Tuesday, May 2, 2017

Thursday, April 27, 2017

ANSWER PHOTOCOPY GIVEN IN CLASS GRAMMAR 6B

As you can see in this blog I couldn't add the answers for the photocopy I gave you to practise grammar 6 B:
Here they are

2. Shall....close
3. won't tell
4. 'll call
5. Shall...take
6. won't happen
7. 'll have
8. 'll be
9. 'll help
10. 'll think
11. 'll make
12. 'll ask

Friday, April 21, 2017

HOMEWORK FOR NEXT WEEK

FOR GROUP A (MONDAY 24TH APRIL)
- READING AND LISTENING PAGE 52 (EXERCISES D, E AND F)
- WRITING PAGE 53  HOW TO... ( WRITE IT DOWN ON A PIECE OF PAPER)
- PAGE 158 VOCABULARY VERBS+INFINITIVE, VERBS+GERUNDS
FOR GROUP D (FRIDAY 28TH APRIL)
- LISTENING PAGE 55 (EXERCISES B, C AND D) (I'LL ADD THE ANSWERS HERE)
-  READING AND LISTENING PAGE 56 AND 57 (EXERCISES B, C AND D) (I'LL GIVE YOU THE ANSWERS IN CLASS)

Thursday, April 20, 2017

ANSWER KEY GRAMMAR BANK 7A AND 7B (PAGE 139)

ANSWERS 7A, 7B AND 7C

UNIT 7: GERUND AND INFINITIVE (EXTRA ACTIVITIES)

GERUND OR INFINITIVE 1
(YOU CAN SEE ACTIVITIES ADAPTED TO DIFFERENT LEVELS, CHOOSE THOSE OF BASIC LEVEL)
GERUND OR INFINITIVE 2

GERUND OR INFINITIVE 3

GERUND OR INFINITIVE 4

(IN THESE EXERCISES YOU CAN FIND OTHER VERBS APART FROM THOSE YOU HAVE IN YOUR BOOK. HOWEVER, CONSIDER THAT LEARNING THE ONES IN YOUR BOOK IS ENOUGH) THIS IS JUST THE FIRST CONTACT WITH INFINITIVE AND GERUND.

Tuesday, April 18, 2017

ACTIVIDADES CULTURALES EOI SAN JAVIER 26-28 ABRIL

Hola a tod@s
Adjunto un documento para que podáis ver todas las actividades programadas para las jornadas culturales de los próximos 26, 27 y 28 de abril.
Os animo a que os acerquéis. Son actividades donde podéis aprender mucho y al mismo tiempo pasar muy buen rato.
Nos vemos en clase el lunes que viene

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B88kSUaIHuMAWThVYldoMHVLUkE/view?usp=sharing


Un saludo

Eva

Sunday, March 26, 2017

TELLING A STORY, A PERSONAL ANECDOTE OR A DREAM


ANSWER KEY: PHOTOCOPY GIVEN IN CLASS GRAMMAR: 5A comparative adjectives and adverbs as...as 5B superlatives

SOLUTIONS OF GRAMMAR
5A
A)
2 Spain is hotter than France.
3 The sandwiches are more expensive than the drinks.
4 David speaks ltalian better than Kim.
5 Sydney is farther I further from London than Delhi.
6 He's taller than his brother.
7 Claire works harder than Sally.
8 The traffic at 8.30 is worse than the traffic at 9.30.
9 Harry writes more quickly tban Paul.
10 Life in the city is more stressful than life in tbe country.

B)
2 France isn't as hot as Spain.
3 The drinks aren't as expensive as tbe sandwiches.
4 Kim doesn't speak Italian as well as David.
5 Delhi isn't as far from London as Sydney is.
6 His brother isn't as tall as him.
7 Sally doesn't work as bard as Clai re.
8 Tbe traffic at 9.30 isn't as bad as the traffic at 8.30.
9 Paul doesn't write as quickly as Harry.
10 Life in the country isn't as stressful as life in the city.

