NEXT HOMEWORK (for our session on Wed, 17 May)

1. The living world (Worksheet, pp. 247-248) Do all the exercises on both pages and hand in your activity in the next class.

2. Use of English: Part 2 Open cloze (Student's Book, pp. 52-53) You can go through all of the exercises, but in class only exercises 2, 3 and 4 will be checked.

3. Exercise 9 (Student's Book, p. 49) Write a short story in 180-220 words, based on the image on the book and using 8-12 vocabulary items selected by the class. The purpose of this writing is to put your past tenses into practice and make use of this new vocabulary. You can email your writing at flamenca.rt@gmail.com or hand it in typewritten in the next session.

English Phrasal Verbs in Use: DOWN (Worksheet, Answer key)

11.1

1 Linda Trotsky
2 Peter Hind
3 Harry Irving
4 Joe Reece
5 Freda Calvo

11.2

1 The computers suddenly went down this morning, so we're doing everything manually at the moment.

2 I'm sorry I'm so irritable. Things have been getting me down lately.

3 Shall I put you down (on my list) to sponsor me for the charity walk?

4 This event will go down in history as the worst catastrophe this country has ever suffered.

5 The company had to shut down all their machines during the 24-hour strike at the factory.

6 The salesman came down on the price, and after that we even managed to knock him down by a further 10%.

7 Many everyday remedies for minor ailments have come down to us from our ancestors.

11.3

1 slam the phone down
2 have it put down (rather than put it down, since you would probably not do it yourself)
3 tie it down
4 depressed
5 turn it down

11.4

1  a & c
2  b & c
3  a, b & c
4  b & c

INFORMATION ABOUT THE ORDER OF THE TESTS AND PARTS TO BE ASSESSED

Monday, 17 April: 

• Reading: Part 5 Multiple choice (two tasks) + an extra exercise.  
• Writing: One of the texts seen in class (you will be given two options to choose from).

Wednesday. 19 April:

• Use of English: Part 1 Multiple-choice cloze, Part 3 Word formation, Part 4 Key word transformation + an extra exercise. 
• Listening: Part 1 Multiple choice, Part 4 Multiple matching + an extra exercise.

Monday, 24 April:

• Speaking: Part 1 General conversation and Part 2 Individual 'long turn'.

NB In the Writing test you will be assessed taking into account the following aspects:

• accuracy,
• range,
• organisation & cohesion,
• task achievement and 
• spelling & punctuation.

As for the Speaking test, you will be assessed in the following areas: 

• grammar resource,
• lexical resource,
• discourse management,
• pronunciation and
• interactive communication.

Review Units 1-3 (Workbook, pp. 22-23): Answer key

1

a  workshop
b  setback
c  breakthrough
d  newsagent
e  filmscript
f  side effect
g  turnout

2

a  stand
b  turned
c  knocked
d  cut
e  brought
f  stand

3

a  Tim had an extremely fascinating, rather small...
b  Did you enjoy yourself at the beach yesterday?
c  We found the restaurant pretty easily.
d  What a disgusting old oval wooden table!
e  I just love your new dress.
f  What a dirty, enormous, rectangular pencil case!
g  Brenda quite likes being on her own.

4

a  I showed John the photograph.
b  Susie bought her brother a bicycle for his birthday.
c  My new car cost me a fortune!
d  The authorities insisted on seeing Robert's visa.
e  Fetch the visitors some coffee, would you?
f  The principal promised the students an extra day's holiday.
g  My dentist recommended having two wisdom teeth taken out.
h  Be careful not to leave the appliance switched on after using it.

5

a  sensitive   b  exhausting   c  imaginary   d  satisfying   e  conscientious

6

a  would prefer it if
b  succeeded in winning
c  we recommend washing

7

a  input   b  outburst   c  downfall   d  cutbacks   e  upbringing

8

a  nowhere   b  on/along   c  down   d  on   e  out

9

a  where
b  whose
c  of whom
d  why
e  when
f  of which

10

1  b   2  c   3  c   4  a   5  a   6  b   7  a

Unit 3 Looking ahead (Workbook, pp. 16-21): Answer key

Reading

1

a   D
b   A, B & C

2

1  A   2  D   3  C   4  C

3

a  crux   b  vested interest   c  malnutrition   d  proceed   e  cue   f  meticulously   g  implications   h  caveats

Vocabulary

1

a  cutback 4
b  downfall 1
c  upbringing 2
d  input 5

2

a  2   b  1   c  6   d  5   e  4   f  3

3

a  Handing out
b  stand out
c  passes out
d  make out
e  knocked out
f  turns out

4

a  over 2
b  of 6
c  away 4
d  in 1
e  down 5
f  down 3

Grammar

1

1  will know/find out
2  has met/meets
3  will perform/is performing
4  knows
5  won't effect
6  will sell out/will have sold out
7  will be given
8  will be talking

2

1   a, b, d
2   c, e, f

4

your opinion: fascinating, disgusting
size/weight: tiny, heavy
age: young, ancient
shape: rectangular, oval
colour: orange, purple
country of origin: Chinese, Russian
material: silk, china

5

a  (On Saturday) the Prime Minister spoke very well at the conference (on Saturday).
b  Christopher probably knows the way to our house. Jill probably doesn't know the way.
c  I quite agree with you. I just love your new flat.
d  I can see the ship very/pretty clearly on the horizon now.

Listening

2

1  C   2  B   3  D   4  B   5  D   6  A

Use of English

2

1  C   2  C   3  A   4  D   5  B   6  C   7  D   8  B

Review (Student's Book, p.44): Answer Key

1

a   broke down
b   set up
c   put some up
d   brought up
e   put someone down
f   set down
g   break up

2

a   around the
b   in the
c   in the long
d   was in
e   on the

3

a   giving
b   beat
c   make
d   lacked
e   making
f   heart and soul
g   make
h   come up with

4

a   promoted
b   enquire
c   interest
d   desire
e   trade
f   unless

5

a   getting
b   heart
c   feel
d   youth
e   better
f   look
g   hills

6

a   Educating the public is far more important than any other measure because it makes/would make/will make motorists far more aware of the environmental costs of driving.

b   I believe the top priority is/should be raising/to raise petrol prices.

c   While raising fuel prices is/would not be as effective as running an education campaign, it still has an important role to play.

d  I think nothing is as important as making people think about the/how much damage cars cause/are causing (to) the environment.

READING PART 5 Multiple choice: how to do it

• The questions follow the order of the test.
• Read the text for gist first. Don't worry if you don't understand every word, but try to get an idea of how the text is organised.
• Read the question or question stems without looking at the options. Underline key words in the question stem. Mark the piece of text where this question is answered.
• Read this piece of text carefully, underlining key words and phrases. Try to find your own answer to the question. Then, read the options (A, B, C or D) and choose the one which is closest to your own answer.
• Check that the other options are all definitely wrong. If you're still unsure, see which of these options can be ruled out and why.

NB In this part each correct answer is worth two marks.