Shows
Jimmy Fallon. Phone booth
Ellen Degeners. Game of games
Ellen Degeneres. Never have I ever
Jimmy Fallon. What's behind me?
Songs:
Audio featured by Sia, Diplo, Labrinth
Let you be right by Megan Trainor
Rockabye by Clean Bandit featured by Sean-Mill
B2 EXAM:
- Tips for the writing part
- Examples
- More tips and examples
- Tips for the speaking part and examples. More tips
- Video. An example of speaking
- Listening /Reading/Use of language . Practice tests
WORKBOOK ANSWER KEY
UNIT 7: YOU CAN'T TEACH AN OLD DOG NEW TRICKS
GRAMMAR:
Defining and non-defining reative clauses. Chart and Exercises
LISTENING:
China is scoring its citizens". Video
Google Doodles. Video
UNIT 6: HIT THE BOOKS
GRAMMAR:
- Reported speech
1- Watch the begining of this video and take notes about changes beween direct and reported speech. Then answer the questions.
- Memes:report them using the reported speech
- Look at the Quotes by famous people
Take a peek to the following links:
Place and time changes
Reporting verbs
2- Watch the video and take notes:
3- Practise the reported speech with this song:
Maroon 5: Don't wanna know
- Reported speech . Practice
- Reported questions, requests and commands/orders
- Prepositions
- Adverb phrases
- Reporting verbs
- Entertainment: Nouns
LISTENING:
GRAMMAR:
- The passive voice. CHART
- The passive voice. Exercises
- Have + something done. Exercise + answers
- Idioms with vegetables and fruit
- Health issues. vocabulary
LISTENING:
- A poem "An apple a day is not enough"
- Laughing: Video 1. Ellen degeneres
SPEAKING: Topics for the speaking exam
UNIT 4: MY LIPS ARE SEALED
GRAMMAR:
- Conditional sentences
- Conditionals. Examples and activities
- Verbs and prepositions. LIST
- Internet eyes
- Literature. Raymond Chandler.
SPEAKING:
- contractions and reductions in spoken English
- Would you rather... questions
- International Phonetic alphabet
- Phonetic transcription website
1st conditional. Suggested experiments:
- putting a spoon in the microwave
- mixing blue and yellow paint
- boiling eggs in water with onion skins
- touching your tongue to a frozen surface
- shaving your eyebrows
- frowning all the time
2nd conditional. Clues
"mustard"
- If I were you, I’d be careful not to get this on my clothes.
- If I were you, I’d never eat this by itself.
3rd conditional. Regrets
If I had not come to the United States, I would
not have
visited the Grand Canyon...
- Golden Globes
- Watch this film scene, take notes about vocabulary and write 12 conditional sentences using the 3rd type being as original as possible and using the vocabulary and expressions in the dialogues.
UNIT 3: FACE THE MUSIC
GRAMMAR :
- Infinitive or gerund: CHART
- Grammar through songs
- Theory. Activity 1 / Activity 2
- Modal verbs
- Modal perfects. Examples
- Modal perfects. Video
VOCABULARY
LISTENING
SPEAKING
WRITING:
UNIT 2: IT'S RAINING CATS AND DOGS
GRAMMAR
- Future perfect
- Future continuous vs future perfect
- Revision of tenses: Exercises online
- Grammar bank. Exercises online
VOCABULARY
- Weather vocabulary
LISTENING
SPEAKING
- Describing a picture. tips
- Jobs
UNIT 1 BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER
- Unit 1: Workbook. Answer key, Pages 4-5. Pages 6,7 and 8
Verbal tense summary
GRAMMAR
- Grammar basics. Unit 1. Answer sheet
- Revision of some verbal tenses .
Continuous tenses. Chart
Grammar bank. Exercises online
SPEAKING:
VOCABULARY:
LISTENING:
WRITING:Grammar bank. Exercises online
SPEAKING:
- Guess about this Pic
- Tips for the oral exposition
VOCABULARY:
- Adjectives with -ing or -ed. theory + practice
LISTENING:
- Video:Celebrities baby names
Warm-up activities
Act.1
Act 2
LISTENING:
Watch the following video and make some comments about it:
sounds: sound 1
sound 2
- Video about the periodic table
