SESSION 1:
DEDUCTION & SPECULATION
Bob Dylan once said: "It's hard to speculate what tomorrow will bring"
Well, let's pretend it is tomorrow! Here is your work...
Speculate is basically to indulge in conjectural thought. That's exactly what we will do today! When speculating, it is more important to show your language skills than to get the correct answers. So, show off!
1. Listen to the radio programme and check out the use of modals for speculation.
Marina Abramovic is a Serbian performance artist and art filmmaker. Her work explores body art,endurance artand feminist art, the relationship between performer and aud ience, the limits of the body, and the possibilities of the mind. She pioneered a new notion of identity by bringing in the participation of observers, focusing on "confronting pain, blood, and physical limits of the body".
2. Compare your speculations to what this work may mean.
SESSION 2:
COMPARATIVES & SUPERLATIVES
Hi guys!
Let's warm up! We will start with idioms, hard stuff, like crunches...Come on, cadets! Up and down!
In this unit we will give a twist to Comparatives and Superlatives. Easy piecy? Not really. Still training, alright?
There are several different ways to compare things in English. We can also modify comparisons to show big or small differences.
Comparing
We can use comparative adjectives to compare different things.
Max is taller than Judy.You're more patient than I am.His first book is less interesting than his second.
We can use as … as with an adjective to say that two things are the same, or not as … as to say that one thing is less than another.
Her hair is as long as mine.It's not as sunny as yesterday.
We can also use expressions like different from, similar to and the same as.
England is different from the United Kingdom.His car is similar to mine.The results from the first test are the same as the results from the second.
Showing big differences
We can use much, so much, a lot, even or far with comparative adjectives.
Sales in July were a lot higher than sales in June.He was far less experienced than the other applicant.
We can use nowhere near with as … as.
The interview was nowhere near as difficult as the written exam.
We can use very, really, completely or totally with different from.
They may be twins, but they're completely different from each other.
Showing small differences
We can use slightly, a little, a bit, a little bit or not much with comparative adjectives.
The number of registrations has been slightly lower than we expected.Houses in my city are not much more expensive than flats.
We can use almost, nearly, not quite, roughly, more or less or about with as … as and the same as.
She's almost as old as I am.The figures for May are more or less the same as the figures for June.
We can use very or really with similar to.
My son looks really similar to my father when he was that age.
Showing there is no difference
We can use exactly the same as or just as … as to emphasise that there is no difference.
My grandma's cakes still taste exactly the same as when I was a child!A new phone can be just as expensive as a new computer these days.
2. Check out this too: https://speakspeak.com/grammar-articles/better-and-better-more-and-more-repeating-comparative-adjectives-to-show-change
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