BLOQUE CINCO.

-  DESCRIBING PEOPLE. WHO IS WHO EXERCISE. CLICK HERE.

 

- ADJECTIVES TO DESCRIBE A CITY. CLICK HERE. 

 - ADJECTIVES TO DESCRIBE CITIES.PDF. CLICK HERE.

- PLACES TO LIVE. CLICK HERE. 

 

 - HOMEWORK:

1) DESCRIBE A PERSON YOU KNOW WELL USING THE ADJECTIVES SHOWN IN THE PREVIOUS SECTION. THE DESCRIPTION MUST BE RECORDED IN AN MP3 FILE (medium quality 128 kbps) WITH A MAXIMUM DURATION OF 90 SECONDS (A MINUTE AND A HALF).

2) DESCRIBE THE CITY OR THE PLACE WHERE YOU LIVE USING SOME OF THE VOCABULARY WORDS OF THE PREVIOUS SECTION. THE DESCRIPTION MUST BE RECORDED IN AN MP3 FILE (medium quality 128 kbps)  WITH A MAXIMUM DURATION OF 150 SECONDS (2, 5 MINUTES).

SEND BOTH AUDIO FILES WITH YOUR FIRST NAME, GROUP AND TASK (EXAMPLE: ALBERTO B2.1 F CITY) TO MY EMAIL (albertohernandez@eoilaorotava.com) ALONG THIS WEEK. DEADLINE: 07/12/20.

BLOQUE CUATRO:

 

 

 

 

 

ADJECTIVES EXERCISE WITH ANSWERS:

 

BLOQUE TRES

 PERSONALITY ADJECTIVES: 

 

 

 PERSONALITY ADJECTIVES ON LINE EXERCISE (CLICK HERE).

 DESCRIBING YOUR PARTNER VIDEO:

 A JOB INTERVIEW (TAKEN FROM A MOVIE:

A BUSINESS INTERVIEW LISTENING ANSWERS:

BLOQUE DOS.

 LISTENING:

A BUSINESS INTERVIEW QUESTIONS PDF (CLICK) 

A BUSINESS INTERVIEW AUDIO (CLICK) 

PHRASAL VERBS LIST (CLICK) 

PHRASAL VERBS EXERCISE. BUSINESS.(CLICK)

EMPLOYMENT VOCABULARY LIST.(CLICK) 

 PREPOSITIONS. CLICK

GOOGLE´S TOUGHEST JOB INTERVIEW QUESTIONS VIDEO:

 

BLOQUE UNO

 

EXERCISES FROM THE FIRST BLOCK:

 

IRREGULAR VERBS GROUPED. (CLICK)

 

VERB TENSES REVIEW  (CLICK)

 

MIXED TENSES REVISION: (CLICK)

THE NARRATIVE TENSES. WHEN AND HOW DO WE USE THEM.(CLICK)

 

 PRESENT PERFECT TENSE USE AND EXAMPLES:

LISTENING PRACTICE.

ENTER THE FOLLOWING LINK. YOU WILL FIND A 

SELECTION OF SIXTEEN B2 LISTENING TESTS TO PRACTICE.

CLICK HERE

READING TESTS PRACTICE.

HERE YOU CAN FIND SOME READING COMPREHENSION TESTS TO PRACTICE. 

THE ANSWERS ARE ON THE LAST PAGE. 

Good reading for b2 c1 from Hannah Lee

WRTING TASK

PLEASE, DO THIS WRITING TASK AND SEND IT TO OUR EMAIL. YOU HAVE ALL THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE PDF EXERCISE.

DEADLINE:  MONDAY 3rd





 

SPEAKING TASK.

RECORD YOUR VOICE DESCRIBING AND COMPARING THE TWO PHOTOGRAPHS BELOW. YOU HAVE TO COMPARE OLD AND NEW TIMES. TALK BOUT THE MASS MEDIA. 

