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Chritsmas Homework

Here you have some exercises to revise the grammar we have seen so far. You can do it during the Chritmas break and I'll post the key when we come back.

Listening: Holidays

Check this out: different types of holidays. Which one do you prefer?

Now listen to these three people talking about how the like to travel and answer the questions. 

Revise and Check 2.

GRAMMAR

a 1. already

2. long

3. Since

4. Have

5. yet

b 1. been working. We haven’t seen this tense in class, so don’t worry about this sentence.

2. just made

3. more expensive

4. carefully as

5. the most

VOCABULARY

a 1. bank (It’s the place. The others are forms of payment).

2. mortgage (It’s a noun. The others are all verbs).

3. hungry (The other adjectives are all “strong” adjectives).

4. awful (It has a negative meaning. The other three have a positive meaning).

5. travel (It’s a verb. The others are nouns).

6. helmet (You wear it. The other three are vehicles).

7. Railway station (It’s related to rail travel. The others are all related to road travel).

b 1. filthy

2. tax

3. rush hour

4. lend

5. platform

6. inherit

7. boarding pass / card

8. tiny

c 1. off

2. out

3. for

4. back

5. by

PRONUNCIATION

a 1. coach /əʊ/

2. tiny /aɪ/

3. charge /ɑ:/

4. cycle /s/

5. earn /ɜ:/

b invest, security, luggage, pedestrian, terrified.

CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THIS TEXT?

a 1. a ; 2. b; 3. c; 4. a; 5. b     CHECK THEM AGAIN, THERE WAS A MISTAKE

b Fortunate = lucky

Charity = an organization which collects money to help people in need (who are poor, sick, etc).

Volunteer = somebody who offers or agrees to do something without being forced or paid.

Orphanage = an institution where children without parents live and are looked after.

Deposit = a percentage of the price of something you are buying which you pay in advance.

Annoyed = made angry.

Adopted = taken by a family and looked after as if they were their own children.

Useful = having a practical use.

Definitely = certainly, without doubt.

Commonly confused words.

Trip, journey or travel?
Ache, pain or hurt?
Borrow or lend? 

Homework for Monday 20

For those who don't have the photocopy, here you have the worksheet you have to do for next Monday.

Superlative songs

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By the way, isn't Coldplay one of the best bands ever? This is one of their songs I like the most.