KEYS: File 2A- listening and writing

KEYS p. 20, exercise 5 READING AND LISTENING

Exercise e   Yes, she did.

Exercise f

1. Because her iPod broke.
2. She counts or names countries in her head, and sometimes she just looks up at the sky.
3. Because she is superstitious.
4. mosquitoes.
5 dolphins, enormous butterflies, iguanas, and vultures
6 Because her adventure is coming to an end.
7 3,200
8 six weeks.
9 her dog.
10 Take her dog for a long walk.

WRITING an informal email. p. 114

b.
1 She apologizes for not writing before.
2 She thanks them for her stay...
3 She talks about the nice things that happened...
4 She talks about what she's been doing recently.
5 She promises to send some potos.
6 She thanks them again and invites them to stay.

c.

Grammar: I've been, Being to buy, I'll send
Vocabulary: trip
Punctuation: English, don't
Spelling: messages

B1 ( File 5C) : Keys to reading, p. 78

From librarian to political reporter...In a month!
exercise 4 b
2 The contestant
3 The challenge
4 The teachers
5 The training

c. 2 reporter 3 judge  4 journalist  5 MP  6 politician

B1 ( Speaking + Vocabulary) : Complaining about something you've bought and everyday problems

What's the problem? My computer...

the BBC Learningenglish- Complaining in a shop

You can complain when something you've bought or a service you've used isn't as good as you expected it to be. You can do this in writing or by speaking directly to the person or company. 

In English, we tend to soften our language (often by apologising for disturbing the person we're talking or writing to) before we start complaining. Then we make our complaint and finally we ask for some kind of compensation for our inconvenience or help with our problem. 

ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Listen to the episode.

2. Do the activity below.( matching the verb and object) 

3. Read the language point.

4. Do the quizz.

Links: Complaining ( speaking) – episode ( spoken complaints, ways of saying something's not working, asking for action) + language point+ quizz

Ways of saying something's not working or not in good condition: 

OBJECTS: Here's a list of objects that can can break or malfunction.

anything with batteries or that uses power 

a computer 

a lift, a car, a machine,        

a machine where something (e.g. paper) moves through it

a communal or public machine (e.g. a photo-copier, a lift)

glass, china, pottery 

Match the verb list below+ the thing that's not working. ( Check your answers in the language point)

VERBS

1. to break - 2. to break down - 3. to be out of order -  4. to stop working -  5. to crash -  6. to jam -

B1 ( Keys unit 4C) : usually /used to

p. 60- 1 Vocabulary and speaking

1. known  2  met   3 colleague   4 get on very well   5 have a lot in common   6 lost touch
7 keep in touch    8 argue

2. Grammar- p. 60
b. It's for finding out what old friends are doing, and getting back in touch with them.
You find the wep page for your old school or workplace and add your name to the list. You can also put a photo and some information. If you want to send a message to someone on the list, you do this via Friends reunited, not personal emails.

c. Carol wanted to meet Robert, an old boyfriend. She lost touch with him when they broke up.
Alex wanted to meet his old shool friends. He thought they  might help him recover his memory, which he lost after a motorbike accident.

d. 1 We used to go out   2 he used to go to   3 I used to live  4 used to com   5 I used to know

e. We use used to to talk about habitual actions or states in the past. We make negative sentences and questions with did/dind't, e.g. Did you use to go to boarding school? I didn't use to have short hair.


Grammar bank activities. p. 137

a.
1 I used to get up
2. Did she always use to...?
3. Do you usually have breakfast...?
4. They didn't use to have
5 he usually drinks tea
6 He used to be a teacher
7 Do you usually wear...?
8 we went to
9 Did she use to live...?
10. we didn't use to live...?

b
1 used to live
2 Did you use to have
3 didn't use to like
4 used to be
5 did you use to work
6 used to play
7 used to have
8 Did you use to argue
9 didn't use to be

3. LISTENING- Carol story- p. 61
a. Carol's reunion was not a success. They didn't have anything in common any more.

b.
Carol's story
1. He always said that he would hate to be a teacher
2 She thought ' he always used to be late'
3 People say she looks five years younger than she is. He looked like an old man. He was bald ( and was wearing a hideous jacket)
4 That they didn't have anything in common any more.
5 He wasn't a rebel any more, he was boring and conventional.

c. Alex's reunion was successful. He is now in touch regularly with the people he met and is going out with one of them

d Alex's story
6. No, he didn't recognize anyone.
7 He felt nervous
8 All the things he used to do when he was at school ( e.g. play in the football team, etc.).
9 Anna is a girl who used to be at his school. They are now going out together.

