Unit 4. Back to school!!

- Your Education: Speaking
We considered the following questions:
. What kind of secondary school did/do you go to? Did/do you like it?
. How many pupils were there in each class?
. How much homework did/do you have?
. Was your discipline strict?

- Vocabulary: (p. 52)
Do you know the difference between...
a boarding school - a public school - a private school - a state school
pass an exam - fail an exam
pupil - student
teacher - professor
term - timetable

- Pronunciation: (p. 52)
Why do we say a university and an umbrella?

- Reading: "So school these days is easy? Think again"
Damian Whitworth went back to school at 35!
Useful vocabulary: do up, in return, spreadsheets, give it in, slightly dazed

- Grammar: First conditional & future time clauses (p. 136)
1st conditional (still possible): If (or unless) + present simple, will/won't + infinitive

Future time clauses: remember that we don't use 'will' after as soon as / when / until / before / after
As soon as I get home, I'll call you.
After I finish university, I'll probably take a year off and travel.

- Listening: Charlotte and Viktor have just take important exams. Will they pass? When will they get their results? What will they do if they pass? (p. 54)

Practical English - Unit 3

- Practical English: Renting a flat (p. 48)
Useful expressions: How do I get to…?; Where do I get off?; How long does it take to get there?; I’ll give you a lift.

- Revise & check: What do you remember? (pp. 50-51)

- Mock writing: narrative & letter.

Homework - 3C

- Worksheet on modals of ability and possibility & on -ed/-ing adjectives
- Remember to revise for the Writing mock! (21st & 22nd January)

3C. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again

- -ed/ing adjectives (p. 46)
. My boss is boring. = person (thing) that casues de feeling
. My boss is bored. = person that has the feeling

Consider the questions (class discussion):
What's the most embarrassing thing that's ever happened to you?
Which do you find more tiring, travelling by car or by public transport?
Are you frightened of any insect?
What music do you listen to if you feel depressed?

- Listening: a psychologist talking about succeding at learning something new (p. 46)
Useful vocabulary: take up (start something new), give up (stop, abandon), carry on (continue).

- Reading: Natalie and Bethany have never given up! (p. 47)

- Song: You can get it if you really want.

- - How words work... (p. 45)
so - as emphasizer: It's so frustrating!
so - to connect a cause and a result: The classes were free, so I joined.

3C. If at first you don't succeed...

- How does the saying finish? Does it work for you? (p. 44)


- Reading: "I'm a failure! I've never been able to..." (p.44)
Remember... be able to is "to have an ability, opportunity, time,..."


- Grammar: modal verbs of ability and possibility - can, could, be able to (p. 134)
Can you play a musical instrument?
Would you like to be able to dance salsa?
Could you swim when you were four years old?



Check out the following activity and practice further on the uses of can/could/be able to :