Intermediate 2 Homework for 4th of March

1. Students book Page 88 Writing. Follow the instructions. Write between 180 and 220 words. (March 4th deadline)

2. Students book page 92 reading. Page 93 all grammar exercises.

3. Students book page 94, 95 reading. Page 146, 147 2nd and 3rd conditional exercises.

4. Listening CD

5. Life Changing TED Talks. With a partner, choose ONE TED Talk from these webpages. I will explain next week the details of the activity and what I would like you to do. The deadline for completing this listening and speaking activity will be the 24th of March.

Meanwhile can you and one partner decide which TED Talk you want to work with and we will compare next week and reach a compromise as I would like each set of students to work with a different TED Talk. Thanks.

A) http://www.ted.com/playlists/8/a_better_you
13 TED talks to change your life

B) http://www.lifehack.org/articles/communication/10-inspiring-ted-talks-will-completely-refresh-perspective-life.html

C) http://www.lifehack.org/articles/communication/10-inspiring-ted-talks-will-completely-refresh-perspective-life.html

D) http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/aug/27/20-online-talks-change-your-life

Básico 1C Tuesday and Thursday Group Homework for 4th and 5th of March

1.Work book all of 5A

2. Finish CD 1 Listenings

3. Page 158 students book vocabulary exercise

NI2 Intermediate 2 Preparation of Writings for the EOI Exams

Dear students,

Please have a look at this BLOG which gives constructive advice on preparing for the EOI Writing Exams and it also gives
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Básico 1 CD 1 Listening Answers

NB1
CD1

1 E
1) yellow 2) please 3) green 4) class 5) teacher 6) student 7) welcome
2 E
a) Stewart b) Claire c) Graeme d) Kathryn
3 E

a) 9:55 b) 7:15 c) 9:30 d) 8:40 e) 6:45 f) 12:05 g) 2:45 h) 3:10 i) 9:25 j) 7:50 k) 2:55
4 E

a) 2006 b) 1985 c) 1990 d) 1989 e) 1878 f) 1914 g) 1804 h) 1917 i) 2030
5 E

a) a police officer b) an engineer c) a businessman and a businesswoman d) a footballer
e) a doctor and a nurse f) a musician g) a lawyer h) an actor and an actress i) a PA (personal assistant) j) a shop assistant
k) a waiter and a waitress l) a singer m) an electrician
6 E
1) Yes 2) 26 3) a (rock) musician 4) single 5) 25 6 020 7535 3555
7 E

a) Mo’s laptop One of Tom’s trumpets Kemal’s car b) Billy/ Lisa’s cat Tom Billy/Lisa’s cat
c) Billy/Lisa’s cat Tom Lisa d) Kemal’s car Mo’s laptop
8 E
1) Ream 2) 201-758-491 3) 615 4) Rahman 5) 14 6) 7CK 7) 01206879879 8) 01206765456 9) British 10) single
11) a medical student 12) 23
9 E
1) Alex 2) Elena 3) Enrique 4) Beatriz 5) Lucas 6) Lourdes 7) Lourdes 8) Lourdes 9) Roberto 10) Isabella
10 E
1) T 2) T 3) F 4) F 5) T 6) F 7) T 8) F 9) T
11 E
1) 59 2) 740 3) 100,000,000 4) 5 5) 77,000,000 6) 8 7) 9,000,000 8) 1,000,000 9) 3% 10) 500,000
12 E
Part 1

Nationality 6 Where you live 5 Married or single? 3 Brothers and sisters 7 Meat 4 Age 2 Breakfast 1
Part 2

Nationality ✗ Where you live ✗ Married or single? ✓ Brothers and sisters ✓ Meat ✗ Age ✓ Breakfast ✗
13 E
1) stays at home / always does his English homework 2) goes to the swimming pool / has swimming lessons 3) has guitar lessons 4) - 5) goes to the park (with friends) / plays football 6) goes to the cinema 7) visits his granddad
14 E
1) walk his dog 2) read the (morning) newspaper 3) watch the news 4) stop 5) have dinner 6) go to bed
15 E
1) Mike 2) Turnbull 3) 23, Trinity Road, London, SW 18 4) 09732176773 5) 27 6) engineer 7) single 8) gym, squash, Tai-Chi, tennis
16 E
a) Desk 4 b) Delayed (by about 1 hour) c) Gate 12
17 E
a) To the transit desk b) 12
18 E
1) 0870 000 0123 2) 0845 784 4950 3) 0870 580 8080 4) 020 8897 2072 5) 020 8846 9000
19 E
1) Sara 2) Kane 3) Street 4) married 5) ? 6) Yes/She works for FEDEX (as a courier)
20 E
1) In Paris 2) It rains/It’s raining/It’s rainy 3) Some jeans and a jacket 4) In a hotel (in the city centre/near the Eiffel Tower) 5) Sitting a café drinking coffee 6) Bread and cheese
21 E
Cel1: fruit juice bottles bottles bottles wine soap Cel 2: room flowers water ice-cream biscuits
Cel3: bottles paper water lights fruit

