QUESTIONS

HAPPY NEW ACADEMIC YEAR 2019-2020!

This academic year I am going to teach English to A2 language learners. 

 

I hope you find the new posts and resources useful for the level.

 

This is the coursebook we are going to use in class:

Cambridge English Empower for Spanish Speakers A2 Learning Pack (Student’s Book with Online Assessment and Practice and Workbook) by Adrian Doff, Craig Thaine, Herbert Puchta, Jeff Stranks, Peter Lewis-Jones. ISBN 9788490360200

 

At this stage of your learning process, do not forget that ...

 

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

SPEAKING

GETTING AROUND: COMPARING MEANS OF TRANSPORT

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

 

Watch the following video in which lots of comparatives and superlatives are used.

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?

Click on the following link to revise some FILM VOCABULARY

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

HAPPY ST PATRICK'S DAY

St Patricks Day

 

View more presentations from Indezine.com

St Patrick

 

View more presentations from Vinicius Cotrim

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

FINAL EXAMS

By clicking on the image below you can read and download the Students' Guide where you will find useful information with regard to final exams.

   

TRAVEL, TRIP OR JOURNEY

Watch the following video to learn about the difference between travel, trip and journey:

 

Trip (n.)

The act of going to another place (often for a short period of time) and returning.

• We took a five-day trip to the Amazon.
• You’re back from vacation! How was your trip?
• I went on business trips to Switzerland and Germany last month.

Use the verbs “take” and “go on” with trip.

• A round-trip ticket is a ticket for going and coming back.
• A one-way ticket is only for going.

Travel (v.)

Going to another place (in general).

• I really like to travel.
• He travels frequently for work.
• My sister is currently travelling through South America.

Travel (n.) can be used to describe the act of traveling in general:

• Travel in that region of the country is dangerous.
• World travel gives you a new perspective.

Incorrect uses of travel:

• How was your travel?
  How was your trip?
• I’m planning a travel to the U.S. next year.
  I’m planning to travel to the U.S. next year.
  I’m planning a trip to the U.S. next year.

Journey (n.)

One piece of travel (going from one place to another) – usually a long distance.

• The journey takes 3 hours by plane or 28 hours by bus.
• He made the 200-mile journey by bike.
• “A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step” – Lao-tze, Tao Te Ching

 Source: http://www.espressoenglish.net/difference-between-travel-trip-and-journey/

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

Future With Present Simple And Present Continuous from Darplay

Will or Going to from eoi.soraya

 

 EXERCISES:

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

MOCK EXAMS - FEBRUARY 2015

The written exams will take place from the 16th to the 17th February.

Check below the time and date of your oral exam:

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

MUSIC

ANIMAL BAND QUIZ 

If you want to learn English through music, have a look at the following webpage:

LYRICS TRAINING

LISTENING SKILL: FURTHER PRACTICE

 

Do you want to improve your listening skill?

In the following sites, you can have further listening practice:

• Randall’s Cyber ESL Lab: Listening activities for all levels.
• Lyrics Training
• English Listening
• TalkEnglish
• SoundsEnglish 
• CDLP

SUBJECT / OBJECT QUESTIONS

Subject object questions from eoi.soraya

PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS

EXERCISES:

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

NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS

There is a very strong tradition to make New Year Resolutions on January 1st. This is done to give away old bad habits and adopt better ones.

Some of the most popular New Year resolutions include weight reduction, giving up smoking, junk food and being punctual.

Although many people fail to keep their resolutions a week after New Year's Day, the importance of making a fresh New Year's Day resolution every year is still the same. 

 

Have you made any New Year's Resolutions?

Listen to the following dialogue and do the exercises

NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS