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Unit 6
Better together Grammar; Functions; Vocabulary

Warmer
In pairs, ask students to describe
their best friend to their partner. GRAMMAR FUNCTIONS
Comparatives Using intensifying comparatives
1 Match the sentence halves. Then complete the rule 3 Look at what the writer recommends to tourists
travelling to the UK. Match the three parts.
1 Ask students to try to match the with 1–5. 1 You should a It’s easily the best i And it’s a whole
sentence halves from memory 1 The more amazing your costume is, visit Bath. time to visit. lot cheaper than
2 It’s a lot more fun to compete in
before referring back to page 57 3 I didn’t dress up and it was nowhere near the train.
to check. 4 The costumes get more and 2 You should b It’s far and away ii And it’s miles
the most beautiful
travel around
less crowded
1 c 2 d 3 e 4 b 5 a 5 People are not nearly as by bus. city in the UK. than London.
RULE: 6 Sentence 2 a intimidating as you think they’ll be. 3 You should c It’s the easiest way iii And it’s even
b more creative every year.
7 Sentence 3 8 Sentence 5 c the more people you meet. come back to travel by far. warmer than it
is now.
in August.
9 Sentence 4 10 Sentence 1 d than to watch. 4 SPEAKING Make recommendations to visitors to
SPEAKING
e as much fun. your country, using the sentences in Exercise 3 to
2 This exercise is closely modelled RULE: help you. Compare your ideas with a partner.
on Reading and Use of English A Use a lot / far / much + comparative to make a

comparative stronger. Sentence 6
Part 4 of the Cambridge English: B Use just as, not nearly as and nowhere near as + . VOCABULARY
First exam. adjective + as to intensify a comparison. Sentences Ways of speaking

.
7
and 8
1 nowhere near as difficult C Use comparative and comparative + short 5 Which one of these sentences would probably not
be said about the festival in the email on page 57?
2 practise, the better 3 more and adjectives e.g. hotter and hotter to talk about how 1 ‘The costumes this year were amazing.’
more expensive 4 the less something or someone is changing or increasing. 2 ‘The first time I went, I didn’t make my own costume.’
Use more and more + longer adjectives e.g. more
Workbook p54 and more interesting. Sentence 9 . 3 ‘This man dressed as Iron Man is my friend Jake.’
D Use the + comparative, the + comparative with 4 ‘I think you should enter the Casual Cosplay Showcase.’
short adjectives or the more + adjective, the 5 ‘The food is terrible.’
3 With books closed, write the more + adjective + clause with long adjectives to 6 ‘Con is short for convention. It means a large meeting
show how two events affect each other. Sentence
first column on the board. Elicit 10 . of people for an event.’
reasons for each statement. 6 Match the sentences in Exercise 5 with the
speaker’s communicative aim.
Encourage students to use 2 Complete the second sentence so that it has a a to introduce d to suggest
similar meaning to the first. Use the words in
comparative forms in their brackets. You must use between two and five b to define e to praise
answers before checking on words, including the word given. c to admit f to criticise
page 58. During feedback, draw 1 Today’s test was much easier than yesterday’s test. 7 Complete the gaps with the suffixes from the list.
(nowhere)
attention to the phrases in italics. Today’s test was as One word does not have a suffix.
yesterday’s test.
Point out that primary stress is 2 I’m practising the piano a lot and I’m getting much -ion | -ism | -ition | -ssion | -tion
often placed on the intensifying better. (practise) 1 to admit to make an admission
comparatives and that they The more I I get at 2 to introduce to make an
playing the piano.
are often used to exaggerate 3 I’m sure the price of food is going up each month. 3 to define to give a
4 to suggest
to make a
information in stories. (and) 5 to praise to give
1 b ii 2 c i 3 a iii Food is getting each 6 to criticise to make a
month.
4 I’ve been seeing a lot of John recently and I’m 8 Write an example for three of the functions above.
4 Nominate two or three students beginning not to like him so much. (less) Read them to a partner to guess.
to each share their favourite The more I see John, You should go and see the new Batman film. It’s amazing.
piece of advice with the class. I like him. workbook page 54
You’re making a suggestion.
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5 Sentence 5
6 1 e 2 c 3 a 4 d 5 f 6 b
8 Give students time to write three sentences.
7 Explain that we can form nouns Workbook p56
from the verb roots using the
suffixes in the list. Also point out Get it Right!
that we can make verb phrases Comparatives
using make or give + noun, e.g. Student’s Book p124
make an enquiry.
2 introduction 3 definition Language note Ways of speaking
4 suggestion 5 praise 6 criticism While Exercise 6 does not focus on reported speech, you might like to point
out to stronger classes that some of these verbs can be used to report what has
been said. Give the following examples:
He enquired about the train. (enquire about + noun)
more She recommended visiting Manchester. (recommend + -ing)
He complained about the lack of free seats. (complain about + noun)
Workbook
Grammar p54, Ex.1–4 He confessed to eating the last piece of cake. (confess to + -ing)
Vocabulary p56, Ex.1–3
Worksheets Activity idea Fast finishers
Grammar Worksheets 6 Ask students to make a list of more nouns that include the suffixes in the list in
Vocabulary Worksheets 6 Exercise 7.
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