Progress check

 Read 1–15 and evaluate your learning in Unit 2. 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  Ghost towns

Mark (1–3)

How can I improve?

• 1Give three reasons why people might leave a town.

I can understand a text about deserted towns.

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• 2What three ways of identifying paraphrase do you know?

I can identify paraphrase.

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• 3Name five adjectives you can use to describe your town.

  What are their antonyms?

I can describe my town using a variety of adjectives.

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• 4Name five places in your town. What can you do in each place?

I can talk about different places in my town.

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B  The kindness of strangers

Mark (1–3)

How can I improve?

• 5What is the difference between regular and irregular verbs?

  Give five examples of each.

I can use regular and irregular verbs.

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• 6How do we make past negative and question forms with be?

  How do we make these forms with other verbs?

I can make negative and question forms about the past.

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• 7What is the difference between these sentences?

  aI walked to school when I was younger.

  bI was walking to school yesterday when I met John.

I can talk about the past using the past simple and past continuous tenses.

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C  Getting around

Mark (1–3)

How can I improve?

• 8Name the five senses. Which verbs do you use for each sense?

I can talk about the senses.

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• 9How does an unsighted traveller get around a new city?

I can understand a radio programme about an unsighted traveller.

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• 10How would you ask a stranger for directions? How would you tell someone how to get from your house to your school?

I can ask for and give directions.

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D  Naming places

Mark (1–3)

How can I improve?

• 11What are the origins of some of the place names in Australia?

I can understand a text about place names in Australia.

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• 12Which prepositions do these verbs go with: learn, belong, hope?

I can use a variety of verbs and prepositions.

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• 13What is the difference between while / as and when?

I can use while, as and when to talk about events in the past.

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E  A travel blog

Mark (1–3)

How can I improve?

• 14What adjectives would you use to describe

  athe weather?    

  ba journey?    

  cpeople?    

  dplaces?    

I can use a variety of adjectives to describe travel experiences.

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• 15What words can you use instead of nice?

I can use a variety of adjectives to avoid repetition.

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