Unit 3B - Empower C1

Unit 3B - Empower C1

by Aji Banjaransari

​Learning Objectives

​After this lesson, students are able to solve some questions related to :

​Vocabulary [Landscape features]

​In the heart of the [rainforest, capital, jungle]

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​a tropical [rainforest, storm, island]

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​a dense [fog, vegetation, undergrowth]

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​an untouched [wilderness, forest, plate of food]

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​a remote [area, forest, village, island]

​Vocabulary [Landscape features]

pools [small area of still water]

​dunes [a mound or ridge of sand]

​meadow [piece of grassland]

​slopes [a surface of which one end or side is at a higher level than another]

​moorland [extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil]

​undergrowth [a dense growth of shrubs and other plants, especially under trees in woodland]

​cliffs [a steep rock face, especially at the edge of the sea]

​Vocabulary [Descriptive verbs]

• Teeming [contain large numbers of a living creature]

• ​shrug something off [treat something worrying as if it is not important]

• ​fret [worry]

• ​grinding [rub against a hard surface in order to make a powder]

• ​crouched down [bend down with knees bent]

• ​peeled [pull off, like a skin]

• ​propped up [physically support]

• ​summoned [call someone to be present]

• ​hauled [pull something heavy]

Multiple Choice

We made slow progress through the swamp in mud. We avoided the dark ___ of stagnant water and eventually reached the firmer ground beyond.

• dunes

• slopes

• moorlands

• pools

Multiple Choice

We visited a remote village in the foothills. In front of the cottage was a rich green ___ where cows grazed.

• meadow

• undergrowth

• ground

• moorland

Multiple Choice

In the distance, beyond wooded ___, the mountains rose up into the sky.

• ground

• undergrowth

• slopes

• moorland

Multiple Choice

To the north lies an untouched wilderness. The rocky ___ is unsuitable for farming.

• ground

• undergrowth

• slope

• dune

Multiple Choice

Empty ___, an uncultivated land, stretches towards the distant mountains.

• cliff

• moorland

• slopes

• dune

Multiple Choice

The rugged coastline is famous for its beauty. From where I stood, sheer ___ dropped to the sea.

• cliff

• cave

• slopes

• pool

Multiple Choice

I saw the mouth of a ___ was wide open in the cliif of the mountain. It was so inviting to explore it.

• cliff

• cave

• slopes

• pool

Multiple Choice

Never before had I been to such an arid desert. On our third day we came to some huge sand ___.

• grounds

• caves

• slopes

• dunes

Multiple Choice

We were deep in the heart of the jungle now. We moved  through the dense ___ quietly . 

• grounds

• undergrowth

• slopes

• meadow

​Grammar [Future in the past]

​- Grace was about to get on the plane when she got an urgent text message.

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​- Last summer I was going to visit my sister but I went to Italy instead.

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​- I was leaving for Mexico that morning and I was worried about the long flight.

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​- I knew I might be staying there for a while so I made myself comfortable.

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​- One day I would find out the truth, although I didn't know it yet.

​Grammar [Narrative tenses]

Setting the scene [past perfect, past perfect continuous, past continuous]

​- We set off at dawn. Everyone had slept well despite the unfamiliar environment. The sun had just been creeping over the horizonwhe we packed up camp.

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​Sequence of events [past simple and past continuous]

​By the time we reached the top of the mountain, the sun was sinking fast. I started to panic. I was looking around hopefully for a place we could set up a camp when somebody screamed.

Multiple Choice

Graham ___ to meet me at the airport, but I got a taxi.

• was going

• is going

Multiple Choice

I thought Karen ___ first prize but I was wrong.

• had been getting

• would be getting

Multiple Choice

That money ___ for our daughter's education. Now it's all gone.

• was to have paid

• might pay

Multiple Choice

I ___ lunch until you suggested going out to eat.

• had been making

• had been planning to make

Multiple Choice

I ___ who could have done it.

• wondered

• was about to wonder

Multiple Choice

Tony ___ to work when he heard the news on his car radio.

• was driving

• had driven

Multiple Choice

The baby ___ for a while before I picked it up.

• had been crying

• cried

Multiple Choice

After I ___ home, I rushed to check the papers in the safe.

• had been getting

• had gotten

Multiple Choice

In those days, Simon ___ get up at 6.00 and go for a run.

• would

• might get