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UNIT 1 -2 -3 / Product 1

 Describe yourself using adjectives and adverbs.

 Describing individual habits:
You can use always and a continuous verb to talk about:
• things people do a lot or more than is usual: He's always wasting time.
• an annoying habit: He was always talking about people behind their backs.
• a funny or special habit: He's always smiling.
You should use: I am ……………………………………………….
 Questions with “Have you ever …………………………………?
 Conversation strategies
Keeping the conversation going: To keep a conversation going, you can comment on
what other people say to show interest, and then ask a question:
A: We went to a new club called "Fizz" last week. Have you been there?
B: No, but I've heard good things about it. How was it?
Response questions: You can show interest by responding with short questions like: Do
you? and Have you? Use the same tense as the other person:
A: I like hip-hop music. (simple present)
B: Do you? (simple present)
A: I've seen that movie about hip-hop artists a couple of times. (present perfect)
B: Have you? (present perfect)
To show surprise, you can respond with questions like You do? and You have? This is
more informal.
 Prepare three questions with superlatives Ex:

Where is the largest shopping mall in Quito?

 Questions with How + adjective . . . ? : (PRACTICE THESE KIND OF QUESTIONS)

You can use these adjectives in questions with How + adjective . . . ?
In answers to questions like these, you can repeat the adjective after the
measurement:
• high: A: How high is Mount Everest?
B: It's 8,850 meters (29,035 feet) high.
• long: A: How long is the Nile River?
 B: It's 6,695 kilometers (4,160 miles) long.
• wide: A: How wide is the Grand Canyon?
B: It's about 29 kilometers (18 miles) wide.
• deep: A: How deep is the Pacific Ocean?
B: It's about 11,000 meters (36,000 feet) deep.
You can also use these adjectives in questions with How + adjective . . . ? But, in
answers to questions like these, do not repeat the adjective:
• large: A: How large is the Sahara Desert?
B: It's 9.1 million square kilometers (3.5 million square miles).
• hot: A: How hot does it get in Death Valley?
B: It can reach 48 degrees Celsius (120 degrees Fahrenheit)
 Conversation strategies:
Being a supportive listener: You can be a supportive listener by using short responses
with really and sure to agree with what someone says.
- If the other speaker uses the verb be, repeat the verb in your response:
A: This is the most incredible place!
B Yeah, it really is.
- If the other speaker uses the simple present, use do or does in your response:
A: It feels good to be out of the city.
B: It sure does.
- If the other speaker uses the present perfect, use have or has in your response:
A: Well, it's been a great day.
B: It really has.
- If the other speaker uses a modal verb (can, should, etc.), repeat the speaker's
verb in your response:
A: We should go hiking there sometime.
B: We really should
 Using superlatives for emphasis you can use superlatives to emphasize your opinions
or feelings:
This is the most incredible place! I had the best time.