SOLUTIONS OF GRAMMAR
5B
A)
2 the cheapest
3 the most boring
4 the meanest
5 the most imparient
6 the quietest
7 the emptiest
8 the laziest
Nota: las respuestas son orientativas, y ¡cuidado con ellas!, puede haber numerosos errores
B)
1.- Who's the most generous person you've ever met? The most generous person I've ever met was my father. He was a hardworking man. His aim was to give his wife and his children a good life and he got it.
2.- What is the most difficult language you've ever learnt? English is the most difficult language I've ever learned because I am studying it when I already old to language learning.
3.- What is the best restaurant you've ever been to? The best restaurant I've ever been to is the restaurant Las Torres in Huesca. Its tasting menu comprises a set of several dishes, all delicious.
4.- What is the most expensive gadget you've ever bought? The most expensive gadget I've ever bought is a laptop of Sony Vaio brand that I bought six or seven years ago. It costed me one and a half thousand Euros. 5.- What is the coldest place you've ever visited? The coldest place you've ever visited is Hinojosa de Jarque, in Teruel, where for many weeks during winter, the temperature is between minus five degrees to fifteen degrees. But where I have been very cold was in Menorca, once in winter, because It have a lot of humidity and when you go to bed the sheets are wet.
6.- What is the longest journey you've ever made? The longest journey I've ever made was a journey by train to Santiago de Compostela. I took twelve hours to get from Huesca to Santiago.
 7.- What is the most delicious food you've ever made? I once made a chocolate cake which was to lick your fingers.
8.- What is the most beautiful place you've ever been to? The most beautiful place I've ever been to is Bruges in Belgium. Its historic quarter is amazing. The best is its squares, its church, its town hall. It's called the Venice of the North.
9.- What is the most boring film you've ever seen? You've got mail, because it's a slow film and I fell asleep watching it. The film is about a woman who meet man face-to-face and she doesn't get along with him but with the same man, and she doesn't know it, she is writing emails and she is falling in love with this man.
10.- Where is the furthest you've ever been on holiday? I've only visited European countries in my life. The longest journey I've ever made was a journey across The Netherlands. I went to Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Brussels, Bruges, etc.

ANSWER KEY GRAMMAR BANK 5A AND 5B (COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES)

SOLUTIONS OF GRAMMAR BANK 
5.A) 
a
1 faster than 6 better than
2 taller than 7 harder than
3 busier t his week than 8 more boring than
4 further from London than Leeds. 9 bigger than
5 worse than 10 more slowly than

b 1 Jerry isn't as short as Adam.
2 My bag isn't as nice as yours.
3 London isn't as big as Tokyo.
4 Cricket isn't as popular as tennis.
5 Adults don't learn languages as fast as children.
6 You don't work as hard as me.
7 France didn't play as well as England

5.B) 
a 1 the most polite 6 The best
2 the hottest 7 the most polluted
3 the worst 8 The furthest
4 the friendliest 9 the funniest
5 t he most important 10 t he prettiest

b 1 It's the hottest country I've ever been to.
2 She's the most unfriendly person I've ever met.
3 It's the easiest exam he's ever done.
4 They're the most expensive trousers I've ever bought.
5" It's the longest film I've ever watched.
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 I've ever had.
9 It's t he most exciting job we've ever done.

UNIT 6: ACTIVITIES WITH WILL

WILL 1

WILL 2

WILL 3

REVISION ACTIVITIES PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=8820

http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/grammar/2g31-penguin-story.php

ANSWER KEY: REVISE AND CHECK UNITS 5&6 PAG 50-51

GRAMMAR
1.a
2.c
3.a
4.b
5.c
6.c
7.b
8.a
9.b
10.b
11.a
12.c
13.a
14.b
15.b
VOCABULARY
a
1.waste
2.spend
3.lend
4.coming back
5.teaching

b
1.buy-sell
2.push-pull
3.remember-forget
4.pass- fail
5.teach-learn

c
1.crowded
2.safe
3.noisy
4.south
5.museum
6.palace
7.mosque
8.bones
9.brain
10.skin

d
1.on
2.in
3.of
4.at
5.for

PRONUNCIATION
a
1.much
2.eat
3.won't
4.snow
5.receive
b
1.impatient
2.interesting
3.invent
4.practice
5.decide

CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THIS TEXT?
a. No, he doesn't
b
1.F
2.T
3.T
4.T
5.F
6.T
7.F
8.F
c
IMPROVE- MAKE BETTER
ACCORDING TO- IN AGREEMENT WITH
CHAIN- COMPANY WITH BRANCHES
WEIGHTLIFTING-EXERCISE OR SPORT WEIGHT TRAINING/LIFTING (LEVANTAMIENTO DE PESAS)
EFFECTIVE-PRODUCING RESULTS
BODIES-ANATOMY, PHYSIQUE
THROW AWAY-DISPOSE OF (TIRAR ALGO, DESECHAR)
BEATEN-VENCER, BATIR

Thursday, March 23, 2017

Thursday, March 16, 2017

Sunday, January 29, 2017

ANSWER KEY: PHOTOCOPY GIVEN IN CLASS. 4B VOCABULARY SHOPPING 4B GRAMMAR PRESENT PERFECT OR PAST SIMPLE

GROUP A: I think I forgot to give you this photocopy but I will do it next Wednesday!

4B VOCABULARY SHOPPING
1. changing room
2. take it back
3. credit card
4. receipt
5. shop assistant
6. check out
7. item
8. trolley
9. fit
10. (shopping) basket/cart
11. postal
12. size
13. suit
14. auction

4B GRAMMAR PRESENT PERFECT OR PAST SIMPLE

a
2. I've never flown in a helicopter
3. Has she ever been late for work?
4. He hasn't bought any expensive clothes
5. She's met a lot of famous people.
6. We've never seen a Spike Lee film
7. She's won a lot of prizes for her novels
8. Have you ever lost a credit card?
9. I've never worked in a shop or a restaurant.
10. Have you ever sold something on eBay?
11. He's fallen off his bike five times.
12. I haven't read any of The Lord of the Rings books
b
2. have
3. went
4. Did/buy
5. bought
6. Did/pay
7. 've worn
8. Have/ever heard
9. haven't
10. saw
11.Was
12. liked

SHOPPING

ACTIVITIES VOCABULARY SHOPPING
SHOPPING 2
SHOPPING 3

DOING THE HOUSEWORK: A CLEAN SWEEP

Watch this episode where you can revise the vocabulary related to do the housework or house chores. Enjoy it!
Here you have some activities to practise the vocabulary seen in class

ACTIVITIES: DOING THE HOUSEWORK

THE "HAVE YOU EVER...?" GAME

Watch the video and play the game to practise verbs in past participle 


EXTRA ACTIVITIES: PRESENT PERFECT VS PAST SIMPLE

PRESENT PERFECT 1
PRESENT PERFECT 2
PRESENT PERFECT 3
PRESENT PERFECT 4
PRESENT PERFECT 5
PRESENT PERFECT 6
YET, JUST OR ALREADY
YET, JUST, ALREADY 2
PRESENT PERFECT OR PAST SIMPLE
PRESENT PERFECT OR PAST SIMPLE
PRESENT PERFECT VS PAST SIMPLE
PRESENT PERFECT OR PAST SIMPLE

Tuesday, January 24, 2017

ANSWER KEY: GRAMMAR BANK 3C PAGE 131

a
1 which 2 which 3 who 4 where 5 who 6 which 7 where
b
1. That's the dog which always barks at night
2. That's the shop where  I bought my wedding dress
3. That's the actor who was in Glee
4. They're the children who live next door to me
5. This is the restaurant where they make great pizza
6. That's the switch which controls the air conditioning
7. He's the teacher who teaches my sister.
8. That's the room where we have our meeting
9. This is the light which is broken.

