UNIT 6. KEY TO BACHILLERATO 2

UNIT 6. KEY TO BACHILLERATO 2

*CAREERS

*PERSONAL QUALITIES

*GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES

VOCABULARY

• WE WILL WORK WITH THESE WORDS

CAREERS

Let's find a definition for...

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• APPLY FOR A JOB

• APPOINT

• TURN DOWN A JOB

• DO AN INTERNSHIP

• SCHOLARSHIP

• make an official request for a job

• assign a job or role to someone

• reject something offered or proposed

• take a training time at a workplace

• grant or payment made to support a student's education

EDUCATION

• DO A DEGREE​

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• GET A GOOD GRADE

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• CLAIM BENEFITS

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• START A BUSINESS

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• GRADUATE FROM

• to study for a qualification at a university

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• to get a good mark

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• get financial support from the state​​

• to set up a business

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• finish university

• DETERMINED

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• ENTHUSIASTIC

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• IRRATIONAL

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• STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES

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• ANALYTICAL

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• CAUTIOUS

• strongly motivated to succeed

• having or showing great excitement and interest

• not based on reason or logic

• internal factors that may affect your performance in your job or studies

• intending to understand the nature of something

• ​careful

• SMART

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• FOCUSED

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• NERVOUS​

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• DISORGANIZED

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• UNRELIABLE

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• PERCEPTIVE

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• POSITIVE​

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• CALM​

• clever

• concentrated

• worried, anxious

• messy; not neat; not able to find things

• not able to be trusted or depended on

• having sympathetic insight or understanding

• optimistic

• not showing or feeling nervousness

GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES

A GUIDE

WE USE AN INFINITIVE

• TO SHOW PURPOSE: "She missed the premiere to study at home"

• AFTER CERTAIN VERBS: "These students managed to succeed"

• AFTER AN ADJECTIVE: "Chet was happy to get by on his salary"

VERBS FOLLOWED BY AN INFINITIVE

MORE INFO ON PAGE 100 OF YOUR TEXTBOOK

SOME ADJECTIVES FOLLOWED BY AN INFINITIVE

• DISAPPOINTED

• GLAD: "I’m glad to see you"

• ANXIOUS

• PLEASED

• RELIEVED: "Sue was relieved to learn that she didn't have cancer"

• SURPRISED: "he was surprised to find the door unlocked"

• SAD

WE USE A GERUND

• AS THE SUBJECT OF THE CLAUSE: "Being a high-flyer might not make you happy"

• AFTER A PREPOSITION: "After graduating she continued her studies"

• AFTER CERTAIN VERBS: "He started working ten hours a day"

• AFTER CERTAIN EXPRESSIONS: "He spent time programming software"

VERBS FOLLOWED BY A GERUND

MORE INFO ON PAGE 100 OF YOUR TEXTBOOK

EXPRESSIONS FOLLOWED BY A GERUND

• LOOK FORWARD TO: "We’re really looking forward to seeing you"

• BE WORTH: "That movie is not worth seeing"

• CAN'T HELP: "I can’t help falling in love"

• DON'T MIND

• FEEL LIKE

GERUND OR INFINITIVE

Some verbs have a the same meaning if they are followed by a ger or an infinitive

• LIKE

• LOVE: "I love playing/to play the violin"

• START

• HATE

• BEGIN

GERUND OR AN INFINITIVE

Some verbs have a different meaning if they are followed by a ger or an inf

• STOP

• TRY

• REMEMBER

• FORGET

STOP

Stop + -ing means the action is not happening any more.

"I've stopped buying the newspaper because now I read the news online"

Stop + to + infinitive means that someone or something stops an activity so that they can do something else.

"He stopped the video to ask the students some questions"

TRY

Try + -ing means that you are trying something as an experiment, especially as a possible solution to a problem, to see if it works or not.

"Have you tried turning the computer off and on again?"

Try + to + infinitive means that something is difficult but you are making an effort to do it. 

I'm trying to learn Japanese but it's very difficult.

REMEMBER/FORGET

Remember + -ing and forget + -ing refer to having (or not having) a memory of something in the past.

I remember watching this film before.

I'll never forget meeting you for the first time in this café.



Remember + to + infinitive and forget + to + infinitive refer to recalling (or not recalling) that there is something we need to do before we do it.

Please remember to buy some milk on the way home.

He forgot to lock the door when he went out.

Multiple Choice

Please remember _____ your appointment if you are unable to attend.

• TO CANCEL

• CANCELLING

Multiple Choice

He says he feels a lot better since he stopped _____ so much bread.

• TO EAT

• EATING

Multiple Choice

Have you got hiccups? Have you tried _____ a glass of water? That often helps!

• TO DRINK

• DRINKING

Multiple Choice

There's no milk. I forgot _____ more when I went to the supermarket earlier.

• TO BUY

• BUYING

Multiple Choice

They stopped at the petrol station _____ the car up.

• TO FILL

• FILLING

Multiple Choice

He'll never forget _____ his daughter at nursery school for the first time.

• TO LEAVE

• LEAVING

Multiple Choice

I know it's difficult but try _____ about it too much.

• NOT TO THINK

• NOT THINKING

Multiple Choice

You've definitely got the keys. I remember _____ them to you in the café this morning.

• TO GIVE

• GIVING