UNIT 4 - PET

Our World
Class syllabus

Travel and holidays

Comparative and superlatives adj
Gradable and non gradable adj.
And more
 Starting off
Tell me all the words that come to your
mind looking at those photos.

Name the activities from the pics

Reading
PART 3

SKIM THE TEXT

 SCAN
THE
TEXT
AND
ANSWER

Try to underline the part where

the answner is

IN TEAMS:
DISCUSS AN AMAZING
HOLIDAY YOU HAD AND
Underline key words DECIDE WHICH IS BETTER
for each one Useful expressions:
We decided that... We talked about
We agreed that... Taking into consideration
We discussed about We prefered
WHAT IS DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
Travel
Journey
Trip

Are you traveling anytime soon? If so,

where are you going on your trip? I hope
the journey goes smoothly and that you
have a great time. Did you have a good journey?

I bought a 3-day trip to France.

EXPLANATION Air travel has become much cheaper.

He fell asleep during the train trip

I spent a year travelling in Africa.
 LISTENING PRACTICE

00:00 to 01:50
Answer really fast

Did she do a travel, journey or trip

to Belize?
 Grammar Comparative Vs What do you remember
Superlative Adj.
about borneo?
GIVE ME EXAMPLES
Brainstorm!
Comparative:
Michel is taller than__ Miguel.

Superlative:
Tona is the tallest all around the
world.

Support your
answers.
 With a partner

In group

Check your answers as a game.

Then with the record:
 You can use VERY or TOO with And also you can use A BIT or
Modifiers adjectives A LITTLE for small difference.

You use MUCH, FAR or A LOT The roadrunner is A BIT/ A

A bit A little
with comparatives LITTLE faster than the coyote.

Far Much Eagles are MUCH/FAR/ A LOT

faster than mice.
A lot
Eagles are VERY faster than
mice.

And what about AS___AS ?

The dog is as fast as the cat.
PRACTICE

Give me 5 sentences of your

own. Use a bit, a little, far,
much, a lot.
 Vocabulary

Use the vocabulary and work with a partner.

PLACES
Can you label these places?
Pens & Pencils

Paper

Paint and Clay

 Gradable and non-
gradable adjectives
It's really cold.
It's absolutely freezing.

This exercise is really difficult.

This exercise is completely impossible.

GRADABLE ADJECTIVES You can make them weaker or stronger

with modifiers.
Most adjectives are gradable. This means we can
have different levels of that quality.
Example: you can be a bit cold, very cold or extremely cold.

You improve your speaking if you use

modifiers.
 NON GRADABLE ADJ.

Thank you, I love it! It's absolutely

perfect!
Absolute adjectives.

Something can't be a bit finished or very finished. Their farm was totally destroyed by a
tornado.
You can't be a bit dead or very dead.

You can make them only stronger. My work is completely finished. Now I can
relax.
 NON GRADABLE ADJ. Did you see the final match? It was
absolutely amazing!

After 32 hours of travelling, they were

absolutely exhausted.
Extreme adjectives.

Adjectives that already contain the idea of

My trip home was really awful. First,
'very' in their definitions.
traffic was really bad, then the car broke
Amazing down and we had to walk home in the
Awful rain.
Boiling

You can make them only stronger.

Test
Practice gradable and non-gradable

WHAT ABOUT...
Good
Bad
Dictagloss.

Let's talk about Oymyakon-Russia

(Listening part 3 from the exam)

Write down what you think is required in each space

(#, adj, verb, noun)

This will be very useful in your exam.

Answer are in the same
order as the record
You'll listen twice.

2ND TIME
1ST TIME
Before listening
Get as many answers
again, compare with
as you can.
a partner

Would you like to live in a cold place like this?

Calm or noisy?

What would you do to improve tourism in Oymyakon?

Now Speaking part 3
from the exam
Put the name of each place.
What activities can you do in each
one?

Which one would you like to visit?

Why?
What's Listening-Part 3 about?
They'll give you a photo and you need to talk about it for a minute.
Tips:
Talk about everything you see (clothes, weather, people activities, the
place)
Describe the photo to a blind person

Let's see how Laura does it:

What things did Laura mention?

Laura has 1
minute to
describe the
photo
Listen carefully

NOW IS YOUR TURN...

I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU BOTH PHOTOS OF
CHILDREN MEETING WITH THEIR FRIENDS

STUDENT A

STUDENT B
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU BOTH PHOTOS OF
PEOPLE DOING ACTIVITIES

STUDENT A

STUDENT B
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU BOTH PHOTOS OF
PEOPLE SPENDING MONEY

STUDENT A

STUDENT B
 Now Writing part 3 from
the exam
What to expect?

To improve your letter, use gradable

adjectives.

Step 1. What do I need to write?

Step 2. What do I need to include?
Step 3. How many words?
Example of the letter

KIRSTY
Durban, South Africa

CHECKLIST
Does Kirsty answer what Oscar asks?
Is the letter well organized?
(Introduction, Development, Always
Conclusion). complete
Open and close? the
Does she use connectors (like,
because, and, etc?
checklist
Does she uses "structures" (tenses,
adjectives, comparatives)?
Does she achieve 100 words?
USEFUL EXPRESSIONS As you know - openning expression
Largest - superlative
In fact, over - Connect paragraphs
People say that /according to - Conect
paragraphs
Busiest - superlative
Which - connector
Absolutely fascinating - non gradable adj
Because - connector
I hope this.../Looking forward to hearing
from you - closing expression

Write your
Passive voice
Present perfect
Connectors: which, because, however, in
fact, moreover, besides, in adittion to

There are a lot of robberies.

own letter
You can get mugged Write rough copies before your final work.