Unit 12: Fashion forward
Active and passive voice
Select a unit
- 1Pop-ups
- 2Hidden talents
- 3Can't buy me love
- 4Travellers' tales
- 5The colleague from hell
- 6Jurassic mystery: unpacking the past
- 7Career changes
- 8Art
- 9Project management
- 10The dog ate my homework!
- 11The diary of a double agent
- 12Fashion forward
- 13Flat pack skyscrapers
- 14Extreme sports
- 15Food fads
- 16Me, my selfie and I
- 17Endangered animals
- 18A nip and a tuck: cosmetic surgery
- 19I'm really sorry...
- 20Telling stories
- 21Fakes and phrasals
- 22Looking to the future
- 23Becoming familiar with things
- 24From rags to riches
- 25Against the odds
- 26Our future on Mars?
- 27Where is it illegal to get a fish drunk?
- 28Dodgy dating
- 29Annoying advice
- 30I'll have been studying English for thirty weeks
Session 3
Shoes - most of us wear them, in all shapes and sizes. But researchers say there can be a high cost to your health as well as your bank account. Practise your reading skills with this article.
Wayitii marii qabxii 3
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Activity 2
Shoes and words
Shoes and words
Time to practise some of the vocabulary from the article. Have a go at this quiz. Look in the vocabulary box if you need help. Good luck!
Barreeffama kana dubbisii shakala kana xumuri
Learn that vocabulary!
5 Questions
Fill the gaps with the correct words. Have a look at the vocabulary box if you need help.
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Activity
Fill the gaps with the correct words. Have a look at the vocabulary box if you need help.
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How do your feet feel when your shoes are too small?Question 1 of 5
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Activity
Fill the gaps with the correct words. Have a look at the vocabulary box if you need help.
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Which word means 'basic'?Question 2 of 5
Gargaarsa
Activity
Fill the gaps with the correct words. Have a look at the vocabulary box if you need help.
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Choose a word that refers to a body part.Question 3 of 5
Gargaarsa
Activity
Fill the gaps with the correct words. Have a look at the vocabulary box if you need help.
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Which word describes something you do regularly?Question 4 of 5
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Activity
Fill the gaps with the correct words. Have a look at the vocabulary box if you need help.
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Which word means 'the most important and influential'?Question 5 of 5
Excellent!Great job!Carraa badaa!Qabxii argatte:
End of Session 3
That's all for this session. We hope you enjoyed it - and learned some useful shoe-related information! Join us again in Session 4, where we find out what happens to clothes when their owners don't want them any more. Bye for now!
Session Vocabulary
glam
(short for glamorous) very attractive and excitingstrains
damage to something that is caused by stretching or pulling it
prone to
if you are prone to something, it often happens to you
dominant
stronger or more powerful than other similar things in the same group
deformed
mis-shapen; with a shape that has not developed correctly
stirrups
the metal parts of a horse's saddle that hang down on each side of the horse and that the rider's feet rest in
stance
a particular way that a person stands
staple
a main or most important part of something
elevation
a position that is higher than normal
