Classes A, B & E

Week 9th-12th November

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.

LISTENING & VOCABULARY

  Tennis and keeping fit + key        audio      Very interesting listening exercise to practice key health vocabulary.

VOCABULARY & CULTURAL NOTES

◇  A guide to meals in the UK   An 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:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zh_DM7qJGWo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0nF-xNWd2A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWuS7rfZlDQ

Exercise: 

Rules of -ed pronunciation       exercise       key

???  If you didn’t attend lessons last week:

◇  NO AGE, NO LIMIT. Video. Watch the inspiring story of Doreen Pechey talking about how she took up ballet and how her life has changed since then.

Dancing Queen: 71-year-old ballerina pirouettes with ease : exercise + key

Stay safe and healthy!