28/01/2010

Avanzado 1 Review and Practice Unit 4

Here are the answers:
1 1g 2d 3b 4e 5a 6f 7h 8c

2 1 What will we do if the taxi doesn't come on time?
2 If I had been born a year earlier, I would have done the military service.
3 What would you do if you were offered a better job?
4 If I'm not home by 11 pm, my dad will be really angry.
5 I wouldn't have hired a car if I had known how expensive it was going to be.
6 If she works really hard between now and the exams, she will probably pass.
7 We would have gone to the cinema if we had been able to find a babysitter.
8 If I were you, I would go on along holiday.

3 1 You didn't have to wait for me.
2 I'm supposed to take some ID.
3 I didn't need to get up early theis morning.
4 We've got to be in our seats at the teatre by 7.30pm.
5 You shouldn't have forgotten Janine's birthday.
6 Did you have to do miltary service when you were eighteen?

4 1 it 2 so 3 just 4 vital 7 does 8 such

5 1 work 2 elbow 3 dream 4 stretch 5 intense 6 heightened 7 shoulders 8 achievement

26/01/2010

Avanzado 1 - Free Running - answer key

Here are the answers to the reading comprehension questions on page 52.

Ex. 6: 1 True 2 True 3 False (a group which later split) 4 False (Foucan is surprised) 5 True 6 False 7 False (and couldn't walk for nine weeks) 8 True 9 False

Ex.7: 1 vault 2 opt 3 setback 4 momentum 5 cliche 6 rigid

Is free running a good thing for young people to be involved in? Write your answers in the comments section of this post.

12/01/2010

international meeting point

One of my students - Alexia, thank you - has told me about a non-smoking international exchange group that gets together twice a week and organises all sorts of activities. If you're interested in meeting people and practising your English while having fun , you can find more information here.