lunes, 27 de febrero de 2012

REVISE AND CHECK 3 ANSWERS

GRAMMAR
 a 1 realized, had been stolen   2 was listening, was talking   3 hadn´t heard   4 arrived, had been waiting

 b 1 had known, would have phoned
     2 wouldn´t have married him, had realized   <
     3 hadn´t seemed, wouldn´t have trusted
     4  had invited, would (you) have gone
 c  1 I must have left my jacket a t the restaurant
     2 They might have got lost.
     3 You can´t have forgotten it´s our anniversary.
     4 You can´t have seen Simon.
     5 She might not have seen you if she didn´t have her glasses on

VOCABULARY


A INSIDE THE CAR:  gear stick handbrake seat-belt  steering wheel
    OUTSIDE/BODY OF CAR  boot tyres  wheels  windscreen
    VERBS                                 brake   crash   overtake   reverse

B 1 delighted   2 furious   3 terrified   4 freezing   5 brilliant   6 filthy
C  1 civil was   2 defeat   3 reign   4 surrender   5 general election  6 Prime Minister
D   1 dictatorship   2 marriage   3 politicians   4 historical   5 accidentally   6 amazing

EXAM PRACTICE ANSWERS

1 ORDER  2 SINCE   3 HOWEVER   4 ESTABLISHED   5 AS   6 IF   7 REFUSED  8 IN 
 9 MOST   10  ABLE   11 RIGHTFUL  12 BACK  13  WEALTH   14 THEM   15  BY   
16  WOULD  17  OUT   18  AGAINST  19  KNOWN  20 FOR

domingo, 26 de febrero de 2012

A STORY ( answers)

a  1 Travel by plane with a football team
    2 His alarm clock had stopped
    3 One of the memebers of the team
    4 He had bee driving too fast and had had an accident.

b  1 straight   2 especially   3 desperately   4 At that moment   5 In a panic   6 fortunately   7 quickly   8 suddenly

EXAM PRACTICE

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jueves, 23 de febrero de 2012

HENRY VIII ONLY SON

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VIDEO ANSWER KEY

1 steered   2  took over   3  abruptly    4  overshadowed   5  vehicle, maintenance
6 statesmen   7 1953   8  crowned   9 broadcast   10  invested   11 compulsory
12  marred, rode, parade   13  unhurt    14 glimpse    15 unprecedented    16  reign,  ground

THE QUEEN´S DIAMOND JUBILEE

Watch this  video and fill in the gaps of this worksheet

lunes, 20 de febrero de 2012

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Here´s the Oral presentation´s calendar. You must make a 5 minute oral presentation about one of the topics suggested or any other similar. Make sure you contact me before deciding.on a new topic. I include the link to the graded reader´s page (Levels 5 or 6) in case you choose one for your presentation.

  I2B
  I2C

domingo, 19 de febrero de 2012

EXAM PRACTICE : Reading Comprehension

Click on this link for a typical Reading Comprehension test exercise. Check answers on the same page.

 Here´s another with the topic of Politics.

martes, 14 de febrero de 2012

EXAM PRACTICE READING ANSWER KEY

1C  2 A   3 B   4 A   5 D   6 D

miércoles, 8 de febrero de 2012

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD

HERE´S THE STORY AGAIN. THERE´S LOTS OF USEFUL VOCABULARY TO LOOK UP. ENJOY YOURSELVES.

THIRD CONDITIONAL PPT

Click here to revise the basics of 3rd Conditional structure

STAND BY ME




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When, night, come, land, dark moon light see won´t be afraid just long you so darling, darling sky, that look should fall mountain sea won´t cry won´t cry won´t just long you

THIRD CONDITIONAL FURTHER PRACTICE

Click on this link for more practice on this grammar point and on this one for 2nd 3rd conditional differences

martes, 7 de febrero de 2012

CHARLES DICKENS BICENTENNARY

Watch this video and learn a bit more about his life

lunes, 6 de febrero de 2012

CLOZE TEST EXAM PRACTICE ANSWERS

Being in space.....

1 which  2 when  3 ever   4 able   5 very   6 they  7 much  8 any  9 still  10 by  11 on  12 if  13 could  14 following  15 even  16 just   17 instead   18 although  19 not  20 about


jueves, 2 de febrero de 2012

STORY HANDOUT (ANSWERS)

STUDENT A:  1 SET OFF  2 HAD BEEN TRAVELLING  3 BROKE  4 MANAGED   5 HAD BEEN 6 HAD FOUND   7 WAS JOGGING  8 APPEARED   9 HAD BEEN 10  DISAPPEARED   11 HAD DISAPPEARED  12 WAS FEELING 13 HAD GONE  14 THOUGHT  15 MADE

STUDENT B: 1 WAS WALKING  2 WAS WEARING  3 HAD BEEN LIVING/HAD LIVED   4 HAD BEEN  5 HAD CHANGED  6 HAD DISAPPEARED   7 DECIDED  8 HAD BECOME  9 WAS PAYING FOR 10 FOUND  11 HAD TAKEN   12 TURNED  13 HAD BEE LIVING/HAD LIVED  14 HAD FORGOTTEN  15 CAME BACK

PRONUNCIATION ED PAST TENSES

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CAR ACCIDENT

Listen to this conversation    and do the multiple choice and vocabulary exercises