Workbok answer key pages 14-15

GRAMMAR
1.
1. In the near future, more people will be driving them.
2. In another few years, all pupils will be studying from e-textbooks.
3. By next year, they will have installed security cameras in all public areas.
4. It won't be landing for another few hours. 
5. By next week, we will have settled back into our routine.
6. Unfortunately, the technician won't have repaired it by this evening.

2. 
POSSIBLE ANSWERS
1. will be watching a film
2. will be travelling in the US
3. will have finished it
4. will be snowing

3. 
1. will be using
2. will have joined
3. will have become
4.will be transporting

4. 
1. By Monday, I will have bought a new computer
2. By Sunday, my parents will have celebrated 20 years of marriage
3. At 11.00, she won't be studying online
4. By next week, the app won't be completed

PAGE 15.
5. 
1. By this time tomowrrow, my parents will be flying to CHicago
2. By the year 2100, doctors will have found a cure for cancer.
3. In a few years' time, people will be using selfie-pay systems
4. Will Janet have built her drone by the end of the week?
5. By tomorrow evenng, Jason will have made a decision

6. 
1. Para el año 205o, los científicos habrán inventado coches voladores
2. Dentro de diez años,k todo le mundo estará usando drones equipados con cámaraqs
3. Las ventas de las impresoras 3d se incrementarán en los próximos quince años
4. ?Esta nueva tendencia se habrá pasado de moda para el año 2020?
5. Para cuando llegues allí, tu bolso habrá desaparecido.

7. 
1. still hasn't appeared
2. is going to change /will change
3. will be building
4. will enable
5. discovered
6. is adopting
7. is developing
8. utilises
9. will have completed
10. is

More revision activities

Here I am, again! 

Posting some activities during my Xmas holidays! And no, I'm not crazy. And neither am I bored. 

But I'm happy to see that my students are using this activities (I can see it on the statistics section of the blog) so... I've decided to upload a couple more!

Present continuous / Present simple

Present simple /Present Continuous 2

Optional cumulative activities

[source of the worksheets:http://busyteacher.org/search.html?q=present+simple+present+continuous+worksheet]

Recycling Webquests

My oldest followers may remember this post from last year. 
Just so they know, I'm preparing a new webquest for the second term involving a very important English playwright.

Anyway, this year we're also studying some of the most important authors and works from English literature.

This term, we started talking about the Industrial Revolution and I believe that studying Dickens and his time is a good way to continue what we started .

Three important rules:

1. The due date is on December, 10th 2015! So, please, note it down in your agenda/calendar/notebook so you won't be like this poor pup when I ask you about the webquest you didn't submit.

2. You have to do it in groups of 3 students each(choose wisely, I won't accept any group changes/arguments). 

3. ENJOY!

Here's the link:

A Charles Dickens Webquest

Song and Phonetics

Last Friday we did this activity dealing with phonetic symbols. It involves a well-known song, although this is a version by the band Muse with a new twist.

You can download the worksheet here (it is free):

Song and phonetics

And you can listen to the song here:

And while we were doing the activity, one of my students realised that this band was the one who refused to sing playback in an Italian show last year. The lead singer swapped places with the drummer in the performance. You can watch it here:

Just in case...

Dear students,

Just in case you are tempted by the idea...

I'd like to remind you that:

Copy and paste is never a good idea. 

Copy and paste equals plagiarism.

Plagiarism is not a good idea either. 

And I'd also like to warn you (picture me with a wicked smile):

I will know.

(so, please, do NOT copy in your next essays)

Tense revision and cumulative exercises

(and this is also your face when I say I will post something and then... ehem, ehem....well, you know)

But today no excuses are accepted and so I've brought you a new copy with extra grammar practice (you always insist on grammar, but do NOT forget your listening/reading comprehension). Anyway, here's the link!

Cumulative exercises. Tenses

(with answer key!)

Catching up!

G' afternoon!

As promised this morning, below you can read the answer key to page 28 of the student's book. 

I hope you find it useful! 

And I'd also like to remind you that you can find me tomorrow at 12 o'clock in the English department (just in case you have any doubts/queries related to the upcoming exam...).

See you!

ANSWER KEY. PAGE 28 Student's Book

Exercise 1:

1. f

2. e

3. c

4. g

5. a

6. b

7. h

8. d

Exercise 2:

1. missing

2. turn back

3. accident

4. hero

5. give up

6. frustrated

Exercise 3:

1. have helped

2. keep

3. proved

4. noticed

5. had disappeared

6. called

7. organised

8. had left

9. found

10. was lying

11. saved

12. had kept

Exercise 4:

1. We have lived in this house for five years.

2. I have never been to Italy (before)

3. Rachel went to bed after she had taken the dog for a walk.

4. I am going to leave my job next month

5. I haven't spoken to Grace for a week.

Exercise 5:

1. b

2. c

3. a

4. d

An long overdue post

Those of you who know me are aware that I have a bad memory. 

