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Unit 4 SUCCESS
AND FAILURE

• Sesión 7: Success is a continuous journey

 UNIT OPENER
01 Basic vocabulary about
success and failure

UNIT 4.1
Success is a continuous
journey
02

UNIT 4.2
03 Measures of success
Unit opener – Unit 4.1:
Success is a continuous
journey
1. Utility (Utilidad)

By the end of the lesson,

you will be able to use,
appropriately and in
context, presentation
skills of using repeating
key phrases to explain
different consequences
of studying English.
1. Utility (Utilidad)

DISCUSSION

Look at the picture. Then

answer the question below.

• What are the people in the photo

doing?
• What is the link between what you
can see in the photo, and the
theme of success and failure?
1. Utility (Utilidad)

POSSIBLE ANSWERS

• An increase in population.
• Some countries becoming
richer while others
becoming poorer.
• A rise in the use of mobile
phones.
• More and more people
using the internet.
2. Skills and Knowledge (Saberes)

BACKGROUND
You are going to watch an edited version of a TED Talk by Richard St. John called Success is a
continuous journey.

Read the text about the speaker and the talk. Then answer the questions below.

1. What words do you think might be

on Richard St. John's list of eight
words to summarize success?
2. Which things could make
businesses succeed or fail? Make
a list.
3. Are the things on your list outside
factors, or are they part of the
business itself?
3. Innovation (Innovación)

PRESENTATION SKILLS: Repeating key

phrases
Look at the Presentation tips box. Then watch the clips from the TED Talk.
Which two-word phrase does Richard St.
John use to introduce each of his examples?

1. _______________, I worked hard, I pushed myself. But …

2. _______________, I always tried to improve and do good
work. But …
3. _______________, I was pretty good at coming up with good
ideas. … But …
4. Accomplishment (Logros)

SELF-EVALUATION
• What did you learn today?
How are you going to use it in
your daily life?

• What do you (think you) need

to review a bit more?
Unit 4.2
Measures of
success
1. Utility (Utilidad)

Do you think age is

important in the
workplace?

Are there any Jobs that

you need to be Young or
old to do?
1. Utility (Utilidad)

Look at the
infographic and
find these people:
• Airline executive
• Inventor
• technology executive
• fashion entrepeneur
• sports executive
• telecoms magnate
1. Utility (Utilidad)

Read the text in the gramar box.

Answer the questions.
2. Skills and Knowledge (Saberes)

GRAMMAR

NARRATIVE
TENSES

PAST PAST PAST PERFECT PAST PERFECT

SIMPLE CONTINUOUS SIMPLE CONTINUOUS

Activities or Actions that An activity or

An event (or Activities or
events that took place at state in
series of states that
were in an earlier time progress before
events) in the describe the
progress when than the main the main event
past background to
another action event in a took place
past activities
took place narrative
2. Skills and Knowledge (Saberes)

Past Simple

We use the past simple to talk about:

An event or sequence of events in the past. The past time is stated (last month, ten years ago, etc.) or

is clear from the context.

Examples:

• I started my company three years ago. (one event)

• I opened a small office and hired my first employee. (series of events)

2. Skills and Knowledge (Saberes)
2. Skills and Knowledge (Saberes)
Past Continuous

We use the past continuous to talk about:

Activities or events that describe the
background to past actions.
Examples:
• My business was going really well and I was
happy.
Activities or situations that were in progress
when another action took place.
Examples:
• I was cleaning my room when you called.
2. Skills and Knowledge (Saberes)
STRUCTURE + EXAMPLES
2. Skills and Knowledge (Saberes)
Past Perfect Simple

We use the past perfect simple to talk about:

actions that took place at an earlier time than the main event in a narrative, especially when
the events are not related in the sequence they happened.

Examples:
• When I arrived home after work, I tried to open the doors of my house, but I couldn’t
because I had forgotten the keys in my office.
2. Skills and Knowledge (Saberes)
STRUCTURE + EXAMPLES
2. Skills and Knowledge (Saberes)
Past Perfect Continuous

We use the past perfect continuous to talk about:

an activity or state in progress before the main event took place. (Duration Before Something in the Past)

Examples:
• James had been teaching at the university for more than a year before he left for Asia.
2. Skills and Knowledge (Saberes)
STRUCTURE + EXAMPLES
3. Innovation (Innovación)

Choose the correct option to complete the sentences.

3. Innovation (Innovación)

Complete the biography of Oprah Winfrey

with the correct form of the verb.
3. Innovation (Innovación)

https://create.kahoot.it/details/bcec8d6c-d5aa-4a20-a8ce-13b25e55aba5
2. Skills and Knowledge (Saberes)

OTHER PAST FORMS

USED TO + VERB WOULD + VERB

habits and states that habits that took place in

took place in the past the past but do not
but do not happen or happen now
exist now
2. Skills and Knowledge (Saberes)
Used to + verb

We use used to + verb to talk about:

habits and states that took place in the past but do not happen or exist now.

Examples:

• When I started the company, I used to do everything myself. Now I have ten staff.

• There used to be a lot of problems with the internet connection, so we changed

provider.
2. Skills and Knowledge (Saberes)
STRUCTURE + EXAMPLES
2. Skills and Knowledge (Saberes)

We use would + verb to talk about:

habits that took place in the past but do not happen now.

Examples:

• When I started the company, I would do everything myself. Now I have ten staff.

Would = used to  past habits

2. Skills and Knowledge (Saberes)

STRUCTUR
E+
EXAMPLES
3. Innovation (Innovación)
Let’s practice!

Choose the correct option to complete the sentences. Sometimes, both

options are possible.
3. Innovation (Innovación)

Speaking & Writing

4. Accomplishment (Logros)

SELF-EVALUATION
• What did you learn today?
How are you going to use it in
your daily life?

• What do you (think you) need

to review a bit more?
4. References

Reference
•[1]Helen Stephenson, Lewis Lansford
&Paul Dummett (2016). Keynote (Split A) –
Upper Intermediate (1era edición).
2017:National Geographic Learning -
Cengage Learning.
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