3-4 MINUTES. SEND THE MP3 FILE TO OUR CLASS EMAIL. DEADLINE: SATURDAY  MAY 2nd.

WATCHING TV NOWADAYS

VERB TENSES REVIEW

TO REVIEW THE DIFFERENT VERB TENSES CLICK ON THE PICTURE BELOW:

SPEAKING TOPICS.

Accede a una lista de los topics for discussion

LISTENING. A TALK ABOUT MOTIVATION.

B2. LISTENING EXERCISE. BY THE BRITISH COUNCIL.

PLAY THE LISTENING TRACK ON THE FOLLOWING LINK AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS. YOU HAVE THE SOLUTIONS AT THE END OF THE PDF.

LINK TO PLAY

REPORTED SPEECH EXERCISES WITH KEY.

ECHO QUESTIONS AND QUESTION TAGS.

EXERCISE ONE EXERCISE TWO EXERCISE THREE ECHO QUESTIONS We use echo questions to show interest or surprise. For this purpose, the listener makes a short question using the auxiliar or helping verb of the statement the speaker has just said. EXAMPLE: S: She is visiting relatives at this moment. L. Is she? S: They bought a new Television set last week. L.    Did they? S: I live in the centre of New York. L. Do you? S: Alan´s got a job as a lifeguard. L. Has he? QUESTION TAGS These short questions are used to check information. We use a positive statement followed by a negative tag when we expect the answer YES. E.g. "You are American, aren't you?" We use a negative statement followed by a positive tag when we expect the answer NO. E.g. "They haven't arrived yet, have they?" EXAMPLES: I told you, didn't I? It'll be sunny tomorrow, won't it? He can't dive, can he? They don't eat meat, do they? She cooks well, doesn't she? I am slim, aren't I?

REPORTED SPEECH

Reported speech (1)

When we report someone’s words we can do it in two ways. We can use direct speech with quotation marks (“I work in a bank”), or we can use reported speech (He said he worked in a bank.)
In reported speech the tenses, word-order and pronouns may be different from those in the original sentence.
Present simple and present continuous tenses

• Direct speech: “I travel a lot in my job” Reported speech: He said that he travelled a lot in his job.

The present simple tense (I travel) usually changes to the past simple (he travelled) in reported speech.

• Direct speech: “Be quiet. The baby’s sleeping.” Reported speech: She told me to be quiet because the baby was sleeping.

The present continuous usually changes to the past continuous.
NB:

• “I work in Italy” Reported speech: He told me that he works in Italy.

It isn’t always necessary to change the tense. If something is still true now – he still works in Italy – we can use the present simple in the reported sentence.
Past simple and past continuous tenses

• Direct speech: “We lived in China for 5 years.” Reported speech: She told me they had lived in China for 5 years.

The past simple tense (we lived) usually changes to the past perfect (they had lived) in reported speech.

• Direct speech: “I was walking down the road when I saw the accident.” Reported speech: He told me he’d been walking down the road when he’d seen the accident.

The past continuous usually changes to the past perfect continuous.
Perfect tenses

• Direct speech: “They’ve always been very kind to me”. Reported speech: She said they’d always been very kind to her.

The present perfect tense (have always been) usually changes to the past perfect tense (had always been).

• Direct speech: “They had already eaten when I arrived” Reported speech: He said they’d already eaten when he’d arrived.

The past perfect tense does not change in reported speech.
You can find more information about reported speech in another section.

 Reported speech (2)

Remember that in reported speech we usually change the tense of the direct statement. The present simple tense changes to the past simple, the past simple changes to the past perfect and so on.
Here are some other points to consider.
‘Can’ and ‘will’

• Direct speech: “I can’t remember his name.” Reported speech: She said she couldn’t remember his name.

‘Can’ and ‘can’t’ in direct speech change to ‘could’ and ‘couldn’t’ in reported speech.

