B1 FILE 4A

Here you can find:

• Curious facts + grammar
• Vocabulary
• Reading & Listening
• Speaking

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GRAMMAR
Guess the false laws and customs. Don't they all think fake?
Are they true? 
KEY: the false ones are 3,5,16,19

VOCABULARY
computers voca
KEY: 2 mouse   3 screen   4 keyboard   5 mouse pad   6 webcam   7 hard drive   8 printer   9 USB port   10 laptop    

READING & LISTENING 
Reading & Listening test 
audio 
Reading PUC test page 1 
Reading PUC test page 2 
Reading-Internet cheating 
Listening test     +     audio
Reading - Gateway to exams 
KEY
Reading

1 F 2 A 3 G 4 E 5 B 6 D

Listening

1 B 2 B 3 A 4 C
Reading PUC test
11 then/so/instead   12 rather   13 were   14 another   15 far   16 myself   17 how   18 managed   19 third   20 so/then 
Reading-Internet cheating
2
1 Yes   2 No   3 Yes
3
1c   2a   3b   4a   5b
4
Suggested answers
1  BarclayLittlewood thinks online essays are good they show students how to write a good essay.
2  Teachers think online essays are bad because students are not learning the research and investigation skills they need for their studies and for the rest of their life. 
Listening test 6
1 1992   2 Short Message Service   3 160   4 someone he was working with at Vodafone   5 Merry Christmas   6 different phone company   7 teenagers   8 cheaper 
Reading - Gateway to exams
2  
The text is about the popularity of mobile phone novels in japan
3 
1B    2D    3A    4E
4
1C    2A    3C    4A    5B
 

SPEAKING
Choose one of these monologues for speaking practice. 

A)

 

  

B)
 

B1 FILE 4B

Here you can find:

• Grammar (ability and possibility) 
• Vocabulary

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GRAMMAR

VOCABULARY
Learning languages + key

B1-A

Follow up   

• File 4B: Grammar, Speaking, Reading, Listening & Vocabulary (-ed/-ing adjectives)

Homework 

• On Wednesday, we're going to practice speaking with monologues. There are two models A & B (post: B1File 4A-blog). Contact a partner and choose your models in pairs. Share your choices in your WhatsApp group in order to find a balance between the number of As and the number of Bs. And finally, prepare it using modals, present perfect, technological vocabulary and dependent prepositions. Remember there's a model for monologues in the blog

• Read the tips on a forum for learning Englisg and look up vocabulary (p66)

• Practise sentence stress with exercises 2a,b,c & d (p64). Key below

KEY
2
a
1 never, able, dance   2 won't, able, come    3 love, able, ski    4 hates, able, drive
b
1 He's been to    2 We be to    3 I'd to be to    4 She not being to

A2-Semi

Homework 

• Study irregular verbs starting with eat up to let

• Revise shopping vocabulary bank on p241

• Read Grammar explanations 9B about Present Perfect+for/since (p229) and do exercises. Ask questions next day

• Let's also start File 9C which contrasts Present Perfect & Past Simple. So, do exercise 1a (p132) + Reading 2b + 3a (p133) + exercises a & b (p228). Key below 

• Second Term, Unit 3 Lesson 4 (Plataforma Semipresencial Moodle). There is a new task: Producción de Textos Orales

KEY
9C
1a
2 go to primary school   3 go to secondary school   4 leave school   5 go to university   6 get a job   7 fall in love   8 marry sb/get married   9 have children   10 separate   11 divorce sb/get divorced   12 retire
Reading 2b
1JL   2JLC   3JLC   4JL   5JLC   6JLC   7JL   8JLC   9JL   10JL
Grammar
3a
1JL   2JLC   3JL   4JLC   5JLC   6JL
p228
a
1 Martin left   2 I lived   3 Anna's been   4 My sister had   5 I've worked   6 The city has changed   7 They were   8 I met, has
b
1 A has he lived  B moved    2 A did Picasso die, did he live  B left    3 B have they been  A   've been, met  B did they go



 

B1-CAL

Follow up   

• File 4B: Grammar (ability & possibility)

• Writing: Opinion essays 

• Nobel Peace Laureates Communication activity 

Homework 

• The deadline for Opinion essays is Tuesday 4th. You can either hand it in or send it by email. Remember to include modal verbs of File 4A, present perfect and technological vocabulary. The extension is 175-200 words. Contact your other classmates in your group to be sure everybody has done one part

• On Tuesday, we're also going to practice speaking with monologues. There are two models A & B (post: B1File 4A-blog). Contact a partner and choose your models in pairs. Share your choices in your WhatsApp group in order to find a balance between the number of As and the number of Bs. And finally, prepare it using modals, present perfect, technological vocabulary and dependent prepositions. Remember there's a model for monologues in the blog

•  Key to grammar worksheet 4B below 

• Last but not least, Thank you for coming and taking part in The Nobel Peace activity 

KEY
Grammar worksheet 4B
a
2 be able to   3 both   4 both   5 being able to   6 both
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 be able to   10 be able to   11 can't   12 Being able to

B1-A

Follow up   

• File 4B: Grammar (ability & possibility)

• Writing: Opinion essays 

• Nobel Peace Laureates Communication activity 

Homework 

• The deadline for Opinion essays is Monday 3rd. You can either hand it in or send it by email. Remember to include modal verbs of File 4A, present perfect and technological vocabulary. The extension is 175-200 words. Contact your other classmates in your group to be sure everybody has done one part

• On Wednesday, we're also going to practice speaking with monologues. There are two models A & B (post: B1File 4A-blog). Contact a partner and choose your models in pairs. Share your choices in your whatsapp group in order to find a balance between the number of As and the number of Bs. And finally, prepare it using modals, present perfect, technological vocabulary and dependent prepositions. Remember there's a model for monologues in the blog

• The key to the grammar exercises 4B that we couldn't correct in class can be found below 

KEY
4B p211
a  
5 be able to   6√   7√   8 be able to   9 been able to   10√
b
1 haven't been able to   2 being able to / to be able to   3 will/'ll be able to   4 Will...be able to  5 to be able to   6 not being able to   7 were able to   8 won't be able to   9 Have...been able to   10 isn't able to