Follow up
- File 5A: Grammar & Writing (narratives)
- Speaking practice: dialogues
Homework
- 'Problems about exercise & sport' handout. Do a reading comprehension and check with the key below. Also, for this Tuesday, write a possible solution for each person
- File 5B Reading 1b,c. Find the key below
KEY
Reading Comprehension
1c 2c 3b 4b 5c 6a 7a 8b 9b 10a
5B
1
b
Tiffany met her partner in a supermarket car park.
Kristina met her partner in an acupuncture clinic.
c
1T 2T 3K 4K 5K 6T
Homework
- Study irregular verbs starting with swim up to write
- Vocabulary bank p242. Practise pronunciation and then, study the new words
- Read grammar 5B: superlatives (p220) and do exercises a & b. Use the answer key below
- Pronunciation 4a,b (p71). Key below
- Write a description of your town or city (125-150 words). At the end of file 5B there's an exercise of Writing. Go to that page and do exercises 4 a & b (answer key below). You can use that description as a model but remember you must include: vocabulary of cities, comparatives, superlatives and present perfect. Deadline: Thursday, 22nd March
KEY
Grammar
a
1 the most generous 2 the hottest 3 the worst 4 the friendliest 5 the most important 6 the best 7 the most polluted 8 the furthest 9 the funniest 10 the prettiest
b
1 It’s the windiest place I’ve ever been to.
2 She’s the most unfriendly person I’ve ever met.
3 It’s the easiest exam we’ve ever done.
4 They’re the most expensive trousers I’ve ever bought.
5 This is the longest book I’ve ever read.
6 He’s the most attractive man I’ve ever seen.
7 It’s the worst meal I’ve ever eaten.
8 He’s the most interesting teacher we’ve ever had.
9 It’s the most exciting job I’ve ever done.
Pronunciation
4
a
2 most relaxing 3 most frightening 4 most exciting 5 most expensive 6 most generous 7 most dangerous 8 most difficult
Writing
5
a
2 population 3 area 4 historic 5 modern 6 weather 7 food 8 nature 9 rivers
b
1 Where do you live? Where is it? How big is it?
2 What’s your town like? What is there to see there?
3 What’s the weather like?
4 What’s it famous for?
5 What’s the best thing about it? Do you like living there?
Follow up
- File 5A: Grammar (past tenses), Speaking (anecdotes),Vocabulary game
Homework
- Write an opinion essay on the following topic: 'Should physical education should be optional or compulsory at school?' (175-200 words). Use the model and structure in your Opinion essay handout. You must include: present perfect, modal verbs and vocabulary of sport. Deadline: Thursday 19th March
Here you can find:
- Vocabulary (sports)
- Reading
- Listening
- Grammar revision (past continuous)
The post could be filled with more contents
VOCABULARY
Olympic Sports
more sports
READING
Reading test+key
LISTENING
task
audio
key
GRAMMAR
past continuous
KEY
1 wasn't listening 2 was talking 3 were waiting 4 was living 5 was coming 6 were winning 7 were sitting 8 were you staying 9 wasn't driving
Follow up
- File 5A: Grammar (past tenses), Speaking (anecdotes), Reading, Writing & Speaking
Homework
- Vocabulary bank p229. We didn't have time last Wed so we'll try again
- On Monday 9th, we're going to practice the speaking skill with monologues.
There are 2 models (7&8), one for you and the other for your partner. Prepare your card on your own to make it similar to the exam. You need to include:present perfect, past tenses, first conditional and the related vocabulary, either sport or environment. Remember there's a monologue in the blog
- Past tense handouts. Check with the key
- Write a collaborative anecdote (175-200 words) in groups of 3. There is a model on p189. Use it after doing exercise c. You must include: past tenses and vocabulary related to the topic of the opening sentence. Follow the instructions on an email sent to you. Deadline: Friday 6th March
- Write an opinion essay on the following topic: 'Should physical education be optional or compulsory at school?' (175-200 words). Use the model and structure in your opinion essay handout. You must include: present perfect, modal verbs and vocabulary of sport. Deadline: Friday 13th March
- File 5B Reading 1b,c. Find the key below
KEY
Past tenses
Past Simple & Past Continuous
a) was waiting / saw b) Were...reading / heard c) were trying OR tried to / was complaining d) was serving / arrested e) was working / found f) was writing / rang g) decided / was looking h) was cooking / left i) weren't studying / went j) Did ... appear / were dancing
4
2 thought 3 was standing 4) saw 5 were carrying 6) held 7) thanked 8) carried 9) went 10) was looking 11) realised 12) remembered 13) fainted 14) were carrying
5
2) parked 3) walked 4) told 5) was driving 6) shouted (once)/was shouting (all the way) 7) stopped 8) got out 9) saw 10) was running 11) arrested 12) was paying 13) got into 14) drove 15) saw 16) shouted 17) remembered 18) got
1st paragraph: Last...
2nd paragraph: While...
3rd paragraph: The police...
Past Simple & Continuous
1 saw / was speaking 2 said / was leaving 3 was cutting / was pasting 4 arrived / were sitting 5 met / was going 6 was having / rang 7 did / went 8 rang / were doing...stopped...sold 9 was listening 7 were doing 10. heard 7 called 11. was living / used to
5B
1
b
Tiffany met her partner in a supermarket car park.
Kristina met her partner in an acupuncture clinic.
c
1T 2T 3K 4K 5K 6T
Homework
- Study irregular verbs starting with swim up to write
- Vocabulary bank p242. Practise pronunciation and then, study the new words
- Read grammar 5B: superlatives (p220). Ask questions next day
- File 5A Grammar bank: comparative adjectives and adverbs. Do exercises a & b. Check below
- Listening 4a,b (p69). Key below
- There's a new written assignment on Moodle (la plataforma de semipresencial): First Term Lesson 2 Unit 3
KEY
Listening p69
4
a
speaker
1: shopping, speaker 2: getting to work, university or school, speaker
3: cooking, speaker 4: working or studying, speaker 5: seeing friends
b
a4 b1 c5 d2 e3
Grammar 5A
a
1
faster than 2 shorter than 3 easier than 4 further...than
5 worse than 6 better then 7 more stressed ... than 8
harder...than 9 bigger than 10 more slowly than
b
1
as short as 2 as nice as 3 as big as 4 as popular as 5
learn languages as fast as 6 work as hard as 7 play as well as