• Direct speech: “I’ll be there for 3 weeks.” Reported speech: He told me he’d be there for 3 weeks.

‘Will’ and ‘won’t’ in direct speech change to ‘would’ and ‘wouldn’t’ in reported speech.
Other modal verbs

• Direct speech: “You could be right.” Reported speech: I said that he could be right.
• Direct speech: “You must call me.” Reported speech: She said that I must call her.

Other modal verbs don’t change in reported speech.
Reporting orders, requests and advice

• Direct speech: “Sit down and shut up!” Reported speech: The teacher told me to sit down and shut up.
• Direct speech: “Can you hold this for me please?” Reported speech: He asked me to hold it.
• Direct speech: “You should do more exercise.” Reported speech: He advised me to do more exercise.

Orders, request and advice can be reported using an infinitive.
Reporting verbs
There are a number of verbs that we use to report statements. These can make your speech and writing more interesting than simply reporting every word of the direct speech.

• Direct speech: “It wasn’t me who broke the window.” > He denied breaking the window.
• Direct speech: “I’ll help you if you want” > She offered to help.

There are a number of verbs that can be used to report. They include: promise, claim, suggest, advise, refuse, argue, confirm and others.

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EXERCISE 1
EXERCISE 2
EXERCISE 3

HAVE SOMETHING DONE

Have something done  

(from www.englishgrammarsecretes.com)

If you 'have something done', you get somebody else to do something for you.

• I'm going to have my hair cut.
• She's having her house redecorated.
• I'm having a copy of the report sent to you

In informal English, we can replace 'have' by 'get'.

• We're getting a new telephone system installed.
• They will be getting the system repaired as quickly as they can.
• I got the bill sent direct to the company.

We can also use 'have/got something done' in situations where something bad has happened to people or their possessions. This is not something they wanted to happen.

• John had all his money stolen from his hotel bedroom.
• We had our car damaged by a falling tree.
• I got my nose broken playing rugby.

EXERCISE ONE
EXERCISE TWO
EXERCISE THREE 

 

CONDITIONAL TENSES CHECK.

Hello! Today we have some nice video classes about the Conditional Sentences with the Educa Puppets by our workmate teacher Oscar. I´m sure you will enjoy tham as you study a little bit of English.

THE FIRST CONDITIONAL:

THE ZERO CONDITIONAL:

THE SECOND CONDITIONAL:

THE THIRD CONDITIONAL:

CRIME AND PUNISHMENT VOCABULARY.

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY THIS CRIME AND PUNISHMENT VOCABULARY PDF :

THE PASSIVE VOICE

Use of Passive

Passive voice is used when the focus is on the action. It is not important or not known, however, who or what is performing the action.

Example: My bike was stolen.

In the example above, the focus is on the fact that my bike was stolen. I do not know, however, who did it.

Sometimes a statement in passive is more polite than active voice, as the following example shows:

Example: A mistake was made.

In this case, I focus on the fact that a mistake was made, but I do not blame anyone (e.g. You have made a mistake.).

Form of Passive

Subject + finite form of to be + Past Participle (3rd column of irregular verbs)

Example: A letter was written.

When rewriting active sentences in passive voice, note the following:

• the object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence
• the finite form of the verb is changed (to be + past participle)
• the subject of the active sentence becomes the object of the passive sentence (or is dropped)

Examples of Passive Level: lower intermediate

Tense		Subject	Verb	Object
Simple Present	Active:	Rita	writes	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	is written	by Rita.
Simple Past	Active:	Rita	wrote	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	was written	by Rita.
Present Perfect	Active:	Rita	has written	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	has been written	by Rita.
Future I	Active:	Rita	will write	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	will be written	by Rita.
Modals	Active:	Rita	can write	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	can be written	by Rita.

