WRITING TEMPLATES

TOPICS REVIEW

FIRST TERM TOPICS.
SECOND TERM TOPICS.

RELATIVE CLAUSES

Relative Clauses from Deepak

 You can also click here and here to get some pdf docs. with information and examples related to relative sentences. 

To finish, here you have some links for you to revise and practice relative clauses:

* link 1

* link 2

* -EVER pronouns (whoever, whatever, wherever, however, whichever, whenever):
    - Activity 1
    - Activity 2


One of the "new" things included in this powerpoint is the use of Reduced Relative Sentences, in other words, using participle clauses:

*A present participle clause (-ing) can repleace:
  
a) a relative clause in the present or past continuous.

      "The woman singing that song is a famous actress"  
      (The woman who is singing ....)

      "The car going round the corner was the new BMW" 
       (the car which was going round ...)

  b) a relative clause describing a permanent state.

      "The people living in that house work in the theatre" 
       (the people who      live ..)

      "The flat belonging to my brother was the nicest" 
       (the flat which belongs to ...)

* A past participle clause (-ed) can replace a passive relative clause:

      "All TVs sold in this shop have a one-year guarantee"
       (All TVs which are sold ....)

      "The video released last week has sold a million" 
       (The video which was released ...)

Now try these online activities:

Activity 1

Activity 2

NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND YOU

These are the speaking cards you worked on in class today.

THE DIGITAL WORLD

Technology-related Vocabulary.
What would your life be like without a mobile phone?
The stress of social media.
The pros and cons of online shopping.
Robots for human environments.

WRITING A COVER LETTER

Cover Letter Layout.

Have a look at these exercises to practise the layout and typical vocabulary used in covering letters:
Exercise 1.
Exercises 2.

And you can use this Cover Letter Template to write your own  cover letter.

THE BEST JOB IN THE WORLD

Watch this video advertising what was considered one of the best jobs in the world and answer the questions below.


Which job is offered and where?
What's the salary?
How long is it for?
What are the responsibilities of the job?
What perks are there?
How can you apply for the position?
How is the best candidate going to be selected?
How many video applications did they get?
Check the right answers here.

Now watch some of the video applications some people sent. Can you guess the winner?
  

EXAM PRACTICE

CTE SAMPLE 1.
CTO SAMPLE1.
AUDIO SAMPLE 1.
SAMPLE 1 ANSWERS.
CTE SAMPLE 2.
CTO SAMPLE 2.
AUDIO SAMPLE 2.
SAMPLE 2 ANSWERS.

CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

UNLESS, AS LONG AS, PROVIDING, PROVIDED THAT.

UNIT 6 TEST

UNIT 6 TEST.
LISTENING TASK.
ANSWERS.

WRITING ASSIGNMENT: A COMPLAINT LETTER.

A COMPLAINT LETTER/ EMAIL TEMPLATE.

COMPLAINT LETTERS TEMPLATE.

FORMAL LETTERS LAYOUT.

WRITING ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS.

TOO, ENOUGH, SO AND SUCH

So - Such Too - Enough from Areti Gavalaki

The Use of Too, Enough, So and Such.
EXERCISE 1.
EXERCISE 2.

COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE STRUCTURES

The more...The more..
The more you practise the more you learn.
Repeated Comparatives.

THE PASSIVE PRACTICE

The Passive Board Game.
Passive Reporting Structures.

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

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.

WHAT KIND OF TRAVELLER ARE YOU?

INFINITIVE AND GERUNDS

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

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.