Kiwis rule

English in the Evening B2

 

 

English in the Evening B2

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

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

 

Course: 7 Lessons   – November 5 to  December17

 

Book: Empower B2 Combo A

Ferdosi Media Bookshop, , Address: Odengatan 21, Stockholm

 

Answers to Student Book Exercises       – page 141 4a)

a)  2 a, b         3 a            4 a, b             5 b            6 a

b)    1 used to         2 didn’t use to    3 ‘m used to   4 get used to   5 use to go    6 get used to

Page  143   5a) Future Probability

a)   2 think   3 likely    4 can’t    5 no    6 may  7 sure   8 doubt   9 chance    10 if

b)   2 probably won’t leave.               3 bound to win a medal.

4 unlikely that these new phones will sell well.   5 might not notice.  6 bound to be another chance.

5(b)  Future continuous/  Future perfect

a)  2 ✓     3 I’ll be attending              4 I’ll have written it by then              5 I’ll be working

✓      7 I’ll be carrying     8 

b)   2 Will you have got              3 I’ll still be dealing             4 I’ll have/be finished

5 I’ll be leaving                          6 I’ll be seeing                              7 She’ll have finished

Homework

Lesson  6Vocabulary  page   157 +158           Grammar  page  140/141 4a+4b    142/143  5a+b

Lesson 5               grammar   page 138/139   3a+3b)

Page 40/41     Reading + writing skills

42  Unit 3 Review

 

Lesson 4            Page   137 2b                        page 30 (unit 2 review) +

  reading 32 + 33 + 35            vocabulary page 156

Write about these questions ?  Practise your narrative tenses

Have you ever been afraid at sea, or lost in a new city? If yes, what happened? If no, why not?

Have you had any experiences with wild animals? If yes, where + what happened? If no, which of the animals on page 23/24 would you like to know more about/see in the wild? Where would you like to go on safari?

If you were left in the Swedish wilderness with outdoor clothes, a box of matches, a knife and a can of tomato soup, would you survive a week? What camping experience or survival training have you had?

Lesson 3     Page 20+ 155 expressions with ‘get’        page 21/23  reading    +     grammar

Narrative tenses  page 22   136/137 2a                                   Page 28/29   Reading+writing

Write about technology   – Do you suffer from IT anxiety? Are you worried about any of these aspects of technology in modern life? (page 16)

How has IT improved your life? How often do you think you will use AI in the future?

Lesson 2            12+ 13      Vocabulary+reading                     page 18  Unit 1 Review

 

Write about yourself as an employee, student etc choose three positive adjectives and one negative

Write about a member of you family – Who? What’s he / she like? What do you like to do together?

Write about a good friend .  Why, when, how did you become friends?

Do you have similar or different personalities?

 

 

 

Lesson 1    Page 8  Reading       Page 9 grammar + 134/135 (1a+b)

– Vocabulary    Page 154       handout  – (3)

Write your own introduction/profile.  – background, situation in Stockholm , use of the English language and reasons for taking this course.

 

 

 

 

Extra online resources to help you learn English

Here are some sites for you to practise your vocabulary, grammar, reading and listening skills outside of the classroom.

Free online news sites  :

  • the guardian
  • bbc news
  • stuff.co.nz – NZ news

The Local     –  Swedish news in English –  https://www.thelocal.se/

Vocabulary quizzes based on themes: http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/vocabulary/

ESL Gold: Phrases for conversation

Practise problem areas of grammar here: Using English – grammar quizzes

www.perfect-english-grammar.com/learning-english.html

http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/

Learn English with Anglo-Link

Learn English with the BBC. Choose the section you would like to work with: BBC Learning English

 

Improve your spelling: http://eslus.com/LESSONS/SPELL/SPELL.HTM

Listening

You can practise your listening skills (together with transcripts) with a BBC podcast: Six-minute English  or try 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

ted talks             https://www.ted.com/

 

 

© 2026 Gareth's Blogg

Theme by Anders NorenUp ↑