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Unit 4
The art of thinking Grammar; Vocabulary; Speaking

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To revise personality adjectives, give
students two minutes to think of as GRAMMAR Grammar video 10 VOCABULARY
many different adjectives as they can. be/get used to (doing) vs. used to (do) Personality adjectives
After two minutes, play a game of 1 Complete these sentences from the article on 5 Which adjective from the list is used in the article
page 39 with the words from the list. Then complete
to describe John Goffe Rand? Which one is used to
‘vocabulary tennis’ with each group the rule by choosing the correct options. describe some artists working indoors? What do
taking turns to say a personality dealing | keep | seeing they mean? What do the other adjectives mean?
adjective until one team runs out of 1 You get used to paintings arrogant | bad-tempered | bright | cautious
ideas. in dark, heavy colours. confident | decisive | dull | imaginative
impatient | organised | responsible | practical
2 Painters used to the paint
in animal bladders. 6 Read about these people Jane met at her new
10 Grammar video! 3 Most artists were used to school. Tick (✓) the people she likes. Cross (✗) the
with this situation.
people she doesn’t like. Put a question mark (?)
be/get used to (doing) vs. RULE: We use: where it isn’t clear.
0 Rico gets angry all the time and he complains
used to (do) 4 used to do / be used to doing to talk about situations a lot. He’s pretty bad-tempered . ✗
that were true in the past but are not true now.
5 used to do / be used to doing to talk about something 1 Barbara understands quickly and has lots of
that is familiar. good ideas. She’s very .
6 be used to doing / get used to doing to talk about the 2 Clara doesn’t like taking risks. She’s a very
1 1 seeing 2 keep 3 dealing process of something becoming familiar. person.
RULE: 4 used to do 3 Dana’s great because she makes her mind up really

quickly – a really
girl.
5 be used to doing 2 Choose the correct words. 4 Derek never has anything interesting to say –
6 get used to doing 1 In the past, people used to make / making roads he’s so !
from earth.
2 The roads were bumpy, but people got used to 5 Imogen always has wonderful ideas – she’s
.
very

2 1 make 2 travelling 3 travel travel / travelling on them. 6 Ian wants everything and he wants it now!
4 be 5 seeing 6 not having 3 Before cars, people used to travel / travelling in He’s pretty .
horse-drawn carriages.
4 The streets in cities used to be / being very dirty 7 Oscar always knows where things are and what

he has to do – he’s very
3 1 am 2 get 3 got 4 get 5 Are and smelly. 8 Ria is someone you can trust, who makes good .
6 weren’t 5 Many people are used to see / seeing roads decisions – she’s .
being repaired.
6 Soon we’ll get used to not have / not having holes 7 Complete the gaps in the sentences in Exercise 6
4 Monitor and make a note of in our roads. with the words from Exercise 5.
common errors with used to 3 Complete with the correct form of be or get. workbook page 38
and be/get used to + -ing. Write 1 I’m from Sweden, so I used to
these on the board to correct cold weather. SPEAKING
during feedback. 2 Did it take you long to used to the 8 Work in pairs. Think of five different people and
food here?
write sentences to describe them. Don’t include
Workbook p36
3 I lived in the UK for years, but I never an adjective.
used to driving on the left. Leah is waiting for her friend, who’s two minutes late.
Get it Right! 4 I think I’ll never used to summer She calls her to see where she is.
in January!
used to 5 you used to life here now? 9 Change partners and read your sentences from
Student’s Book p124 6 We didn’t like the food in Vietnam at first because Exercise 8. Can they guess the adjective you were
we used to it. thinking of?
impatient
Language note be/get 4 • two things that both you and your partner used to do 10 Ask your partner extra questions about their
SPEAKING Work in pairs and think of these things:
SPEAKING
used to (doing) vs. used • two things you are used to doing adjective.
to (do) • two things that you have got used to doing this year. Do you often get impatient in this kind of situation?
workbook page 36
Students often make the following 40
mistake due to L1 interference: I am
used to get up early. Point out that
we use the gerund form to talk about 5 The adjective practical (able to provide effective solutions to problems) is used to
something familiar, not to describe describe John Goffe Rand.
something as a regular or habitual Imaginative (good at thinking of new original and clever ideas) is used to describe the
event: I am used to getting up early. artists.
= Getting up early is normal for me; arrogant: proud and unlikeable bad-tempered: gets angry easily bright: intelligent
it’s not particularly difficult. cautious: unwilling to take risks confident: being sure of one’s abilities decisive:
takes decisions easily dull: boring impatient: not patient organised: able to make
plans easily responsible: ability to make important decisions or do important things
more 6 1 ✓ 2 ? 3 ✓ 4 ✗ 5 ✓ 6 ? 7 ✓ 8 ✓
Workbook 7 1 bright 2 cautious 3 decisive 4 dull 5 imaginative 6 impatient
Grammar p36, Ex.1–4 7 organised 8 responsible
Vocabulary p38, Ex.1–2 Workbook p38
Worksheets 8 Be alert to students describing other members of the class negatively.
Grammar Worksheets 4
Grammar presentation: be / get used to 9 Encourage students to sit facing each other to force students to speak and
(doing) vs. used to (do) listen, rather than just read each other’s sentences.
Grammar video! be/get used to (doing) vs.
used to (do) 10 Give weaker students time to work with a partner to think of further
Vocabulary Worksheets 4 questions first.
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