Thursday 12 April

• Photocopies: The Passive: read the information and start doing as many exercises as possible
• Reading dossier: Neighbours from Hell
• Video: Steven Spielberg

Questions:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pvDkrUEwtUxuktl6bgaybaaUVm7mIq5ByjxEMP5YI00/edit
Answers
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HLC1Hlk7xnKIiGhrJSSBoGIVXrkmvFkG1Z6qLWDA39c/edit

• Use of language:

Child Picasso:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/12A0ge74N_UN8h4sI7pxrvhNOQ-mjgRwRADFYJpMRSrw/edit
Answers
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wTOlfh-8-DN7Pe0sVrkzsMJbql9z7-xpKdTwsgmTMmg/edit
Young people dream of fame:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EpqXK9r0S6zZcCqHo9EZhQLnRNQ9oEHDtGW6xbm3eeU/edit
Answers
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qazqujjmkiNTtwBpShI5yu3hT5kCCxU9kGjO72Kd67k/edit?pli=1
Independent items:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1H_LwCGEhYlHhEK3v98JN9u_x_PzmX0tidCEtsroooV0/edit
Answers
https://docs.google.com/document/d/19QK4uTdhUqRaD5qwbzlFXksFPZ9Rb16o_OUgQCh07gA/edit

• Writing: Write a story that begins or ends with this sentence (choose one option). Write about 125 words.

a) That day, my life changed forever

b) We got to the little hotel in the village square early in the morning

c) It was a warm, summer evening and a light breeze was blowing across the  bay

• Answers to Reading Fast Times at Sushi University

Questions:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nVyfw_5hfqyXPcPd81yza0LnHXD-yFB1v_gke7s376A/edit

Answers:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rsY5_1YsZssZ7FXdPp6N8f92HoZ9Khf1UyY_bXuLLVw/edit

•  Answers to typical writing mistakes:

Text:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1r_nRbzMVFyBXFiHppXur5UyyoH7oYjFrjQ0G_n9rIoM/edit

Answers:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1b5VBRvDZCkZTYBuOgkCF9FRqr1mUi9Yy-Qs3x2GNGV0/edit

Thursday 29 March

Despite the general strike, Thursday 29 March class as usual

• Reading comprehension dossier: I'm not a waitress, I'm an actress
• Reported speech: A party
• Use of language: page 2, sentences 19-45

Answers to video Movie piracy (see below the video)

Questions:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1K06GBPCrgjiV_SBdSwN1dm0mSFVicJCfPNnLpQ4PTtw/edit

Answers:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bGdwLoGtufitdh9ldy-WJybX2Ay-D-xuZnKJX51QItI/edit

Answers to Infinitives and Gerunds:

PAGE 4, EXERCISE 16

2 work, 3 see, 4 eating, 5 to help, 6 doing/to do, 7 getting, 8 trying, 9 wearing, 10 gardening, 11 to do

PAGE 4, EXERCISE 17

1 going, watching

2 not to make, to pass

3 walking, taking, being or to be

4 hurry, to take, to eat, arrive

5 to buy, to lend, helping

6 stay, to take, promise

PAGE 4, EXERCISE 19

2 breaking, 3 to look, 4 travelling, 5 to finish, 6 coming, 7 to go, 8 not to let

Tuesday 27 March

• Use of language: Chocolates and Matt Dawson's heaven on earth
• Check the answers to the video Facebook's Growth (see below the video)

Questions:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tq0Hq6kE-kjWPfClSCkpsaRSIS_aLHZY6kmZ5k3nBAw/edit 

Answers:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gRkzMK48ZR0le3FsFGn4iGg_hcuPKAY5VJjdgmdo1Uc/edit 

Thursday 22 March

• Photocopies: Susi's story and Chocolates.

Note: I realize you have the explanations overleaf but not the answers. Do the exercises without looking at the explanations, I will give the answers in class and then you can look at the explanations for the answers.

