2. In-class practice:
Fight for your right: OVERVIEW
Online practice:
Social problems
Prepositions Prepositions
Vocabulary: Social
problems
3. Social problems
•an egalitarian educational system
•a government free of corruption
•widespread access to the Internet and information
•a functional public healthcare system
•safety from violence and harassment
•affordable prices for housing
•being able to express yourself openly and freely
•economic stability and a high GDP (Gross Domestic Product)
•breathing clean air in a sustainable environment
•basic supplies such as electricity and drinkable water
•a wide range of cultural resources and recreation facilities
•a solid infrastructure system (e.g. road network)
Look at the factors which are
used to measure the living
standards and quality of life.
According to these, do your
country's citizens have a good
standard of living?
4. Social problems
•Does any of the problems from the box affect your country?
What do the authorities do, or, what should be done to
tackle these problems?
homelessness
discrimination
racism
crime
domestic violence
harassment
social inequality
famine
poverty
censorship
illiteracy
addictions
5. •Watch the video and answer the questions:
Nature & Environment
•What did Mrs. Elliot do?
•How did the children's behaviour change?
•What do you think the children have learned
from the experiment?
•Was the experiment ethical?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLAi78hluFc&t=61s
6. Grammar: Prepositions
consist in
affect in
agree in
prefer something than something
complain for
be good in
insure from
stem in
originate in
refrain to
consist of
affect ( no preposition)
agree on / agree to
prefer something to something
complain about
be good at
insure against
stem from
originate from
refrain from
Common errors
7. involve in
result in
specialize in
succeed in
Grammar: Prepositions
care for
blame for
apologize for
charge
(someone) for
count for
allow for
accuse of
convict someone of
remind someone of
something
suspect someone of
something
IN FOR OF
blame something on someone
elaborate on something
impose on someone
insist on something
pride oneself on something
ON
8. charge someone with something
comply with something
be concerned with something
confront someone with something
deal with someone/something
be face with something
provide someone with something
Grammar: Prepositions
ban someone from a place
bene
fi
t from something
deter someone from something
distinguish one thing from another thing
expel someone from a place
refrain from something
resign from something
stem from something
suffer from something
WITH FROM
9. commit oneself to something
confess to something
devote oneself to something
prefer one thing to another thing
react to something
resort to something
Grammar: Prepositions
TO
argue about something
be concerned about something
decide about something
protest about/ against something
ABOUT
10. 1. A law which came into force in the last year
2. A crime which can put you on probation
3. A thing which could make your friend / partner go on rampage
4. What you need to do to keep children under control
5. Name a famous
fi
gure who was charged with a crime
6. An action which would result in instant dismissal
7. Jobs you can do if you are specialize in marketing
8. Something extremely dif
fi
cult to succeed in
9. What would make you suspect your partner of cheating
10. What you should do if you suffer from migraine
Grammar: Prepositions
How far can you go in 90 seconds? Answer the questions using full sentences!
11. Grammar: Prepositions
How far can you go in 90 seconds? Answer the questions using full sentences!
1. Something which might be dif
fi
cult to confess to your partner
2. A passion which you would never devote yourself to
3. Something you would react to with laughter
4. A topic which people usually argue about
5. A subject you were never good at when you were at school
6. Things people might insist on when you visit their house for the
fi
rst time
7. An action for which you can be expelled from school
8. An achievement you pride yourself on
9. Something people blame the government for
10. A place where you have to refrain from smoking