SCHOOL DAYS

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PARTS OF THE BODY

Watch the following video to revise the different parts of the body

QUESTIONS

Questions from eoi.soraya

EXERCISE 1

EXERCISE 2

HOW TO BE AN INDEPENDENT LEARNER

 

Remember that mistakes are part of the learning process!

EXAMS

Find below some links where you will find the dates and useful information with regard to final exams:

• DATES
• ASSESSMENT 2013/2014
  
  
     
  You can already check the date and rooms where the oral and written exams will take place.
  

• WRITTEN EXAMS

• ORAL EXAMS

   

  

   

  
  

     

SCHOOL DAYS

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PASSIVE VOICE

Play the following game to revise the passive voice 

Game Passive Voice Simple Past from J6 2011

ANIMALS

Have fun by watching the following videos about baby animals and the sounds that the animals make in English

CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

 

 

If you want to revise the second conditional, listen to the following song by Beyoncé entitled 

"If you were a boy"

SPORT

SPORTS from eoi.soraya

 

LET'S SUPPORT SPAIN

Watch the following advertisement broadcast by Sky Sports in which football fans of Great Britain and Ireland were encouraged to support the Spanish national football team for the Euro Cup.

EXERCISES

• EXERCISE 1

• EXERCISE 2

• EXERCISE 3

• EXERCISE 4

• EXERCISE 5

MODAL VERBS

Modal Vbs To Express Obligation Blog from eoi.soraya

EXPRESSING PURPOSE: FOR OR TO?

For is commonly used with nouns to express individual purpose:

• I stopped by at his office for a chat .
  (Not: I stopped by at his office for having a chat.)
  
  
• I decided I would save up for a new computer.
  (NOT: I decided I would save up for buying a new computer.)

If we want to express individual purpose with a verb pattern, we are obliged to use to + infinitive:

• I popped into his office to have a chat.
  
  
• I decided to save up to buy a new computer.

 
 
For + verb-ing: the purpose of an object
However, if we are talking about the purpose of an object or an action, we normally use the for + verb-ing pattern. Note that this pattern commonly answers the question: What are they (used) for? Compare the following:

• Schools are for educating children not for entertaining them.
  
  
• Schools are for learning. Life is for living.
  
  
• This kitchen knife is especially useful for slicing vegetables.
  
  
• What's this for? ~ It's for opening oysters. It's much better than a knife.
  
  
• What's this fifty pound note for? ~ It's for buying food for the weekend.

Note that when the subject of the sentence is a person rather than the thing described, the to + infinitive pattern is also possible:

• I use this small knife to slice vegetables with.
  
  
• I use this gadget to open shellfish with.

 

  (c) Adapted from http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv284.shtml

SPEAKING

COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

Two-syllable adjectives ending in -y have -ier and -iest as their comparative and superlative. For example:

pretty	prettier	prettiest
happy	happier	happiest
dirty	dirtier	dirtiest
messy	messier	messiest

• Yours is the messiest room I have ever seen.
• She was the prettiest and happiest girl at the party.

Note that other common two-syllable adjectives ending in an unstressed vowel normally take the -er/-est patterns:

simple	simpler	simplest
clever	cleverer	cleverest

• The cleverest solution to any problem is usually the simplest one.

			Others, particularly participial adjectives formed with -ing and -ed and those ending in -ious and -ful form their comparatives and superlatives with more and most: boring more boring most boring worried more worried most worried anxious more anxious most anxious careful more careful most careful Watching cricket is even more boring than playing it. My wife was certainly more anxious than I was when Penny failed to return. I bought the wrong type of hair shampoo for Joan. Next time I was more careful. With some two-syllable adjectives, er/est and more/most are both possible: The commonest /most common alcoholic drink in Poland is vodka. He is more pleasant /pleasanter to talk to when he has not been drinking.

			Three or more syllable adjectives take more or most in the comparative and superlative except for two-syllable adjectives ending in -y and prefixed with un-: reasonable more reasonable most reasonable beautiful more beautiful most beautiful untidy untidier untidiest unhealthy unhealthier unheathiest John is the unhealthiest person I know, but one of the most successful.

			(c) Adapted from http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv140.shtml

EXERCISES:

• Exercise 1
• Exercise 2
• Exercise 3
• Exercise 4

A good song to revise comparatives is the following one:

 Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger by Daft Punk

If you want to revise superlatives, 
listen to The Hardest Part by Coldplay

 

FILMS

Guess the movie from eoi.soraya

Do you remember when Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem won the Academy Awards for best supporting actress and actor respectively?

CLOTHES

You can read the following picture book about clothes.

Firstbk Clothes

materia and pattern of clothes from maria-brito

 

If you are really fond of shoes, have a look at the following picture.

Click on the following link to fill in the gaps with the suitable word: 

SHOPPING ROLE-PLAY


Watch the following videos to revise vocabulary on different items of clothing .

 

   

CLOTHES CROSSWORD

Are you a shopaholic?

Do the following quiz and find it out!

SHOPAHOLIC QUIZ

PRESENT PERFECT

Present perfect from torrepacheco

FOR AND SINCE

Click on the following links to do some exercises on FOR and SINCE.

EXERCISE 1

EXERCISE 2

PAST TENSES: PAST SIMPLE, PAST CONTINUOUS AND PRESENT PERFECT

EXERCISES:

• EXERCISE 1
• EXERCISE 2
• EXERCISE 3
• EXERCISE 4
• EXERCISE 5
• EXERCISE 6
• EXERCISE 7

FUTURE FORMS: WILL, GOING TO, PRESENT SIMPLE, PRESENT CONTINUOUS

EXERCISES:

• EXERCISE 1
• EXERCISE 2
• EXERCISE 3
• EXERCISE 4
• EXERCISE 5
• EXERCISE 6
• EXERCISE 7

WILL VS GOING TO

Will or Going to from eoi.soraya

• You can do the following exercises to have some further practice.
  
  EXERCISE 1
  EXERCISE 2
  EXERCISE 3

MOCK EXAMS: FEBRUARY 2014

The written exams will take place from the 3rd to the 6th February.

Check below the time and date of your oral exam:

• GROUP I: 19.00 - 21.00 h.         
• GROUP T: 17.00 - 19.00 h. 
• GROUP Z: 19.00 - 21.00 h.