SEPTEMBER EXAMS

Hi y'all,

FYI, here's the list with the names of the students that must sit for different exams in September. This list has been divided according to the parts of the exam which students failed in June.

I'll get back to you in a few days with the timetable for the oral exams.

Greets!

http://s3.amazonaws.com/lcp/4eoialcala/myfiles/EXAMENES-DE-SEPTIEMBRE.pdf!

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Listening exercise, page 90

s promised, here goes the listening exercise from page 90 in the Student's book.

Key

a. picture matching: (up to down, left to right) 2, 4, 1, 7, 6, 9, 8, 3, 5

b. 1. That many areas of London used to be villages. You should get to know the area you are in rather than trying to get to know the whole of London.

2. Go to the British Museum

3. The Houses of Parliament

4. It is hidden between other buildings so you walk round a corner and suddenly find it.

5. The bridges and the London Eye.

6. Because it's completely deserted.

7. Because it's air conditioned and there is a lot of water.

8. It reminds him of his childhood

9. They are the only birds that sing at night. They sing in the enclosed gardens in residential squares.

c. Extracts from the Interview: humble, hidden-away, ashamed, queuing, feeding

Now, here go the solutions for the grammar, vocabulary, and reading comprehension exercises on pages 98 and 99:

Grammar: 1b, 2a, 3b, 4b, 5a, 6c, 7c, 8a, 9c, 10c.

Vocabulary:

a. provincial, poverty, government, genetics, scientific

b. quiet, sound, forwards, twice, pieces

c. do, made, do, made, do

d. harbour, cable car, landmark, square, genetics.

Reading comprehension: 1b, 2f, 3d, 4e, 5c, 6a

And finally a hilarious lil' joke I found out there in a forum:

A bus stops and 2 men get on. They sit down and engage in an animated conversation. The lady sitting next to them ignores them at first, but her attention is galvanized when she hears one of them say the following:

'Emma come first.
Den I come.
Den two asses come together.
I come once-a-more! .
Two asses, they come together again.
I come again and pee twice.
Then I come one lasta time.'

The lady can't take this any more, 'You foul-mouthed sex obsessed pig,' she retorted indignantly. 'In this country. we don't speak aloud in Public places about our sex lives.

'Hey, coola down lady,' said the man. 'Who talkin'abouta sex? I'm a justa tellin' my frienda how to spell ' Mississippi '.

hahahahahah!

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Solutions Key, pages 82-83, 88, and 155

Hi there,

Here go the solutions for the exercises on pages 82-83, 88, and 155

Grammar (page 82)

a. 1. used to driving, 2. to have, 3. Sarah to talk, 4. Killing her husband, 5. apologized for being, 6. as a waiter.

b. 1. meeting, 2. cleaning, 3. to get, 4. to be

Vocabulary

a. conductor, violinist, drummer, editor, composer, journalist, soloist, reporter, presenter, commentator.

b. weather forecast, review, biased, catchy, tune, censored, pillow, snore, nap, imsomnia

Reading comprehension (page 83)

1b, 2a, 3b, 4b, 5c, 6a, 7b, 8c

Reading comprehension (page 88)

1T, 2T, 3F, 4T, 5F, 6F, 7F, 8T, 9T, 10F

Vocabulary (page 155)

1. Places of Worship: cathedral, chapel, mosque, synagogue, temple

Other buildings: town hall, concert hall, footbal stadium,  law courts, skyscraper

Landmarks and sights: bridge, harbour, hill, square, statue

Getting around: underground, cable car, cycle lane, pedestrian street, taxi rank

2. 1e, 2a, 3b, 4f, 5d, 6c

3. traffic jams, slums, vandalism, overcrowding, pollution, homeless people, beggars, poverty

4. 1c, 2f, 3g, 4a, 5d, 6b, 7e

And last but not least, here's some information about the Amish community. The name 'Amish' did not originate from 'American', as I wrongly ventured last Thursday (I'm sorry), but from the founder of the community, the Swiss Mennonite leader Jakob Ammann.

Some music to make your exercise correction more enjoyable:

Lyrics:

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Solutions Key, pages 79 and 154

As promised, here's the key for the exercises on pages 79 and 154.

Reading 4C, pages 78-79 :

1.c   2.a   3.c   4.c   5.a   6.b   7.b   8.c   9.a   10.a

Vocabulary The Media

1 Paparazzi, 2 critic, 3 commentator, 4 reporter, 5 editor, 6 presenter, 7 freelance journalist, 8 newsreader, 9 press photographer

1 review, 2 crossword, 3 cartoon, 4 advertisement, 5 small ads, 6 horoscope, 7 weather forecast, 8 front page.

