THE PASSIVE PRACTICE

The Passive Board Game.
Passive Reporting Structures.

HOME SWEET HOME

KINDS OF ACCOMMODATION

Have you ever seen the film called "THE HOLIDAY"? In that film Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet swap their places. Here you are two scenes from the film.







Hve allok at HOME EXCHANGE, choose the place you'd like to visit and the browse all the housesavailable.

STUDENT’S BOOK LISTENING UNIT 6B

Here you are the audio of the LISTENING EXERCISE from UNIT 6B, for those of you who don’t have access to the audio from the book.

UNIT 6B LISTENING.

DISTANCE LEARNING SUMMARY

LESSON PLAN 1.

STUDENTS COMMON MISTAKES.

STUDENT'S BOOK: UNIT 6B ANSWERS.

UNIT 6B:

1. READING AND LISTENING:

b. 1. "Small languages", such as tribal languages in North Australia.

    2. An area where there are many languages, but they're spoken by very few people.
 
            Answers to the test: 1.b, 2.c, 3.c,  4.b,  5.b

2. VOCABULARY: Describing change.

 a. 1. preserve   2. be lost, die out, disappear
      3. increase   4.decrease, decline 
      5. revive   6. deteriorate

b. 1. increasing   2. decreasing/ declining
   3. being lost / dying out/ disappearing
   4. revive

c. The verbs have the stress on the second syllable; the nouns have the stress on the first syllable.

e.  1. disappearance   2. deterioration
     3. revival   4. preservation

3. READING:

a. The languages are similar in that they are very old and are/were spoken by a very small group of people. They are different in that one language has died out, one is likely to die out soon, but the other is being spoken by an increasing number of people.

b. Suggested answers: 
     
 NUMBER OF SPEAKERS     INCREASING/DECREASING     OTHER IMPORTANT FACTORS

BO             0              lost                      65,000-year link to one of the  world's oldest   cultures; been spoken since pre-neolithic times.                                                                                 
NJU          8                              decreasing            During aparthheid, peope were discouraged from speaking Nju

WAMPANOAG  about 50          increasing             Jessie Little Doe and her husband are raising their three-year-old daughter in the language;
they organise a "language camp" every summer

4. GRAMMAR: The Passive.
a. 1. c  2. g   3. f   4. h   5. a   6. e   7. b   8. d

b. a

c. One which is being brought back ( present continous passive)
   Nju is now only spoken( present simple passive)
   were discouraged ( past simple passive)
   which is attended ( present simple passive)
   is spoken ( present simple passive)
   has been revived (present perfect passive)

e. The Nju language is in serious danger because it is only spoken in a few small villages. In the past, it was spoken in a large region of South africa and Namibia. It has now been recorded and written down and it is being taught to children in schools by teachers who have learnt the language themselves.

GRAMMAR FOCUS 6B:

a. 2. was sent   3. is used   4. will be informed   5. hasn't been caught   6. had already been taken/ were already taken

b. 2. were told about this restaurant by my sister 
    3. can only be dreamt of
    4. had already been built 1,000 years ago
    5. can't always be depended of
   6. will be looked after well

c. 2. from   3. by   4. with   5.of     6.from    7. by

THE PASSIVE

Passive grammar powerpoint from Angel Ingenio

PASSIVE VOICE EXERCISES.

WRITING ASSIGNMENT

Here you are the powerpoint you had a look at in class about how to write a good essay.

   


 You may also find interesting information on how to write a good essay in this document.

You should also get used to proofreading your final essays  (that is, to revise it for the last time). To help you do it, use this document.


You can hand your essay in by Thursdayday, 26th March.

LISTENING SKILLS

High Level Listening

This is the webpage  I showed you in class today to practise your listening skills with naturally spoken conversations. There are some sections available for you to choose from:

Advanced English Vocabulary by Topic and Listening Practice.

English Role Plays with Listening Practice and Transcripts.

Common Expressions.

Small Talks.

