SPEAKING TEST tips

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Interaction

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NI1- Exam Practice

In NI1 we are looking at Icons and Heroes of our time (unit 6C)
I've downloaded this biography about Marilyn Monroe from the web so you can practice for your Reading test!

MArilyn

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Contrast & Purpose Clauses--- NA1

* Further practice on the clauses of contrast:
Although, though, even though, despite, In spite of...
and purpose
to, for, so as to, in order to, so that

Click on the following links and enjoy yourself ;-)

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NA1 --Uncountable & Plural Nouns

In NA1 we are looking at these especial uncountable and plural nouns in unit 6B...

Learn more about them here.

I hope you leave a comment after you read this!
Nice weekend to all my sweet students!


PRACTICE
Exercise 1
Exercise 2

Uncountable and Plural Nouns Na1



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AS or LIKE?

Advanced 1


•as

She works as a tourist guide. (She is one.)
You look as your brother did when he was your age.
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•like

She knows the place like a tourist guide (but she's not one.)
Bob works like a dog (but he is NOT one!)
You look like your brother.

We use as
a) to talk about the role of somebody/something
Example:
..... He works as a computer programmer. (He is one.)
..... He used the scarf as a bandage.

b )to mean 'in the same way'. It's followed by a subject and a verb. Examples:
You think as your father did.
Our store will open on 25 December, as we usually do.

c) to compare two people or things:
You are as smart as your sister.

ALSO:

d)To give a reason (because)
As he was tired he left earlier.

e) Meaning 'while':
As I was leaving he arrived.


We use like
- to talk about similarity
Example: He uses the computer like a computer programmer (but he's not one).

- to mean 'in the same way'. It's followed by an object, or by a subject and a verb. Examples:
You think like your father.
Our store will open on 25 December, like we usually do.

Click here to learn more and do a bit of practice!

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The Media (Video)

Gore Vidal is a novelist, essayist, playwright, and provocateur whose career has spanned six decades, beginning in the years immediately following World War II and continuing into the early years of the twenty-first century. In addition to a major sequence of seven novels about American history, and such satirical novels as MYRA BRECKINRIDGE and DULUTH, he has written dozens of television plays, film scripts, and even three mystery novels written under a pseudonym. He has also written well over a hundred essays, gathered in several volumes published between 1962 and 2001. Taken as a whole, this seemingly varied work has an uncanny unity, exhibiting a tone of easy familiarity with the world of politics and letters, an urbane wit, and a supreme self-confidence on the part of the writer. Vidal’s lineage in American literature may be traced back to Henry James, the sophisticated American from the upper echelons of society who mingles with European sophisticates, and Mark Twain, the raw humorist and critic of American empire.

by Jay Parini

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Animals Save The Planet

Funny and ecological Video you cannot miss!!!

http://www.animalssavetheplanet.com/media/swf/design_video.swf?vidNumber=1


Thanks TONY!!

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SAINT PATRICK

Next March 17th is Saint Patrick's Day...
Who is that?!!!

Find out HERE and do some interesting activities to improve your English and your knowledge of the English culture!

NA1 Listening Test

Extra listening test practice for NA1 students who need to improve the matching type.
Click to print activity.

-Click on each speaker to listen to them one by one ...

Speaker 1

Speaker 2

Speaker 3

Speaker 4

Speaker 5

CHECK ANSWERS IN CLASS!
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GET GET GET (phrasal verbs)

AIR TRAVEL (NA1)

As these days we are working with air travelling we are going to listen to some people about waht they do while they on board...

Click HERE to do the listening activity.

Writing. OPINION ESSAYS

Improve your writing. Activity for Advanced Students of English.
Click below and see explanations with examples on how to write an OPINION ESSAYopiinionessays

Publish at Scribd or explore others: writing

What does your ring tone say about you?

Click HERE to listen while you read
Ring Tones

Publish at Scribd or explore others: School Work Business & Economics Books Non-fiction money sales

Now...Do a QUIZ about text messages.
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FINAL TEST ideas

Exam Tips

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TRY THIS LISTENING!

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IMPROVE YOUR PRONUNCIATION

Listen to this story, step by step,as you read and repeat to improve your English pronunciation.


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MARYLIN MONROE- An Icon of our Time...

Let's visit the post in Saro's Blog about Marylin Monroe and do the Reading activity to practise for the Final Test!
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GORGEOUS!
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I just hope Marta knows who this woman is...

READING Tests

Read and learn while you fill in the gaps in these two activities.

(1) National Heroes.

(2) American History.

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LISTENING test ADVANCED

Click HERE and do a listening comprehension activity, filling gaps, about the use of mobile phones while driving.


Test your Level on the four language skills
+ ADVANCED level

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NA1 Grammar &Vocabulary Unit 5

REVISION & EXTENSION UNIT 5

Na1 Unit 5 Revision

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TEST YOUR LEVEL OF ENGLISH today

How good is your English level?
What's your domain of the four language skills? Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing...? Are you ready to go a step forward and study a higher level next year...?
.-Do the European Portfolio Self Assessment Test...
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+ INTERMEDIATE level students.