SectionB2a—2e

2a Listening and understanding Please look at these five sentences and read them The first time say can and the second time say can t Do you know which one is correct Let s listen to the tape There are five conversations numbered 1 to 5 In each conversation the person says he can or he can t come to the party Listen to each conversation carefully and circle the word that makes the sentences correct For example the word can t have a circle around it in sentence1 So sentence1 is Jeff can t come to the party I will play the recording twice First time you just listen carefully and the second time please circle can or can t Ok let s check the answer 2b Listening You have heard the conversations twice and have got to know who can come to the party and who can t come to the party But why can t those three persons come Here are five reasons Which are correct ones Please listen to the tape again and write the number of the conversation 1 to 3 in front of the reasons Two of them are not in the recording These two have no answer Listen again and check your answers 2c Doing pairwork Now from 2b we come to know the reasons why people can t come to the party Think of other reasons to say no and write them in the box OK Please look at the sample conversation in your book and read it loudly Now work with your partner One of you is student A and one of you is student B Student A invite your partner to do something with you Student B say you can t do it and give a reason Then switch roles A Hey Dave can you go to the movies on Saturday B I m sorry I can t I have too much homework this weekend A That s too bad Maybe another time B Sure Joe Thanks for asking A Hi Mary can you go shopping with me tomorrow B Sorry Kate I m going to clean my room A Well let s go next week B OK Kate A Tom can you play soccer with me this afternoon B Oh