REPORTED SPEECH

If you want to practice Reporteds Speech you can watch this video http://youtu.be/EknohHCwzDk

READ, FILL IN THE GAPS AND LISTEN TO CORRECT.

We should know more about American History and American people. You can read this text, answer the questions and fill in the gaps and correct by listening to the girl.
http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=7728 

BECAS BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

Se ha publicado una convocatoria para estancias en EEUU durante el verano para alumnos mayores de 16 años. Si estás interesado en solicitar una beca mira el siguiente enlace:
 http://spanish.madrid.usembassy.gov/es/educacion/franklin2014.html

PET

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WORD FORMATION (FCE)

THE ANWERS FOR THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE SHOWN NEXT WEEK:

0. visitors (VISIT) to the UK are often quite surprised at just how

many 1.________   (SECURE) cameras there are. Some of these cameras

are 2._________ (PRIVATE) owned and used to watch over shops, offices

and 3._________ (INDUSTRY)  buildings when they are not in use. But the

4.________ (MAJOR) of CCTV cameras, as they are called are placed in

city centres and public buildings to 5.______  (SURE) the safety of the

general public. Local governments and the police share the

6._____________ (RESPONSIBLE)  for the camera's operation and maintenance

and for paying somebody to sit and watch at the other end.What is even more

surprising is how 7.___________ ( EFFECT) these cameras are at preventing

8.________ (CRIME) activity. According to one leading 9.__________ (POLITICS),

only three percent of crimes are solved using evidence from CCTV recordings.

Many people now think that the government could spend the same money more 10.________ (USE) on having a few extra police officers on the street.

GAP FILLING (FCE

The answers for this question will be shown next week: 

Exam Tips

When the day comes give yourself plenty of time to do everything: have breakfast but don't drink (1) ... much; go to the toilet; arrive on time, but not too early or you will find yourself getting more and more nervous while you wait to start. Try not to talk (2) ... the exam before you go in.

In the exam, calm (3) ... down by breathing deeply and thinking positively. Read (4) ... exam questions carefully and underline all of the key instruction words (5) ... indicate how the questions should (6) ... answered. If possible start with the ones (7) ... can do easily to give you confidence. Remember what you've learnt from practising questions and doing mock exams previously and plan your use of time. Don't panic (8) ... everyone around you seems to start writing furiously straight away and don't be tempted to follow their example.

Finally, after the exam, don't join in a discussion about (9) ... everyone else did, (10) ... you want to frighten yourself, and drain your self-confidence for the next exam. Above (11) ..., remember that exams are not designed to catch you out, (12) ... to find out what you know, what you understand and what you can do.

MULTIPLE CHOICE GAP FILLING (FCE)

The answers for this question will be shown next week: 

Environmental Concerns

Earth is the only place we know of in the universe that can support human life. (1) ... human activities are making the planet less fit to live on. As the western world (2) ... on consuming two-thirds of the world's resources while half of the world's population do so (3) ... to stay alive we are rapidly destroying the (4) ... resource we have by which all people can survive and prosper. Everywhere fertile soil is (5) ... built on or washed into the sea. Renewable resources are exploited so much that they will never be able to recover (6) ... We discharge pollutants into the atmosphere without any thought of the consequences. As a (7) ... the planet's ability to support people is being (8) ... at the very time when rising human numbers and consumption are (9) ... increasingly heavy demands on it. The Earth's (10) ... resources are there for us to use. We need food, water, air, energy, medicines, warmth, shelter and minerals to (11) ... us fed, comfortable, healthy and active. If we are sensible in how we use the resources they will (12) ... indefinitely. But if we use them wastefully and excessively they will soon run out and everyone will suffer.

Gap 1
			Although
			Still
			Yet
			Despite
	Gap 2
			continues
			repeats
			carries
			follows
	Gap 3
			already
			just
			for
			entirely
	Gap 4
			alone
			individual
			lone
			only
	Gap 5
			sooner
			neither
			either
			rather
	Gap 6
			quite
			greatly
			utterly
			completely
	Gap 7
			development
			result
			reaction
			product
	Gap 8
			stopped
			narrowed
			reduced
			cut
	Gap 9
			doing
			having
			taking
			making
	Gap 10
			natural
			real
			living
			genuine
	Gap 11
			hold
			maintain
			stay
			keep
	Gap 12
			last
			stand
			go
			remain