learn to describe good and bad luck situations • learn expressions with get and about good and bad luck • study the past tense of regular and irregular verbs, and negation • practice conversational responses to good and bad news
Read about good and bad luck.
Read a news story about amazing luck.
Learn ways of expressing surprise, and study the verb get.
Study the past simple and the pattern so ... that.
Listen to another story about luck.
Practise what you have studied so far in this unit.
Practise using the past tense.
Practise responding to good and bad news.
Practise shifting sentence stress.
Tell lottery stories.
Write a story, or describe good or bad luck that you have had.
Practise saying numbers.
Talk to your tutor about the unit and the topic you wrote about in Tutorial 2.
Review the work in the unit.
Test what you have studied in this unit.
Send us your feedback on this unit.
Practise writing about good and bad luck.
charity
charity (n)
an organisation that collects money for people who have no money or who are ill, etc.
coma
coma (n)
a long period of unconsciousness (usually caused by injury or illness)
engaged
engaged (adj)
if you are engaged to someone you have agreed to marry them
flash
flash (v)
to make a fast, bright light
heart
heart attack (n)
a serious medical condition, when the heart stops working
lorry
lorry (n)
a large form of transport that carries things; in American English: truck
lottery
lottery (n)
a game (usually sponsored by the government) where you buy a ticket and, if you are lucky, you win a prize
lucky
lucky (adj)
having or bringing good luck: a lucky person is someone who has good luck; a lucky object brings you good luck ("Seven is my lucky number")
newsagent's
newsagent's (n)
a place where you buy newspapers and, in some countries, lottery tickets
once
once (adv)
one time
scratch
scratch (v)
to make a mark on something with something else (your fingernails, a coin, a key)
survive
survive (v)
to continue to live
unlucky
unlucky (adj)
having or bringing bad luck: an unlucky person is someone who has bad luck; an unlucky object brings you bad luck
valuable
valuable (adj)
worth a lot of money
can
can (n)
a metal container for liquids
coin
coin (n)
piece of metal used as money