Universidad Tcnica de Ambato

DEPARTAMENTO DE IDIOMAS
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Intermediate B1+

UNIT 1 IDENTITY
Unit 1.1 WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?
1. Who do you think you are?
2. What do you know about your family history?
3. Did you ever meet your great-grandparents? How were they like?
4. Where did your ancestors come from? What happened to them?
5. Which members of your family do you feel close to?
6. Tell me about your family story?
7. Do you see your family every day? What do you share together?
8. Did your grandparents teach you anything? What was that?
9. Who always remember your birthday?
10. Who taught you to read?
11. What do you do to relax?
12. Where do you want to go on your next holiday?
13. What three words describe you?
14. What makes you happy?
15. Who knows you best?
16. When did you first speak English?
17. When do you need to write a letter or email to introduce yourself?
Unit 1.2 MEN AND WOMEN
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Do you think male and female brains are different? How?

What are the stereotypes of men and women in your country?
What are the roles of men and women in your country?
Do you think men and women roles are different? How?
Do you think women in Ecuador prefer to have a male boss? Why?
Do you think women spend more than seven hours a week doing exercises? Why?
What is the biggest challenge for women today?
What do women think is the best age to get married? Why?

Unit 1.3 TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF

1. What type of things people do to get an interview in an important company?
2. What should you do before and during an interview?

Unit 1.4 SECOND LIFE

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What can you do in Second Life as an avatar?

Have you been in Second Life? If not, would you like to spend time there?
What might you enjoy about Second Life? What would you not like about it?
Why do you think people get addicted to Second Life?
What three words best describe you?
What is your idea of the perfect happiness?
What possession is the most important for you? Why?
What is your greatest achievement?
What is your favorite sound, smell and taste?
What do you like most about your lifestyle? Why?
What do you like least about your lifestyle? Why?
What do you always carry with you? Why?
Who would be your perfect dinner date? Why?
What is your favorite month and why?
If you could change one thing about the past, what would it be?
If you could learn one new thing, what would it be?

LOOK BACK
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When did you start studying English?

Who helped you to learn English?
Do you enjoy learning languages?
Did you learn anything important from your teacher?
What annoys you about your job or your studies?
In your job or studies, is there anything you are not happy with?
When you imagine the perfect career, what do you think of?
What keeps you awake at night?

UNIT 2 TALES
Unit 2.1 FACT OR FICTION?
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Have you ever seen any film that has taught you about a person/event in history?
Which types of film do you enjoy watching? Why?
Have you ever been on TV/in a newspaper?
Have you ever done something embarrassing in public?
Have you ever written a poem/story?
Have you ever gone to a country on a different continent?
Have you ever collected anything as a hobby?

8. Have you ever seen someone commit a crime?

9. Do you usually arrive on time, or are you sometimes late at work or school?
10. Do you prefer to live with someone, or live on your own? Why?
Unit 2.2 WHAT REALLY HAPPENED?
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How do you keep up-to-date with the news?

What have been the most important stories in the last five years in your country?
Do you know any conspiracy theory? What happened?
Think about an important news story:
4.1. What was the news story? Where were you when you heard the news?
4.2. What were you doing? Who were with you?
4.3. What did you think ta first? How did you feel?
4.4. Did the news change things for you in any way?

Unit 2.3 I DONT BELIEVE IT!

1. How do you know when someone is lying?
2. When someone is lying. Do you think his7her behavior change?
3. Have you ever gotten stuck in a lift?
4. Have you ever missed a flight?
5. Have you ever slept outside?
6. Have you ever spoken to someone famous?
7. Have you gotten a tattoo?
8. Have you ever appeared on television/in the newspaper?
9. Have you ever met a criminal?
10.Have you ever been mistaken for someone else?
11.Have you ever sung karaoke?
12.Have you ever tried a very dangerous sport?
13.Have you ever found something unusual in your job or school?
14.Have you ever done something embarrassing on holiday?
Unit 2.4 HUSTLE
1. What famous fictional thieves/investigators/detectives do you know about?
2. Have you watched any programmes involving thieves/investigators/detectives?
3. Do you watch any crime detective dramas? Which ones? What do you like/dislike
about them?
4. What are the features of good detective dramas, e.g. interesting characters?
5. Can you remember a day when you woke up late? What happened?

UNIT 3 CONTACT

Unit 3.1 YOURE GOING WHERE?

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What problems do teenagers and parents of teenagers have? Why?

