Unit 1 – Study guide

Week: Sept 14-18, 2020.

Due date: Friday 18, 2020.

Getting Started – Outstanding people

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Unit 1 Lesson A: She is an inspiring woman!

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Activity 1: Reading
Learning objective: Read and understand texts about inspiring people

A) Read the article ‘Apple’s design genious’ and answer: Who are Jony Ive and Steve Ganz Cooney?

B) Is Jony Ive inspiring? Why?

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Activity 2: Grammar review of tenses
Learning objective: Understand the differences between the present simple, present continuous, present
perfect and past perfect simple.

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Activity 3: Listening
Learning objective: Understand a conversation about an influential scientist.

a) Listen to two colleagues, Amelia and Chloe, talking about a female scientist, Jocelyn Bell-Burnell.
Mark with X the correct sentences.

b) B) Listen again. Are these sentences true or false?

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c) Discuss the following questions – LIVE SESSION

Activity 4: Vocabulary – Character adjectives

Learning objective: Use a set of character adjectives correctly.

A) Read the descriptions of people’s characters. Which is more personal and which is more formal?

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B) Match the bold character adjectives with the definitions.

C) Speaking – LIVE SESSION

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Unit 1 Lesson B: Are you finding it difficult?

Activity 1: Speaking and listening

Learning objective: Read and discuss about challenges.

A) Look at photos a–c and read The 30-day Challenge. Then discuss the questions

1. What are the people in the photos doing? Have you ever taken up similar activities? If so, how
successful were you?
2. Why do you think doing something for 30 days gives you a better chance of succeeding?

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Activity 2: Vocabulary – Trying and succeeding
Learning objective: Use a lexical set of verbs and phrases related to trying and succeeding.

A) Complete the sentences with the words and phrases in the box. Listen and check your answers.

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B) Match words and phrase

C) Tell the group about a time when you – INTERACTIVE

- Found something difficult but didn’t give up
- Made a real effort to succeed
- Had a go at something unusual
- Did something which worked out successfully
- Tried to do something which didn’t work out.

Activity 3: Grammar – Questions

Learning objective: Use a variety of questions forms to ask about challenges

Read about the different forms of questions. After reading, specify 3-5 things you were not clear about,
or that you learned from this.

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Practice – questions

A) Write questions about the underlined words and phrases.

B) Rewrite the sentences and questions using the prompts.

C) Imagine a friend of you is going to become vegetarian for 30 days. Write 3 questions you would
ask the person using different structures.

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Unit 1 Lesson C and D.

Activity 1: Speaking – discussion about modern technology

Learning objective: Talk about attitudes to modern technology

A) Discuss the questions

1. In your daily life, how much do you depend on technology?
2. What aspects of technology make your daily life easier?
3. When has technology created a problem for you?
4. When has technology helped you solve a problem of some kind?
5. How would you feel if you had to live without using technology for one day? Discuss what you
would enjoy and not enjoy.

B) Look at the survey results below and discuss the questions.

1. Do you think people you know would agree with these results?
2. Do you agree with the results? Is there anything else you would like to add to the list?
3. What else would you add to the list? Why?

A survey in the UK revealed the things that British people hate most about modern life. Here are
the top five:

1. Sales calls.
2. Selfies
3. Slow internet connection
4. Mobile phone battery life

Activity 2: Writing
Learning objective: Write an article about a technological device

1. Imagine you had to live for a week without a technological device you use in your daily life. Make
notes about what the experience might be like.

2. Write a short article about your experience.

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Activity 3: Speaking
Learning objective: Explain a process you’re familiar with

A) Choose a process you are familiar with or something you know how to do. It could be:

o Something connected with a sport or a hobby

o How to use a machine or an electronic device
o How to make or cook something

B) You are going to explain the process to your partners. Prepare what you will say. Think how
to emphasize the important points and check that your partners understand.

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Activity 4: Review
Learning objective: Review grammar and vocabulary for Unit 1 and self-assess your ability in terms of the
learning objectives.

Grammar:

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Vocabulary:

Activity 4: Self-assessment
Review your progress.

How well did you do in this unit? Write 3, 2 or 1 for each objective.
3 = very well 2 = well 1 = not so well

I can…
Discuss people I admire
Discuss a challenge
Explain how to do something
Write an article

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