Ability and possibility

1. English file -
Intermediate
Unit 4B – Ability and possibility

2. • Lead in – different skills photos (5 mins)
• Discussion questions – abilities (10 mins)
• Grammar – ability – highlighting (5 mins)
• Grammar – ability – presentation (5 mins)
• Grammar – ability – exercises (10 mins)
• Grammar – ability – speaking activity (5 mins)
• Famous stars and their hidden abilities quiz (10 mins)
• Pronunciation focus – sentence stress (15 mins) 65
• Learning skills – mini lead in (5 mins)
• Listening – learning skills in 20 hours - introduction (5 mins)
• Listening - learning skills in 20 hours –comprehension (10 mins)
• Discussion questions - learning skills in 20 hours - (10 mins)
• Vocabulary building – ed / ing adjectives – presentation (5 mins)
• Vocabulary building – ed / ing adjectives – exercises (10 mins)
• Vocabulary building – ed / ing adjectives – discussion questions (5
mins)
• Words from the class quiz (5 mins)

4. • When did you last try to learn something
new?
• How did you learn? In class? Online?
Self-teaching?
• What practical skills do you have that you
could teach someone else?
• Should children learn practical skills at
school? Why / why not?

6. can
be
able to

7. could been
able
to

8. • Verb patterns
• In English when we have one verb followed by
another there are two common patterns.
• We either use an infinitive with to or an ing form.
• I’d love to go on holiday. I want to buy a new car.
• I need to check my calendar. I decided to change
jobs.
• I enjoy going to the cinema. I like eating ice cream.

9. can
can

18. haven’t been
able to
being able to
‘ll be able to
Will be able to
to be able to
not being able to
were able to
won’t be able to
Have been able to
isn’t able to

22. A. eat fire
B. fly a plane
C. do a backflip
Pierce Brosnan, the James Bond actor, knows how
to __________.

23. A. javelin
B. archery
C. swimming
Gina Davis is so good at _______, she was once a
semi-finalist at the Olympic trials.

24. A. Circus clown
B. Trapeze artist
C. Lion tamer
Before he was an actor, Christopher Walken was a
_________.

25. A. Tattooing
B. Painting
C. Hair styling
Famous actress Margot Robbie , star of The
Suicide Squad is also really good at _________.

26. A. Rubik’s cubes
B. Wordle puzzles
C. 100m wall climbing
Justin Bieber is a master at ______________. He
can do it in just over a minute.

27. A. Figure skater
B. Tennis player
C. 100m runner
Fashion designer Vera Wang could’ve had a
different career as she almost became a _______.

29. never able dance
won’t able come
love able ski
hates able drive

31. 1. I'd love to be able to ski.
Ride a horse (pause) I'd love to be able to ride a horse.
2. We won't be able to come. Park (pause) We won't be able to park.
3. I've never been able to dance.
Speak French (pause) I've never been able to speak French.
4. She hates not being able to drive.
Cook (pause) She hates not being able to cook.
5. Will you be able to find it?
Afford it (pause) Will you be able to afford it?
6. He'd love to be able to snowboard.
Windsurf (pause) He'd love to be able to windsurf.
7. I love being able to understand everyone.
Speak to everyone (pause) I love being able to speak to everyone.
8. They haven't been able to finish.
Come (pause) They haven't been able to come.

35. 1. octave
2. busking
3. high note, low note
4. musical instruments
5. notes
6. tune

36. 2. He learned something,
but not enough.

43. annoying
annoyed

45. ed
ing
ing
ed
ing

46. ing
ed
ed
ing
ed

47. 1. depressed
2. exciting
3. amazing
4. disappointed
5. tiring
6. embarrassing
7. frightened
8. tired
9. boring
10. frustrated

49. • Look at the two photos you have.
• You need to compare and contrast them.
• You also need to answer the questions.
• Describe the photos a little to begin with.
• When you finish your partner will ask you a
question about your photos.
• Then you change roles.

50. • How important
are these
activities?
• Which activity
would you
prefer to do?
• Now answer
your partner’s
question.

51. • How important
are these
activities?
• How much time
do you spend on
each one?
• Now answer
your partner’s
question.

54. • You are going to act out some scenes on
different topics.
• Student (A) will need to ask for some
information.
• Student (B) will have the information to
give.

