Unit 9 Lesson INGZ0444-5486 INGLES AVANZADO II

Welcome to a new Unit and Progreso 2

by Lianne Ramírez

Open Ended

Analyze the picture and answer. Click on the pic to make it bigger.

​Video analysis

​Choose three characteristics that people need most to become successful.

Possible characteristics

The ability to adapt, hard work, intelligence, luck, passion, persistence, a sense of humor, vision

Open Ended

Do the people on your list have the qualities explained in the article? What are the three main qualities mentioned in the article?

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Come up with definitions for the words based on what you read. (vision, persistence, passion)

​Meanings

• ​Vision: an idea or mental image of something.

• ​Persistence: the ability to keep doing something difficult.

• ​Passion: a very powerful feeling/an extreme interest in or wish for doing something, such as a hobby, activity, etc.

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Retrieved from: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/es/

​Get expressions

• get anywehere: ​to make progress toward a goal.

• ​get off the ground: to start

• ​get under way: to start

• ​get off to a good start: start out well.

• ​get down: make someone unhappy.

• ​get on: to continue

• ​get in their way: to stop

Open Ended

Find expressions in the article that can replace the words in bold.

Answers

1. You won't get ahead / get anywhere in life or get to the top of your career if you don't like what you do.

2. It's not hard to get a business off the ground / get a business under way, but only businesses that get off to a good start will be successful.

3. You won't get anywhere / get ahead in life if you don't have a passion.

4. Failure only gets to be a problem if you let it get you down.

5. Successful people don't let anything get in their way. They get on with building their businesses.

Open Ended

Write the headings (starting things, problems, making progress) and complete it with the expressions from the article.

Answers

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Starting things off: get off the ground, get off to a good start, get under way

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Problems: get in the way, get somebody down

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Making progress: get ahead, (not) get anywhere, get on with, get to be, get to the top

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Pairs activity​

​Choose a successful person and write a paragraph about him or her using the article in Exercise A as a model. Choose one of the qualities from the article (vision, persistence, passion) to introduce the person, as in the article. Pairs read their paragraphs to the class.

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​Write the paragraph in a Padlet link.

Determiners​

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Plural nouns, positive

All successful people have a vision.

All (of) these people were successful.

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Plural nouns, negative

No successful people get ahead easily.

None of these people graduated from college.

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Uncountable nouns, positive

All (of) their hard work paid off.

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Uncountable nouns, negative

None of their hard work was wasted.

Determiners​

Singular nouns, positive

Each entrepreneur was successful.

Every restaurant rejected the recipe.

​Singular nouns, negative

No entrepreneur wants to fail.

No restaurant accepted the recipe.

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Both (= two), positive

Both products got off to a good start.

Both (of) these men became billionaires.

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Neither (= two), negative

Neither product was a success at first.

Neither of the men let failure get them down.

Open Ended

Rewrite the sentences, follow the rules learned

Answers

1.All successful people know you need a vision.

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2. Both men became billionaires.

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3. Neither product sold at first.

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4. None of them graduated college. 5. No success comes easily.

Open Ended

Write the correct option in the order of appearance

Open Ended

Write the correct option in the order of appearance