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Transcript

Vocabulary

How much did you understand?

In the podcast, Rich and Jack used lots of adjectives connected to personality that might be new for you. You can see two examples here:

Everything that I've read about Antonio Valencia tells me that he is very determined and ambitious.

Valencia was very shy and not able to speak English but he also showed how independent and self-reliant he was.

There were a few more tricky adjectives in the podcast. Did you know what they all meant? Try the activity below, then, listen to the podcast again to hear how we used the words in context. This can really help with understanding.

Learning

For, Since and Ago

All three of these words are used to talk about time in different ways.

For is used to describe a period of time such as a number of minutes, days or years etc. For can be used when we are talking about the present, past or the future. Take a look at this example from the podcast:

Antonio Valencia played in the capital (Quito) for three years.

is used to describe a point in time in the past. This point could be a year (2012), a month (May), a time (6 o' clock), or an event (my birthday, last season) etc. is generally used with the present perfect to talk about something that started in the past and continues in the present. Take a look at this example from the podcast:

Antonio Valencia has been captain of his country since 2014.

is used to describe something that happened at a specific point in time in the past. When we use we talk in the past and we usually use the past simple. Take a look at this example from the podcast:

Antonio Valencia was born 31 years ago.

In this week's podcast, Rich and Jack used a few examples of and In this activity, take a look at one section from the podcast and try to put the correct word in each gap.

Language

Nouns and Adjectives

Earlier, you looked at ten adjectives to describe positive characteristics. Many of these adjectives were taken from this week's podcast. All ten adjectives can also be used as nouns. Look at these sentences from the podcast:

I think firefighters are courageous because they work in dangerous situations.

One of the qualities I admire most about Antonio Valencia is his courage.

In the first example the adjective (courageous) is used but in the second sentence, we need to use the noun (courage) because we are not describing the person directly; we are talking about the quality. All ten of the adjectives we looked at in activity 1 can be changed into nouns. Do you think you know all ten? In this activity, take a look at the words and decide if they are adjectives or nouns.

Task

Who do you admire?

In the podcast, Rich spoke about Antonio Valencia - a footballer who he admires. Can you remember the definition ofadmire?

Admire means to respect someone because of what they have done or a personal quality that he/she has.

The noun is admiration and the definition is:

Admiration is the feeling of respect that you have for someone because of what they have done or a personal quality that they possess.

We would like you to tell us about a person that you admire. This person can be a footballer, a sports person, a celebrity, a politician, someone in your family or someone you know. We want to know:

1. Where does this person come from? What is his/her background?

2. What positive qualities does this person have?

3. What has this person done to earn your admiration? Why do you admire this person?

We would like you to write about this person in the comments section below. We like you to try and use some of the language (for, since, ago) and vocabulary (determined/determination) that you have studied in this lesson. We would also like you to respond to other user's comments and tell them what you know about the people that other users write about.

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