EXERCISING YOUR MIND CAN HELP YOUR MUSCLES Answers

1 it   2 when   3 although   4 as   5 still   6 were  7 because   8 in   9 times   10 period   11 group   12 finger   13  no   14  way   15  well

RELATIVE CLAUSES WORKSHEET (answers)

1 What   2 who   3 who   4 whose   5 which   6 what   7 what   8 which   9 which   10  which   11 whose   12 which   13   whose   14   who   15  which   16  which   17  what   18  which  19  who  20   who   21  who  22  which  23   whose  24   who   25  which

That:  2,3,8,12,16,18,19,20,21,24
 (  ) 3,19.

WRITING CORRECTION STANDARDS

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EFICACIA COMUNICATIVA:  si se comprende bien o no, si cumple las funciones comunicativas, si el mensaje está bien formulado en cuanto al destinatario, propósito y situación.

CAPACIDAD INTERACTIVA: la coherencia y organización de las ideas respetando estructura y formato.También si se aporta información apropiada y suficiente con ejemplos si es necesario.

ALCANCE EN EL USO DE LA LENGUA: si el vocabulario es preciso, si utiliza recursos gramaticales de nivel. Si el texto está cohesionado con conectores, etc y el uso de los tiempos verbales es coherente con los propósitos comunicativos.

CORRECIÓN FORMAL:  en vocabulario, gramática, estructuras complejas, ortografía y puntuación.

WRITING TIPS

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EXAM WRITING MISTAKES

These are some of the mistakes of your exam writings.

1 Now  we can tell all of we want.

2 This happen thanks to we can sare our posesions in the net.

3  Why have all of us to pay this services?

4  .....an environmentally friendly person..

5  I hope that in the end something will be done ( rewrite in a more idiomatic way)

6  There are some neighbours that they never......

7  I´m writing to complain about there´s more rubbish.....

8 It made that the families was joined watching TV programs.

9  .....collaborate to the development of.......

10  at first  /  first of all  What´s the difference?

11 Our city can´t continue like this.

12  ...people in my city...    Replace by only one formal word.

13  walk.......the street   What´s the missing word?

14  Young people haven´t any education.

15  When you walk you can check all I´m complaining....

16 For months it seems that the rubbish bins don´t exist.

17 We´re surround  of computers...

18  With the aeroplane, we´ve learnt about another countries..

19  ....accidents such in Madrid.

 20 ....we travel to places where were impossible to travel.

EXAM PRACTICE LINK

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4 READING TELEPATHY and VOCABULARY Answers

4  READING


B  1 E   2C   3A   4D
D  1 F There have been thousands of investigations all over the world.
      2 F They didn´t do the experiments themselves. They looked at the results of previous
         research
       3 T  The subjects transmit a picture using only their minds.
        4T   27% choose the right picture.
        5T   Often what people think is an incredible coincidence isn´t so improbable.
        6T   According to thepsychologists it is just bad luck.

5 VOCABULARY:

   B    1SINK 2 MIND   3 LIE   4 MATCH   5 FIT   6 BINDS   7 COURT   8 TAP

ALL, BOTH, EVERY, EACH, NONE, NEITHER, Answers

A   1     a T  ABCDEF      bT      c T EF      d F      e F      f T, CDEF   g  T  A,B   h F   iT  E,F
             j F    k F    l F

      3   both  plural affirmative  dual
           each  singular affirmative singular
           every  singular   affirmative   more than 2
           neither   singular   negative   dual
           none    singular   negative    more than 2

      4  d Both firls on court 2 are wearing skirts.
          e One of the girls is wearing glasses.
          f  Both of the girls on court 3 are wearing black T-Shirts.
          h Neither of the boys is wearing black shoes;both of them are wearing white shoes
          j  One of the players is hitting the ball.
          k  All of the girls are wearing black T-shirts.
          l  None of the girls is sitting down.

B PRACTICE

    5   a None of the....... is
         b  All of ..... have
         c  None of ......is
         d  Every/Each.... is
         e  Neither.....    is.....
         f   Every/Each.....is.....
 
   6  a  Both of the dresses are on dummies.
       b All of the T-shirts have short sleeves/are on the left.
       c None of the dummies is wearing shorts/T-shirts.
       d Neither of the skirts is on the floor.
       e Each pair of shorts is on the right.
       f  Both short-sleeved blouses are on the dummies
       g Every long-sleeved bouse is on the floor.
       h Both pairs of shorts have belts.

  D TEST
   8  a  Both   b None   c Every  d Neither   e all   f Each   g Both   h all  i neither   j none

WRITING ( ANSWER KEY)

MORE MEMORIES
FAVOURITE
IN MY TEENS
HOLIDAY
THERE WERE
USED
MET
BRAZILIAN
EVERY DAY
ALL THESE YEARS

THE ENVIRONMENT

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CNN VIDEO Answer key

1  F   2  T   3  F   4   T   5   F   6   T   7  T   8  T   9  F   10  T   11  T   12  T   13  T   14  F

GRAMMAR PRACTICE

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