1D, 2E, 3B, 4A, 5C

And here's a beautiful tune for you to listen to while correcting the exercise:

Lyrics:

C ya 2morrow!

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Back to work!

Hi there!

Here goes the key for the vocabulary exercises on page 153 in the Student's book:

a. 1 bass guitar, 2 trumpet, 3 piano, 4 keyboard, 5 drums, 6 violin, 7 saxophone, 8 cello, 9 organ.

b. bass guitarist, cellist, drummer, keyboard player, organist, pianist, saxophonist, trumpeter, violinist.

c. 1 tenor, 2 bass, 3 soprano, 4 orchestra, 5 choir, 6 singer-songwriter, 7 rapper, 8 soloist, 9 lead singer, 10 conductor, 11 composer, 12 DJ

d. 1d, 2e, 3f, 4a, 5b, 6c

e. 1c, 2e, 3a, 4b, 5d

And here goes some instrumental music on the topic we're hopefully dealing with next Thursday:

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Solutions Key

Hi y'all!

Here're the solutions for the reading comprehension exercise on pages 62 and 63 in the Student's Book:

A8, B7, C6, D3, E4, F2, G1, H5

And these are the solutions for the vocabulary exercise on page 152

1. ankle 15, calf, 14, heel 16, elbow 13, wrist 11, nails 4, palm 12, chest 5, waist 6, hip 7, thigh 8, brain 1, heart 2, kidneys 10, liver 3, lungs 9

2. 2 nose, 3 hair/teeth, 4 hands, 5 hair, 6 arms, 7 hand, 8 head, 9 head, 10 eyebrows, 11 hands, 12 shoulders

3. 2 teeth, 3 arms, 4 nails, 5 hands, 6 knees, 7 forehead, 8 eyes, 9 mouth/arms, 10 fingers

4. hand, foot, leg, tongue, feet, stomach, heart, head, heart, chest

C Ya 2morrow!

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Grammar Solutions Key

Hi there !

Here are the solutions for the gramar, vocabulary, and reading comprehension exercises on pages 50 and 51 in the Student's book:

Grammar

A 1. was being, 2. probably never be, 3. to be a, 4. said that, 5. won't come

B 1. 'll be lying, 2. will... have started, 3. has landed, 4. drink/have drunk / have been drinking, 5. finish/have finished

Vocabulary

A 1. kidnapper - the others all steal, 2. smuggler - the others are crimes, 3. evidence - the other are people, 4. mist - the other are extreme weather.

B. 1 commited, 2 caught, 3 sentenced, 4 kidnapped, 5 murdered, 6 blew, 7 sweated, 8 poured, 9 melted, 10 took.

C. 1 with, 2 up, 3 after, 4, out, 5. in

Reading Comprehension

1b, 2c, 3a, 4a, 5b, 6a

...and here's the presentation on the Unreal Conditionals which I told you about last Thursday

Cya!

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Linkers

Hi there,

These are some of the linkers we'll be working with on Thursday:

And here is the link to the numbering scheme of British roads (this is useful for a listening exercise we'll be doing tomorrow)

Motorways (from wikipedia) For a road to be classified as motorway a number of conditions must be fulfilled. Although they may vary from country to country, the following conditions generally apply: * to be a dual-carriageway * Accessed at junctions by slip roads off the sides of the main carriageway; * Joined by link-roads at an interchange, the object of which is to allow traffic to change route without stopping or slowing significantly; * Traffic lights are not permitted (except at toll booths, certain interchanges and to control the number of vehicles entering the motorway from the slip road during busy periods) - see ramp meter; * Have signposted entry and exit points at the start and end; * Certain types of transport are banned, typically pedestrians, bicycles, learner drivers, horses, agricultural vehicles, underpowered vehicles (e.g. small scooters, invalid carriages). In the Republic of Ireland, the "Motorway Ahead" sign at every motorway junction lists the excluded classes of vehicles (this sign was also formerly used in the United Kingdom - from which the Irish version is based - but has been almost entirely phased out). Currently in the UK, the last junction a road becomes a motorway is signed for 'prohibited traffic'. In most Australian states, a sign for "Motorway Entrance" or "Freeway Entrance" was traditionally put at the start of these roads, but these too are being phased out. In New Zealand, a no pedestrians and no cycles sign precede the "Motorway Begins" sign to tell pedestrians and cycles that they are not allowed on the motorway.

See you tomorrow!

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