Unit 3A - Empower C1

Unit 3A - Empower C1

by Aji Banjaransari

​Student's learning objectives.

​After this lesson, student's are able to solve some questions related to:

Vocabulary​

​Language in Context [Unusual Experience]

​- Miss home comfort [ the feeling of homesickness]

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​- melt your heart [to fill someone with compassion, sympathy and love]

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​- have a rewarding and enlightening experience [to give them more knowledge and greater understanding about something]

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​- sap a lot of your energy [taking out most of your energy]

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​- create some very special bonds [have a special connection]

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Vocabulary​

​Language in Context [Unusual Experience]

​- make the most of it [get the maximum use or advantage of it]

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​- take for granted [believe something without questioning it]

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​- acquire life skills [skills acquired through learning or direct life experiences]

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​- in a heart beat [instantly, quickly]

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​- Out of your comfort zone [moving from the normal everyday life to try something new]

Multiple Choice

It is difficult to adjust to the intense heat and it really does ___ your energy.

• make the most of

• sap a lot of 

• take for granted

• acquire

Multiple Choice

When you are camping in the forest, you will sweat profusely, you might get bitten by a milllion different insects. You will ___ and just wanna go back home.

• miss the home comfort

• make the most of it

• take for granted

• create some special bonds

Multiple Choice

Never have I had such a rewarding and truly ___ experience. I learned many things from living in Ghana.

• sapping

• taking for granted

• melting my heart

• enlightening

Multiple Choice

Little do children back home relise how the food they ___ without even asking anything about it, is a genuine treat for children here.

• sap your energy

• melt your heart

• create a speial bond

• take for granted

Multiple Choice

Belize, being such a beautiful place with plenty of history and places to explore, You really need to ___ and see all you can during your short visit.

• make the most of it

• take for granted

• melt your heart

• miss the home comfort

Multiple Choice

The children in the refugee camp were a joy and such a characters, and we created ___. They were like my own family.

• the most of it

• for granted

• a special bond

• home comfort

Multiple Choice

One of the greatest things about volunteering is that you are ___ and experiences you will get nowhere else.

• sapping your energy

• taking for granted

• creating a special bond

• acquiring the life skills

Multiple Choice

If you ever have any grammar questions, you can find it ___ on the internet. Just by a couple of clicks you will find it.

• for granted

• in a heartbeat

• acquiring the life skills

• out your comfort zone

Multiple Choice

Volunteering was something I have always wanted to do. We made some lovely friends and worked out of our ___ which made the experience even more special.

• home comfort

• heartbeat

• life skolls

• comfort zone

​Vocabulary [Wealth and Poverty]

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​- hardship noun [severe suffering, problems]

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​- impoverished adj [(of a person or area) made poor]

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​- affluent adj [especially of a group or area) having a great deal of money; wealthy]

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​- prosperity noun [the state of being prosperous]

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​- make ends meet phrase [earn enough money to live without getting into debt]

​Vocabulary [Wealth and Poverty]

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​- well-off adj [wealthy]

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- disposable income noun [income remaining after deduction of taxes and other mandatory charges, available to be spent or saved as one wishes]

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​- deprived adj [suffering a severe and damaging lack of basic material and cultural benefits]

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- live within our means phrase [to spend less on your lifestyle than you generate in earnings]

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​- destitute adj [without the basic necessities of life]

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Multiple Choice

Many farmers are facing real economic ___ after the drought killed all their crops.

• impoverished

• affluent

• hardship

• well-off

Multiple Choice

There's no money to help ___ communities to build basic facilities like schools and medical centres.

• well-off

• dsiposable

• wealthy

• impoverished

Multiple Choice

In ___ suburbs like this one, house prices are extremely high.

• affluent

• disposable

• deprived

• destitute

Multiple Choice

There's a direct relationship between a good education system and the economic ___ of a country.

• well-off

• disposable income

• prosperity

• destitute

Multiple Choice

Even though I got pay rise last year, I still find it difficult to ___.

• hardship

• prosperity

• make my ends

• destitute

Multiple Choice

My grandparents used to be relatively ___, but they lost all their money in bad investments.

• destitute

• deprived

• impoverished

• well-off

Multiple Choice

He lives with his parents and pays no bills, so he has a lot of ___.

• hardship

• affluent

• impoverished

• disposable income

Multiple Choice

We can't go on using our credit cards all the time. We have to learn to live ___.

• hardship

• destitute

• impoverished

• within our means

​Inversion

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​I had never been to New York.

​Never before had I been there.

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​They didn't help me.

​None of them helped me.

​Grammar

​"Inversion is used to emphasize things because it is new, rare, or unexpected".

- None -​

​I didn't buy any books last month.

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​The inversion

​Not a single book did I buy last month

Multiple Choice

They wouldn't give any dollars for the charity.

The best inversion for the sentence above is ___.

• Not a dollar would they give to the charity

• Not a dollar will they give to the charity

• Not a dollar would they gave to the charity

Multiple Choice

The place was empty. I didn't see any people there.

The best inversion for the sentence above is ___.

• Not a single person did I saw there.

• Not a single person did I see there.

• Not a single person I did see there.

- Too much - ​

We have been waiting for you too long.

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​The inversion

Too long have we been waiting for you.

Multiple Choice

We often see many people give up their dreams.

The best inversion for the sentence above is ___.

• Too often we saw people giving up their dreams

• Too often do we see people giving up their dreams

• Too often we see people giving up their dreams

Multiple Choice

You have spent too much money on online games.

The best inversion for the sentence above is ___.

• Too much have you spent your money on online games

• Too much did you spend your money on online games

• Too much you have spent your money on online games

- One place/time/person - ​

We only felt relaxed in the evenings.

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​The inversion

Only in the evenings did we feel relaxed.

Multiple Choice

I only feel safe at home.

The best inversion for the sentence above is ___.

• Only at home I felt safe

• Only at home I feel safe

• Only at home do I feel safe

Multiple Choice

I only had a good lesson in the offline learning.

The best inversion for the sentence above is ___.

• Only in the offline learning did I have a good lesson

• Only in the offline learning I have a good lesson

• Only in the offline learning did I had a good lesson

- Unusual - ​

She seldom takes responsibility for her action.

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​The inversion

Seldom does she take responsibility for her action.

Multiple Choice

They rarely have been happy to be at school.

The best inversion for the sentence above is ___.

• Rarely have they be happy to be at school

• Rarely have they been happy to be at school

• Rarely they have been happy to be at school

Multiple Choice

You rarely find someone like that.

The best inversion for the sentence above is ___.

• Rarely do you find someone like that

• Rarely you find someone like that

• Rarely you do find someone like that

- Never - ​

I have never seen anything like it.

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​The inversion

Never have I seen anything like it.

Multiple Choice

I have never felt so angry.

The best inversion for the sentence above is ___.

• Never have I feel so angry

• Never I have felt so angry

• Never have I felt so angry

Multiple Choice

They have never broken their promises.

The best inversion for the sentence above is ___.

• Never have they break their promises

• Never have they broken their promises

• Never have they broke their promises

- Impossible/Prohibited - ​

I'm not going to accept on any account.

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​The inversion

On no account am I going to accept.

Multiple Choice

You mustn't cheat during the exam.

The best inversion for the sentence above is ___.

• Under no circumstances must you cheat during the exam

• Under no circumstances you must cheat during the exam

• Under no circumstances you musn't cheat during the exam

Multiple Choice

I can't forget what you've done to me.

The best inversion for the sentence above is ___.

• No way I can forget what you've done to me

• No way can I forget what you've done to me

• No way can't I forget what you've done to me