UNIT 1A

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Lesson 1.

CLICK HERE to download the EIGHT pages you will need for this lesson.

• There are four pages from your Student's Book (SB) and one page from the Grammar Bank.

• There are also three pages from the Workbook (which is at the end of your SB)

The Workbook is an important part of your learning: with the exercises in the Workbook, you put your learning into practice. The more exercises you do, the better you will learn. However, to know if you are progressing correctly, you must check your answers. CLICK HERE to access and download the Workbook Key, with which you can check your own progress. NOTE that we will not be using class-time to check your Workbook exercises. So, after you finish any exercise in the Workbook, check yourself!

So, let's begin... *

Start the unit by doing exercises 1a , 1b and 1c.

Now answer the three questions in exercise 1d. Write your answers in whole sentences and be prepared to share them with us during the English laboratory.

Now look at the Grammar Bank of this unit.

Look at the white box under "Question Formation": There are four types of sentences in this box. Note that there is an AUDIO of these sentences. To listen to how to pronunce these sentences, go to this LINK and listen to track 1.2.

• Then do Exercise (a) below.

• To check your answers, CLICK here to access a video-explanation

Now go to the section about "Indirect Questions". This is a more polite way to ask questions. To listen to how we pronounce such questions, go to this LINK and listen to track 1.3.

• Then do Exercise (b) below.

• CLICK here to check your answers to Ex.b.

Page 5. Pronunciation Practice*

Here are the links for the listening tasks in this section.

Exercise 3a. This exercise focuses on "prosody" which recognizes that the same words, pronounced differently can be friendly or unfriendly, happy or sarcastic, sincere or mean, etc. This is also the case in Italian. CLICK here to go access Audio 1.4

Exercise 3b. Audio 1.5

Exercise 3c. This exercise teaches you some common exclamations and phrases which are used in English to show interest, opinions, suggestions etc.: Audio 1.6 and Audio 1.7

Look at instructions 4a and 4b. Then read the very interesting article about "Extreme Interviews".

Then do Exercise 4c. You may not have a "partner", but be your own best friend and try to focus on the highlighted words and phrases. NOTE: This is the type of text we might use on the exam.

For example, the exam question may be:

"Go to the reading on page 6 and use the highlighted words, or their derivations, to complete the following dialogue"

A: That was a very _____________ movie (bizarre)

B: Yes, those animals were very strange, but I liked how the director _____________ the topic of "global warming" (approached)

Another exam question may be:

"Go to the reading on page 5 and write questions which would elicit the following answers about this text"

Question: _____________________________________________________

Answer: Yes, that's right: we prefer workers to think and respond quickly to unexpected situations

So, a good "question" would be: "Do you want people to think on their feet?"

Listening. Look at Exercise 5a and 5b.

CLICK on this LINK to access the listening task which will help you complete the table.

Now Consolidate!

To consolidate what you have learnt, complete the Workbook exercises of Unit 1A (pages 173 and 174), which you should have already downloaded. After completing all the exercises, use the Workbook Key to check yourself.