30/01/2009
use and non-use of articles
Although you did really well in class, for those of you who think need more practice, here are several gap-fill exercises.
Book Club
This is just to let you know that we are already preparing our second book club session (tertulia literaria). We'll get together at Café Aromas (downstairs) on Wednesday 11th March at 20:00.
The book we'll be talking about this time is The right attitude to rain by Alexander McCall Smith. The book will be in the EOI library next week or, if you want to buy it, at Librería Internacional Pasajes (Génova 3, Madrid).
I hope to see you!
21/01/2009
alligators - future tenses
If you need some more help with future forms, this page gives a clear explanation of the differences between them
angels, eagles & flamingos - Minicheck - Module 5
Here are the answers:
A 1 made 2 take 3 won 4 raise 5 set
B 6 hasn't rained 7 had been sitting 8 has been working 9 had learnt 10 will have lived 11 had made up
C 12 I've left 13 have you finished 14 He's been trying 15 I've written 16 I've never seen
D 17 at 18 with 19 of 20 in
A 1 made 2 take 3 won 4 raise 5 set
B 6 hasn't rained 7 had been sitting 8 has been working 9 had learnt 10 will have lived 11 had made up
C 12 I've left 13 have you finished 14 He's been trying 15 I've written 16 I've never seen
D 17 at 18 with 19 of 20 in
09/01/2009
New year's resolutions
Dear students,
We've talked about your resolutions for 2009. Here's an article which suggests that it may not be such a good idea to make these promises to change in the coming year. What do you think about it?
07/01/2009
ALLIGATORS - REVIEW & PRACTICE - UNIT 3
These are the answers to the exercises (except ex.4 which we haven't seen in class)
1. ... decided that life at the magazine
the article claimed that ...
the company hadn't yet become...
the site had received over a thousand hits
... which included a number of bizarre questions
the magazine was preparing to forget...
2. 1 Doing things for other people is life's biggest pleasure.
2 Anyone wishing to take the exam must register in June.
3 Most of the dead animals found after the earthquake were domestic pets.
4 Feeling sleepy, Luisa went to bed.
5 When swimming, it is compulsory that you wear a bathing cap.
6 Having been famous for years, he finally wanted some peace and quiet.
7 Banned from exhibiting their paintings in the exhibition, they decided to set up their own.
8 Waking up early as usual, David looked out of the window.
3. 1 avid 2 page-turner 3 black humour 4 hooked 5 readable 6 one-dimensional 7 based 8 gripping 9 couldn't put it down 10 bestseller 11 puns 12 irony 13 moving 14 fictionalised 15 depict 16 surreal
1. ... decided that life at the magazine
the article claimed that ...
the company hadn't yet become...
the site had received over a thousand hits
... which included a number of bizarre questions
the magazine was preparing to forget...
2. 1 Doing things for other people is life's biggest pleasure.
2 Anyone wishing to take the exam must register in June.
3 Most of the dead animals found after the earthquake were domestic pets.
4 Feeling sleepy, Luisa went to bed.
5 When swimming, it is compulsory that you wear a bathing cap.
6 Having been famous for years, he finally wanted some peace and quiet.
7 Banned from exhibiting their paintings in the exhibition, they decided to set up their own.
8 Waking up early as usual, David looked out of the window.
3. 1 avid 2 page-turner 3 black humour 4 hooked 5 readable 6 one-dimensional 7 based 8 gripping 9 couldn't put it down 10 bestseller 11 puns 12 irony 13 moving 14 fictionalised 15 depict 16 surreal
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