WELCOME TO THE 2014 ADVANCED COURSE BLOG:
This is a new and fascinating outside classroom meeting place . Everybody is kindly invited to join it. It is designed to meet advanced students´ needs .Updated topics and vocabulary, with renewed excercises and challenging reading comprehension texts will make the most of it.
Ist. ONLINE Class:(Distancing idea)
1.-Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first one, using the word in red.Use between two and five words.
a.- They believe that skin cancer will cause more deaths in the coming years. said.
.........................................................................................................
b.-People think that he is living in South America.be.
He.........................................................................................................
c.-Experts believe that the house was built in 1735.been.
The house..................................................................................
2.- RE-write the sentences in two ways. Put the underlined parts in the passive:
a.-They say that a fire has completely destroyed the Royal Hotel.
* It.......................................................................................
* The Royal Hotel..........................................................
b.- They believe that ambulances have taken fifteen people to hospital.
*It........................................................................................
*Fifteen people.................................................................
c.-They believe that a cigarette started the blaze.
*It........................................................................................
*The fire..........................................................................
3.- Read the following newspaper headlines and complete the exercises below:
Earthquake devastates Los Angeles
Sudan suffers drought Famine results in starving
Woman rescued from drowning in floods
Reforestation policy on agenda
a.-Find words which mean the following:
1.-destroys ,2.-dying of hunger , 3.-dying because they were underwater and could not breath .
b.- Find nouns which mean the following:
1.- there is no rain so food cannot grow.
2.- recovering green areas.
3.- extreme lack of food.
a.- They believe that skin cancer will cause more deaths in the coming years. said.
ResponderEliminarIt is said that that skin cancer will cause more deaths in the coming years.
b.-People think that he is living in South America.be.
He is thought to be living in South America
c.-Experts believe that the house was built in 1735.been.
The house is believed to have been built in 1735
2.- RE-write the sentences in two ways. Put the underlined parts in the passive:
a.-They say that a fire has completely destroyed the Royal Hotel.
* It said that a fire has completely destroyed the Royal Hotel
* The Royal Hotel is thought to have been completely destroyed by a fire
b.- They believe that ambulances have taken fifteen people to hospital.
*It is believed that ambulances have taken fifteen people to hospital
*Fifteen people are thought to have been taken by ambulances
c.-They believe that a cigarette started the blaze.
*It is believed that a cigarette satarted the blaze
*The fire is assumed to have been started by a ciggarete
3.- Read the following newspaper headlines and complete the exercises below:
Earthquake devastates Los Angeles
Sudan suffers drought Famine results in starving
Woman rescued from drowning in floods
Reforestation policy on agenda
a.-Find words which mean the following:
1.-destroys (devastates) ,2.-dying of hunger (starving), 3.-dying because they were underwater and could not breath (drowning).
b.- Find nouns which mean the following:
1.- there is no rain so food cannot grow.( drought)
2.- recovering green areas.(reforestation)
3.- extreme lack of food.( famine)
WELL DONE! In 2.a.- It IS....The rest is correct. Thanks.
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