Unit 13: Lifestyle choices

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Unit 13: Livestyle choices

In this unit you will learn more about how to use pronouns and it/there clauses. The vocabulary is aimed at lifestyle, travelling and momentous life events. Furthermore, you will practise with CAE Reading and Use of English Part 1 and Listening Part 4.

Together with a neighbour: what are your top 3 most important life decisions?

Okay. Let's tackle unit 13

Together: page 172 ex 1 and 2

Listening: (vocab) ex. 1 and 2

Then, Use of English page 173 ex 2

Push yourself: page 179

Dummy

Subjects

it

&

there

IT & THERE

Have a look at page 224 and study the list of phrases with the dummy subjects it & there and  do the practice assignment.

Then,

go to page 175 and do exercises 2 - 5.

Today:

Focus on listening

pages 176

and 181

What do you want to do after graduating at the CCC next year?

I want go to university/ HBO and follow the study of my choice

I want to take a gap year to work

I want to take a gap year to travel

I want to embarge on my professional career

Why travel?

Speaking exercise

In pairs:  On the following two slides you see two gap-year-travel destinations.

Slide 1: Speaker 1: you speak for two full minutes about the two pictures you see. Describe them and explain which one you would prefer to go to in your gap year and why. Furthermore, explain why the other destination is less appealing to you.

Speaker 2: you listen to the speech of speaker 1 and take notes (in order to 

give feedback at the end of the speech) on:

1. the vocabulary used

2. the fluency of the speech

3. the general achievement

Slide 2: swap places

+ whose

They asked her whose it was.

Pronouns

One of ....

Whatever

- ever

what, how, which, when, where and who.

Referred to something that is either unimportant or unknown.

Now, ...

Look at page 225 and study the grammar. Besides possessive pronouns and possessive adjective + Gerund, there is also information about one/ones, one of and the suffix -ever.

Do exercises 1 and 2 on page 225, then turn to pages 178-179 and do exercises 1-4.

Today

Check your week task.

When ready have a look at the new unit of the exam vocab and rehearse the former units.

Don't forget:

For the next test you will get a CAE Reading and Use of English part 8 text.

So, keep practising on: https://engxam.com/handbook/practice-test-reading-part-8-multiple-matching-c1-advanced-cae/ 

Finally,

Go and look for the translation practice of Grammar Handout 1 and start practising translations