reading 5. p. 62

b. edit your friends= decide which of your friends are important, and stop seeing, spending time with the rest

1c  2b 3a  4c


HOW WORDS WORK... p. 63
Expressions and phrasal verbs with get

1 F  2B  3D  4G  5A  6E  7C

2.
1 get on with    2 get to know   3 get   4 get in touch  5 get rid of

B1 ( File 4B Keys): grammar + grammar bank

Here are the keys for file 4B:

pages- 56-57- Exercise 1b- Grammar- second conditional
Joaquín Cortés (JC)
Isabella Rossellini ( IR)
1. B (JC) and J ( IR)
2. A ( IR) and H (JC)
3. D (IR) and F ( JC)
4. C ( JC) and G (IR)
5. E ( JC) and I (IR)

page 57- exercise 1 c
1. The past tense
2. The conditinal form ( would + infinitive)
3. There is no if-clause
4. Imaginary situations

Grammar Bank keys 4B- page 136.
a. 
1 It would be better for me if we met tomorrow.
2 She wouldn't treat him like that if she really loved him.
3 If I could live anywhere in the world, I'd/would live in New Zealand.
4 The kitchen would look bigger if we painted it white.
5 I wouldn't buy that house if I were you
6 He'd /would be more attractive if he wore nicer clothes
7 If we didn't have children, we'd /would travel more.
8 What would you do in this situation if you were me?

b
1 get
2 'd/would feel
3 lost
4 'll cook
5 didn't live
6 doesn't get lost
7 gets
8 'd /would enjoy

B1-KEYS: Reading page 53

Student's book page 53. Reading

a. One of the pupils is an adult.

b. He's a journalist. He wanted to see if it was true that school is getting easier. He went to a large, state, secondary school.

c. He finds school very different  today because teaching methods have changed. He found it difficult to say if lessons are more difficult or easier than when he went to school, but he found being a pupil in today's school very hard work.

d. 2 D  3H  4C  5G  6B  7 E  8A

B1- ( The Flatmates) : Reading Keys---Linking words

Here are the keys to the reading material about the Flatmates I handed out last week.
If you want to be familiar with the Flatmates materials and video lessons, do this activity first:
1. Meet the flatmates online (Download the reading worksheet here).
2. Keys to the reading


LINKING WORDS 2 Lesson- Archive episode 107.
As you know linking words connect sentences and are used for different purposes.
As we've seen in class, linking words can be used to: add, contrast, sequence ideas, etc...
For more information, visit this link Linking words 2.
Here's a link to the video ( Khalid lends a hand) and quizz ( pdf quizz) practice.

B1-3ºA- KEYS UNIT 6C- READING + VOCABULARY

PAGE 94 READING ( HEROES AND ICONS)
a.
Aung San  Suu-Kyi= 5
Bono=1
Thierry Henry= 2
Bernard Kouchner=3
Queen Rania of Jordan= 4

b.
A Thierry Henry
B Queen Rania of Jordan
C Bono
D Aung San Suu-Kyi
E Bernard Kouchner

c
1 Bono. He couldn't take the child with him
2 Queen Rania of Jordan, by getting children vaccinated
3 Aung San Suu-Kyi. She chose her job.
4 Bernard Kouchner. He participated actively himself in aid work.
5 Bono and Thierry Henry. Bono is trying to free Africa of hunger and poverty, and henry is trying to eradicate racism from sport.

d.
2 modernity
3 hunger
4 poverty
5 choice
6 operation
7 sale

PAGE 95- EXERCISE 4 VOCABULARY AND PRONUNCIATION ( What do people do, word stress)

-er = leader, composer, designer, footballer, painter, photographer, presenter
-or= actor, conductor, director, inventor, sculptor
-ian= politician, musician
-ist= physicits, cyclist, guitarist, scientist, violinist

B1-KEYS unit 2B

page 132 GRAMMAR BANK KEYS 

2A
a 
1. How long have they been going out together?
2. I've been studying English for two years.
3. He hasn't been feeling very well recently
4. You've been reading that book for months!
5. Have you been waiting ( for ) a long time?
6. We haven't been spending much time together.
7. How long has she been living there?
8. I've been renting this flat for three years.
9. The lift hasn't been working since 10 o'clock.
10. Has she been working here ( for) a long time?

