Summer material for T8 students at
ENGLISH LANGUAGE INSTITUTE Academia de Inglés Casa Central: Eduardo Dato, 36 41005 Sevilla 954640026 www.eli.es for more information email:
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Keep using your English in summer! Here is some material to help you remember what you have studied during the T8 course. There is Vocabulary, Grammar and some Writing practice. If you would like to study more English this summer on the Internet here are some sites of interest: 1. www.eli.es/class/t8 This is the English Language Institute special web page for T7 level. Here you will find exam contents, practice activities for exams and links to sites related to themes in your book for reading and vocabulary practice.
2. http://www.longman.com/cutt http://www.longman.com/cuttingedge/students_modu ingedge/students_modules/module_upper01.html les/module_upper01.html
This site is for your T8 coursebook. There are links to many sites which will give you lots of reading practice. 3. www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/index.shtml This site will give you lots of practical help with English including lots of news stories.
4. www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish This site has lots of interesting information and ideas for improving your English.
5. www.flo-joe.co.uk/ www.flo-joe.co.uk/fce/students/tes fce/students/tests/tsindex.htm ts/tsindex.htm If you are thinking of doing the First Certificate Exam this site has some activities to help you become familiar with it.
Module 1 Vocabulary: 1. Use eight of the following expressions to make eight true sentences about yourself. - since 2003 - twenty years from now - quite recently - in the long term - these days - over the past three years - not long ago - currently - in the weeks leading up to Christmas - now 2. Write true sentences about yourself ... be honest! - I was born in ___________________ ________________________________ ___________________ ______ - I grew up in _______________________________________ _______________________________________ - I became interested in ____________________________ _________________________________ _____ - I‟m thinking of _____________________________ _______________________________________ __________ - I am hoping to _________________________________ ________________________________________ _______ - I have been brought up by _________________________________ _________________________________ 3. How many expressions using GET can you remember / think of? Write as many as you can in five minutes and then check with page 13 of your book: you get one mark for each once you correctly guessed.
Module 2 1. Word Formation: How many different forms of these words do you know? Write down as many as possible and then create a test for other students like the example: Example: _______________ _______________ are very interesting people PSYCHOLOGY PERSONAL REAL INVOLVE DRAMA DEPRESS
RESEARCH PERSON IMAGINE ANXIETY SUPPORT
FANTASTIC SCIENCE WORRY SUFFER AWARE
EXCITE REMEMBER VIOLENT TRAGEDY STRESS
2. Complete these sentences about you ... be honest! - I hate it when ______________________________________ ______________________________________ - I find it hard to cope with __________________________________ __________________________________ - It really annoys me when __________________________________ _____________________________________ ___ - _________________________________ _________________________________ really frightens me. - ______________________________ _________________________________ ___ depresses me. - I have a big problem with ___________________________________ ___________________________________ - One thing that bothers me ____________________________________ ____________________________________
Module 3 1. What is the meaning of these expressions? - running around - wandering around - rushing off - walking up to someone - rushing around
2. Do you know the meaning of these verbs. swear hold
shout rob
sway break into
to be drunk slip
bash fall over
Module 4 1. Can you write the nouns for these adjectives? Do the words have any other forms? Write ten true sentences about yourself using ten of these words. creative popular dependable imaginative determined lonely stubborn awkward inventive confident logical brilliant emotional artistic intelligent
__________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________
2. What adjective describes these people? Check on page 41 if necessary. - a person who is very sure of themselves _______________ - a person who can resist temptation - a person who is calm and good at controlling emotions - exceptionally intelligent - shy and easily embarrassed in social situations
3. Mind: put a tick beside the expressions you remember. Use a dictionary if you don‟t remember and then write ten true sentences about yourself. - speak your mind - to be out of your mind - never mind - make up your mind - have something on your mind - slip your mind
- mind your head - would you mind... - mind your own business - change your mind
Module 5: 1. Answer these questions. - How do you cope with problems? - What do you think is worthwhile about school? - Is a clerk a boring job? - How can you overcome shyness? - Do you think you will achieve all your goals? - Will you end up working for a company? - How do you cope with stress? - Are you afraid of the dark? - What do you need to be successful in life?
Module 6: 1. Are these statements true or false for you? - I always sail through my exams - I like to wind down by watching TV - I have never snatched anything from my friends - I have never retaken an exam - I find it difficult to pace myself when I study - I like going for long walks to stretch my legs - I like swapping clothes with my friends
Vocabulary revision for for February February exam 1. Put the correct form of the word in the space. - Madonna is a very _______________ singer. SUCCESS - Many people think Madonna is very ________________ TALENT - Madonna isn‟t always very ______________ TACT - Madonna has a lot of _______________ CONFIDENT CONFIDENT - The ____________ don‟t always like her music. CRITIC - Madonna _______________ a lot of people to help her. EMPLOYMENT - Being Madonna can be very _________________ _________________ STRESS - Many people are _____________ of _____________ of Madonna‟s success. ENVY 2. Now write a similar exercise e xercise about your favourite singer.
