Listening Practice for NB2 students

Dear NB2 students,
I know you are really worried about the exam on Friday 5th.
Some of you wanted to have more listening practice. Here you have some websites where you can listen and do the exercises. Have fun and see you on Monday.


ello for beginners
visit general revision in guia
podcards in Ireland

Barcelona: great football and great champs

Barcelona has proved to be the best team in the world by beating Manchester United 2-0 and getting the most wanted trophy in Europe: the Champions League
Pep Guardiola has guided the Catalans to the Spanish League title, the Spanish Cup and now the European Cup.
Barca were brilliant. The first early goal put United off balance and the second goal killed all
hopes of winning the match.
They were fantastic and they deserved to get the trophy. Congratulations Barca.

Oral Exam

One of the most difficul things when students start studying English is how to ask questions.
As you have been informed, the second part of the oral exam is a conversation with a partner where you may have to suggest something or complain or ask about and answer questions to a given subject.
In the document below you'll have some of the topics we have studied in class this year, with some questions that you might find useful.
Oral

Publish at Scribd or explore others: Study Guides, Notes, School Work tips exam

María Valdés has written an interesting post for advanced students and the oral exam in her blog.

Remember Susan Boyle? She has reached the Final

Scottish singer Susan Boyle has secured a place in the final of ITV's Britain's Got Talent, after performing live on television for the first time.

The 48-year-old woman became a worldwide sensation after her audition performance of I Dreamed A Dream last month.

Sunday evening's show was watched by nearly 12 million viewers.

When Ms Boyle heard the result of the public vote - after her rendition of Memory from the musical, Cats - she gave a victory dance for the studio audience.

When the show's hosts asked her how she had coped with the pressure, she said: "What pressure, I really enjoyed myself, I enjoyed every second. I'd do it again!"

The grand final will be on 30 May and the winner will get a £100,000 cheque.

Ms Boyle's first appearance on the television talent show received more than 58 million hits on the internet site, YouTube.

That earned her a number of famous fans, including rock musician Jon Bon Jovi and actress Demi Moore. She has also been interviewed on American television shows Oprah and Larry King.
Adapted from BBC News.

Want to listen to Memory and do the activity?

No more doubts..... ever!

"Is it with -ing or infinitive without to? "And "I said him or I said to him?"
You can get the answer to these and other grammar problems if you read this post by Laura in English in Guía Nivel Avanzado about English grammar doubts. Have a look at it, it's not to be missed.

Tips for the Exam

Exam Tips

View more presentations from Dulce Rosales.

Dulce has left some useful tips for the exams in her blog. And always keep in mind:
If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right.

Henry Ford

Beyonce in the listenings

Here you have the exercises we were talking about in class. The first two listenings are about Beyonce and the other about computers. And a reading comprehension exercise to learn some proverbs.

SCRIPTS

Revising this year vocabulary

Remember the vocabulary you have studied this year?

By Saro Rosales

Exam practice

There are only a few weeks left to finish this school year. I have prepared two exercises for you to practise. A reading exercise with two parts about Marylin Monroe´s life to review the relatives and a listening exercise about a story I read some years ago. The other day I bumped into it in youtube, and I want to share it with you.
“The Good Life” takes you to a chance meeting between an MBA (abbrevation for a person who has a Master of Business Administration: an advanced degree in business)and a fisherman on a small island. The MBA tries to teach the fisherman about business, but the fisherman teaches him about life. Enjoy!

Story by Mark Albion

CLICK HERE to watch the video and do the exercise.

Relative clauses

Here you have a powerpoint presentation by Carmen Torres where you can study the defining and non-defining relatives clauses

Uploaded on authorSTREAM by torrestorres

Writing a formal letter

Learn how to write a formal letter in general and the steps to follow to write a job application letter and a letter of complaint. The homework to do is in the last slide.

Formal Letter

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Let´s practise with these exercises
exercise 1
exercise 2
exercise 3
And go to Dulce´s blog to know more