Lesson Focus

This unit focuses on natural beauty, tourist destinations, and environmental issues. It involves describing places and debating topics related to nature and technology.

Key Vocabulary to Master

• Nature Terms: bio-diversity, vegetation, cascade (waterfall), reserve, hiking, deforestation, species, recycle, waste.

• Place Descriptions: located in, away from, high rainfall, ideal time to visit, tourist attraction, monumental ruins.

Grammar Focuses

1. Forming Adjectives: Creating adjectives by adding suffixes to nouns or verbs.

• Examples: attract (verb) + -ive → attractive; medicine (noun) + -al → medicinal; fear (noun) + -ful → fearful.

1. More Prepositions: This lesson expands on prepositions of time and movement.

• Examples: till, towards, until, round, since, within, off.

• "The office is closed until Monday."

• "She has been waiting since 8 o'clock."

Important Points for the O/L Exam

• Paper I (Writing): You could be asked to write a description of a beautiful place you have visited. You might also have to write an article or an essay on an environmental topic like "Recycling" or "Protecting Nature." A debate structure is useful for argumentative essays.

• Paper II (Reading): A reading passage will often be about a natural place or an environmental issue. You may need to extract specific details from a brochure-style text.

• Paper I (Grammar): Word formation (forming adjectives) and prepositions are staple grammar questions.

Tips & Tricks for Studying

1. Describe a Place: Choose a place you know well (like a local park or beach). Write a paragraph describing it. Include its location, what it looks like, and what people can do there.

2. For and Against: Pick a topic (e.g., "Should mobile phones be allowed in school?"). Write down two points for the idea and two points against it. This is great practice for debates and argumentative writing.

Word Forms Table: Create a table with four columns: Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb. When you learn a new word like beauty (Noun), find its other forms: beautify (Verb), beautiful (Adjective), beautifully (Adverb).