M3 Core - Unit 5 Study Guide

Part 1: Vocabulary - Creative Hobbies

Focus: Collocations (Verbs + Nouns)

Key Vocabulary & Usage

• Build: Construct by assembling parts. 
  • Collocations: machines, furniture, models. 
  • My brother likes to build complex machines.
• Make: Create or produce. 
  • Collocations: clothes, jewelry, art.
  • Sarah makes silver jewelry.
• Grow: Cultivate plants. 
  • Collocations: a garden, vegetables, flowers.
  • We grow a garden.
• Sell: Exchange for money. 
  • Collocations: things online, at a market.
  • To sell things online, you need good photos.
• Bake: Cook food with dry heat in an oven. 
  • Collocations: bread, cakes, cookies.
  • I like to bake bread.
• Develop: Grow or cause to grow and become more mature, advanced, or elaborate. 
  • Collocations: a skill, a plan, software.
  • She wants to develop her drawing skill.
• Design: Produce a plan or drawing showing the look and function of something before it is built or made. 
  • Collocations: a website, a logo, clothes.
  • He helps companies design new logos.
• Organize: Arrange or put into a structured whole; plan and coordinate (an event). 
  • Collocations: a party, a trip, a closet.
  • We need to organize a party for the end of the term.
• Improve: Make or become better. 
  • Collocations: a recipe, a technique, skills.
  • Practicing every day improves your baking technique.
• Events: Planned public or social gatherings.
  • Collocations: school, sporting, charity.
  • They are planning several charity events this year.
• Program: A set of related measures or activities intended to achieve a goal. 
  • Collocations: a computer, a training, a language.
  • I want to learn to program a computer game.
• Decorate: Make something look more attractive by adding ornaments or embellishments. 
  • Collocations: a room, a cake, a Christmas tree.
  • Let's decorate the room before the guests arrive.

Part 2: Grammar - Verbs + to Infinitive

In English, some verbs are directly followed by a second verb in the infinitive form (to + base verb).

Structure: Subject + Main Verb + to + Base Verb

Common Verbs & Examples - About future plans

1. Want They want to learn how to paint.
2. Need We need to buy more materials.
3. Plan My sister plans to study French.
4. Decide He decided to go to art school.

Some verbs can use both forms.

1. Like I like to build models. / I like building models.

Part 3: Time Expressions & Tenses

Comparison: Simple Present vs. Present Continuous

Key Differences in Context

• Routine vs. Now: "He never bakes on Mondays (Routine), but he is baking today (Exception)."
• Current Activities: "Right now, we are studying grammar." vs. "We study grammar every week."

Formation Examples

Part 4: Cause and Effect

Connecting words: because, as, so

1. Expressing the REASON (Why something happened)

Use because or as.

• Structure: [Result] + because + [Reason]
• I am happy because I passed the test.
• I want to learn to knit because I want to make my own scarves.
• Structure: As + [Reason], + [Result]
• Note: "As" is often used at the beginning of a sentence in formal writing.
• As it was raining, we stayed inside.
• As he loves wood, he decided to build a table.

2. Expressing the RESULT (The outcome of an action)

Use so.

• Structure: [Reason], + so + [Result]
• It was raining, so we stayed inside.
• I need money, so I am going to sell my old books online.

Part 5: Register (Formal vs. Informal)

Take the quiz when you are ready.

M6 Unit 5 Quiz

A2-B1 English Comprehensive Practice ---instructions Reading Part 1: Email Request Read the email about a summer course and answer the questions below. ---text Dear Admissions Office, I am writing to ask for more information about the Summer English and Art course. I plan to travel to the UK this July,

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