BEFORE 05/05/2015

• First of all, a quick reminder that you should have completed your two slides of the "Organizing your Revision" ppts by Thursday. 
• OFFLINE Before Tuesday, do the grammar reference on page 152, the column on the Past Perfect Simple and Continuous. Also, SB p.93 GRAMMAR A & B
• ONLINE Watch the video of Unit 13 and make a note of any words or phrases that might come in useful were you to do the same role-play as them.

REVISION UNIT 10

• Do all the exercises in the WORKBOOK for Unit 10.

• Do all the exercises in the Outcomes VOCABULARY BUILDER for Unit 10.

• Revise the VOCABULARY of the unit.

• Make sure you practise SPEAKING about the topics of the unit. 

13 LIFE EVENTS Unit Overview

The main aim of this unit is to enable you to:

• describe major life events in more detail (birth, marriage, death)
• discuss gossip and news about people
• complain about annoying habits

You have practice in:

• reporting facts you are not 100% sure of

 The main grammatical focus is:

• the past perfect simple/continuous
• be always -ing
• wish and would

BEFORE 30/04/2015

• SB p.75 VOCABULARY Talking about parties
• Start doing the Easter Homework Videos. You can click on the corresponding tags on the right menu to find them all (Easter/Homework/Videos)

Instructions on how to do the ORGANISING YOUR REVISION ppts

• There's a folder in BOX called REVISION
• Download the ppt of the unit you've been assigned
• Save it onto your PC
• Fill in the slides you've been assigned
• Save the changes
• Send it to me by email before Thursday 07/05/2015

Those of you who have already handed me a slide in class: if you happen to have it saved on your PC, email it to me as well, so I can produce a complete e-version.
Thanks for your work! It's all for your own revision's sake!

FEEDBACK AFTER 28/04/2015

VOCABULARY

• a white lie
• a fib
• crunchy
• chewy
• edible vs. inedible/uneatable
• stuffy/stifling 
• at ease
• We're going through a bad patch
• host/hostess
• eavesdropping vs. overhearing

PRONUNCIATION

• café

Mercedes Valverde's VIDEO [Easter Homework]

Angel's VIDEO [Easter Homework]

Watch the firt three minutes of the video.
QUESTIONS ABOUT VIDEO : POPULAR   MISCONCEPTION  AROUND  BANK

1.-  What is the general  idea the video talks about?

2.-  Very few members of the public really understand how banks work however most economics

graduates have a better idea (T/F)

3.- Which is the first problem the video says we can find about many policy makers and economist?

4.- How do most people think that the way banks work?

5.- A poll done by ICM found that…….. still believe that banks works that way.

a) Half of the UK public.

b) Most of the UK public.

c) Third of the UK public.

6.-  When they discover how Banks work they say “ this is wrong, I haven’t………………. to do so”.

7.- Your bank account isn’t a safe deposit box but it stores money  in a digital equivalent box.(T/F).

8.- The money you put into bank is not your money neither the money of the bank.(T/F).

9.- The numbers that appear in your account are:

a) Your money.

b) A record for the bank.

c) The balance of your account.

10.- In the balance of the bank, this is recorded as a ……………………….-

11.- What does the balance of your bank represent?

Faustos' VIDEO [Easter Homework]

Eva's VIDEO [Easter Homework]

OPEN ANSWER QUESTIONS

1.- What  types of bank account do banks offer?

2.- What might you do with whatever bank account?

3.- What bank account is good for managing your day-to-day money?

4.- In which bank account do they do normally charge a monthly fee?

5.- In which bank account do they do charges for refused Direct Debits and standing orders?

6.- In which bank account  can you keep your spending money separate from money for bills or

rent?

7.- What is a credit union?

8.- What kind of bank account do you think is more appropriate for you? Why?

FILL IN THE GAPS

1.- Looking for a bank account can all seem very _______________.

2.-You might want to set up Direct Debits or standing orders to pay your _________    ____.

3.- You probably want to pay for things with a _________    ___________.

4.- Your _______   or benefits can be paid straight in.

5.- And you usually get a _______   ________  too.

6.- And if there's not enough in your account to cover a Direct Debit, you'll probably have to

pay _________  ________.

7.- The main difference in basic bank accounts is they don't let you go _______________.

8.- In jam jar accounts ,you'll normally get a card for using at cashpoint machines or a

_________  ______.

9.- You can't go overdrawn so there's no credit check to pass, and no fees or _________ to pay.

10.- These are 'not-for-profit' organizations that offer savings accounts and ________ to their

members.

Maribel's VIDEO [Easter Homework]

Comprehension questions: Top 10 Anti Allergy Superfoods

1.- Write at least six of the Top 10 Anti Allergy Superfoods.

2.- What is the first Anti Allergy Superfood that you watch in the video?

3.- What is the last one?

4.- Which superfood contains curcumin?

5.- Can the garlic boost your inmune system?

6.- Do you think that the garlic has antibiotic, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant

properties?

7.- What kind of acids are good fighters against allergies?

8.- You can watch in the video three products with vitamin C, could you write their

names?

9.- What is one of the oldest vegetables known to man?

10.- What product is related with Omega 3 in the video?

Mª Jesús VIDEO [Easter Homework]

http://www.bbc.com/news/health-32076070

FILLING THE GAPS

• Bolivian women have years of the experience of knitting(1)_________medical

• Women are part of the production of small(2)_________which can save the life

of children with congenital(3)__________________

• The problem that seems to fix the device is a (4)__________in the heart.

• The device can(5)_________its own shape,it can be contracted or folded whist

travelling from the(6)_______to the heart through a (7)_________and then

expanded when it (8)______to the heart.

• The blood that was supposed to go to the whole body to(9)________________

and nutrients used to escape through a(10)________called “ductus”.

• Cinthia couldnt walk,she used to tired.she(11)____________when crying,she

was almost(12)____________,said her mother.

• Bolivia lacks a State(12)______Programme to treat these kind heart congenital

malfunctions,these(13)_________women are helping to solve this problem.

Mercedes García's VIDEO [Easter Homework]

1. Fill in the gaps with the correct words:

a) I hate the process of______________________

b) I’ve done a couple of 24h ____________trips.

c) I really enjoyed Holland, particularly __________________

d) The people are so nice and so __________________

e) I can’t speak a word of _______________

f) Trains are always _____________

g) I would really like to go to ________________

h) _______________and ______________ were both there and they just felt in love

with the place.

i) It sounds fantastic, so beautiful _________________, beautiful _______________

and such a variety as well.

2.  Write TRUE (T)or FALSE (F):

a) He likes the process of travelling.

b) He thinks travelling by coach is the worst.

c) He enjoyed France, particularly Paris.

d) The man says he can’t speak Dutch.

e) He would like to visit New Zealand

Mar's VIDEO [Easter Homework]

1. What is the name of the first written laws about marriage?

2. Why wasn't always possible polygamy in the ancient cultures?

3. Where could a woman have multiple husbands and why?

4. Were always marriages between two living people?

5. What is the modern idea of marriage?

6. When does this idea appear?

Update 23/04/2015

• Different types of writing is now in the shared folder.
• KEY TO GRAMMAR REFERENCE UNIT 10
  

• KEY to Photocopy FUTURE CONTINUOUS & PERFECT

1.       will have lived/will have been living

2.      will be working

3.       will have been

4.      will have found

5.       will have covered

6.      Will you be waiting

7.       will be watching

8.      will have finished

9.      will be getting

10.   will have left

1. c

2. c

3. c

4. a

5. c

6. a

7. a (b is also possible but it is not the best option)

8. c

9. c

10. a (c is also possible but it’s not the best option)