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Unit 1. Blood Is Thicker Than Water

This document provides vocabulary and grammar explanations related to family relationships and adjectives. It defines key words like siblings, niece, and fiancé/fiancée. It also discusses adjective suffixes like -ous, -ial, -ful, and -less and the differences between -ed and -ing adjectives. Examples are provided to illustrate collocations with "get" and choosing the correct adjective form. Two quizzes are listed for additional practice.

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Unit 1. Blood Is Thicker Than Water

This document provides vocabulary and grammar explanations related to family relationships and adjectives. It defines key words like siblings, niece, and fiancé/fiancée. It also discusses adjective suffixes like -ous, -ial, -ful, and -less and the differences between -ed and -ing adjectives. Examples are provided to illustrate collocations with "get" and choosing the correct adjective form. Two quizzes are listed for additional practice.

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Unit 1.

Blood is thicker
than water
Vocabulary (communication, pp. 12, 13)

 ADJECTIVES: strict easy-going spoilt

 NOUNS: siblings nephew / niece fiancé /fiancée


chores

 PHRASAL VERBS:
get engaged get divorced get along with someone
take after someone grow apart live up to someone's
expectations
bring up someone look up to someone
Collocations with get (page 12)

Get can have different meanings:

 to become – get engaged, get married, get engaged, get tired.

 to arrive – get home, get to school, get there.

 to receive or obtain – get an award, get good marks, get pocket


money.
Collocations with get (page 12)

Complete with the correct form of get and one of the words from the list.
old - dark – a job – permission - back

 1. Wendy looked for months till she finally ___________.


 2. My grandmother can't hear very well. I suppose she __________.
 3. It ____________ early in winter.
 4. There's Bob! When ______ he _______?
 5. We'll have to _________ if we want to leave school early.
Page 8

Ex. 1. Which verbs below express being separate or alone?


fit in – stay away – side with – reject – stand out

 1. My brothers ____________ when I argue with my parents.


 2. Teenagers usually want to _________ with the crowd.
 3. If you ask someone out, they might accept you or _______ you.
 4. You'll really __________ if you wear that strange hat.
 5. I try to_______ from people I dont like.
Adjective suffixes
Noun/Verb + Suffix = Adjective

- ous -(i)al -ful -less -ic -ive -ed -ing


 -OUS
Fury –> Furious

 -IAL
 Office -> Official

 -FUL (means with) -LESS (means without)


 Help -> Helpful Helpless
-ed / -ing

REMEMBER!

-ED describes a state or feeling. Describe un estado o


sentimiento.
The children were bored during the film.

-ING describes things or people than can cause this state or


feeling. Describe cosas o personas que causan un estado o
sentimiento.
The children thought the film was boring.
Ex. 3 Choose the correct form of the adjective.

1. The children are frightened /frightening that we're going into the dark.
2. My parents were surprised /surprising when I did the waching up!
3. My mum thinks it's amused / amusing when my baby brother makes a
mess.
4. I've forgotten your father's name. How embarrassed/ embarrassing!
5. My sister gets irritated / irritating when I walk into her room without
knocking.
QUIZZ

 Living English 1:
https://create.kahoot.it/collection/e643b91a-27f7-43ca-804b-
cc1702ed9430

 Adjective suffixes:

http://www.saberingles.com.ar/exercises/320.html

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