CPE unit 3

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

CPE unit 3
Strange behaviour

Objectives

• You're able to identify and discuss strange behaviour and behave well ;)
• You understand and are able to use the conditional structures
• You can identify the correct use of modifiers.

Speaking activity from page 28 ex 1

Have you've ever seen really weird behaviour in people or animals? 

Conditionals

Can you think of an example?

Do you remember its form?

If you ......... more seriously, you would have passed your exams.

1. would have studied
2. would study
3. studied
4. had studied

If water you heat water at 100 degrees, it ......

1. will boil
2. boils

If it (rain)......, we ........ (cancel) the party.

1. rains, cancel
2. rains, will cancel
3. will rain, will cancel

If I ..... (be) Van Lienden, I .... (be) open about my profits when I first realised I'd get rich, but he decided otherwise.

1. were, would have been
2. would be, would have been
3. would be, had been
4. had been, would have been open

If my little brother ..... (be) rich, he ..... (buy) each and every lego brick set he could possibly find.

1. would be, would buy
2. were, 'd buy
3. had been, would have bought

Adverbs of degree (modifiers)

• express ‘how much’ or to what extent we do something.
• can modify an adjective, another adverb or a verb. Have a look at the following example
• either intensify the meaning (I am extremely hungry) or make it weaker (I’m fairly certain I locked the door). 
• Common adverbs of degree include: very, slightly, quite, rather, totally, fairly, absolutely and extremely.

Rather

Question: Is there a difference in meaning of ‘rather’?

•  Rather good and rather bad
• Rather desperate and rather hopeful
  
• Rather inspiring and rather boring
  

Yes, there is!

more than expected                                          moderately

Rather good and rather bad

Rather desperate and rather hopeful

moderately                                             more than expected  

Gradable adjectives

There are many adverbs that intensify, or make the meaning stronger. The choice of adverb depends on whether the adjective (which the adverb is intensifying) is gradable or ungradable.

For example, ‘hot’ is a gradable adjective, but ‘boiling’ is ungradable. 

Intensifier + gradable adjective      Intensifier + ungradable adjective

Very cold                                                Absolutely freezing

Extremely tired                                    Completely exhausted

Really happy                                         Absolutely ecstatic

Very hungry                                          Totally starving

Exercises and key on http://www.autoenglish.org/generalgrammar/gr.degree.pdf

https://www.learninsta.com/adverbs-of-degree-exercises-for-class-4/

Quite meaning ‘fairly’ or ‘completely”?

Quite disastrous

Quite beautiful

Quite intelligent

Quite angry

Quite terrifying

Quite sad

Quite superb

Finish unit 3 CPE grammar and vocab exercises for next Thursday