Assignment for May 16 & 17

Hi,

For the long weekend I'd like you to work on the following activities:

• Writing: Write a text describing a house or flat. Write a description of your house or flat for a house rental website. Follow models on page 118 from the Coursebook

• My gramar lab: Unit 54, Present and Future conditions, pages 162-163; Unit 55, Unlikely/Unreal conditions, p 164-165

Christmas homework assignments

Hi,

I'd like to remind you of the work to do at Christmas holidays:

- Coursebook: exercises on page 136 (comparisons)

- My gramar Lab: exercises on pages117, 118, 119 & 120 (present perfect simple and present perfect continuous)

- American Cities: read chapter one and two
and work on exercises on pages 4-5; p 13-15; p 24-26)

Have a swell time!

Assignments for Monday 23 & Tuesday 24

Hi,

These are the assignments for the weekend:
- Page 105+106 from the course book
- Unit 7 review and extension, p 90
- Rephrasing and Reading comprehension

Assignment

Hi,

I'd like to remind you that you should read Chapter Six (The Flowering Tree) from The Canterville Ghost and work on the following exercises:

• p 84-85 > exercises 1, 3
• p 86-87 > exercises 5, 6, 7
• p 88-89 > exercises 10
• p 90-91 > exercises 1, 2
• p 92-93 > exercises 3, 4, 5, 6

When coming back on Tuesday and Wednesday, you'll have to write a restaurant review in class as instructed on pages 76 and 77 from our Coursebook.

You should keep working on speaking activities like: A memorable meal and The best place to experience the beauty of your country.

Spring Break Assignments

Hi,

For those who couldn't make it the last day, the homework assignment is:

Speaking practice:

• Monologue on Friendship, page 50
• Habits in the past, p 49

Handout:

• Cloze Test
• Rephrasing sentences

Writing:

• Tell a story about a disastrous journey (Tuesday & Thursday group)

Christmas Homework

Hi,

I'd like to remind you that we are going to read American Cities for Christmas, more especifically chapters 2, 3 and 4 on New York and Chicago.
When coming back we will be correcting the following exercises:

• p 13, ex 1,2
• p 14-15, ex 3,4, 1
• p 24-25, ex 1, 2
• p 26, ex 1
• p 36-37, ex 1, 3, 4
• p 38, ex 1
• p 48, ex 1, 2

Wednesday 30

Hi,

I'd like to tell Mon & Wedn  group that we are going to talk about The #1 Ladies Detective Agency in class on Wednesday. It doesn't matter if you haven't read it, we will be doing different activities to practice the four skills.

 

 

In and Around London

Dear NI1 students,

These is the key to exercises from our reader "In and Around London".

p.125, ex 1
a. Westminster Pier
b. 50 minutes
c. The Houses of Parliament
d. A pink obelisk dating from 1500 BC. It's a gift from Egypt in 1872
e. Shakeaspeare's Globe Theater.
f. A street and had wooden houses on either side. They exibited the heads of the executed people there. 
g. Hay's Galleria
h. An exhibition on the technology used to lift the drawbridge.
i. in the area called Docklands
j. Canary Warf Tower

Jan 22 and 24

Dear all,

I'm afraid I won't be able to attend class on Monday and Wednesday. My dad has been operated again and he needs a lot of help.
In the meanwhile, I suggest you work on the book on the following activities and we will go over them in class:
- Narrative tenses, p. 40, ex. 2 and 3
- P. 41, ex. 1
- Powerful Adjectives, p. 44, ex. 1,2,3 and 4 and Speaking, prepare exercise 5 Persuade another student to read a book you know.
- Emphasis with what, all and it, p. 44, ex 1, 2, 3, 4 and prepare exercise 5.
Prepare a talk about things that irritate you; your perfect weekend; a frustrating day; your views on television; the worst film/book you have ever seen/read.
- P. 46 ex. 1,2,3 and 4

Christmas Period

I wanted to thank you all for your personal reviews on the class. They are really helpful to me.

For those who couldn't attend, we have the following for January:
- "Deseree's Baby" short story with questions on the comment below.

For more information on the writer, Kate Chopin, and other stories written by her, click here.
- A handout with extra activities on the Present Perfect
- A handout with extra activities on Collocations