Discussion point Discuss these questions with a partner. 1 Look at the picture. How does it make you feel? It makes me feel … 2

Look at the following verb and preposition collocations from Superhuman 

powers and try to guess their meaning from the context.

When people

 comment on fear, they often focus on the negatives and associate 

fear 

with feelings of panic and stress. However, our survival can depend on how 

we react to a dangerous situation. Many people actually benefi t from feelings of 

fear and sometimes even 

attribute their success to it.

2

Replace the phrase in italics with a collocation from exercise 1. You may need

to change the grammatical form.

1

The project is mainly about understanding exam stress.

2

The way she responds to feedback is very negative.

3

He relies on other people a lot for help.

4

People with phobias can see an improvement by visiting a doctor.

5

Fear is often linked to something we have learned from our experiences in life.

6

She always says something about the ideas of others.

7

He says his success comes from luck rather than hard work.

3

Use three of the collocations from exercise 1 to write sentences about yourself.

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WRITING

Describing a common fear

You are going to learn about developing paragraphs and using the present 

perfect. You are then going to use these to write a paragraph describing fear.

Writing skill

When you write a paragraph, everything in the paragraph should be connected to one main idea.

This main idea is usually given in a topic sentence, which is often the first sentence of a paragraph.

All other details in the paragraph are there to support this main point. These supporting details

are usually in the form of examples, explanations, or other specific information. The final sentence

can contain an additional detail, example, or explanation, or it can be a concluding sentence.

Sometimes it makes the transition to the topic of the next paragraph.