Unit 1

Lesson 4: A Man-made Killer

A Write questions based on the text for the following answers. There
are several possible questions you could write, but just write one
each time.

Example:

Q: How many people die of smoking every year?

A: About 114,000 per year.

1 Q: In which ?

A: It’s highest in the 20–24 age group.

2 Q: At what age to children?

A: At 18.

3 Q: When start smoking?

A: When they are teenagers.

4 Q: How much earlier than ?

A: They die seven years earlier on average.

5 Q: under the age of every day?

A: Around 450 a day.

6 Q:

A: Around £30 million a year.

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 Vocabulary Tip 1: Phrasal verbs

• With some phrasal verbs, noun objects can come before or after
the preposition.
Turn off the light.
OR: Turn the light off.
• With phrasal verbs, pronoun objects must come before the preposition.
Turn it off.
NOT: Turn off it.

B Write the sentences, putting the verbs and objects in the correct order.
Where two answers are possible, write them both.

1 Can you / turn on / the television?

Can you turn on the television? Can you turn the television on?
______________________________________________________________________________________

2 I’ve already / turned on / it.

I’ve already turned it on.

______________________________________________________________________________________

3 Smoking is terrible. You should / give up / it.

______________________________________________________________________________________

4 When did you / take up / stamp collecting?

______________________________________________________________________________________

5 I can’t remember when I / took up / it.

______________________________________________________________________________________

6 I like these shoes. Can I / try on / them?

______________________________________________________________________________________

7 Can you / turn down / the music?

______________________________________________________________________________________

8 I’ll / turn down / it / in a minute.

______________________________________________________________________________________

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Vocabulary Tip 2: Prefixes meaning not

• To form the opposite of some adjectives we can put the prefix un~ in front of them,
e.g., unhappy, unpopular, unintelligent.

• The prefixes in~, im~, il~ or ir~ can also form the opposite, e.g., inexpensive,
impossible, illegal, irregular.

• The prefix un~ can go in front of any letter. The prefix im~ can only go in front
of m or p, e.g. unhelpful, unrealistic, improper, impolite.

• The prefix il~ can only go in front of l. The prefix ir~ can only go in front of r,
e.g. illiterate, irreplaceable.

C Make the opposites of these adjectives by putting the correct prefix

in front of them. Choose from un~, in~, im~.

1 _____correct 4 _____efficient 7 _____usual 10 _____dependent

2 _____moral 5 _____fortunate 8 _____polite 11 _____convenient

3 _____fair 6 _____patient 9 _____healthy 12 _____pleasant

Lesson 5: Healthy Habits

A Underline four plural countable nouns and four uncountable nouns

on page 13 of the Course Book.

B Study the Functional Grammar box and add examples.

Describing quantity: Quantifiers and nouns

• some, any, a lot of, plenty of and enough are used with countable and
uncountable nouns.
some sugar / some sweets; a lot of sugar / a lot of sweets;
_________________ / _________________ ; _________________ / _________________

• a few and many are used only with countable nouns.

a few people; a few _______________; too many people; not many
_______________

• a little and much are used only with uncountable nouns.

a little oil; a little _______________; not much oil; too much ________________

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