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TRABAJO ESPECIAL DE ESCUCHA (INGLÉS B1.2)

1) A. What are people going to do in the summer holidays? Complete columns A in the chart. Listen
to Attachment 1.

A) What is he / she going to do? B) What will it be like? Why?

MOLLY go camping in France 1. Fun

2. See interesting places.

NATHAN work on his uncle´s farm 1.hard work

2.really fit

SUZIE help in her parents shop 1.tiring

2.have a break

GARY nothing 1.really boring

2.dvds

PAULA go to tennis training school 1.learn a lot

2.new friends

HENRY tourist guide 1.meet interesting people

2. some money

B. Listen to Attachment 1 again. What do they think it will be like? Complete column B with the cues
provided in the chart below.

MEET INTERESTING PEOPLE TIRING REALLY FIT

FUN DVDS SOME MONEY REALLY BORING

NEW FRIENDS HARD WORK HAVE A BREAK

SEE INTERESTING PLACES LEARN A LOT

 2) Listen to Attachment 2. On a radio programme, you hear some information about a future guest.
What will he be talking about? Highlight the correct option.

❖ A Organising a mountain holiday

❖ B Learning mountain-climbing skills
❖ C Buying mountaineering equipment

3) Listen to Attachment 3 and match speakers 1-4 with sentences A-E. There is one extra sentence.

1_E_
2_B_
3_D_
4_C_

A.The speaker is angry about the lack of accuracy in news reporting.

B. The speaker is critical of people’s lack of interest in improving society.

C. The speaker admits to an interest in celebrity gossip.

D. The speaker feels that news about celebrities is unrealistic.

E.The speaker feels that news reporting is pessimistic.

4) A. Listen carefully to the traffic report and highlight the correct answer.(Attachment 4 )

1. What is the problem on the M1 southbound?

❖ Road Closure
❖ Breakdown

2. What is the problem on the M25 clockwise?

❖ Roadworks
❖ Heavy Traffic

3. What is the problem with the East Coast rail line?

❖ Fallen Tree
❖ Engineering Works

B. Will the following people experience delays? Choose Yes or No. If you choose No, write the
reason.

Harry plans to travel eastbound along the M8 between junctions 16 and 15.

❖ Yes
❖ No

1. Denise wants to travel southbound along the M1 between junctions 24a and 24.

❖ Yes
❖ No

2. Archie plans to travel westbound between junction 20 and junction 21.

❖ Yes
❖ No

3. Ruth intends to travel clockwise around the M25 between junctions 25 to 28.

❖ Yes
❖ No

4. Louise wants to travel on the Northern Rail route between Haydon Bridge and Bardon Mill.

❖ Yes
❖ No

5. Carlos is planning to travel on the East Coast rail line between Edinburgh Waverley and
Kirkcaldy.

❖ Yes
❖ No

5) You have received the following email from an English-speaking:

 From: Jane

Subject: I’m visiting!

Hi!

I’m so excited to visit your city!

I would like to visit some museums. What do you think? Do you have any other ideas?

Also, can you pick me up at the train station? Let me know if you can’t.

Love,
Jane

Write an email reply. Use this notes as a guide:

● say you are happy too.

● explain why you can’t go to the museum
● offer some other activities
● say why you can’t pick her up.

HERE BELOW WRITE YOUR REPLY.

From: Maxi

Subject: museums recomendation

hi!
I am very happy for your message, I look forward to your visit.

Here in Buenos Aires there are many museums but my favorites are: museo nacional de bellas
artes, muntref, museo de arte latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, museo Benito Quinquela
Martin, centro cultural recoleta and planetario Galileo Galilei. you should go.

I am sorry to tell you that I can't go with you to the museums because I have a business trip to
Spain, and I can't pick you up for the same reason. However, I will be back on Saturday so we
can go for a picnic

see you later

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WRITING CORRECTION CODES

CODE MEANING EXAMPLE

WS Wrong Spelling I like coking (WS) : Cooking

WT Wrong Tense She goes (WT) yesterday:

Went

WW Wrong Word I love my work (WW) : Job

MW Missing Word She goes ( )MW school : To

WO Wrong Order My dad his car washes (WO) :

Washes his car

CL Capital Letter their names are nina (CL) and

vitto (CL): Their/ Nina/Vitto

P Punctuation I like pasta chocolate soda

ice cream and pizza: pasta,
chocolate, ice cream and
pizza.