Intermedio 2 - Reading pp. 96 & 97

Here are the answers:

b 6 things Americans do that drive Brits crazy
2G   3I   5F   6C

6 things Brits do that drive Americans crazy
1 A    3H     4D    5B

c Text 1
1 compliment     2 awesome    3 turkey    4 get    5 creepy

Text 2
6 nod   7 fortnight   8 weird    9 inaccurate   10 would rather

Avanzado 2 - exam tracks

Here's the track of the headings task (you should only listen to it once) and this is the track of the fill-in-the-blanks task (you can listen to it twice).

Avanzado 2 - Participle clauses and Review Unit 7 - Answer keys

Here is the answer to the exercise on participle clauses:

Looking through a newspaper one day, he saw a cottage for sale in a picturesque rural area. Situated in a small village near the church, it had a conservatory and a large garden containing fruit trees: it seemed perfect. Not known for his decisiveness, Charlie surprised everyone by putting down a deposit on it the very next day. Having seen it once, he immediately made up his mind to buy it.

Having moved into the cottage, he soon realized it was not the peaceful rural idyll he had expected. Chiming every hour on the hour, the church bells kept him awake at night. Also, the village being in an area of outstanding beauty, coachloads of tourists arrived every weekend disturbing the peace and quiet. Worst of all, objecting to the presence of outsiders in the village, the locals were unfriendly towards him. Having lived there for six months, Charlie decided to move back to the city.

 

and here are the answers to the review section of unit 7:

1 1 A popular television actor convicted of dangerous driving
2 John Hope, known to television viewers as 'Pricey'
3 leaving a trail of destruction
4 Hope, said to be depressed
5 causing extensive damage to the property
6 suffering from multiple fractures
7 when arrested by police
8 shouting
9 (When) Passing sentence
10 Having heard the evidence
11 Speaking to journalists after the trial, Hope's Lawyer announced

2 1 orderly 2 rowdy 3 disruptive, lenient 4 best, foul, serious

3 1C 2 D 3C 4B 5 A

4 The following words can be omitted:  A Would you   B I    A Is there     B I've got,     It     A Have you B I'm     A It     B     I     A Is there     B Have you     A Are     B I was

5 1, 8, 10, 4, 7, 2, 9, 3, 5, 11, 6

Avanzado 2 - Hint fiction - audio

Here's the link to the radio programme on hint fiction.

Intermedio 2 - have something done - class examples

Here are the examples we worked on in class last week.

Avanzado 2 - Review Unit 8 - Answer key

Here are the answers:

1 1 nature; light   2 streak; high    3 attitude; easy    4 sense; loud     5 lack; short     6 type; hard     7 tendency; late     8 nature; wide

2 1 terms     2 family    3 relations/links     4 breakups     5 rapport     6 links/ relations

3 1 five days' holiday/ a five-day holiday; end of March
2 company's chief executive/ chief executive of the company; man of great integrity; corruption scandal; source of shock
3 referee's decision/ decision of the referee; last night's cup final; outbreak of violence
4 diamond wedding ring; coffee mug; kitchen cupboards/ cupboards in the kitchen
5 look of surprise; people's faces/ the faces of people; women's clothes, fancy dress party

4 1 for one thing    2 on top of   3 Mind you    4 Actually   5 After all   6 Anyway   7 ironically     8 At least   9 To be honest    10 Surely    11 mean    12 Besides    13 fact    14 Ultimately

Intermedio 2 - Reading page 71 - Answer key

Here are the answers to exercises c and d.

C: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6

D: 1b   2c    3b    4a

If you want to answer exercise E, you can do it in the comments section.

Avanzado 2 - Review - Unit 6

Here are the answers:

1 1 well      2 less      3 longer       4 good

2  1 teeth       2 nose    3 feet    4 stomach    5 eye    6 ear    7 nose     8 hand

3 1 breakthrough    2 turnout    3 downpour   4 outlook    5 outburst

4 1 is thought to be living in Argentina
2 alleged to have been bribed by Dee
3 was claimed by the newspaper to have been dating the supermodel for over a year
4 was believed to be planning to kidnap the heiress
5 had our flat raided by the police at the weekend
6 needs cutting/ to be cut
7 made to rewrite the essay

5 1 pierced    2 burst   3 picks   4 burp    5 checkout    6 laughing   7 bullying   8 taken    9 breakdown     10 pushchair     11 throws     12 smacking     13 yell     14 coming    15 mark

Intermedio 2 - Restaurants

Here's the vocabulary on restaurants and the list of restaurants you designed.

Avanzado 2 - Natasha's story -answer key

Here are the answers to exercises 2 and 3 on page 60:
2 1 your own answers
2 Nicholson tells Vera Zoric that he chose Natasha because ' she shines ... she doesn't seem to belong here ... she seems different to me'.

3 1F (lines 6-8)    2T      3F (lines 20-21)    4F (lines 32-35)    5T    6F (lines line 59)     7T     8F (lines 90-93)

Avanzado 2 - Broken bones - exercise 3 page 59

Here's the corrected versión of the text.

Avanzado 2 - Review unit 5 - exs 2 and 4

Here are the answers:

2 1 sorely/ acutely disappointed
2 practically imposible
3 pitifully/ acutely inadequate
4 fiercely competitive
5 vehemently/ fiercely/ fully opposed
6 perfectly/ fully capable
7 acutely embarrassed
8 fully aware

4 1 why   2 what   3 which    4 who    5 whose    6 where   7 which   8 when   9 which   10 where   11 which/ that   12 which

All - Tips for the writing exam

A classmate of yours has found this webpage where you are given 12 tips to prepare for the writing in the exam. They are very good recommendations so have a look at them carefully.

Thanks, Daniel.

ALL - Las mejores series para hacer oído

 An interesting article where different experts recommend TV series to learn English. I do not agree with some of the recommendations but you may find it worth reading.

Intermedio 2 - Reading page 46

Here is the answer to exercise c:

1b    2c   3a    4a     5b     6b

Avanzado 2 - Reading page 46 - Answer key exercise 3

Complete the gaps with the correct sentence:

1b     2d    3a    4e    5g     6c     7f

Avanzado 2 - Review unit 4 - answer key

Here are the answers:

1 1C 2A 3B 4D 5C 6D 7A 8B 9C 10D 11D 12C 13A 14A

2 1 might/ may not have understood you or might/ may have misunderstood you
2 couldn't/ can't have been speeding
3 could have saved a piece of cake for me
4 may/ might as well throw it away
5 could have danced all night
6 might want to live in a flat but I don't

3 1 asked to be moved
2 insisted on buying
3 suggested (that) we (should) leave or advised/ recommended us to leave
4 refused to buy him
5 admitted to stealing
6 denied having

4 Your own answers

Avanzado 2 - Colin Firth on The King's Speech

Here's a listening activity on the role played by Colin Firth in The King's Speech.

Listen carefully and answer the following questions:

1. What occasion does Colin Firth mention when he met a member of the Royal Family?

2. In what ways is preparing the role of a member of the royalty different from preparing other roles?

3. What's his opinión of the monarchy?

4. What characteristic of the British Royal Family does he point out?

4. How did the death of Lady Di change the English character?


Post your answers in the comments section and I'll correct them in a few days.

Avanzado 2 - Answer key - Reading page 41

Here are the answers to exercises 2 and 3:

2 1 Mostly good.
2 No (final paragraph)

3 1 was apprehensive about seeing the film
2 was not only assessing Firth's portrayal of a stammerer
3 calmer
4 memorize a speech
5 waas no better tan stammering
6 surprised
7 realized the true extent of his stammer
8 he was not confident of success