Tuesday 20 March

• Student's book: page 141, exercise 6A
• Gerunds and infinitives: all (except listening and oral activities)
• Reading comprehension dossier: reading 3 Fit for Fame

Thursday 15 March

MOCK EXAM DATES: ("examen de prova")

April 26: reading, listening and use of language (2 hours in class)

May 3: writing (1 hour in class) and speaking (1 hours in class)

May 8: speaking (2 hours in class)

Note: the speaking is done in pairs, I will pass a timetable in class to sign up for the day and time

• Document explaining the parts of the speaking test along with some tips:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/16QKd918_4E28A45D6IXSm7zP6FMy3TwKS7JCL06lMtA/edit 

• Student's book: page 141, exercise 6A (only part a)
• Determiners: all

Answers to determiners pages 3 and 4 (pages 5 and 6 in class)
EXERCISE 19
2 an, 3 -, 4 The, 5 a, 6 The, 7 a, 8 an, 9 a, 10 the, 11 a, 12 the, 13 the, 14 the, 15 an, 16 -, 17 a
EXERCISE 20
2 an, a; 3 -, a; 4 the, a; 5 the, the; 6 -, a; 7 an, the; 8 -, The; 9 the, a; 10 an, the
EXERCISE 12
2 herself, 3 myself, 4 ourselves, 5 each other, 6 themselves, 7 each other, 8 itself, 9 yourself, 10 yourselves, 11 each other, 12 each other, 13 himself, 14 yourself, 15 each other, 16 myself, 17 yourself, 18 myself
EXERCISE 25
2 much, 3 a lot of, 4 a lot of, 5 much, 6 many, 7 many, 8 much, 9 many
EXERCISE 26
2 too many, 3 too much, 4 too much, 5 too many, 6 too many, 7 too much
EXERCISE 28
2 a little, 3 a few, 4 very few, 5 very little, 6 very few, 7 very little, 8 a few, 9 a little, 10 a few
EXERCISE 29
2 few, 3 many, 4 much, 5 little, 6 few, 7 little

Tuesday 13 March

• Student's book: revision unit 5
• Determiners: do as many exercises as you can (we are going to correct some of them in class, I will post the answers for the others)

Documents:

• Determiners - quantifiers

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uq36Q5WmC8YgcmTQsQgilo_Tpbmi5a7-tiKqnVWQcg8/edit

• Linking words

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1g_AV1f-jMORIXbUdl6iQPyTLJJpuHDreAVWI_iH6mE8/edit

Answers Revision 5
GRAMMAR
a 1c, 2c, 3a, 4b, 5c
b 1 without looking, 2 a few, 3 getting up, 4 to rent, 5 big enough

VOCABULARY
a 1 government, 2 reaction, 3 happiness, 4 possibility, 5 qualifications
b 1 for, 2 about, 3 with, 4 at, 5 at, 6 as
c 1 overtime, 2 off, 3 sacked, 4 promoted, 5 salary, 6 contract, 7 apply, 8 self-employed, 9 resign

READING
1F, 2T, 3T, 4DS or F, 5F, 6T, 7DS or F, 8T, 9F

Thursday 8 March

• Test on the reader Evening Class
• Student's book, page 139, exercise 5C (only class 3F)
• Check the answers to the videos (see post 1 March)

Note: if you haven't read the book or if you haven't finished reading it, please don't skip the class in order not to do the test. You can just sit in class and do other things if you are not able to do the test; the test is very short and it will take up not more than 15 minutes of class time.

• Answers photocopies quantifiers pages 3-5

PAGE 3

1 many, 2 correct, 3 correct, 4 several shops, 5 correct, 6 correct

1 correct, 2 Few, 3 little success, 4 correct, 5 correct, 6 correct, 7 correct, 8 little, 9 correct, 10 little, 11 little, 12 correct, 13 correct, 14 correct, 15 correct,  16 of

1 no, 2 correct, 3 correct, 4 correct, 5 were, 6 correct, 7 correct, 8 correct, correct, 9 any

PAGE 4, EXERCISE 28

3 a, a; 4 the, the; 5 the, the; 6 the; 7 a, a; 8 the; 9 a; 10 the; 11 a; 12 the, the, the, the, the, the

PAGE 5, EXERCISE 30

2 mountais, the mountains; 3 The Water, water; 4 The information, information; 5 Health, the health; 6 Men, Women, the men, the women; 7 problems, the problems; 8 The vegetables, vegetables

PAGE 5, EXERCISE 33

2 some, some, the, the; 3 a, some, the, the; 4 a, a, The, the; 5 a, some, some, The, the, some, the, a, The

Tuesday 6 March

• Photocopies quantifiers/articles: pages 3,4, and 5
• Check the answers to the videos Food Waste and Whitney Houston (see previous post)
• Remember Thursday 8 test on the reader An Evening Class