Welcome to this last week of April! Here’s the homework you have been waiting for! ; -)
- Unit 13 Open World
– Grammar: Like/As p.173. Watch the video on this page and then go to the Grammar reference section p.230. Read the rules and examples and do the exercises. Remember that such as and like are synonyms, while as alone has other different meanings: as witty as…; as I have already mentioned,…
These two links explain the grammar rules and difference between As and Like, plus exercises:
As vs Like British Council
As vs Like Perfect English Grammar
– Reading and Use of English p.177: A career in fashion. Do the reading comprehension text and the vocabulary exercise. There is really interesting vocabulary in there, such as make a living, set up a business, go for something, give something a go, high-street brands, pay off, etc. Try to remember at least some of the expressions and add them to the vocabulary you use when speaking or writing.
On p.180 of the unit there is another reading exercise you can do about Jobs in the retail industry. If you decide not to do it, spend a minute anyway to check out that you understand the words retail and retailers. Look them up in the dictionary. Pay attention to this expression as well, if you do not know it: work extra shifts to make ends meet (end of text B)
- Real World: Going shopping in Milan.
This section contains a great deal of practical language related to shopping, apart from cultural facts about Milan, its fashion industry and street markets.
Go through exercises 1 to 5, paying attention to the vocabulary and thinking about the questions posed. Ex.6 is a listeningactivity which revises some of the most common conversational exchanges you need when going shopping and specifically shopping for clothes. In ex.7 you work on the vocabulary used in the previous listening.
Move on to ex.9, the video about Milan. Instead of the exercise in the book, I have prepared a gapped text of the script for you to fill in while listening. The key is in the same document:
Listening: Milan
- Writing Bank Open World
– pp.240-1. An Article. Here you have some very good exercises to practise how to write an article.
Articles are usually neutral, although, depending on what their purpose is, they may be more or less informal. They usually include personal opinions and experience, as well as any other things that might catch the readers’ attention. Articles normally have a title.
Go through ex. 1 to 8, which deal with articles on different topics. Pay attention to the vocabulary, the structure, the tips given in order to write a good article and the Key language for articles box. Note that in ex.8, question 4, you need to add a comma after expensive, so the right answer should be «, which therefore means…»
- Writing task: ARTICLE
And here is the article I would like you to write: A favourite place to visit
A lot of work, I know.
Have a good week!
