Lesson 26: Unit 84 – Revision

About this lesson

In this lesson you will revise and consolidate what you have learned in the previous lessons through a rich text about extinct and endangered animals. You will learn useful phrases such as "to be in danger of", "to stop something from something" and "to treat somebody with respect". You will practise the Past Simple, Past Continuous and Present Perfect in context and identify mistakes in sentences. The systematic revision will prepare you to move on to the next level with confidence.

40 minutes

What you'll learn

• Understand a text in English about extinct and endangered animals
• Use phrases such as 'to be in danger of', 'to turn into' and 'to treat with respect' correctly
• Distinguish between the use of the Past Simple and the Past Continuous
• Recognise and correct common grammar mistakes
• Use adjectives and adverbs correctly in sentences

Lesson vocabulary

• extinct 99% of all animal species that have lived on earth are extinct.
• habitat Their usual food or habitat disappeared.
• species Sometimes hunters have destroyed a species just for sport.
• domesticate Some people tried to domesticate the quagga, but with limited success.
• plain The back half of its body was plain brown.
• endangered The Spanish lynx and the black-headed uakari are endangered species.
• striped The front half of its body was striped brown and white.
• to treat with respect They treated the passenger pigeon with respect.
• to put on show They just put them on show in cages.
• to turn into Farmers took large parts of the grassland and turned them into farmland.
• to stop from Shouldn't we stop these animals from becoming extinct before it's too late?
• to be in danger of Today other animals are in danger of following them.
• farmland Farmers turned the grassland habitat into farmland.
• because of Most animals became extinct because of changes in the weather.
• leisure Humans have turned the sea into a leisure area.

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