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Unit 1
Lifestyle• Vocabulary 1: Clothes• Reading: Handle with Care• Language Focus: Habitual behaviour,
Used to and Would• Vocabulary 2: Get
LIFESTYLES
Clothes
jumper
tracksuit
dungarees
Describing clothes
Tight-fitting
shabby
baggy
Verbs• Fit= be of the right shape and size• Suit= Go well with or enhance the
features, figure, or character of (someone)
• Match = go with= to correspond
The jumper doesn´t fit him. He doesn´t look good in it. It doesn´t suit him.
Reading Part 2: Handle with Care (Gapped Text)
• Check that the whole sentence fits in with the meaning of the text before and after the gap.
• Connections between the language in the text and the missing sentences are in bold.
• Connections between pronouns and other words are in italics.
• Gap number 1: What pronouns can be used in the missing sentence to refer to “our girls”?
• Which sentence (A-H) contains one of these pronouns and mentions “talking” and “getting a job”?
• Read the whole paragraph again to check that it fits.
Language focus: habitual behaviours• General tendencies: tend, usually• Frequency adverbs: Meaning and position in the sentence.• Used to and would: past habits
• Frequency adverbs• Frequently= often• Seldom= rarely• Usually = normally = generally• Occasionally = sometimes
Frequency Adverbs100 % always He always gives flowers to Mary.
85% usually I usually take two buses per day.
75% frequently She frequently goes to the park.
60% often We often play together.
50% Sometimes They sometimes play soccer until the night.
40% occasionally I occasionally travel by boat.
30% rarely We rarely eat downtown.
20% seldom He seldom wears suits.
10% hardly ever We hardly ever play videogames.
0% never I never go out without money.
Meanings of GET
Get away= escapeGet rid of =take action to be free of
Get ready
Get into troubleGet the chance Get over = recover
Get by = manage
Get off the bus=
leave
Get on the bus
Get in the car
Get on/along with= have a good relationship
Get out of the car
Lifestyle• Listening: Multiple matching• Language Focus 2: Be used to, get used
to, used to• Speaking• Writing: Informal letters
Listening
Answers
• Predictions• A: witness, priest, best man (church, registry office)• B: guest, host (home, disco)• C: candidate, interviewer, panel (office or other place of
work)• D: spectator, competitor, star, opponent (stadium, sports
centre)• E: star, audience, director, producer (cinema)• F: candidate, invigilator (examination hall• Task: 1A 2F 3D 4C 5B
Speaking
Key to Activities: Language Focus 1
• Section C: Used to and Would, page 5• Practice:• 1a 2a 3b 4c 5a 6b 7b 8c 9c• Vocabulary GET, page 6• A: 1C 2D 3A 4A 5B 6B 7A 8C• B: 1c 2e 3f 4d 5b 6a 7h 8g
Key to Activities: Language Focus 2
1. 1a 2b 3a2. Be used to + ing/ noun in the affirmative describes
the state in which one no longer finds situations new or strange . Get used to + ing/noun in the affirmative describes theprocess of reaching normality with a new or strange situation
3. The gerund
Key to Activities: Language Focus 2
• Practice (page 8, section b)• 1. get used to having 2. used to cook 3. is/has got
used to eating 4.used to write 5. get used to 6. be/have got used to driving 7. get used to driving
Key to Writing: Informal letters
• 2. Purpose of each paragraph• Par2: describe how he spends a typical day• Par 3: give news and invite you to visit• Par 4: finish and ask for a reply• 3. Matching: 1e 2a 3(No)* 4c 5g 6(No)* 7(No)*• 8d 9b 10f * Too formal• 4. 1.while 2.as 3.and/as well 4.but 5.so 6.but
/while
Key to informal writing
• 5. Reasons for writing• 1. giving news 2. asking for help 3. inviting• 4. refusing an invitation 5.accepting an invitation 6. apologising