English in the Evening B2
My name is Gareth Mills. Welcome to the blog. I will post important course information for the group here .
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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
6 ✓ 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
Lesson 6Vocabulary page 157 +158 Grammar page 140/141 4a+4b 142/143 5a+b
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/