 Before doing exercise 2A b read the PowerPoint about the present perfect and present perfect continous.
b
1. Have....been crying, 've been watching
2. 's been barking
3. haven't been sleeping
4. 've been shopping
5. have...been doing, 've been playing

READING - exercise 5- page 26

5c Victoria
1 She's working at Monkey World ( which looks after aptes which have been ill-treated)
2 She was working as a manager in Next, a chain store.
3 She went on a working holiday to Borneo. She worked with apes and enjoyed it. When whe came back she found it difficult to return to her old life. She decided to go back to university to study biology.

Sally
1 She's living on the Greek island of Lipsi
2 She was living in London, working for American Express. She had a good salary and social life but she didn't enjoy getting up early on the bad weather.
3 She went on holiday to Lipsi, a Greek island, with a friend and loved it- the people, the weather, the food, the mountains. She decided to apply for a job with the travel company who organized her holiday. She got a job as a tourist guide on the island.
4 She's very happy there. She can't imagine living in London again.

5e
1 trivial   2 mad   3 keeper   4 apes  5 ill-treated   6 the tube  7 delicious  8 applied for  9  blazing  tiny


WRITING - TELLING A STORY - NIGHTMARE JOURNEYS -page 33


a. Below are in bold the right spelling and form for the verbs underlined in red from the article NIghtmare journeys.
 left
 didn't know
 find
were
we couldn't check in
 fell

b. 

1. when     2. but      3. so      4. After    5. but    6. because   7. so     8. Although     9. in the end

c. C= refers to a car journey     P= refers to a plane journey

the flight was delayed (P)
you broke down ( C)
you got lost ( C)
you missed your flight ( P)
there was a traffic jam ( C)
you got a puncture ( C)
you forgot your passport (P)
your flight was overbooked (P)

HOMEWORK
TASK- Write about a nightmare journey you've had ( or invent one)
Words 180-200  
Deadline: Monday 3 December

B1 ( KEYS- file 2A : Grammar bank and reading

New English File intermediate
Keys to file 2A-

• Grammar bank page 133

         2A page 133

         a.

a.        

1.       he hasn’t arrived yet

2.       We haven’t seen each other

3.       Have you ever written

4.       She’s never been to

5.       I lent him €50

6.       I’ve known them for ten years

7.       What year did you leave

8.       We have already been

9.       she hasn’t replied yet

10.   They’ve lived in that house

b. 

b.      .

1.       have you been, started, lived, moved, ‘ve lived

2.       Has your brother found, ‘s just started

3.       Have you ever been, went, was, cost

• Reading exercise 4 " My life without money". Page 22. 

b- She wants to prove that money is not important; what is important is what kind of person you are.

She does things for other people and in exchange they give her what she needs to live.

c-

1 She was a psychotherapist.

2 A few clothes and a few personal belongings.

3 She set up a ‘swapping circle’.

4 First she house-sat, now she lives in a student residence.

5 Yes, but she doesn’t get paid.

6 She asks friends or she does something for someone.

7 That all jobs are equally important and that we shouldn’t judge people according to how much they earn.

8 She gave it away

d-

2 give up             3 turn up             4 give away        5 set up               6 look after

B1 - Vocabulary Keys File 1C and writing task: Personality and describing people vocabulary bank

Check your keys at the bottom of this post (FILE 1C student's book New English File intermediate) and then do the following exercise. Remember to post your comment on the blog.

• Visit this page for more practice (adjectives to describe personal traits) 
• Writing task 1: 
•  Writing task 1 ( negative and positive personality traits).Look at the flower word cloud and choose the word which represents the personality trait you dislike the most. Why? ( 80 words maximum)

• Writing task 2. What should your ideal partner be like? Support your opinion (100 words maximum)
• Remember to use these expressions to balance your opinion using linkers.

• Giving Opinions
• I I think....../
  I don't think ; 
  I believe/don't believe (that) smoking should be outlawed.( neutral)
• In my opinion, Gone with the Breeze is the best movie ever made.( neutral-formal)
• I feel/don't feel that it's the right thing to do.( informal)

• Contrasting two points
• 1 On the other hand, ......On the other hand.....   2  However, ..... 3  On the contrary (an emphatic reaffirmation of one's own opinion. For example: It's not hot. On the contrary, it's cold.)

