EXAMS - SEPTEMBER

El día 3 de septiembre estaré en el salón de actos o en el departamento de inglés para que os podáis apuntar al oral del 7 de septiembre. 

FINAL EXAM INFO

Unit 10 Cities (Comparison)

Comparative I
Comparative II
Comparative III (Try only a couple of exercises)

Unit 10 On holiday

1. 

I enjoy travelling and it's difficult for me to choose a holiday destination because I love them all. I'd like to explore the Maldives, USA, Peru, China and lots of different places. So let's pack and travel!

Watch this video about a woman working as a holiday representative in Spain. Then answer the questions. The video is from the popular comedy "Little Britain". You can check your answers clicking on comments.

1. What's the holiday representative's name?

2. What do tourists see on the left?

3. What do tourists see on the right?

4. She wants to make sure ...

5. Why does the old Englishman get off the bus?

6. What happens to them after getting off the bus?

So, which holiday is better in your opinion: a summer holiday or a winter holiday? An adventure holiday or a package holiday? Why? You can write your answers on the chat below.

And what about your typical holidays? Complete these questionnaire and check your answers clicking on comments. Then think about the questions and write your answers on the chat below.

What do you usually do on holiday?

1. Where do you go on holiday? 

2. How do you ......... there?

3. ......... do you go with?

4. What  ........ you take with you?

5. ......... do you get up on holiday?

6. What do you .......... in the day?

7. ............ do you do in the evening?

8. What .............. do you ........... to bed?

Try these activities about BE GOING TO to talk about future plans as intentions.

Be going to I
Be going to II
Be going to III
Be going to IV
Be going to GAMES

Now you're ready to answer. Think about your holiday plans and answer these questions:

- Are you going to go abroad next summer or are you going to stay in?
- Are you going to go to concerts next summer?

Unit 9 Food

Are you hungry? Let's go to the restaurant. Listen to the dialogue and repeat. Then do the activities.

Buying a coffee (activity)
In a cafe (activity and video)
Ordering a meal (activity)

Now have a look at this menu from the famous chain of English pubs Whetherspoon. You can find cheap and delicious food there.Try to order food from this menu (customer) and try to offer food (waiter).

Menu (you can explore all the dishes available or even book a table)

To finish this entry, go back to your childhood (period of your life when you were a child) and enjoy watching this Sesame Street scene. Then get this information after watching it twice:

- The address for the pizza delivery.
- The two ingredients of the pizza.
- When the pizza will be ready.

Speedy Pizza (SCRIPT)

Unit 9 What's in your fridge?

Unit 9 Food

Les Reines Prochaines are a Swiss group formed only by women. Their lyrics are always feminist.

Listen to the first song of the video called "The Lady Is Hungry". While you listen to the song, write as many words related to food as possible. Later you can check your answers by clicking on lyrics.

The Lady is Hungry (lyrics)

Unit 9 Food

Food is important in our life, because it gives us energy. A good diet can keep us healthy. In this picture you can find lots of healthy food. Can you name it in English? How often do you eat food? Do you like eating this food?

Now try to classify this food into the right grammatical category: countable or uncountable nouns. Can you add extra countable or uncountable nouns? To check this activity, click on comments. Then do the activities below.

Food I
Food III
Food IV
Food V
Food VI
Food GAME
Countability and Quantifiers I
Countability and Quantifiers II
Countability and Quantifiers III
Countability and Quantifiers IV
More countability and quantifiers

Unit 8 My city

This is my town. I live in Cartagena near the coast, in the south of Spain. In Cartagena there are a lot of things to do. For example, do you like archaeology? Then, you can visit its beautiful Roman theatre. Do you like shopping? There are lots of shops in the city centre. Do you like tapas? There are some tapas bars near the port. There is only one problem. There is a lot of traffic. Well, and Cartagena can be a noisy and polluted town.

What about your town? Do you live in a town or in a village? Are there a lot of activities to do there?

Now read this tale and answer the question at the end of the story.

Around my neighbourhood

Try now these activities about use of English.


In town 
There is/ are 
There was/ were I
There was/ were II

Finally, enjoy this video and practise your pronunciation. After that, you can talk about your place and write your answers on the chat below.

Unit 8 The Apartment

There is a popular building in New York. It is near Central Park. In this building a group of good friends met and lots of funny stories took place.

Have a look at the pwp presentation with information about Monica's apartment and do the exercises.

Vocabulary:
- Exercise 1
- Exercise 2
- Exercise 3

Grammar:
There is/are 1
There is/are 2


Listening:
A big house

Well, interested in the boys' apartment. Have a look at the photo and give information about Joey's apartment on the left.

