Thursday 22 January 2015

Answer key ( 1 ESO) Good luck!


1. Which animal is it? (cow/shark/mice/frog/wolf)
1. This is a farm animal. It gives us milk COW
2. They’re very small animals. They like cheese. They’re sometimes pets. MOUSE-MICE
3. This fish is a hunter. It’s big and it can be dangerous. shark
WOLF - WOLVES
5. This animal is an amphibian. It hasn’t got a tail. It’s a carnivore and it eats insects.frog
2. Write sentences with the words below. Use the Present Simple affirmative.
1. we buy bread at the supermarket
2. James walks to school at 7.45
3. Sue and Ann go to the cinema on Sundays
4. my dad washes his car every Saturday
5. the children watch TV in the evenings
3. Now change the sentences above into the negative and interrogative form. Write them in your notebook.
1. we don't buy bread at the supermarket
2. James doesn't walk to school at 7.45
3. Sue and Ann don't go to the cinema on Sundays
4. my dad doesn't wash his car every Saturday
5. the children don't watch TV in the evenings


1. Do we/you buy bread at the supermarket ?
2. Does James walk to school at 7.45 ?
3. Do Sue and Ann go to the cinema on Sundays ?
4. Does my dad wash his car every Saturday ?
5. Do the children watch TV in the evenings ?
4. Complete the sentences with the correct Present Simple form of the verb in brackets.
1. We rarely TALK on mobile phones at school.
2. Nelly DOESN'T STUDY French at school.
3. Preston often DOES his homework in the afternoon.
4.DO mother chimpanzees KISS their babies?
5. Lions DON'T usually HUNT at night.
6. DOES your snake EATmice?
5. Number the daily routines in the order you do them.
do my homework …..watch TV ….have a shower ….have breakfast .....get up
….....clean my room ….....go to school ….meet friends ….go to bed
6. Write true sentences about you. Use always, never, sometimes, usually, often or rarely.
I always brush my teeth.
7. Write questions for a quiz about gorillas. Use the words below.
1. Do gorillas live in the jungle ? 2. Does a gorilla sometimes weigh 500 kilos /?
3. Do gorillas usually eat meat /? 4. Does a young gorilla often play with other gorillas ?
8. Answer the questions in Exercise 7.
1) Yes, they do. 2) No, it doesn't. 3) No, they don't. 4) Yes, it does.
9. What time is it?
12 p.m it's twelve o'clock.
12.15 p.m it's quarter past twelve
12.30 p.m it's half past twelve

12.45 p.m it's quarter to one

Answer key (homework 2Bat A) Good luck!

Modal verbs
Exercise 1

1 1 can
2 can’t
3 ought to
4 shouldn’t
5 mustn’t
6 is able to
7 are allowed to
8 needn’t
9 might

Exercise 2

1 In the USA, people can drive at the age of sixteen.
2 You could / might get in trouble if you open that emergency door.
3 You don’t have to / don’t need to help me with my homework because it’s very easy.
4 You can’t go out tonight!
5 You must be twenty-one to get into this club.
6 In some countries, you’re allowed to get married at the age of sixteen if you have your parents’ permission.

Exercise 3

1 might have forgotten
2 may have left
3 would have helped
4 ought to have texted
5 shouldn’t have been
6 could have gone
7 might have had



Exercise 4

1 Karen could / may have given you the wrong address.
2 The boys ought to stay away from the city centre at night.
3 Ben may / might have called, but my phone isn’t working.
4 We should leave now because we’ll be late.
5 We didn’t have to arrive at the party early.
6 You mustn’t go out the night before an exam.
7 You must arrive on time for the exam.

VOCABULARY
Exercise 1

1 sentence; spend
2 commits; away
3 prison; got
4 punished; fine
5 going; treated

Exercise 2

1 community service
2 witness
3 arrested; law
4 fine
5 treat

Exercise 3

    1 get to the bottom of
2 face the music
3 stepped out of line
4 keep his nose clean
5 has been above board


Exercise 4

 1 set you up
2 let on
3 find out
4 own up to
5 stamp out
6 bring in
5 1 disturbance
2 imprisonment
3 interference
4 enquiry
5 offence
6 1 establishment
2 examination
3 contamination

4 trial

Answer key (homework 1bat A) Good luck!

