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Unit 6
That’s impossible Grammar; Vocabulary

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In pairs, ask students to test each
other on their irregular past participles. VOCABULARY
Extreme adjectives and modifiers
3 Look at these phrases from the article on page 57.
16 Grammar rap! 16 What do the adjectives in bold mean?
1 As the stunned audience watched, the screen was
Present and past passive GRAMMAR 2 A huge audience sat on Liberty Island.
raised again.
(review) Present and past passive (review) 3 David Copperfield has entertained his audiences for
years with his fantastic magic tricks and thrilling
1 Complete these sentences from the article on illusions.
page 57. Use the correct form of be. Then complete
1 Ask students to try to answer the the rule with by, be and past participle. 4 Match the gradable adjectives (1–8) with the
extreme adjectives (a–h).
questions from memory before 1 Gavin Cox called up to the stage by the 1 good a hilarious
magician.
referring back to page 57 to check. 2 Thirteen soft balls thrown into the audience. 2 funny b fascinating
1 was 2 are 3 were 4 is 3 The white screens lifted. 3 happy c huge / enormous
4 The cage
d freezing
4 big
raised above the stage.
RULE: 5 be 6 past participle 7 by 5 small e great / fantastic / wonderful /
RULE: We form the passive with a form of the verb 6 bad brilliant / amazing
2 Ask: Do you know how this 5 and the 6 . to say who or what 7 cold f delighted
We use the preposition 7
trick is done? Invite students to does the action, but only if this is important. 8 interesting g tiny / minute
h terrible
volunteer ideas. Ask students to Look
check by reading the sentences 2 Complete the instructions with the correct active We use:
or passive forms of the verbs.
for gist, ignoring the gaps. • very with gradable adjectives.
1 hides / is hidden 2 gets 3 holds; cut | get | hide | hold | pull | push | use • absolutely with extreme adjectives.
• really with gradable and extreme adjectives.
pushes 4 is cut 5 are pulled
Workbook p54 5 Look at these examples of adjectives with the
modifiers very, really and absolutely. Which
combinations are correct and which are incorrect?
3 Do the first sentence together. Mark them ✓ or ✗.
1 very surprised 2 very large 1 really good 4 very hilarious
3 very good; very exciting 2 really amazing 5 absolutely small
6 absolutely tiny
3 very funny
4 During feedback, say the words 6 Complete the text with adjectives from Exercise 4.
Sometimes more than one answer is possible, but
for students to repeat and check don’t use each adjective more than once.
pronunciation. Pay attention to the
pronunciation of minute /maɪˈnjuːt/ Last night, we went to a magic show. It was very
(very small), as compared to 0 A long box is used for this trick. good – in fact, it was absolutely 1 .
minute /ˈmɪnɪt/ (sixty seconds). 1 One woman at one end of the box. The magician was really 2 – we couldn’t
stop laughing. In one trick, he had two hats:
2 A second woman
into the box.
1 e 2 a 3 f 4 c 5 g 6 h 3 She puts her head out of one end and a really small one and an 3 one. But from
7 d 8 b her legs to her chest with her arms. the big hat he pulled out an absolutely
4
At the same time, the first woman rabbit and from the small hat he pulled
her legs out of the other end. out a huge one. It was great fun and I left feeling
5 Refer students to the Look box to 4 The box in half by the magician. really 5 .
help them. 5 The ends of the box apart to show
1 ✓ 2 ✓ 3 ✓ 4 ✗ 5 ✗ 6 ✓ that it has been cut in two. workbook page 56
workbook page 54
6 Encourage students to first read 58
the text for overall understanding
by asking the questions: What
trick did the writer see? Did he/ Get it Right!
she enjoy the show? absolutely vs. very
1 fantastic/wonderful/brilliant/ Student’s Book p124
amazing 2 funny/hilarious
3 enormous 4 tiny/minute Language note Present and past passive (review)
5 happy/delighted
Workbook p56 When forming questions in the passive, by comes at the end of the question, for
example Who were the photos taken by? Who was the man pulled into the boat by?
Activity idea Extension
more Write on the board: gorgeous, frightening, ugly, pretty, hideous, terrifying,
silly, ridiculous. Ask students to work with a partner and decide which of the
Workbook adjectives are gradable and which are extreme. They should then match each
Grammar p54, Ex.1–4 gradable adjective to an extreme adjective.
Vocabulary p56, Ex.1–3 (Answers: gradable: pretty, ugly, frightening, silly; extreme: gorgeous, hideous,
Worksheets terrifying, ridiculous).
Grammar rap! Present and past passive
(review)
Grammar Worksheets 6
Vocabulary Worksheets 6

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