Wednesday 15 June 2016
Friday 10 June 2016
Use of English (exercises from past PAU exams)
1. d) mishap, drawback, situation...
e) aggression, offence, onset, assault...
2. e) small
f) decreasing
3. e) childlike, childish
f) loudness
g) historical
h) warning
i) expectation, expectancy
4. e) What does the yellow press specialize in?
f) How long have you been married?
g) What should money be spent on?
5. c) The number of deaths have been greatly reduced by medical advances.
d) Nothing can be heard on a helicopter.
e) The yellow press is considered dishonest.
f) My little sister can't be expected to have a responsibility.
6. b) Many scientists have atttacked their conclusions.
7. b) hadn't ridden
c) had brought
f) was driving
8. That box is too heavy to carry
They charged me $40 for the wine.
I had never heard her speaking before.
9. a) of
b) up
11. c) She said (to me) that she would lend me her doll the next week.
d) Michael asked (her) where I had found those trainers.
e) Michael wondered/ asked why he did that every day.
f) Alice told her brother to buy her the paper if he was going out.
g) My aunt said that single men should drive slowly if they wanted to live longer.
h) He said that they were there that day to reach consensus.
13. b) This book was so boring that I couldn't finish it.
c) How long have you been playing?
14. c) He has been attending Italian lessons because/ although/ since his family moved to Rome five years ago.
d) That man talks a lot, so he has more chances to become a politician.
15. (Free answer but take into account that it must comply with the conditional sentece type of the other half).
16. a) Johnny Depp, whose portrait of Captain Sparrow is superb, is starring in Finding Neverland.
b) Clark Kent worked for a newspaper which/ that was called "The Daily Planet".
e) aggression, offence, onset, assault...
2. e) small
f) decreasing
3. e) childlike, childish
f) loudness
g) historical
h) warning
i) expectation, expectancy
4. e) What does the yellow press specialize in?
f) How long have you been married?
g) What should money be spent on?
5. c) The number of deaths have been greatly reduced by medical advances.
d) Nothing can be heard on a helicopter.
e) The yellow press is considered dishonest.
f) My little sister can't be expected to have a responsibility.
6. b) Many scientists have atttacked their conclusions.
7. b) hadn't ridden
c) had brought
f) was driving
8. That box is too heavy to carry
They charged me $40 for the wine.
I had never heard her speaking before.
9. a) of
b) up
11. c) She said (to me) that she would lend me her doll the next week.
d) Michael asked (her) where I had found those trainers.
e) Michael wondered/ asked why he did that every day.
f) Alice told her brother to buy her the paper if he was going out.
g) My aunt said that single men should drive slowly if they wanted to live longer.
h) He said that they were there that day to reach consensus.
13. b) This book was so boring that I couldn't finish it.
c) How long have you been playing?
14. c) He has been attending Italian lessons because/ although/ since his family moved to Rome five years ago.
d) That man talks a lot, so he has more chances to become a politician.
15. (Free answer but take into account that it must comply with the conditional sentece type of the other half).
16. a) Johnny Depp, whose portrait of Captain Sparrow is superb, is starring in Finding Neverland.
b) Clark Kent worked for a newspaper which/ that was called "The Daily Planet".
Wednesday 1 June 2016
Monday 23 May 2016
Prepositions (2º BTO B)
Prepositions of place (pp. 24-25)
1) in 2) at 3) on 4) in 5) in 6) on 7) in 8) in 9) on 10) at 11) at 12) on 13) in 14) on 15) at 16) in 17) on 18) in 19) on... on 20) on
Prepositions of time (pp. 25-26)
1) on... on 2) at 3) at... in 4) in 5) at 6) in 7) on 8) for 9) on... at 10) at 11) at 12) in 13) at 14) On 15) on
Collocations V + P (pp. 60-61)
36) of 37) about 38) of 39) of 40) for 41) of 42) of 43) Ø 44) for 45) of 46) for 47) of 48) for 49) on 50) for 51) from 52) on 53) for 54) on 55) on 56) of 57) on 58) with 59) to 60) on 61) in 62) to 63) in 64) into 65) into 66) in 67) on 68) Ø 69 ) into 70) in 71) into 72) with 73) from... into
1) in 2) at 3) on 4) in 5) in 6) on 7) in 8) in 9) on 10) at 11) at 12) on 13) in 14) on 15) at 16) in 17) on 18) in 19) on... on 20) on
Prepositions of time (pp. 25-26)
1) on... on 2) at 3) at... in 4) in 5) at 6) in 7) on 8) for 9) on... at 10) at 11) at 12) in 13) at 14) On 15) on
Collocations V + P (pp. 60-61)
36) of 37) about 38) of 39) of 40) for 41) of 42) of 43) Ø 44) for 45) of 46) for 47) of 48) for 49) on 50) for 51) from 52) on 53) for 54) on 55) on 56) of 57) on 58) with 59) to 60) on 61) in 62) to 63) in 64) into 65) into 66) in 67) on 68) Ø 69 ) into 70) in 71) into 72) with 73) from... into
Sunday 24 April 2016
Contents for the mid-term exam - April 27 (2º BTO B)
The contents for the mid-term exam (April 27) are the following:
N. B. New contents have been marked in bold
- Vocabulary
- Vocabulary: Units 1-5
- Phrasal verbs
- Prefixes and suffixes
- Idioms
- Extra vocabulary: extra vocabulary from previous terms and new vocabulary from this term -- to be delivered in class next Tuesday
- Grammar
- Tenses: present simple, present continuous, present perfect (simple and continuous), past simple, past continuous, past perfect (simple and continuous), "going to" future, "will" future, future continuous, future perfect (simple and continuous).
- Reported Speech
- Concessive clauses
- Relative clauses
- Purpose clauses
- I wish/ If only...
- Gerunds and infinitives
- Adjectives: compound adjectives. Position. Comparative and superlative.
- Comparative clauses: double comparatives and proportional comparison.
- Passive voice. Impersonal passive
- Causative "have" and "get"
- Adverbs of manner and degree
- Collocations: adjective + preposition; noun + preposition
As usual, the exam will also consist of writing, listening and reading comprehension exercises.
Sunday 3 April 2016
12 songs to teach you English pronunciation
Listening to songs and reading their lyrics at the same time is one of the easiest -- and most enjoyable, by the way! -- exercises you can do at home to improve your listening and speaking skills.
Have a go at doing this with the songs you'll find in the limk below:
12 songs to help you improve your pronunciation
Have a go at doing this with the songs you'll find in the limk below:
12 songs to help you improve your pronunciation
Sunday 6 March 2016
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