Unit 12: Fashion forward
Active and passive voice
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- 1 Pop-ups
- 2 Hidden talents
- 3 Can't buy me love
- 4 Travellers' tales
- 5 The colleague from hell
- 6 Jurassic mystery: unpacking the past
- 7 Career changes
- 8 Art
- 9 Project management
- 10 The dog ate my homework!
- 11 The diary of a double agent
- 12 Fashion forward
- 13 Flat pack skyscrapers
- 14 Extreme sports
- 15 Food fads
- 16 Me, my selfie and I
- 17 Endangered animals
- 18 A nip and a tuck: cosmetic surgery
- 19 I'm really sorry...
- 20 Telling stories
- 21 Fakes and phrasals
- 22 Looking to the future
- 23 Becoming familiar with things
- 24 From rags to riches
- 25 Against the odds
- 26 Our future on Mars?
- 27 Where is it illegal to get a fish drunk?
- 28 Dodgy dating
- 29 Annoying advice
- 30 I'll have been studying English for thirty weeks
Session 3
Shoes - most of us wear them, in all shapes and sizes. But researchers say there can be a high cost to your health as well as your bank account. Practise your reading skills with this article.
Activity 2
Shoes and words
Shoes and words
Time to practise some of the vocabulary from the article. Have a go at this quiz. Look in the vocabulary box if you need help. Good luck!
ፅሁፉን ያንብቡና ቀጣዩን ክንውን ይሞክሩ
Learn that vocabulary!
5 Questions
Fill the gaps with the correct words. Have a look at the vocabulary box if you need help.
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Activity
Fill the gaps with the correct words. Have a look at the vocabulary box if you need help.
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How do your feet feel when your shoes are too small?Question 1 of 5
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Activity
Fill the gaps with the correct words. Have a look at the vocabulary box if you need help.
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Which word means 'basic'?Question 2 of 5
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Activity
Fill the gaps with the correct words. Have a look at the vocabulary box if you need help.
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Choose a word that refers to a body part.Question 3 of 5
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Activity
Fill the gaps with the correct words. Have a look at the vocabulary box if you need help.
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Which word describes something you do regularly?Question 4 of 5
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Activity
Fill the gaps with the correct words. Have a look at the vocabulary box if you need help.
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Which word means 'the most important and influential'?Question 5 of 5
Excellent! Great job! መጥፎ እድል ነጥብ አስመዝግበዋል :
End of Session 3
That's all for this session. We hope you enjoyed it - and learned some useful shoe-related information! Join us again in Session 4, where we find out what happens to clothes when their owners don't want them any more. Bye for now!
Session Vocabulary
glam
(short for glamorous) very attractive and excitingstrains
damage to something that is caused by stretching or pulling it
prone to
if you are prone to something, it often happens to you
dominant
stronger or more powerful than other similar things in the same group
deformed
mis-shapen; with a shape that has not developed correctly
stirrups
the metal parts of a horse's saddle that hang down on each side of the horse and that the rider's feet rest in
stance
a particular way that a person stands
staple
a main or most important part of something
elevation
a position that is higher than normal