Cities and countryside

1.

February 29th
Revise vocabulary
Discuss: cities and listening
Grammar: perfect forms - modals in the past,
wishes and future perfect
Advantages of city/ countryside

2.

new vocabulary
achieve your potential;
develop my knowledge of / my skills in …
further your career
look at job application/cover letters? a personal
statement

3.

modals in the past
What do you say when you think you made a mistake in the past? (I should ……..
What if you forgot to do something?
What if someone else e.g. the authorities made a mistake? (they should …….
What if you think something happened in the past? Eg the details of someone
else’s life and education
What if you are trying to explain why something happened? e.g. why someone is
late (and you are waiting for them)
Did you make any mistakes with your education or choice of job?
How could governments have prevented global warming?
What do you think people ate in your country 2000 years ago?
Why do you think people chose to settle in your city?

4.

wish
Do you sometimes wish you …….. in the
countryside?
How would your life …… different if you …..?
How would your life …… …… different if you …..
……. up in an isolated community?

5.

I took part in the following professional development: I attended a conference …./ I
self-development / professional development
completed an online course
this improved/enrich/ enhance/ extend my understanding of
my prospective career = my future career that I haven’t started yet
my (future) prospects in marketing,
this helped me to
as a result of this I
enter/ getting into / joining a course or university
I would like to get into/ to get a place on the course / to be accepted onto this course
the thief went/got into my house
go to uni, go on a course
on the programme
apply for a course; apply to a university
it has influenced me / it has been an influence on me
https://www.prepareforsuccess.org.uk
I went to University in Moscow. I studied at Moscow University; I completed a degree in Advertising