Module 7 Vocabulary: 1. Word formation: complete the charts and add more words Verb
Noun
Adjective
Adjective
Adverb
decorate originate celebrate commemorate participate fascinate demonstrate Noun tradition history commerce atmosphere
Module 8 1. How many of these questions can you answer? - When was the last general election held in Spain? - Who is the current foreign minister of Spain? - Have you ever been on a political demonstration? demonstration? - If you were a politician would you be corrupt? - Are we in an economic boom or recession at the moment? - Which political party will you vote for in the next elections? 2. How many expressions can you remember using ABOUT? Now check with your book page 94 3. How many different forms of these words do you know? Check with page 50 of your workbook. nature qualify
power contribute
elect politician
economy solve
educate industry
Module 9 1. Write a paragraph which contains the following expressions: it must be logical! on the one hand on the other hand
although however
in conclusion first of all
2. What would you do in the following situations? - Your shoe has a hole in it. - Your food at lunch is over-cooked by your sister. - The window in your bedroom bedroom has a crack in it. it. - You didn‟t get get what you ordered in the the restaurant. - Your favourite jeans shrunk in the wash. - Your boyfriend / girlfriend tells you that your new shi rt doesn‟t suit you.
Module 10 1. What is the meaning of these expressions? - to broaden your mind - mutual interest - economic benefits - cheating - bending the rules
Module 11 1. Can you write the nouns for these verbs? test replace cure eliminate treat spread prevent
__________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________
2. How many expressions with HAVE can you remember? Now check with page 128 of your book and write ten true sentences about yourself using these expressions.
Module 12: 1. Think of an example ex ample of each of the following in Spain - a tabloid newspaper - a fashion magazine - a serious newspaper - a TV commercial - a soap opera - a documentary - the weather forecast - cartoon - game show 2. Make these adjectives negative using the correct prefix or suffix and use six of them to make true sentences about yourself. sensitive
thoughtful
tolerant
reliable
harmful
suitable
appealing
accurate
convincing
predictable
responsible
informative
Vocabulary revision for for Summer Summer exam 1. Do you know the meaning of these words? overcome
workaholic
ban
exhausted
mayor
atmosphere
successfully shut down
sniff
sweat
spotlight
delighted
highlight
achieve
awkward
make up
fed up
tidy up
T8 Revision 1. Put these expressions into groups (p.7) Over the past few years / in those days / the latest / the most recent / in a few years time PAST
NOW
FUTURE
2. Complete (p.8) -I was born in -I grew up in -I‟m thinking of -I‟m hoping to
3. VERBS Make correct sentences by changing tenses where necessary. -I washed my hair when the phone rang. -We finished the meal five minutes before the phone rang. -These days I have study economics in the University. - I live here for many years. 4: How many expressions with GET can you remember?
5. Complete (page 22) - One thing that really annoys me - I find _____________________ embarassing. embarassing. - I have a problem with - People who - I don‟t like the thought that
6. Write a sentence with these words: - undercooked: - post-graduate post-graduate - multinational - underpaid
8. Create a problem for these sympathetic sympathetic replies. _____________________________ _____________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________
__________________________ __________________ ________
How awful! Don‟t take any notice of it!
Calm down!
________________________ ________________________ There is no point getting upset upset about him!
Revision: write your own Exam! Question 1: Find ten vocabulary items from the book, about time, with get and with mind. Write a sentence for each word leaving a blank space. Example: I have been living here for __________
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Question 2: Narrative tenses, the tenses you use to tell a story ... what are they? Write a short text or find one from the book. Leave the verbs in the infinitive and a space so they have to be put into the correct narrative tense.
Question 3: Passive. Look at this example and write six more examples, all using a different tense. Example: Many farmers grow apples in Spain. Apples________________________ Apples_________________________ _
1. _____________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________ ________________ ___ 2. _____________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________ ________________ ___ 3. _____________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________ ________________ ___ 4. ________________________________ _______________________________________________ _____________________________ ______________ 5. _____________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________ ________________ ___ 6. _____________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________ ________________ ___
Question 4: Look at this sentence. Where does always go? I ______ go ________ to school on foot Can you make six more examples? ex amples? 1. _____________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________ ________________ ___ 2. _____________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________ ________________ ___ 3. _____________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________ ________________ ___ 4. _____________________________ _____________________________________________ ______________________________ ________________ __ 5. _____________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________ ________________ ___ 6. _____________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________ ________________ ___
Question 5: Can you think of some sentences with the verb in the infinitive which test the difference between Present Simple, Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous? 1. _____________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________ ________________ ___ 2. _____________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________ ________________ ___ 3. _____________________________ _____________________________________________ _______________________________ ________________ _ 4. _____________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________ ________________ ___ 5. _____________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________ ________________ ___ 6. _____________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________ ________________ ___
Description 1: people COMPLETE WITH THE FOLLOWING WORDS:
gentle waist plain elderly eld erly plump look like freckles attractive sympathetic take after wrist dimples glasses young mid-seventies wrinkles late-twenties early-forties My grandmother has always been my favourite person. She is a(n) __________ woman in her _________________ , with greying hair, who always wears clothes that she makes herself. You can tell that she has smiled a lot in her life from the ________________ ________________ around her eyes. eyes. When I was young she used to live quite near our home but since grandfather‟s death she has lived with us. She has a ________________, kind face, but when you first meet her you are immediately struck by the shrewdness of her grey eyes behind her _________. If I had a problem when I was little I used to go to her; I knew she would understand and be _________________. She has always loved cooking and housework and still helps my mother in the house. You seldom see her without an apron round her _________________. _________________. Her hands are gnarled now and she walks with a stick but I think she must have been very _______________ _______________ when she was was young. People say I _________________ _________________ her - I certainly certainly hope so.
