SELECTIVIDAD

Links to useful material  for PAU exams:

1- Directrices y Orientaciones generales para la prueba.

2- Exams we have already done in class:

A) Text 1: Centenarians
B) Text 2: St Valentine's Day

3- Exam for Xmas
C) Texto 3: Triskaidekaphobia

PENDIENTES DE 1º BACHILLERATO

Hello,

If you still have to pass last year's English, have a look at these links for help.

A) List of contents you have to revise and dates of exams. 

B) Activities (First Part):  Starter unit / unit 1 /unit 2 / unit 4

C) Activities (Second Part):  UNITS 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8


Here is a LINK to the GRAMMAR ACTIVITES on my blog for 1º Bachillerato.
Here you can find some VOCABULARY REVISION.

Good Luck!!!

TOPICS FOR YOUR ORAL EXAMS:

Have a careful look at these topic, which we have already dealt with in class. You should be ready to talk about ONE of them for at least one minute:

1) What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of living up to 100 years of age?

2) Describe a member of your family.

3) Describe yourself / or your ideal partner.

4) Men take more risks than women. Do you agree?

5) Do you agree that “modern life presents us with very few dangers”?

6) Tell me about a frightening experience that you have had. (an accident/ getting lost/ encounter with an animal / severe weather / travelling

7) Tell me about a time when you or another person did something brave: (rescued a pet / tried extreme sport / did something you were scared of / helped someone in danger) Or a brave action that you have seen in a film or on TV, or read about in a book or newspaper.

8) Security cameras should be installed in all schools. Do you agree?

9) The government should impose stricter anti-smoking laws. What do you think?

10) Can you tell me about some sporting scandals that you have read about?

11) What should we do to keep fit?  What do you usually do?

12) Describe your favourite festivities of the year and explain why you like them.

CONTENTS YOU HAVE TO REVISE FOR THE FIRST TERM EXAM

CONTENTS YOU HAVE TO REVISE FOR YOUR FIRST TERM  EXAM                  

 

STARTER UNIT: GROWING UP: VERB TENSES & GRAMMAR REVIEW

VOCABULARY

Revise vocabulary, expressions and phrasal verbs on pages 5-6-7 book and page 4 of your workbook.

GRAMMAR

- Verb tenses: pages 104 to 110 book. You can find some more practice on pages: 8-9 book and on pages  5-6-7 of your workbook.

- Other grammar points: adjective order / so- such / too-enough / word-building: page 111 book. You can find some more practice on pages 10 of your book / page 7 of your workbook.

- Questions for answers: you have been given a worksheet with activities.

- Used to, would, be used to (worksheet with some activities)

- Adjectives to describe someone’s appearance and personality (page 12 of your book+ photocopy with more vocabulary)

UNIT 1: RISK AND FEAR: RELATIVE CLAUSES

VOCABULARY

- Revise vocabulary, expressions and phrasal verbs on pages 13, 14, 15of your book and page 9 of the workbook.

- Revise vocabulary/ expressions and phrasal verbs about FEELINGS on pages 18-19 book. The activities on pages 12-13 of your workbook can help you revise.

GRAMMAR

- Relative clauses (Defining, non-defining, connective and reduced relative clauses): pages 16-17 book /112 book

- Revise activities on pages 10-11 of your workbook. Don’t forget you have some extra worksheets.

* TIME EXPRESSIONS and ADVERBS (page 21 book)

UNIT 2: SPORT: MODAL VERBS

VOCABULARY

- Revise vocabulary on pages 25-26-27 of the book

- Revise vocabulary about HEALTH and FITNESS on page 30 of your book / pages 20-21 workbook.

GRAMMAR

- Modal verbs: pages 113-114 of the book + some help on power-point presentation

- Revise activities on pages 28-29 of the book / 18-19 of the workbook

  

IMPORTANT ASPECTS TO REMEMBER:

- There is a good Vocabulary List on pages 94 to 98 of your workbook

- Don’t forget to revise the Word-building Reference on pages 74- 75 of your workbook. - Don’t forget to revise the Irregular Verbs: There is a list on pages 103-104 of your workbook. 

WRITING PART:

Revise these types of essay: A) A NARRATIVE ESSAY: - Pages 20- 21 of your book - Pages 78- 79 of your workbook

B) A DISCUSSION ESSAY: - Pages 44- 45 of your book - Pages 82- 83 of your workbook. C) AN OPINION ESSAY: - Pages 80-81 of your book - Pages 88-89 of your workbook

- You SHOULD also have a look at ALL the compositions you have written throughout this term. 

REVISING FOR YOUR FIRST TERM EXAM

Find HERE some activities to revise for the GRAMMAR part of your exam next week. You can check your answers on the key answer sheet.

MODAL VERBS

Hi again!!
Have a look a these notes on modal verbs.

These are some LINKS to activities:

1- Activity 1
2- Activity 2
3- Activity 3

RELATIVE CLAUSES

1) Here is a power-point presentation which might help you understand "RELATIVE  CLAUSES".  Remember that you also have some grammar help on pages 61 and 62 of your workbook.

Relative clauses from pilarmd



3) REDUCED RELATIVE CLAUSES.

Find here some clarifying notes and exercises on "reduced relative clauses".

ADJECTIVES: WORD ORDER

Try these activities if you want some more practice with adjective word order:

1- Activity 1

2- Notes and activity 

If you still need some more REVISION. (STARTER UNIT)

1) Here you have some more activities on VERB TENSES,  SO/ SUCH, TOO/ ENOUGH. You can  find the answers to the activities on the last page.

2) Find here some good notes and and activity on SO / SUCH


This is the presentation I showed in class.

So such-too-enough from pilarmd

CHECKING EXTRA-ACTIVITIES: STARTER UNIT

Find here the answers to the extra-activities you had to do for homework to revise the STARTER UNIT.

A) Verb tenses (small photocopy) / Vocabulary / Remind vs. Remember

B) Questions for answers.

STARTER UNIT: PAST TENSES

1) Here are some notes about the PAST SIMPLE & CONTINUOUS and the PAST PERFECT SIMPLE & CONTINUOUS
 

Verb tenses past-tenses from pilarmd

2) Find here some notes about TIME CLAUSES in the past.

3) Some more practice with TIME CLAUSES in the past: when, till, until, as soon as, before, after.

 Remember that two past simple tenses can be used if there is an idea that the second action is the result of the first, and that it happened immediately afterwards.

She called the ambulance as soon as the accident happened.

I burst into tears when he asked her to marry him.

If it is important to show that the first action was completed before the second one began, the Past Perfect must be used for the action that happened first:

I had never travelled alone before I went to England

He didn’t leave the house until he had checked that all the windows were closed.

Here are some more examples for you to practise with.

STARTER UNIT: PRESENT TENSES & FUTURE TENSES

Hi everybody!!

1) Have a look at this Power-Point presentation. It might help you understand  "Present Tenses".
Don't forget that you also have Grammar help on pages 57- 60 of your Workbook, and on pages 104-110 of your Text Book. 

Verb tenses.present-tenses from pilarmd

2) You can find some more clarifying notes about the PRESENT SIMPLE and CONTINUOUS. HERE

3) Some more notes about the PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE & CONTINUOUS.


EXPRESSING FUTURE: 

1) Have a look at this presentation. Remember that you also have some notes on the future both on your book and your workbook:

Expressing future in english from pilarmd

2) TIME CLAUSES in the future.  Have a look at these notes.
     Here are some more activities