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Autorem materiálu a všech jeho částí, není-li uvedeno jinak, je Mgr. Zdeňka Hrstková.Slezské gymnázium, Opava, příspěvková organizace.

Vzdělávací materiál byl vytvořen v rámci OP VK 1.5 – EU peníze středním školám.

Global problems - mixed grammar search

VY_32_INOVACE_150106 26. srpna 2013

Starter• Do you follow the news on TV/on the radio/ on

the Internet?–What news?– How often?

• Do you think that people like you can influence political and environmental situation?

• What are you more worried about – political or environmental dangers? Why?

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Pre-listening: match the phrases1. option2. to be in charge3. unpredictable4. war-torn5. to melt6. to be concerned7. to escalate8. to anticipate9. to be tuned10. to deplete

a) to be worse and worseb) to expectc) to be responsibled) possibilitye) to be interestedf) surprisingg) demaged by war conflicth) to consume and reducei) to change from ice to waterj) to be worried

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Listening

• You will hear six people answering the question „Are you more worried about political or environmental dangers?“

• Listen and choose the correct option.

http://www.elllo.org/english/Mixer126/T139-Worry.htm

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• Sarah: environment X politics• Lindsay: environment X politics• Gareth: environment X politics• Tim: environment X politics• Antoinette: environment X politics• Tony: environment X politics

Listen again and mark the reason each speaker gives for his/her choice.

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Go to:http://www.elllo.org/english/Mixer126/T139-

Worry.htm

Find the examples of the following grammatical structures in the transcript of the listening.

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• Sarah: 3 different comparative structures• Lindsay: 4 examples of future structure that we

use for personal plans and predictions• Gareth: 1 example of a simile + 1 example of

preposition phrase with adjective• Tim: 3 examples of adverbs• Antoinette: an example of a defining relative

clause• Tony: an example of a phrasal verb + an

example of 2nd conditional sentence

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