LISTENING - UNIT 6

These are links to do listening practice:


Sleeping problems
Sleep
World Sleep Day
Sleep

GRAMMAR - UNIT 6

The link below has plenty of activities to learn to use: USED TO / BE USED TO / GET USED TO.


https://agendaweb.org/verbs/to-be-used-to.html

HOMEWORK - 27th NOVEMBER

There is a piece of homework for next week . You can download it below:


Revision Unit 6

´-ING FORMS AND INFINITIVES

Revising -ing forms and infinitives listening to bits of songs. Hope you enjoy this activity taken from www.liveworksheets.com.

https://www.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/English_as_a_Second_Language_(ESL)/Gerund_or_Infinitive/Gerund_and_Infinitive_so6124yq

REPORT 2 - WRITTEN TASK

This is the second report. This time on the topic of music:

You are just about to finish a summer Spanish course on Gran Canaria. You have been asked to write a report for students starting on the next course about the best local place where you can listen to live music.

Write your report of about 150-180 words

· Description of the place

· Music offer

· Good and bad points of the place

Tips: You don’t need write any headings when dealing with intro and conclusion.

USED TO - GRAMMAR

Activity 1
Activity 2

READING TASK - HOMEWORK 20TH NOVEMBER

This is a new Reading task.


Music and memory

ROWAN ATKINSON - LISTENING

This exercise has been taken from a "prueba de certificación". It is important you become familiar with this type of activity.


Task
Audio

MUSIC INTERACTION - SPEAKING

STUDENT A

You are very keen on dancing, particularly rock and roll and breakdance, but your parent/spouse
does not agree and will not be ready to pay for your dancing lessons.

Explain to your parent/spouse why he or she should pay for that. Try to come to an agreement.

Preparation time: 3 minutes

Dialogue: 5 minutes

YOU BEGIN THE DIALOGUE.

 STUDENT B

You would like your son/daughter/spouse to be more cultivated and attend some music lessons or
go to the opera, so you are ready to pay for his/her lessons or tickets.

Explain to your son/daughter/spouse why this experience would make him/her richer. Try to come
to an agreement.

Preparation time: 3 minutes

Dialogue: 5 minutes

STUDENT A BEGINS

HOMEWORK - 19TH NOVEMBER

Grammar: SB 142 - gerunds and infinitives
Reading text - SB 59 - exercise 4B / D

BOY BAND - LISTENING

Listen to the radio  interview about boy bands and do the exercises to practise and improve your listening skills.

Exercise
Audio

LISTENING - MUSIC

AMY WINEHOUSE

Multiple-choice exercise. Choose the correct answer for each question. This listening has been taken fron Speak Up Magazine Nº271.

https://www.cristinacabal.com/advanced/amywinehouse.htm

DUFFY
This listening has been nicked from Speak Up nº 278. Many thanks to them.

Listen to Duffy, the latest British pop sensation with her hit album Rockferry.

https://www.cristinacabal.com/advanced/duffy1.htm

Watch a video about the effects of music in our brains. For questions 1 to 6, choose the correct option. You can see the transcription after submitting your answers.

https://www.test-english.com/listening/b1-b2/effects-music-brains/

READING - MUSIC

There are so many ways to discover, buy and listen to music. What's the best way? Read more to find out about the exciting music culture in the UK!

Reading comprehension about music

https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/read-uk/music

Read the text and answer the questions.

HOMEWORK - 13TH NOVEMBER

Vocabulary

Feelings and emotions


Key: 2.UPSET / 3.THRILLED / 4.SHATTERED / 5.LONELY / 6.SCARED STIFF / 7.OVERWHELMED / 8.TERRIFIED / 9.PROOUD / 10.RELIEVED / 11.BEWILDERED / 12.STUNNED / 13.DEVASTATED / 14.FED UP WITH / 15.GUILTY /16.DESPERATE / 17.OFFENDED / 18.GUTTED

GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES - GRAMMAR

Practice on gerunds  and infinitives. Try doing the activities on this excellent website.


www.englishpage.com

FOLK SINGER - LISTENING

Listen to a conversation about a folk singer. Answer the questions.
Audio

0 The man first heard about Steve Tilston when he read the article about him. F

1 Lennon’s letter was a response to an interview published in 1971.

2 Steve Tilson had written many well-known songs when he gave the interview.

3 Lennon wanted Tilston to know that wealth would not cause problems with his music.

4 Lennon said that wealth had no effect on a person’s life.

5 Tilston had lost the letter soon after receiving it.

6 Tilston is not in possession of the letter now.

7 Tilston likes the tone of the letter.

8 Tilson once spoke to Lennon on the phone.

9 Tilston points out a difference between himself and Lennon

VOCABULARY

List of common adjectives ending in -ED / -ING.