You feel ……………… Arjun ordered some glasses. One week later he went to the optician to ……………. the glasses. You ask your child three times to go to bed, but he doesn’t go. You feel ……………… Usually my husband never buys me a present, but today he bought me some flowers. I was ……………… Arjun’s glasses look ……………. . Other people will laugh at them. Arjun wants Deepak to feel ……………. about wearing glasses. He wants him to feel good. © British Council 2014

Task 2 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. In the classroom the teacher writes on the whiteboard. If you have a problem with your eyes you can go to an optician. The teacher noticed that Deepak had a problem with his eyes. She saw it. It’s late at night and your daughter hasn’t come home. You feel worried. Arjun ordered some glasses. One week later he went to the optician to pick up the glasses. You ask your child three times to go to bed, but he doesn’t go. You feel angry. Usually my husband never buys me a present, but today he bought me some flowers. I was surprised. Arjun’s glasses look silly. Other people will laugh at them. Arjun wants Deepak to feel positive about wearing glasses. He wants him to feel good. © British Council 2014

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Task 3: Watch the film again. What are the missing words? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Sunita asks Arjun to pick up ………………… She also asks him to buy some ……………. The teacher noticed that Deepak can’t ………………. She thinks Deepak needs …………………. . Some children don’t want to wear glasses. They are worried that …………. . Deepak needs to feel positive about ………………. Arjun noticed that Deepak often sits …………………. Last week he took Deepak to the …………… Today he went to the optician and ……………. When Arjun wears his glasses Deepak wants ……………… © British Council 2014

Task 3: Watch the film again. What are the missing words? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Sunita asks Arjun to pick up ………………… She also asks him to buy some ……………. The teacher noticed that Deepak can’t ………………. She thinks Deepak needs …………………. . Some children don’t want to wear glasses. They are worried that …………. . Deepak needs to feel positive about ………………. Arjun noticed that Deepak often sits …………………. Last week he took Deepak to the …………… Today he went to the optician and ……………. When Arjun wears his glasses Deepak wants ………………… © British Council 2014

Task 3: Watch the film again 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Sunita asks Arjun to pick up Deepak from school. She also asks him to buy some coffee. The teacher noticed that Deepak can’t see the whiteboard. She thinks Deepak needs glasses. Some children don’t want to wear glasses. They are worried that other children will laugh. 6. Deepak needs to feel positive about wearing glasses. 7. Arjun noticed that Deepak often sits close to the TV. 8. Last week he took Deepak to the optician. 9. Today he went to the optician and picked up the glasses. 10. When Arjun wears his glasses Deepak wants to wear his glasses too. © British Council 2014

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Task 4: Making suggestions Here are some sentences from the film. What are the missing words? Who says each sentence? Who is he/she speaking to? 1. …………. …… go and get him? 2. We don’t have any coffee. Maybe. . . . ……………. . pick some up. 3. ………. . tell him there’s nothing wrong with wearing glasses. 4. …………. go to the toilet now please? © British Council 2014

Task 4: Making suggestions Here are some sentences from the film. What are the missing words? Who says each sentence? Who is he/she speaking to? 1. Could you go and get him? Sunita to Arjun 2. We don’t have any coffee. Maybe you could pick some up. Sunita to Arjun Teacher to Sunita 3. You could tell him there’s nothing wrong with wearing glasses. 4. Can you go to the toilet now please? Arjun to Deepak © British Council 2014

Requests Suggestions Could you go and get him? • Maybe you can pick some up. Can you go to the toilet now • You could tell him there’s nothing wrong please? with wearing glasses. © British Council 2014

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Task 5 Now look at these sentences. Which ones are requests and which are suggestions? Write them again in the correct column. 1. Could you put your toys away 2. Maybe you could go and see an please, Deepak? optician. 3. Please could you help Deepak 4. Perhaps you can sit down and talk with his homework? to Deepak. 5. We could talk to Deepak’s teacher. 6. Can you switch off your computer please? Requests Suggestions © Bitish Council 2014