UNIT 6A ANSWERS

 2.GRAMMAR:
f. 1.Seeing  2. visiting. 3. speaking. 4.to go. 5. to look for. 6. having. 7. Discovering  8. to visit
9. being. 10. seeing

GRAMMAR FOCUS 6A
a. 2. to see  3. being   4.riding.  5. to talk
b. 1.d     2. i    3. f    4. a    5. h    6. e    7. b   8. j  9. g   10. c
c. 2. speaking  3. Living/learning   4. to check   5.running   6. being  7. To avoid    8. to leave
9. Spending  10. beating

3. READING:
a. 1. Mexico, Vietnam, Russia
    2. No
    3. Mexico and Vietnam: part of nature; Russia: man-made
b. 1. T   2. F- it's extinct   3. F- the food was superb  4. T   5. F- they were moved there in 1950s from somewhere else  6. T

4. VOCABULARY:
a. Positive

b. 1. special  2. stays in your mind for a long time  3. foreign and interesting
     4.exciting and surprising  5. something you admire  6. only one  7. of every high quality
     8. very surprised  9. almost as though hit by its beauty  10. beautiful and exciting

c.  impressive    stunning     breathtaking
     remarkable    dramatic    memorable
     superb.           exotic
     astonishing     unique

VOCABULARY FOCUS 6A:

a. 1. outskirts  2. feature  3. constructions  4. setting
b. 1.b    2.d   3. c   4.a    5. f    6. e
c. 1. get  2. running  3. turned  4. stopped

PRONUNCIATION: Consonant Groups
a. They are all several consonants pronounced together.
b. approval   discussion  expensive    apply    hungry  transfer  contrast   destroy

PROS AND CONS OF TOURISM

DISTANCE LEARNING

Hi everybody,

I hope all of you are safe at home. We should be patient since staying at home for so long is not easy. 

One of the things you could spend your time on is practising your English!

I'm trying  to arrange the online lessons and I've set up a class on Google classroom, where you have this week's lesson plan together with the tasks you have to do.

I sent you all an email with the instructions on how to join the class.Please, contact me if you have problems to join it. 

Let's try it!

Stay at home and everything will be alright!!!

TOURISM AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Here you are the video activity we worked on in class today.
Click Here to download the video-based activity if you don't have the Travelling, Transport and Tourism Worksheet.




And here you can also get the audio of the Listening Exercise 
you have on your worksheet.
Click here to get the key to both exercises.

CLOZE PRACTICE.

SUSTAINABLE TOURISM

SUSTAINING TOURISM'S GUIDE TO BEING A RESPONSIBLE TRAVELLER.
TRAVEL TIPS: CARBON CONSCIOUS TIPS.

SAFARIS AND SENSITIVITY. READING EXAM PRACTICE WITH KEY.

WHAT KIND OF TRAVELLER ARE YOU?

TRAVELLING BROADENS THE MIND

TRANSPORT, TRAVELLING AND TOURISM POWERPOINT.



Types of Holidays Listening Activity with Colloquial Vocabulary.


 Travelling Stories.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

As you might have heard, the Educational Authorities have cancelled direct lessons in all schools in the Region from 16th to 29th March.

That implies changing the way you can get the contents these two weeks.
I'll be posting all the activities and tasks that you should do, with instructions and answers. You can contact me through my email conchimena@eoicartagena.org, or writing comments on this blog.

Please, stay at home and take care.

Hope to see you soon.

INFINITIVE AND GERUNDS

VERBS OF THE SENSES

Here you are some links for extra practice on verbs of the senses.

 Structures after "LOOK, FEEL, SOUND, SMELL, TASTE"
 More on verbs of the senses (pdf document)
Activity 1 
Activity 2
 Activity 3

TRAVELLING VOCABULARY

TRAVEL, JOURNEY, TRIP AND VOYAGE.
CONFUSING WORDS RELATED TO TRAVELLING.
TRAVEL AND HOLIDAY VOCABULARY.
TYPES OF TRAVELLING AND HOLIDAYS.

REPORTING VERBS

REPORTED SPEECH ACTIVITY.

