HOW CHRISTMAS TREES ARE MADE

Click on this link to watch a video about this topic. There are some comprehension questions and gap-fill exercises..

A FARMER´S MARKET video worksheet Answer key

1.- intervals, fortnightly
2.- a supply chain
 .- jams, sauces, locally-sourced ingredients
3.- must be based in the country ( or within 15 km of borders).
4.- Find out anything about product
     good for local economy.
     money stays in the area
     more local people employed
5.- local, family-run.
6.-  drain, squeeze, moulds
7.- so as to get product straight from the farm, support local producers, buy local produce.

CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THIS TEXT? Answer key

A5 B3 C1 D4 F2    E is not needed.

A FARMERS´MARKET video worksheet

This is a worksheet for the Farmers´Market episode at the endo of Files 1 and 2 on your student´s book that you´ll be able to watch on your ITuTor CD rom.

1&2 REVISE AND CHECK Key

GRAMMAR

1 a 2 c 3 b 4 a 5 c 6 a 7 c 8 a 9 b 10 a 11 b 12 a  13 a 14 c  15 b

VOCABULARY
 a  1 glamorous  2 moody   3 childish   4 sensible   5 creative   6 suitable   7 luxurious   8 stressful   9 risky   10 impressive

b  1 insect repellent   2 safary   3 package   4 sunburnt   5 pack   6 memory card   7 guided   8 swimsuit

c   1 butcher´s  2 newsagent´s  2 baker´s  4 florist´s   5 chemist´s  6 estate agent´s  7 fishmonger´s

PRONUNCIATION:

A 1 baker´s  2 butcher´s  3 memory  4 possessive   5 delicious
B  impulsive   2 sightseeing   3 profitable  4 ambitious   5 newsagent´s

WHAT IS THE HISTORY OF THANKSGIVING

Click on this paper link to learn all about this public holiday in the States. If you read all the way through you´ll find a quiz on the subject. I hope you´ll enjoy it.

CLOZE TEST ONLINE PRACTICE (SHOPPING)

More practice on this link.

SHOPPING LISTENING

Click on this link for further practice on the topic

NEW LINK

Reading is essential to improve your speaking skills so pop into this link and become a bookworm online.
Also browse around this page to learn more about the benefits of reading in 

CLOZE TEST HAZARDOUS HISTORY ANSWER KEY

1 AVERAGE  2 TODAY  3 COUNTRIES  4 EXAMPLE   5 INTERESTING   6 LIVED   7 THOSE   8 USED   9 AMERICAN   10 LESS   11 BEFORE   12 KNEW   13 DANGEROUS   14 A 15 BODY  16 THEIR  17 EITHER   18 COMMON   19 MIDDLE   20 TEETH

NEW LINK TO A BLOG TO PREPARE THE WRITING EXAM OF EOI

Hi guys
Here´s the link to a blog I found by chance to help you prepare for the writing exam. It is meant to be for higher level students but there are some tips you can take advantage of.
I hope it´s useful

PÁGINAS PARA LEER Y DESCARGAR LIBROS EN INGLÉS GRATIS

Here´s a link to 7 pages to download book in English for free.

LOS 50 MEJORES SITIOS PARA APRENDER INGLÉS

Your classmate Noelia has sent me this link for you to browse around and find the most suitable websites to help you practice your English online. There are quite a lot but you´ll be wise enough to select the most suitable ones according to your needs. Thank you Noelia!

WHY DO PEOPLE WEAR A POPPY IN BRITAIN THESE DAYS?

Can anybody answer this question?

GUY FAWKES VIDEO LISTENING TASK

Click on this link to learn about this famous festival

TIPS ON HOW TO MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR COMPOSITIONS

     1.   READ THE TASK CAREFULLY. WHAT´S THE TOPIC? WHAT  INFORMATION  DO YOU HAVE TO INCLUDE?. WHAT FOR? 
     2.  MAKE SURE YOUR HANDWRITING IS READABLE. NO RED OR PENCIL.

3.    DISTRIBUTE YOUR TIME: TAKE TIME TO THINK AND WRITE IDEAS.

4.    WRITE YOUR LINES DOUBLE SPACED TO ALLOW CORRECTIONS.

5.  IS THERE TOO MUCH INFORMATION?. TOO MANY WORDS OR NOT ENOUGH?

6.    HAVE YOU USED PARAGRAPHS?

7.    REGISTER:  FORMAL, INFORMAL, COMPLAINT ? ,  WHICH TONE…?

8.    DON´T WRITE AS YOU TALK UNLESS  IT IS A VERY INFORMAL  SITUATION.

9.    DON´T FORGET TO DEVELOP AND EXPLAIN THE IDEAS YOU INCLUDE:    

Ex:  ..We need computers to be able to do a lot of activities.  Which    activities???

