ALCOHOL

1. Warm up
What’s the same about these three types of drinks? Name each drink and match it with
a country which is famous for producing it.

Are any of these drinks made in Colombia? How long have people been making them
there?

2. Watching for main idea

You are going to listen to a short talk about alcohol. After you watch, draw a line
between the ideas which are connected in the four columns (or say what the
connections are).
 3. Vocabulary- key words

Look at the transcript on the next page to find words in bold which have these
meanings.
Extend your vocabulary by answering these questions, which relate to the words from
the last exercise.

1. What other foods or drinks besides alcohol are fermented? Why do people make
fermented foods?
2. What word contains a root that means "very small"? Do you know any other words
with this root?
3. Which word contains a root that means "poison"?
4. Which word is also used for part of a gun?
5. What’s the noun for "depress" and what does it usually refer to?
6. What are "funerary ceremonies" more often called?
7. In your opinion, what is moderate daily alcohol consumption – how many drinks and
what type?

4. Grammar - Passives and reduced relative clauses

Look at this paragraph from the text of the video. Identify the verb forms 1-4 in bold
as active or passive. How do we form the passive and when do we use it? Identify the
tenses of both active and passive forms.
 5. Practice

Chicha is an alcoholic beverage from South America. Read the text and complete the
gaps with the correct form of the verb in brackets: active, passive or past participle in
a reduced relative clause.
 6. Talking point

Discuss these questions:

• In the UK, the drinking age is 18, and in the USA it is 21. What is the drinking age in
your country?
• Why do we need a drinking age?
• Do you think there should be different drinking ages for different types of alcohol?
• What advice for staying safe would you give to a young person who is just about to
reach the drinking age in their country?
• Do people in your country ever make their own alcoholic beverages at home?