Examples of Passive Level: upper intermediate

Tense		Subject	Verb	Object
Present Progressive	Active:	Rita	is writing	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	is being written	by Rita.
Past Progressive	Active:	Rita	was writing	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	was being written	by Rita.
Past Perfect	Active:	Rita	had written	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	had been written	by Rita.
Future Perf.	Active:	Rita	will have written	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	will have been written	by Rita.
Conditional I	Active:	Rita	would write	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	would be written	by Rita.
Conditional II	Active:	Rita	would have written	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	would have been written	by Rita.

Passive Sentences with Two Objects 

Rewriting an active sentence with two objects in passive voice means that one of the two objects becomes the subject, the other one remains an object. Which object to transform into a subject depends on what you want to put the focus on.

	Subject	Verb	Object 1	Object 2
Active:	Rita	wrote	a letter	to me.
Passive:	A letter	was written	to me	by Rita.
Passive:	I	was written	a letter	by Rita.

As you can see in the examples, adding by Rita does not sound very elegant. That’s why it is usually dropped.

Personal and Impersonal Passive

Personal Passive simply means that the object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence. So every verb that needs an object (transitive verb) can form a personal passive.

Example: They build houses. – Houses are built.

Verbs without an object (intransitive verb) normally cannot form a personal passive sentence (as there is no object that can become the subject of the passive sentence). If you want to use an intransitive verb in passive voice, you need an impersonal construction – therefore this passive is called Impersonal Passive.

Example: he says – it is said

Impersonal Passive is not as common in English as in some other languages (e.g. German, Latin). In English, Impersonal Passive is only possible with verbs of perception (e. g. say, think, know).

Example: They say that women live longer than men. – It is said that women live longer than men.

Although Impersonal Passive is possible here, Personal Passive is more common.

Example: They say that women live longer than men. – Women are said to live longer than men.

The subject of the subordinate clause (women) goes to the beginning of the sentence; the verb of perception is put into passive voice. The rest of the sentence is added using an infinitive construction with 'to' (certain auxiliary verbs and that are dropped).

Sometimes the term Personal Passive is used in English lessons if the indirect object of an active sentence is to become the subject of the passive sentence.

EXERCISE 1

EXERCISE 2

EXERCISE 3

EXERCISE 4

EXERCISE 5

SPEAKING PRACTICE.

Picture Description: Speculating

FROM WWW.CRISTIANCABAL.COM

 

Picture Description is an important part of the Oral Exam and it needs to be practised. Two weeks ago, I published a post containing Some Useful Guidelines and Techniques for Picture Description that you might want to read.

One of the things that you need to take into account when describing a picture is that you cannot be 100% sure what is happening in the picture. Therefore, you need to use appropriate language to show you  are guessing. You have to speculate about the pictures For example: He is likely to / she’ll probably find it quite tough… etc

Some structures you can use:

• Look as if + sentence/ Seem as if + sentence : he looks as if / seems as if he is looking for something
• Seem + to infinitive: he seems to be tired/ he seems to be having a great time
• Look/ Seem + adjective: They look/ seem quite tired
• Appear + to infinitive : She doesn’t  appear to be concentrated on what she’s doing

Some modal verbs  you can use.

• Must : for positive deduction. He must be happy because he’s smiling. The photo must have been taken in summer.
• Can’t : for negative deduction. He can’t be going to school because he is not carrying books.
• May/ Might/Could : for posibility. He could be telling her something she doesn’t like. The photo might have been taken in winter as they are wearing winter clothes.

Words like : perhaps, maybe…

Let’s listen to an example now.

You’ll hear a girl called Magda practising this part of the Speaking test

 HERE YOU HAVE SOME EXAMPLES ON A VIDEO CLASS:

OK. NOW READ THE FOLLOWING TASK AND RECORD YOUR VOICE WITH YOUR MOBILES. PLEASE SEND THE RECORDINGS TO: intermedio1ingles@gmail.com

TASK: DESCRIBE  THE FOLLOWING PICTURE WHILE YOU RECORD YOUR VOICE ON YOUR MOBILE. PLEASE FOLLOW THE GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS YOU HAVE READ ON THIS POST.