     10  ALLOW AT LEAST 10 MINUTES TO WRITE YOUR FINAL COPY AND 5   MINUTES  FOR PROOFREADING.

     11   USE CONNECTORS AND DISCOURSE MARKERS BUT DON´T USE THEM UNNATURALLY.

     12  DON´T INCLUDE  IRRELEVANT INFORMATION.

HALLOWEEN´S LISTENING PAGE

Click on this link to learn more about this festivity. There´s a comprehension worksheet on the same page) I hope you´ll find it useful.

ADJECTIVE SUFFIXES WORKSHEET, answer key

a) 2 creative  3 reliable   4 assertive  5 envious  6 active   7 helpful   8 powerful   9 impulsive   10 glamorous
    11 possessive   12 sensitive

b)  2 luxurious   3 noisy   4 profitable   5 careless 6 risky   7 spacious   8 hopeful   9 successful   10 suitable
     11 useful   12 recognizable

CLOZE TEST 1 WOLE SOYINKA answer key

1 regard   2 distinguished   3 political   4 confinement   5 poetry   6 imprisonment
7 critic   8 writing   9 oppresive    10  awarded   11 cultural   12 existence   13 dramatist
14 acceptance    15 literary

THE EX FACTOR GIVEN NAME BBC PODCAST Answer key

Suggested answers.

1.- What did the professor call his daughter when she was born and why?

He called her “E” because she was born two months premature , they had narrowed down the selections to a bunch of E-names and they couldn´t decide and that´s why her parents called her "E".

2.- Will she change her name? Why, Why not?

No she won´t. She´s got used to it. It´s part of her.

3.- How do parents choose their children´s names according to the professor? They want to signal who they are, if conventional they choose a traditional name or if they want to show themselves as creative, they choose an unusual, weird name. They pore over  baby name books. Also the names should sound right with the family name, or they might honour a favourite grandparent.

4.- What are "headache, typewriter, astonishment", etc according to the radio broadcaster?

    They´re all examples of first names in Africa.

5.- In which country are there restrictions to choosing names? What ´s the testimony of a woman and her daughter about? In Iceland. She wanted to give her daughter a name not on the list as an approved name. She was named "Blythe" but she wasn´t allowed to use it. She was called  "girl" for 15 years after losing her real name..  She went to court to fight for the right to choose freely her daughter´s name and get it back. Finally she got her name back. 

6.- How did Sue Yoo get her name? What´s striking about Sue Yoo´s name and profession? How did her parents choose her name?   She´s called Sue Yoo similar to "sue you "(demandar) and she´s a lawyer. His father wanted her to be a boy. When she was born her aunt said she had a workmate called Sue and she was named after her.

7.- What´s with the name Kim? In what way it became different after the film by Hitchcock?

It was the name of a famous actress Kim Novak. Before the film  it wasn´t a popular name. When she became very famous after starring  Hitchcock´s film "Vértigo",  suddenly a lot of girls were named after her. It became trendy.

MICHAEL FORX´S RETURN TO THE FUTURE NIKE AIR MAG SHOES

Here´s the tapescript

FILMS TO LEARN ENGLISH

Hi you all, here´s a link showing 8 films to learn English. I hope you have the change to watch most of them.

1A PRONOUNS answer key

a  1 ours   2 her, She   3 their, his   4 your, mine   5 Her, you   6 her, his   7 yours, My  8 them, him
b  2  it to me   3 them for me   4 it to me   5 them  to me /us   6 them for him   7 it for her   8 it for me

THE X FACTOR: GIVEN NAME, LISTENING

Click on this page to download the podcast of a programme on how names affect our lives. Answer the questions on this questionnaire. You don´t need to listen to the whole programme to do so.
 
1.- What did the professor call his daughter when she was born and why?
2.- Will she change her name? Why, Why not?
3.- How do parents choose their children´s names according to the professor?
4.- What are "headache, typewriter, astonishment", etc according to the radio broadcaster?
5.- In which country are there restrictions to choosing names? What ´s the testimony of a woman and her daughter about?
6.- How did Sue Yoo get her name? What´s striking about Sue Yoo´s name and profession? How did her parents choose her name?
7.- What´s with the name Kim? In what way it became different after the film by Hitchcock?

HOW TO EXPAND YOUR VOCABULARY IN ENGLISH

Hi everyone, here´s a link to a blog which includes tips on how to increase your vocabulary. I also include the video they recommend. I hope it´s useful.

HAPPY by Pharrell Williams

 Here´s the lyricstraining link to keep practising

REVISION QUESTIONS

Click on this link to download the page to revise speaking topics. The topic of technology is missing.

END OF YEAR LANGUAGE PRACTICE

Here´s a link to a long list of exercises online that you can click on and practice from the whole course.

DRAGONS´DEN PILOT EPISODE

 Watch just a few minutes of the episode and see how much you understand. Remember, you don´t have to understand every single word.

SHOPPING LISTENING

Here´s another link to do further listening practice for your exam.

