CLASS OF 19TH MARCH

First things, first!

Happy Father's Day! Sending lots of love (virtual hugs, too!) to my father. This year we'll have to celebrate it in the distance.

Ok, having said that, Let's get to work.

The activity today belongs to page 57 of the Student's Book. It is a description of a person you know (your father, maybe?). The due date for the activity is Monday, 23rd March.

LESSON PLANS DURING THE QUARANTINE

Hello! 

How are you doing?

Days are lonnnnnnnnng, aren't they?

Are you bored yet?

In order to prevent you going mad of boredom, I'll be providing some materials during the quarantine. I'll try to replicate our weekly lessons (that is, 3 hours per week). 

Keep in mind that some tasks will be compulsory (I'll grade them) and some other will be equivalent to a test. 

Let me remind you all that the SPEAKING, WRITING and LISTENING exams are still pending. We will take them online. 

So far, I've tried to set up a GOOGLE CLASSROOM but I lack most of your emails. 

Please, fill in the following form to solve that problem:

FORMULARIO RECOPILACIÓN DE CORREOS

I'll keep you posted!

LISTENING PRACTICE. B2

Click on the link to be directed to the listening exercise!

B2 LISTENING. PART 3

You can also find a lot of exercises on Youtube!

MODAL VERBS

In class I told you that you had plenty of materials at your disposal in the blog. 

However, I guess that you are not familiar with the search tool that you have on the right side of this blog... 

So, here they are. Grammar charts and exercises (answer key included!). 

Help yourselves!

MODAL VERBS. OLD ENTRY

MODAL VERBS. TRANSFORMATIONS.

Hello! Is there anybody out there?

Well, given that the exam is just around the corner I'm posting below some exercises for you to revise at home. 

Remember! Click on the link, not on the picture!

TRANSFORMATIONS. MODAL VERBS. B2

SPEAKING EXAM

Let's start with a speaking post. Click on the following link to download the copies I showed you in class.

Speaking materials: Part 3 B1 Test

Here's another summary of the aspects you should cover in your description:

SPEAKING MATERIALS CLGRANADA

This is a useful presentation including the vocabulary you can use in the speaking test divided into several topics. Have a look at it:

Useful ppt with lots of vocabulary for the Speaking test

And finally, some sample materials for the speaking test. You can use them to practise at home:)

Unit 3 sample

Unit 1 sample

Unit 4

TUTANKHAMUN PROJECT

OK, the day has finally arrived. Click on the following link to be directed to the questionnaire. Read the information carefully before you answer the questions.

And, remember, the due date is Friday, 13th December. 

I hope you enjoy it and learn a lot about king Tut! 

TUTANKHAMUN QUESTIONNAIRE

Extra practice....

Just in case you need it. Click on the link and you'll be directed to a word document.

More practice UNIT 1

ANSWER KEY. PAGE 16 and 17

TECH PROFICIENT?

Hello! 

Wow, it's been a while since I posted twice on the same day! 

UNIT 1 in our book is related to new technologies and I've realised that you all seem very much familiar to the vocabulary seen so far. Anyway, while looking for new activities and vocabulary exercises I found this pun...

Also, this past weekend, while browsing the web I came up against this term ' FILTER BUBBLES'. I find it very interesting and, although I'm not tech proficient, I could get it thanks to this video. 

We'll be using it in class:

WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL!

I know, I know....

The timing of this picture isn't the best given that it's September, 30th... 

But, it takes a while until teachers meet their students and new colleagues. Well, that time is over, and I'm officially introducing the new academic year and welcoming my new students.

I hope you learn a lot this year and enjoy the ride!

Stay tunned!

LISTENING PRACTICE FOR THE EXAM 2MORROW!

I must confess that it's getting harder to find new listening materials on line. 

And sometimes I forget that I have posted those exercises already.

But, there's nothing to worry about. My students ALWAYS.REMIND.ME.

ALWAYS.

Just picture their faces like...

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 butttt, LOOK WHAT I FOUND!


I hope you find it useful!

LISTENING.B2. EXAM EXERCISES FOR FREE

LISTENING PRACTICE

How are you doing?

I'm pretty much like...

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It IS really hot , isn't it? It is not summer yet (!)