DESCRIPTION 2: places Complete with the sentences a
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h below:
This photo could have been taken on a Caribbean island. In fact, it looks as if it has come straight out of a holiday brochure. In the foreground we can see a beautiful, white, sandy beach. 1.________________________ 1.________________________ The trees start where the beach finishes and on the right there are several large palm trees, leaning sideways and casting their shadows on the sand. 2.____________________________ 2.____________________________ The sky is deep blue and virtually cloudless.
Here we have the view of a fishing village, 3.___________________________ From the buildings and the landscape it looks like a place in Italy or France. The village has a small harbour crowded with boats, most of which seem to be leisure craft rather than fishing boats. The harbour is in the middle of the bay and 4.__________________ 4.__________________ covered in vegetation and dotted with houses. The sky and the sea are both an intense blue and the sea is very calm.
This picture shows a mountain with a lake at the foot of it. 5.________________ 5.________________ In the foreground we can see the reflection of the mountain peak 6. ________________ A path leads from the edge edge of the lake lake and starts to wind its way way up the mountain.
a) in the still waters of the lake b) taken from one of the surrounding hills c) the waves are breaking on the shore and the water is crystal clear d) taken from the main street, by the harbour e) beyond it we can see the cliffs f) it might be Autumn because of the colours of the vegetation g) behind them the lush vegetation stretches as far as the eye can see h) and a river flowing past the bottom of the mountain
T8 REVISION Make questions for these answers : _______________________________ _____________________________________ ______ ? “Dracula” was written written by Bram Bram Stoker. _______________________________ _____________________________________ ______ ? It was published in 1897. _______________________________ _____________________________________ ______ ? Yes, it was. (a success) _______________________________ _____________________________________ ______ ? Hundreds of thousands (copies of the book). _______________________________ _____________________________________ ______ ? A Count who is a vampire and and fills anyone who meets him with terror.
Vocabulary Vocabulary - work Put the words in the correct column: to sack s.o. mundane to make s.o. redundant a bonus sales advertising money hours
salary challenging skilled personnel a pay rise rewarding on the dole overtime shifts (shiftwork) stressful
departments losing your job
adjectives (+ive or -ive ?)
Personality : self-centred considerate ambitious persuasive careless impressionable competitive sensitive sensible conceited cautious insecure kind proud imaginative helpful Positive qualities :
Negative characteristics :
Writing: review What is wrong with this film review ? “The Full Monty” Monty” is a very good film. film. It I t is about a group of unemployed people who decide to make money by becoming male strippers. They have many problems and they nearly give up but in the end they act in front of a bar full of people. It made me laugh very much. Put the following parts of the film review in order: a) Conclusion and recommendation ; who would enjoy it. b) A short summary of the plot. c) Background information about the film ; who directed it, the main actors etc. d) The highlights of the film (the best things about it). For example, any good performances, the best scenes, the photography, photography, the costumes, the soundtrack etc. Which expressions belong in which part ? There are some wonderful performances from the cast, especially.. It is directed by... It is based on a book by... It is set in... It tells the story of ... The opening scene is absolutely incredible... It is not for people who enjoy happy endings... Two other high points of the film are the camera work and the soundtrack.... Tom Cruise plays the role/part of ... What positive things can you say about ... a) The acting ? b) The soundtrack ? c) The best scenes ?
Can you improve this narrative ? One day I was in the street when I saw a bank robbery. I ran after the robbers. I caught them. One of them hit me but I hit him and he fell on the ground. The police arrived and I told them about the robbery. They were happy with me.
Writing: formal letter Correct this letter of application: application:
Dear Sir, I „ve seen your advertisement advertisement in the paper yes yesterday terday and I write to present myself for the post of Travel Guide. I have no knowledge of languages but I learn very quickly, so I don‟t think you need to worry. I am used to dealing with people, as I have been the class representative on many occasions and have had to solve any problems my fellow students had. All the staff and students at the school are agree that I am a responsable person who have a lot of patience and initiative. You mention that that applicants applicants should know know their city very well. Don‟t wor ry, I do. I send my CV and the references you asked for. If you want more information, get in touch with me on 4640026. 4640026. I available for interview any afternoon from nd the 2 February onwards. I look forward to hear from you Your faithfully
Jaques Delon.
