Actividades

de verano 2017

Nombre y apellidos:

Curso: Grupo:

2º Bachillerato
Inglés Oral
 2 nd Bachillerato Oral English
Summer Work

Listen, watch and complete the following questions (long and full answers) and
the summary:

Lisa Bu: How books can open your mind

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ibCtsHgz3Y

-What was she trained for when she was a teenager?

- What was her dream when she was young?

- Why are maps important for her?

Juan Enriquez: Your online life, permanent as a tattoo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fu1C-oBdsMM

- Why is he comparing online life with tattoos?

- Why does he talk about the Greeks?

Ken Robinson: School kills creativity
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG9CE55wbtY

What are the three main ideas in his conference?

What are the two concepts that should be treated with the same status?

What is the subject hierarchy in education?

What is the purpose of public education?

Write about the three aspects of intelligence?

Write a brief summary (100-120 words) about Jamie Oliver’s Ted Award Speech

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go_QOzc79Uc
Defining relative clauses
1.Put the words in the correct order.
always / bad behaviour / Mr Brown / a / who / strict
teacher / punishes / is
Mr Brown is a strict teacher who always punishes bad
behaviour.
1 she / us / gave / the homework / was / which /
really difficult
2 the school football pitch / is / meet / the place / we /
where
3 work / hard / results / the best / students / get / who
4 remember / when / I / the day / the test / passed / I
5 really boring / whose / is / the teacher / lessons /
that / are
6 the most / history / the subject / is / I / which / enjoy
Non-defining relative clauses
2. Complete the sentences. Use who, which, where, when
or whose.
That girl, whose parents are both teachers, is very
intelligent.
1 That boy over there, I really like, left
school last year.
2 The coursebook, you recommended,
is really useful.
3 The classroom, I study French,
needs a good clean.
4 We studied Spanish last year, was
useful for our holiday.
5 Those girls, are always top of the
class, are really clever.
6 We used the website, you told us
about, for our homework.
7 Mr Ellis, daughter is in my class, is
my new science teacher.
8 This week, I’m on holiday, I’m going
to study really hard.

who / whose / who’s

3. Complete the sentences. Use who, who’s or whose.
Whose bag is this under my desk?
1 Do you know anyone been to the
Autónoma University in Madrid?
2 Juan is the student in my class
always fails his English test.
3 She’s the student mother does all
her homework for her.
4 There’s a student in my Spanish class
can speak two other languages.
5 That’s the boy going out with the
new girl in my class.
6 My sister, boyfriend is also really
clever, is going to study medicine.

Modals of advice, necessity, obligation

and prohibition
4. Put the words in the correct order.
ask / is / Cleo / we / his / date / must / Joe / when / with
We must ask Joe when his date with Cleo is.
1 skirt / date / you / your / on / wear / shouldn’t / that
2 clothes / Steve / buy / new / to / ought / some
3 Amy / should / tell / him / truth / the
4 in / you / tell / love / I’m / him / mustn’t / that
5 don’t / you / have / to / use / that / chat room / pay / to
6 better / us / about / they’d / not / anyone / tell
5.Modals of ability and permission
2 Write A (ability) or P (permission).
Can I borrow your new top to wear tonight? P
1 Juan won’t be able to text Maribel later. His phone’s
broken.
2 You can drive in the USA when you are fifteen.
3 Can we stay out until midnight on Saturday?
4 Will you be able to meet Anna this week?
5 We aren’t allowed to come to your house tonight.
6 My brother could ride a bike when he was two.
5. Complete the sentences. Use the correct form of
allowed to / not allowed to.
Are you allowed to go out with boys your parents
don’t know?
1 I have an all-night party
while my parents are away! It’ll be great!
2 We’re really sorry, Kate. We
come round to your house.
3 he use his mobile
phone in class?
4 Excuse me, this is a non-smoking restaurant. You
smoke here.
5 They see each other at
weekends only and not during the week.
6 Annabel go into pubs in the
UK. She isn’t eighteen yet.
Modals of possibility and certainty
6. Write P (possibility) or C (certainty).
That can’t be Paola with Monica. He’s on holiday this week. C
1 I don’t believe he said that! He must be feeling very
embarrassed.
2 We could go the cinema tonight if you like.
3 They’re holding hands. They must like each other.
4 You might want to write to an agony aunt about your
problems with Carl.
5 Matt may ask Eva out, but he’s not sure.
6 She can’t be going out with Dan. She said she hated
him!
Mixed modals
7. Choose the correct alternatives.
I can’t / couldn’t see you tonight, I’ve got too much
homework to do.
1 That can’t / might be Nick. He said he’d get here
about now.
2 You shouldn’t / ought to ask her out if you don’t like
her.
3 Clara’s face is red and she’s talking to Lucas. She
couldn’t / must like him.
4 We can / ’d better hurry or we’ll miss the bus.
5 In the UK, I must / ’ll be able to get married when I’m
sixteen.
6 Boys don’t have to / couldn’t pay for everything on
a date.
Modals + perfect infinitives
8. Choose the correct alternatives.
A I’m really good at sports.
B You must have / should have been a sports teacher.
1 A The phone rang while you were out.
B It could have / should have been Maya. She said
she’d probably phone at 8 o’clock.
2 A Ben’s going to call Chloe tonight.
B They should have / must have got on really well
on their first date.
3 A Oh no! I’m going to be late for my date with Carlos.
B You might have / shouldn’t have spent so long
deciding what to wear.
4 A Polly’s already got a boyfriend. How embarrassing!
B Oh dear. Dave can’t have / shouldn’t have

