CSP4 Unit 7: Broadening horizons

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Unit 7

In this unit you will focus on your future: personal capacities, education and professional career. The grammar topics of this unit are articles and countable and uncountable nouns. Furthermore you will practise the Cambridge Reading and Use of English exam Part 1, speaking part 2.

Logic tasks

Getting started: Look at task 1 and 2. Can you solve them?

Then, talk for 3 minutes with your neighbour about 

questions 1-4.

A or An - The Indefinite Articles: The difference of a and an

You can use a and an for all genders in the singular. If you have to use a or an, depends on the sound the word begins with.

If the first sound is a consonant you have to use a.

a banana

a sandwich

a toffee

If the first sound is a vowel you have to use an.

an orange

an apple

an ice cream

NOTE:

an hour - because the first letter is silent and the word starts with an au-sound.

a uniform, a university - because the first letter starts with a ju-sound.

a or an?

1. ... policeman

2. ... orphan

3. ... RAF-pilot

4. ... CD

5. ... one-minute wait

6. ... Oxford-student

7. ... unique opportunity

Correct the mistake (if necessary):
If you join the army in the UK, you can study a corresponding degree for free.

Correct the mistake (if necessary):
Harry is planning to join an expedition to climb the Mount Kilimanjaro the next year.

Correct the mistake (if necessary):
I would like to do a research into the mosquito-borne diseases.

Correct the mistake (if necessary):
There was a thought-provoking documentary about FBI on TV the last night.

Correct the mistake (if necessary):
Research has shown that the female students tend to do better than the male students at academic subjects.

Correct the mistake (if necessary):
The deadline for handing in your dissertation is the Friday after next.

Difference in meaning

• a     Mauricio went to school in London.
• b     Mauricio went to a school in London. 
• a     The workers will benefit from this new law.
• b     Workers will benefit from this new law.
• a     His father is in prison right now.
• b     His father is at the prison right now.
• a     There is a little evidence that learning disorders are hereditary.
• b     There is little evidence that learning disorders are hereditary.  

Discuss the difference in meaning between a and b.

Difference in meaning

• a     In future, all test results will be emailed to candidates.
• b     In the future, all test result will be emailed to candidates.

Discuss the difference in meaning between a and b.

Homework

Ex. reading and use of English part 1 ex2 + vocabulary 1-3 on page 93

Ex 1, 2 on page 212

Ex 1-5 on page 94

Now, ...

More

grammar

Countable versus uncountable 

Much and many

Many spectators witnessed the match.

The little puppy evoked much laughter.

Less and fewer

Now, there are fewer people that think Brexit was a good idea.

They have less hope that the economy will start to flourish.

Now,...

Study the grammar on page 213 and do ex. 1 and 2

Then, ...

Ex grammar 1-5 on page 98 and 213 ex 1 and 2

Ex Push yourself 1 and 2 on page 99

Exam focus

Look at the photos on page 101.

With your neighbour:

Decide who is student A and student B, then do the speaking exercise. (2 minutes and 30 seconds respectively) 

engexam.info

Now turn to page 100

Reading and Use of English part 1.

Do the exercise on page 100 and do at least 2 more of these texts on the following page:

engexam.info

Real world: pages 102 and 103

Education in the UK and US

First page 81: ex 1 and 3

Then,

Do ex. 1 to 8 on pages 102 and 103

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