Welcome to this week’s new post. Here are the tasks I would like you to do.
> Complaint writing & Use of English exercise:
This is the gap-filling exercise we are doing and correcting in class the present week. Read it carefully if you are not attending your weekly lesson at the school, in order to practise complaint vocabulary and some other language points we have been seeing in the last few months:
Holiday Complaint Letter KEY
REMEMBER that we will be doing a writing in class Monday 5th to 8th April. If for any reason you could not attend your usual group, you can join one of the other groups -let me know in advance if possible.
PLEASE, revise the resources I have given you and prepare for the exam! This mark will be part of 2nd term writing global assessment.
> INTRODUCTION to Open World Unit 5, Grab some culture (VIDEO ACTIVITY).
Read about the plot of the film Yesterday, directed by Danny Boyle, and then watch the scene and do an easy exercise with the lyrics of the two songs you will hear.
> LISTENING from Open World Unit 5, p.68, Listening part 3, ex.3 (audio 033).
Listen to three short extracts about the benefits of listening to music and match speakers and experiences. Check your answers againt the key.
> READING from Open World Unit 5, p.69: Going to the movies
Read the article, focus on the vocabulary you do not know and the words in bold, and then answer the multiple choice questions in exercise 4. Use the key to check your answers.
> GRAMMAR: Past Perfect Simple and Continuous
– From Open World Unit 5: Read the explanations and then do the exercises that you will find in the Grammar Reference section pp.214-5.
– Extra online practice:
Do the following self-correcting exercises to practice Past Perfect Simple and Continuous:
use of past perfect simple/continuous
past perfect or past continuous 1
past perfect or past continuous 2
Here is an exercise to practise the difference between Past Simple and Past Continuous:
interactive gap-fill Past simple vs Past continuous
These other exercises focus on the contrast between Past Simple, Past Continuous and Past perfect:
exercises on past simple, past perfect and past continuous 1
exercises on past simple, past perfect and past continuous 2
> EXTRA LISTENING PRACTICE: Three Musical Genres
You are going to hear three people talking about musical genres. Listen and complete the chart.
Three musical genres mp3
> EXTRA READING & VOCABULARY PRACTICE: Filmmaking
Read a newspaper article about a day in the life of a person in the film industry, and learn related vocabulary such as «leading/supporting actor«, «stunt man/woman«, etc.
Filmmaking
> Revision & consolidation for Unit 4: vocabulary and grammar exercises
Download the exercises you will find below if I have not given you a photocopied copy in class:
A trip to remember: exercises with key
> Real World video script Unit 4:
This is the script of the video about Buenos Aires (unit 4). Have a look at the exercises in the section if you have not attended class: Buenos Aires transcript
That’s all for now – I might write again in the following days if I need to give you any information. Please, try to make the most of your study time! There are only a few weeks left for the end of the school year!
I wish you a safe and pleasant Easter Week!