Negative prefixes
9. Correct the bold words. One is correct.
He was so unpolite to my parents. He didn’t even thank
them for dinner.
impolite
1 My parents unapprove of my new girlfriend.
2 Some people might say we’re imcompatible because
we’re so different.
3 Unhonesty has lead to the break-up of a lot of
relationships.
4 Does this say he loves me? His writing is inlegible.
5 It’s not unusual nowadays for people to wait longer
before they get married.
6 Some men think women are disrational and emotional.
Extreme adjectives
10. Complete the table with the words in the list.
amazed brilliant delighted devastated
fascinated gorgeous hideous hilarious terrified
normal adjective extreme
attractive gorgeous
clever (1)
funny (2)
interested (3)
pleased (4)
scared (5)
surprised (6)
ugly (7)
upset (8)
11. Choose the correct alternatives.
I can’t stand the earrings he bought me! They’re absolutely
ugly / devastated / hideous .
1 Do tell me more! I’m absolutely interested /
surprised / fascinated!
2 I was a little bit surprised / amazed / delighted
when he asked me on a date.
3 He’s quite clever / gorgeous / brilliant, but he isn’t
top of the class.
4 When Tom finished with me, I felt absolutely
surprised / upset / devastated.
5 When my girlfriend ran off with my best friend, I was
very upset / devastated / terrified.
6 I was fairly interested / pleased / delighted with
my new haircut, but I wish they hadn

Negative prefixes
12. Correct the bold words. One is correct.
He was so unpolite to my parents. He didn’t even thank
them for dinner.
impolite
1 My parents unapprove of my new girlfriend.
2 Some people might say we’re imcompatible because
we’re so different.
3 Unhonesty has lead to the break-up of a lot of
relationships.
4 Does this say he loves me? His writing is inlegible.
5 It’s not unusual nowadays for people to wait longer
before they get married.
6 Some men think women are disrational and emotional.

Extreme adjectives
14. Complete the table with the words in the list.
amazed brilliant delighted devastated
fascinated gorgeous hideous hilarious terrified
normal adjective extreme
attractive gorgeous
clever (1)
funny (2)
interested (3)
pleased (4)
scared (5)
surprised (6)
ugly (7)
upset (8)

15. Choose the correct alternatives.

I can’t stand the earrings he bought me! They’re absolutely
ugly / devastated / hideous .
1 Do tell me more! I’m absolutely interested /
surprised / fascinated!
2 I was a little bit surprised / amazed / delighted
when he asked me on a date.
3 He’s quite clever / gorgeous / brilliant, but he isn’t
top of the class.
4 When Tom finished with me, I felt absolutely
surprised / upset / devastated.
5 When my girlfriend ran off with my best friend, I was
very upset / devastated / terrified.
6 I was fairly interested / pleased / delighted with
my new haircut, but I wish they hadn

VOCABULARY ACTIVITIES
Travel and adventure
1 Complete the sentences with suitable verbs.
We went on an amazing adventure.
1 If you want to go to Australia, you’ll need to
a plane.
2 We went to the Cars-to-go company and
a small car for the week.
3 You need to your suitcase carefully,
or you won’t be able to close the lid afterwards.
4 Did you remember to any
photographs of the mountains?
5 You have to a tour in advance – you
can’t just turn up on the day.
6 ‘What did you do in Barcelona?’ ‘We
sightseeing.’
7 ‘Where did you the night?’ ‘At
the hotel.’

