CAE Week 3.5

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LANGUAGE SKILLS

WEEK 4

Language Skills Week 3.5

Today's Lesson

• Energizer
• Use of English Part 3 & 4 

Energizer!

Watch the film clip and
decide whether what you 

hear is the truth or a lie.

Was it the truth or a lie?

1. Truth
2. Lie

Your Turn!

Think of your own plausable lie or far-fetched truth.

In a breakout room, take it in turns to discover the truth.
You have three minutes to question your opponents.  

Reading and Use of English

Part Four: Key word transformation

Boris should have contacted us the moment he arrived

TOUCH

Boris was supposed ..... as soon as he arrived

1. getting in touch with us
2. to get in touch with us
3. to have got in touch with us
4. to have made contact with us

B

• A was grammatically incorrect
• C exceeds the six-word limit
• D doesn't use the word given

Key Word Transformation

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between three and six words, including the word given.

Could you remind me to phone Charlie on Friday?
GRATEFUL
I'd ..... me to phone Charlie on Friday.

The correct answer

Could you remind me to phone Charlie on Friday?

GRATEFUL

I'd be grateful if you could/would remind me to phone Charlie on Friday.

Mario managed to complete the project without any help ALL
Mario succeeded ....... himself

The correct answer

Mario managed to complete the project without any help

 ALL

Mario succeeded in completing the project all by himself

You won't get into the national team unless you try much harder
MAKE
You'll have .... if you're going to get into the national team

The correct answer

You won't get into the national team unless you try much harder

MAKE

You'll have to make much more / a much greater / a lot more effort if you're going to get into the national team

Fatima still hasn't decided if she'll study in New Zealand next year
MIND
Fatima hasn't .... to study in New Zealand next year

The correct answer

Fatima still hasn't decided if she'll study in New Zealand next year

 MIND

Fatima hasn't (yet) made up her mind whether to study in New Zealand next year

Part Three: Word Formation

NATION

APPEAR

Example: ACT

• An international report has shown that human ... (ACT) are destroying three animal or plant species every hour. This equals 150 species a day, and between 18,000 and 55,000 species a year.
• ACTIVITIES

Scientists and .... (ENVIRONMENT) have identified various threats to .... (CREATE) and plants as diverse as right whales, Iberian lynxes, wild potatoes and peanuts.

environmentalists, creatures

The main .... (FIND) of the report is that we must slow down the worst spate of extinctions since
the .... (APPEAR) of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago.

Answers: finding, disappearance 

Global warming is adding to existing threats such as land .... (CLEAR) for farms or cities, pollution,
and rising human populations.

clearance(s)

To deal with these challenges, we need to move rapidly and with more ...... (DETERMINE) at all
levels - global, .... (NATION) and local.

determination, national

Many experts believe that the world will fail to
meet the target, set by political leaders some years
ago, of a major (REDUCE) in the rate of loss by next year.

reduction

What did you think of today's lesson?

Next Week

Writing