Progress Check

 Read 1–14 and evaluate your learning in Unit 6. 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  A hard lesson

Mark (1–3)

How can I improve?

• 1Give two reasons why having police officers in schools is a good idea and two reasons why it is not.

I can understand a text about police in schools in Texas.

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• 2Complete the collocations with appropriate verbs.

  1........... a fine

  2........... a crime

  3........... in court

I can use crime collocations to talk about crime and law.

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• 3Give four examples of negative adjectives with un-, im-, il-, and ir-.

I can use negative prefixes to form adjectives with a negative meaning.

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B  Hungry to learn

Mark (1–3)

How can I improve?

• 4Write two plans for the weekend, one promise that you want to make to your parents later today, and one prediction about your future.

I can use will and going to to talk about the future.

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• 5Complete the sentence so that it is true for you.

  If it doesn't rain tomorrow, ..................... .

I can use the first conditional to talk about a possible present or future situation and its probable result.

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C  The best things in life

Mark (1–3)

How can I improve?

• 6When you take notes, do you need to write down all the information that you hear?

I can take notes when listening to a talk.

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• 7Give two reasons why playing is good for children.

I can understand a talk about playing.

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• 8Complete the sentence so that it is factually true.

  When children .......... games, their brains ...........

I can use the zero conditional to talk about general facts.

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• 9How would you suggest going to the cinema and how would you offer to buy the tickets? How would you respond?

I can make and respond to offers and suggestions.

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D  Life goals

Mark (1–3)

How can I improve?

• 10Give a word that rhymes with each of the words below.

  1tree .....................

  2cold .....................

  3blue .....................

  4grey .....................

I can recognize rhyming adjectives in a poem.

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• 11Write about one thing you will certainly do next summer, one thing that you are likely to do, and one thing that is possible. Don't use the words in italics in your sentences.

I can express probability.

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E  A for and against essay

Mark (1–3)

How can I improve?

• 12Apart from but, what other words or phrases can you use to express contrast?

I can use different words and phrases to express contrast.

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• 13Why is it a good idea to brainstorm ideas before you write?

I can brainstorm ideas to help me write an essay.

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• 14Give one argument for school uniforms, and one against.

I can write a for and against essay.

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