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
Wednesday, 17 February 2016
Contents for the exam (2º BTO B)
The contents for the mid-term exam (23 Feb) are the following:
- Vocabulary
- Vocabulary: Units 1-4
- Phrasal verbs
- Prefixes and suffixes
- Extra vocabulary (to be delivered in class next Friday)
- 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
- 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
As usual, the exam will also consist of writing, listening and reading comprehension exercises.
Thursday, 11 February 2016
Shakespeare's quotes
In order to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death we are going to work in class with the following quotes:
3º ESO A
"To be or not to be, that is the question" (Hamlet)
"All the world's a stage" (As You Like It)
"O brave new world!" (The Tempest)
"Love's fire heats water;no water cools love" (Romeo and Juliet)
"A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!" (Richard III)
"But love is blind; and lovers cannot see" (The Merchant of Venice)
"Life's but a walking shadow" (Macbeth)
"Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them" (Twelfth Night)
"We are such stuff as dreams are made on, rounded with a little sleep" (The Tempest)
3º ESO B
"O Romeo, Romeo. Wherefore art thou my Romeo?" (Romeo and Juliet)
"We know what we are, but we know not what we may be"
"It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves"
"Better three hours too soon than a minute too late"
"Brevity is the soul of wit"
"If music be the soul of love, play on"
"A fool thinks himself wise, but a wise man knows himself to be fool"
"Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs"
"Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once"
Those in bold should also be written in a bubble.
3º ESO A
"To be or not to be, that is the question" (Hamlet)
"All the world's a stage" (As You Like It)
"O brave new world!" (The Tempest)
"Love's fire heats water;no water cools love" (Romeo and Juliet)
"A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!" (Richard III)
"But love is blind; and lovers cannot see" (The Merchant of Venice)
"Life's but a walking shadow" (Macbeth)
"Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them" (Twelfth Night)
"We are such stuff as dreams are made on, rounded with a little sleep" (The Tempest)
3º ESO B
"O Romeo, Romeo. Wherefore art thou my Romeo?" (Romeo and Juliet)
"We know what we are, but we know not what we may be"
"It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves"
"Better three hours too soon than a minute too late"
"Brevity is the soul of wit"
"If music be the soul of love, play on"
"A fool thinks himself wise, but a wise man knows himself to be fool"
"Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs"
"Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once"
Those in bold should also be written in a bubble.
Sunday, 7 February 2016
Guideline for oral presentations (3º ESO)
- Introduction
- The town where you live
- Traditions
- Typical food
- Personalities from your town
Tuesday, 26 January 2016
VIDEO: Compound adjectives (2º BTO B)
In this video we revise part of the theory we've seen today in class:
Sunday, 20 December 2015
Merry Christmas!!
Dear students,
I hope you enjoy this season, May peace and love dwell in your hearts and in those of the people around you.
Here you have a funny Christmas video -- in English of course!
I hope you enjoy this season, May peace and love dwell in your hearts and in those of the people around you.
Here you have a funny Christmas video -- in English of course!
Friday, 18 December 2015
Recipes for Christmas
These are the videos we watched at the beginning of the schoolyear and with the recipes you can prepare both for the Christmas tea party and for enjoying at home.
Remember that temperatures are expressed in Fahrenheit degrees which you'll have to turn into Celsius!
Brownies
Cookies
Remember that temperatures are expressed in Fahrenheit degrees which you'll have to turn into Celsius!
Brownies
Cookies
Wednesday, 9 December 2015
Some animals to describe (2º ESO F)
Puffin: It is a seabird. It can fish and swim. It lives in Northwestern Europe (Great Britain, France, Norway, Iceland...). It lives mainly on coasts and islands. It eats little fish.
Walrus: It is a mammal that lives on the North Pole. It has big tusks and whiskers. It lives for about 20-30 years. It eats small marine animals -- shrimps, clams... It can weigh 2 tonnes and polar bears and killer whales (orcas) often hunt them.
Musk ox (pl. musk oxen): It lives on the North Pole and in Sweden, Norway, Siberia, Canada and Alaska. It has a thick coat that is used as wool. It has long horns and it is a herbivore.
Walrus: It is a mammal that lives on the North Pole. It has big tusks and whiskers. It lives for about 20-30 years. It eats small marine animals -- shrimps, clams... It can weigh 2 tonnes and polar bears and killer whales (orcas) often hunt them.
Musk ox (pl. musk oxen): It lives on the North Pole and in Sweden, Norway, Siberia, Canada and Alaska. It has a thick coat that is used as wool. It has long horns and it is a herbivore.
