Using C21 10 the Sahara desert Titicaca Everest Bondi Crete


Personalizing your learning experience Each section includes activities that encourage you to personalize the skills you are learning, talk about yourself or your experiences and opinions, and think critically about the themes in the unit. They are indicated by


FOCUS Capital letters and the


We use capital letters and the with names of deserts, rivers, oceans and seas. Examples the Gobi Desert, the River Thames, the Indian Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea When do we use capital letters without the?


150 English for the 21st Century • Unit 10 Asks you to give your opinions.


Asks you to personalize your skills.


Grammar . A


Talking about my country Natural features; Location


1 Label the photos with words from the box. beach desert island lake mountain ocean rainforest the Atlantic the Nile river the Amazon


Section title Learning point for the section Icons show the main skills you work on.


Support for your learning


Focus boxes in each lesson highlight information that is central to the main learning points of the lesson. The Focus boxes will help you with activities in class, and can be used to review your work later. The Focus boxes are colour-coded according to their purpose.


FOCUS FOCUS There is …, There are …


Singular There’s one/a cinema. (there is) We put a or one before the noun.


Plural There are two/some cafés. We put an s at the end of the noun.


Grammar Focus Provides notes on the form, function and meaning of a grammar point.


Grammar FOCUS How to say the time


We have different ways to say times. Examples


It’s half past six, or It’s six


thirty. For 12.00 p.m. we say midday or noon. For 12.00 a.m. we say midnight.


Expression Focus Contains useful expressions and tips to improve your written and spoken English.


When people speak quickly, they link do and you so it sounds like one word.


5.5 Listen and repeat the


sentences in 6. Pay attention to the pronunciation of do you.


Pronunciation Focus Provides models of pronunciation to help with speaking tasks, and to help you understand spoken English better.


LANGUAGE REFERENCE


Every unit will provide a link within a ‘Language reference’ box, which will enable the students to learn more about the relevant grammar topics from each unit.


English for the 21st Century • Using C21 9 Expression FOCUS Pronunciation Contractions


When we write informal texts (or speak), we make some words shorter. We write an apostrophe where we took a letter out.


Examples did not – didn’t were not – weren’t was not – wasn’t that is – that’s


Writing Focus Provides information about English writing conventions and structures to help students improve their mechanics in written texts and assignments.


Writing


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