Topic outline

  • General

  • Week 1 - 19-02-2020 - Introduction

  • Week 2 - 26-02-20

  • Week 3 - 04-03-20 - Present Tenses

  • Week 4 - 11-03-20 - Present Perfect Tenses

    • Upload a scan or picture of the particular exercises - Materials: Destination B2 - Unit 2 - Exercises p.8/A and p.10/F and G.

      Submit by this Friday 13/3 (including Friday).

      I am going to have a look at that.

    • Before doing this exercise study the materials Destionation B2 - Present Time - Unit 1 where you find revision of the present tenses and aslo the explanation for the present perfect.

      This exercise practises the rules for usage of present perfect simple and continuous.

      This is a drag and drop exercise, which means you need to complete the text about the grammar rules for present perfect tenses with given words, drag the words to the place where you think they belong so that the text, the rules make sence.

      There is no time limit.

      You have two attempts.

    • Put the verbs in the brackets into the correct form of either Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Continous.

      There is a time limit of 10 minutes, so make sure you have enough time before starting this exercise.

      You have two attempts.

    • Put the verbs in the brackets in the correct form of Present Perfect Simple, Present Perfect Continuous, Present Simple or Present Continuous.

      There is a time limit of 15 minutes so make sure you have enough time before starting this exercise.

      You have two attempts.

    • Please, upload a completed "homework assignment" - the particular exercises listed above - write in hand, scan or take a picture. I am going to either check the answers with you during our online session or mark your exercises and give them back to you. You should already have some of the exercises completed from the previous homework. You can work with the same materials.

  • Week 5 - 18-03-2020 - Past Tenses

    • Here you have the recording from the session at Adobe Connect on 18-03-2020. Approxamtely minute 4.Ā 

    • Multiple choice - two options.

      There is a time limit of 10 minutes so please make sure you have enough time before starting the exercise.

      You have got two attempts.

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      Destination B2 - Unit 3 - Past Time - p. 20 - exercise B - Past Simple x Past Continuous Quiz

      Put the verb in the brackets in the correct form either Past Simple or Past Continuous.

      There is a time limit of 15 minutes so make sure you have enough time to complete the exercise.

      You have got two attempts.

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      Destination B2 - Unit 3 - Past Time - p. 20 - exercise C - Past Simple x Past Perfect Simple Quiz

      Multiple Choice

      Ther is a time limit of 20 minutes so make sure that you have enough time to complete the exercise.

      You have got two attempts.

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      Destination B2 - Unit 3 - Past Time - p. 21 - exercise D - Past Perfect Simple x Past Perfect Continuous Quiz

      Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the given verbs. Decide between the Past Perfect Simple and Past Perfect Continous.

      There is a time limit of 10 minutes so make sure that you have enough time to complete the exercise.

      You have got two attempts.

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      Destination B2 - Unit 3 - Past Time - exercise E - Past Mix Quiz

      Multiple Choice - Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D.

      There is a time limit of 8 minutes.

      You have got two attempts.

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      Exercise 1 - Past x Present Perfect Quiz

      Put the verbs in the brackets into the correct form. Decide among the Present Perfect Simple, Present Perfect Continuous, Past Simple and Past Continuous.

      There is a time limit of 20 minutes, so make sure you have enough time to complete the exercise.

      You have got two attempts.

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  • Week 6 - 25-03-2020 - Expressing Future

    • There are various examples of future. Your task is to either match the example sentences with the kind of future they express or to decide whether the example sentence is correcct.

      If one answer appears more than once, follow the order of the numbers. Sometimes the colour will help.

      There is a time limit of 30 minutes so make sure you have enough time before starting the exercise.

      You have got two attempts.

    • Chose the correct answer or actually the best/most suitable future form in each sentence.

      There is a time limit of 5 minutes for 8 multiple-choice questions.

      You have got 2 attempts.

    • This is a multiple choice exercise. In the text you need to choose the best option A, B, C.

      There is a time limit of 10 minutes for 9 tasks.Ā 

      You have got two attempts.

    • Put each verb in brackets into a suitable verb form. All sentence refer to future time.

      This is a practice fo time clauses so please have a look again at the explanations either my pdf summary or the material from Language Practice for FCE itself.

      Do not use contracted forms (e.g. won't), use full forms only (e.g. will not) and as a future form use "will".

      There is a time limit of 10 minutes, so make sure you are ready to start the attempt and have studied if needed.

      You have got 2 attempts.

  • Week 7 - 01-04-2020 - Passive

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      In this exercise try to complete the summary on the forms and rules for the passive.

      There is a time limit of 40 minutes, but you should not need so much time. There are also two links included to websites with the information on "agent".

      You have got two attempts.

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      The Passive - Forms and Rules - pdf summary File
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      Exercise - Destination B2 - U15 - The Passive - p.96/ex. B Quiz

      Complete the sentences using the correct passive form of the verbs in brackets.

