José Roberto Osornio Ch.
A01209911
23/09/16
Homework
Listen to
the teacher giving students advice for exams and do the exercises to practise
and improve your listening skills.
Preparation:
matching
Match the
vocabulary with the correct definition and write a–h next to the numbers 1–8.
1…E..
advice a.
very worried
2…H.. last
but not least
b. be attracted to doing something
3…B.. be
tempted to c.
a good or full amount of
4…A..
anxious d.
the act of doing something again
5…C..
plenty of
e. an opinion or recommendation about what
someone should do
6…D..
repetition
f. a short walk around your small section of
the city
7…F.. a
stroll around the block g.
to put something over something so that you
can’t see it
8…G.. to
cover something up h.
an expression used before the last thing in
a list, to say that it is as equally as important
Check your understanding: multiple choice Circle the best answer to these questions.
1. The
teacher wants the students to …
a. take notes after she has finished speaking.
b. take notes while she is speaking.
c. forget about taking notes.
2. The
teacher suggests eating …
a. sugary snacks.
b. only apples.
c. fruit and cereals.
3. The
teacher suggests finding a study place with a lot of …
a. light.
b. space.
c. books.
4. If
students feel stressed they should …
a. go to bed.
b. go out for a walk.
c. drink some water.
5. Students
are advised to …
a. select the important things to learn.
b. read through everything once.
c. make notes about every topic.
6. The
teacher understands that repeating things can be …
a. difficult.
b. uninteresting.
c. tiring.
7. Students
can do past exam papers …
a. in the library only.
b. at home if they take photocopies.
c. in the after-school study group.
8. The
teacher recommends a break of five minutes every …
a. hour.
b. two hours.
c. thirty minutes.
9. It’s
important to …
a. eat regularly.
b. sleep when you feel tired.
c. keep hydrated.
10. The
teacher is sure that the students will …
a. pass their exams.
b. fail their exams.
c. do their best.
Conversation
2
Listen to
the people discussing different problems and do the exercises to practise and
improve your listening skills.
1.
Preparation
Match the
two parts of the sentence to describe difficult situations. Write a – f next to
the numbers 1 – 6.
1…E.. Your
bus breaks
a. dies.
2…C….. You
fail b.
up with her.
3…A.. Your
dog c.
an exam.
4…B.. Your
friend’s boyfriend
breaks d.
your phone.
5…F.. You
leave your e.
down and you are late for
school.
6…D..
Someone steals
f. keys inside the house.
2. Check your understanding: gap fill
Complete
the gaps with a word or phrase from the box.
Friend
|
he failed his exam
|
Dad
|
mum
|
her dog got hit by a
car
|
the mobile phone he
borrowed got stolen
|
1. The boy
is telling his ___mum________ that ____he failed his exam____________.
2. The girl
is telling her ___friend____ that _______her dog got hit by a car___.
3. The boy
is telling his ___dad_____ that ____the mobile phone her borrowed got stolen__.
3. Check your understanding: true or false
Circle True or False for these sentences.
1. A - The
boy revised all week for his Economics exam. True False
2. A - It
wasn't an important exam. True
False
3. A - His
mum is worried about the cost of retaking the course. True False
4. B - The
girl and the dog were playing in the park.
True False
5. B - She
took Bonzo to the vet's straight away. True False
6. B - She
had only had Bonzo for a short time. True False
7. C - The
boy was using the phone when someone stole it.
True False
8. C - The
boy thinks he would recognise the thief. True False
9. C - The
dad will see if the phone is insured. True False
Conversation
three
Listen to
the conversation about the human body and do the exercises to practise and
improve your listening skills.
Do the
preparation exercise before you listen. Then do the other exercises to check
your understanding.
Preparation
Match the
vocabulary with the correct definition and write a–d next to the numbers 1–4.
1……D. cells
a.
Very tiny creatures that live on plants or animals.
2…C..
bacteria
b. The smallest part of a chemical element.
3…A. mites
c. The simplest and smallest forms of life. They live in air, water, soil, as
well as in humans and animals (dead or alive).
They are often the cause of disease.
4……B. atom d.
The smallest part of an animal or plant that can work
independently.
All plants and animals are made of these.
1. Check
your understanding: multiple choice
Do this
exercise while you listen. Circle the best option to complete these sentences.
1. Only
about one tenth of the cells in your body are ...
a. alive. b. really you. c. bacteria.
2. Bacteria
are mostly ...
a. really helpful. b. bad for humans. c. neither good or bad.
3. Animals
need bacteria to ...
a. fight
diseases. b.
provide energy. c. digest food.
4. You have
... cells in your body.
a. 7
million b. 7
trillion c. 7 octillion
5. Most of
the atoms are ...
a. tiny cubes. b. not used. c. empty space.
6. You
probably have mites in your ...
a. hair. b. ears. c. eyelashes.
7. Mites
are very small creatures that are about ...
a. 3
millimetres long. b. a third of a millimetre long. c. 0.03 millimetres long.
8. Mites
eat ...
a. dead skin.
b. your eyelashes. c.
tiny insects.
2. Check your understanding: gap fill typing
Do this
exercise while you listen. Complete the sentences with a word or words.
1. Only one
tenth of the cells in your body are really you. The rest are ____bacteria_______.
2. An
experiment found that animals that did not have bacteria ______died_____ or had
to have a
special
diet.
3. There
are ____7___________ octillion cells in the human body.
4. Most of
the atoms in the human body are just empty _____space_______.
5. Without
the empty space, you could fit your body inside a box measuring _____150___ of
a
centimetre
either side.
6. You
would be much too small to ___see________.
7. Mites
are really small creatures, like ____insects_____.
8. They live
in eyelashes and _____eyebrows______.
9. Only
about _______50____ per cent of people have mites.
10. Mites
eat dead ____skin________.