REPORTED SPEECH HANDOUT ANSWER KEY

1.- ...they had been in Edinburgh last week/the week before/the previous week.
2.- ...she couldn´t have left without saying goodbye.
3.- ...not to phone her at the office again.
4.-....to move/if I would move my car.
5.- ....he was going to finish the decorating room tomorrow/ the following day.
6.- ...where she could find the information about museums in Madrid.
7......she hadn´t eaten anything all day.
8.- ...why I couldn´t come/go to her party.
9.- ...she didn´t know her way round San Francisco.
10.-   if I was leaving as soon as the course finished.
11......they hadn´t watched any TV for ages.
12.-....how long I would stay in Baltimore.
13.-  ..he could run 100 metres in 11 seconds.
14.-... to be careful.
15.- .. how fluent my English was.

GEORGE CLOONEY´S HOME Answer key

1.- Los Angeles
2.- easly nineties
3.- microwave, fridge, cooker, stove, etc
4.- talent, delivered
5.- to eat better
6.- juice, salad
7.- for almost 20 years
8.- a basketball court.
9.- ties
10.- baseball
11.- aunt.
12.- shelter

GEORGE CLOONEY´S HOME video

Watch this video until aproximately minute 7 to learn more about George Clooney´s house. Here´s a worksheet to practice your English. Don´t get disappointed if you don´t understand every single world.

CLOZE TEST ANSWER KEY

1 TIMETABLE, USED 3 HAD 4 DURING 5 BE 6 HOMEWORK 7 SEEM 8 BESIDES  9 TRIPS  10 SINCE  11 MOST  12 WHOLE  13 ALTHOUGH  14 MIGHT  15 FOR   16 MISBEHAVED
17 BETTER  18 PAST  19 LIKE  20 THINK

FIRST CONDITIONAL CLASSROOM BOARDGAME

Click on this link to get to the document.

EDUCATION IN GREAT BRITAIN VIDEO

Watch this video on Education in GB and use this worksheet to check your listening comprehension.

SONG I GOT LIFE answer key c and d

C  1 culture   2 alive   3 brains   4 soul   5 blood   6 dom
D  1 e  2 a  3 f  4 b  5 g  6 d  7 c

CLOZE TEST AND EXTRACT MATCHING TEST PRACTICE ANSWER KEY

CLOZE TEST

1 customs  2 with  3 date   4 these   5 presents   6 related   7 for   8 home-baked
9 served   10 together   11 on   12 him   13 around   14 groom  15 which   16 As   17 At
18 pushed   19 everybody   20 finallly

EXTRACT MATCHING TEST PRACTICE

1E  2D  3A  4F  5C  Not needed B and G

TEN FANTASTIC FACTS ABOUT ST PATRICK´S DAY

THE KING´S SPEECH VIDEO LINK

6A cards

Here´s the link to the cards you used in the classroom in case you want to continue practising at home.

GRAMMAR USUALLY AND USED TO (answers)

2 works   3 don´t live   4 used to dream   5 didn´t use to eat   6 (usually) cook   7 used to live  8 (usually)
stay  9 didn´t use to play   10 doesn´t ride   11 (usually) wear  12 used to be   13 (usually) stay in 14 used to have

CAR NIGHTMARE answerkey

CAR NIGHTMARE

3 was still feeling   4 didn´t have   5 didn´t matter   6 knew   7 had always wanted   8 called   9 told   10 was hining  11 was driving  12 were chatting   13 saw   14 had flown   15 tried   16 was buzzing  17 disappeared   18 felt   19 had stung   20 was driving   21 crashed

HOW TO TELL AN ANECDOTE

Here´s the  link to the classroom video and worksheets to practice telling an anecdote.
I hope you find it useful.

NARRATIVE TENSES PRACTICE

Click on this link for further practice on narrative tenses. There are more useful links on the subject on the right hand side of the page to keep practising.

ANOTHER WEB TO LEARN ENGLISH

Click on this link and browse around the different ways to improve your English on this website.. Here´s information in Spanish on how it works.

FULL VERSION READERS FOR THE NEXT BOOK TASK

SOMETHING TO REFLECT ON

FEBRUARY ORAL TEST TASKS AND TOPICS

Click on this link to have access to the topics for the oral exam

NEW ONLINE COURSE

Your classmate Marta has found this link to a free online course by the British Council. Pop in and make the most of it.

MANNERS LISTENING PRACTICE

Also use this BBC page to practice listening skills on the topic.

MUST/HAVE TO MUSTN´T, DON´T HAVE TO, SHOULD PRACTICE

Click on this link for extra practice on the use of these verbs for obligation, and advice.

CAN, COULD, BE ABLE TO WORKSHEET, answer key

4A
a  2 both possible,   3 be able to  4 both possible   5 not being able to   6 be able to   7 both possible   8 be able to   9 both possible   10 both possible   11 being able to   12 both possible

b  2 couldn´t   3 be able to  4 can   5 been able to   6 couldn´t   7 being able to   8 can´t   9 Being able to  10  be able to   11 be able to  12 can´t

TIPS ON HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR ENGLISH

This link will help you improve your learning techniques.

BBC LEARNING ENGLISH

Here´s the link for you to browse around the BBC English learning page. I hope you´ll find it useful to improve your learning skills.