Phrasal verbs (2): travel

2 Complete the sentences. Use the correct form of the
verbs in list A with the particles in list B.
A break carry come get (x 2) head pick
set take
B back across away down for off (x 2)
on up
‘Where are you going?’ ‘We’re heading for Edinburgh.’
1 I’m so tired. I really need to
from it all and go somewhere on holiday.
2 I can’t walking for much
longer! I need to stop for a rest.
3 Our car on the way to the
airport, so we missed our flight.
4 While I was walking to the hotel, I
this amazing snake.
5 We’ll have to really early if
we want to be in time for the first train.
6 This is the worst holiday I’ve ever had! I’m really looking
forward to home.
7 We watched the plane from
a window in the airport.
8 Rob hasn’t got a car. Could you him
from his house at eight p.m?

Noun suffixes
3 Complete the sentences. Choose the correct form of
one of the bold words and write it in the noun form.
I think mountaineers must have a lot of determination
(determine / weak).
1 Sailing solo round the world is a test of
(real / endure).
2 Other team members will give you lots of
(patient / encourage)
when things are going badly.
3 My brother’s (ambitious /
endure) is to climb the highest mountain in the UK.
4 You need to have a lot of
(encourage / patient) to work with young people.
5 Physical (able / imagine)
is very important for certain outdoor activities.
6 The (ambitious / real) of
mountaineering is that it’s a very demanding pursuit.
7 His one (weak /
determine) is that he doesn’t have much stamina for
long treks.
8 You don’t need much
(able / imagine) to know what it’s like to camp in
freezing temperatures.

Collocations: get, lose and take

4 Complete the sentences with the correct form of get,
lose or take.
I need to lose a bit of weight before I can wear those
shorts again!
1 You your time! Where have you been?
2 If you the chance, you should visit
the Prado.
3 She her temper with the unhelpful
shop assistant.
4 Did you permission to go in there?
5 Complete the sentences. Use a suitable verb as well as
a noun or noun phrase from the list. One noun or noun
phrase is not needed.
a break a job a look notes nowhere touch
your memory
We’re getting nowhere. Let’s look at the map.
1 I’ve got something to show you! You must
at these amazing photos.
2 Unless you ,
you won’t have enough money for the holiday.
3 ‘Have you heard from Mary recently?’ ‘No, we’ve
. I haven’t heard from her in ages.’
4 I forgot to in class,
and now I can’t remember what we learnt.
5 I can’t believe you forgot! Have you completely?

5. Complete the sentences with the correct alternatives.

The jury said that the criminal guilty.
A was B is C being
1 The witness said that she the truth.
A was telling B tells C would told
2 Eva said she Philip with his witness statement.
A would help B ’ll help C would helped
3 She told the security guard that she anything
from the shop.
A haven’t stolen B hadn’t stole C hadn’t stolen
4 The judge told them they to prison for years.
A gone B ’ll go C were going
5 The police told the criminal that he his family
until the next day.
A can’t see B couldn’t see C couldn’t be seeing
6 The scientist explained that iris recognition the
public.
A would benefit B will benefit C is benefitting

6. Match sentences A–F with sentences 1–6 from

exercise 1. Then complete the sentences with the
correct form of the verbs.
A ‘You your family until
tomorrow,’ the police told the criminal.
B ‘Iris recognition the
public,’ the scientist explained.
C I you with your
witness statement,’ Eva said to Philip.
D ‘You to prison for
years,’ the judge told them.
E ‘I anything from the
shop,’ she told the security guard.
F ‘I the truth,’ said the witness.

7. Transform the statements into reported speech.

‘She can telephone a lawyer tomorrow,’ he said.
He said she could telephone a lawyer the next day.
1 ‘We saw the couple leaving the shop,’ they said.
They said that
.
2 ‘I’m innocent,’ shouted the man.
The man shouted that .
3 ‘My daughter’s telling the truth,’ the mot

Reported questions
8. Transform the direct questions into reported questions.
‘Why did the thieves steal the car?’ the man asked.
The man asked why the thieves had stolen the car.
1 ‘When did you notice the broken window?’ the
policeman asked.
2 ‘What will the jury decide?’ asked the reporter.
3 ‘Do you know where the men are going?’ asked the
officer.
4 ‘Did he steal anything?’ asked the security guard.
5 ‘Have you told me the truth?’ the mother asked her son.
6 ‘Who will be in the courtroom?’ asked the witness.

First, second and third conditionals

9.Complete the first conditional sentences. Use the
bold words.
If he doesn’t stop (not stop) eating fast food, he’ll
damage his health.
1 If we choose this recipe, we
(have to) go shopping for the ingredients.
2 Children (perform) better
at school if they have a healthy diet.
3 If Charlie (not change) his
eating habits, he’ll be overweight very soon.
4 If we only eat hamburgers this week, what
(our health / be) like?
5 If footballers don’t eat well, they
(not have) enough energy to play for 90 minutes.
6 I (not sleep) tonight, if I
drink too much coffee.