22 E
Chicken salad brown bread butter mayonnaise How much? $2
23 E
1) Marcos 2) Jiménez 3) 32 4) 85 5) 43897726 6) 53977520

24 E
1) F 2) T 3) F 4) T 5) F 6) T 7) F 8) F 9) F 10) F

25 E
1) 1 2) 0 3) 7:30-9:00 4) Thomas Schicker 5) 713984231 6) 1st and 2nd August 7) 75 euros 8) No 9) Lucy Stillman
26 E

St Fagan’s Museum Chapter Arts Centre Cardiff Bay Techquest Science Museum Lunchtime: Visit Cardiff Bay afternoon: Go shopping, visit the castle, walk in the gardens/park Evening: visit Chapter Arts Centre, go dancing

27 E
a) Helen b) Anna c) John d) Peter and Jim e) Mark and Helen f) Helen g) John h) Carol i) Mark j) John k) Jim
28 E
a) a red jumper, a brown skirt and boots. She’s feeding a dog b) blue jeans with a purple jumper. She’s picking flowers c) a red and yellow cap. He’s reading a book d) a green and yellow jumper. He’s riding a horse e) a big yellow hat. He’s planting some vegetables f) grey trousers. She’s playing with the dog
29 E
1) Friday afternoon 2) By car 3) In a (small) hotel (near the beach) 4) They are hiring a boat on Saturday and have waterskiing lessons on Sunday 5) At 7:30 a.m. (on Monday)
30 E
1C 2B 3C By bicycle Friday evening In a little hotel Saturday night
31 E

Jim: shopping centre and skate park Beth: leisure centre and swimming pool Trish: amusement arcade and theatre
Ken: fast food restaurant and museum

32 E
Age: 15 eyes: brown good qualities: kind and confident hobbies: volleyball and rollerblading
Activities: go rollerblading and go to the swimming pool
33 E
1) Laura 2) Jason 3) Cathy 4) Paul 5) Cathy 6) Paul 7) Laura and Jason
34 E
1) Marta 2) Novack 3) 22 4) Lublin, Poland 5) Polish 6) 37, Midlane, London 7) marta.novack@hotserve.com
8) 020 873 06589 9) 0374 354 85132 10) student
35 E
1) 10:00 am 2) 11:00 am 3) 11:15 am 4) 2:00 pm 5) 3:30 pm 6) 7:45 pm 7) 10:30 pm 8) 1:30 am 9) 1:45 am
36 E
1) goes for a walk/has a swim 2) goes to the gym 3) sometimes meets friends 4) listens to a lunchtime concert 5) stays at work 6) goes shopping 7) relaxes/watches football on TV
37 E
1) You can’t 2) You can’t 3) You can 4) It depends 5) You can’t 6) You can’t 7) It depends 8) It depends 9) You can’t
38 E
Guitar: J y S piano: S sing: J dance: S football: J tennis: J and S ski: S French: J and S Spanish: S bike: J car: S
39 E
David 22 computer programming piano, guitar, drive computer games computer programming
Lizzie 26 College diploma in sports medicine football, basketball, tennis, Portuguese, dancing (No dislikes!)
40 E
Sam: cheese sandwich, fries and coffee. Jeny: salad and water. Total: $16,70
41 E
She buys apples, bananas, beef and chicken.
42 E
Pete has got a studio apartment, a terrace, a fridge, a cooker, a sink, a coffee table, chairs, a sofa, a TV, a music system and a laptop computer
43 E
1) Raharjo 2) 35 3) - 4) Poland 5) - 6) marwara@belanda.net 7) - 8) Gillian 9) – 10) single 11) – 12) 976 343918
13) SA500255 14) Sean 15) 31 16) married 17) - 18) - 19) RI2273168
44 E
Doctor’s: Tuesday and Thursday evening 6:00-9:00 Office:Tuesday to Friday morning 9:30-2:30
Shop: Every day (Mon-Sat) 9:00-4:30 School: Every day (Mon-Fri) 8:30-4:30
45 E
1) D, B 2) G, A 3) I F 4) J C 5) H E
46 E

