2015 September

A.  GO ON TWO WHEELS

 1. a) false: "It is absurd to give...it is safe to go."

b) false: "The car is no longer a symbol of freedom..."

3. a) just   b) timetables   c) founded   d) throw off

4. a) biking / where

b) was founded / than

c) must / to do

d) ...going for a walk the following day if the weather was fine.


B. USE OR ABUSE OF TECHNOLOGY

1. a)false: "we are becoming more and more anti-social....face-to-face conversations because of technology".

b) false: "Dr. Cassidy linked the increasing cases... and physical development".

3. a) almost   b) finding   c) because of   d) linked

4. a) which / in

b) wouldn´t communicate / didn´t exist

c) getting / had been using

d) shouldn´t have been sent for printing yet.

EVAU June 2016

A. NO FEAR, NO SURPRISE, NO HESITATION

1.
a) False: "It´s from a seventeenth century samurai warrior".
b) True: "But if you look carefully... that it was going to happen".

3.

a) huge   b) happen   c) passed   d) looked at


4.
a) began / between

 b) often / a

c) had / what

d) focuses / are explained 

B. WORKING HOURS

1.
a) False: "surveys show the important role... in our country".
b) False: "we must have the courage to... of other European countries".

3. 

a) called on   b) juggle   c) overall   d) take steps to

4.

a) trying / than

b) Despite / because of

c) were / on

d) ... why I had applied for a new job if my salary seemed to be reasonable.
 

PAU Semptiembre 2016 B Has Creativity Disappeared in Schools?

1. a) FALSE: "Picasso said that all children are born artists and the problem is to remain an artist as we grow up".

b) FALSE: "Eight years ago Ken Robinson, an expert on creativity and education, made a speech that revolutionized the topic".


3. a) acting out    b) places    c) gift    d) eliminated



4. a) shown / produces   b) had been encouraged / wouldn´t have been.

c) more / at    d) "... not to worry then because I would understand it the following day"

Valentine´s Day

Valentine´s Day history, level 1.

FUTURE TENSES

Here you have an exercise with a mixture of future tenses. 

You have 30 sentences with the answers below. Do it without looking at the answers. Then, check them. 

Good luck!

HALLOWEEN

HERE IS A VIDEO ON HALLOWEEN HISTORY.

Houdini

Here is a video where we can see

 a brief explanation 

of Houdini´s life 

from the point of view 

of a supposed little Houdini.