Prime Time 7/8, Writing, Arbeitsheft

19 4.2 Focus on content Allergies and how to fight them Read the text “Allergies are on the rise – and what you can do against them” and complete the grid below. Allergies Reasons for these allergies How to fight them Pollen 1. 1. 2. 2. 3. 4. 5. Food 1. 1. 2. Pet 1. 1. 2. 4.3 Focus on vocabulary and style Vocabulary: Synonyms of “to cause” All the words and phrases in the table below are synonyms of “to cause”. a) Go through the list and choose the ones you have not heard of before. b) On the internet, search for an authentic sentence for each of these items and add it to your vocabulary log. Useful language: Synonyms of “to cause” to be the cause of to bring about to bring on to create to effect to evoke to foster to generate to give rise to to initiate to inspire to lead to to make sth. happen to produce to promote to provoke to result in to trigger 4.4 Focus on form and structure Using gerunds a) Study the example below. The gerunds are marked in bold . Example: Eating the wrong kind of food can lead to physical reactions like itching and sneezing. b) Link the following sentences and replace the bold part with a gerund construction. 1. Over-sensitive people should avoid pollen. This will make their allergies ebb off. 2. A lot of people ignore their allergies. This can lead to further health problems. 1  2  3  Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv