15/01/2011

January EXAMS



PLEASE, 

Remember the dates for the first term exams

 (January/ February)

Groups Mondays
Groups Thursdays
WRITING EXAM
January, Monday 24th
Tuesday, 25th
LISTENING & READING
January, Wednesday 26th
Thursday, 27th
SPEAKING
January, Friday 28th & Monday 31st
February, Tuesday 1st & Thursday 3rd  


TASKS

  • Writing : TWO tasks > short  (about 100 words) & long : about 200 words
  • Listening & Reading: THREE tasks> multiple choice (a,b c), matching and fill in the gaps
  • Speaking: TWO tasks > Monologue & Interaction

27/12/2010

Mobile Phones & Text Messages (SMS)

 

Click HERE to listen while you read.

NOTE: 
The answers  to the exercise are at the end of the text . PLEASE, do not look at them until you've finished trying to fill in the gaps by yourself!  OK?
Ring Tones Ring Tones DUL



TEXT MESSAGES
 Do you know what the sms in the cell phone on the right means?
 (Oh My God-Did You See? Laughing Out Loud, Talk To You Later...Later)
 

 Click HERE on QUIZ  and learn more about the 'language' of text messages...


:-)






Dulce

27/11/2010

Transport & Travel + Comparatives

VOCABULARY


To revise and extend what we are studying in unit 2C...
  • Click HERE to practice vocabulary and pronunciation

  • Click HERE and do a listening activity... 


  •  Comparatives & Superalatives
Joan is more attractive than Susan
This is the best day of my life.
She felt even worse when she saw him
·  I think Rob is happier now than a year ago.

·        New York is the most exciting city in the world.
·         His biggest desire is to meet Angelina Jolie.
·         Charles is probably the tidiest person I know.

  • What's the comparative of these adjectives? First, think, then, check!
  • interesting
  • weak
  • funny
  • important
  • careful
  • bad
  • big
  • far
  • small
  • polluted
  • boring
  • angry
  • good

  • Further Practice on Comparatives & Superlatives HERE!  

16/11/2010

Reading Practice


Today I am giving  you a Reading and a Listening Activity. Enjoy yourselves!

PLEASE DON'T forget to leave a comment!

Click on FULLSCREEN to read better!!!!
Friendship





See key HERE

Listening Practice

Listen to Mr Duncan as you watch, and then decide which eight of the 18 statements are true> in the Powerpoint presentation below!

Please, DON?T forget to leave a comment! ;-)


07/11/2010

Unit 2A

  • Pay a mortgage
  • Get a salary
  • I get an allowance from my dad each weekend
  • Waste money
  • Borrow money from the bank
  • Take out money from the cash machine
  • Cost
  • Can’t afford to buy
  • My savings are low these days
etc (SEE MORE on page 147 of our classbook!)

In our next unit (2A) we are gong to study the Vocabulary of MONEY
And in grammar we’ll revise the present perfect and the past simple.

Some useful activities to start: (Click on the words)

30/10/2010

Revision Unit 1C

Click here to find and revise some personality adjectives, with definitions and exercises.

• easygoing
• ambitious
• cheerful
• hardworking
• trustworthy
• impatient
• optimistic
• sensitive
• moody
• sociable
• indecisive
• reserved
• lazy
• attentive
• punctual
• humorous
• modest
• bossy
• intelligent
• impulsive
• considerate
• imaginative
• independent
• selfish
• self-confident
• responsible
• talkative




Now The Future
Future NI1

See answers to quiz in COMMENTS