Homework February 27th GAD & AYF

Please, revise for your exams this weekend.


Good luck everyone!

American and British English

Job Interview links for GAD & AYF

These are the basic webs where you should start looking for information. Please, do some research of your own, too. 

GAD Students: NH London Kensington Hotel

AYF Students: 

Deloitte Financial Advisory  

Deloitte Financial Advisory Overview

Article from the Daily Telegraph top 9th place to work in UK

JOB INTERVIEW Speaking Cards

To go over the Speaking Cards for your upcoming job interview please check María's blog - look at your right, it is under the heading 'English Dep. Blogs'. You just need to click on 'Speaking Cards'.

Homework AYF February 20th Present Perfect

Inverness on a map

Winter time in Fort Augustus

Inverness High Street

Loch Ness

Loch Ness is a lake between the Scottish towns of Inverness and Fort Augustus. The word loch is Scottish for lake. Loch Ness is about 37 km long and extremely deep, the deepest part is 226 m.

Loch Ness is famous for its friendly monster, Nessie. Most people think that this is only a legend, but every year tourists from all over the world come to Loch Ness and hope that they will see the monster.

For more information on Inverness have a look at its tourist site: http://www.inverness-scotland.com/visit-inverness.php

1. Use the Present Perfect to fill in the blanks.

a) Tourists from all over the world (be) _____ to Loch Ness.

b) Most of them (see / not) _____ Nessie, however.

c) Only very few people say that the Loch Ness Monster (appear) _____ in front of them.

d) Even scientists (come) _____ to Loch Ness to find the monster.

e) And the boss of the Guinness brewery (promise) _____ to pay 500,000 Pounds to the person who catches Nessie.    

2. Use Present Perfect to complete these sentences.

a) I (not / work) _____ today.

b) We (buy) _____ a new lamp.

c) We (not / plan) _____ our holiday yet.

d) Where (be / you) _____?

e) He (write) _____ five letters.

f) She (not / see) _____ him for a long time.

g) (be / you) _____ at school today?

h) School (not / start) _______ yet.

i) (speak / he) _______ to his boss?

j) No, he (have / not) _______ the time yet.

Keep this in mind for next week: 

Use the Past Simple: for an action that happened in the past and is finished.

                                   with definite time expression in the past.

I went to the shop yesterday

I went to Wales last year

Use the Present Perfect: for an action that started in the Past but it is still true today. 

                                         with undefined time expressions.

I have lost my keys 

I have gone to Wales three times

GAD Homework Feb 20th Pronouns + 1st Conditional

Quite a lot to do this weekend! 

For those of you who want to listen again to the explanation of pronouns, please, watch this video. It is very clear. You only need to watch until minute 6, because at the end he starts talking about 'reflexive pronouns', and you can ignore that. 

Compulsory  (obligatory) to watch for those who weren't in class on Friday:

1. Check your understanding after watching the video.

a) My sister bought that new car last week. That car is his/hers/her. 

b) The blue car isn't my sister's car. The green one is her/she/hers car.

c) Excuse me. Have you seen my/mine/me cell phone? I lost it. 

d) That dog belongs to my neighbor. It is our/their/his dog. 

e) Is this you/yours/your pen? Does it belong to you?

f) No, that's not my/mine/me. My pen is green. 

g) It is not theirs, it's our/them/ours . We bought it yesterday


2. Choose the correct possessive adjective/pronoun. 

a) This is Mary's umbrella. It is ___ umbrella.

b) This is Mary's umbrella. This umbrella is ___.

c) These are the girls' hats. These hats are ___.

d) These are Ben's flowers. They are ___ flowers. 

e) This is the dog's bone. It is ___ bone. 

f) These are the girls' hats. They are ___ hats.

g) This is your newspaper. This newspaper is ___.

h) These are my books. These books are ___.


3. Complete these sentences using the First Conditional. 

a) If you ___ (help) me with my homework, I ___ (finish) it in time to go to the shopping centre.

b) If it ___ (not/rain), the students ___ (practice) volleyball in the playground.

c) Jane ___ (come) home early if she ___ (not/be) very busy at work.

d) Our teacher ___ (be) pleased if we ___ (do) our homework.

e) If Robert ___ (play) football with us, we ___ (win) the match.

CLICK HERE for more exercises to keep practicing the First Conditional

GAD 13th February

Very easy review of the Past Continuous...

1. The children ___ outside. (play)
2. The dog ___ at us. (bark)
3. My teacher ___ the exercise to me. (explain)
4. I ___ to my mp3 player. (not listen)
5. The people ___ towards the library. (walk)
6. The cook ___ a tasty meal. (prepare)
7. I ___ to fix my computer.  (not try)
8. My friend and I ___ basketball. (play)
9. The police ___ the thief. (chase)
10. My sister and my brother ___. (sing)

Spend or Save? HW AyF February 12th

1. Complete the sentences with the correct verb in brackets. 

a. My sister ___ a lot of money on clothes she never wears. (wastes / saves)
b. I can't ___ to buy a flat of my own. (pay / afford)
c. You'll have to ___ a lot of money if you want to travel around the world next year. (cost / save)
d. Kevin ___ about £1,000 a month in his new job. (wins / earns)
e. That painting ___ a lot of money. (charges / is worth)
f. My uncles is organising a race to ___ money for charity. (raise / save)
g. We still ___ the bank a lot of money. (owe / earn)
h. Mary ___ £5,000 from her grandfather when he died. (inherited / invested)
i. The plumber ___ me £100 for mending my shower. (cost / charged)
j. Can you ___ me £200 until I get paid? (borrow / lend)

2. Complete the advertisement with the words below.

bank account - bills - cash machine - loan - mortgage - note - salary - tax

CASH Arthur Banking Ltd.

Our account services

Open a ___ with us and we'll give you a free gift- you'll get a tablet if you earn more than  £3,000 a month. Consult our online service 24/7 and use your card in the ___ of any bank to take out as much or as little money as you want - coins aren't available, but you can take out a £5- ___ if you wish. Does your company pay your ___ directly into the bank? Then we won't charge you anything for your card. We'll even pay all your ___ for you, free of charge. 

Our financing services

Do you need to borrow money for a car, a holiday, or a new laptop? We'll give you a ___ of up to £10,000 for whatever you want to buy. 

And how about a new house? We can give you a ___ at one of the lowest interest rates on the market.

Our extra services

How much ___ do pay? Talk to our specialists to make sure you're paying the right amount - they can help you pay less. Come to CASH Arthur for the best accounts, the best services, and the best savings. 

Connectors

Connectors of addition and connectors of contrast

Choose the correct connector

Tip: Each sentence contains two ideas. Do these ideas contrast? Or do they add information? 

a) Lorena seems to be quite clever. ___, she often gets low marks. 

nevertheless / furthermore

b) The service at this restaurant is excellent. ___, the food is delicious. 
however / in addition

c) I've never been to Argentina, ___ having relatives there. 
as well as / despite

d) Jordi is a careful driver. ___, he's had several accidents. 
moreover / however

e) Laura loves playing basketball, ___ she's not very good at it. 
and / but 

f) Anna is talented at music ___ art. 
as well as / in spite of

Reminder
Connectors of addition: in addition, furthermore, moreover, as well as, also, and
Connectors of contrast: however, nevertheless, on the one hand / on the other hand, in spite of / despite, although /even though, but

Subordinating Conjunctions

1. Choose the correct subordinating conjunction for each sentence.

a. I visit the Grand Canyon _________ I go to Arizona. (once, whenever, wherever)
b. This is the place _________ we stayed last time we visited. (where, when, how)
c. _________ you win first place, you will receive a prize. (wherever, if, unless)
d. You won’t pass the test _________ you study. (when, if, unless)
e. I could not get a seat, _________ I came early. (as, though, when)
f. We are leaving Wednesday _________ or not it rains. (if, whether, though)
g. Pay attention to your work _________ you will not make mistakes. (so that, unless, or)
h. The musicians delivered a rousing performance _________ they had rehearsed often. (though, as, once)
i. She’s honest _________ everyone trusts her. (if, so, when)



2. Choose the correct subordinating conjunction.

a) _________ the basement flooded, we spent all day cleaning up.

1. After
2. Although
3. Before
4. Even if

b) I don’t want to go to the movies ­­­_____________ I hate the smell of popcorn.