 Look forward to your comments!
Elena

KEYS Vocabulary Bank ( pages 148-149)

Vocabulary Bank
Personality- page 148

1. What are they like?
2  Competitive     3 Selfish   4 Agressive   5 Charming  6  Sensible   7 Sociable    8 Manipulative
9 Moody  10 Independent  11 Bossy  12 Affectionate   13 Reliable   14 Sensitive   15 Ambitious
16 Jealous

- adjectives=bossy, selfish, jealous, agressive, moody, manipulative
+ adjectives=charming, sociable, affectionate, reliable, sensible
+ and + ( depends on you)= competitive, sensitive, independent, ambitious.


2. Opposite adjectives ( formed by different words)
 clever- stupid; generous-mean; insecure- self- confident; lazy- hard working; quiet-talkative; shy- extrovert
3. Negative prefixes ( same root but different meaning resulting from adding a negative prefix)
unfriendly, unimaginative, unkind, unreliable, unselfish, unsociable, untidy, dishonest, disorganized, impatient, irresponsible, insensitive


Vocabulary Bank 
Describing people- page ( 149)
1. Age
   1 about   2 forties    3 mid-    4 late    5 early

2. Height and build

   1A     2C     3C

3. Hair

    1 E    2 A   3 G   4 B   5 C   6 F   7 D

4.General adjectives : + =positive adjectives/ - = negative adjectives; used for men (M), women (W), both (B).

  attractive= +, B                  plain= -, B
  beautiful= +, W                  pretty= +, W
  good-looking= +, B            ugly= -, B
  handsome= + M

B1 ( Keys): Revise and Check section File 1

GRAMMAR

1 did you get
2 bought
3 Do you like
4 hit
5 was driving
6 had changed
7 'm meeting/I'm going to meet
8 finish
9 'll pick you up
10 'll love /'re going to love

VOCABULARY
a 
1 seafood ( not an adjective)
2 fried ( not a kind of meat)
3 roast ( a way of cooking- the others are cutlery)
4 pitch ( not a person but a place)
5 beat ( verb, not a  place)
6 affectionate ( the others are adjectives with a negative meaning)
7 moody ( the others are adjectives with a positive meaning)
8 family ( it's a 'group'- the others are individual members)

b 
1 spicy
2 starter
3 draw
4 injured
5 stepfather
6 selfish
7 mean

c 1 for, out    2 for     3 up    4 on

PRONUNCIATION

a 
1 course / o:/
2 food    / u:/
3 roast   /əʊ/
4 draw  / o:/
5 frozen /əʊ/


b menu, referee, impatient, sociable, irresponsible

CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THIS TEXT?

a
1 F  2 DS  3 T  4 T  5 F  6 F  7 DS  8 T  9 DS  10 T

b
nutritionist= an expert on diet
rejects= doesn't want
solid= the opposite of liquid
craves= wants very much
choking = not being able to breathe because you have something in your throat
in advance= before you do something

B1 Keys: Writing ' Describing a person'

Writing Describing a person- Student's book- page 17

a.
1. Because a friend of Claudia's, Christelle, wants to stay in her house in Scotland. Stephanie wants to know a bit more about Christelle, and if Claudia thinks she would get on with Stephanie's family.

2. Yes, Claudia recommends Christelle.

b. studying   friends    responsible   listening   usually

c.
1. extrovert, sociable, hard-working, responsible, independent
2. going out, seeing films, listening to music
3. She's a bit untidy, her English isn't very good

d.
Anna is     incredibly   untidy
                very/really
                quite
                a bit

B1- Keys to reading exercise File 1C

Student's book, page 14, reading exercise 3 ( We are family....To sisters tell the truth about themselves - and each other).

3b and c
1 C 'she had bright red spiky hair'
2 W 'I always thought Carnie was really cool'
3 C  'I used to follow them, but she hated that'
4 W 'I desperately wanted to be with her'
5 W 'I sometimes think poor Wendy has spent all her life competing with me'
6 C  'I wasn't interested in studying'
7 W 'Wendy used to tell my parents'
8 C  'I used to pinch her and bite her'
9 C  'I was very jealous of Wendy'
10 W ' She always defended me'

3d 
1b  2a  3a  4a  5b  6a  7a  8b

B1-Keys (File 1B) Reading exercise

Click here to download the keys to excersise 7: Reading



When you hear the final whistle.

Michael Jordan

B1- Grammar KEYS- quantifiers and containers exercises

These are the keys to the grammar point we worked with on Friday with 3ºA. Maite will clarify any further questions you may have and remember that we' ll keep on practising this grammar in two weeks' time.

Note for my group 3ºC- this is a preview of what we're going to do tomorrow in class. I recommend that you download the keys tomorrow after class.

Download the keys here.