Review unit 8

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

Short story

Click here to download the short story you have to read during the holidays.

An evening of entertainment - Thursday 3rd April

Here's the programme for Thursday 3rd April.

There are a few places left for the visit in English to Fernando Alonso collection on Wednesday 9th April. It's just 1 euro.

Review Unit 7

Sorry for the delay! Here are the answers:

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

Fernando Alonso collection

Here's the information, if you are interested in going to see the exhibition with a guided tour in English.

Where? Centro de Exposiciones Arte Canal Paseo de la Castellana 214 (Plaza de Castilla)
When? Wednesday 9th April
What time? The visit begins at 20:00. You have to be there 15 minutes before.
Prize: 1 euro.

Please, give your name and your euro in Secretaría before the 1st April so we can reserve a place for you.

Participle clauses - answer key

Here's the answer to the exercise I handed out in class:

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.

'Chilling reads to look out for' - Answer key

Here are the answers:

20B     21E     22C       23D    24F        25B          26C        27E         28C          29B           30A      31F      32E     33D     34D