Theatre in English

Hi there!
I know that this weekend you'll be preparing for your oral exams, but you may want to take a break and see this play in English. It's a comedy, so I suppose quite different from the one some of you saw a couple of months ago... ;-)

Exam parts and duration

Reading Comprehension: 4 tasks. Total time: 70 minutes
Listening Comprehension: 3 tasks. Total time: 40 minutes (max)
Written Expression: 2 tasks. Total time: 75 minutes
Oral Expression: 2 tasks. Total time: 25 minutes

There will be a break after the Listening Comprehension, so the total time of the written parts is approx. 3.5 hours.

More listening practice

Dear All,
Last week the Mo. & Wed. group did two oral comprehension exercises in class. Here are the audio files in case you want to listen to them again. The Tu. & Thur. group can also do the exercises as exam practice (listen twice and then check your answers).

Ottawa (audio)
Preparing for hurricane season (audio)

Questions Ottawa
Questions Be prepared for Hurricane Season

Key to the exercises

Sample exams

Hi there!
My colleague Mª José has published this wonderful compilation of NI2 sample exams (from other regions in Spain). So check it out and do the practice! 

Key to Reading Comprehension (pp. 94-95)

1 - B
2 - D
3 - A
4 - H
5 - G
6 - I
7 - F
8 - E
The texts contain interesting vocabulary and expressions. Make sure you find and understand the following words in the texts: give in, set out to, stand up for (yourself), steer clear of, put off, when it comes down to it, for the sake of, lose face, tackle, rub up, fall out, go over old ground.

Moving On

Beautiful and moving

Did you understand some of the lyrics?

"Like" and "As"

Several of you have asked me about the difference between "like" and "as". Here are some explanations and examples that can help you to understand that difference better. There is also an exercise you can do.

Mind maps to revise vocabulary

Hi there!
My colleague Mª José has created this mind map on the topic of crime and punishment. You can also create your mind maps about other topics on paper or - if you're more tech-savvy - on your computer. 

Key to Multiple Choice Text

And here's the key to the text I gave you to read as homework (Greeting 'Big Brother' with open arms):

7 - A
8 - B
9 - B
10 - B
11 - A
12 - C

Party vocabulary

Here's the vocabulary I showed in class last week. Remember that it complements the vocabulary exercise you had to do as homework on page 75 of your book.