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THEME 8 ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

FUNCTIONS
F1 Describing problems
F2 Making complaints
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12 GRADE F3 Offering solutions
9 Give Me Your Best Guess!

This activity enables students to give advice and guess problems from the advice given. This is a very good activity for
speaking fluently and listening with full attention. Students focus on what is being said and demonstrate critical thinking.

Materials and Preparation

Make a copy of the worksheet on page 181. Cut out the problem cards neatly and put them face down on your desk.

Procedure

1 Have one student pick up a card on your desk. S/he reads the problem on the card and gives some advice on the
problem.
2 The other students listen and try to guess what the problem is. The student who states the problem first wins and
keeps the card. (You can also want your students to write the problem on a blank piece of paper. The one who writes
the problem first raises the paper and wins.)
E.g.
Dennis: You should have regular sleep hours, you shouldn’t eat or drink right before going to bed, and you had better
sleep with all the lights off.
Mila: Oh! I have insomnia. I can’t sleep easily. Right?
Dennis: Correct! Keep the card.
3 If no one manages to guess the problem after lots of advice has been given, the student who gives the advice keeps
the card. The student with the most cards at the end of the game is the winner.
4 To get the list of problems that you will use in the class, you can also give blank cards to your students and get them
to write a problem on each.

10 What Do You Suggest?

With this communicative activity, students will be able to talk about problems and offer solutions in group discussions. They will
also be able to improve their problem-solving skills as well as all four language skills.

Materials and Preparation

Make copies of the pictures on page 182 for each group. Write the useful expressions on the board.
E.g.
• In order to solve this problem, we must first/initially…
• Another way of looking at this problem is…
• The solution to this problem is…

Procedure

1 Divide the class into four groups. Give each group a picture. Ask them to find solutions to the problem in the picture
and note them down.
2 After students have finished their tasks, ask groups to share their solutions with the class.
3 Have students vote for the best possible solution(s) to the problem in each picture.

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