EXAM RESULTS…

Most of you will have seen that THE RESULTS HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED here:  

…to those who passed…..

 

… commiserations to those who haven’t…

 

In any case, best wishes to all for a GREAT SUMMER!

Helen

THANK YOU…

This is just to say “thank you” to all of you for attending

my classes and working hard to learn English!

I hope the course has been enjoyable and useful.

Thanks also to all those who have contributed

in one way or another to my Blog.

It is greatly appreciated.

Finally, GOOD LUCK to all of you in the final exam.

Remember to USE WHAT YOU’VE LEARNT and

SHOW WHAT YOU KNOW (not what you don’t know)!!!

MORE COLLOCATIONS…

Collocations with intensifying adjectives.doc

COLLOCATIONS EXERCISES

Collocations exercises.doc

THIS IS THE KEY:

COLLOCATIONS KEY

CORRECTING COMMON MISTAKES: (the following are possible solutions, but not the only ones)

1. great/big/huge disappointment

2. a planned decisión/ a conscious choice

3. a real disaster

4. make a complaint (not “do”)

5. go on a diet (not “make a diet”)

6. lose (not “miss”)

7. make (not “do”)

8. achieve/obtain (not “have “)

VERB-ADVERB COLLOCATIONS

1. completely

2. flatly

3. hardly

4. strongly

5. readily

6. fully

7. legitimately

8. categorically

9. confidently

10. tentatively

VERB-ADVERB PHRASE COLLOCATIONS

1. refused

2. rejected

3. searched

4. offended

5. murdered

6. occur

7. live

8. ended

ADVERB + ADJECTIVE MATCHING

1. delicately balanced (A)

2. closely associated with (B)

3. enthusiastically received (C)

4. highly qualified (D)

5. carefully chosen (E)

6. ideally situated (F)

7. badly mistaken (G)

8. dangerously overcrowded (H)

COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH AN EXPRESSION FROM ABOVE

1= (A) 2= (C) 3= (D) 4= (F) 5= (G) 6= (H) 7= (E) 8= (B)

ADVERB-ADJECTIVE MATCHING

1. bitterly disappointed

2. strictly limited

3. lavishly illustrated

4. eagerly anticipated

5. generously rewarded

6. widely available

7. heavily influenced by

8. extensively damaged

Sentence 1. ….eagerly anticipated……….widely available……….strictly limited…..bitterly disappointed

Sentence 2…lavishly illustrated (“eagerly anticipated” would also be suitable here)…heavily influenced…..generously rewarded……their reputation can be extensively damaged by so-called friends

GRADABLE/UNGRADABLE ADJECTIVES – NOTES

 

HERE YOU HAVE NOTES AND IN FOLLOWING POSTS THERE ARE EXERCISES ON INTENSIFYING ADVERBS AND A VARIETY OF COLLOCATIONS EXERCISES

gradable-ungradable adjectives notes.doc

BOOK TEST – REVIEW

Next Monday 4th May  or Tuesday 5th May you will be doing the final book test in class.  

The assignment consists of a Book Review.

You will be asked to follow a series of guidelines which I will give you before the exam.

You will be given 30 minutes to write the review.

Preparation – look on internet and find out “How to write a book review”.

 

 

Remember the time limit and prepare what you think will be useful.

 

You will not be able to refer to any material during the test (including the book in question).

 

FLASH MOB

A flash mob (or flashmob) is a large group of people who assemble suddenly in a public place, perform an unusual action for a brief time, then quickly disperse. The term flash mob is generally applied only to gatherings organized via social media  or viral emails, rather than those organized by public relations firms or for a publicity stunt.

EXAMPLES OF FLASHMOB PERFORMANCES:

Beyonce 100 Single Ladies Flash-Dance Piccadilly Circus

The Great Trfalgar Square Freeze

The T-Mobile Dance at Liverpool Street Station

No Pants Subway Ride

unit 7 – SUFFIXES

SUFFIXES and WORD BUILDING

common suffixes list        list with meanings and examples

BBC levels a, b, c.      Quiz 1        3 quizzes       5 wordbuilding quizzes here     simple exercise

unit 8 – REPORTING VERBS FOR INDIRECT SPEECH – NOTES

Here you have a page of notes on the use of reporting verbs to complement classwork

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REPORTED SPEECH-REPORTING VERBS.doc

List of reporting verbs      Hot Chocolate exercise            OUP exercise             AcademicEnglishCafé 1

AcademicEnglishCafé 2         AcademicEnglishCafé 3    AcademicEnglishCafé 4        AcademicEnglishCafé 5

LINKS to indirect speech exercises (lower levels)   ESL Quiz 1  Quiz 2    Quiz 3  Loads of exercises here!

UNIT 7.2 – GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES

Do you get the joke here?

 

Don’t forget there`s stuff on the Yahoo! Group page for those who are members. Go to LINKS and the folder  named “HELEN”