1º Avanzado EOI Alcalá de Guadaíra

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!

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!

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!

Homework correction.

The exercises from the worksheet on the grammar issue 'narrative tenses' which had been handed out in the previous week were corrected. This prompted the revision of the most difficult aspects in the use of these tenses, mainly in what respected to the differences to their Spanish 'equivalents'.

Pronunciation

The pronunciation of some irregular past forms was reviewed.
Click here to review - oh no, not that again! - some vowel sounds in English.

Language Assistant.

Matt asked students to discuss in small groups in what respects could someone living in a foreign country experience some sort of 'culture shock'. Students ideas were noted down on the blackboard. He then told about his own experience in Spain and answered the students' questions.

Homework: Workbook, pages 17-19

Further practice and revision: click here to review the difference between the Present Perfect and the Past Simple

Here's a presentation on this matter:

Grammar 'Narrative Tenses'

Reading 'We're going to crash' (Page 26, exercise 3a,b)

Narrative Tenses: Past simple, past perfect, past continuous, past perfect continuous.

Grammar bank, pages 134 / 135

Click here to download a presentation on this matter and here for more practice.

Exercise 3d

Homework: Reading 'Little Brother' (Student's book, pages 30-31)

Homework correction --> 'Air Babylon' Page 24

Reading Comprehension, exercise 1b: 1d, 2f, 3e, 4a, 5b

Vocabulary air travel: 1 terminals, 2 arrivals, 3 luggage/baggage, 4 check-in, 5 passport control, 6 pick-up/get, 7 customs, 8 porter, 9 airlines, 10 crew, 11 passengers, 12 flight attendant, 13 seat, 14 flight, 15 taking off, 16 landing.

Grammar --> Adjective order

(Opinion) - Size - Age - Shape/style - Colour/pattern - Nationality - Material - (Noun)

('Niño, esto como si agshape? Mami, Eto Si Ag Shape CoNa Mano")

(tasteless) big old round red spotted Italian leather hat

Page 23, Exercise 7 --> Grammar Bank, page 134. Page 135, exercise 2A b

Mini-Grammar: so, such, such a (student's book, page 184)

Click here to practice this

Homework (photocopy)