SOME TIPS FOR SELECTIVIDAD.

Hello everybody!

Let me give you some good advice to revise for your English exam.
These are some vital points you must include in your revision for selectividad:

1- Irregular verbs. 

2- Do  one  "Selectividad exam" a day. (find some  in the entry below)

3- Read all the model compositions in your book and workbook:  revise connectors and paragraph organization. Have some practice by doing some of the compositions in the Selectividad Exams in the entry below.

You can find some help in this entry.

4- Do some rewriting activities. (find the answers at the end of all the worksheets)

5- Revise some grammar (include QUESTIONS for answers and PREPOSITIONS)
      Some "questions for answers activities".
        activity 1.     key
      activity 2.

I wish you all the best of luck!!

REVISING FOR the "SELECTIVIDAD EXAM"

Good afternoon everyone!

First of all, I must say sorry I wasn't able to attend your graduation ceremony. I'm sorry, honestly!
 I must also thank you for the nice prize you gave me, which I liked so much. I hope "all those photocopies" were/are useful to you.

As you should start doing some revision for SELECTIVIDAD, here is a list of LINKS to selectividad exams:

1- Titular-junio-2018             Titular-junio-2018 (key)

2- Titular-septiembre-2018       Titular-septiembre-2018(key)

3- Suplente-junio-2018              Suplente-junio-2018 (key)

4- Suplente-septiembre-2018   Suplente-septiembre-2018 (key)
5- Reserva A 2018                 Reserva A 2018 (key)
6- Reserva B 2018                 Reserva B 2018 (key)
7- Titular-junio-2017             Titular-junioA-2017-Key  / titular-junio-B2017.key
8- Titular-septiembre-2017      Titular-septiembre-2017.key 
9- Suplente-junioA.2017       suplente-junio.A2017-key  /suplente-junio.B2017 

Feel free to send to my email address any composition you would like me to check.

I will post some more work after the "fair".

Rosa Parks: The woman who inspired a movement (key)

Good afternoon,

Click HERE to find the key to the "Selectividad exam" you were given in class yesterday.

For the "Writing Part" of the exam, don't forget to do revise all the different types of compositions we have done this year.

Revise these types of essay: A) DESCRIBING SOMEONE: - Page 8 of your workbook - Photocopy B) A NARRATIVE ESSAY: - Pages 20- 21 of your book - Pages 78- 79 of your workbook C) A DISCUSSION ESSAY: - Pages 44- 45 of your book - Pages 82- 83 of your workbook. D) AN OPINION ESSAY: - Pages 80-81 of your book - Pages 88-89 of your workbook E) A TOPIC ESSAY: Unit 2 of MOVE ON 1 F) DESCRIPTION OF AN EVENT / AND A DESCRIPTION OF A PLACE    notes on photocopies G) A BIOGRAPHY: - Pages 68-69 book - Pages 46-47 workbbok - You could also have a look at all the compositions you have written through the year. - There are some PRACTICE TESTS on pages 88 to 102 of your book in case you want to have some extra practice.

Connectors: - Time expressions and adverbs (page 21 book) - Adding information (page 33 of your book) - Expressing contrast (page 45 of your book) - Expressing purpose (page 57 of your book) - Expressing cause and result (page 81 of the book)

CONTENTS FOR YOUR END-OF-YEAR EXAM (Thursday, 9 May)

Good afternoon everyone!

As some of you asked me in class today, find HERE  the list of contents you need to revise for your USE OF ENGLISH (Grammar&Vocabulary) EXAM.

Click HERE to get the answers to the re-phrasing activities on the worksheet we didn't have time to finish in class this morning.

SECOND TERM EXAM

Hi everybody,

I hope your chemistry exam went  well and I also hope you can find some time to do some revision for your English exam tomorrow.

Find HERE
the answers to the activities on the worksheet we started doing in class today.

CONTENTS FOR YOUR HALF-TERM EXAM (SECOND TERM, February, 7th)

Hello everybody!

Find HERE the contents you should revise for your exam on Thursday, 7th February.

You can have some practice by:
a) Doing the activities on the worksheet I handed out in class today. (Click HERE to find the answers)

b) Doing the activities on page 48 of your book: PROGRESS CHECK (Click HERE to find the answers)

Second Graded Reader (Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier)

ABOUT YOUR SECOND GRADED READER:

Remember that your second graded reader this year is Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (Macmillan).
You might like to listen to the story while you read it. Find HERE the book audition.

ORAL PRESENTATIONS AND VIDEOS (SECOND TERM)

Hi everybody!

Click HERE to find all the information you need for the SPEAKING PART of your second term exam.

CONTENTS FOR YOUR FIRST TERM EXAM (December, 2018)

Hello everybody;


Here is the list of contents you should revise for your end-of-term exam:

A) Reading Comprehension & Writing Part.

B) Grammar & Vocabulary


Click HERE to find some information + extra activities on MODAL VERBS.

Click HERE to find the answers to the activities on the worksheet I gave you all on Monday.

About Brexit

Hi everybody!

Here is the video about the story of Brexit that we couldn’t watch in class last Tuesday.  Watch it carefully and answer the questions below.

1-When did the UK first become a member of the EEC (European Economic Community)? 

2- When was the first national referendum held in the UK in order to decide whether they wanted to leave the EEC?    What were the results at that time? 

3- How many members does the EU have? 

4- According to the graphs shown, has being a EU member benefited our economies? 

