Ta dah! ..... Listening time!

Look what I've found on the Internet! These are exactly the same Listening exams we've been doing in class.

Class Listening

Class Listening 2

And here you've got two more!  And remember that the Listening exam is just around the corner...

Enjoy :)

Listening Practise 1

Listening Practise 2

Listening Practise 3

Listening Time!

Here's a very useful webpage with several links to improve your listening skills:

Listenings

Grammar exercises. Pages 14 and 15 of the workbook (answer key)

Exercise 2 page 14:

1. I bought a cup of coffee while I was waiting for the train.
2. Sally went to a party last night and had a great time.
3. Did you visit Buckingham Palace when you were in London?
4. We didn't hear the doorbell because we were sleeping at nine o'clock last night.
5. I dropped my iPod as I was riding my bike.

Exercise 3 page 14:

1. When did the supermarket open?
2. Were you at the meeting last night?
3. What were you doing at eight o'clock last night?
4. How was Sue's performance?

Exercise 4 page 14:

1. a
2. b
3. b
4. a

Exercise 7 page 15:

1. What time did your train leave Victoria Station?
2. Last summer, my family didn't go camping because the weather was bad.
3. When I was a child, I lived in Ireland for two years.
4. I was playing on the computer while my parents were unpacking our bags.
5. By the time we arrived, everyone had left.

Reading page 10 of the Workbook--> ANSWER KEY

Exercise 1:
     

1. a

Exercise 3:

1. It's true because: "the Japanese believe that personality traits can be matched with one's blood type..."
2. It's true because: "... type B blood was common in Asia but rare amongst people in the West".
3. It's false because: "... findings to support their ridiculous claim that..."
4. It's  false because: "...dispel this theory and began investigating blood types."

Exercise 4:
aware
rare
fairly

Exercise 5:

1. One matches personality traits to blood types and the other astrological signs with personality.
2. Because in a lot of countries the majority of people share only two types of clood type, so it is not interesting.

Exercise 6:

1. matched.
2. initially
3. ridiculous
4. calm
5. even

DAILY ACTIVITIES

Have you heard of picture dictionaries?

They are dictionaries in which the definitions of the word appear in the form of a picture or a photograph.

This is a good example:

Picture dictionaries: Daily activities

Reading practise--> Guy Fawkes

This is the exercise we did in class. I'm attaching it just in case you lost the copy or you miss the lesson...

Guy Fawkes Reading

Guy Fawkes Reading (Answer Key)

Grammar time! Tense revision

Hope you are having a good weekend! Below you can find an exercise to practise the tenses seen in class!

Good luck!

Past simple, past continuous and past perfect

Question forms..... How to

This is the .ppt document we saw and explained in class.

Question Forms .ppt

Grammar time! Past simple and Past continuous online

How are you doing?  

Great, I'm pretty sure!! It's weekend time, yay!

However, given that the weather is not very good and that the exam is due next week, you check your grammar knowledge by doing these exercises! Have fun!

Past simple and Continuous

Past simple and Continuous 1

Past simple and Continous 2

Past simple and Continuous 3

Past simple and Continous 4

Past simple and Continuous 5

Past simple and Continuous 6

Past simple and Continuous 7

Up for a test?

Do you wanna test your level of English? 

Click here: http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/test-your-english/adult-learners/

Grammar time! PRESENT SIMPLE and PRESENT CONTINUOUS!

You can practise what we've learned in class today.

But first, a quick revision!

Present Simple and Continuous .ppt

A – Choose the correct option: Present Simple or Present Continuous.

1.    Mark usually goes / is going home on foot.
2.    Listen! Ted plays / is playing the piano.
3.    My mother is a good cook. Everything she cooks / is cooking is excellent.
4.    Now Stanley answers / is answering the phone.
5.    They often watch / are watching TV in the evening.
6.    Today Jessica goes / is going to school by car.
7.    The dog sleeps / is sleeping under the table right now.
8.    Water boils / is boiling at 100º Celsius.

B- Fill in the blanks with either the Present Simple or Present Continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

1.    Jason _______________(not / listen) to the radio very often.

2.    Turn off the TV. You ______________(not / watch) it. 

3.    Where ______________ Sally usually ______________(spend) her summer holidays?

4.    Mr. Watson ______________(take) very good photos. Look! He ______________(take) a photo of you right now.

5.    It always ______________(rain) at the weekend. But today the sun ______________(shine).

6.    My friends ______________(leave) for Budapest tomorrow.

7.    Carol ______________ (phone) her grandmother every day. She ______________(phone) her now.

8.    Bob and Tom’s parents usually ______________(drive) them to school, but today they ______________(go) by bus.

Answer key

A

1.    goes

2.    is playing

3.    cooks

4.    is answering

5.    watch

6.    is going

7.    is sleeping

8.    boils

B

1.    doesn’t listen

2.    aren’t watching

3.    does…spend

4.    takes…is taking

5.    rains… is shining

6.    are living

7.    phones… is phoning

8.    drive… are going

Copy set 4ºESO U1

Hello everyone! 

Today, I've brought you a present :)

Click on the link below to download the copies of unit 1. We will be using these copies for the next weeks, I hope you find them useful!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-vlDHD-F_aLMG1zVjBrak11T28/view?usp=sharing