English Once a Week B2/C1 Start March 4

My name is Gareth Mills. Welcome to the blog. I will post important course information for the group here .

Monday 4 March – 29 April

Note: No class 1st April (this is not a joke), Easter Monday

Room 520

Book: Empower B2 Combo A

Ferdosi Bookstore, Odengatan 21

If you need to contact me  please do so via my regular email address: gareth.mills@folkuniversitetet.se

 

Homework

Lesson 7     page 60+158            page 142/143

How strict were your teachers at school? Can you remember a particularly tricky exam?

What training have you had to do your job? Before you got it and since you have started?

How arduous was the process of getting your job?

How demanding/exhausting is it? When do you feel most challenged/ mentally or physically tired?

 

Lesson 6  Page  42 + 157                page 48+49         Page 140/141

Write about  your skills, abilities and achievements

Are you better at cooking, driving, dancing, or skiing? How long have you been doing it? How did you learn and who taught you?

Do have any practical skills such as gardening, fixing things around the house, or sewing?

Do you know any really talented people?

What educational or professional achievements are you most proud of?

Lesson 5  Page 32+33,    grammar 138/139          reading + vocabulary – page 34+157

Practise your narrative tenses  –    Have you ever been in the desert or a tropical rainforest? Have you ever had problems in the mountains or out at sea? What were you doing there? What happened? Why did it happen? What did you learn from the experience?

 

 

Lesson 4     Answers

Page 137  2b    a)    3    incorrect: as long as I tell them

4 incorrect: unless you study     5 incorrect: when you finish

6 incorrect: in case it gets    7 incorrect: I’ll lend … provided you don’t drive

b)     2 She wants to be a teacher when she finishes university.

3 They’ll be late unless they hurry up.

4 I’ll send your work back to you as soon as I’ve checked it.

5 You can take photographs provided you don’t use a flash.

6 You should take some money in case you need to take a taxi.

7 As long as you’re careful, he won’t bite you. / He won’t bite you as long as you’re careful.

8 You won’t understand unless you listen very carefully.

Page 30 Unit 2 review

Grammar a)  1 tried    2 was     3 was living / lived

4 was travelling    5 decided / had decided            6 was

7 told / had told (had told = better) 8 was   9 did       10 was

b)  1 d      2 f       3 e         4 a            5 c             6 b

 

Page 20/21   – Vocabulary / reading

Page 136/ 137  grammar  – narrative tenses, future

 

Write about

How often do you prepare/eat vegetarian meals? Why? Why not?

How artistic/creative are you? Can you draw a duck?

Have you ever been to Italy? Where would you like to go?

Lesson 3   Grammar – tense review   – handout

Page 12+13  Vocabulary+ reading     30-day challenge

Page 18 – Unit review    

Grammar a) 1 met   2 was living   3 arrived  4 had already left

5 noticed    6 was wearing    7 was chatting  8 went 9 started 10 felt

b)   1 Where did you grow up?   2 Didn’t you like living in San Diego?

3 How long did you stay there for?  4 What made you decide to move?

5 Do you think it was a good decision?  6 Who did you work with?

Vocabulary  a) 1 motivated 2 stubborn 3 respected

4 self-confident 5 passionate 6 inspiring 7 sensitive   8 arrogant

b) 1 had   2 out   3 give 4 making   5 kept  6 keep 7 out   8 to

     Page 155 Vocabulary

Write about the sea  – past experiences and how important is the sea to your life today

Lesson 2 As everyone had the same problem getting the book. The homework is the same. The bookstore should have the Empower B2 Combo A book in stock by the end of this week. You have the photcopies if there is till a problem before next class.

Lesson 1   page 8+9    Grammar  page  134/135     page 154 Vocabulary

Write about yourself, your background, you job, your reasons for taking this course, your use of English.

 

 

 

 

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