    (GDP= gross domestic product PIB= product interior bruto)

5- Name some aspects in which the UK wanted to stay independent from the EU?

6- What is the article 50 about? 

7- Name some negative sad events happening in the world which made the UK think about Brexit:

 8- Which Prime Minister called the referendum on British membership? 

9- During the campaign, what arguments did far right politicians like Boris Johnson use?

10- On the referendum held on 23^rd of June, 2016, how many voted in favour of leaving the UK?

11- What were the immediate consequences of Brexit?

12- What key points  will the UK have to consider while negotiating their withdrawal? (name 2)

13- What does “soft and hard” Brexit mean?

14- What will happen to all the EU laws in force in  the UK?

15- Have many voters for Brexit regretted their decision?

You might also like to watch this other video which I personally found very interesting. I hope you enjoy it.

Reading Comprehension&Writing exam, November, 2018

Hi!

It’s time to get ready for the Reading comprehension &Writing Parts of your exam on Monday, 12^th.

1) You should give yourself some practice by revising (re-reading) the “extensive reading texts”

-On pages  6-7  and  14-15 book

-On pages 4 and 9 of your workbook

This will help you remember/learn new vocabulary/set phrases etc

2) Have some real practice by doing the “Exam Practice”  on page 16 of your workbook.

    

      Find the answers here to check how well you did it.

3) To get ready for your writing exam:

- Try answering the questions in activity 8 on page 14 of your book.

-Revise vocabulary and expressions connected to “Describing a person”. Remember you have an extra worksheet on that topic + some vocabulary on pages12 of your book and 8 of your workbook.

-Have a look at your previous marked compositions. Try to avoid making the same mistakes.

Good luck!!

Contents you need to revise for your exam . (Half-Term, November 2018)

CONTENTS YOU HAVE TO REVISE FOR YOUR HALF-TERM EXAM (1st TERM)                      2º Bach. A

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: Revise activities on pages: 8-9 book and  5-6-7 of your workbook. (you have some more basic practice pages 104 to 110 book)

- 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 explanation + activities)

- Adjectives to describe someone’s appearance and personality (page 12 of your book/photocopy on horoscopes / page 8 workbook)

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, and reduced relative clauses): pages 16-17 book /112 book

- Revise activities on pages 16-17 of your book and on 11 of your workbook. Don’t forget you have some extra worksheets.

IMPORTANT ASPECTS TO REMEMBER:

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

-You can find a Grammar Reference on pages 57- 62 of your workbook

- Don’t forget to revise Irregular Verbs before an exam: There is a list on pages 103-104 of your workbook.

FIRST GRADED READER: A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens

Hi everybody,

As you know the exam on your first Graded Readers is next Tuesday, 23rd October.  

Click HERE if you want to listen to the story while you are reading it.

Selectividad 2018-2019

Some interesting links for your SELECTIVIDAD EXAM

1- Directrices y orientaciones generales para las pruebas de acceso y admisión a la universidad.

ORAL PRESENTATIONS / VIDEOS

Hi everybody and welcome to this new academic year!

Find HERE all the information you need for the SPEAKING part of your  FIRST TERM exam.

Good luck.

GETTING READY FOR SELECTIVIDAD.

1) Have a go at some selectividad exams to give yourself some practice before the exam.

   
a) Forever Young (spare exam. June, 2015) . Answer

b) Lady in Black (spare exam. June, 2015). Answer

 c) Second Life (spare exam. September, 2015). Answer

d) Women Warriors (spare exam. September, 2015). Answer  

f) What is Cyberbullying? (spare exam. September, 2015). Answer

h) Who inspired the ‘Games of Thrones’ Creator? (spare exam. September, 2015). Answer 


2) Revise all the model compositions in your book and workbook. Do some of the compositions in
the selectividad exams above.


3) Don't forget to revise  IRREGULAR VERBS. You have a good list on pages 103-104 of your workbook.


4) Read pages 74-75 of your workbook about word formation (word building)

5) Find some more REPHRASING ACTIVITES here. Find the answers on the last pages.

6) Revise some grammar.


      
     

Selectividad Exams

Hi!

Have a look at SOME SELECTIVIDAD EXAMS WE HAVE DONE LATELY:

June, 2015. OPTION A: Screen Dinosaurs

                    OPTION B: Tatoos

Answers

September, 2015.  OPTION A: La Tomatina Festival: The Messiest Holiday in the World

                                     OPTION B: Safe Swimming

Answers

June, 2015 (Spare Exams) OPTION A:  Mass Tourism Can Kill a City

                                                   OPTION B: Videogames

Answers

REWRITING/ REPHRASING ACTIVITIES

Hi,

Find HERE some rephrasing activities which you might find useful to revise for your exams.

Good luck again!!

GERUNDs or INFINITIVES

Hi!!

Find HERE some notes on verbs followed by GERUND or INFINITIVE.

You can also find some help on pages 70-71 of your workbook.

Remember that you have some more information on VEB PATTERNS on this photocopy about reporting verbs.

See you tomorrow!. Good luck on your exam!!

REPORTED SPEECH

Here are some basic NOTES on REPORTED SPEECH.

Reported speech-notes from pilarmd

You can have some practice doing these ACTIVITIES:
Activity 1
Activity 2
Activity 3
Activity 4
Activity 5
Activity 6
Activity 7

A communicative activity to practise with INDIRECT SPEECH.