SB Unit 7: Vocabulary/ Push yourself/ countable & uncountable + WB

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Thursday, May 23rd

Programme

- Dagopening

- Unit 7: Revisiting articles

- SB Unit 7: Vocabulary & grammar

- SB Unit 7: Grammar & Reading and Use of English part 4

- SE Speaking: Talking about your novel

Dagopening: Rozemarijn-olie

Read the text and correct 14 mistakes with the use of articles.

While universities were not founded in West until Middle Ages, they did in fact exist in some parts of Asia in ancient times. More specifically, if you were alive in Taxila - located in northwest of India - around year 700 BC, you may well have been present for creation of the world's first university. Students were taught the number of subjects that still form a part of the modern-day education, such as philosophy, music and science (university was particularly renowned for a latter), and they began their education at age of 16. By a modern standards, the teaching apparatus was basic, to say least, but it would have been the very cosmopolitan environment in which to study, as the people came from all over Asia, the Middle East and Greece to study there. 

Answer key

While universities were not founded in (1) the West until (2) the Middle Ages, they did in fact exist in some parts of Asia in ancient times. More specifically, if you were alive in Taxila - located in    (3) the northwest of India - around (4) the year 700 BC, you may well have been present for        (5) the creation of the world's first university. Students were taught (6) a number of subjects that still form a part of (7) - modern-day education, such as philosophy, music and science                    (( 8) the university was particularly renowned for (9) the latter), and they began their education at (10) the age of 16. By (11) - modern standards, the teaching apparatus was basic, to say (12) the least, but it would have been (13) a very cosmopolitan environment in which to study, as (14) - people came from all over Asia, the Middle East and Greece to study there. 

Get to work!

In pairs, work on the following exercises of Unit 7:

- SB p. 96 Vocabulary: ex. 3, 4 and 5 

- SB p. 98 Countable and uncountable nouns: ex. 1 - 4

(need help with this?  Go to SB p. 213)

- SB p. 99 Push Yourself C2: ex. 1 + 2

Let's do WB p. 32 Countable/ uncountable 

exercises 2 and 3 together

WB p. 34 Reading and Use of English part 4

Keyword transformation

Answer key

1. Overseas students who want to study in the UK have no option but to obtain a high-level English qualification.
2. Neil was reassured by people’s enthusiasm for engaging with important social issues.
3. Simon, wasn’t this job application supposed to have been sent off yesterday?
4. In no way was I unhappy with the quality of training I received on my course last week.
5. Ivanka has never taken any notice of people saying she couldn’t be successful.
6. Alice doesn’t work nearly as hard now as she did when she was at school.

Time left? Practise for the SE Speaking

with the help of the conversation cards

Tuesday

- Study wordlist unit 7: revise all

- Bring your SB and WB to class.