QR VIDEOS GRAMMAR ON THE MOVE and REAL WORLD: If you don’t have access to a QR reader to view the videos in the Student’s Book, use the tables with links that you will find on the webpage below to access them online: https://www.cambridge.es/catalogo/examenes/cursos/open-world/recursos Download the pdf and, by clicking on it, you will be able to open the file you need.
CLASS/WORKBOOK AUDIOS: If you still need to download the audio files for the exercises in the Student’s Book and Workbook, they can also be downloaded from the page above.
LISTENING ♦ From OPEN WORLD: in class we’ve been seeing the introduction to Real World: Zurich (p.26). Do listening exercises 3 &4 (p.27). Check your answers and try to remember usual expressions such as «be under the weather» or «come down with (an illness)«.
♦ A RECIPE for a YUMMY FRUIT CAKE (this exercise was part of last week’s homework; also on Teams): gerund/infinitive practice; gap-filling exercise you have probably already done on Teams. Here you can find the pdf version to download and check the full script. exercise+key+scriptaudio
GRAMMAR ♦ LINKING WORDS OF CONTRAST (pdf): read the explanations and examples attentively. Next week we’ll be doing some exercises to practise these particular connectors in class. Study the rules thoroughly so that you can use the linkers with no hesitation.
USE OF ENGLISH ♦ An email to the local government (pdf)+key: complete the blanks in this email about the topic of ‘Children’s health’. Apart from having to identify the right connectors, the exercise also serves as practice for future email writing!
No more tasks for this week.
Try to find some time for your WRITING task. Do your best!
As extra practice for next week’s listening tests, go to Teams to find the listening task A RECIPE for a YUMMY FRUIT CAKE: gerund/infinitive practice; gap-filling exercise.
You can check your answers and score after sending it.
Next week I will upload the pdf version and the full script.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION about DEADLINES on Teams:Although a closing date (Fecha de vencimiento/ Vence el…) appears in the tasks, sometimes it is only the advisable date before which you are expected to do and hand in the task, but you can still do it after it (this is the case with this listening exercise). Only when the expression Se cierra el… appears below the title when you open the task, is there a deadline and the task will not not available afterwards (this will happen with the Opinion Writing task).
One more week here you have the tasks you were waiting for! 😉
READING COMPREHENSION
◇ From OPEN WORLD: READING p.22. Two people discuss health and fitness. Try to do the exercise in about 15 minutes. Read the exam tips at the top of the page.
GRAMMAR
◇ LINKING WORDS: CONTRASTING IDEAS. In class we’ve been doing exercises 1 and 2 on page 21 of Open World, after seeing their use in context in the model essay on health and fitness on p.20. There you also have examples of linkers such as INSTEAD OF (en vez de, en lugar de + noun/-ing verb) and RATHER THAN (to compare).
In the exercises and grammar rules below we will be focusing on the rest of linkers in the unit: ALTHOUGH/ EVEN THOUGH/ THOUGH – DESPITE/ IN SPITE OF – HOWEVER (and NEVERTHELESS)
♦ From Learn English Grammar. VIDEO: despite/in spite of – although/though/even though
♦ From Perfect English Grammar. How to use although – despite/in spite of – however+ online exercises.
♦ From scottsenglish.com (pdf). Nevertheless and However. How to use them and examples.
◇ GERUNDS & INFINITIVES
Here is another very interesting online link for you to continue working on this grammar point. It includes a VIDEO and three sets of exercises: gerund/ to infinitive/ bare infinitive. Go step by step and pay special attention to the rules and uses that you find harder to learn. https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/gerunds-and-infinitives.html
LISTENING PRACTICE
◇ AN INTERVIEW WITH A PERSONAL TRAINER . Gap-filling exercise. exerciseaudiokey
VOCABULARY
The following files (jpg to print, sorry!) are the photocopies on HEALTH vocabulary we have been having a glimpse at in class this week, in case you have not been able to attend the lesson. They include key expressions on the topic, most of which you are expected to be familiar with at B2 level. They may help you to do the exercises below as well (and obviously with your writing task below ?). health 1health 2
♦ Following the model essay on p.20 Open World but using your own ideas (copying from the Internet sites is not an option), I would like you to write a 160-180OPINION ESSAY on the topic «Some people say that modern lifestyles are ruining our health. Do you agree?» Include your opinion on DIET, EXERCISE and TECHNOLOGY. The writing is designed to be done on Teams. The task will appear on the Publicaciones wall and in the Trabajos section (either access is fine). It will be available for you to complete and send back to me from Thursday 18th Nov 6:00 p.m. until Sat. 5th December 11:59 p.m. Go to Teams within this period to work on your writing. You can write and save your essay onto your device and later on copy it on Teams, if you find it more convenient.