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Tuesday, 8 December 2015
More on Reported Speech (Answer Key)
1 "Have you gone to school?", they asked. OR: "Did you go to school?", they asked.
2 "Why have you come late today?", she asked him.
3 "Are you feeling well?", I asked him.
4 "When will you come to my house?", he said.
5 "Don't lie to your father", they said to my nephew.
6 "Mark has been (OR: was) very regular in his work", the teacher said.
7 "Is this the place we have visited before?", the boy asked me.
8 "Tell the truth", the judge said to the witness.
9 "I've just received the letter and I must go home at once", he said.
10 "I'll go to London tomorrow", he said.
2 "Why have you come late today?", she asked him.
3 "Are you feeling well?", I asked him.
4 "When will you come to my house?", he said.
5 "Don't lie to your father", they said to my nephew.
6 "Mark has been (OR: was) very regular in his work", the teacher said.
7 "Is this the place we have visited before?", the boy asked me.
8 "Tell the truth", the judge said to the witness.
9 "I've just received the letter and I must go home at once", he said.
10 "I'll go to London tomorrow", he said.
Friday, 4 December 2015
NOTICE - 2º Bachillerato B
The exam will take place at the school hall ("Salón de Actos") next Wednesday.
Keep in mind that the exam will last 1 hour and a half so we will also need to take time from the break.
Below you'll find the exercises on Reported Speech that we didn't have time to do in class. I'll post the answers on Tuesday.
Have a nice bank holiday even though you'll have to study!
Keep in mind that the exam will last 1 hour and a half so we will also need to take time from the break.
Below you'll find the exercises on Reported Speech that we didn't have time to do in class. I'll post the answers on Tuesday.
Have a nice bank holiday even though you'll have to study!
More on Reported Speech (2º Bachillerato B)
Rewrite the following sentences in Direct Speech:
1 They asked me if I had gone to school.
2 She asked him why he had come late that day.
3 I asked him if he was feeling well.
4 He asked me come when they would come to my house.
5 They told my nephew not to tell a lie to his father.
6 The teacher said that Mark had been very regular in his work.
7 The boy asked me if that was the place we had visited before.
8 The judge told the witness to tell the truth.
9 He said that he had just received the letter and that he had to go home at once.
10 He said that he would go to London the next day.
1 They asked me if I had gone to school.
2 She asked him why he had come late that day.
3 I asked him if he was feeling well.
4 He asked me come when they would come to my house.
5 They told my nephew not to tell a lie to his father.
6 The teacher said that Mark had been very regular in his work.
7 The boy asked me if that was the place we had visited before.
8 The judge told the witness to tell the truth.
9 He said that he had just received the letter and that he had to go home at once.
10 He said that he would go to London the next day.
Wednesday, 25 November 2015
Sunday, 22 November 2015
Famous outlaws
Who is who?
This is the name given to the unknown, mysterious serial killer who murdered five women in the slums of London in 1888.
(*1847 - +1882) This American outlaw and his gang robbed banks, stagecoaches and trains. He became a mythical figure of the Wild West. A member of his gang killed him as he wanted a reward.
This medieval criminal "robbed the rich and gave to the poor". According to the legend, he was a skilful archer and swordsman and dressed in green.
Jesse James · Jack the Ripper · Robin Hood
(*1847 - +1882) This American outlaw and his gang robbed banks, stagecoaches and trains. He became a mythical figure of the Wild West. A member of his gang killed him as he wanted a reward.
This medieval criminal "robbed the rich and gave to the poor". According to the legend, he was a skilful archer and swordsman and dressed in green.
Wednesday, 18 November 2015
"The Body In The Library" (2/3)
Conway Jefferson, whose own son and daughter were killed in a wartime air raid, wants to adopt Ruby. His family didn't like this situation.
Miss Marple is convinced that the solution to Ruby's murder may be found at the hotel and she and Dolly book into a suite to investigate. There is no shortage of suspects, not only family members but also Raymond Starr, another of the hotel's dance professionals.
After gathering evidence, Miss Marple gets to the conclusion that Blake took the corpse to Gossington Hall but he didn't do it...
Miss Marple is convinced that the solution to Ruby's murder may be found at the hotel and she and Dolly book into a suite to investigate. There is no shortage of suspects, not only family members but also Raymond Starr, another of the hotel's dance professionals.
After gathering evidence, Miss Marple gets to the conclusion that Blake took the corpse to Gossington Hall but he didn't do it...
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