Unit 1

The world of our senses

Look at the following sentences and

tell us the two meanings of the

underlined word. Try to describe two

parts of speech.

1. Once out in the street, she walked

quickly towards her usual bus stop.

2.‘Here we are, King Street.’ he stopped.

n. a place at which someone/something

stops

v. to put an end to what one is doing

3. He met me in Park Street and walked

me the rest of the way home.

4. That was nice of him. Why didn’t you

invite him to come in and rest?

n. the remaining part

v. relax

Many words in English can have more

than one part of speech. In some cases,

different parts of speech (usually a noun

and a verb) have the same spelling but

different meanings.

Read the story Fog and find more

words that can be used both as a noun

and a verb. Tell us the meanings of

these words when used as different

parts of speech.

For example:

Polly leaves work early. Work here is a

noun, which means ‘something that one

is doing, especially as a job’. Work can

also be used as a verb. e.g. Polly works

very hard.

Find the words listed below in the

story and complete the table. Then

make different sentences with the

words.

Word once

line 7 line 42

Part of

speech

Meaning

conjunction adverb

as soon assometime in

the past

Wordleft

line 2 line 43

Part of speech

Meaning

verb

went away from a place/a person

adverb

on the west side of your body when you are facing north

Word still

line 5 line 28

Part of speech

Meaning

adverb adjective

not movingcontinuing

Use the words in Part B and the correct

part of speech to complete the report.

• The air sometimes smells very bad. Do

you know what (1) _________ this?

One (2)_______ is traffic.

• Does anyone have an (3) _________ to

the problem of global warming? so far,

causes

cause

answer

even scientists can’t (4) ________ this

question.

• In some countries, the price of food (5)

_________ every year. Poor people

often have to go hungry because they

cannot afford the (6) ___________.

answer

increases

increase

Complete the sentences with

the correct part of speech. sense

1. Doctors often ____ uneasiness in people.

2. Your _____ are the physical abilities of

sight, smell, hearing, touch and taste.

3. I looked at the printed page but the

words made no _____.

sense(v.)

(n.)senses

(n.) sense

desert

1. All his friends have ________ him.

2. On his return from his office, he

found the house ________.

3. They were lost in the ______.

deserted

deserted

desert

(v.)

(v.)

(n.)

time

1. It’ll take you a long ____ to learn

English well.

2. I have seen the movie three _____.

3. He _____ her as she swam a mile.

time

times

timed

(n.)

(n.)

(v.)

present

1. The _______ situation in Middle East

is very dangerous.

2. The chairman himself _________ the

first winner the prize.

3. The child received a lot of _________

in the Spring Festival.

(adj.)

(v.)

(n.)

present

presented

presents

deal

1. They learned to ____ with unexpected

situation.

2. The workers are hoping for a better

pay _____.

3. A great ____ of work needs doing.

(n.)

(n.)

(v.)

deal

deal

deal

What words do you use to describe

different kinds of weather?

Read the conversation in Part A on

Page 7.

Adjectives:

cloudy, sunny, cold, cool, warm,

hot, dry, wet, rainy, snowy

Nouns:

rain, snow, wind, storm, shower

sunny

cloudy

overcast

fog/mist

storm

lightning

snow

drizzly

Look at the weather report for

today. Then complete the weather

forecast for tomorrow using the

symbols and the pictures at page 7

to help you.

Here is the weather forecast for

tomorrow. It will be warm and

_____ in the morning, with a fair

chance of ______ weather

developing before noon. It will

become cooler in the afternoon.

The sky will be cloudy with heavy

_____.

sunny

cloudy

rain

In the evening, the temperature

will drop a lot and it will become

a bit cold. There will be

_________________, with a

_______ likely after midnight!

thunder/ lightning

storm

1. What kinds of weather do you

prefer? And why?

2. Forecast the weather of tomorrow.

You can discuss with your partner.

• Try to find more words with different

parts of speech.

• Do exercises on P91.

• Talk about different kinds of weather

in different seasons and places.