Welcome back to term 3!

 

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B1

https://www.flo-joe.co.uk/preliminaryenglish/pet-reading-practice-tests.htm

Do parts 1-6

B2 First

Do parts 1-5

Paper One - Reading & Use of English

Part 1 - Multiple Choice Cloze

Multiple Choice Cloze - Quiz 1  Exercise Number: FCE001

Part 2 - Open Cloze

View quizzes and exercises for B2 First, Open Cloze

Open Cloze Exercise 1  Exercise Number: FCE046

Part 3 - Word Formation

Word Formation Exercise 1
Exercise Number: FCE062

Part 4 - Key Word Transformations

Key Word Transformations Exercise 1
Exercise Number: FCE018

Part 5 - Reading: Multiple Choice

The Earth's Plates
Multiple choice questions based on a text about the Earth's tectonic plates.
Exercise Number: FCE083

C1 Advanced - Certificate in Advanced English (CAE)

Do parts 1-5

Paper One - Reading and Use of English

Part 1 - Multiple Choice Cloze

Multiple Choice Cloze Exercise 1
Exercise Number: CAE001

Part 2 - Open Cloze

Open Cloze Exercise 1
Exercise Number: CAE018

Part 3 - Word Formation

Word Formation Exercise 1
Exercise Number: CAE034

Part 4 - Key Word Transformations

Key Word Transformations Exercise 1
Exercise Number: CAE050

Part 5 - Reading

https://www.flo-joe.co.uk/cae/students/tests/CAE-Part-5-Multiple-Choice-Practice-Test.htm  

P.E.T - Speaking part

PET - speaking practice

SEEK, SEARCH or LOOK FOR? What's the difference between them?

http://forum.wordreference.com/threads/seek-vs-search-vs-look-for.10304/

Spelling rules

http://speakspeak.com/resources/english-grammar-rules/english-spelling-rules/double-consonant-ed-ing

Spelling: when to double a consonant before adding -ed or -ing to a verb

We add -ing to a verb to form its present participle, and -ed to regular verbs to form the past simple. When doing this, we sometimes double the last letter of the verb, as in these examples:

• stop ⇒ stopped, stopping
  stoped
  stoping
• refer ⇒ referred, referring
  refered
  refering

Sometimes, however, we don’t double the last letter, as with the verb visit:

• visit ⇒ visited, visiting
  visitted
  visitting

To understand this spelling rule, it’s first necessary to know the meaning of vowel andconsonant:

vowels = a  e  i  o  u
consonants are all other letters (b  c  d  f  g, etc).

Here’s the rule:

When to double a consonant before adding -ed and -ing to a verb
We double the final letter when a one-syllable verb ends in consonant + vowel + consonant.*	stop, rob, sit	stopping, stopped, robbing, robbed, sitting
We double the final letter when a word has more than one syllable, and when the final syllable is stressed in speech.	beGIN, preFER	beginning, preferring, preferred
If the final syllable is not stressed, we donot double the final letter.	LISten, HAPpen	listening, listened, happening, happened

In British English, travel and cancel are exceptions to this rule: 

travel, travelling, travelled; cancel, cancelling, cancelled. 

* We do not double the final letter when a word ends in two consonants (-rt, -rn, etc.): 
start – starting, started; burn - burn, burned. 

* We do not double the final letter when two vowels come directly before it:
remain – remaining, remained. 

* We do not double w or y at the end of words:
play – playing, played; snow - snowing, snowed.

Technology

Comparatives

Sia's Cheap Thrills

Writing tips

 Writing tips:

Pharrell's Happy

Looking for JJ

 Ch 26 and 27:

Discuss these themes by providing examples/evidence from the story:

1. Identity issues

2. New life cycles

3. Grief for "losses" from a psychological point of view

4. Regret

Looking for JJ

 Chapters 23, 24 and 25:

In groups discuss these themes by providing examples/evidence from the story:

1. Lying: defined as withholding information. 

2. Friendship: characterized by always agreeing with your friend just to keep being best friends. 

3. Gloomy news:

💔 For Frankie

💔 For Sara Wright

💔 For Jill Newton, Rosie and Alice

4. Competition of newspapers: quality papers versus tabloids

5. Poor parenting skills

6. Can you think of others? :

B2: Writing essays

 

B2 FCE: Use of English

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Fridays for listenings

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Looking for JJ

 Ch 20, 21 and 22

Discuss examples of these themes in chapters 20, 21 and 22:

1. Manipulation & lies

2. Manslaughter (= the crime of killing a person when the killer did not intend to do it or cannot be responsible for his or her actions) 

3. Confessions

4. Competition of newspapers

5. Possessive love and Sex ❤

6. Compromises (= agreements in an argument in which the people involved reduce their demands or change their opinion in order to agree) 

7. Poor parenting (the raising of children and all the responsibilities and activities that are involved in it) skills

8. Disappointment

FCE

 FCE

B2

 B2

Use of english: parts 1, 2 and 3: exercises + answer key See 👀

The history of Saint Valentine's Day

youtube- the history

3D heart balloons

3D St Valentines heart card

Looking for JJ: ch 17, 18 and 19

• Discuss and take notes of the following themes covered in these thought-provoking chapters (20 minutes):

1. Prostitution and pornography
2. Friendship
3. Revenge
4. Violence and murder
5. Mental health and instability

• Whole-class discussion (10 min) 

• Quiz (20 min) 

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B2 exam

 

Jj ch 14, 15, 16

 Discus these KEY ideas in each chapter:

CHAPTER 14: 

+ Mr Cottis 

+ JJ’s mum’s schoolgirl outfit 

+ money on the bed 

+ JJ feeling gloomy and unsure what to tell her friend

CHAPTER 15:

+ The consequences of Lucy’s mum’s heart attack

+ Michelle’s feelings about it

+ Mr Cottis and Mr Smith

+ advantages and disadvantages of Carol’s work

+ JJ finding her mum and the other mum dressed as schoolkids

+ Lucy’s heart being broken

CHAPTER 16:

+ Lucy’s birthday celebration

+ JJ’s feelings about her mum’s big amounts of cash

+ the Bussell brothers comments on Carol

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