What is the best thing a parent can do for a teenager?
Do you think it is important for parents to know about their teenagers plans?
Do you agree that mobile phones have changed the way that people make plans?
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What are you going to do at the weekend?
How have your ideas changed since you were a teenager?
Do you like chatting to/gossiping with?
Can you remember a situation in which you had to moan about?
Who was the last person you argued with?

Unit 3.2 GETTING CONNECTED

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In the future how will we communicate with people in the other countries?
In the future will we still use pen and paper to write?
In the future will we watch TV the same way we do now?
Will you still live in the same place in the near future?
Will you still live in the same place in ten years time?
Will you still attend classes six months from now?
Will you still attend classes next year?
What projects will you work on in the short term?
What projects will you work on in the long term?
When was the last time you gave someone a hand?
Which classmate do you think is a dark horse?
Whens the last time you put your foot in something embarrassing?
Which issues are close to your heart?
Do you often have to work against the clock? Why?
When were you last in hot water?

Unit 3.3 IN OTHER WORDS

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Have you ever gotten a wrong number?

Have you ever gotten the wrong address?
Have you ever gotten the date wrong?
Have you ever had a misunderstanding with someone else?

Unit 3.4 THE VIRTUAL REVOLUTION

1. How has the internet changed the world?
2. Do you think there are any negative sides of the internet or is it all positive?
3. What do like best about internet and why?
3.1. It opens up new realms of knowledge
3.2. It helps us to communicate
3.3. It creates wealth
4. Well, the web is how mankind communicates nowadays. (Bill Gates) Do you agree?
5. How do you prefer to communicate? What does it depend on?
6. Which ways of communicating are the most popular in your class?
LOOK BACK
1. Tell me a situation in which you..
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1.2. Argue
1.3. Chat
1.4. Gossip
1.5. Warn
1.6. Apologise
1.7. Boast
1.8. Compliment

UNIT 4 JOBS
Unit 4.1 MILLIONAIRES
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What three qualities best describe you? Why?

Do you think you have to be born rich to be a millionaire? Why?
Do millionaires think that money is more important than love or marriage? Why?
Do they work more than sixty hours a week? Why?
Do they do well at school and usually go to university? Why?
Do they like to work on holidays? Why?
Do they like spending money on designer goods? Why?
What are the best paid jobs in your country?
Is there anything you often forget like phone numbers, or someones name?
If you listen carefully, what noise can you hear at the moment?
Do you write notes to remind yourself about important things?
How much did you earn for your first job? What did you buy?
What do you like doing for fun? Do you like playing games?

Unit 4.2 DREAM JOB

1. What is your idea of a dream job?
2. What were your childhood dreams? Have you achieved them?
3. Did you have any interests or hobbies in the past which relate to your life (job/studies)
now? What were they?
4. How have your ideas, opinions, hobbies, etc.., changed? Are there any things that you
used to do, which you dont do now? Why did you stop? Would you do these things again?
Unit 4.3 THATS A GOOD IDEA
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Do you know any successful businessmen?

When was the last time you and your friends worked as a team?
Have you ever worked for a difficult boss?
When did you last go for a job interview?
Have you ever had to compete for a job?
Which jobs earns a six-figure salary?
What kinds of things does someone have to do to get fired from their job?

Unit 4.4 GAVIN AND STACEY

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How much time do you spend working or studying?

What kind of tasks do you have to do in a normal day?
Who do you spend your day with?
How do you relax?
Which are the best parts of your day?

UNIT 5 SOLUTIONS
Unit 5.1 MACHINES
1. How have machines and technology changed the world?
2. Have they made better or worse the place?
3. Think about all the different types of transports you use. Which do you enjoy the
most/least? Why?
4. How have your city changed in the last 20 years?
Unit 5.2 ASK THE EXPERTS
1. Do you think it is possible to surf a tidal wave? Why?
2. Does cheese really give you nightmares?
3. Why are sumo wrestlers so fat?

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Do any wasps make honey? Why?

Is there an easy way to prove the Earth is round? Why? How?
Why do onions make you cry?
How do you prefer to find information?

Unit 5.3 ITS OUT OF ORDER

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Have you gotten problems with any device recently?

How did you feel when it happened?
How did you try to solve the problem?
Do you have problems with your computer when you study or work?
What do you usually do when it happens?
What do you do when your computer crashes?

Unit 5.4 TOP GEAR

1. Which extreme sport would you try? Why?