1) D 2) B 3) A 4) E 5) C 6) C
47 E
About 60, tall man, short grey hair, a long black coat and a shirt and a tie, no glasses, white shoes

Intermediate 2 CD 2 Listening Answers

NI2
CD2
Answer key:

1
1A 2B 3C 4A 5B
2
1 landmarks 2 (British) engineer 3 competition 4 1754 5 9.5 metres
3
1F 2D 3C 4B 5A
4
1C 2A 3B 4C 5B
5
1C 2A 3C 4B 5A
6
1 1987 2 (BBC) weatherman 3 hurricane 4 (weather) forecast 5 lunchtime
7
1F 2A 3C 4B 5E
8
1 15th July 2 over 300 years 3 tomatoes 4 (special) gloves 5 in the crowd
9
1B 2A 3C 4B 5B
10
1 experienced actors 2 being prepared 3 riding a bicycle 4 read the reviews 5 confidence
11
1B 2F 3D 4E 5C
12
1A 2B 3A 4C 5B
13
1B 2B 3A 4C 5C
14
1 play football (professionally) 2 diet and fitness 3 spend time alone 4 plan the (whole) season 5 set a world record.
15
1F 2A 3C 4B 5E
16
1 tied up 2 (expensive) electrical goods 3 mobile 4 tall and well-built 5 in a month

Intermediate 2 Mobile Phone Rap

Intermediate 2 Answers to CD 1 Listenings

NI2 – CD1
KEY:


CD Track 1:

1. 3443
2. SE1 8PB
3. 43
4. 1963
5. Moore
6. B
7. C
8. C
9. B
10. C

CD Track 2:

1. B
2. C
3. B
4. 1st July
5. Cutting down
6. Bad headaches
7. (exciting) adventure
8. Expected
9. Determination
10. Road

CD Track 3:

1. 3 years
2. Job
3. Wales
4. A
5. C
6. C
7. B
8. B
9. A
10. C

CD Track 4:

1. Techniques and training
2. British economy
3. Awareness
4. Impossible
5. Replying/responding
6. Answering the telephone
7. Respect
8. E-mail code
9. Brainstorm
10. Countered

CD Track 5:

1. B
2. C
3. C
4. C
5. B
1. 22b
2. EX15
6. Evening after work
7. Saturday evening
8. Three hours.

CD Track 6

1-4. H, F, E, B (in any order)
5. A
6. A
7. B
8. B
9. A
10. B

CD Track 7

1. Five
2. 50%
3. 18
4. 14
5. In the first tutorial
6. Relevant
7. (very) elegant
8. Not possible/impossible
9. Excellent
10. Much better



CD Track 8

1. B
2. B
3. B
4. C
5. B
6. Beyond their limits
7. Areas of industry
8. 100
9. Collapsing
10. B

CD Track 9

1. 5 minutes
2. Have a coffee
3. September
4. On holiday
5. 2 weeks
6. Saturday
7. B
8. C
9. B
10. A

CD Track 10

1. Range
2. a/the list
3. catch him
4. B
5. C
6. A
7. B
8. A
9. C
10. Work and scores

CD Track 11

1. D
2. C
3. B
4. 50 questions
5. A
6. A
7. M
8. A
9. A
10. M

CD Track 12

1. 1812
2. 1814
3. 1817
4. 1817
5. 1818
6. 1822
7. C
8. A
9. 1838
10. 1840 … bicycle

CD Track 13

1. A
2. B
3. C
4. B
5. A
6. B
7. Daily
8. The/an automatic
9. 9911 4425
10. 40 Park

CD Track 14

1-4. A, B, E and F (in any order)
5. up to
6. expense
7. volunteers
8. of charge
9. 5,000 pounds
10. D

CD Track 15

1. B
2. B
3. C
4. A
5. Detail
6. Space and the individual
7. Read simple directions
8. Maps
9. Writing essays
10. Right order

CD Track 16

1. C
2. D
3. B
4. B
5. A
6. B
7. Proportion
8. Rubbish/(other) traps
9. Fish farms
10. Cod stocks/cod population