My name is Gareth Mills. Welcome to the blog. I will post important course information for the group here .
Room 338
Course – 7 classes March 30 to April 22
Mondays + Wednesdays 9.00-11.15
Book: Empower B1+ Combo B
Ferdosi Media Bookshop, , Address: Odengatan 21, Stockholm
If you haven’t been able to get the book this week you can order it online :
ISBN 978-1-108-96152-3
Homework:
Lesson 5 page 81+82 + page 84 Vocabulary
grammar page 156/157 7a
Write about your home. Do you live in a house or apartment? Do you own it or rent it? How long have you been living there? Is it very different from where you grew up? What do/did you like about it?
Answers – Unit 6 review page 78
Grammar a) 1 can 2 should 3 must / ought to 4 should / have to
5 shouldn’t 6 don’t have to 7 should 8 don’t have to
b) 1 slightly cheaper than 2 a bit hotter than 3 much faster than 4 by far the spiciest 5 nearly as expensive as
Vocabulary a) 1 pedestrian crossing 2 air conditioning 3 rush hour 4 public transport
5 traffic jam 6 traffic lights 7 cycle lane 8 vending machine
b) 1 light 2 sweet/rich 3 raw 4 sour
Wordpower a) 1 c 2 a 3 b 4 e 5 f 6 d
c) 1 go orange 2 went really well 3 goes wrong 4 gone 5 goes around
6 goes with my eyes 7 go bad
Lesson 4 Workbook Unit 6 to practise grammar
page 139 Vocabulary + page 81 Reading
Write about your most satisfying dining experience. Where were you? Who with? What did you have?
What made it so satisfying?
How was your Easter Holiday?
Where did you go? What did you do? Did you eat anything special?
Lesson 3 Page 72/73 Page 154/155 6b
Page 76/77 reading + writing skills page 78 Unit 6 review
Write about any interesting social customs, laws and regulations I should know about if I visit your country. What is different from Sweden?
Lesson 2 : grammar page 70+154/155(a) vocabulary – 137+138
Write about your Easter holiday –
Lesson 1: page 68+69 Travel vocabulary Handout
Write about your last holiday? Where did you go? Who did you go with?
What did you see and do there? What was the weather like? Did you enjoy yourself?
Extra online resources to help you study English
Here are some sites for you to look at for extra practice:
Listening :
BBC podcast: Six-minute English (together with transcripts)
www.ted.com/watch/ted-ed
https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/qpp5u-436c6/Learn+English+Through+Listening
https://www.theguardian.com/podcasts
http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts
Reading :
a good site for reading every day The Local: Sweden’s news in English
Free Online Media
Guardian website : https://www.theguardian.com/international
BBC website: https://www.bbc.com/
Grammar quizzes: Using English – grammar quizzes
Vocabulary quizzes: http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/vocabulary/