Modal verbs
Exercise 1  
   1 couldn’t
2 may / might / could
3 shouldn’t
4 have to / must
5 mustn’t
6 can
7 can’t

Exercise 2 

    1 We don’t have to hand in our maths homework until next week.
2 We should have gone to the college open day last week.
3 You mustn’t take your mobile phone into the exam room.
4 I suppose I may have left my bag on the bus.

Exercise 3 

    1 I could / might have left my keys at home.
2 Anne may / might have gone home already.
3 Students mustn’t take food into the library.

Exercise 4  

1 You shouldn’t have played video games all night.
2 You don’t have to wear a suit.
3 My brother may / might ask Sally to marry him.
4 Students mustn’t arrive late for the exam.
5 It can’t have been Ben because he’s gone abroad.
6 You must have passed the exam because you worked hard.



Exercise 5

     1 She can’t have worked hard.
2 He can’t get / do much exercise.
3 She must have hurt her leg / herself.
4 He must have lost them.
5 He / she may / might have been ill.
6 She needs to get good results.
7 They must be tourists.


Vocabulary
Exercise 1

    1 failed
2 pass
3 get
4 worked
5 paid
6 taken
7 revising
8 concentrate
9 practising
10 take
11 test
12 remember
13 remind
14 organize


Exercise 2

1 missed school
2 earn money
3 got behind
4 get better
5 win the race

Exercise 3

    1 laptop
2 school; university
3 English, drive
4 a new car
5 worse

6 the game

Sunday 18 January 2015

Top 5 languages.

  • What do you think are the five biggest world languages by number of native speakers alone? (1)


  • What do you think are the five biggest world languages by number of non-native speakers alone? (2)



 (1)                                                     (2)
 Mandarin                                       Mandarin
Spanish                                            English
English                                             Spanish
Hindi                                                Hindi
Arabic                                              Arabic


  • How can you learn a language nowadays?
at a language school or doing an e-course
 

(How can you study on the bus?)
(How can you practise speaking if you do an e-course?)
     





Tuesday 13 January 2015

Modal Perfects

Where is my phone?

  •  PAST CERTAINTY(MUST HAVE + PARTICIPLE) : 

I must have lost it !!! 

  • PAST  POSSIBILITY (COULD HAVE + PARTICIPLE)  :
  •  
  •  I might have left it at home.
  • I could have left it on the bus. (Alternative action) 
  •  
  • REGRET OR CRITICISM ABOUT A PAST EVENT:
I shouldn't have been in such a hurry!


Tuesday 6 January 2015

How to make cupcakes.

HOPE YOU HAVE AN EXCELLENT 2015

WELCOME BACK! Are you happy to be back at school? You haven't seen your partner for about two weeks, so I presume you will have lots of things to tell each other. Here you have some suggestions; ask your partners:
  1. IF THEY WENT AWAY FOR THE HOLIDAY.
  2. WHAT THEY DID ON CHRISTMAS EVE.
  3. IF THEY HAD PAELLA ON CHRISTMAS DAY. (IF NOT, WHAT?)
  4. WHAT THEY DID ON NEW YEAR'S EVE.
  5. IF THEY MADE ANY NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS.
  6. WHAT TIME THEY WENT TO BED ON NEW YEAR'S EVE/DAY.
  7. WHAT THEIR FAVOURITE CHRISTMAS CD WAS.
  8. IF THEY MADE ANY NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS.
  9. WHAT THE EXCHANGE RATE IS BETWEEN THE POUND AND THE EURO.
  10. WHAT THEY GOT FROM THE THREE KINGS.
  11. IF THEY HAVE PUT ON ANY WEIGHT.
  12. IF THEY LIKE CHRISTMAS. ( WHY/WHY NOT?)
  13. WHAT THEY ARE WEARING TODAY.
  14. WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE DONE IF THEY HAD WON "EL GORDO".
  15. IF THEY ARE HAPPY TO BE BACK AT SCHOOL
  16. WHAT THEIR FAVOURITE HOLIDAY FILM WAS ON TV, OR AT THE CINEMA.    HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY,TOO!