UNIT 3C ANSWER KEY: READING PAGE 25

900 NEW WORDS IN 3 MONTHS

Here you have the key to the exercises of the reading on page 25 of your class book:

5.a  


The article mentions four ways o creating new words:
1. by combining two words
2. by changing nouns into verbs
3. by adopting foreign words
4. from the names of brands or companies

5.b


1. toy boy
2. to text
3.barista
4. road rage
5. latte
6. gastropub

5.c

Possible answers:

Emoticon: a symbol which expresses  or shows a feeling
To tweet: to write something on Twitter
Ipod: something people use to listen to music with
To google: to look for information on the internet using Google
Wi-fi: a way o getting the internet without cables
Ringtone: the sound a mobile makes when it rings 
Smart phone: a mobile phone which also has internet

In the following link you can practise doing a " cloze" with the text: 

Thursday, January 19, 2017

HOMEWORK

- GROUP A (FOR NEXT MONDAY)


  • GRAMMAR BANK 4A PAG 133. ACTIVITIES A AND B
  • PHOTOCOPY GIVEN IN CLASS: PRESENT PERFECT AND MAKE/DO (CORRECT IT YOURSELVES, THE ANSWER KEYS ARE ON THIS BLOG)
  • READING PAG. 30-31 (ACTIVITIES C AND D)

- GROUP D (FOR NEXT FRIDAY)

  • GRAMMAR BANK 4A PAG 133. ACTIVITIES A AND B
  • PHOTOCOPY GIVEN IN CLASS: PRESENT PERFECT AND MAKE/DO (CORRECT IT YOURSELVES, THE ANSWER KEYS ARE ON THIS BLOG)
  • READING PAG. 30-31 (ACTIVITIES C AND D)

ACTIVITIES TO PRACTISE PRESENT PERFECT +JUST, ALREADY, YET




http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/grammar/2g7-just-yet-already.php

https://elt.oup.com/student/englishfile/preint/a_grammar/file04/grammar04_b01?cc=us&selLanguage=en

http://www.curso-ingles.com/practicar/ejercicios/already-just-still-yet

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/present_perfect_statements.htm

ACTIVITIES TO PRACTISE MAKE/DO AND HOUSEWORK




MAKE OR DO

http://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/do-or-make-which-one-household-chores

http://www.english-at-home.com/vocabulary/how-to-use-make-and-do-in-english/

HOUSEWORK ALSO CALLED "CHORES"

http://www.letshavefunwithenglish.com/vocabulary/chores/index.html

MORE EXTRA ACTIVITIES WITH PREPOSITIONS IN/ON/AT

IN/ON /AT PREPOSITIONS OF TIME

PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE IN/ON/AT

PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE IN/ON/AT

PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE IN/ON/AT

ANSWER KEY PHOTOCOPY GIVEN IN CLASS: 4A GRAMMAR present perfect+yet, just, already 4A VOCABULARYhousework/ make/do

4A GRAMMAR present perfect + yet, just, already


a)

2. Has he cleaned the floor yet? Yes, he has
3. Has he done the ironing yet? No, he hasn't
4. Has he taken out the rubbish yet? No, he hasn't
5. Has he done the shopping yet? Yes, he has
6. Has he done the washing yet? Yes, he has
7. Has he cleaned the window yet? No, he hasn't
8. Has he tidied his desk yet? No, he hasn't
9. Has he laid the table yet? Yes, he has
10. Has he made his bed yet? No, he hasn't

b)

2. He's just been on holiday
3. They've just arrived
4. She's just washed her hair
5. He's just bought a ring
6. We've just had lunch.


