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LEVEL 7
Unit 2

Unit Grammar Vocabulary Reading

Be used to
Get used to
Term 2 Used to Nature reserve.
Natural features
Would to express Walk this way.
2 unit Bad habits and addictions
repeated actions in the North Yorshire.
past
one - ones / a - an
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Vocabulary
1. Ancient: something that has existed since a long time.
2. Animal kingdom: a basic group of natural objects that includes all living and extinct
animals
3. Archaeologist: a person who studies human history and prehistory through the
excavation of sites and the analysis of artefacts and other physical remains.
4. Botanist: an expert in or student of the scientific study of plants.
5. Boundary: a line which marks the limits of an area; a dividing line.
6. Bygone: belonging to an earlier time.
7. Cave: a large hole in the side of a cliff, mountain, or under the ground
8. Charm: a quality that makes you like someone or something
9. Cliff: is a vertical, or nearly vertical, rock exposure.
10. Cobble: roughly assemble or produce something from available parts or elements
11. Environmentalist: a person who is concerned about protecting the environment.
12. Expedition: an organized journey, especially a long one for a particular purpose
13. Gardener: a person who tends and cultivates a garden as a pastime or for a living.
14. Go tripping: go on a short and usually planned journey.
15. Guesthouse: a small cheap hotel
16. Habitat: the natural environment of an animal or plant.
17. Hiking: the activity of going for long walks, especially across country.
18. Lagoon: a stretch of salt water separated from the sea by a low sandbank or coral reef.
19. Memorable: something you remember because it was very good or important.
20. Odd: strange or unusual.
21. Rainforest: a place with a lot of tall trees where it rains a lot.
22. Rainforest: a tropical woodland with an annual rainfall of at least 100 inches (254
centimeters) and marked by lofty broad-leaved evergreen trees forming a continuous
canopy.
23. Running: the action or movement of a runner.
24. Safari: an expedition to observe or hunt animals in their natural habitat, especially in East
Africa.
25. Shore: the land along the edge of a sea, lake, or other large body of water.
26. Stream: a body of running water (such as a river or creek) flowing on the earth
27. Struggle: to try very hard to do something difficult
28. Trekking: is a form of walking, undertaken with the specific purpose of exploring and
enjoying the scenery. It usually takes place on trails in areas of relatively unspoiled
wilderness.
29. Valley: is a hollow or surface depression of the earth bounded by hills or mountains, a
natural trough in the earth's surface, that slopes down to a stream, lake or the ocean,
formed by water and/or ice erosion
30. Waterfall: a cascade of water falling from a height, formed when a river or stream flows
over a precipice or steep incline
31. Wildlife: wild animals collectively; the native fauna (and sometimes flora) of a region.
32. Zoo: an establishment which maintains a collection of wild animals, typically in a park or
gardens, for study, conservation, or display to the public.
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Things that people do in natural features:

• climb a mountain
• swim in the ocean
• explore a cave
• walk in a jungle
• go trekking
• Jump off a cliff

Things that people do to cure from addictions in their lives:

• Do diet
• Go to meetings
• Have meetings with a therapist
• Do exercise
• Stop going to parties
• Establish objectives
• Expect results

Things that people do when they have bad habits:

• Your snoring doesn´t let me sleep.
• It´s so gross how you crackle your knuckles.
• I can´t stand when you litter the street with garbage.
• Spitting in the street is so rude.
• Chewing nails is a disgusting habit.

• Check the video of natural features around the world Types of landforms:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_P3nAWvxKz8

• Check the video of addictions

I´m addited to Coca- Cola: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9S6ZzKqyGmE

• Check the video of bad habits .

A simple fix for snoring: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHchEaObaBo
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GRAMMAR

Be used to , Get used to , Used to , Would to express

repeated actions in the past

Used to + infinitive

We use this expression to talk about habits or repeated

actions in the past which we don't do in the present. We also
use it to talk about states in the past which are no longer true.
For example:

• I used to have long hair (but now I have short hair).

• He used to smoke (but now he doesn't smoke).
• They used to live in India (but now they live in Germany).

With the negative and the question it's 'use' and not 'used':

• Did you use to be a teacher?

• Did he use to study French?
• She didn't use to like chocolate, but she does now.
• I didn't use to want to have a nice house.
Note! With this 'used to' there is no verb 'be'.
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Would + infinitive

We can also use 'would + infinitive' to talk about a habit or

repeated action in the past. We usually use 'would + infinitive'
in this way when we're telling a story about the past.

Example:

• When I was a student, we would often have a drink after class on a

Friday.
• When I lived in Italy, we would go to a little restaurant near our house.

However, we don't use 'would + infinitive' to talk about states in

the past. So, if we're talking about the past, we CAN'T say:

Be used to:

We use 'be used to + verb-ing' to talk about things which feel

normal for us or things that we are accustomed to

Example:

• I'm used to getting up early, so I don't mind doing it (= getting up early

is normal for me, it's what I usually do).
• My little daughter is used to eating lunch at noon. So she was grumpy
yesterday when we didn't eat until one.

Note that we make the negative or the question with the verb 'be'
in the normal way.

The 'used to' doesn't change:

• Lucy isn't used to staying up late, so she's very tired today.

• Are your children used to walking a lot?
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We can also use 'be used to + noun', which has the same
meaning

Example:

• I've lived in the UK almost all my life, so I'm used to rain (= rain is
normal for me).
• That football team always lose, so they're used to disappointment!

We can put the verb 'be' into any tense. So we can talk about
things in the past or the future as well as the present using
this expression

Example:

• It was difficult when I first started university, because I wasn't used to

the amount of work we had to do.
• Soon I'll be used to driving in London and I won't be so frightened!

We can use 'get used to + verb-ing' to talk about the change

of not normal to normal. We can also use this in any tense

Example

• Don't worry if your new job is hard at first. You'll get used to it.
• It took me a while, but I got used to speaking another language every
day.
• It took me a few months to get used to living in Japan. At first
everything seemed very different, but then gradually it became normal
for me.
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GRAMMAR

one - ones / a - an
We use one (singular) and ones (plural):

• after an adjective:
See those two girls? Helen is the tall one and Jane is the short one.
Which is your car, the red one or the blue one?
My trousers are torn. I need some new ones.

• after the:
See those two girls? Helen is the one on the left.
Let's look at the photographs – the ones you took in Paris.
after which in questions:
You can borrow a book. Which one do you want?
Which ones are yours?

The indefinite article – a

The indefinite article a is the same for all genders.

• a boy
• a girl
• a cat
The indefinite article has no plural form.

a boy → boys

We use an if the following word starts with a spoken vowel.

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Use of the indefinite article a/an

Before phrases of time and measurements (per week/weekly)

• We have English 4 times a week.

• I go on holiday twice a year.
• Our car can do 220 kilometres an hour.
• Tomatoes are $2 a kilo.

Before phrases of jobs

• My father is a car mechanic.

• With a noun complement
• He is a good boy.

Before phrases of nationality

• Bruce Springsteen is an American.

half/quite

• We need half a pound of sugar.

• This is quite a good story.

Reading

Check the reading comprehension “nature reserve” in material de

estudio unidad 2
Here is another link of a reading comprehension exercise :

https://www.really-learn-english.com/english-reading-comprehension-natural-wonders.html