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