I bet your are sunbathing instead of doing your homework and revising for the exam. There's enough time for everything but don't forget your listening practice.

Click on the links to listen to the audios of unit 5.

LISTENING PAGE 61 of the student's book

LISTENING PAGE 65, exercises 8 and 9 (SB)

LISTENING PAGE 65, exercise 10 (SB)

LISTENING PAGE 68 (SB)

LISTENING PRACTICE 5, page 100 (workbook)

Some useful speaking tips

Some of you might be wondering...

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But, as it turns out, I luvvvv my job so it's no big deal. 

Today I found this wonderful ESL blog and thought that you could find these materials very useful for your next speaking test. You are welcome :)

Click on the link to be directed to the blog with plenty of pictures sorted out by topic. 

SPEAKING MATERIALS. B2 COMPARISON OF PICTURES

More Listening Practice

I keep trying...

 TRUE/ FALSE listening exercises...

T/F Listening FCE Test. Tourism

T/F Listening. FCE Test. Champs Elysees

FCE Listening practice

Ugh.

I'm so sorry, I've been trying for an hour to upload the audio and the script we started in class this morning  buttttt my internet connection is not working properly this afternoon.

So, I'm posting this entry instead. Without any pictures because my computer won't allow me to include any today. 

Click on the link and you'll find a really useful website with plenty of listening practice.

Quick NOTE: in our next exam we will be doing a T/F exercise + PART 4 (1 piece of audio a different questions).

listening practice. FCE PART 4

Conditional exercises

This blog has been running for several years so, if you use the search tool on your right you will come face to face with posts from former years. 

And they are handy if you need some extra practice. 

As for the Conditionals, you can find these posts in the blog:

Conditionals: Grammar and sentences

http://esl-freak.blogspot.com.es/2015/04/conditionals-answer-key.html

Conditionals Easy Practice

http://esl-freak.blogspot.com.es/2017/04/resit-exam-practice-conditionals.html

More Conditional Sentences

http://esl-freak.blogspot.com.es/2016/04/more-conditional-exercises-on-line.html

Conditional Sentences. Transformations

http://esl-freak.blogspot.com.es/2016/04/conditional-sentences-transformations.html

Some of you will be like...

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Please, don't get me wrong: You don't have to do all these exercises (remember that this is a compilation of several years). You can use this post as a reference or as an useful source of exercises.

Extra practice. Workbook Reading

Some of you have expressed their concern about the reading exam and wanted more practice. Since we are in a hurry, I'm afraid we don't have time to do an extra reading practice. However, today I'm posting the answer key to page 41 of your workbook. You can do the reading at home and check your answers with the following. As always, if you have any doubts just tell me and we can set a meeting during the breaks. 

Reading. A narrative

Exercise 1

1. d

2. b

3. b

4.c

Exercise 2

1. His son helped him record his story for StoryCorps.

2. He was terrified of how she would react

3. Because Linsk broke the glasses in the playground he stole from Pearl

4. He probably felt guilty

5. Yes. He probably felt relieved after he shared it.

Exercise 3

1. without a second thought

2. settling

3. hard to come by

4. tracking down

5. holding onto

Workbook answer key page 37

Vocabulary. Relationships.

Exercise 1:

1. b

2. f

3. c

4. a

5. e

6. d

Exercise 4:

1. fell in love

2. engaged.

3. took it for granted

4. break up

5. damage

6. close friends

7. get along

8. value

9. growing apart

Reading Answer Key (unit 5)

Reading. A short story

Exercise 1:
1. c
2. a
3. b
4. c
5.a

Exercise 2
1. She pulled her hair down and looked at it in the mirror to see how long it was because she knew she could sell her hair to buy Jim a present.

2. She was worried because she wasn't sure Jim would still find her beautiful after having cut her hair 

3. Della was frightened because she couldn't read his expression, which wasn't an expression she could have expected.

4. She was trying to explain why she had cut her hair off. 

Exercise 4:

1. length
2. possessions
3. flowed
4. damage
5. lived through

Exercise 5
(possible answers)
1. jewellery shop
2. an actor
3. a diamond ring
4. a sad story
5. an old pair of jeans
6. when a dog starts barking at you