This is a COMPULSORYtask for those of you who wish to be assessed at the end of the 1st term/evaluación. The mark you will obtain from fulfilling this task will be considered for your 1st term global Writing mark.
If you do not know how to do a writing assignment on Teams: In the video below you can see how to write and hand in a writing task using Teams Trabajos/Tasks. Watch it the number of times you need before writing your essay. I hope it helps.
♦ OPINION ESSAY LAYOUT: The guidelines in the chart below can help you structure and add the necessary phrases to express opinion and the appropriate linkers to your essay. The other file is a sample writing on the topic of Internets chats and their influence on relationships and communication.
→ IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT NEXT WEEK’S LESSON If unforeseen circumstances do not make it impossible, next week (lessons from Monday 23rd to Thursday 26th) we are going to do a LISTENING exercise and a READING comprehension test that I will take into account for your 1st term mark.
There will be more exams in these skills in the coming weeks, and I will choose the best marks you obtain and discard the other/s, so this is not your only chance but it is one more opportunity to get a good global term score.
??? If you weren’t in class last week (or feel like listening to it again)
Here is Simon and Garfunkel’s song The Sound of Silence. Watch the videos and do the gap-filling exercise to work on the simple past forms that appear in the song.
Preparación para la prueba de Expresión e Interacción Escrita de Certificación, con ejemplos de los diferentes formatos de Expresión Escrita incluidos en el currículo de los niveles INTERMEDIO B1/B2 y AVANZADO C.1 de las EOI de Asturias. Para cada formato de writing se incluyen una ficha lingüística explicativa y uno o varios ejemplos prácticos resueltos de una tarea similar a las propuestas en las pruebas de Certificación.
Here’s your homework for this week. Try to do your best!
GRAMMAR
◇ From Open World: Gerunds and Infinitives. Grammar bank pp.206-7. Read the rules attentively and do the practice on page 207 (ex.1 to 4)
◇ More practice on Gerund/Infinitive. Watch this interesting video from Anglo-Link:
◇ Gerund/ infinitive (pdf exercise+key). Use the information in the Grammar reference section of your coursebook and the Anglo-Link video to complete the exercise. Then check your answers against the key.
◇ A guide to meals in the UKAn informative text with ideas and vocabulary about meals in the UK. Reading for pleasure -no task!
◇ We live in an image society. ‘That’s English!’ VIDEO about obesity in the UK. Just listen and try to make the most of the information given -no task to be done!
PRONUNCIATION: -ed
The following are some resources on the pronunciation of -ed in regular past simple and past participles that I recommended doing at B2. If you feel that you are not sure about how to pronounce the ending -ed, save a little time to watch these videos and then do the exercise with the help of the rules sheet below.
– Videos: Watch these three online videos, which clearly explain the rules of pronunciation and give examples:
For those who enjoy learning about the culture and traditionsof English-speaking countries, here are these two fabulous links from the British Council.
The first is an article that explains why you must «Remember the 5th of November» -there are some useful vocabulary exercises too!
We have just started seeing Open World Unit 1, and this is what I have planned for the present week’s homework:
◊ OPEN WORLD
VOCABULARY p.17, ex.1 and 2
LISTENING p-18, ex.2,3 and 4 (tracks 006/007). Read the script after listening and checking your answers. Pay attention to the new key vocabulary related to the topic so as to be able to talk about it briefly in our next session
Do the activity and click Enviar to check your answers and see the score you obtained. To enlarge the animation, in the menu in the top right corner click either on the icon Enlarge/Full screen or on the three dots … that open a new window . If once you do this you cannot see the exercise and questions properly, like before, click on Mostrar at the top)
Latecomers! ???
This is the VIDEO ACTIVITY we saw in class last week (26 to 29 Oct). To do again – or for the first time if you couldn’t attend the lessons:
◊ ENTRY TEST you can do on Teams/section TRABAJOS. For you to complete and send back to me (whenever there is a new Trabajo to do, a Reminder always appears in PUBLICACIONES)
This is all for now.
Take loads of care and see you in a few days!
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