1. Although
2. Because
3. Whenever
4. So that

c) ___________ spring arrives, we have to be prepared for more snow.

1. Because
2. Until
3. Although
4. Now that

d) _____________ the alarm goes off, I hit the snooze button.

1. As soon as
2. Because
3. Before
4. Now that

These are 25 Subordinating Conjunctions which are very commonly used in English. Would you know how to use each of them?

After
Although
As
As soon as
Because
Before
By the time
Even if
Even though
Every time
If
In case
Now that
Once
Since
So that
Than
The first time
Unless
Until
When
Whenever
Whether or not
While

Why

Correlative Conjunctions

Correlative Conjunctions explained with examples:

ORIGINAL SENTENCES - VERBS?	ORIGINAL SENTENCES - MEANING?	RESULT: COMBINE USING ...
positive verb forms only	both ideas are true	both ... and
		not only ... but also
verbs like 'maybe' or 'might'; words like 'instead'	only ONE idea is true or will happen	either ... or
negative verb forms only	both ideas are NOT true	neither ... nor

1. Choose the correct correlative pair. 
1. I plan to take my vacation _________ in June _________ in July. (whether / or, either / or, as / if) 

2. _________ I’m feeling happy _________ sad, I try to keep a positive attitude. (either / or, whether / or, when / I’m) 

3. _________ had I taken my shoes off _________ I found out we had to leave again. (no sooner / than, rather / than, whether / or)

4. _________ only is dark chocolate delicious, _________ it can be healthy, too. (whether / or, not / but, just as / so) 

 

5. _________ flowers _________ trees grow a lot during warm weather. (not only / or, both / and, not / but) 

6. _________ do we enjoy summer vacation, _________ we enjoy the winter break. (whether / or, not only / but also, either / or) 

7. Look at the sky! It’s _________ going to rain _________ snow tonight. (as / if, either / or, as / as)

Coordinating Conjunctions

1. Choose the best coordinating conjunction for each sentence

a) My car has a radio _________ a CD player. (but, or, and)

b) Sharon hates to listen to rap music, _________ will she tolerate heavy metal. (but, nor, or)
c) Carol wanted to drive to Colorado, _________ Bill insisted that they fly. (and, or, but)

d) I’m afraid of heights, _________ I appreciate the view from the top of this building. (and, yet, nor)
e) I have to be on time, _________ my boss will be annoyed if I’m late. (and, nor, for)
f) Do you like chocolate _________ vanilla ice cream better? (or, nor, and)
g) I have to go to work at six, _________ I’m waking up at four. (but, so, yet)
h) I was on time, _________ everyone else was late. (so, but, for)
i) Nadia doesn’t like to drive, _________ she takes the bus everywhere. (but, yet, so)
j) Our trip to the museum was interesting, _________ there were several new artifacts on display. (but, for, yet)

2. Choose the correct coordinating conjunction.

a) Would you rather have cheese _____  mayonnaise on your sandwich?

1. For
2. Nor
3. Or
4. So

b) His two favorite sports are football ______ tennis.

1. Or
2. And
3. Nor
4. For

c) I wanted to go to the beach, _______ Mary refused.

1. But
2. Or
3. So
4. For

d) I am allergic to cats, ­­­­______ I have three of them.

1. Or
2. For
3. Yet
4. So

e) I am a vegetarian, ­­­­_______ I don’t eat any meat.

1. So
2. Yet
3. Nor
4. But

There are only 7 coordinating conjunctions in English. The easiest way to remember them is by using the mnemonic FANBOYS: 

For

And

Nor

But

Or 

Yet

So

Extra exercises AYF

Here are some voluntary extra word formation exercises for you to practice some more! 

1. Change the word in bold (adjective, noun, adverb, etc.) so that the text makes sense.

Pythagoras was a ___ (PHILOSOPHY) born on the Aegean island of Samos. He was known as a great ___ (MATHEMATICS) who has received ___ (ADMIRE) for over 2000 years. As a young man he travelled a lot and was ___ (GREAT) influenced by some ___ (REMARK) ideas he came across in Egypt and Babylon. 

Over time, he made extensive mathematical ___ (INVESTIGATE), which included the famous "Pythagoras' Theorem", a great ___ (DISCOVER) stating that the square of the hypotenuse of a right angled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares. 

