LOOK BACK Unit 1

Personality

1 witty 2 keeps himself to himself 3 spontaneous 4 people person 5 down-to-earth 6 good laugh 7 morning person 8 geek.

Direct and Indirect Questions

‘transport’ – suggested answers

Do you like driving? What’s going up in a hot-air balloon like? How o ften do you travel by plane? Have you ever driven a really powerful sports car? Would you like to travel in space? Why do you not like public transport?

Can I ask if you like driving?

Could you tell me what going up in a hot-air balloon is like?

Do you mind me asking how o ften you travel by plane?

I was wondering if you have ever driven a really powerful sports car.

I’d be interested to know if you would like to travel in space.

Can I ask why you don’t like public transport?

Feelings

A 1 over the moon 2 relieved 3 shaking like a leaf 4 awkward 5 wished the earth would swallow me up 6 impressed.

B 1 really/absolutely/totally/completely 2 very/really 3 no modifier (it’s a verb phrase) 4 very/really 5 no modifier (it’s a verb phrase) 6 very/really.

Present Perfect

1 started, ’ve improved 2 ’ve been, haven’t been 3 ’ve never met, thought 4 played, ’ve started 5 didn’t eat, haven’t had.

Polite Enquiries

1 I’d like to enquire about train times to Vienna.

2 Can you tell me which train I need to take to get to Vienna by 3p.m.?

3 Can I ask how far it is from the western to the southern train station?

4 Do you mind me asking where I can get information on local transport in Vienna?

5 I was wondering if/whether I need to book a seat on the train.

6 Could you tell me if/whether I can book on the phone?

7 I was wondering if you could book it for me.

8 I’d be grateful if you could send me an email confirmation.

WELCOME

Hello all,

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Notas de Mayo

ALUMNOS PRESENCIALES
- Ya están puestas las notas en la página web de la escuela. Se puede acceder a ellas desde la columna de la izquierda: alumnos + acceso en línea + usuario (nº de matrícula) y contraseña. El nº de matrícula viene en el carné y en el documento de matrícula. Yo no lo tengo.

Como ya os expliqué en clase, el próximo curso se produce una unificación de niveles intermedios. Manteniendo los criterios de evaluación que teníamos desde principio de curso, quienes aprueben el examen acceden a B2.1, sin obtener el certificado de B1, y quienes no aprueben acceden a B1.

- Sin embargo, recomiendo a quienes hayan aprobado con notas muy justas que accedan a B1, donde estarán en un nivel más adaptado al suyo, con aprobados del antiguo NB2 y repetidores del antiguo NI2. Para eso hay que rellenar un documento (tenéis que pedirlo en secretaría) y presentarlo en secretaría lo antes posible.

 - En nivel B2.1 estarán los aprobados del antiguo NI2 y los repetidores del antiguo NA1. 

- Sólo si la nota final es NO APTO hay que presentarse en junio a las destrezas no superadas en mayo. 

- Para quienes tengan que repetir la destreza de expresión oral, habrá un listado desde hoy hasta el día del examen (viernes, 8 de junio) en la carpeta que compartimos en Dropbox.

- En cuanto al periodo de matrícula, seguimos a la espera de instrucciones, pero se supone que será desde finales de mayo y durante la primera quincena de junio aproximadamente.

Cloze test Laughter

1. amusing 2. exercise 3. benefits 4. stressed 5. reduces 6. groups 7. other 8. surprinsingly 9. burning 10. although 11. invited 12. between 13. which 14. popular 15. collapses 16. emergency 17. sure 18. ways 19. sensation 20. stupidity

7&8 Revise and Check Key

GRAMMAR
1 a       6 b       11 c
2 a       7 a       12 b
3 c       8 c       13 a
4 b       9 b       14 a
5 c     10 c       15 b
VOCABULARY
a 1 terms  2 nursery  3 secondary  4 behave   5 boarding
b 1 on  2 ceiling  3 gate  4 on   5 fireplace
c 1 choice  2 agreement  3 success  4 complaint  5 demonstration  6 retirement 
7 qualifications   8 translator  9 scientists  10 explanation
d 1 overtime  2 shifts   3 temporary  4 set   5 self-employed
PRONUNCIATION
a 1 pupil        3 village   5 educate
   2 wooden   4 said
b 1 secondary      3 delivery   5 achievement
  2 unemployed   4 apply
CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THIS TEXT?
a Possible answer: It is better to do a job that you love than a
job which you hate, but which pays better.
b 1 DS 2 T 3 F 4 DS 5 DS 6 T

9B Quantifiers Key

2. too much 3. enough 4. no 5. very little 6. how many 7. very few 8. a lot of 9. enough time 10. any 11. plenty 12. very few 13. a few 14. very little 15. too 16. too much 17. enough 18. no

Much, many, little, few, a lot, plenty. Key

87.1
3. a lot of salt 4. Ok 5. It cost a lot 6. OK 7. Many/ a lot of people 8. a lot 9. Ok 10. a lot of money.
87.2
2. plenty of money 3. plenty of room 4. plenty to learn 5. are plenty of things to see 6. There are plenty of hotels.
87.3
2. little 3. many 4. much 5. few 6. little 7. many
87.4
3. a few dollars 4. OK 5. a little time 6. OK 7. a few words 8. a few months
87.5
2. a little 3. a few 4. few 5. little 6. a little 7. little 8. a few.

8B gerunds and infinitives key

2 calling 3 to speak 4 not to buy 5 going 6 to look after 7 using 8 Waiting 9 to consider
10 drawing 11 to work 12 to go 13 doing 14 to hear 15 studying 16 to think 17 cooking
18 to like 19 Eating; feel 20 to give

Cloze: Flat-sharing key

0. and
1. bit
2. looking
3. noticed
4. mind
5. home
6. them
7. out
8. as
9. which
10. all
11. to do
12. especially
13. late
14. biggest
15. preferably
16. time
17. except
18. exhausted
19. mess
20. broken

Distracters: making, hurried, clothes, specific

Cloze: The Euro key

0. introduced
1. one
2. currency
3. thanks
4. not
5. all
6. promises
7. only
8. long
9. protested
10. leader
11. won
12. parties
13. about
14. part
15. changed
16. us
17. trust
18. survey
19. terrible
20. top

Distracters: British, for, money, spent