Gateway 2 Unit 4: Women and Power
Gateway 2 Unit 4: Women and Power
Vocabulary Related To The Unit
- Stereotype: an exaggerated or wrong image of the characteristics of a particular group.
- Violence: actions or words which are intended to hurt people.
- Feminism: a movement that claims to advocate the right of women.
- Self-confidence: a belief in one’s own abilities and skills.
- International women’s day: an occasion celebrated by women’s groups around the world on March 8th.
- Emancipation: freeing someone socially and politically.
- Polygamy: having more than one spouse/wife.
- Gender: male or female.
Prefixes and Suffixes
1. Prefixes
A prefix is a group of letters at the beginning of a word that changes the word’s meaning.
Example: dis – pre – contr – anti – re – post – out – co – mis
Disappear – prehistoric – antibiotic – re-elect – post-war – outnumbered – co-exist – misunderstand
2. Suffixes
A suffix is a group of letters at the end of a word that changes the word’s meaning and often its part of speech.
Example: -cy –al -ance -ence –ism -able, -ible
privacy- refusal – maintenance – eminence – communism – edible, presentable.
Click here to see a list of Common Prefixes and suffixes
Functions: Apology (saying sorry)
Making Apology
- I do apologize for…
- I must apologize for…
- I apologize for…
- I’d like to apologize for …
- I am so sorry for …
- I shouldn’t have…
- It’s all my fault.
- I’m ashamed of …
- Please, forgive me for…
- Excuse me for …
- I’m terribly sorry for …..
- Pardon me for this…
- Please, forgive me for my….
- Please, accept my apologies for …
Accepting Apology
- That’s all right.
- Never mind.
- Don’t apologize.
- It doesn’t matter.
- Don’t worry about it.
- Don’t mention it.
- That’s OK.
- I quite understand.
- You couldn’t help it.
- Forget about it.
- Don’t worry about it.
- No harm done.
Grammar: Passive Voice
To see the lesson on the Passive voice click on PASSIVE VOICE
Writing: Argumentative / Opinion Essay
Click on this link to see How to Write an Argumentative / Opinion Essay
Hi teacher I have problem about passive voice
Hi there, where is the text related to women and power? Thank you
Which text?
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hello teacher i have problem about the passive voice
Which problem do you have Miss Fatima?
Thank you teacher .