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Unit 3
recommend and suggest
recommend and suggest can be followed by
a noun or another verb in the gerund form.
The hotel receptionist recommended a local
restaurant. Not …recommended me …
My teacher suggested using an online
dictionary. Not …suggested to use …
You can also use an object (a person) after
these verbs using the pattern: recommend/
suggest (that) someone does…
They suggested that we avoid the city
centre. Not …suggested us to avoid …
Notice that the second verb is usually in the
present simple in this pattern.
Underline the best verb pattern to complete
the text.
When I was planning my trip to the mountains,
some people suggested 1 that I try/to try skiing,
but others recommended 2 to snowboarding/
snowboarding. My uncle recommended 3 me
a hotel/a hotel he’d stayed in, but my friends
suggested 4 I stay/me staying in a hostel because
it’s more fun. Some websites recommended
5
going/go to a big resort with lots of different
runs, but some suggested 6 to look/looking for
places where the slopes are less crowded.
Unit 5
Talking about age
You can use x-year-old as an adjective,
before a noun.
47-year-old comedian Eddie Izzard
Not 47 years old comedian …
You can use x-year-old(s) as a noun to refer
to a person of that age.
a group of 15-year-olds Not a group of
15 years old
You can also say someone is x years old
(without hyphens)
My sister is 12 years old.
There are also several phrases that use
the word age.
Most children start school at the age of five.
Children under 16 years of age must be
accompanied. (quite formal)
people aged 18 to 24 Not people of age
18 to 24
the 18 to 24 age group
Underline the correct phrase to complete
the sentences.
1 In the UK, you have to be 17 years old/17-yearold
to drive a car.
2 He left school at 14 years age/the age of 14
and started work in the family business.
3 She started riding when she was just six years
old/six year olds.
4 It’s hard work looking after a two years old/
two-year-old all day.
5 The club is for young people aged 12 to 18/
age from 12 to 18.
Unit 6
The environment
The environment refers to the land, air and
water where people, plants and animals live.
Be careful, you usually use it with the article
the - and pay attention to the spelling - don’t
forget the ‘n’ in the middle.
Protecting the environment has to be our
top priority.
You can also talk about environmental issues/
problems.
In English, nature is used to talk very generally
about all the things that exist, that are not
made by people. You can’t say the nature.
Instead you can talk about the environment,
the countryside (= areas outside towns),
wildlife (= animals and plants that live in the
wild) or the natural world.
He takes groups of kids out walking in the
countryside. Not …walking in the nature
He teaches them about the local wildlife.
It’s great to see animals living in the wild,
in their natural habitat.
Complete the text with one word from
above in each space.
TV programmes about the 1 natural world
are very popular nowadays. There are some
programmes that focus on 2
with
amazing images of animals in their natural
habitat. They often highlight species that
are threatened in the 3
because
of hunting or habitat destruction. Other
programmes focus more on 4
issues,
especially the effects of an increasing world
population on the 5 .
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