Progress check

 Read 1–13 and evaluate your learning in Unit 1. Give yourself a mark from 1 to 3. How can you improve?

1 I can't do this.    2 I have some problems with this.    3 I can do this well.

A  The art of beauty

Mark (1–3)

How can I improve?

• 1Give three reasons why people might want to change their appearance.

I can understand a text about ideal beauty in different cultures.

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• 2Name three ways of guessing the meaning of unknown words.

I can guess the meaning of unknown words.

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• 3Name five adjectives or compound adjectives to describe appearance.

I can use (compound) adjectives to describe appearance.

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B  Appearance and survival

Mark (1–3)

How can I improve?

• 4What is the difference between these sentences?

  aTigers often swim in the lake near my house.

  bTigers are swimming in the lake near my house.

I can use the present simple and the present continuous.

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• 5Which of the time expressions below do we normally use with

  athe present simple?

  bthe present continuous?

  ■ right now   ■ always   ■ every day   ■ at the moment   

  ■ sometimes   ■ this week

I can use time expressions with the present simple and present continuous.

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C  First impressions

Mark (1–3)

How can I improve?

• 6What is the difference between an arrogant person and an assertive person?

I know the difference between personality adjectives that are easily confused.

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• 7Name three things that often provide a positive first impression.

I can understand an interview about first impressions.

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• 8Apart from might be, what other verbs can you use to speculate about the way someone looks?

I can speculate about things I can see.

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D  British fashion

Mark (1–3)

How can I improve?

• 9Name four different fashion movements influenced by music.

I can understand a text about the links between fashion and music.

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• 10What adjectives would you use to describe

  a styles of clothes   b clothes shops?

I can talk about the fashion industry.

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• 11Which of these verbs are followed by an infinitive and which are followed by –ing?

  ■ consider    ■ shall    ■ choose    ■ decide

I can use verb patterns correctly.

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E  An informal letter

Mark (1–3)

How can I improve?

• 12Name four phrases to identify someone in a group photo.

I can describe the position of people or objects in a photo.

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• 13Mark three mistakes in this sentence using correction marks.

  I am doing voleyball with my friends every Saturday.

I can use correction marks to check my own work.

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