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Weird museums

Introduction

In this lesson students practise word building in preparation for part 3 of the Use of English test in the FCE exam. Through a series of activities students will become more aware of word ‘families’, enabling them to do the Use of English (part 3) more successfully.

Topic: Weird museums - word building for FCE Use of English part 3

Level: B2

Aims:

To remind students how to form new words from a ‘stem’ word.
To familiarise students with part 3 of the Use of English test of the FCE exam.
To extend students’ vocabulary by practising forming new words from stem words.

Materials

Lesson plan
Worksheets (1A, 1B, 2A+2B) Note to teachers: cut worksheet 2A+2B in half in order to give the first half to students in group A and the second half to students in group B.

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