I enclose here the Corners instructions you can follow to do the homework .
Attention : In some activities in the Reading Corner some names are changed, do not worry , do the exercises ignoring the different names .
The homework you have is to finish all corners . Here you have all the corners instructions.
The homework you have is to finish all corners . Here you have all the corners instructions.
CORNERS UNIT 4
INSTRUCTIONS
GRAMMAR CORNER
Important : Exercises 19 and 20 are in your dossier .
20d. From 1 to 10, which is your level of learning of this
grammar point? ______
21. Grammar 3.
present simple vs, present continuous text. How
many mistakes have you got? ___ / 32
Do you understand your
mistakes? ______________________________
22. Grammar 4.
Complete the activity on-line about there is /there are and then, answer these
questions.
Do you know the meaning of there is / there
are? Write it.
How many mistakes have
you got? ___ / 32
Do you understand your
mistakes?
22. a)Now, write
a short text using there is /there are and writing about the place where you
are at this moment. (50words)
WRITING CORNER
23. Write an
interview to a partner, imagine he/she is a famous person. Which questions
would you ask him/her? Write them down in the form of an interview.
(70-80words- in total /questions -answers). (You can write it in your notebook
abd you can invent if you want )
23a. Now, show it to
your partner and she/he should answer the questions. Write down, his/her
answers.
23b. Show to your
teacher to correct.
LISTENING CORNER
24. Listening 1.
Marc Coma
Listen to Marc Coma
answering a survey in 2010 after a race, FIM Cross Country Rallies and then,
answer the following questions: (you have to answer at least half of the
questions after listening to it once).
Where is the pilot
from?
How many people is
living in his little village?
What was his first
bike?
How does he find every
race or every desert?
What is the most
important thing?
How does he feel to be
a professional?
What does he do all the
time?
What types of training
does he do?
What big company does
he have behind?
What is his goal? What
does he need?
What is what you need
to race on the rallies?
What does he say about
the fans?
How many titles have he
got?
What aim is his bike
designed for?
What are the parts of
the bike he explains?
Why does he thanks to
his company?
Can you find any
mistakes he does when speaking? Write them.
How many times have you
listened to it? _____
Did I understand 50% of it the first time? YES NOT
Is it useful for my
listening comprehension these kind of activities? YES NOT Number of wrong answers: ________
25. Listening 2. Sports definitions
Listen to the
description and write down below which sport is described.
First sport:
_____________
Second sport:
__________________
Third sport:
_____________________
Four sport: ______________________
Five sport:
_______________________
Six sport:
_________________________
Now, move down the page and listen and read the transcript.
After, answer the questions below.
Who invented
basketball?
How many rounds are
there in boxing?
Who can not see what
happens under the water in water polo?
What’s the name of the
Japanese girl who plays tennis table?
Who can use hands in
football?
How many strokes are
there in swimming? Which is the most famous?
How many times have you
listened to it? _____
Did I understand 50% of it the first time? YES NOT
Is it useful for my
listening comprehension these kind of activities? YES NOT Number of mistakes in the on-line
version: ________
26. Listening3.
Should sports focus on winning?
Listen to that boy
explaining his point of view and summarise what he says down.
Does he think sports
should focus on winning? Why?
27. Listening 4.
Melissa: My hobbies
Listen to the recording
and complete the text below.
In my _____ ______, I
like to __ _______, do _____ and go out with my friends. I do ______ with the
school ____ a ______ and I also do tennis with the school twice a week. I
attend dancing classes every _______ and __________ for one hour each. At the
weekends, I like to go out with my friends to the ______ or shopping and I have
hockey and tennis ________.
Now, translate the missing words.
28. Listening 5.
Setting an appointment
Listen to this
conversation and answer the questions on-line. Then, answer these questions in
your dossier and find out the meaning of these words in the conversation.
How many times have you
listened to it? _____
Did I understand 50% of it the first time? YES NOT
Is it useful for my
listening comprehension these kind of activities? YES NOT Number of mistakes in the on-line
version: ___ / 3
Look at this
sentence: I have time on Monday afternoon and Wednesday morning. Does either of
those work for you?
What does it mean the
word ‘work’ in the conversation?
What’s the meaning of
‘set an appointment’:
What’s the meaning of
the word ‘meet’?
READING CORNER
29. Read the text, Interview with a famous actor, and
answer the questions below.
Why does the
interviewer thank Brad?
__________________________________
What does Brad do after
breakfast? ____________________________________
What is Brad studying
now?__________________________________________
What does he do in the
afternoon? _______________________________________
When does he like going
out? __________________________________________
Did I understand the
text the first time I read it? __________
Did I answered all the
questions ? ____________
Did I understand all
the questions? __________________
My punctuation in the
on-line activity is: …. /5
29b. Now, look at the text again and answer.
Which verbal tenses can
you see in the text?
Why does the text uses
simple present and present continuous? Explain it.
30. Read the text, A new office, and answer the questions
below.
a) Which statement is true? Jennifer
has a new office
Jennifer
has some new furniture in the old office
Jennifer has a new job.
b) What does Bob think is only problem
with the office? _____________________
c) Which magazine does Jennifer have on
her desk?
d) Which statement is true? Bob
often reads Time magazine
Bob
has the latest computer. Bob
likes New Times magazine.
e) What does Jennifer offer to do?
f) Can you
write sentences where you can find the structure: there is /there are (affi,
neg, or inter.). Why does the text use them?
Did I understand the
text the first time I read it? __________
Did I answer all the
questions? ____________
Did I understand all
the questions? __________________
My punctuation in the
on-line activity is: …. /5
31. Read and listen to the text. Homeless people.
Read and listen to this
text, then click on the SENTENCE activities and complete them. Thyen write down your mistakes.
Now, answer these
questions.
Where do homeless
people live? _________________
What do they put on the
shopping carts? _____________________
What do they ask for to
people? ____________________________
What are the ‘missions’
? explain it in your own words.
___________________________________________________________________________
What’s the problem with
‘mission’?________________________________
Did I understand the
text the first time I read it? __________
Did I answered all the
questions ? ____________
Did I understand all
the questions? __________________ My punctuation in the on-line activity
is: …. /5
32. Which hobby
suits best with your personality. Take the quiz!
Read the quiz on-line
and answer the questions. Don't forget to check on a dictionary those words you
don't know and write them down in your dossier.
Write down tour
results: ______________
VOCABULARY CORNER
33. - Places to
visit. Look at the page and answer these questions
a)
Which
places can you see in the page? List them below.
b) Complete.
When you go to a
circus, you are a ………….. When you go to casino, you are a …………………
When you go to an Art
Gallery, you are a ………………………
You go to the cinema to
…………… You go to the theatre to ……………………………………….
You go to an Art
Gallery to …………………………………..
You go to a disco to
……………………………………………….
You go to a casino to
……………………………………………………
c) What are
the flicks? ____________________________
d) Study and
remember these words!!!!!
34.- Sports. Play on –line and then, write down the list of
new sports that you have learnt!
34b. Do you practice some of these sports? Would you like
to practice any? Which one?
35. – Outdoor activities. Now, visit the page and listen to
the list of outdoor activities. Write down the ones that are new for you. Then,
complete the activity online
Be sure you know them