In ___ (ADD), Pythagoras was one of the earliest ___ (SCIENCE) to suggest that the earth was a sphere ___ (REVOLVE) around a central fire. Without doubt, his ___ (CONTRIBUTE) to the scientific world will always be acknowledged.


2. Form adjectives and adverbs.

a) Be sure to contact him if you need advice. He's a very (HELP) ___ person.
b) It was a really (ENJOY) ___ party. Thanks for inviting me.
c) He has just payed for a (MONTH) ___ subscription to the magazine.
d) She smiled (HAPPY) ___ when they offered her the new job.
e) (HOPE) ___ we'll have enough money saved to go to Bahamas next year.
f) In order for the medicine to work (EFFECT) ___ you must take the correct amount.
g) Although John is very quiet at work, he is (FRIEND) ___ than you would imagine.
h) What a beautiful vase! It is the (LOVE) ___ present I've ever had.

Imperative Sentences

Best way of refreshing the use and structure of imperatives in English... Brought to you by those who use it the most :)

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GAD Homework 5th February

1. Please finish both sides of the photocopy to revise Vocabulary and Functional Language in Unit 7. 

2. Complete these two conversations with sentences from the list below. Use each sentence once only.

Conversation 1

A: Hello, is that Motor Systems UK?
B: 1___
A: Can I speak to Mark Wheeler, please?
B: 2___
A: OK. Do you know what time he will be free?
B: 3___
A: Right, I'll call again then. Thanks very much.
B: 4___
A: Goodbye.

Conversation 2. 
C: 5___
D: I'd like to speak to someone about bringing forward a delivery date.
C: 6___
E: 7___
D: I'm phoning about our order for some special plugs.
E: 8___
D: Yes, it's MS/72/03. We'd like an earlier delivery date if possible.
E. 9___
D: OK. Could you call me back today?
E: 10___
D: That'll be fine. Thanks very much.

a. I'll put you through to Order Enquiries.
b. From about three this afternoon.
c. Yes, later this afternoon if that's convenient.
d. Yes, it is. Can I help you?
e. I'm afraid he's in a meeting at the moment.
f. Motor Systems UK. Can I help you?
g. Right. Well, I'll have to check with the factory supervisor. 
h. Can you give me the order number?
i. Order Enquiries. Can I help you?
j. You're welcome. Goodbye. 

Enjoy your long weekend!

Homework AYF 5 February

Do the following exercises on comparatives and superlatives.


*In group 1 (monosyllables), we don't double the final letter when the adjective ends in
vowel + vowel + consonant; or
vowel + consonant + consonant:

cheap - cheaper - cheapest,

old - older - oldest

*So remember only to double the final letter of monosyllabic adjectives ending in C+V+C. You will end up doing this automatically.

1. Put the adjectives in the correct form:

a. My brother has a (tidy) ___ room than me.

b. Australia is (big) ___ than England.

c. I'm (good) ___ now than yesterday.

d. She's got (little) ___ money than you, but she doesn't care.

e. He thinks Chinese is (difficult) ___ language in the world.

f. Barça played (bad) ___ than Atleti last week.

g. Dogs are not (intelligent) ___ as cats.

h. Show me (good) ___ restaurant downtown. 

i. (hot) ___ desert of all is the Sahara and it's in Africa.

j. Who is (talkative) ___ person in your family?

2. Write the appropriate words to fill the gaps. Use comparatives and superlatives.

a. That's my ___ (bad) mark ever!

b. It's ___ (far) than I thought - I think we're lost.

c. That dish of Brussels sprouts was the ___ (disgusting) meal I've ever had!

d. I hope your team's ___ (lucky) today than last week.

e. They're ___ (happy) in their new school than in their old one. 

f. Your spaghetti sauce is ___ (tasty) than my mum's. 

3. Correct the mistakes in these sentences.

a. The more amazing thing just happened to me!

b. He's a lot taller you.

c. She's worst than me at maths.

d. He's best in the team at goal scoring. 

e. The pizza here isn't as good the one in Papa John's.

f. When crossing a high bridge, it is frighteninger if you look down.

g. Where's the most cheap place to eat?

h. My cat has been eating a lot...I think he is fater.