This Week's Grammar: "The" - a small but complicated word.

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Online resources for NA1

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NI2 Answer Key CD3

NI2

CD3

 

1

1C  2B  3A  4B  5C  6B  7A  8B  9C  10A

 2

1C  2A  3C  4A  5C  6B  7B  8C  9A  10B

 3

1C  2B  3A  4C  5A  6B  7B  8A  9B  10C

 4

1B  2A  3C  4C  5B  6B  7A  8A  9C  10C

 5

1C  2A  3C  4B  5B  6C  7B  8B  9A  10C

 6

1B  2B  3C  4C  5C  6A  7B  8C  9A  10C

 7

1C  2A  3B  4B  5C  6B  7C  8A  9A  10C

 8

1A  2B  3C  4C  5A  6B  7A  8C  9B  10C

9

1A  2B  3C  4C  5A  6B  7B  8C  9A  10B

10

1B  2C  3A  4B  5B  6A  7C  8C  9A  10B

 11

1C  2B  3B  4C  5A  6A  7B  8C  9A  10A

 12

1B  2A  3C  4A  5B  6B  7C  8A   9C  10A

NA1 Listening CD3 Answer Key

NA1

CD3

 

1 

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

2

1 (she was) 12   2 (a new) paperback/book   3 (an) engineer   4 (a/an (art)) teacher  

5 tell/read her a story   6  read her own stories   7 poetry/poems  8  a (new) computer

9 an editor 10 the advice

3

1  E   2  C   3  D   4  F   5  A

4

1  M   2  A   3  P   4  A   5  M   6  P   7  A

5

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

6

1  the hotel porter   2  the hotel reception desk   3  the hotel doctor

4  24 hours in advance/before   5  warm clothing  6  (a number of) local restaurants  

7  until late at night  8  credit cards   10 fine(s)  11  a special licence (plate)

7

1  C   2  E   3  F   4  D   5  A

8

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

9

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

10

1 two/a couple of weeks   2 all over the world   3 cold/chilly/only 7 degrees   4 train 

5/6 large/grey/very busy  (either order)   7 learning Russian  8  English (conversation) lessons  9 recipes 10 English suppers

11

1  C   2  E   3  D   4  A   5  F

12

1  G   2  T   3  H   4  H   5  G   6  T   7  H

13

1 Australia    2 business/work   3 train   4 bus/coach   5 45 minutes   6  20 minutes

7 self-service place/restaurant and snack bar  8  chocolate and shoe shops

14

1  D   2  F   3  B   4  C   5  E

15

1  T   2  T   3  F   4  F   5  T   6  F   7  T

(Almost) Everything an EOI Student should know about Grammar

The Noun

Singular and Plural; Exercises
Possessives;  Exercises
Countable and Uncountable Nouns; Exercises

The Adjective

What is an adjective?
Position of adjective; Exercises
Order of adjectives;
Possessive adjectives; Exercises
Comparatives and Superlatives;  Exercises
interested v. interesting; Exercises
Adjectives and their prepositions; Exercises

Determiners

a/an; Exercises
the; when we don't use "the"; Exercises; More exercises
ordinal numbers and cardinal numbers
Quantifiers: much / many / little / few;  Exercises
Demonstratives: this, that, these, those; Exercises
Quantifiers: too much / too many; too little / too few; Exercises
Too / enough; Exercises

Pronouns

Personal pronouns; Exercise on Personal Pronouns (Subject Form); Personal Pronouns (Object Form); Possesive Pronouns; Reflexive Pronouns; Reflexive and Reciprocal Pronouns.
Interrogative Pronouns; Exercises
all, both; niether, none;  Exercises
each, every; Exercises

The Verb

State (stative) verbs v. action (dynamic) verbs; Exercises
Question forms
Subject and Object Questions; Exercises
Be;  Have; Exercises
Do;
Imperative; Exercises
the -ing form after certain verbs
the-ing form after all prepositions Exercise
The Present Simple;
The Present Continuous;
Present Simple or Present Continuous? Test
The Present Perfect;
Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Continuous?
Prsent Perfect or Past Simple?
The Past Simple;
The Past Continuous;
The Past Perfect;
Past Simple or Past Continuous?
Past Simple or Past Perfect?
Expressing the Future
will / be going to;
present continuous / going to;
there is / there are; there was / there were;
can / can't; should; have to; must; may; might; need
used to; Exercises
used to v. would
passive voice
zero conditional; Exercises
first conditional
modal verbs of deduction: present
modals of obligation and permission - present
modals of past obligation


Past, present and future

Talking about the present
Talking about the past
Talking about the future

The Adverb

Where they go in a sentence
Adverbs of manner
Adverbials of place
Advebials of location
Adverbials of direction
Adverbials of distance
Adverbials of time
Adverbials of probability
Comparative adverbs
Superlative adverbs

Prepositions

Prepositions of time
Prepositions of place
Prepositions of direction and movement
Prepositions of duration: for, since, during

Linkers

How to link ideas within a setence and between sentences.


