Unit 7
Changes
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Verb+Prepositions
look for - to search for something
I'm looking for something new to do with my life.
travel around - to go from one place to another, or to several places, especially ones
that are far away.
I'd like to travel around Europe.
get away- to leave a place, escape for a while
Sometimes, I just want to get away for a weekend.
wait for-to stay in one place because you are expecting a particular thing to come or
happen
dream about - to think about something that you would like to
happen or have
Do you ever dream about living abroad?
go back - to return to a place
I don't want to go back to living in the countryside.
move to - to live or work in a different place
She'd like to move to Asia.
think about - to use your mind to decide about something, form an
opinion, imagine something etc.
Used to - for past habits
USED TO
Habit in the Past
Used to expresses the idea that something was an old habit that
stopped in the past. It indicates that something was often
repeated in the past, but it is not usually done now.
Examples:
subject + used to + base verb
•Jerry used to study English.
•Sam and Mary used to go to Mexico in the summer.
•I used to start work at 9 o'clock.
•Christine used to eat meat, but now she is a vegetarian.
• We use this expression to talk about habits or repeated actions
in the past which we don't do in the present. We also use it to
talk about states in the past which are no longer true. For
example:
• I used to have long hair (but now I have short hair).
• He used to smoke (but now he doesn't smoke).
• They used to live in India (but now they live in Germany).
• Watch out! With the negative and the question
it's 'use' and not 'used':
Did you use to be a teacher?
• Did he use to study French?
• She didn't use to like chocolate, but she does now.
• I didn't use to want to have a nice house.
7.1 Verb + prepositions
to search for something
to go from one place to another, or to several places, especially ones that are far
away
to leave a place, escape for a while
to stay in one place because you are expecting a particular thing to come or happen
to think about something that you would like to happen or have
to return to a place
to live or work in a different place
to use your mind to decide about something, form an opinion, imagine something
7.3
a room or building containing books that you can borrow, and computers that you
can use to get information
a shop that sells books
a room in a school or university where students learn with a teacher 3
a part of a building that has its own walls, floor, and ceiling 3
a place that you can live or stay in
a restaurant where you collect your own food and take it to a table to eat it
a shop where you can buy things such as paper and envelopes that you use for
writing
the main area near the entrance of a hotel or other organization where you go when
you first arrive
a building which is used for studying
a place where you can go and copy printed documents
a talk to a group of people that teaches them about a subject
a large room where someone gives a talk to a group of people that teaches them
about a subject
a desk near the entrance of a hotel or other organization where you go when you
first arrive to get information
regarding your health, comfort, and happiness
to take and use something that belongs to someone else and give it
back to them later
Purpose
Purpose
Cause (because)
Result (so)
Practice
7.2 Collocations
•-Cure an illness
• If doctors or medical treatments cure an illness or injury, they
cause it to end or disappear. [...]
• To eliminate (a disease, for example) from the body by medi
cal or other treatment;
murder - the crime of deliberately killing someone
Crime an illegal action
Prison a building where criminals are kept
arrest if the police arrest someone, they take them away
because they believe that the person is guilty of a
crime
• Save someone’s life - to make someone or something
safe from danger, harm
• Save money - to keep money and not spend it
Waste time / money –use badly
• Do you think you have changed a lot since your
childhood?
• Have there been a lot of changes in your town/city?
• What positive change might happen in your life in the
next few years?
• What do you plan to change next year?
• Do you like changes?
