🎯 Lesson 14 — Time Management + Pronunciation + Grammar

Level: B1–B2

🎯 Lesson Objectives

By the end of the lesson the student will be able to:

✅ talk about time management

✅ discuss productivity

✅ pronounce common difficult English sounds correctly

✅ use should / shouldn't for advice

✅ use comparative and superlative adjectives

✅ discuss priorities and work-life balance

🟨 1 — WARM-UP

Discussion

Are you good at managing your time?
What usually wastes your time?
Do you make daily schedules?
Do you often work overtime?
Which part of the day are you the most productive?

🟩2 — VOCABULARY

Quick Questions

Which word means...

extra working hours?
paying attention?
stopping your work?
planning your day?
doing many things at once?

🟦 3 — PHONETICS

Today's Sounds

① /θ/

think

thank

three

Thursday

healthy

❌ NOT

sink

tink

free

Practice

think – thing – thought

thank – thirty – thousand

② /ð/

this

that

those

they

weather

mother

brother

Minimal Pairs

think — this

thank — that

three — these

thin — then

③ /ɪ/ vs /iː/

sit — seat

live — leave

ship — sheep

fill — feel

bit — beat

④ /æ/ vs /e/

man — men

bad — bed

cat — ket (nonsense word)

plan — pen

🟩 CLOSED SYLLABLE

Rule

A vowel is followed by one or more consonants.

➡️ The vowel usually has its short sound.

Examples

Word	Sound	IPA
cat	a → /æ/	/kæt/
bed	e → /e/	/bed/
sit	i → /ɪ/	/sɪt/
dog	o → /ɒ/	/dɒɡ/
cup	u → /ʌ/	/kʌp/

More examples

map

stop

fish

clock

jump

dress

milk

black

Student Task

Read aloud.

cat

bag

pen

sit

ship

rock

cup

truck

🟨 OPEN SYLLABLE

Rule

The vowel is the last letter in the syllable.

➡️ The vowel usually says its alphabet name (long vowel).

Examples

Word	Sound	IPA
he	/iː/	/hiː/
go	/əʊ/	/ɡəʊ/
no	/əʊ/	/nəʊ/
she	/iː/	/ʃiː/
we	/wiː/	/wiː/

Practice

she

🟩 SILENT "E" (MAGIC E)

Rule

A final e is not pronounced.

It makes the previous vowel long.

Compare

Closed	Open (Magic e)
cap	cape
kit	kite
hop	hope
cut	cute
mad	made

Read

cap → cape

hat → hate

bit → bite

not → note

cub → cube

rid → ride

🟨 VOWEL TEAMS

Two vowels together usually make one sound.

Examples

Letters	Example
ee	see
ea	read
oa	boat
ai	train
ay	day
oo	moon
ou	house

Read

green

teacher

boat

rain

play

moon

house

🟦 R-CONTROLLED VOWELS

When a vowel comes before r, the pronunciation changes.

Examples

car

bird

girl

work

horse

shirt

nurse

🟩 5 — VOCABULARY PRACTICE

🟦 6 — READING

A Busy Working Day

Michael works in an office.

Every morning he checks his calendar and his schedule before starting work.

His phone sends several reminders during the day.

Today there was a long delay because of a meeting.

He worked overtime, so he skipped his afternoon break.

Michael believes that good productivity depends on strong focus.

Unfortunately, many interruptions, emails and phone calls make his work more difficult.

He also avoids multitasking because he thinks it reduces the quality of his work.

🟪 7 — READING QUESTIONS

1 Why was Michael late?

2 What does he check every morning?

3 Why did he skip his break?

4 What reduces productivity?

5 Does Michael like multitasking?

🟥 8 — GRAMMAR

SHOULD / SHOULDN'T

🟨 9 — COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES

🟩 10 — SUPERLATIVES

Adjective	Superlative
busy	busiest
good	best
important	most important
productive	most productive
efficient	most efficient

Complete

1 Monday is the __________ day.

2 Health is the __________ thing.

3 This is the __________ task.

4 Morning is my __________ time to work.

5 This app is the __________ one.

🟦11 — COMPARATIVE OR SUPERLATIVE?

Choose.

1 This task is

a better

b best

2 Monday is

a busier

b the busiest

3 This project is

a more difficult

b the most difficult

4 Today is

a more productive

b the most productive

5 My new calendar is

a better

b the best

🟪12 — SPEAKING

Discussion

1 Are you good at managing time?

2 Should people multitask?

3 What should students do to become more productive?

4 Is your Monday busier than Friday?

5 What is the most important task in your job?

6 What interrupts your work most often?

7 Which app helps you organize your day?

🟨 13 — FIND THE MISTAKES

Correct the sentences.

1 You should to take a break.

2 Monday is busiest than Friday.

3 This is more important task.

4 You shouldn't working all night.

5 I am more busy today.

6 He have many interruptions.

7 Productivity are important.

8 This is the goodest schedule.

🟩 14 — FINAL TEST

Part A

Choose the correct word.

1 A plan for your day

a reminder

b schedule

c interruption

2 Extra work

a break

b overtime

c delay

3 Something that helps you remember

a reminder

b calendar

c multitasking

4 Doing many things together

a productivity

b multitasking

c focus

5 Stopping your work

a interruption

b overtime

c productivity

Part B

Grammar

Choose the correct answer.

1 You ________ take breaks.

a should

b shouldn't

2 This task is ________ than yesterday's.

a easier

b easiest

3 Monday is the ________ day.

a busier

b busiest

4 This app is ________ than the old one.

a better

b best

5 This is the ________ solution.

a more efficient

b most efficient

Part C

Pronunciation

Circle the word with /θ/

this

three

they

weather

Circle the word with /ð/

think

thank

those

thirty

Circle the long /iː/

ship

sit

seat

bit