Monday, 12 March 2012

REVISION FOR THE 2ND TERM EXAM    
1º BTO
1.  Complete the sentences. Add a relative pronoun and a suitable ending.
1.  She really likes the boy ...................................................................................  .
2.  They’ve opened a new shop ..........................................................................  .
3.  He was born in a town ....................................................................................  .
4.  2000 was the year ..........................................................................................  .
2. Rewrite using the words in brackets:
     1. I´ve known Peter for twenty years. (first)
     2. Sue started working here 20 years ago. (for)
     3. Despite the age of the house, they could sell it. (although)
     4. In spite of the high cost of the tickets, we went to Lady Gaga´s concert. (although)
     5. I´ve had this car since 1985. (1985)
3. Verb Tenses: Present and Past Tenses: Present Simple/Continuous/
     Past Simple/Continuous/ Past Perfect/ Present Perfect
NO HUGS ALLOWED
(1) ……………… you ……………… (feel) that the rules at your school are too strict? Well, Shephard Junior High School in Arizona, USA has got rules that are probably stricter. One warm spring day last March, 14-year-old Shephard student Chelsea Braham (2) ……………………… (give) her best friend a big hug when suddenly another friend (3) ……………………… (tap) her on the shoulder. “Be careful,” she said. “The teacher (4) ……………………… (watch) you!” But it was too late. The teacher (5) ……………………… (send) Chelsea to the principal’s office. Her crime? She (6) ……………………… (hug) her friend for too long, breaking a new school rule: hugging in the school for more than two seconds was forbidden.
The following day, 100 students (7) ……………………… (hold) a protest across the street from the school. The entire group (8) ……………………… (hug) each other for 20 minutes. Chelsea, who was one of them, had her mother’s full support. The principal said: “I ………………………………..(seen/never) anything like that!"
4. Ask questions:
1. The squash club opens five nights a week.
2. It is about 15 kilometres from here to Seville.
3. I´ll be 15 years old next week.
4. Her manners bother me.
5. Her manners bother me.
6. I was sleeping when the alarm went off.
7. Annette´s mother has won an award.
8. We will be waiting for you at the station at six.
9. I wrote to Julie.
10. My brother hasn’t been to Italy for a long time.

5.  FUTURE FORMS:  Complete each sentence using the verb in brackets and the Future Simple, be going to, Future Continuous or Future Perfect.
1. Tennis practice starts at 10, and we plan to play for two hours. (finish)
By 12 o’clock, ........................................................................................................................................ .
2. The phone is ringing! (answer)
I ....................................................................................................................the phone.
3. Do you want to come to the disco with us? (come)
.................................. you ................................................................................. ?
4. Look at those clouds. (rain)
Do you think ........................................................................................................ ?

5. Their plane lands at 7.30. Let’s get there earlier. (wait)

At 7 o’clock, we .......................................................................................................

6.  Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in brackets. Use the Future Simple, be going to, Future Perfect or Future Continuous.

1. The concert ................................... (start) at exactly 10 o’clock.
2. See you at the station! I ................................... (wear) a red jacket.
3. Don’t worry! I ................................... (not leave) without you.
4. We certainly ................................... (not finish) all the work by this time tomorrow.
5. Anne ................................... (invite) some of her friends for dinner after work.
6. ................................... she ................................... (remember) to call us this afternoon?

7. What ................................... you ................................... (do) at the weekend

KEYS TO EX: 5 Y 6

5) 1. will start 5. is going to invite
2. will be wearing 6. Will … remember
3. won’t leave 7. are … going to do
4. won’t have finished
6) 1. we will have finished playing tennis / we will have finished our tennis practice
2. will answer
3. Are … going to come to the disco with us
4. it will rain
5. will be waiting for their plane to arrive / land

Sunday, 11 March 2012

DEFINING /  NON-DEFINING
RELATIVE CLAUSES
 HOMEWORK for 1º BTO students:
this is the exercise I told you to do
for Monday 12th March.

 Join each pair of  sentences into ONE using Relative Pronouns.
 They can be Defining or Non-Defining. Omit the relative when it is possible.

1. J. K. Rowling is now very rich. She is the author of  Harry Potter books.
   
2. The country hotel has closed down. We stayed there last summer.
   
3. Jane´s husband is a TV reporter. She is a newspaper journalist.
   
4. Summer is a wonderful time. I´m hardly at home in summer.
   
5. The actors receive Oscar gift bags before the ceremony. The Oscar gift bags
     are very expensive. (2)
6. I visited Marbella. Many people spend their holiday in Marbella.
   
7. Did you watch the horror film?  I told you about the film yesterday.
    
8. My maths teacher studied in Barcelona. His best friend is a famous musician.
  
9. I boght train tickets to London. The tickets cost $25 each.  (2)
  
10. I like Ralph Fiennes a lot. He is starring a new film now.

11. I want to be friends with a boy. The boy is talking to Susan right now. (2)

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  Now, you can also try these interactive exercises. At the end , you will find
the icon CHECK,  to correct your sentences.

Friday, 9 March 2012

THE  PAST  CONTINUOUS
 Watch this presentation about the Past Continuous and learn about
its form and use. It´s bilingual, so you will not have problems with translation!!

View more PowerPoint from Manuel Barbado

Wednesday, 7 March 2012


What´s the weather like today?

Click on the Weather link below to LISTEN to a
weather forecast in some parts of the world
and do the exercise. It will be fun!!!

Sunday, 12 February 2012

HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF: 
Whitney Houston´s death stuns the world


Click here to read more on the BBC News

Thursday, 9 February 2012

 Charles Dickens Bicentenary

This year we are celebrating  the bicentenary of the famous English
writer´s birth, Charles Dickens,  acclaimed as one of the finest writers
of the English language and one whose novels have become
 enduring classics: A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield,
A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations, Oliver Twist,
Hard Times, Little Dorrit, among others.


If you are interested in Dickens´novels or have already
read some of them enter this interesting link which Oxford
University Press offer us to commemorate his birth.

A Christmas Carol
Do you want to read thi book? . Click the interactive book and
you will be able to listen and read this wonderful story by Dickens.
You can also choose  David Copperfield. They look like a real book!!

Sunday, 5 February 2012

WILLIAM   SHAKESPEARE
"the bard"
WS

Click here for the entire works of Shakespeare,
including: A Midsummer Night´s Dream
The 1914 Oxford edition of the Complete Works of William Shakespeare ranks
 among the most authoritative published this century. The 37 plays, 154
sonnets and miscellaneous verse constitute the literary cornerstone
of Western civilization.

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Do you like tales? Enter here and watch this video of the tale
A Midsummer Night´s Dream for children.

Other useful and interesting links: