Thursday, 22 September 2016

1st batxillerat Unit 1 Experiences. Have you got a Bucket List?

Watch the following video and write down the bucket list ideas that are mentioned. Which ones would you like to do? Are there any which you wouldn't like to do?

 


 Here you have a song called Bucket List:

 

2nd batxillerat Unit 1 Language & communication

1. Do you think English is easy to learn?

2. What are the easy and difficult aspects of language learning?

3. If you could be fluent in 3 languages, which would you choose and why?

Now, let's watch the following video about the Top 10 difficult languages to learn.



Which are the sexiest accents for you?

 


Do you think that mobile phones and computers make us MORE or LESS sociable? Why?

1st batxillerat WORKBOOK Starter Unit answer key

Starter unit

FOCUS ON page 4 ex 4 & 5, page 5 ex 2, 3 & 4, page 6 ex 1, 3, 4, 5.

WB p 4

People talking

1 from    2 of    3 about   4 from / to    5 in


1 is making
2 are
3 was writing
4 did not / didn’t finish
5 is becoming
6 appears


1 Do … know    2 love    3 comes    4 live    5 don’t believe    6 owns / own


1 is / ’s seeing
2 Do … see
3 think
4 ’re / are thinking
5 tastes

5
1 did you see on holiday? O
2 house did she buy? O
3 did you come here? O
4 did you go last year? O
5 did Glen give you? O
6 bike is this? S

WB p 5

People: About you
1
1 ’ve / have; set
2 ’ve / have done
3 haven’t / have not; done
4 have gained
5 have used


1 has been playing
2 have allowed
3 has shown
4 has … written
5 has been helping
6 have come
7 has been getting


1 for     2 ever     3 since     4 never    5 ever     6 since

4
2 haven’t / have not yet made
3 haven’t / have not already visited
4 have I already achieved
5 still haven’t / have not taken / haven’t / have not yet taken
6 ’ve / have already taken
7 haven’t / have not received … yet

5 Students’ own answers.

WB p 6

People together

1 all     2 None     3 all     4 both     5 both     6 Neither     7 both

2 Students’ own answers.


1 anybody     2 Nobody      3 everybody     4 somebody      5 everything     6 Everywhere
7 nobody; anything


1 younger than      2 the oldest      3 the youngest      4 taller than     5 faster than


1 less       2 at least     3 wasn’t as much as      4 least     5 as much as       6 (correct)

WB p 7

Listening
1 the happiest day
2 23 / twenty-three
3 celebration
4 None of
5 since 1821
6 has been
7 nobody (ever)
8 hopes

Speaking
1, 2, 3 Students’ own answers.

Writing
Students’ own answers.

2nd batxillerat WORKBOOK Starter Unit answer key

FOCUS ON page 4 ex 3, page 5 ex 6 & 8, page 6 ex 11 & 13, page 7 ex 14.

WB p 4

1 
1 is     2 wrote    3 was     4 decided     5 was living     6 spent     7 are / ’re looking

2 
1 Did … live
2 believe
3 fell
4 was speaking; happened
5 are / ’re wearing
6 loves


1 had started … arrived
2 hadn’t / haven’t played
3 Did … pass
4 Had … sold; went
5 had / ’d finished; rang
6 had just left; offered


1 found
2 realized
3 had made
4 did
5 had died
6 had carried

7 Do / Did … belong

WB p 5


1 appeared     2 has starred    3 has won    4 has … made     5 has played     6 gave


1 we’ve / we have been
2 have / ’ve been
3 Did Dana meet
4 haven’t seen a play for
5 have / ’ve lived in Murcia
6 was Mum’s

7 Students’ own answers.

8 
1 has watched
2 haven’t eaten
3 has / ’s been doing
4 have / ’ve cycled
5 has / ’s been painting
6 Have … played


WB p 6


1 Have … wanted
2 have / ’ve been learning
3 have / ’ve just started
4 have … been
5 have / ’ve already been playing

6 have / ’ve been looking

10
1 Since    2 been     3 has    4 for    5 have      6 cleaned

11 
1 Are … going
2 will be
3 stay / are staying
4 will be
5 will / ’ll get

12 
1 arrives
2 are you going
3 doesn’t open
4 aren’t they coming
5 finishes
6 are / ’re having

13
1 will be
2 won’t stop / isn’t going to stop
3 ’ll / will carry, OR ’m / am going to carry
4 will have to

WB p 7

14 
1 do you get on     2 Isn’t the show      3 long has it been     4 trains you

15 
1 What was he reading when you saw him?
2 Who owns that house over there?
3 How long is it since you last ate at Pedro’s?
4 Where did you learn to surf?
5 When did you get home from school?

16 
1 will schools be
2 have been asking / have asked
3 is
4 will not / won’t need
5 will give
6 will be
7 do children think
8 have never known

17 
1 are being have been in the news
2 have been selling objects
3 has had / (no replacement word)
4 he bought did he buy
5 he gives will give / is going to give

Wednesday, 21 September 2016

2nd batxillerat GRAMMAR WORKSHOP Starter Unit answer key

SB p 86 ex 1

1 
1 It’s snowing
2 It snows
3 Do you know
4 Is it raining
5 ’m not reading
6 don’t understand

SB p 87 ex 2-10


1 How long have you been attending this university?
2 Ethan has been learning the guitar for three years.
3 Olivia hasn’t been working here for long.
4 I haven’t been feeling well this week.
5 They’ve been playing on the computer all day.


1 forgot  => forgotten
2 already saw  => ’ve / have already seen
3 (correct)
4 has been losing  => has lost
5 haven’t been  =>  hasn’t been
6 Did  => Have


1 Please can we stop and rest – we’ve been walking for hours.
2 Eric is very excited – he’s never visited Cyprus before.
3 Have you seen Tom Cruise’s new film yet?
4 Where’s the watch I lent you – what have you done with it?
5 You look very hot and bothered – what have you been doing?


1 plays   2 has scored   3 started   4 was   5 makes


1 was growing up    2 focused   3 saw    4 started    5 was studying   6 beat

7
1 had run; scored
2 began; had arrived
3 flew; had seen
4 had finished; began
5 went; had broken

8
1 had / ’d never tried
2 hadn’t remembered
3 had been talking
4 had never seen
5 Had you been watching


1 Every summer, Julia used to / would go on holiday to Lanzarote.
2 Did Gonzalo use to work in a supermarket?
3 I used to live in Greece when I was a child.
4 When he was a teenager, he didn’t use to smoke.
5 100 years ago people didn’t use to have televisions.
6 Did you use to play / Would you play in the street when you were young?

10 
1 won    2 was    3 became / has become     4 has had     5 have never had

SB p 88 ex 11, 12

11
1 ’m going to see
2 won’t rain
3 ’s going to be
4 ’ll drive
5 ’ll give
6 ’m going to give

12 
1 will be playing    2 will have gone    3 will have spent     4 will have worked     5 will be cycling

SB p 89 ex 13, 14

13 
1 leaves
2 arrives
3 ’m staying / ’m going to stay
4 ’s going to show
5 is going to take
6 ’re seeing / ’re going to see

14 
1 do     2 how long     3 Who    4 Were     5 play     6 When     7 Didn’t

1st batxillerat Grammar Workshop Starter Unit

SB p 114 ex 1, 2

1
1 feels
2 describes
3 scores
4 follows
5 doesn’t eat
6 spends

2
1  The students are taking an exam today.
2 We’re talking about our greatest fears.
3 She isn’t / ’s not crying because of the film.
4 We’re not staying for dinner.
5 What are you studying at university

SB p 115 ex 3, 4, 5

3
1 dressed up
2 ate
3 didn’t use

4
1 eating
2 was
3 were
4 was

5
1 ’m / am
2 decided
3 tore
4 was visiting
5 took
6 was staying
7 think
8 feel

SB p 116 ex 6, 7, 8 

6
1 T he students prefer to do tests online.
2 This time yesterday we were playing football.
✓ 3 He knew that she was upset.
4 He doesn’t mind if you stay the night.
5 I don’t know how to speak French.

7
1 Who did Juliet love?
2 Who survived the earthquake?
3 What did Mariana tell you?
4 Who found this umbrella yesterday?
5 Who heard the doorbell?

8
1 Have you ever had
2 haven’t done
3 Have you passed
4 ’ve had

SB p 117 ex 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

 9
1  I’ve been living in Dubai for eight years.
✓ 2 We’ve been walking all day!
3 The students haven’t been living in Paris all year.
4 Josh and Kate haven’t been going out for very long.
5 Have they been sitting in the sun all afternoon?

10
1 Have you been jogging
2 has / ’s stopped
3 has / ’s been
4 haven’t been studying
5 have you visited

11
1 ever
2 since
3 never
4 for

12
1 I’ve just left university.
2 She hasn’t thanked us for her present yet.
3  They’ve already visited the Eiffel Tower.
4 We still haven’t started studying.
5 Have you just got married?

13
1 Neither of
2 Both of
3 all
4 both
5 Neither

SB p 118 ex 14, 15, 16

14 
1 everywhere 
2 nothing 
3 anybody 
4 nobody 
5 somebody 

15 
1 the longest beard 
2 the most decorated 
3 the heaviest 

16 
1 Our family is not as large as Peter’s. 
2 My mother is less patient than me. 
3 His approach is the least systematic. 
4  We’re not as adventurous as our predecessors. 
5 The president is less popular than his deputy.

Sunday, 18 September 2016

Instructions to activate your digital workbook (WebBook) on Oxford Plus

First, buy the digital book online. Click here to access the Oxford online shop. (https://tienda.oupe.es/).

Make sure you buy the correct one:

1st batxillerat: Key to Batxillerat 1 Workbook (WebBook). ISBN: 97801194611178. Author: Ben Wetz.

2nd batxillerat: Key to Batxillerat 2 Workbook (WebBook). ISBN: 9780194611312. Author: Ben Wetz.


Once you have the code for your digital workbook, register on Oxford Plus. Follow this tutorial:





1. Go to www.oxfordplus.es
2. Click on Register. Fill in your personal details to register.
3. Log in.
4. Click on "Do you have an activation code?" and enter your activation code.
5. Click on the Workbook cover to open it.

Once you are in the digital Workbook you have to click on the "Gradebook" icon. The first time you get into your Gradebook, you will have to enter your name and the correct group code:

1st batxillerat A: OID77V0 (the first digit is capital letter O and the last one is a zero)
2nd batxillerat A: J9DQG0G (the second-to-last digit is a zero)
2nd batxillerat B: 4XSXAMZ