GRAMMAR B1

     Complete the sentences with one word.

Example: A  Are you Simon?

B  Yes, I am.

1   A  Where ________ Sally from?

     B  She’s from Ireland.

2   A  Are they French?

     B  No, they ________. They’re Italian.

3   This my brother. ________ name is Paul.

4   Jerry ________ live here in London – he lives in Edinburgh.

5   A  ________ she speak Spanish?

     B  She’s from Madrid, so yes – sure!

6   I’m sorry, but you ________ park here.

7   A  Were they late?

     B  No, they ________.

8   Where ________ you go yesterday?

9   Last week Sandra was ill, so she ________ go to school.

10   There ________ any people here at the moment.

11   ________ there a TV in your bedroom when you were a child?

12   A  Do you know Claire?

       B  Yes. I met ________ yesterday. She’s nice.

13   Do you like my new shoes? I bought ________ last Saturday.

14   Are you going ________ travel alone?

2   Underline the correct form.

Example:    There were / ’s / was 20,000 people at the football match.

1   I don’t / ’m not / amn’t hot.

2   Where is Sophies / Sophie’s / Sophie sister?

3   She’s tall girl / a tall girl / a girl tall.

4   A  Like you / You do like / Do you like fast food?

     B  No, I don’t.

5   I start work usually / start usually work / usually start work at eight o’clock.

6   Can you / You can / Do you can ski?

7   Graham told we / we told / told us that he had a new job.

8   I like to playing / playing / play the piano.

3   Complete the text with the correct form of the verb in brackets.

Use the present simple or past simple.

Today, Caroline James lives (live) in a big house in the countryside. She ¹ ___(have) a husband, two children, and a cat, and she ² ________ (work) at home. She
³ ________ (not like) her job, but the money is good.

20 years ago, when she ⁴ ________ (be) a student, she ⁵ ________ (not be) rich and she

⁶ ________ (not have) a job. She ⁷ ________ (study) French at university, and she
⁸ ________ (live) with three other students in a flat in a big city.

Answers

1   1   is

2   aren’t

3   His

4   doesn’t

5   Does

6   can’t

7   weren’t

8   did

9   didn’t

10   aren’t

11   Was

12   her

13   them

14   to

2   1   ’m not

2   Sophie’s

3   a tall girl

4   Do you like

5   usually start work

6   Can you

7   told us

8   playing

3   1   has

2   works

3   doesn’t like

4   was

5   wasn’t

6   didn’t have

7   studied

8   lived

SPEAKING B1

Student A

1   Ask your partner these questions.

1   What do you usually do on Saturday evening?

2   What did you do last Friday?

3   What are you going to do next Sunday?

4   What do you like doing in the winter?

5   Where did you go for your holidays last summer?

2   Now answer your partner’s questions.

3   Complete the information about your weekends. Write three activities that you do on a typical weekend at home. Then write where you went and what you did last weekend, and where you’re going to go, and what you’re going to do next weekend. Then answer your partner’s questions about your weekends.

	Place	Activities
a typical weekend at home	home	________
		________
		________
last weekend	________	________
		________
		________
next weekend	________	________
		________
		________

4   Now ask your partner about his/her weekends.

Student B

1   Answer your partner’s questions.

2   Now ask your partner the same questions.

1   What do you usually do on Saturday evening?

2   What did you do last Friday?

3   What are you going to do next Sunday?

4   What do you like doing in the winter?

5   Where did you go for your holidays last summer?

3   Complete the information about your weekends. Write three activities that you do on a typical weekend at home. Then write where you went and what you did last weekend, and where you’re going to go, and what you’re going to do next weekend. Then ask your partner questions about his/her weekends.

	Place	Activities
a typical weekend at home	home	________
		________
		________
last weekend	________	________
		________
		________
next weekend	________	________
		________
		________

4   Now answer your partner’s questions about your weekends.

ADDING_ ING or ED

Adding -ing/-ed

Often we need to add -ing or -ed to a verb to make other forms of the verb, for example:
I was talking when John arrived.

