Unit 2

UPPER INTERMEDIATE COURSE

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• Conviction  (noun) a strong opinion or belief

It is my personal conviction that people should look after their parents when they get old.

• Critic  (noun) a specialist in judging works of art, literature, food, etc.

He’s his own worst critic. ( He judges himself severely)

• In British English, many verbs end with the suffix –ISE (criticISE- recognISE, etc.) but in American
English this suffix is spelled –IZE (criticIZE – reccognIZE, etc)

• Sometimes the verb and the noun are the same

e.g. plan, test, need, run, etc.
I plan to go to college next year. That’s a good plan.

• If an adjective ends in –E, we usually replace -E with –LY to make the adverb.
e.g. responsiblE  responsibLY
• If an adjective ends in –IC, we add –ALLY to make the adverb.
e.g. realistIC  realisticALLY
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STRESS often changes in word families

 prefer , preference , preferable , preferably

In British English, when a word ends in –R or –RE, the /r/ sound is only pronounced when the next word begins with a vowel sound.
In American English, the /r/ sound is always pronounced.
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VISIONER : (business) One who converts a vision (such as

idea or concept) into a visual image, e.g. a storyboard,
animation, movie footage. (domain: multimedia,
advertising). Same as visualizer (American advertising
usage).

Organizer : A person who arranges the details of a public

event.
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Ever missed a deadline?
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Strict = Relaxed
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THEY ARE IN A PLAYGROUND.

HARRIET IS PLAYING ON THE CLIMBING
FRAME AND THE OTHER ARE HAVING A
PICNIC.
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END OF UNIT 2