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Changing Your Life
Warm-up | Where would you go to for advice?
- Your wifi isn't working
- you're having problems with your partner
- you have some symptoms you're worried about
- you want to know the best way to invest some money you've inherited
- your two year old son wakes up a lot at night
Who would you go to for advice?
- Would you ask a friend, colleague or family member?
- Would you look on the internet?
- Would you read a self-help book, newspaper or magazine?
- Would you phone a help line or an expert?
Split Reading | How to survive...
Post-Reading | How to survive...
- To what extent do you agree with the tips?
- What advice do you think you might put into practice?
Writing | Creating a WikiHow
- In pairs, choose one of the topics you know something about.
- Think of advice which could go on the page.
- Write headings for at least one tip.
- plan information for under the headings (detail, reasons, examples, etc.)
- Share ideas with others.
- Write your texts together.
Grammar | Verb + Object + Gerund or Infinitive?
- Mark the sentences as grammatically correct or incorrect.
- I want to help you
- I advise going to the doctor
- Some verbs followed by the gerund,
some by the infinitive.
- Some verbs followed by the gerund,
- She advised him not to travel by train
- We expect the flight to arrive at 7:50
- It took us long to get there
- verb + object + Infinitive
- advise, allow, ask , beg, cause, enable, encourage, expect, force, help, intend, invite, mean, order, persuade, recommend, remind, take [time], teach, tell, warn, etc.
- He advised me to go to the doctor OR
- He advised that I go to the doctor.
- I'm waiting for my friend to arrive. (j'attends que mon ami...)
- We've arranged for a taxi to pick us up.
- Remember: Some verbs can take for before the object
- He made me feel so uncomfortable.
- make someone, let someone, help someone followed by base verb only
- I dislike (something) people telling me what to do!
- Some verbs, like dislike, hate, imagine, involve, keep, mind, prevent, remember, risk and stop use the structure verb + object + gerund.
Grammar | Verb + Object + Gerund or Infinitive?
Grammar in Practice |
Verb + Object + Gerund or Infinitive?
Listening |
Matt Cutts: Try Something New For 30 Days
Listening |
Matt Cutts: Try Something New For 30 Days
- What 30-day challenge would you like to do? Make notes together:
- What is the challenge?
- Why have I chosen it?
- What is my previous experience?
- How do I intend to go about it?
- How do I think it might change me?
Speaking |
Matt Cutts: Try Something New For 30 Days
Vocab and Pronunciation |
Compound adjectives; main AND secondary stress
