READING AND LISTENING CORNERS INSTRUCTIONS

READING CORNER

1- Reading comprehension. My friend activity

Pre-reading activity. Which adjective would you use to describe your best friend?  ______

Now, read and listen to the text on-line and then, answer the questions about it on-line. 

Post-reading activity.  

Which of these forms of the verb to be appears in the text?    ARE-  IS-  AM

Why does the author use IS all the time?

___________________________________________

Write down all the pronouns that you can find in the text. 

    

2.- Reading comprehension. Finding a penpal activity

Pre-reading activity. Do you know what is a penpal? _____________  If you don’t know it, look it up in this dictionary on-line: www.wordreference.com Now, that you know what is a penpal, read the information of the 6 people who are looking for penpals. Look up the words that you don’t know in the dictionary mentioned before.

FINDING A PENPAL  ACTIVITY . 

    Source : https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/writing-practice/penpal-letter

    Read the letter online and then do the game about it.  Write the answers here

 

 2.1)Now do the exercises on “print the exercises and writing task “ and write the answers here. 

2.1.1)   What´s the Word?

2.1.2)   Choose the asnwer . Write the answer here . Copy all the sentences. 

2.1.3)   Then do the exercises on writing . 

3.  TWO FRIENDS . “ My friend Peter “

     https://www.thoughtco.com/english-reading-comprehension-4083656

             Read the text about Peter and then answer teh following questions.

1. Where is Peter from?

2. Where is his wife from?

3. Where are they now?

4. Where is her family?

5. How many languages does the family speak?

a.               b.                 c.                d.

6. What are the children's names?

7. The school is:

True or False Comprehension Questions

1. Jane is Canadian. [True / False]

2. Peter is Dutch. [True / False]

3. There are many children from different countries at the school. [True / False]

4. There are children from Australia at the school. [True / False]

5. Their daughter has friends from Portugal. [True / False]

LISTENING 

1.    Tell me about yourself .

Listen to the audio anc complete the questions about it .

1.    What is the man´s name ?

2.    Where was he born ?

3.    Which sentence best describes his university studies ?

4.    Where does he work?

5.    What is one thing  the man likes to do in his free time ?

2- Introducing oneself, Peter’s hobbies, jobs and ages activity

Pre-listening activity. Listen to the first recording, introducing oneself. 

What does introducing mean ? ____________

What does oneself  mean? ______________

While-listening activity. Listen to the recording and answer the questions online.
1) 
2) 
3) 
4)   

Post-listening activity.  Copy the questions from recording 1 in the square below.

PETER’S HOBBIES

Pre-listening activity. Listen to the second recording, Peter’s hobbies.  Which are your hobbies? Complete with one name in each column .

Sports                      Culture                Others 

While-listening activity. Listen to  recording 2 and answer the questions online. 

Post-listening activity.  Copy the list of hobbies mentioned in the second recording and underline the ones that are new for you. 

JOBS’ AND AGES

Pre-listening activity. Listen to the third recording, Job’s and ages.  Write in letters these numbers. Do you remember them?

1:			11:				12:		13:
18:			19:				20:		23:
32:			45:				52:
68:			79:				81:
99:			100:				1000:

While-listening activity. Listen to  recording 3 and answer the questions online. 

Post-listening activity.  Copy the list of jobs mentioned in the third recording and underline the ones that are new for you. 

3a.- Emma introduces herself activity.

Listen to the recording and chose the correct answer for each question in your dossier. 

What’s her name?          Emma Smith         Emma Jones      Emma Pattinson

            How old is she?               32                                     20                                22

            What’s her address?      33, Charles St                 23, Charles St             13, Charles St

Where does she live? __________

What does she like?     ____________ and _________________

What does she hate? _____________ and ___________________

Does she like animals? _________________

            Where was she born?  London                             Liverpool                   Manchester

3b.- My name is Christine activity.

Listen to the recording once and write notes about this information missing. Make sure that you know the meaning of all these words.

Name:

Age:

Birthday:

Nationality:

Personal description: Height: 

Hobbies:
Hair :
Eyes : 

Post-listening description:

Write the same information about you.

INSTRUCCIONS PER L´EXÀMEN DE JUNY DE RECUPERACIÓ I PUJADA DE NOTA

RETRIEVAL / RECUPERACIÓ EXAM 

Students that have to do the Recuperació Exam have to prepare the following contents :

Present Simple : uses and forms ( affirmative, negative and interrogative ) . Frequency adverbs and expressions .
Present Continuous : uses and forms ( affirmative, negative and interrogative ) . Typical expressions used in the Present Continuous.
Present Simple and Continuous : contrast .
The verb  "Can " . Meaning , uses and forms.
Pronouns :Personal pronouns subject and object .
Possesives : adjectives and pronouns .
Reflexive pronouns :
Wh questions  and question words . How to make questions in the Present and in the Past .
Past Simple : regular and irregular verbs.  Affirmatives, negatives and interrogatives . Particles used in the Simple Past .
Future : will  .

It will be useful to prepare some writings in the Present Simple  and Continuous , Simple Past and the Future with will .

PUJADA DE NOTA 

Those students that want to improve their mark must read the book The Black Cat that is in the list of  Graded Readers . You will have to pass an  oral and a written exam about it .

Tha last day to tell the teacher   that you want to go to  Pujada de nota  is Friday 15th  . You must send an email to the teacher . Then,  the teacher will contact you to tell you the day of the test .

EASTER HOMEWORK

STUDENTS  MUST FINISH ALL CORNERS ACTIVITIES FOR EASTER . 

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.

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 

2ND TERM RERIEVAL EXAM ( RECUPERACIÓ )

Those students that have to prepare the 2nd Term Retrieval Exam  must  do the following activities :

-   Blog activities  :  all the activities of   Exercises to Prepare 2nd Term Retrieval Exam .
.   Prepare and  study  a list of vocabulary from the dossiers 2&3 .

All these activities must be given before the Retrieval Exam . They are compulsory