4A VOCABULARY housework/ make/do

1. doing
2. puts
3. make
4. does
5. made
6. do
7. lay
8. do
9. made
10. doing
11. made
12. making
13. do/tidy
14. put/take
15. did
16. pick
17. make
18. do
19. do
20. make

Thursday, January 12, 2017

FEBRUARY EXAMS

GROUP A

MONDAY 6TH FEBRUARY
READING 11.30-12.30
LISTENING 12.45-13.15

WEDNESDAY 8TH FEBRUARY
WRITING 11.30-12.30 200 WORDS
SPEAKING (JUST COME THE DAY AND TIME ASSIGNED)

MONDAY 13TH FEBRUARY
SPEAKING

WEDNESDAY 15TH FEBRUARY
SPEAKING


GROUP D

FRIDAY 10TH FEBRUARY
READING 10.00-11.00
LISTENING 11.15-11.45
WRITING 12.15-13.15

FRIDAY 17TH FEBRUARY
SPEAKING (COME THE TIME ASSIGNED)

HOMEWORK

GROUP A (FOR NEXT MONDAY)

- GRAMMAR BANK 3C PAG131
- PHOTOCOPY GIVEN IN CLASS GRAMMAR 3C.  DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES (YOU CAN FIND THE ANSWERS ON THIS BLOG)
- READING (ACTIVITIES A, B AND C) PAGE 25

GROUP D (FOR NEXT FRIDAY)

- GRAMMAR BANK 3C PAG131
- PHOTOCOPY GIVEN IN CLASS GRAMMAR 3C.  DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES (YOU CAN FIND THE ANSWERS ON THIS BLOG)
- READING (ACTIVITIES A, B AND C) PAGE 25
- PAGE 154 VOCABULARY BANK. HOUSEWORK

FOOD VOCABULARY ACTIVITIES

Practise vocabulary about food with these online activities:

ACTIVITY 1

DRINKS

VEGETABLES

FRUIT

FAST FOOD

RELATIVE CLAUSES

Practise defining relative clauses "Who", "which" and "where" with these activities.

ACTIVITY 1

ACTIVITY 2

QUICK TEST UNIT 3

QUICK TEST UNIT 3

ANSWER KEY: QUICK TEST UNIT 3


Examples interaction

EXAMPLE OF INTERACTION
Practise with a classmate


USEFUL EXPRESSIONS FOR YOUR ORAL EXAM

USEFUL EXPRESSIONS FOR YOUR ORAL EXAM


ANSWER KEY PHOTOCOPIES GIVEN IN CLASS GRAMMAR 3A, 3B, 3C

3A GRAMMAR be going to ( plans and predictions)
A)
2. 's going to rain
3. 's going to buy a new car
4. 're going to play football
5. 's going to watch TV
6. isn't going to swim
7. 're going to see a film
8. 're going to go to (Berlin)
B)
2. 'm going to get
3. Are...going to do
4. 'm not going to do
5. are....going to do
6. 're going to get
7. 's going to work
8. Is...going to have

3B GRAMMAR present continuous (future arrangements)

3. Who's he taking to the hospital on Tuesday? He's taking his Mum
4. Whe is he working? He's working on Monday morning and Wednesday afternoon
5. Is he having dinner with Frank on Monday? Yes, he is
6. What's he doing on Sunday morning?He's meeting Ellie at the station
7. What's he doing on Friday night? He's going to Frank's party
8. When is he going to the dentist? He's going on Friday morning
9. What's he doing on Saturday morning? He's going shopping/buying Ellie's present
10. When is he playing tennis? He's playing tennis on Tuesday afternoon
11. Who's he seeing on Saturday afternoon?He's seeing George
12. When is he helping his dad? He's helping his dad on Thursday afternoon
13. Is he going to the theatre on Wednesday? Yes, he is
14. Is he meeting George at the museum? No, he isn't
15. What's he doing on Sunday afternoon? He's driving to Wales with Ellie.

3C GRAMMAR defining relative clauses

2. who cuts...
3. where...borrow
4. where...sleep
5. which...drink
6. which...listen
7. who designs
8. where....have
9. where....look at
10. which....wear
11. where....buy
12. which...cut
13. which...put on
14. who flies
15. who visits