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

Try these activities 

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

KING ARTHUR (Literature for 2nd ESO)

You have much information about another hero from the Anglo-Saxon Period. This time his name was Arthur. You could read all the chapters about his life and make a summary (no more than 120 words) and don't forget to mention the most important events in his life.  

REPHRASING (FCE)

The answers for this question will be shown next week:

1. He didn't buy a present for her, although he remembered her birhtday.   DESPITE
..........................................., he didn't buy a present for her.

 2. It's not a problem for her to change the dates.       MIND
She ........................................... the dates.

3. This is the first time she has ever won a competition.   BEFORE
She's...................................................... now.

4. It was not necessary for them to study so hard.   DID
They ................................................... study so hard.

5. We couldn't leave the school before three o'clock. WERE
We .............................. the school before three o'clock.

6. That's the most dangerous road I've ever seen!   SUCH
I've ................................................... dangerous road!

7.A friend of hers has taken these photographs.      BEEN
These .................................................. a friend of hers.

8. That terrible situation couldn't be tolerated by him any longer.   PUT
He could ................................................ that terrible situation any longer.

REPHRASING (PET)

Try to do this activity. Give your answers to your teacher to be corrected.. 

ANSWER KEY (15-16th January)

You can correct your FCE activities here 

MULTIPLE CHOICE GAP FILLING (FCE)

Is the history of the world in    need of correction?

Some historians, mostly women, argue that insufficient

1. ---------has been paid to a very important group: women.

These historians 2. ------------ history textbooks to be revised

so that they show accurately the role 3. -----------by women.

4. -----------  the history books, cavemen  5. ------------- most of the food for their

families through hunting animals. But the 6. -------------shows that 80% of the diet of

prehistoric humans was vegetarian and it was collected by females. 7.--------------,

women's efforts in fighting in wars or leading revolutions have been ignored. Textbooks

concentrate on men such as Hannibal or Che Guevara and neglect 8. ----------

women such as Théroigne de Méricourt, an opera singer who led the storming of the

Bastille in 1789, or Mariya Bochkareva, a Bolshevik who organised a well-trained and

9. ------------- successful troop of 2,000 fighting women during the Russian revolution in

1917.  Women rulers are also forgotten. Between 962 and 1582 there were at least 16

women rulers in countries  10.------------- from Italy to Angola. 1.  a- attention        b- care                  c- notice                d- study 2.  a- ask                 b- demand            c- hope                 d- want 3.  a- done              b- got                    c- had                   d- played 4.  a- According to  b- Agreeing with   c- Depending on   d- Owing to 5.  a- arranged        b- brought             c- gave                 d- provided 6.  a- evidence        b- fact                   c- proof                 d- sign 7.  a- In addition      b- In the end        c- In time              d- In other words 8.  a- Main               b- Outstanding     c- particular          d- primary 9.  a- abvsolutely     b- deeply             c- highly               d- strongly 10.a- differing          b- ranging            c- separating        d- varying

PHRASAL VERBS (FCE)

COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING GAPS USING THE CORRECT OPTION:
1. They have increased the price of tinned tomatoes.
    a. put up    b. put down  c. put through   d.put out

2. Can you provide accomodation for my nephew when he comes to Madrid?
    a. put up    b. put down  c. put through   d.put out

3. I'm just trying to connect you, but the line seems to be busy.
    a. put up    b. put down  c. put through   d.put out

4. Please extinguish your cigarettes.
   a. put off    b. put up with  c. put by   d.put out

5. I think they'll have to postpone the match.
   a. put off    b. put up with  c. put by   d.put out

6. The horses were so badly injured that they had to be killed after the race.
   a. put off    b. put down  c. put by   d.put out

7 I don't know why you tolerate her rudeness.
   a. put off    b. put up with  c. put by   d.put out

8. They manage to save some money every week.
   a. put off    b. put up with  c. put by   d.put out

GAP FILLING (FCE)

Isabella Beeton, who    born in London in 1836,
is the most famous British woman cookery writer.
She was well educated and finished 1. --------------- education
in Heidelberg, 2. -------------- she learnt French and German.
In 1856 she married Sam Beeton, an enterprising young

publisher, and the following year  started contributing a column on various

household matters to his 'The Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine'.

3. ------------ was the first of the cheap women's magazines. It pioneered the problem

page and medical columns, and introduced dress-making patterns  4. ------------- France

to British readers.   5. ----------------  she was only 23 she edited 'Beeton's Book of Household Management'. This was an immense work, containing more 6. ---------------3,000 recipes as well as advice on instructing servants, nursing, legal matters, good manners and bringing  7. ---------------  babies. Many of the recipes  8. --------------- contributed by the readers of 'The English Woman's Domestic Magazine' and others were simply taken 9. -------------previous cookery writers. The chapters on specialist topics were written anonymously by a doctor, a lawyer and  10. --------------  experts.   11. ----------- even though Mrs Beeton 12. -------------- was not a creative cook, the editing work that she did on the book is a great achievement for 13. --------------- so young. She died 14. ---------------- the age of 28 after the birth of her fourth son.

REPHRASING (FCE)

1. My sister and I are very alike physically. LOOK
I ................................... my sister.

2. I haven't smoked for three years.  GAVE
I ................................... three years ago.

3. Do you think I should buy a bilingual dictionary?   SUGGEST
Would you ................... a bilingual dictionary?

4. You can't smoke here.                ALLOWED
You .............................. here.

5. You ought  to buy a computer. MY
...................................  to buy a computer.

6.I will not lend you my jacket.         REFUSE
I ............... ................. my jacket.

7. Psychology interests me.   AM
I ................................. psychology.

8.He hates travelling by bus. STAND   
He ............................. by bus.

WORD FORMATION (FCE)

Copy the answers in your notebook and show it to your teacher:

Although my two sisters and I have  1. ........ (DIFFER)  mothers, we are  definitely 2. .......... (LIKE). This is not just a matter of 3. ........... (APPEAR), though we are all small with curly hair and with a 4. ......... (TEND) to put on  5. ......... (WEIGH). The resemblance goes much further than that. Throughout our 6. ........ (CHILD) we were brought up to be very 7. ........ (ADAPT) and our 8. ........ (ABLE) to accept change is another 9............ (CHARACTER) we share. Another would be 10.............. (SHY). We all hate parties. Being 11. ............... (CONSCIOUS) like this means we are all 12. ............ (INTEREST)  in wearing   13. ............ (FASHION)  clohtes. We often share our clothes.14.............(FORTUNATE) this causes arguments. We really should come to some 15. .............(AGREE) about who can borrow what from whom- and when.