OW 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 2 minutes with your neighbour about 

questions 1-4.

Now,

Page 92/93: Do the Reading and use of English part 1 ex. 1 and 2.

Then,

Page 92: Vocabulary: Answer question 3 of ex 1 

and do ex. 2 and 3

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

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

Do you have a New Year's resolution?
If so, what is it?

resolutions assignment

1. Look again at your personal New Year's resolution. 

2. Rephrase it in a S.M.A.R.T. way.

3.Swap your s.m.a.r.t.-ly written resolution with your neighbour's and check whether it ticks all the boxes of S.M.A.R.T.

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) 

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

Read the text: In what ways do you think UK and US education differs from Dutch education?

What do you know of Oxbridge education?

Is it comparable to other UK universities?

www.ox.ac.uk

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