Life in space

What's in the lesson

1. 1Warm-up
2. 2In this lesson
3. 3Guess the words (1)Vocabulary exercise
4. 4Guess the words (2)Vocabulary exercise
5. 5Check the wordsVocabulary
6. 6Check your understandingReading comprehension
7. 7Listen: Ana's message from spaceListening comprehension
8. 8Use the new wordsVocabulary exercise
9. 9Every day or now?Grammar exercise
10. 10Find the present continuousGrammar exercise
11. 11Every day or now?Grammar rule
12. 12Choose the right formGrammar exercise
13. 13Say it right: -ingSpeaking practice
14. 14Interview an astronautSpeaking practice
15. 15Let's discussDiscussion
16. 16Wrap-up

Homework

1. 1Homework: closest meaningVocabulary exercise
2. 2Homework: your sentencesVocabulary exercise
3. 3Homework: a message homeGrammar exercise
4. 4Homework: a normal day and todayDiscussion

Words

• crew/kruː/

  the people who work together on a ship, a plane or a space station

• gravity/ˈɡrævəti/

  the force that pulls things down to the ground

• float/floʊt/

  to move slowly in the air or stay on top of water, without falling

• sunrise/ˈsʌnraɪz/

  the time in the morning when the sun comes up

• packet/ˈpækɪt/

  a small bag or box for food or other things

• recycle/ˌriːˈsaɪkl/

  to clean or change something so people can use it again (recycled)

• muscle/ˈmʌsl/

  a part of the body that helps you move

• experiment/ɪkˈsperɪmənt/

  a scientific test that helps you learn something new

• fix/fɪks/

  to make something work again

• train/treɪn/

  to learn and practice the skills for a job or a sport (training)

Two slides from the lesson

Warm-up

Let's talk about space.

1. Do you like movies or books about space?
2. What do you think astronauts eat?
3. Would you like to see the Earth from space?

Grammar rule

Every day or now?

	Present simple	Present continuous
Use	habits, routines, facts	now, today, this week
Example	Astronauts exercise every day.	Right now, two astronauts are fixing a machine.
Negative	They don't sleep in beds.	She isn't working today.
Question	Do they eat bread?	What are you doing?
Time words	every day, usually, always, on weekends	now, right now, at the moment, today, this week

Some verbs are not about actions: like, love, want, need, know, understand. We usually use them in the present simple, even for now: I want a coffee. (not I am wanting)