Gut feelings

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: Grace's patientListening comprehension
8. 8Use the new wordsVocabulary exercise
9. 9Which meaning?Grammar exercise
10. 10Gerund or infinitive: the meaning changesGrammar rule
11. 11Gut feelingsGrammar exercise
12. 12Say it naturallySpeaking practice
13. 13Gut or head?Speaking practice
14. 14Let's discussDiscussion
15. 15Wrap-up

Homework

1. 1Homework: closest meaningVocabulary exercise
2. 2Homework: your sentencesVocabulary exercise
3. 3Homework: -ing or to?Grammar exercise
4. 4Homework: a decision I rememberDiscussion

Words

• gut feeling/ˌɡʌt ˈfiːlɪŋ/

  a strong feeling that something is right or wrong, without a clear reason

• hunch/hʌntʃ/

  an idea that something is true, based on a feeling, not on facts

• snap decision/ˌsnæp dɪˈsɪʒn/

  a decision made very quickly, without much thought

• trust your gut/ˌtrʌst jər ˈɡʌt/

  to follow your feelings when you make a decision

• deliberate/dɪˈlɪbəreɪt/

  to think carefully about something before you decide (deliberate over / about something)

• pros and cons/ˌproʊz ən ˈkɑːnz/

  the advantages and disadvantages of something

• instinct/ˈɪnstɪŋkt/

  a natural way of acting or feeling that you do not have to learn or think about

• reliable/rɪˈlaɪəbl/

  that you can trust or depend on

• overthink/ˌoʊvərˈθɪŋk/

  to think about something too much, so that it becomes harder

• pattern/ˈpætərn/

  a regular way in which something happens again and again

Two slides from the lesson

Warm-up

Let's talk about decisions.

1. How did you choose the place where you live now? Did you think for a long time, or did you just know?
2. Are you a fast decision-maker or a slow one? Give an example.
3. Have you ever had a strong feeling about a person or a place that turned out to be right?

Grammar rule

Gerund or infinitive: the meaning changes

Verb	+ -ing	+ to + verb
remember	a memory of the past: I remember riding my first bike.	don't forget a future job: Remember to take your keys.
forget	usually never forget: I'll never forget hearing that song live.	not remember a job: I forgot to call the dentist.
stop	not do it anymore: She stopped eating meat in 2019.	stop in order to do something: We stopped to get gas.
try	do it as an experiment, to see if it helps: Too hot? Try opening a window.	make an effort to do something hard: I tried to open the jar, but I couldn't.
regret	be sorry about the past: I regret selling my old guitar.	formal, for bad news: We regret to inform you that…

With remember, forget and regret, the -ing form looks back at the past; the to form looks forward. The unit's grammar lesson adds go on and mean.