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- 1. English Communication Unit 6: Grammar - Street Life; comparisons (pp 66-68)
- 2. Unit 6 Comparatives & Superlatives – study the grammar rules in the focus box on p67 & the review section on p74. Vocabulary; talking about cities – you need to learn the vocabulary on p70 (and the correct spelling) Phone The Samsung Galaxy S7 (32GB) The Apple iPhone 6s (16GB) The Sony Xperia Z5 ( 32GB) Screen Weight Price * Popularity
- 3. Comparatives & Superlatives – P67 Syllables Adjective Comparative Superlative One One (c + v + c) large wet larger (than) wetter (than) the largest the wettest Two ending ‘y’ happy happier (than) the happiest 2 or more syllables crowded more / less crowded (than) the most / least crowded Irregular adjectives good bad far better (than) worse (than) further (than) the best the worst the furthest
- 4. English Communication Unit 7: Grammar – The Sound of Music Present Perfect; Past Simple (pp 78-80)
- 5. Present perfect 1 – have/has + pp ‘I have traveled to over 15 different countries.’ When did you go to theses 10 countries? In the past. When in the past? The indefinite past. Some time in the past, but we don’t know.
- 6. Past Simple I got married in 2007. I met my wife, got married, and then had a daughter. I studied hard when I was a student. I lived in Thailand for 1 year. i. Completed actions ii. Long-term situations iii. A sequence of activities iv. Repeated actions or events
- 7. Time expressions Present Perfect Past Simple for, since, just, yet, so far, already, ever, never in 2010, two weeks ago, yesterday, last winter, when I was a student, last night *notice these times have all finished ✕ ‘I have been to Thailand last year.’ ✕ ‘I have eaten dog when I was an elementary school student’. ✓ ‘I have been to Thailand.’ ✓ ‘I went to Thailand last year.’ ✓ ‘I have eaten dog. ✓ ‘I ate dog when I was an elementary school student’.
- 8. Present Perfect 2 – have/has + pp ‘I have been married for 8 years.’ - a situation that started in the past and continues to the present - importantly, it is still true now. ‘I was married for 8 years.’
- 9. English Communication Unit 7: Vocabulary Talking about changes and trends (pp 81-82)
- 10. by (a rate of increase) / to a specific point A: Sales rose from $100 to $150. B: Okay, so sales rose by 50%.
- 11. rise / increase / decrease / fall / drop Sales of CDs rose slightly last month. There was a slight rise in CD sales last month. adverb – modifies the verb quantifiernoun phrase verb
- 12. Tricky prepositions Sales of CDs rose by 12% last month. There was a rise of 12% in CD sales last month. noun verb
- 13. English Communication Unit 8: Grammar – Doing The Right Thing Modals & related verbs (pp 90-92)
- 14. English Communication Unit 8: Vocabulary Career Paths (pp 93) / Job Priorities