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Unit 5 - Dramatic Events: Complete Advanced

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Unit 5 - Dramatic Events: Complete Advanced

This document provides content for an English language lesson about dramatic events. It includes sections on warmer questions, listening extracts about dramatic experiences, vocabulary related to idioms and parts of the body, grammar explanations and practice with gerunds and infinitives, speaking practice describing dangerous jobs, and homework assignments. The lesson focuses on developing skills in listening, vocabulary, grammar, and speaking.

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Unit 5 – Dramatic Events

Complete Advanced
Warmer
• What is the most exciting or
unusual thing you have done on
holiday?
• What’s an adventure holiday?
• What are some of the things
people do on adventure holidays?
Decisions, decisions …
• You receive an email telling you that you have won an
adventure activity competition. Which of these three activities
would you choose?
SB p.52
Quotes
• ‘Do one thing every day that scares
you.’
Eleanor Roosevelt
• ‘Distrust and caution are the
parents of security.’
Benjamin Franklin

• What do you understand by the


quotations above? What do they
mean to you?
• Do you agree with them?
Listening
Part 1
Activating
Vocabulary
1. You will hear three
people talking about
dramatic past
experiences. Before
you listen, match 1-10
with a-j to make
sentences which refer
to frightening
experiences.
Inferring
information from
questions

• Now answer the


questions from ex.3
page 53
Listen – Extract 1
Listen – Extract 2
Listen – Extract 3
Vocabulary – Idiomatic Language 1
Vocabulary – Idiomatic Language 2
Parts of the Body in
Idioms
1. Bill's arrogance really got my ____ up.
2. Can I pick your  ____  about how you got rid of
those weeds?
3. We need to find Sam before they do. Keep your
____ peeled.
4. I thought these meetings would help the kids ge
t some of their worries off their  ____.
5. They didn't go easy on him, but he took it on
the ____, and got through the interrogation.
6. I was going to try bungee jumping, but I got
cold  ____.
7. I’m really sticking my  ____  out
by investing my money in this idea.
8. She turned up her  ____  at the job because she
didn’t think it had enough status.
9. When adults spoke to her, she became  ____-
tied and shy.
Grammar
Verb Patterns

gerunds and infinitives


Grammar in context
Grammar – form
Discuss with your partner the reasons why the words underlined are in
the gerund or the infinitive.

1. The best way to prepare for an interview is by going to the


company’s website.

The noun ‘way’ is often followed by the infinitive. ‘Going’ is in the


gerund because it follows the preposition ‘by’; all prepositions take the
–ing form of a verb.
Grammar – form
Discuss with your partner the reasons why the words underlined are in
the gerund or the infinitive.
2. They can see you’ve done your homework.
3. You’re not to get all uptight and on edge.
4. Projecting self-confidence at an interview is vital for success.
5. I put on my best suit to give me that confidence.
6. I think I managed to hide it.
7. it's advisable to lean forward.
8. They recommend imagining the interviewer in the bath.
Grammar – common issues
Differences in meaning
Practice 1
Practice 2
Apply
Work with a partner. Talk to each other about something:
• you would miss being able to do if you lived abroad.
• you would refuse to do under any circumstances.
• you remember doing when you were a very small child.
• you are planning to do in the next few months.
• you regret doing.
• your parents didn’t let you do as a child.
• you always have difficulty doing.
• you often forget to do.
Exam Practice – RUoE P4
Complete the sentences in the pdf named RUoE Part 4 in google classroom
Extension
• WB p.24
Introducing the Task
• Part 7 consists of a text from which six paragraphs have been
removed and placed in a different order after the text. You have to
decide which gap in the text each paragraph has been removed from.
• This task tests your understanding of text structure and your ability to
predict how a text will develop.

• What do you think is the best way to approach this task? What should
a candidate do step-by-step?
Good practice workshop
• Follow the link in google classroom that will take you to the Good
Practice matching activity.

• Listen to your teacher before you do anything!


Now do the task
• For questions 1-6, choose which of the paragraphs A-G git into the
numbered gaps in the article. There is one extra paragraph which
does not fit any of the gaps.
Complete activity 2 from page 56 in your book

Homework
Complete the activity from the WB – available in google classroom

EXTRA – Exam practice


Part 2

Speaking
Lead-In
Here are some of the most
dangerous jobs on the
planet according to a google
search. With a partner,
discuss what makes them
dangerous. If you absolutely
had to, which of these jobs
would you be prepared to
do?
SB p.58
What does Lukas do wrong?
Self Feedback – for next activity (make a copy)
Did your partner:
• use at least 4 expressions for speculation?
• use them correctly?
• discuss how the two pictures are similar?
• mention any differences between the pictures?
• say what the dangers of the jobs may be?
• say why people choose to do jobs like these?
Practice
• Go online and find two photographs showing people doing dangerous
jobs. (try not to be obvious – but don’t go for unfamiliar jobs)
• Paste your pictures on the appropriate page of the JOBS document in
google classroom. – each page should have 4 jobs, 2 from each
person (resize if necessary)
• Take turns to complete the exam task from exercise 2 page 58 using
your pictures.
• As a follow-up question (the one the other candidate needs to answer
after you’ve described your pictures), answer this:
Would you consider doing any of these jobs if they paid well?
• Aim to use at least 4 expressions from exercise 4.
Additional Useful Vocabulary
Lead-In
• In small groups, suggest
an activity to do in or
around Cambridge. Make
sure to explain why you
think it’s a good thing to
do.
Additional activities
• Complete both task in WB Vocab and Writing pdf available in google
classroom

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