Click here to see the "Guía del Candidato" for the exams and read it carefully.
28.5.18
18.5.18
News bulletin
Listen to the news bulletin. Match the five people
with a word from the list. There are three words that you will not need.
burglar, pickpocket, mugger, drug dealer, bank robber, victim, shoplifter, witness
1. Jeremy Maguire was a ________________.
2. Stephanie Flamstead was a ________________.
4. Sally Green was a ________________.
5. David Clarke was a ________________.
Listen again and try to collect as much information about the cases as you can.
Click here to read the script.
11.5.18
Information about the school library
INFORMACIÓN SOBRE LA BIBLIOTECA EOI
* LA BIBLIOTECA PERMANECERÁ ABIERTA EN SU HORARIO HABITUAL COMO SALA DE ESTUDIO HASTA EL 30 DE MAYO.
* EL SERVICIO DE PRÉSTAMO DE MATERIAL SEGUIRÁ FUNCIONANDO NORMALMENTE HASTA EL JUEVES 24 DE MAYO INCLUSIVE
* DEL 28 AL 30 DE MAYO ESTARÁ ABIERTA SÓLO PARA DEVOLUCIONES.
* LA BIBLIOTECA PERMANECERÁ ABIERTA EN SU HORARIO HABITUAL COMO SALA DE ESTUDIO HASTA EL 30 DE MAYO.
* EL SERVICIO DE PRÉSTAMO DE MATERIAL SEGUIRÁ FUNCIONANDO NORMALMENTE HASTA EL JUEVES 24 DE MAYO INCLUSIVE
* DEL 28 AL 30 DE MAYO ESTARÁ ABIERTA SÓLO PARA DEVOLUCIONES.
Crowdwish
Just (1)wishful thinking?
Ever wished you could have (2) a dream come true? Now maybe you can, with the start of a new website, CrowdWish. Users post their wishes to the site and every day people vote on the best wish, then CrowdWish grant the winning wish.
Sounds (3) too good to be true? If the wish is something that can’t be completely granted, such as, ‘I wish people would smile more’ CrowdWish will do something practical to at least take (4) a step in the right direction. For example, to grant this wish, they put up funny signs in the London Underground. If the wish is for a product of some sort, CrowdWish will find a company happy to donate the item in return for the free publicity. See? It works (5) like magic!
Bill Griffin, the founder of CrowdWish, started the website in January 2014, and it seems to be (6) going from strength to strength, with thousands of people signed up already.
VOCABULARY Match the definitions below (a-f) with the idioms in the text (1-6). Check your answers in "comments".
A Becoming more and more successful
B When you cannot believe something is as good as it seems.
C Very effective and successful.
D The belief that something you want to happen will happen, even though this is not actually likely. E A wish or hope becoming reality.
F Beginning to make a positive change.
VIDEO Watch the video (up to 5.24) of Bill Griffin, the founder of Crowdwish, talking about his website and number the following sections as you hear them. Check your answers in "comments".
□ The belief that the more people work together, the more likely they are to get what they want.
□ The idea that if you want something, so will someone else.
□ An example of how CrowdWish responded to a serious wish.
□ The importance of doing something real and practical about the wishes.
□ The idea that everyone, rich or poor, has dreams, wishes, hopes and desires.
□ An example of how CrowdWish responded to a funny or ‘tongue in cheek’ wish.
GRAMMAR Read the grammar explanation.
What we wish is always contrary to existing facts. To show that it is unreal, the tense moves back one step.
- I don’t know my neighbours very well – I wish I knew my neighbours better.
- I can’t take my family on a road trip across America- I wish I could take my family on a road trip across America.
- I’m so tired– I wish I were less tired (Note that we often use ‘were’ not ‘was’ in hypothetical constructions)
We also do this for past wishes, or regrets:
- I didn’t work hard at school – I wish I had worked harder at school.
When we want someone else to change their behaviour, we use ‘would’.
- I wish the Nigerian government would do more about the missing schoolgirls.
- I wish people would smile more.
Rewrite the sentences using wish. Check your answers in "comments".
2 I don’t have any money. I wish……………
3 I’ve lost my wallet. I wish……….
4 He isn’t in my class. I wish…………
5 Please sit down. I wish…
6 I broke my leg skiing. I wish….
Click here to see the script of the video.
Admisión Escuelas Oficiales de Idiomas
Publicada la convocatoria de admisión del alumnado para las enseñanzas de idiomas en Escuelas Oficiales de Idiomas y Centros de Educación de Personas Adultas de Castilla-La Mancha para el curso 2018/2019. El plazo de presentación de solicitudes será desde el viernes 11 hasta el viernes 25 de mayo de 2018.
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Please, tell anybody interested in becoming a student next year, including students who cancelled their registration this year!!
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Please, tell anybody interested in becoming a student next year, including students who cancelled their registration this year!!
4.5.18
Third conditional
Click here and learn when to use the third conditional.
Watch and listen to Anne tell a story about mistakes that could have cost someone's life! Then complete the questions which focus on the third conditional.
Watch the video of Steve Jobs' 2005 Standford Commencement Address. Click here to do three listening comprehension activities and one exercise about the third conditional (the key is included in the same document).
Click here to see the video with the text.
Watch and listen to Anne tell a story about mistakes that could have cost someone's life! Then complete the questions which focus on the third conditional.
Watch the video of Steve Jobs' 2005 Standford Commencement Address. Click here to do three listening comprehension activities and one exercise about the third conditional (the key is included in the same document).
Click here to see the video with the text.
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