Homework from Lesson (25/10)

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Here is the homework from the final lesson:

• Visit English Grammar Quizzes and do some of the exercises there.
• Check your answers to the prepositions exercises I handed out in class here: Prepositions of Place – introduction practice student version ANSWERS
• -ed/-ing adjectives – adjectives from verbs Exercise 1
• -ed/-ing adjectives – adjectives from verbs Exercise 2
• -ed/-ing adjectives – adjectives from verbs Exercise 3
•  Unit 6, Review and Extension, page 66,answers below:

1 GRAMMAR                                                                                                                                                                a 1 shouldn’t 2 should 3 shouldn’t  4 should 5 should  6 should
b 1 Don’t drink coffee in the afternoon.
2 Tidy it at the end of every day.
3 Don’t watch more than two hours a day.
4 Try to walk for ten minutes every day.
5 Don’t buy so many clothes.
6 Join a club or a sports team.
c 1 do 2 to find 3 to go 4 learn 5 to meet 6 to drive

2 VOCABULARY
a
1 concentrate 2 arrive  3 asked 4 borrowed 5 spent  6 deal
b 1 relaxed 2 shocking 3 tiring  4 amazing 5 annoying 6 embarrassed

3 WORDPOWER Verb + to
a  1 b  2 a
b  giving: lend to
communicating: explain to
c Communicating: write to / read to / describe to  Giving: pay to / sell to / bring to
d 2
e
1 They sold their house to some friends …
2 When Steve described his holiday to his friends …
3 Please bring something to drink to the party.
4 I read the joke to my friend …
5 Tara lent an umbrella to her neighbour …
6 Did you write the letter to the bank …
7 I explained the problem to the company …
8 I paid the money for my course to the school …

Lesson 7 (23/10)

• Grammar Focus 6A on pages 154-155.
• Vocabulary “Verbs with dependent prepositions” Section 3c 1-18 on page 59.
• Reading “Sharks saved my life” page 60. Answer c and d.
• Unit 5 Review and Extension page 56, all sections
• Online practice:  Should, shouldn’t Exercise 1
• Should, shouldn’t Exercise 2
• Should, shouldn’t Exercise 3
• Should vs. Must Test
• Verb + preposition – dependent prepositions Exercise 1
• Verb + preposition  –  dependent prepositions Exercise 2

 

Lesson 5 (16/10)

• Vocabulary Focus 5A and 5B on page 137
• Reading “Planning a safe future career” page 51
• Online practice: ‘Prefixes- Negatives’ Quiz
• Prefixes Oxford University Press

Check your answers to Grammar focus 4B (page 151) here:

a  1 O   2 S    3 O    4 D    5 P   6 S    7 P   8 S
b  1 I’ll    2 won’t    3 Shall    4 I’ll    5 Shall    6 Will
c  2 Shall I cook  3 I’ll pay  4 shall we eat    5 Shall I book    6 I’ll do    7 I’ll call   8 I’ll call
9 I won’t forget

Lesson 4 (11/10)

• Grammar focus 4B Read the presentations on page 150 and do the exercises on page 151 (screenshot here)

Online practice:

• Future tenses quiz 1: will, going to, and present continuous
• Future tenses quiz 2: will, going to and present continuous
• Future tenses quiz 3: will, going to and present continuous,
• Future forms: will, be going to, present continuous – Exercise 1
• Future forms: will, be going to, present continuous – Exercise 2
• Future forms: will, shall, be going to, present continuous – Exercise 3
• Adjectives for describing places (travel and holidays)

Review and extension Unit 4. Please work through all the exercises on page 46.

Reading – please read about the jobs on page 48 and do the exercises in 2a and 2c.

 

 

Lesson 3 (9/10)

• Grammar focus 4A Read the presentations on page 150 and do the exercises on page 151 (screenshot here)

• Reading: Read “Life in Numbers” on page 39
• Review and extension Check the answers to page 36:

1 GRAMMAR

a
1 Have you ever bought something you didn’t need?
2 Have you ever given money to a stranger?
3 Have you ever been to a very expensive restaurant?
4 Have you ever driven an expensive car?
5 Have you ever lost money on the street?
b In pairs, students ask and answer the questions in
c 
1 ’s done   2 ’s run   3 ’s raised  4 ’s spent   5 ’s helped  6 ’ve had
d 
A Have you spoken to John yet?
B Yes, he’s already called me.
A Have you asked him about the party yet?
B Yes, he’s already bought the food.
A Great. I haven’t been to the shops yet.
B Have you decided what music to play yet?
A Yes, I’ve already made a list.

2 VOCABULARY
a 1 advice   2 directions   3 volunteer   4 note  5 something

b  1 d   2 c   3 a   4 e   5 b

 

Lesson 2 (4/10)

Unit 3 Review and Extension page 36, all sections

• Reading: page 39 “Life in Numbers”. Read the article and do the questions in section 4c 1-6.
• Online practice: Do vs Make – What’s the difference?
•  make or do?

 

Homework from Lesson 1 (2/10)

• Read through the vocabulary and grammar from today’s lesson
• Grammar focus 2A and 3B. Read the presentations on page 148 and do the exercises on page 149
• Choose an article that interests you from BBC Learning English – 6 Minute English to read and listen to. You can tell your partner about this in the lesson on Wednesday.
• Online practice: Past Simple or Present Perfect Exercise 1
• Past Simple or Present Perfect Exercise 2
• Past Simple or Present Perfect Exercise 3
• Past Simple or Present Perfect Exercise 4
• If you want to improve your writing skills, please check out: https://writeandimprove.com/

 

Tasks for Lesson 1:

• Please come to the lesson prepared to introduce yourself and to talk about what you want from the course
• Choose a photo or two on your phone to show your partner(s). Any photo is ok!  You can talk about friends/family, your summer holiday for example. Anything that you would like to talk about.
• Do you want to improve your vocabulary and grammar? Visit this site and choose a category to work through and tell us what you think Grammar Quizzes – UsingEnglish.com
• Reading. Please read the article from the coursebook (page 30) and we will discuss it in class next week.