Unit 2 Language summary

Nouns Describing research Adjectives Adverbs

critics (of) advertisements for direct avidly
(consumer) goods cause of educational
violence concern about extreme Expressions
effect(s) on harmful central to
Celebrity impact on harmless every single day
celebrity culture increase in / of (something) hilarious I just don’t get it.
gossip influence on violent What’s clear is that . . .
obsession (complex) issue without (someone’s)
link between Verbs permission
Media
problem with arrange
big screen reasons for Talking about research
hits (on a website) be familiar with
relationship between contribute to (inactivity) Experts claim that . . .
images research on identify with My feeling / opinion is
movie trailer rise in multi-task that . . .
podcast
Research areas subscribe to (something) Research shows that . . .
video clip
upload teachers complained that . . .
behavior The thing / problem / point
bullying watch (something) on a big
screen is that . . .
inactivity There is evidence . . .
language development Celebrity What I’m saying is that . . .
literacy gossip What is most disturbing is
obesity invent that . . .
social skills obsess
sugary cereals
Describing research
compare to
turn (someone’s) attention to
vary

Adding essential information Adding comments

There are shows that / which pay for plastic surgery. Which is stupid, I know.
We love to read about the people (who / that) celebrities date, Which is incredible.
and the clothes (that) they wear. I don’t generally watch them, which is unusual, I guess.

Adding extra information Introducing comments with

Celebrity magazines, which outnumber news magazines, are You know what . . . ?
everywhere. You know what . . . ?
It’s natural to talk about celebrities, who we see as successful You know what’s amazing?
people. You know what gets me?
You know what I don’t like?
Linking ideas
One problem with TV time is (that) it reduces students’ Listing ideas in writing
reading time. First, it may become attractive to more young people.
It’s likely that TV viewing contributes to inactivity. Second, . . .
What’s disturbing is (that) TV may have an effect on Third, . . .
language development. Finally, / Lastly, people can find all kinds of music
Experts claim (that) watching TV is one cause of obesity. on the Internet.

Which clauses
I bet celebrities hate seeing bad photos of themselves, which
probably happens a lot.
People always want to know everything about their lives,
which must be difficult.

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