234 UNIT 20
VOCABULARY
Adverbs of degree
1
Ask the students to find the adverbs in blue in the article
and see if they can work out the meaning from the
context before they answer the questions.
Answers
1 really 2 nearly 3 quite 4 certainly 5 probably
2
Ask the students to complete the sentences using the
adverbs.
Answers
1 really 2 nearly 3 quite 4 certainly 5 probably
3
Demonstrate this activity first as a class by telling the
class some true and false things about your family (see
examples below in Mixed ability).
MIXED ABILITY
Encourage stronger students to write as many true and
false sentences as they can in the time allowed for this
exercise. With the weaker students, write five example
sentences (see below) on the board about your family.
Then, ask them to choose four of the sentences and
change them so that they are true for them, e.g.:
My brothers are really tall.
My sister listens to music nearly all the time.
I work really hard at school.
My mother is quite good at music.
My grandmother certainly cooked very well.
Answers
Students’ own answers
VOCABULARY WORKSHEET UNIT 20
LISTENING
1
Ask the students to look at the three silhouettes of family
groups and describe what family members they can see
in each one before they listen.
Answers
A Sally B Sammy C Harry
2
Ask the students to read the sentences and try to decide
who says each one before they listen again. Point out
that they won’t hear the answers in the same order
as the sentences and they won’t hear the same words
on the recording but rather words that have a similar
meaning. With a stronger class, in preparation for the
writing stage below, choose six useful expressions from
the recording. Play the recording again and stop it after
each expression for them to write down.
