Groups 18A and 20A. Click here to see the results chart.
Oral exams dates:
18A
20A
You can see your exams in room 211 on 9th September.
Basque separatist group Eta issues a warning call before two bombs explode in Palma de Majorca in Spain.
Join Kate and Rebecca as they discuss the changing fashions of tanning and hear from a lady who is a true sun worshipper.
Listen to the programme and answer the following question:
Which designer first made it fashionable to have tanned skin?
a) Yves Saint Laurent
b) Coco Channel
c) Gianni Versace
You can also read the transcript.
Click here to watch.
Music legend Michael Jackson has died at the age of 50, after suffering a cardiac arrest at his home in Beverly Hills. Jackson, who had a history of health problems, had been due to stage a series of comeback concerts in the UK in July.
Reporter:
David Willis
If someone tells you something and you want to tell another person, can use 'direct speech' or 'reported speech'. Find out the differences in this programme.
Now it's your turn to practise reported speech . Go to our quiz page on this subject here.
We use reported questions when we want to relate a question that someone has asked. Listen to this programme and take the quizzes.
After you've listened to the programme, why not get some more practice in the listen and repeat activity.
We will also find out what you can say when someone says sorry to you for something they've done wrong. As you'll hear, there are lots of short and friendly expressions that you can use to accept an apology in English. So there's no need to be lost for words …
After you've listened to the programme, get some more practice by doing the activity at the bottom of the page.
Listen to the programme first and then take the challenge and do the quizzes on this grammar point.
Click here if you need to read the grammar explanation.
1. b)1 c)8 d)6 e)5 f)3 g)2 h)4 i)9
2. doubt walk whale castle sign hymn receipt guilt
3. would psychology honest talking Christmas butcher salmon resigned debt listening folk guitar calms building watch hour autumn
4. 2) kn 3) bt 4) lk 5) lm 6) wh 7) ch 8) ho 9) st 10) tch 11) gn 12) ui 13) mn 14) pt 15) ps
5. 2) whistle 3) honour 4) psychiatrist 5) catch 6) knock 7) stomach 8) design
Watch this video about internet piracy and do the multiple choice quiz.
If you need it you can also read the transcript.
3rd Term:
Reading comprehension 1: 11th May
Listening comprehension 1: 12th May
Writing 2: 25th May
Reading comprehension 2: 26th May
Listening comprehension 2: 27th May
Oral exams: 28th May, 2nd and 3rd June
FINAL EXAM:
Writing: 4th June
Reading comprehension: 5th June
Listening comprehension: 8th June
Oral exams: 9th and 10th June
You´ll be able to see your exams in class on 11th June
In this video, Dr. Joe Bresee with the CDC Influenza Division describes swine flu - its signs and symptoms, how it's transmitted, medicines to treat it, steps people can take to protect themselves from it, and what people should do if they become ill.
Watch the video and complete the notes in the worksheet.
Check your answers.
Thank you Néstor!
Listen to Ian Pearson talking about the internet and the use we can make of it.
1. What is a futurologist´s job?
2. What is cyberbliss?
3. What´s positive of using the internet according to Ian Pearson? And negative?
4. How does he define 'utopia' and 'hell'?
5. Which 'battle' does he mention?
Check your answers and listen again while you read the transcript.
It is also the second most important National Feast in Catalonia, where the day is known in Catalan as La Diada de Sant Jordi and it is traditional to give a rose and a book to a loved one. This tradition inspired UNESCO to declare this the International Day of the Book, since April 23, 1616 was also the date of death of both the English playwright William Shakespeare and the Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes.
But do the English feel this is the most appropriate patron saint for their country?
Listen to this podcast and do the quiz.
Page 56, exercise 2 c.
1. T
2. F (There are more skyscrapers in Shangai than on the entire west coast of the USA.
3. F (Liu Zhang thinks the city has changed a lot)
4. T
5. F (Fewer people in Beijing are cycling to work these days)
6. T
1. 1B 2A
2. 1b 2a 3b 4a 5a 6b 7b 8a 9 10a 11a 12b
3. 1. remember 2. avoid;arguing 3. expects; miss
4. 2. lost 3. remind 4. discussing 5. prevent 6. lend 7. miss 8. avoid
What are homophones?
You need to learn these words as there are no spelling rules to help you remember them.
Here is a list of common homophones.
Try now the exercises in the worksheets:
worksheet 1, answers
worksheet 2, answers
Now it´s time to have some fun! Play the Pairs Word Game and learn when to use and spell these words correctly.
You must be ready to take the homophones quiz. There are three different levels of difficulty...
Welcome to our global garden: a place of beauty and wonder which explores humankind's dependence on natural resources.
If you´ve missed the class today you can download the worsheet and do the activity.
Have you ever experienced discrimination? Do you believe there are certain jobs a woman can't do?
Watch out for this brightly coloured video pod which will be travelling the country this week to film people who want to give their views about working women.
In this edition of People and Places, we go with Charles for a walk around the lively London streets of Soho and Covent Garden. Why? Well, the National Gallery was putting 44 life-size, framed paintings on the walls of alleyways, shops and restaurants.
Find out why!
Click here to listen to the programme.
There's jubilation in India over its famed music composer, AR Rehman, becoming the first Indian to win a Golden Globe for scoring the music of the film Slumdog Millionaire. Zubair Ahmed reports from Mumbai.
Click here to listen to the news.
This film has been nominated in the Oscars Best Motion Picture category. Watch the trailer.
Last week the announcement was made in Los Angeles of which films were in the running to win an award. In this programme we hear about the announcement ceremony in 2007 and get some reaction to the nominations.
r. The website contains fun interactive quizzes, grammar tables and an area for you to practise your written English.Click here to practise the Simple Passives.
Click here to practise the Continuous Passives.
Click here to practise the Presen Perfect Passives.
The version by Marvin Gaye of 'I heard it through the grapevine' became a number-one hit in the U.S. and the UK in 1968. The following is a more recent version of the song. Enjoy it!
Paul Weller & Amy Winehouse
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy
This is the spoof documentary broadcast on April Fools Day in 1957 about spaghetti crops in Switzerland.
Click here and read about the story and some of the witnesses memories!
Why not listen to a short story online? This is a tale with a strong message.
Listen and do the comprehension activity which you´ll find at the botton of the second page.
Then you can listen again and read the transcript.
Listen to Fred and Sabriya talking about their New Year resolutions (a decision to do something better or to stop doing something bad in the new year) and answer the questions.
http://www.elllo.org/Swiff0801Q/847Q-Sab-Keep.swf
Have your already made your own resolutions?
http://www.listen-to-english.com/?id=447