Miscellaneous

So and Such; Exercises
For and Since with the Present Perfect
Stop doing v. stop to do
For and During
At last, Finally, and In the end . . .
Infinitive of Purpose (to go, to live, to study . . . )

Typical Mistakes Spanish speakers of English make

Happy New Year!

This Week's Time for Reflection

New English File Upper-intermediate Unit 3 File Test

 

GRAMMAR

1   1   was stolen

2   is being built

3   had been robbed

4   be fined

5   being caught

6   is believed

7   was being repaired

8   is said

2   1   I’ll be sitting

2   we’ll have finished

3   I’ll be going

4   likely

5   ’ll have built

6   probably

3   1   in case

2   ’s raining

3   don’t need

4   ’ll tell

5   ’m not going

6   haven’t had

 

Vocabulary

4   1   jury

2   evidence

3   Smuggling

4   Watch

5   questioned

6   manslaughter

7   arrested

8   hijackers

9   burglar

5   1   warm

2   breeze

3   below zero

4   fog

5   clear

6   1   risks

2   part

3   up

4   care

5   easy

6   notice

Pronunciation

7   1   mugger, thunder

2   court, fraud

3   humid

8   1   kidnap

2   sunburnt

3   commit

4   investigate

5   monsoon

 

Reading   1 A     2A     3B     4B     5A     6B     7C     8A     9C     10A

 

This Week's Geography

Sunset behind Westminster Palace, London

Fancy doing some armchair travelling? Check this site to learn a bit more about the United Kingdom.

Week Beginning Monday 9th December

Looking forward to seeing everyone today, Thursday 12th December.

 

EOI Santa Brígida wants to help the Human Rights’ Committee of IES de Santa Brígida in their campaign for the collection of food to help families in need in our area. Would you like to help, too? Please bring non-perishable food like:

Legumes

 

Pasta

Tinned food

Biscuits

Coffee

Sugar

Oil

Powdered milk

Gofio

Cocoa

Fruit juice

You can leave it in the EOI library on or before Tuesday 17th December.

 

Let’s take a united stand against poverty.

Important News for NI2A and NA1

The Consejería de Educación has cancelled all classes in Gran Canaria tomorrow, Wednesday 11th December because of the extreme weather conditions. However, I would like you to take advantage of the situation and do the following compositions:

NI2A: See Unit 6 of your coursebook and do P 76 "Writing: a description of a place for visitors." Word length = 110 - 130 words. Follow the instructions.

NA1: See Unit 3 of your Student's Book and do Page 49 "Writing: an opinion essay." Write between 120 - 180 words. Again, follow the instructions.

Please do your work carefully and with pride. Give it to me on Monday.

Week Beginning Monday 2nd December

This Week's Space

Stunning views of the planet we live on as seen from the International Space Station.

This Week's Composition

IT

Once upon a time, in a distant land, there lived a woman. It was a sunny afternoon and the woman had been shopping all morning. At some point she had remembered it, and then decided not to think about it, not to talk about it anymore. In the future, people might understand it but now it could be a risky.

She needed to forget it. However, it came back to her mind again and again. She went out and walked for hours trying to forget it.  “I was not guilty of it; it was not my fault,” she thought. “Why did I do it?” she asked herself.

Many years afterwards, she is still under the effects of it, but now she has become accustomed to having it in her mind.

Nobody knows her secret about it. However, she does not know how long she will be able to keep it.

Juan NI2A

 

 

 

This Week's Advertisement

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Week beginning Monday 23rd November

NA Listening Key CD2

Part 1
1b   2 a   3 a   4 c   5 b   6 b   7 c   8 c

Part 2

The Museum Association was started (9) two years ago.

Their task is to change the way people think about museums in the next (10) five years.

Ms Edwards worked for a big (11) advertising agency before coming to work for the Association.

Museums must be more (12) active in the way they attract visitors.

Museums were mainly for people with high levels of (13) education.

Ms Edwards would like museums to have (14) close links with schools in the area.

She wants museums top be friendly like (15) shopping malls.

A trip to the museum can be (16) exhausting for most people.

Investigating in museums is a way of investing in (17) the future of the country.

The Museum Festival next year will be held in (18) June.

Part 3

19 A   20 E   21 F   22 B   25 C

Part 4

24     T            

25     F
26     F
27     T
28     F
29     F
30    T