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GENERAL ENGLISH III
UNIT 4: AGREE OR DISAGREE?
THEME 2: NATURAL WORLD
MSc. Miguel Astudillo Quiñonez

SUBTHEMES
Subtheme 1:
Vocabulary: Natural world -Geographical accidents
Subtheme 2:
Grammar: Second Conditional
Subtheme 3:
Pronunciations: Sentence stress
Subtheme 4:
Reading: Guessing meaning of words from context, link to add extra information,
short articles
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Agreeing and disagreeing
Verbs: agree and disagree
When to use the verb: agree and disagree
1. To have the same opinion
 I agree that children should not be allowed to watch this movie.
 I agree with you. Autumn is the best time of the year.
2.To decide something together
 They agreed to go to Bali for their holiday.
3. To accept a suggestion or idea
 She agreed to take the job.
Disagree, means to have a different opinion from someone else.
 The doctors disagreed with each other.
Read the text and answer the
VOCABULARY:
questions..
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Retrieved from Burton, Graham. (2017). Personal best. B1+ Intermediate e-book. Richmond
VOCABULARY: Read the text and answer the
questions..
1-Would you like to have Gemma's job?
2-What are the best and worst things about it?
3-Do you think you could survive in the wild?
4-Which photo do you prefer? Why?
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Read the text and answer the
VOCABULARY:
questions..
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Match the landscapes in the box
VOCABULARY:
with pictures 1–3..
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VOCABULARY:
river
stream
rocks
branch
roots
wildlife
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VOCABULARY:
cliff
ocean lightning
waves
shore
lightning
thunderstorm
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VOCABULARY:
cave
peak
valley
waterfall
lake
sunrise/sunset
Retrieved from Burton, Graham. (2017). Personal best. B1+ Intermediate e-book. Richmond 13
Highlight the word that is incorrect in each
VOCABULARY
Practice sentence..
1 I took a photo of the sunset / sunrise / roots because the sky was so pink.
2 We saw a snake sitting on a branch / rock / stream.
3 You can drink the water from the ocean / a river / a stream.
4 You can hear the cave / thunder / waterfall from a long way away.
5 He believes there are bears living in the root / cave / valley.
6 My feet got wet while I was walking along the lake / shore / wildlife.
7 She wants to climb up this cliff / peak / wave, but it’s very difficult.
8 We didn’t expect to see a thunderstorm / ocean / wildlife on our trip to the mountains.
Complete the sentences with the
VOCABULARY:
words a-h..
F
E
A
H
B
G
D
C
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LANGUAGE: SURVIVAL In pairs, take the survival quiz. Choose
QUIZ your answers and your partner's answers.
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In pairs, take the survival quiz. Choose
QUIZ RESULTS: your answers and your partner's answers.
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Listen again and answer the
LISTENING:
questions..
1-Why should you climb up high in a tree?
Because grizzly bears aren't good climbers

2-What do tarantulas taste like?
crab
3-What percentage of sharks don’t attack humans?
95%
4-What can river water contain?
bacteria or chemicals
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LISTENING: Match the two parts to make
sentences from the audio.
1-If I were in this

A.-would you look for a stream?
situation,
2-If you needed water, B.-the bear would follow you.
3-If you ran, C.-I wouldn't take a photo.
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PRACTICE: Answer the questions. Then
read the Grammar box.
• 1 Which tense do we use after if?
simple past
• 2 Which auxiliary verb do we use with the base form in the second
part of the sentence?
would/wouldn't
• Are these situations impossible or unlikely?
3
unlikely
• What do you notice about the past tense of be in the sentence
4
below? If I were in this situation, I wouldn’t take a photo

were is used instead of was
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GRAMMAR REVIEW
SECOND CONDITIONAL
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GRAMMAR
SECOND CONDITIONAL
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GRAMMAR
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Pronunciations: Sentence Match the phrasal verbs in bold
stress with their meanings.
Your computer wouldn’t do strange what would you
things name her?
If you told people about your website,

