I recall the listening task they had in Jenny's class last week by asking a few questions about it. "Who was the conversation between?" "What were they talking about?" "Was the topic about charity?" "Does charity generally mean giving or taking?" I ask students whether they know what collocations are. I explain that collocations are a combination of verbs, nouns, adjectives etc. to form a new meaning. I give an example of : "do your homework" versus " make your homework". Then I emphasis the verb 'to give' and write it on the WB. A small discussion should follow on the kinds of collocations of the verb to give e.g "give up" = verb + adverb, "give support" = verb + noun, "Give or take" "Teacher gives instructions "

I give clear instructions that I want students to read a transcript of the text they had listened to last week and underline the collocations of the verb GIVE and its accompanying object. CCQ : recall the collocation "give up", How many words does it consist of? It consists of the verb "give" and the adverb "up". Underline both words. I demonstrate with the first example "giving Moira a hand", where the verb "giving" is associated with Moira and the word a hand. I explain what is meant by this collocation - i.e. helping a person out. Then I give them the transcript and I tell them they have 3 minutes to do this individually. ICQ: "Will you underline the verb can or give?" "How many minutes do you have?" When they are finished, I tell them to work in pairs and explain to they partners what they think the collocations they've underlined mean. They have 1 minute to do this.

I ask one student from each pair to tell me what they have underlined and what they think its meaning is and I write it on the WB. If they are not correct or clear of the meaning, I correct and explain each one providing the correct context.

Students are told to work on exercise Nr. 2 and choose the best words to complete the sentences. They can work in pairs. I give them 3 minutes to do this and then we go over all the collocations together. For each collocation, first I try elicit the meanings form the students and if I see that they didnt understand then I try to explain why one is used and not the other in the exercise sentences.

Students are told to work in pairs and discuss among each other whether the sentences in the previous exercise are true or false for them. They must explain why / why not.

Personalize the context and give students some free practice or I give students some more collocations to practice on. They are given an exercise consisting of four sentences with 'give' collocations. Students are instructed to work in pairs and match the sentences to their respective meanings. They are given 3 minutes for this, after which we all check the matching together.