Spelling Rule Just add -ing or -ed to the end of the base verb: work > working > worked play > playing > played open > opening > opened

AND THE EXCEPTION PROVES THE RULE…

If the base verb ends in:	do this:	and add:	For example:
consonant + vowel + consonant and a stressed syllable	double the final consonant	-ing -ed	stop > stopping > stopped begin > beginning tap > tapping > tapped But, for example: open > opening > opened (because no stress on last syllable of open)
consonant + -e	remove the -e	-ing -ed	phone > phoning > phoned dance > dancing > danced make > making rake > raking > raked dye > dying > dyed
-ie	change the -ie to -y	-ing	lie > lying die > dying
	nothing	-d	lie > lied die > died

 Created by Sonia

SUPERLATIVES AND COMPARATIVES. I2

CRIME I2-A1

CRIME

English Pronunciation

Write the word or sentence and listen it: 

                                                    

                                                    Dictionary        Translator

STEAL: The object of the verb ‘steal’ is the THING which is taken away.

e.g. They stole MY BIKE.

ROB: the object of the verb ‘rob’ is the person or place from which things are stolen.

e.g. I was robbed last night. A mask man robbed the bank.

OTHER TYPES OF CRIMES

Crime	Criminal	Verb	Definition
murder	murderer	murder	Killing someone
shoplifting	shoplifter	shoplift	Stealing something from a shop
burglary	burglar	burgle	Entering a building illegally and stealing things from it.
pickpocketing	pickpocket	pickpocket	Stealing from someone’s pocket or handbag
smuggling	smuggler	smuggle	Taking something illegally into another country
mugging	mugger	mug	Attacking someone, often on the street, generally to get money
kidnapping	kidnapper	kidnap	Taking a person hostage in exchange for money or other favours.
blackmail	blackmailer	blackmail	Threatening to make a dark secret public in order to get money

LISTENING A2

Fill the gaps

Let it go, let it roll right off your ...............

Don’t you know the ............... part is over?

 Let it in, let your clarity define you

 In the end we will only just ..................... how it feels
Our lives are made in these small .................

 These little wonders, these .............. and turns of .........

Time ....... away but these small ......

 These small hours still remain
Let it slide, let your ....... fall behind you

 Let it ........ until you feel it all around you

And I don’t mind if it’s me you ....... to turn to

We’ll get by, it’s the heart that really ......... in the end
Our lives are made in these small .........

 These little wonders, these .......... and turns of fate

 Time ........ away but these small ......

These small hours still ................
All of my ......... will wash away somehow

But I ......... forget the way I feel right now

 In these small hours

These little wonders, these.......and turns of fate

 Yeah, these ....... and turns of fate!
Time ....... away, yeah but these small ........

And these small hours still remain, yeah

 Ooh they still .........

 These little wonders, oh these ....... and turns of fate
Time falls away but these small .........

 These little wonders still .........

SOLUTION

EUROPE'S SKIES. NB2-NI1

Fill the gaps

Now I'm home but I ------- stay

 I dream ----- you every day

 Got to know -------- inch of you

----- you ----- my dream come true?

There's no place like ------ they say

 You're my home so ------ me pray

I don't ---- you but I need ------ time

Promise me you'll be ------

Birds ----  ------- over Europe skies

 Tell me please, why------ I?

Times have ------- but so have I

 I view my life -------- your eyes

On the go in my tourist's shoes

But I'll stay --------- to you

'Cause there's no place like ----- they say

 You're my home so I guess I'll -----

I don't ------ you but I need ------- time

Promise me you'll be ------

 Birds ----   -------- over Europe skies

 Tell me please, why ------- I?

I don't ------ you but I need ------ time

Promise me you'll be ------

Birds ----- ------ over Europe skies

 Tell me please, why --------- I?

SOLUTION

ATENCIÓN a los alumnos que solicitais BECA

Si vais a solicitar beca para el instituto, ESO, o para la universidad, no solicitar la beca de la escuela de idiomas, ya que no son compatibles y si solicitais las dos, os concederán la de menor cuantía.