Pre Advanced: Module

3
Unit 5B
TEACHER: TOBY LODGE
 grant

loan

fee

fare
quote

donation
fine
instalment
deposit
will
lump sum
Talk to your partner. What do the
words/phrases in bold mean?
Which of the bold statements are true for
your country?
 affluent

well-off

loaded

poor

penniless
broke
hard up
Which consonants in these words are
silent?

 Debt
 Mortgage
 Dishonest
 Listening
Competition
Read the introduction to the article
and look at the ten headings. Don’t
read the full article yet!
Do you already do any of these
‘small things’?
1, 7

2, 1, 8

5, 6, 3

5, 9, 3

10
3 - Lumbered with something
4 - Knick-knacks

7 - Watershed moment

1 - Deluge
8 -Pearl of wisdom
5 - Laced with

2 - Gets to the heart of

6 - Pump up your ego

Look at the couple
in the photo and
read what they’re
thinking.

Who is more ‘anti-

capitalist’?
 Look at the
highlighted verbs.

1) Which verbs refer

to things that
really happened in
the past?

2) What do the others

have in common?
Unreal Uses of Past Tenses

 Imagined, wished for or unlikely situations are considered 'unreal'

time.
 When we are talking about these situations, we often shift the
verb form backwards.
 For example, the present changes to the past, and the past changes
to the past perfect.
 The tense change suggests a distance from reality.
I wish…

 We use wish + past simple to talk about things we would like to

be different in the present / future (but which are unlikely)
 For example: “It’s so expensive! I wish I could afford it!”
 We use wish + past perfect to talk about things that happened /
didn’t happen in the past but that we now regret.
 For example: “I wish that you hadn’t spoken to Julie like that!”
 We sometimes use “that” after wish.
 If only…
 We sometimes use “If only…” instead of “I wish…”
 For example: “If only he were a bit less stubborn!”
“If only you hadn’t forgotten the map”
 It is less common and more emphatic. It can be used
by itself or with another clause.
Rather

 We use would + rather + subject + past

tense to express a preference.

 For example: “I’d rather you left your dog

outside – I’m allergic to animals.”
It’s time

 We use the simple past after “It’s (high) time” +

subject to say that something has to be done now or in
the future.
 For example: “Don’t you think it’s time you found a
job? It’s six months since you finished university!”
 realized
I’d rather you didn’t wear..

bought I wish I could

had been able If only we hadn’t painted the room blue

didn’t discuss
it’s time you started looking

stopped
He wasn’t so rude

had saved
Would you rather we came

paid
knew I wish we had bought the tickets

had gone
If only he let us know
Read a website extract
about small
businesses.

Do you agree with the

six reasons?

How often do you buy

from small businesses?

What do you buy?

Look at the extract
from the website of
a small food
business.

Do you think the

business is a good
idea?

Why or why not?

Listening
Writing: A Proposal
Writing: A Proposal
 Regarding class duration…

aim of this proposal

Firstly, purchasing

suggest a range of improvements

Rate the quality of teaching very highly. Overall, the majority of students currently attending
courses at King James

As regards to class size…

If the suggest changes are implemented
Look at the writing task with a
partner.

Plan:

1) How many headings you

will need and what they should
be?

2) How could you express the

main ideas in your own words?

3) Suggest some improvements

to the study trip