UNIT 4

INSPIRED
LEAD-IN
 PAIR WORK: Look at the pictures of four
different professions and discuss the
following questions:
- What different talents do they need?
- Where might they get their inspiration
from?
- What kind of hard work do they each
have to put in?
- Who do you admire most?
LEAD -IN
 GROUP WORK: Discuss which of the
people shown would you like to be
and why, using the ideas:
- become famous
- make money
- work alone
- create something beautiful
- change the world
- travel the world
READING: GAPPED-TEXT
 How to do the task:
- skim the whole text to understand the
content
- skim provided sentences and understand
their meaning
- for each gap, find the links of vocabulary
and grammar before and after the gapped
sentence
- check all sentences before excluding the
extra sentence
ANSWERS
 1 C This develops the idea of “the first time you a bicycle or
ride a car” in the previous sentence.
 2 F This links the sentences before and after, in which Alex
explains how it doesn’t matter to him where he writes his
songs.
 3 A The word “it” in sentence A refers to “a story you’ve
never heard before”. The idea of “ losing your sense of where
you are” is developed in the following sentence.
 4 G But at the beginning of sentence G suggests that the
contrasting idea of ‘a song just seems to come out of
nowhere’
 5 H The metaphor of “open[ing] a door in your brain” refers
to the role of the unconscious mind.
 6 E This contrasts with the sentence before.
 7 B The reference to “not (being) a particularly easy person to
live with” is developed in the following sentence: ‘I find it
really hard to get back into normal life.’
Task 4: Phrasal verbs
 A. end up = find yourself in an unexpected
place or situation
 B. turn into = make something become

something else
 C. hang around = wait, not doing very much
 D. pick up = take hold of
 E. shut down = stop something working
 F. think up = invent or create in your mind
 G. start off = begin
VOCABULARY
 Types of films
Horror : Train to Busan, Annabelle comes homes, Us
Animation: Tom and Jerry, Coco, Up, Lion King
Disaster : Titanic, 2012
Comedy : Mr Bean, Home Alone
Crime: The Godfather
Action : Avengers, Fast and Furious
Adventure : Life of Pi, Jurassic Park 
Musical: A star is born, Mama Mia, Lala Land
War : Schindlers’ Lists
Western: Dances with Wolves
Romantic comedy : What’s wrong with Secretary Kim? Crazy Rich
Asians
Science-fiction : Avatar
Historical drama : Troy
VOCABULARY
 Pair work:
 Tell a partner about a film you really liked,

and one you didn’t like at all. Say what you

liked or didn’t like about
 You can use the following ideas

◦ acting locations plot

◦ costumes ending music
◦ special effects stunts
GRAMMAR: SIMPLE vs CONTINUOUS
 CONTINUOUS:
 temporary situations:

◦ We are studying Grammar

 duration (how long):
◦ She has been learning English for 10 years
( duration)
◦ She has learnt English for 10 years.( result )
 actions or events, rather than states:
◦ Be quiet, the children are sleeping.
◦ The children look very sleepy
SIMPLE vs CONTINUOUS
 NON-CONTINUOUS VERBS :
 mental states:
 believe doubt hate
 know like love prefer
 realise recognise regret
 remember suppose understand want
 Communication: agree disagree mean
 other verbs: belong contain cost
 depend fit matter need owe own
possess seem
LISTENING: Multiple- choice (part 1)
 How to do the task:
◦ There are 8 different dialogues with brief
explanation of what is happening for each
◦ Underline the key words in the questions and
answers to know exactly what information
you’re listening for
◦ Eliminate answer (at least one of the options)
◦ Listen out for the synonyms of the key words
◦ After listening, decide what might be the
answer without looking at the options, then see
if the option is similar to what you thought
SPEAKING: Part 2
 LANGUAGE EXPRESSIONS:
- Both pictures show.../In both pictures there
are...
- They're both quite similar because they both
show...
- The first/ second picture/photo shows….
- The top picture shows... /The bottom picture
shows...
- This picture must have been taken outdoors/
indoors/ in a park/ in a bedroom…
SPEAKING: Part 2
 Talking about similarities:

- These two pictures/situations are similar because/in that…

- In both pictures we can see…
- One similarity between these two pictures/situations is that…
- Another similarity might be that…
- One thing that these two pictures/situations have in common
is that…
- One thing that these two pictures share is that…
- The most obvious similarity is that…
- These two pictures share the fact that…
- Both pictures (…) in the same
SPEAKING: Part 2
 Talking about differences
- One of the most obvious differences (between these two
pictures) is that…
- Another difference is that…
- Something that makes these two pictures different is…
- What makes these two situations (so/completely) different
is…
- While the first picture …, the second one…
- The first picture…. However, the second one…
- The first picture… whereas the second one…
- Although the first picture…., the second one…
- On the one hand, the first picture shows… . On the other
hand, the second one…
SPEAKING: Part 2
 Speculating
- I’d say he’s about to….
- It might…..
- He could be….
- It looks like….
- Perhaps …
- Maybe they want to visit this summer
- It’s difficult to say, but I’d guess that it’s used for
cleaning house.
- I’m not really sure, but I think they enjoy hiking in
the mountains
WRITING: A review
 There are at least 4 paragraphs.
 Choose an appropriate title.
 The introduction will talk about what's being
reviewed.
 Use a relaxed, friendly, chatty style.
 You can use contractions such as I'm, I've etc..
 Use a new paragraph for each point you want
to make.
 Give your opinion.
 In the concluding paragraph give your opinion.
WRITING: A review
 What I liked
- What I liked most was …..
- The thing I liked most was ….
-I was pleasantly surprised by …..
-….. would appeal to …..
- If you get a chance to ….
 What I disliked

- What I disliked most was …..

- I was disappointed by ……
- I was disappointed with …..
 Reviews of books:

 Types of books: comedy / science fiction /

thriller / romance comedy/ factual / fiction
 author /written by
 Number of chapters:
 Main characters:
 …..is set in
 Comment: unbelievable/fascinating/

emotional.....
 bestseller
 Ending
Reviews of films, TV programmes, plays:

 Types of films: comedy / romance / science

fiction
 Actors/ actresses: lead role / star role / star /

star actor / star actress starring /secondary

role
 He plays a ……. /She plays a …….

 Script: ...written by …./ ......is set in/.....based

on a true story …..

 Comment: .....believable/ true to life / not very

believable / far-fetched
 Ending
Reviews of hotels, restaurants, etc:

 location
 service
 setting : attractive setting / disappointing setting .....
 ....owned by / run by
 head chef (restaurant) / waiters (restaurant)
 staff ……. / staff at reception …….(hotel)
 hotel facilities ….
 Comments:

 reasonable prices ….. / good value for money ….. /

excellent value for money …..

 expensive / a bit expensive / overpriced
 not worth the money / poor value for money
 always fully booked / book in advance