Risk for fun

What's in the lesson

1. 1Warm-up
2. 2In this lesson
3. 3Guess the words (1)Vocabulary exercise
4. 4Guess the words (2)Vocabulary exercise
5. 5Check the wordsVocabulary
6. 6Check your understandingReading comprehension
7. 7Listen: my first skydiveListening comprehension
8. 8Use the new wordsVocabulary exercise
9. 9Why -ing?Grammar exercise
10. 10Preposition + -ingGrammar rule
11. 11Afraid of…, good at…Grammar exercise
12. 12-ing or to?Grammar exercise
13. 13Say it right: sports wordsSpeaking practice
14. 14Would you try it?Speaking practice
15. 15Let's discussDiscussion
16. 16Wrap-up

Homework

1. 1Homework: closest meaningVocabulary exercise
2. 2Homework: your sentencesVocabulary exercise
3. 3Homework: find the mistakeGrammar exercise
4. 4Homework: an adventureDiscussion

Words

• adrenaline/əˈdrenəlɪn/

  a chemical your body makes when you are afraid or excited, which makes your heart beat faster (an adrenaline rush)

• thrill/θrɪl/

  a strong feeling of excitement and pleasure, or something that gives you this feeling (also a verb)

• injury/ˈɪndʒəri/

  damage to the body, for example a broken bone (be injured)

• stunt/stʌnt/

  a dangerous and exciting action that someone does to entertain people

• cliff/klɪf/

  a very high, steep side of a rock or a mountain, often by the sea

• conventional/kənˈvenʃənl/

  normal and traditional, not new or unusual

• root for/ˈruːt fər/

  to want a person or a team to win, and to support them

• fearless/ˈfɪrləs/

  not afraid of anything

• push your limits/ˌpʊʃ jər ˈlɪmɪts/

  to try to do more than you have done before

• gear/ɡɪr/

  the clothes and equipment you need for an activity

Two slides from the lesson

Warm-up

Let's talk about sports and adventure.

1. What is the most exciting thing you have ever done?
2. Do you prefer watching sports or playing them?
3. Is there a sport or an activity that scares you? Why?

Grammar rule

Preposition + -ing

After a preposition, use -ing

After a preposition (about, at, of, in, for, without, before, after, by, instead of…), a verb takes -ing:

• I'm nervous about jumping. · She's good at climbing. · He's afraid of falling.
• Are you interested in trying it? · Thank you for helping me.
• Before getting on the plane… · After landing… · without checking · by practicing · instead of watching

Not I'm afraid of fall and not I'm interested in to try.

Watch out for to

In look forward to, to is a preposition, so it takes -ing too: I'm looking forward to seeing you. (not to see you)

But after many verbs, we use to + verb, not -ing: I want to try it. We decided to climb it.