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About Carme

English teacher at IES Joan Solà.

LISTENING COMPREHENSION: SAVING THE SIGN

 

Watch the video on the world-wide famous Hollywood sign and complete the sentences below.

Click here to watch the video.

1.       There is a fight over the famous Hollywood sign between __________________ and______________ against developers.

2.       The city and the business are based on ________________.

3.       The Hollywood sign represents ____________ , wealth and ________________ in one word.

4.       The Hollywood sign has survived ____________, ____________   and _________years up there.

5.       The property next to the sign, now on sale, was bought in 2002 for less than _______________ dollars.

6.       When was the sign built? 

Once you have finished click on the answer key below to check your comprehension.

saving-the-sign-answer-key.doc

FIRST CONDITIONAL

Conditionals are formed by two different sentences. The first is the condition preceded by IF, the second is the result of that condition.Have a look at the different tenses used in the First Conditional:

IF + PRESENT TENSE , PRESENT TENSE/FUTURE SIMPLE

Now have a look at the videos:

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WELCOME BACK

Did you have fun during the Easter break? Did you travel to an exotic place?Did you read “Two Lives”? Did you write the composition you have to hand in today?We hope you haven’t forgotten all the English you have learnt so far and that you come back to the school ready to work hard.

EASTER HOMEWORK (nivell bàsic 2)

Go to this website and do the following activities:

http://www.educa.aragob.es/eoizara2/public_html/

Vocabulary: Food and drink file 01, shopping file 07, school file 08

Written Comprehension: The power of Nature file 11, Pet owners file 18

Writing: What are you going to do these Easter Holidays? (170 words). Remember to use connectors and different tenses.You will have to hand in to your teacher this composition after the Easter holydays(26th March)

Grammar: Prepositions File 20, dreadly mistakes file 33

Listening Comprehension: Have a look at the blog regularly since  we will post interesting videos, some of them will have comprehension activities  with the answerkey and others (like Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem’s will be just for fun)

PENELOPE CRUZ

Listen to an interview with Penelope Cruz talking about “Volver” which is her third collaboration with Pedro Almodovar.

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GANDHI’S ASHES SPREAD

GANDHI

Watch the video and decide if the following sentences are true or false.

1.   India commemorated the 16th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination.

2.    His granddaughter spread his ashes in Bombay.

3.    Gandhi led a non-violent struggle for independence from Britain.

4.    Gandhi’s followers took the ashes toBombay

5.    Gandhi was killed in Bombay by a Hindu Extremist.

6.    Gandhi was killed before the independence of India.

7.    Hindus cremate their dead and the ashes are scattered after 30 days.

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC VIDEO