A grammar bite

B1-CAL

Follow up   

• File 5A: Grammar (past tenses), Speaking (anecdotes),Vocabulary game

Homework 

• Dialogue practice

• Past tense handouts

• 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  

B1 FILE 5A

Here you can find:

• Vocabulary (sports)
• Reading
• Listening
• Grammar revision (past continuous)

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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  

B1-A

Follow up   

• File 5A: Grammar (past tenses), Speaking (anecdotes), Reading, Writing & Speaking

• Book review

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
  

 

A2-Semi

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  

B1-CAL

Follow up   

• File 5A: Speaking

• Listening tests

• Book reviews

Homework 

• Vocabulary bank p229. Study it for next Tuesday

• Read the grammar explanation about past tenses (except for past perfect) on p212. Ask questions next day

•  On Thursday 5th, we're going to practice the speaking skill through interactions. There are 2 models (6 & 7), each one with 2 cards A & B, 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 first conditional, present perfect and vocabulary related to the environment. Remember there's a model for dialogues in the blog

• Do Listening exercises 5b,c on p78. Key below 

• Have a look at extra material 5A, there's a reading and a listening test 
 

 

 

 

 

KEY
5
b
1c    2b    3b    4a    5a
c
1 right decisions    2 fast    3 rules    4 exceptions    5 with the ball     6 typical superstar

 

B1-A

Follow up   

• File 5A: Speaking & Listening

• Listening test

• Exam practice: interactions

Homework 

• Vocabulary bank p229. Study it for this Wednesday

• Read the grammar explanation about past tenses (except for past perfect) on p212. Ask questions next day