I like to note down almost everything so I don't forget it. Last week I gave you the following handout and I promised to upload the answer key last weekend the following week. You can download both documents by clicking on the following links:

Reading comprehension. Guy Fawkes and the Gundpowder plot

Answer key. Guy Fawkes and the Gundpowder plot

Below you can find the presentation we saw in class regarding this topic (it might look familiar to my former students, hehehe)

The gundpowder plot

And finally, you can find a link to a fantastic listening comprehension exercise (B1 level) and its corresponding worksheet created by Emma Clayton.

Listening comprehension--> Bonfire night

No time to lose--> Extra reading

With only three hours per week and overcrowded groups I find myself with no time to lose this academic year. 

(the poor girl in the picture pretty much looks like me)

That's why I'll be uploading the answer key to the extra reading sections of the workbook. So, those of you who need more practice can easily check their answers at home. 

Below you can find the answer key to page 10 of the workbook. 

ANSWER KEY. EXTRA READING (page 10)

1. 1

3.  1)b      2) c           3) a

4. 

1. It's true because: "clues are often cryptic and a challenge to solve" (lines 3-4)

2. It's false because: "...tourists enjoy them as an addition to guidebooks and guided tours." (lines 8-9)

3. It's false because: " There's even a company in New York that provides clues through text messages!" (lines 11-12)

5.

1. specific

2. cryptic

3. public

ANSWER KEY. EXTRA READING (page 18)

1. They are all escape artists.

2. 

1. Risking death

2. Their year of birth

3. Because it set the record for the fastest underwater escape from a pair of handcuffs.

3. Johnson's water escape is different from Houdini's because she doesn't hide behind a curtain.

4.    1.c            2.b

5. 

1. tanks

2. illusions

3. childhood

4. episode

Adjectives ending in -ed and -ing. More practice!

Good morning!

I'm a morning person, although I have to admit that Monday mornings are kind of hard (sigh).

But, show must go on and today we start a new week full of new posts! Yay!

So, let's get to the point. 

Today I've brought you a post focused on adjectives ending in -ed and -ing. Below you'll find several worksheets for you to practice (answer key is included) and become an expert in participial adjectives!

Help yourselves! 

Worksheet 1

Worksheet 2

Revising vocabulary

Good morning!

My students are always complaining about all the words they must learn!

But, you must take into account that there are other ways of learning new vocabulary...

There is life beyond your lists of vocabulary!

For instance, you can revise the vocabulary of the unit taking this quiz. 

Test your knowledge of disasters!

Great disasters quiz

Or you can use pictures to help you improve your vocabulary in the foreign language!

Natural disasters vocabulary

Talking about catastrophes and disasters

Have you ever heard of Frano Selak? No? 

Neither did I!

Until yesterday, when I was preparing a new post and I ran across this Youtube video.

Check it out!

Have you watched it? Amazing, isn't it?

No wonder they call him the luckiest unlucky man to ever live. 

And here's the real Frano Selak:

Frano Selak gives away his lottery ticket

Speaking Test materials...

Copy set 4ºESO --> Units 2 and 3

Click on the link below to get the copies of unit 3 (.pdf format). 

Copy Set UNIT 3

I've just realised that I didn't upload the copies of unit 2. Upppps! My fault!

So... here you have the file, just in case you want to have it in your computer.

Copy Set Unit 2 

Listening Practise--> online resource

Some of you have asked me about the website I showed you at the beginning of the year. Yes, the one with music videos on Youtube. 

Does it ring a bell?

Here's the link:

LYRICS TRAINING

Writing practise: Telling a story

Below you can find two real examples of two different writing exams. The sentences in bold are given by the examiners and students have to follow the story as we have already done in class.

OPTION A

The wrong bus

One day I was waiting for the bus as usual. When it came, I just followed the other people and got on. I was listening to music in my Ipod, so I didn’t notice that the bus was going in the wrong direction. Suddenly, I looked out of the window and I didn’t recognise anything, so I realised I was on the wrong bus. I felt really nervous!  We were in the middle of the countryside, so I couldn’t get off the bus. Fortunately, we finally arrived back in the city centre and then I had to wait for the right bus. It took me three hours to get home instead of twenty minutes! It was a waste of time!

OPTION B

At last the weekend had arrived and Anna was both nervous and excited she was on her way to the USA for the first time ever after winning a study trip to find out about American culture and represent her country.

She took off at eight and by the time the plane landed, Anna was absolutely exhausted. Luckily, the family that was going to take care of her was waiting at the airport so she got to bed straightaway.

The next day the family took Anna to watch her favourite film. Although it was in English she understood almost everything because she had been studying English for ages. As they were leaving the cinema, guess waht? Anna saw her favourite film star. She was thrilled! He smiled shyly at her- she was sure he did! – as she managed to take a picture of him to treasure forever.

Back home she told everyone about her adventure and showed the picture to the film stars many fans there. They were amazed and just couldn’t believe Anna’s luck.

Do you like surprises?

Here's the video I've been talking about during the lesson. 

It was awarded "Best Superbowl Commercial" in 2012, so I hope you enjoy it!

Some of you have explained it very well in your essays. Congratulations!

And remember... if you have any doubts or queries, you can always leave a comment on the blog.

See you tomorrow! And good luck for the exams

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

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 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)