55. Scene one “You are talking to a friend”
• Student (A) You want to manage your time
a little better. Ask your partner for some
tips on how to organise your time better.
• Student (B) Answer your partner’s
questions about how your organise your
time and give them suggestions on how they
can improve.
• Ask questions, give information and advise
your friend to help them out.

56. Scene two “You are talking to a
friend”
• Student (A) You are looking for some new
ways you can relax after a busy week. Ask
your partner for some advice.
• Student (B) Answer your partner’s
questions and give them some tips based
on how your relax or how your friends
relax.
• Ask questions, give information and help
your friend to find ways to relax.

57. Class 2
Learning languages

58. • Lead in – methods to learn a language (5 mins)
• Discussion questions learning languages (10 mins)
• Reading – language learning tips – vocabulary (10 mins)
• Reading – language learning tips – matching (5 mins)
• Grammar – reflexive pronouns – presentation (5 mins)
• Grammar – reflexive pronouns – exercises (5 mins)
• Grammar – reflexive pronouns – making sentences (5 mins)
• Discussing tips on language learning – (10 mins)
• Fun facts about language learning quiz (10 mins) 65
• Listening video – learning many languages – matching (5 mins)
• Listening video – learning many languages – comprehension (5 mins)
• Listening video – learning many languages – questions (5 mins)
• Word classes review – what are they (5 mins)
• Word building using given words – (10 mins)
• Word building grammar exercise – (15 mins)
• Vocabulary from the class quiz (5 mins)

60. •How long have you been learning English?
•Has anyone ever given you some useful
language learning tips? What were they?
•Which of the methods from the photos
have you used to learn at language? How
successful were you?
•Have you ever tried a method and were
unhappy with it? What happened?

65. 5
1
3
6
4
2
5- Song lyrics
1- Computer
language
3- talking to
boyfriend
6 – in her head
4- vocabulary
2- Articles of
interest

67. They = themselves
she = herself
we = ourselves
you = yourselves
he = himself
It= itself

68. 2. I'm teaching myself Spanish. He (pause)
He's teaching himself Spanish.
3. We introduced ourselves. They (pause)
They introduced themselves.
4. He taught himself to play the guitar. She (pause)
She taught herself to play the guitar.
5. He often talks to himself. I (pause)
I often talk to myself.
6. I really enjoyed myself last night. We (pause)
We really enjoyed ourselves last night.

70. ?
?
?
<8000
A) English
B) Chinese
C) Spanish

71. ?
?
<1000
A) week B) 2 weeks C) 3 weeks

72. ?
?
A) 2,500 B) 4,500 C) 6,000
A) 5 B) 7 C) 9

73. ?
?
A) 7
B) 9
C) 11
A) 2
B) 4
C) 6

76. 2. French
3. Hebrew
4. Italian
5. Dutch
6. Greek
7. Spanish
8. Russian
9. German
10. English
11. Catalan

78. 1. Alex says that every new language that he
learns is a completely new adventure for him.
2. Greek and German are the two languages
that he enjoys speaking the most.
3. Chinese and Slovene are two languages that
he would like to learn at the moment.

79. 4. Alex feels guilty that he’s never learned other British and
Irish languages – Welsh, Irish, or Scottish Gaelic. On a
recent trip to Wales he loved that everything was in two
languages, Welsh and English.
5. Russian was the most difficult language for him to learn,
because he had to learn a new alphabet.
6. YouTube has helped Alex to watch videos in other
languages and immerse himself in other cultures. He says
that there’s a lot of technology to help with learning
vocabulary and grammar.

80. 1. Because they don’t have enough time, they’re not doing it for the right reasons,
or they expect it to be easier than it actually is.
2. Because the grammar is very simple (there are almost no irregular verbs, and
there are only three real tenses) and a lot of the vocabulary in Afrikaans is very
similar to vocabulary in English.
3. Because they don’t have much confidence and they never get a chance to
practise other languages.
finish
10-15

82. Talking about word classes
•What are the different ones?
•How can you recognise them
easily?
•Do they come before or after
certain other word classes?