if I came from the U.S.
What would you do today it would be much

more popular.
If I wrote a book, it would be about my

childhood.
If you had a daughter, if it didn’t have a

virus.
I would speak perfect English if you weren’t at

work?
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7Pronunciations: Look at the situations and make sentences
Sentence stress about what you would and wouldn’t do.
Pay attention to the sentence stress..
• Pronunciation: sentence stress Listen to the sentences and highlight the stressed words.
1
If I saw a bear, I’d run.
2
If you ate a poisonous one, it would make you sick.
3
I wouldn’t eat a spider if it were the last food on earth.
4
I wouldn’t survive five minutes in the wild!
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7Pronunciations: Look at the situations and make sentences
Sentence stress about what you would and wouldn’t do.
Pay attention to the sentence stress..
• If I found a wallet on the street, I wouldn’t spend the money. I’d try to
find the owner.
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8Pronunciations:
Sentence stress Discuss the questions IN PAIRS..
• What would you do if …

• 1you didn’t have to work?
• 2a salesperson gave you too much change?
• 3you saw a colleague stealing from work?
• 4you found a spider in the bathtub?
• 5your boss offered you a job in New York?
• 6your parents forgot your birthday?
• 7you couldn’t use the Internet for a week?
• 8you met a famous person in the supermarket?
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COMMUNICATION Discuss the questions IN PAIRS..
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COMMUNICATION Discuss the questions IN PAIRS..
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Look at the pictures and answer the questions.
READING
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Msc. BRIGITA LEDESMA ACOSTA
Look at the pictures and answer the questions.
READING Discuss in PAIRS.
1
Have you seen the movie 127 Hours?
2
If you have seen it, what is it about? If you haven’t,
can you guess what happens in it?
3
Have you ever tried rock climbing?
4
What problems could you have doing this activity?
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Read the safety advice and guess which three mistakes Aron made.
READING Read the text quickly and check your answers..
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READING Read the text again. Order the events...
He ran out of food and water.

He had a son named Leo.
In a dream, he saw a little boy.
He wrote a book.
He cut off his hand.
A helicopter rescued him.
A rock fell and trapped his hand.
He started climbing in the canyon.
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BIBLIOGRAFIA
1. BRADFIELD, BESS; FRUEN, GRAHAM. (2018). PERSONAL BEST. B1. PRE-
INTERMEDIATE. STUDENT’S BOOK AND WORKBOOK A. MÉXICO:
RICHMOND,
2. PEARSON. (2017). LONGMAN ACADEMIC WRITING SERIES 4. ESTADOS
UNIDOS: PEARSON,
3. MURPHY, RAYMOND. (0). BASIC GRAMMAR IN USE. : 0,
4. HASHEMI, LOUISE.. (2004). ENGLISH GRAMMAR IN USE SUPPLEMENTARY
EXERCISES. CAMBRIDGE: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS,
5. CHRISTINA LATHAM-KOENIG. CLIVE OXENDEN. PAUL SELIGSON. (2013).
AMERICAN ENGLISH FILE 2A. MÉXICO: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS,
6. OSHIMA, ALICE; HOGUE, ANN. (2017). LONGMAN ACADEMIC WRITING
SERIES 3. ESTADOS UNIDOS: PEARSON,
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GENERAL ENGLISH III

UNIT 4: AGREE OR DISAGREE?

THEME 2: NATURAL WORLD

MSc. Miguel Astudillo Quiñonez

2-What are the best and worst things about it?

3-Do you think you could survive in the wild?

4-Which photo do you prefer? Why?

2 We saw a snake sitting on a branch / rock / stream.

5 He believes there are bears living in the root / cave / valley.

Because grizzly bears aren't good climbers

1-If I were in this

2-If you needed water, B.-the bear would follow you.

3-If you ran, C.-I wouldn't take a photo.

below? If I were in this situation, I wouldn’t take a photo

If you told people about your website,

What would you do today it would be much

If I wrote a book, it would be about my

If you had a daughter, if it didn’t have a

I would speak perfect English if you weren’t at

• What would you do if …

He ran out of food and water.

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