JUST FOR LAUGHS:

 

READING PRACTICE.

GOOD MOORNING. TODAY WE HAVE 2 READING COMPREHENSION TEXTS. IN THE FIRST ONE ABOUT "FOMO" REMEMBER TO CLICK ON THE "CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND YOUR VOCABULARY SECTIONS TO DO THE EXERCISES.

CLICK ON THIS LINK TO ACCESS TO 

A READING COMPREHENSION 

WITH 3 ON-LINE EXERCISES TO PRACTICE.

TO DO THE SECOND READING YOU CAN ENLARGE THE PDF WINDOW, DOWNLOAD IT OR EVEN PRINT IT TO DO THE EXERCISES. THE LINK TO THE ANSWERS IS JUST ABOVE THE PDF WINDOW.

READING ANSWERS . GOOGLE 


 

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GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES

There are certain words in English that are usually followed by an infinitive or gerund. If you are not sure whether to use the infinitive or gerund, check out our lists or look the words up in a dictionary. From www.ego-4U.com

Infinitive

Use

Certain words are followed by an infinite verb with or without ‘to’.

Use and Word Lists	Example
as the subject of a clause	To know you is to love you.
after certain expressions (without ‘to’)	Why not go to the cinema?
after certain verbs (without ‘to’)	I can swim.
after certain verbs (with ‘to’)	He wants to swim.
after certain verbs with interrogatives (infinitive constructions)	They don’t know how to swim.
after certain verbs with objects (without ‘to’)	He made her swim.
after certain verbs with objects (with ‘to’)	They wanted him to swim.
after certain adjectives and their comparisons	It’s easier to swim downstream.
after nouns deriving from the verbs mentioned above	We made a promise to swim. (derived from the verb ‘to promise’)

Gerund

Form

ing form of the verb

Exceptions in Spelling

See → Present Progressive – Exceptions

Use

Certain words are followed by an Ing-Form.

Use and Word Lists	Example
as the subject of a clause	Cycling is good for your health.
after certain adjectives	He’s afraid of going by plane.
after certain prepositions	Before going to bed he turned off the lights.
after certain verbs	I enjoy cooking.
after certain verbs with prepositions	I am looking forward to seeing you again.
after certain nouns	We had problems finding our way back home.

Words followed either by Infinitive or Ing-Form

Use and Word Lists	Example
same meaning	I started to read. / I started reading.
same meaning but different use	She forbids us to talk. / She forbids talking.
different meaning	He stopped to smoke. / He stopped smoking.
infinitive or present participle	I saw him go up the stairs. / I saw him going up the stairs.

Exercises and Tests

Infinitive

• Infinitive with / without to • Exercise 2
• Infinitive Constructions • Exercise 2

Gerund

• Gerund – Form
• Gerund used as a subject

Infinitive / Gerund

• Infinitive or Gerund • Exercise 2
• Infinitive or Gerund • Exercise 2
• Infinitive or Gerund • Exercise 2 • Exercise 3
• Infinitiv and/or Ing-Form

exercise 1 exercise 2 exercise 3 exercise 4  LISTENING PRACTICE EXERCISE. Listen to the information about the 'best job in the world' competition and do the exercises to practise and improve your listening skills. CLICK HERE. LISTEN TO THE VIDEO AND COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE SUITABLE WORDS (NOT GIVEN). AFTER, CORRECT THEM. THEN DO THE MATCHING EXERCISE BELOW AND CORRECT IT.  SPEAKING EXERCISE: Read the following PDF and record your voice or a video answering the first 6 questions and one of the three AGREE OR DISAGREE topics. Please send it to: intermedio2ingles@gmail.com  (if it is too long or heavy, please send me a link to your Drive so that I can listen to ir or watch it. Thank you)