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Vocabulary


                   A  Complete the collocations below with the  B  Complete the collocations with make or do.
                      correct form of make or do. Then scan the     1.                      a cake    7.                      research
                      text and check your answers.
                                                              2.                      a project    8.                      a mistake
                     •  It didn’t                       well, but Disney
                       didn’t give up.                        3.                      a sport     9.                      noise
                     •  He                       two short  ilms about     4.                      an experiment  10.                      your best
                       Mickey, but no one was interested in     5.                      a decision  11.                      friends
                       them.
                                                              6.                      a phone/video call  12.                      someone a favour
                 Grammar                   Portal to Grammar        Pronunciation

                     Countable and Uncountable Nouns                   A      Listen and repeat. What’s the difference
                                                                          between a, b and c?
                        •  I need a banana and some cherries to           a. sell     b. easy     c. shop
                          make a smoothie.                             B     Listen and tick (4) the sound you hear.
                        •  I’ve got some money in my wallet.
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                                                                                     sell //  easy //  shop //
                                                                           miss
                    NOTE      The words hair, information, time,
                              advice, weather, money, news,                sure
                              homework are uncountable nouns.
                                                                           realise
                                                                           price
                      some / any / no / every
                      and their compounds                                  exhibition
                     •  Someone told me that there are some                organise
                       beautiful paintings by a local artist in the art
                       gallery on Kent Street.                             upset
                     •  I couldn’t find any nice shoes in the shops, so    reason
                       I didn’t buy anything.
                                                                                   ch,
                                                                       esear
                                                                    R
                     •  Nobody knows where to find her. She left no   Research,
                       telephone number.
                     •  James has visited every country in Europe.   Write & Present
                       He’s travelled everywhere in Europe.
                                                                    A  Choose an important person from history. What do
                                                                       you think people should learn about this person?
                     Circle the correct options.                       Choose from the ideas given below (see bullet
                     1. A: The weather is terrible. We can’t go        points). Then do research and find information
                                                                       about these aspects of the person’s life.
                          anywhere / nowhere tonight.
                       B:   That’s OK. We can do something / everything         A short biography of
                         at home. There’s a board game somewhere /       an important person from history
                         everywhere in the house.
                                                                       PARAGRAPH  1
                     2.  Anyone / Everyone in my class likes science, so   Give some basic information about this person,
                       there’s anything / nothing more exciting than a   saying who he/she was and what he/she was
                       trip to the Science Museum.                    famous for. Also, give some information about
                     3.  My advice to you is / are to stop working so hard.  this person’s early life:
                     4.  Nobody / Somebody called earlier and asked for    date/place of birth      family      hometown
                       Mr Rocco. I don’t know anyone / no one by that    interests      skills      education
                       name!                                            PARAGRAPH  2
                     5.  A:  I have to do a project on the writer Charles   Describe important events in this person’s life:
                         Dickens. Do you know anything / something        irst job              most di   icult times
                         about him?                                      other jobs             awards he/she
                       B:  I know a few things, but you should do        greatest achievements,   received
                         your own research. You’ll find everywhere /    most famous work        date/place of death
                         everything you need on the Internet.            how he/she achieved
                                                                        success
                     6.  The furniture I bought was / were really
                       modern.                                      B  Write the two paragraphs, as shown above, for
                                                                       the biography. Find pictures of this person and/or
                                                                       pictures related to his/her achievements.
                                                                    C  Present the biography to the class.
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