83. Word classes
• Noun – person place or thing (after an adjective / before
or after a verb)
• Adjective – describes a noun (before a noun)
• Verb – describes an action (After a noun)
• Adverb – gives more information about a verb / adjective.
• Preposition – describes the relationship between two
nouns

84. Twenty
Twentieth

85. Confuse
Novel
Familiar
Anxious
Research
Finance
Excite
Addition
Real Communicate
Learn

86. Confuse
Familiar
Research
Excite
Novel
Anxious
Communicate
Addition
Finance
Real
Learn

87. English Students and Culture Shock
Culture shock is a feeling of (0) ...............(CONFUSE) experienced by someone
visiting a new country and being confronted with an (25)..................................
(FAMILIAR) culture. It is experienced by many of the thousands of students
who leave home to study English in an English-speaking country.
These students have to cope with changes in weather, food, language and
behaviour. (26) ............................ (RESEARCH) have found that there are several
stages of culture shock and that adjusting to life in a new country is an ongoing
and gradual process.
Initially, students may feel (27) …………….............. (EXCITE) and delight at the
new culture. They take to their language studies with enthusiasm and make
significant progress.

88. Once the (28) ............................. (NOVEL) of being in a foreign place wears
off, feelings of (29) ............................. (ANXIOUS), depression and
homesickness may arise, and homesick students may call home repeatedly.
(30) ………………............ (COMMUNICATE) problems, due to locals speaking too
quickly and using strange idioms and slang, are also very common. (31)
……………............ (ADDITION), stress may be caused by racial discrimination,
(32) ............................ (FINANCE) problems or safety concerns.
During the next stage, the student is more (33) ............................. (REAL)
and begins to accept the positive and negative aspects of both cultures.
They begin to feel at home and realise that problems are also
(34) ............................... (LEARN) opportunities.

90. English Students and Culture Shock
Culture shock is a feeling of (0) ...............(CONFUSE) experienced by someone
visiting a new country and being confronted with an (25)..................................
(FAMILIAR) culture. It is experienced by many of the thousands of students
who leave home to study English in an English-speaking country.
These students have to cope with changes in weather, food, language and
behaviour.(26) ................................ (RESEARCH) have found that there are
several stages of culture shock and that adjusting to life in a new country is an
ongoing and gradual process.
Initially, students may feel (27) …………….............. (EXCITE) and delight at the
new culture. They take to their language studies with enthusiasm and make
significant progress.
noun
adjective
noun (pl)
adjective

91. Once the (28) ............................. (NOVEL) of being in a foreign place wears
off, feelings of (29) ............................. (ANXIOUS), depression and
homesickness may arise, and homesick students may call home repeatedly.
(30) ………………............ (COMMUNICATE) problems, due to locals speaking too
quickly and using strange idioms and slang, are also very common.
(31) ……………............ (ADDITION), stress may be caused by racial
discrimination, (32) ............................ (FINANCE) problems or safety
concerns.
During the next stage, the student is more (33) ............................. (REAL)
and begins to accept the positive and negative aspects of both cultures.
They begin to feel at home and realise that problems are also
(34) ............................... (LEARN) opportunities.
noun
noun
noun
adjective
adjective
adjective
noun/
adjective

93. English Students and Culture Shock
Culture shock is a feeling of (0) .............................(CONFUSE) experienced by
someone visiting a new country and being confronted with an
(25).................................. (FAMILIAR) culture. It is experienced by many of the
thousands of students who leave home to study English in an English-speaking
country.
These students have to cope with changes in weather, food, language and
behaviour.(26) ................................ (RESEARCH) have found that there are
several stages of culture shock and that adjusting to life in a new country is an
ongoing and gradual process.
Initially, students may feel (27) …………….............. (EXCITE) and delight at the
new culture. They take to their language studies with enthusiasm and make
significant progress.
confusion
unfamiliar
Researchers
excited

94. Once the (28) ............................. (NOVEL) of being in a foreign place wears
off, feelings of (29) ............................. (ANXIOUS), depression and
homesickness may arise, and homesick students may call home repeatedly.
(30) ……………….................. (COMMUNICATE) problems, due to locals speaking
too quickly and using strange idioms and slang, are also very common.
(31) ……………............ (ADDITION), stress may be caused by racial
discrimination, (32) ............................ (FINANCE) problems or safety
concerns.
During the next stage, the student is more (33) ............................. (REAL)
and begins to accept the positive and negative aspects of both cultures.
They begin to feel at home and realise that problems are also
(34) ............................... (LEARN) opportunities.
novelty
anxiety
communication
additional
financial
realistic
learning

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