BATXILLERAT´S COMPOSITION MISTAKES READING BOOK

A) Correct the mistakes in the following sentences:

1. She was in a room and Johnsy was in other room.
2. I went there for to see the last leaf.
3. Marian is a girl that her parents died.
4. They had very money.
5. This is a story that I enjoyed readed it.
6. Adrian loves she.
7. The noises came of the kitchen
8. Europe didn´t involved in the war
9. I like very much visit her museums.
10. It offers you a more deep view.
11. In my point of view it´s good.
12. Eva explained stories falses.
13. Is the second protagonist.

Reading Comprehension: " Talk of privatisation is nonsense"

a) Read the text of your photocopy and answer the following questions:

1. According to the Catalan Minister of Education, is there a purpose of privatisation? How does he qualify this idea?
2. Why does the Department of Education make these proposals?
3. Why is the document misinterpreted?
4. Is the new proposal imitating British models?
5. What will happen at the third stage of the draft?
6. According to the minister, who´s important when reforming the system?
7. What do you think "passing the buck" means?
8. What´s the difference between the old system and the proposed new system?

VOCABULARY

• STRIKE: vaga
• BILL: projecte de llei
• DRAFT: esborrany
• ASSET: béns
• UNIONS: sindicats
• TO WITHDRAW: retirar

b) VOTE. Give me your opinion about the sentence of the survey at the top on the right: IS PRIVATE EDUCATION BETTER COMPARED TO THE PUBLIC ONE?

c) WRITE your opinion about these statement: "Public schools are better than private schools in Catalonia" (100 words). Use expressions like: "In my opinion", "On the one hand", "On the other hand", " to sum up", etc. Write in paragraphs and publish it in a COMMENT. Put your name at the top of the text and press "ANONYMOUS"

relative clauses exercises

Go to the following addresses and practise the relative clauses:


Video explanation and exercises

More practice

Practice 1
Practice 2

Practice 3

*The exercises of practice 3 are at the end

PRESENT PERFECT SENTENCE TRANSLATION ANSWERS

Hi folks,

Here are the answers to the translations:


1.La Gemma acaba de llençar el xiclet : Gemma has just thrown the chewing gum

2.La Maria ja ha vist al Carles avui? : Has Maria seen Carles today yet?

3.Nosaltres encara no hem fet els deures: We haven´t done the homework yet.

4.Ella treballa a Anglaterra fa 5 anys : He has worked in England for five years.

5.Nosaltres ja hem oblidat els nostres problemes We have already forgotten our problems.

6.Desde 1999 Catalunya ha augmentat la població.(increase) . Since 1999 Catalonia has increased its population.

7.Has donat mai sang? : Have you ever given blood?

8.Fa un any vaig veure al Fernando Alonso a Barcelona: I saw Fernando Alonso one year ago.

9.Conec al Jordi desde que vaig néixer.: I have known Jordi since I was born.

10.Repasem el present perfect fa 50 minuts.(revise) :We have revised the present perfect for 50 minutes.

PRESENT PERFECT SENTENCE CORRECTION

LISTENING COMPREHENSION OBAMA

Listen to the following video and answer the questions. Write your answers in the comments and don´t forget to put your name.

http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=H5h95s0OuEg

1-What has he been thinking about for the last few months?

2-What did he want to do before taking the decision of taking the race for the Presidential elections?

3-Where has he travelled these last months?

4-What has struck him?

5-What has put the USA in a precarious place?

6-How is economy changing in the US?

7-Can you name some of the problems Obama mentions?

8-What´s happened to American politics?

9-How can political changes come?

10-Where does meaningful change start?

11-Is he hopeful about the future?

12-What is he doing to do for the next several weeks?

13-When is he going to share his plans?

14-Who with?

VOCABULARY
Challenging: repte
Precarious: molt pobre
Struggles: lluites
To winge a war: provocar una guerra
To concern: preocupar
To face a problem: afrontar un problema
Common sense: sentit comú
To demand solutions: exigir sol.lucions
Politics: la política
To be willing to: estar disposat a
To commit: comprometre´s
To file papers: arxivar
Share: compartir

LET´S PRACTISE THE PRESENT PERFECT

Hi there folks: A)Let´s practise the present perfect before the exam. Here are some Internet pages where to practise:

Video.

Video 1

Video http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/upperf.htm http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/pperf.htm http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/zeitformen.htm http://www.eclecticenglish.com/grammar/PresentPerfect1A.html http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/presentperfect.html (only exercise 5 and 6) B) Translate the following sentences and write the translations in the comments. DON´T FORGET TO PUT YOUR NAME.

1. La Gemma acaba de llençar el xiclet
2. La Maria ja ha vist al Carles avui?
3. Nosaltres encara no hem fet els deures.
4. Ella treballa a Anglaterra fa 5 anys
5. Nosaltres ja hem oblidat els nostres problemes
6. Desde 1999 Catalunya ha augmentat la població.(increase)
7. Has donat mai sang?
8. Fa un any vaig veure al Fernando Alonso a Barcelona
9. Conec al Jordi desde que vaig néixer.
10. Repasem el present perfect fa 50 minuts.(revise)