SAT Exams - PAU Andalucia June 2013

Hi, Guys!, 

This week, many students are taking SAT exams to come into University. Good Luck! I hope you'll pass!

Now, I want to show you the English exams which they took yesterday. Do you find them difficult or easy? Let's see ...

OPTION A: "Are mobile phones dangerous?"

Possible answers:

1. COMPREHENSION:

1. Yes, ll. 1-3.

2. No, ll. 8-10.

3. Because ll.11-13.

4. False ll 4-5 "... the radio waves in mobile phones are lower than in radio frequency".

5. True ll. 13-14 Many years ago, people smoked ... not aware of the effects of cigarettes ...".

2. USE OF ENGLISH

6. CONCERN (l.6) Noun

7. Healthy, unhealthy

8. scare

9. Device l.10

10. What do some health professionals point out?

11. In spite of being expensive, she bought the car. / In spite of the fact that the car was very expensive, she bought it.

12. ...stopped smoking ...

13. It is believed by scientists that mobile phones are dangerous to our health. / Mobile phones are believed by scientists to be dangerous to our health.

OPTION B: " The day we met"

Possible Answers:

COMPREHENSION:

1. ll. 2-3

2. ll.8-9

3. l.11

4. TRUE l. 4

5. TRUE ll. 14-15

USE OF ENGLISH:

6. SHY (l.8)

7. ... complained ABOUT

8. SET UP

9. Proposal

10. I started playing chess thirty years ago.

11. The Ministry of Farming organised the agricultural camps excellently.

12. I am looking forward to sseing you.

13. If she hadn't written to me, I wouldn't have met her. (3rd Conditional)

MoViE WorKSheetS

Hi, Guys!!!, 

Summer Is CominG!!!! CHEERS!!! Well, as I told you in class, if you want to get an extra point, you can do a MoViE WorKSheet, it's very simple, just follow these steps:

1. Choose the film and say briefly why you've elected it.

2. Write 10 questions related to the plot and characters of the film. these questions can be answered using your own words or multiple choice.

3. Now 5 questions to answer with TRUE or FALSE to check again if you've understood the film.

4. Choose one of the scenes of the movie, take the whole dialogue of it and write it down with some MISSING words. Then, your classmates will fill in the gaps when they watch it.

5. Make up a matching exercise related to some vocabulary of the film. On one side, you'll write down common expressions of the film whereas on the other side, you'll write the synonyms in English too.

6. Think about and write some SPY questions, such as: "What was the protagonist carrying when she got into the car?". By this way, all your classmates have to be very ATTENTIVE the whole movie.

GOOD LUCK!!! You can find some similar examples if you click on TV WORKSHEETS. They are about an American sitcom, although they're quite replaceable.

EuRoViSiOn SoNg CoNtEsT 2013

Hi, Guys!, 

Did you enjoy the Eurovision Song Contest last night? Well, it was a great show, don't you think so? Which was your favourite song and country? and what about the best performance? Could your country win? Let's see the best songs again ... !!! Why were the whole songs sung in English?

And the best intro, from my point of view, ENJOY "EUPHORIA"!!!

B1 English Level

Hi, Guys!, 

As far as I am concerned, most of you are really interested in taking the intermediate B1 English level. So, I want you to encourage you, keep on working,  you'll get it, surely! Besides, I'd like to show you some useful links to pracitse everything for the exam. Let's see now...

B1 Threshold or intermediate level:

When you get this level, you ...

• Can understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc.
• Can deal with most situations likely to arise while travelling in an area where the language is spoken.
• Can produce simple connected text on topics that are familiar or of personal interest.
•  Can describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes and ambitions and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.

B1 examenglish.com

telc.net B1

Englishtag.com/tests

cityandguildsenglish.com

uhu.es (mock exam)

University Entrance Exams (Selectividad - English Exams)

Hi, Guys!, 

Well, most of you are going to take University entrance exams (SAT exams) very soon. And as you well know, you need to take a foreign language exam, very likely an English exam. Because of that, I'd like to share with all of you some interesting links where you can find lots of exams, ready to be printed and done by yourself!

Don't be afraid, you've got enough time to get ready, read carefully your exam papers and try to do it as best as you can!!! ;)

If you need to practise for the coming 'Selectividad' (=University Entrance Exams), just click on the following links:

1. RedaccionesEnIngles-pau-andalucia (lots of exams corrected)
2. lallena.jimdo.com/selectividad/ (all the Andalusian exams)
3. isabelperez.com (many resources)
4. pre.universia.es (Mock Exams)
   GOOD LUCK!!!!

HaVe /GeT + SoMeThiNg + DoNe

Hi, Guys!, 


If you need more exercises to review HAVE /GET + STH + DONE, click on:

HaVe / GeT + STH + DoNe

Then, you can also download the following exercises and go on practising, just click on: 
1) Passive Causative Verbs
2) TO-HAVE-SOMETHING-DONE.pdf
3) Cuasative Verbs (Key Answers)
4) gr.havedone.pdf

Have a Nice Day!!!

How To Make a Musical in 4 Weeks (Comenius Project)

Hi, Teachers!, 

"Sing in the Rain"

I suppose some of you are really familiar with the European Comenius Project, aren't you? At school, we've been working very hard on "How to Make a Musical in 4 Weeks", it was a very entertaining workshop! Because of that, I'd like to share with you all this outline to encourage you to organise a musical with your students. 

Needless to say, it is a truly tiring task, but it is so rewarding and enriching that you and your students will never forget that experience, it can help them to improve their English, to feel relaxed in front of an audience, to have fun with other classmates, ... 

If you're interested, just click on:

How to Make a Musical in 4 Weeks