Answer key for Unit 6

Here's the answer key for the grammar and vocabulary exercises from unit 6 in your workbook.
Good luck with your exam!

Answer key for Unit 5

Here you have the answer key for the workbook exercises from Unit 5.

And also the dictation on p. 55:

1. Some people seem to split with each other all the time and then get back together. I'd hate that. People should be more patient with each other.
2.  I sometimes get a bit nervous or embarrassed when i have to express myself., but I like texting people and chatting on the internet. It's a good way to get to know a person before going on a date.

Answer key Unit 4

Here's the answer key for the workbook exercises from Unit 4.

To get some extra practice on relative pronouns and relative sentences, click here.

To review the prepositions of movement, click here (3 exercises) or here.

Answer key unit 3

We're about to finish unit 3, so here's the answer key for the workbook exercises.

Answer key for Unit 2

Have you tried to do the exercises in your workbook? Here's the answer key for the exercises on modal verbs and for the vocabulary exercises.

Answer key for unit 1

If you've done the exercises on reported speech, here's the answer key.
Here's also the key for the vocabulary exercises.

In case you need a bit more practice before the exam, you may try these:

• reported commands, statements and questions
• explanation + 11 exercises

Starter unit

Here's the answer key for the execises in the starter unit.

Conditional sentences

Watch this video on 1st conditionals:


Now try these six exercises on conditional sentences.

Modal verbs

Revise the different uses of the modal verbs:

• can
• could
• may and might
• should
• must and have to

and also some computer and texting vocabulary.

Reported speech help

If you have trouble with reported speech, these sites may help:

changes in verb tenses

reported statements and exercises

reported questions and exercises

April Fool's jokes

Today we read about some jokes (also known as pranks or hoaxes) played on the media on April Fool's Day.

Visit the following page:

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/hoax10.html (and its link)

to learn about some successful jokes that fooled a lot of people and became very popular.

Activity: send a comment to this article with the following two tasks:

- was any joke you read specially funny/witty/wise? Explain it and say why.

- could any of those jokes be harmful/not funny at all and why?

(don't forget to sign your writing!)

Verb tenses

Glittery texts by bigoo.ws

These days we're having an overview of verb tenses. Apart from the explanations in the textbook or your class notes, at English tenses with cartoons you will find more information about them all in a nice and entertaining way. If you need to practice, there's also lots of exercices.

As for the irregular verbs (your favourite!), at Verbbusters you can practice the three forms with its translation at five different levels. Are you fast enough to appear on the best scores chart???

More practice for the exam

Apart from the exercises on passive you'll find in the April posts, here come a few more:

• 10 exercises at English Corner
• 30 more exercises at EGO4U

And practise the irregular verbs here or here.

Infinitives and gerunds

A collection of exercises to practice the grammar in Unit 6 before the exam:

• Gerund or infinitive after the verb at the Grammar Aquarium (4 exercises)
• Gerunds and Infinitives at Using English (the first three exercises)
• Gerund / infinitive at englisch-hilfen (grammar explanation and 5 exercises)
• Gerunds and infinitives at English page (a tutorial, 29 exercises and a final test!)

Good luck with the practice and the exam!

The urban Tarzan

Today we read about a man living in Villa Borghese, a park in Rome. Here you have a more detailed article about him which appeared in the Telegraph a few years ago:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2000/11/19/wtarz19.xml

If you want to see what the park looks like:

A description

If you are at a loss for words for your next composition, use these websites to help you:

• Appearances - how to describe someone
• Appearance and personality
• Adjectives for people
• Negative personality adjectives
• Positive personality adjectives

I am looking forward to reading them next Thursday!

Passives!

Created by Crazyprofile.com

Now that we're dealing with passives (again!), here's a little refresher:

• Table of tenses in English with active and passive.
  
• A grammar explanation with 6 exercises.
• Another grammar explanation with 7 more exercises.
• A description of the Passive Voice with associated interactive grammar, listening, reading and writing exercises.
• If that was not enough, here's one more exercise with have something done.

Base jumping

Today we heard about BASE jumping. Did you know that the first jump dates back as far as 1783?
Learn more about this extreme sport here.

If you want to know what it feels to jump from a height, watch this:



Are you considering taking up Base jumping? Try this game and start training:

Base Jumping Base jump over 5 rounds to challenge the King.

Play this free game now!!

Relative sentences

Practice the relative sentences:

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/relative-clauses#exercises (grammar explanation with exercises and tests)
http://wwwedu.ge.ch/cptic/prospective/projets/anglais/exercises/#int (4 exercises)
http://www.angelfire.com/wi3/englishcorner/grammar/grammar.html#interact (11 exercises)

Conditionals

Do you need to practice some more conditional sentences? Here are a few exercises:

http://www.english-4u.de/conditional_clauses.htm

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/if.htm

http://www.angelfire.com/wi3/englishcorner/grammar/grammar.html (scroll down the page to find them; also exercises with I WISH)