UNIT 7 “HOUSE AND HOME”

Grammar:
Modals of deduction
Subject + Modal + Be + Noun / Adjective / Ing. Verb
- Must = 100% Sure
- May, might, could = 80% Sure
- May not, might not = 50% Sure
- Can’t = 0% Sure
Quantifiers

+ - ? C or U
Some Yes No Yes (Offers and requests) C
Any No Yes (With a negative verb) Yes U
No No Yes (With a positive verb) No Both
None
* None of (pronouns,
No Yes (With a positive verb) No Both
possessives and
demonstratives)

+ - ? C or U
A lot of / lots of + noun
Yes Yes Yes Both
Verb + lot
Much Yes Yes Yes U
Many Yes Yes Yes C
Plenty of Yes No No Both

C or U Meaning
A little U +
A few C +
Little U -
Few C -

There’s = Uncountable Too (much/many) + noun Not + Adj + enough

Too + adj. / Adv Not + Enough + noun
There are = Countable
There's more than the right There's less than the right
amount. amount.
Vocabulary:

Buildings ✓

1. Attic 14. Location

2. Accommodation 15. Lock
3. Balcony 16. Move house
4. Basement 17. Neighbourhood
5. Block of flats 18. Price
6. Cottage 19. Property
7. Doorbell 20. Pleasure
8. First floor 21. Rent
9. Flat 22. Reservation
10. Front door 23. Steps
11. Garden 24. Terrace
12. Ground floor 25. Theft
13. Landing 26. View

Verbs and prepositions ✓

Argue
With
Cope
Think
Complain
About
Worry
Care
Pay
Wait For
Apologize
Believe
In
Succeed
Rely
On
Depend
Belong To
Word power: Over
1. Finished
2. Across / from one side to the other
3. More than
4. During (A period of time)
5. The other way up
6. Covering
UNIT 8 “INFORMATION”
Grammar:
Reported speech (statements and questions)

1. Present progressive – past progressive 1. Past perfect – past perfect

2. Present simple – past simple
3. Past simple – past perfect Don’t change the verb:
4. Present perfect – past perfect 2. Might – might
5. Can – could 3. Could – could
6. May – might 4. Would – would
7. Will – would 5. Should – should
8. Have to – had to
9. Must – had to Said to me / told me
10. Ago – before Asked me
11. Today- that day
12. Yesterday – the day before Question words: Put the subject
13. Tomorrow – the following day before the verb.
14. Last week – the week before
15. Next week – the following week Normal questions: Use if/whether
16. In/at this moment – in that moment before the subject.
17. Now - then
Verb patterns

We use verb + ing We use to + infinitive:

1. After prepositions (about, of, by).
2. After certain verbs (enjoy, mind,
keep, admit, recommend, suggest,
love).
3. After some expressions (it’s worth,
it’s no good, etc.)
4. As the subject of a sentence
1. After question words
2. After certain verbs
3. After certain adjectives
4. To show purpose
The negative form is Not + to + infinitive

The negative form is Not + verb + ing

Both with no change of meaning: Both with change of meaning:

Start Try:
Begin To = To attempt
continue Ing = Do something useless

Forget, Remember:
To = Memory
Ing = Something to do
Vocabulary:
The news

1. Articles 2. Nature and environment

3. Bloggers 4. News feeds
5. Breaking news 6. Organisations
7. Business news 8. Politics
9. Celebrity gossip 10. Presenters
11. Celebrity news 12. Reporters
13. Comments 14. Science and technology
15. Current affairs 16. Social media
17. Editors 18. Sport
19. Entertainment news 20. Spreads
21. Fashion 22. Travel
23. Headlines 24. Weather
25. Journalist

Shopping ✓
1. Be able to afford something
2. Be in stock
3. Be on sale
4. Come out
5. Get a refund
6. Good value for money
7. Have a guarantee
8. Look for a bargain
9. Reasonably priced
10. Take/send something back
UNIT 9 “ENTERTAINMENT”
Grammar:
The passive
1. Identify the object
2. Check the tense and use verb to be that correspond to it.
3. Transform the verb into past participle.
4. Add “by” and the former subject or an object pronoun. (By hand or by machine).
5. We usually use “with” to introduce a tool, instrument, or technique that was used
by the agent.
Defining and non-defining relative clauses
DRC: People (Who, that) and things (which, that).
NDRC: People (Who) and things (which), with commas.
Vocabulary:

Cinema and TV ✓

1. Action 13. Based on

2. Animation 14. Character
3. Chat show 15. Director
4. Comedy 16. Film
5. Documentary 17. Scene
6. Drama 18. Studio
7. Game show
8. Horror
9. Romance
10. Science fiction
11. Soap opera
12. thriller

Music ✓

1. Audience 7. Orchestra
2. Choir 8. Perform
3. DJ 9. Albums
4. Play live 10. Tracks
5. Festival 11. Playlist
6. Musician 12. Instrument
Word-building (Nouns)

Adjective Noun Verb

Artistic Artist
Beautiful Beauty
celebration celebrate
Charitable Charity
Creative Creation create
Cultural Culture
development Develop
Happy Happiness
Musical Musician
organised Organizer Organize
Performer Perform
performance