Unit 8 Revision past tenses

Unit 8 Simple Past Revision

Ready for the revision of the past simple? Watch this video about Gulliver in Lilliput and do the activities below. Enjoy it.

Activity 1

Watch the video twice and answer these questions (Click on coments to check your answers).

1) What did Gulliver do when he arrived on the island?

2) What did the little men do to Gulliver when he woke up?

3) What did Gulliver have for dinner?

Activity 2
Click on the link below and follow the instructions. (Click on coments to check your answers)

Gulliver's follow-up Activity

Now a video where  people talk about the things they did last weekend.  Listen carefully. When you finish watching video answer the same question on the chat below: what did you do last weekend?

To finish the lesson, I would like you to enjoy a popular song  by Nancy Sinatra called BANG BANG. Click on the link below and do the activities watching the video. (Click on comments to check your answers)

Bang Bang by Nancy Sinatra Activity

Unit 8 Simple Past Revision

Travelleres usually look for different experiences when they go on a journey. Some of them want to lie on a beach, others are ready to enjoy their all-inclusive package holidays and some others are only interested in experiencing.

In this last group are included the three short films by the independent director Rick Mereki. Read the information about the short films and answer the questions below.

Move, Eat, Learn Short Films

- How long was their journey?

- How many countries did they visit?

- How many flights did they take?

- How many miles did they travel?

- Did they experience any inconveniences during their journey?

- How many cameras did they take with them?

- How does the director describe the journey?

Now lounge on your chair and enjoy this short film that summarizes the beuty of travelling.

What do you think about this project? Which countries could you see in the video? Which experience did you like the most? You can write your opinion clicking on comments.

Listen to this recording and do the activities. It's a bit difficult for your level, so clik on script when you have real problems.

Tips for when to visit the USA
Tips for when to visit the USA script

Unit 7 A Window to the Past

Here is the video where John Travolta talks about dancing with Lady Di.

Unit 7 A Window to the Past

Historypin is a digital compilation of history. Users choose a location and date to pin a historic event including photos, videos and recordings. Have a look at the powerpoint presentation based on this amazing intiative.

Do you remember how to form the past in English? To help you remember, try these activities about regular and irregular past simple.

Past Simple I (Read the information and do the activities on this website)
Past Simple II
Past Simple III
Past Simple IV
Past Simple V
Past Simple VI
Past Simple VII
Game

And what about pronunciation? Practise your pronunciation of regular and irregular past simple with the videos below.

To relax, read this story and answer the questions.

Two sisters and a cat

Finally try these listening activity where a woman talks about her wedding day.

My wedding day

Unit 7 Famous Portraits

Ernesto "Che" Guevera was born on 14th June, 1928. He was born in Rosario, Argentina. He was a doctor and a famous guerrilla leader. As a guerrilla leader, he was hope for poor people in South America and Cuba. After his death, this picture was very famous worlwide. There are some good films about his life.

Now click on the link below, choose some famous people from the list and answer these questions with the information from the text:

- When were they born?
- Where were they born?
- What were they famous for?

Famous people

Now you're ready to do some activities about the verb to BE in the past.

Was/ were I
Was/ were II
Was/ were III
Was/ were IV

Unit 6 Music

El Sistema is a project for poor children in Venezuela. It started in 1975 and their young conductor Gustavo Dudamel is an icon in Venezuela and around the world.

Watch this video in Spanish about El Sistema and read the script in English. Do you know other projects to help people with music?

Now you're ready to revise the auxiliary be and do.

BE vs DO I

BE vs DO II

BE vs DO III

Unit 6 Like doing/ would like to do

"Oh, I would like to thank the Academy from the bottom of my heart! I would like to thank Emily Watson and Fernanda Montenegro, and my friend Cate Blanchett for their help and patience".

This is Gwyneth Paltrow's speech at the Oscar Awards Ceremony. The speech has the structure "would like to + infinitive". Imagine you have to prepare a speech for the Oscar Awards ceremony. Write a simple speech on the chat below using  the "would like to + infinitive" structure. We can vote for the best speech.


Now try these activities with like + ing (general) and would like to + inf (particular, specific).

Would like to vs Like I
Would like to vs Like II
Would like to vs Like III

I hope to read your speeches on the chat.

Unit 6 An email

Unit 6 Likes and Dislikes

The Simpsons are a typical American family. Homer loves drinking beer, Marge works at home, Bart doesn't like studying and Lisa loves playing the saxo. Maggie the baby really likes dancing, but she can't stand up yet. However, they have something in common: they love watching TV on the sofa.

Now it's your turn. Do the activities and then talk about your hobbies.

Vocabulary I
Vocabulary II

-ING form I
-ING form II

Listening: Favourite colour
Listening: Claudia's likes and dislikes

What do you like doing in your free time? Write your answers on the chat below.