REPORTED SPEECH AND REPORTING VERBS KEY.

GRAMMAR FOCUS 9B ANSWERS:
a. 2. I didn't realise (that) Harry could ski.
    3. The doctor warned her that she might feel a littke sleepy after she took the tablets.
    4. I assumed (that) the exam would be easy.
    5. The witness denied walking past/ that had been walking past the bank when she heard the alarm.
    6. The informed us that they had been trying to call us since they had heard the news.
    7. I warned you (that) Margaret wouldn't be happy when she found out.
    8. He discoverd that he couldn't open the door because he had forgotten his key.

b. 2. if/whether I had      3. how fast I could     4. why I had left   5. if/whether I was  6. if/whether I had ever managed   7. why I had applied

c. 2. us/me to explain   3. telling  4. they had   5. on paying  6. me he'd
    7. for losing  8. to give

ADRIAN UNDERHILL'S PRONUNCIATION WORKSHOPS

REPORTED VERBS AND REPORTING VERBS BOARD GAME

Thanks to Ana Mena for devicing  the board game to practise reporting verbs which  you have played today. The idea was that you had to read different lines taken from famous songs, and first guess the song and the artist, and then choose a reporting verb to report the line.

Click here to see the board game.

Here you can find the answers:

1. The Beatles, "Hey Jude": He reminded him to let her into his heart..
2. Lady Gaga & Beyoncé, "Telephone": She insisted that he didn't call her anymore because she didn't wanna think...
3. Tony Brixton, "Un-break my heart": She begged him to unbreak her heart and love her again.
4. He threatened to file for divorce if she didn't stop wasting their money.
5. Bruno Mars, "When I was your man": He regretted not having bought flowers / buying flowores and not holding / having held her hands
6. Katy Perry, "I kissed a girl": She admitted kissing /having kissed a girl and liking/ having liked it.
7. Abba, "The winner takes it all": She refused to talk about things they had gone through.
8. Bruno Mars, "Count on me": He promised to be there.
9. Peter congratulated them on their engagement.
10. Mikka, "Relax": He advised him to relax and take it easy for there was nothing they could do.
11. Mary warned them to stop shouting each other.
12. Rihanna, "Umbrella": She invited him to stay under her umbrella.
13. Brian Adams, "Forgive me": He apologised because he didn't know what he did.
14. Abba, "Mamma Mia": She accused him of cheating her"
15. The priest explained that marriage was a sacred symbol
16. Adele, "Hello": She admitted calling / having called him a thousand times to tell him she was sorry...
17. They both agreed to stop seeing each other for a while.
18. Gottye, "Somebody that I used to know": He complained that she had treated him like a stranger.
19. REM, "Everybody hurts": He encouraged her not to throw her hand.
20. The counsellor recommended not arguing in front of the children.
21. Whitney Houston, "I will always love you" She encouraged/ advised /begged him not to cry.

There may be more options!

Thanks to Ana Mena for linking all the songs in this entertaining activity.

PRONUNCIATION WORKSHOPS

ADRIAN UNDERHILL'S PRONUNCIATION WORKSHOPS

ADRIAN  UNDERHILL is giving two very interesting workshops on Pronunciation in our school on 5th March. GETTING PRONUNCIATION OUT OF THE HEAD AND INTO YOUR BODY is aimed at students at A1, A2 and B1 and WHY ENGLISH SPEAKERS EAT THEIR WORDS AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT is mainly for B2, C1 and C2 students. I highly recommend that you attend it!!!
To sign up you have to send an email to
actividadesculturaleseoict@gmail.com 
from Thursday, 27th February. Only the first 50 students will have a place, so hurry up!!!

To get all the details click here.

REPORTED SPEECH

This is the Worksheet I'd like you to work on for homework.


Reported Speech and Reporting Verbs 1.

Reported Speech and Reporting Verbs 2.
Key.

WHEN A RELATIONSHIP SINKS....

 
Ending a Relationship Worksheet.





 




"When I was you Man" Song Worksheet.