Progress check

 Read 1–14 and evaluate your learning in Unit 8. 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  Against all odds

Mark (1–3)

How can I improve?

• 1Give an example of how Emmanuel Jal, Paul Connolly or Sadaf Rahimi have achieved success in their lives.

I can understand a text about success stories.

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• 2Complete phrases 1–3 with the correct prepositions.

  1dream ..................... winning

  2campaign ..................... change

  3prepare ..................... the Olympics

I can use verbs + prepositions to talk about success.

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• 3Which words are nouns and which are adjectives?

• ■ independent   ■ brilliance   ■ difference   ■ distant   

I can use suffixes to create nouns and adjectives.

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B  Foul play

Mark (1–3)

How can I improve?

• 4In this sentence, which of the two events in bold came first?

  Andy lost the race because he hadn't done a lot of training.

I can use the past perfect to talk about a past sequence of events.

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C  The greatest

Mark (1–3)

How can I improve?

• 5Complete phrases 1–3 with one word to describe achievements.

  1change the .....................

  2achieve your .....................

  3rise to the .....................

I can use verb + noun collocations to describe achievements.

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• 6Name two of the greatest achievements in human history.

I can understand a programme about great achievements.

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• 7Give one way of expressing and one way of justifying opinions.

I can express and justify opinions and use conversation fillers.

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D  The British honours system

Mark (1–3)

How can I improve?

• 8Who can receive a CBE or an OBE?

I can understand a text about the British honours system.

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• 9Give three words or phrases which tell us that a sentence in a text is an opinion, not a fact.

I can identify facts and opinions in a text.

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• 10What is the difference between a civil servant and a politician?

I can use specific vocabulary to talk about state and society.

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• 11Give three things that you used to do when you were ten, but you don't do now.

I can use used to to talk about past habits and states.

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E  An opinion essay

Mark (1–3)

How can I improve?

• 12Apart from for example, what other phrases can you use to give an example in an opinion essay?

I can use different phrases to give an example.

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• 13Apart from in conclusion, what other phrases can you use to conclude or summarize an opinion essay?

I can use different phrases to introduce a summary or conclusion.

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• 14Give two reasons why taking part in a competition is more important than winning it.

I can write an opinion essay.

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