Requests Suggestions Could you put your toys away please, Deepak? We could talk to Deepak’s teacher. Please could you help Deepak with his homework? Can you switch off your computer please? Maybe you could go and see an optician. Perhaps you can sit down and talk to Deepak. © Bitish Council 2014

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Practise making suggestions 1. ……… …… ………… to Deepak’s teacher. 1. ……. . …… ………. ……. …… an optician. 2. …… …… ………. …… …. . and talk to Deepak. © British Council 2014

My son doesn’t want to go to school in the mornings. He says he has a stomach ache but I know he isn’t sick. What do you suggest? © British Council 2014

Problem 1. My son doesn’t want to go to school in the mornings. He says he has a stomach ache but I know he isn’t sick. 2. My sister often borrows money from me and she never gives it back. 3. 4. My daughter is having problems with her reading. I practise with her every day, but she is getting stressed and she can’t read very easy words. I find English spelling very difficult. I can never remember how to spell words. 5. My teenage daughter seems to be very unhappy, but she doesn’t talk about it. If I ask her what is wrong she gets angry. Suggestion a. Perhaps you could try to learn one new word every day. You could get a special book, and write the words in it. At the end of every week maybe you could test yourself on all the words you learnt that week. b. I think maybe you should stop practising with her. She will not learn when she is stressed. Perhaps you could find a book she really likes and read it to her. When she starts to enjoy books again, then she will learn to read. c. Maybe you could talk to his teacher. You could ask her if he is happy at school, or if she has noticed a problem with him. d. Yes, girls can be very difficult at that age. Maybe you could take her on a trip to a place she will really like. Then if she relaxes and enjoys herself you could take her for a coffee or a nice meal and say how good it is to see her smiling. e. Perhaps you could sit down and have a chat with her. You could ask her what she wants the money for and why she doesn’t have enough money. Maybe you could say you will not lend her any more money if she ©borrowed British Council doesn’t pay back the money she before. 2

Problem Suggestion 1. My son doesn’t want to go to school Maybe you could talk to his teacher. You could ask her if he in the mornings. He says he has a is happy at school, or if she has noticed a problem with stomach ache but I know he isn’t sick. him. 2. My sister often borrows money from Perhaps you could sit down and have a chat with her. You me and she never gives it back. could ask her what she wants the money for and why she doesn’t have enough money. Maybe you could say you will not lend her any more money if she doesn’t pay back the money she borrowed before. 3. My daughter is having problems with I think maybe you should stop practising with her. She will her reading. I practise with her every not learn when she is stressed. Perhaps you could find day, but she is getting stressed and a book she really likes and read it to her. When she can’t read very easy words. starts to enjoy books again, then she will learn to read. 4. I find English spelling very difficult. I Perhaps you could try to learn one new word every day. can never remember how to spell You could get a special book, and write the words in it. words. At the end of every week maybe you could test yourself on all the words you learnt that week. 5. My teenage daughter seems to be Yes, girls can be very difficult at that age. Maybe you could very unhappy, but she doesn’t talk take her on a trip to a place she will really like. Then if about it. If I ask her what is wrong she relaxes and enjoys herself you could take her for a she gets angry. coffee or a nice meal and say how good it is to see her smiling. © British Council 2014

1. I want to go to college but I can’t find any childcare for my daughter. 2. I don’t like my son’s friends. They are very rude and they drink alcohol on the street. I think they sometimes steal from shops. I am worried about my son. 3. My daughter is putting on too much weight. I try to cook healthy food but she always buys crisps and chocolate to eat between meals. © British Council 2014

1. Which problem are the suggestions about? 2. Do you agree with the suggestions? 3. Which is the best suggestion? 4. Are the suggestion sentences good? © British Council 2014

Look at the words. What happened in the film? Tell the story to your partner. 1. pick up 2. coffee 3. whiteboard 4. glasses 5. worried 6. positive 7. TV 8. optician 9. picked up 10. silly © British Council 2014