9A
Vocabulary
Quality of life
9A · Ex 1 Solve the anagrams.
Unscramble each word using the collocation clues to help you.
1a s e w gincrease / high / low ___
2m t u m c n i o ystrong / local ___
3s o u r e p pmain / real / have a strong / have no ___
4p s a s e cgreen / open ___
5l o i n v e c ean act of / the use of ___
6r a i o i t n n d m c i s iface / end ___
7a h t f ihave / lose ___
8u q t y l e a iachieve / fight for ___
9y x i n t e acause / feel / reduce ___
10a r i h t y c___ event / shop / concert
9A · Ex 2 Describe an ideal society.
Work in pairs. Use the words and collocations from Exercise 1 to write sentences about the quality of life in an ideal society.
* Writing/speaking exercise — no automatic check.
9B
Vocabulary
Society
9B Society crossword
Type one letter per box. Use the clues below the grid.
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Across
- 2. A large amount of money or valuable possessions that someone has.
- 4. A country, considered as an organised political community controlled by one government.
- 5. The formal choices people make in an election, e.g. by marking a paper or raising a hand.
- 8. The ability or right to control people or events.
- 9. Things that everyone is allowed to do or have by law.
- 10. A system of government by the whole population, usually through elected representatives.
- 13. A sum of money saved or made available for a particular purpose.
- 15. Without a home, and therefore living on the streets or in temporary accommodation.
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- 1. To have official power over a country.
- 3. The organised provision of medical care to a population.
- 6. More than half of a group of people or things.
- 7. Unfair treatment of people because of their race.
- 8. A situation in which there is no war or conflict.
- 11. To have something that belongs to you.
- 12. The power to make decisions about how something is run.
- 14. Complete disorder and confusion.
9C
Vocabulary
Sport
9C Peek & recall dictation
In the original activity, these sentences are pinned up around the room for a running dictation — you run, read, remember, and dictate them to your partner. Here, click "Peek" to reveal a sentence for a few seconds, then try to type it from memory. Click "Show sentence" to compare.
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9C · Ex 2 Respond with a past modal of deduction.
Choose at least four of the sentences above and respond to each one using a past modal of deduction (must have / might have / could have / can't have + past participle). For example: "She missed the penalty, and we were knocked out of the competition." → "That must have been disappointing."
* Speaking exercise — no automatic check.