      There is a time limit of 10 minutes.

      You have got two attempts.

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      Exercise - Destination B2 - U15 - The Passive - p.96/ex. C Quiz

      Complete the sentences in the passive according to the given words.

      There is a time limit of 12 minutes.

      You have got 2 attempts.

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      Exercise - Destination B2 - U15 - The Passive - p.98/ex. G Quiz

      Complete each sentence using the word given, so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Write between two and five words in each gap.

      There is a timeĀ  limit of 6 minutes.

      You have got 2 attempts.

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      Exercise - Destination B2 - U15 - The Passive - p.99/ex. J Quiz

      Complete the text with one word only. Drag and drop the given words. There are words you will use than once.

      There is a time limit of 12 minutes.

      You have got 2 attempts.

      Not available unless: The activity Exercise - Destination B2 - U15 - The Passive - p.98/ex. G is marked complete
  • Week 8 - 08-04-2020 - Modal Verbs

    • Please, print this before the Wednesday lesson. However, do not try to complete or look it up on the Internet. I believe you will not cheat. Thank you. :-)

      There is the link to the listening below. If you missed the Wednesday lesson or if you want to return to the listening, listen to the video again. You will also find below the completed text. There are no access restrictions as this is a class activity we did during the online session. Still I believe you will not cheat. :-)

    • The particular passage you need for the listening starts approximately at 1:25. Listen to the passage for the first time without stopping it and try to complete as much as you can. For the second time make pauses after the gaps in the text.

    • Try not to access this before you actually try to complete the gap-filling text by yourself

    • This is a very brief list of examples and explanations how modal verbs are used in the past. Look at it together with the material Destination B2 - U13 - Modal Verbs

    • Complete each second sentence using the word given, so taht it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Write between two and five words in each gap.

      There is a time limit of 15 minutes.

      You have got 2 attempts

    • Complete the sentences with the given words. There is also the meaning of the modal verbs used in particular examples to help you decide which word should be used. You will use each word only once.

      There is a time limit of 10 minutes.

      You have got 2 attempts

    • Choose the correct answer A, B, C, D.

      There is a time limit of 10 minutes.

      You have got 2 attempts.

    • Complete the text with the given words. You need to use some of the words more than once.

      There is a time limit of 10 minutes.

      You have got 2 attempts.

  • Week 9 - 15-04-2020 - Conditionals 0 and 1st vs. 2nd

    • This is a brief summary of examples and explanations which we did during the Adobe lesson.

    • Complete the sentences with missing words and decide which conditional (0, 1st, 2nd) it is. Drag and Drop + Multiple Choice.

      There is a time limit of 15 minutes.

      You have got two attempts.

    • Complete the second sentence so that it is a as similar in meaning as possible to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. Short Answer.

      There is a time limit of 10 minutes.

      You have got two attempts.

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      Complete the sentences with the correct verbs. Drag and Drop.

      There is a time limit of 8 minutes.

      You have got two attempts.

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      Write sentences using the second conditional. Short Answer.

      There is a time limit of 10 minutes.

      You have got two attempts.

  • Week 10 - 22-04-2020 - Conditionals 3rd and mixed

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      Read the text and complete the sentences using the third conditional.

      DO NOT use contracted forms (e.g. wouldn't), USE only full forms (e.g. would not).

      There is a time limit of 15 minutes.

      You have got two attempts.

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      Complete using the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Third or Mixed Conditionals.

      DO NOT use contracted forms (e.g. wouldn't), USE only full forms (e.g. would not).

      USE WAS for the 3rd person singular (I, he, she, it).

      There is a time limit of 25 minutes.

      You have got two attempts.

    • Complete these sentences to make appropriate Third Conditional or Mixed Conditional sentence, using the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

      DO NOT use contracted forms (e.g. wouldn't), USE only full forms (e.g. would not).

      There is a time limit ofĀ 30 minutes.

      You have got two attempts.

    • Fill each space in the following text with one suitable word.

      Some words can be used more than once.

      There is a time limit of 15 minutes.

      You have got two attempts.

  • Week 11 - 29-04-2020 - Relative Clauses

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      Complete the exercise which focuses on building relative clauses. There are different kinds of questions.

      There is a time limit of 10 minutes.

      You have got two attempts.

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      Exercise 2 - EGIU - Unit 93 Quiz

      Complete the following exercises where there are different questions. Any time you do not need to use the relative pronoun, do not use it.

      The access is restricted, you need to successfully complete the previous exercise.

      There is a time limit of 10 minutes.

      You have got two attempts.

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      Exercise 3 - EGIU - Unit 94 Quiz

      Complete the following exercise in which there are different types of questions.

      The access is restricted, you need to successfully complete the previous exercise.

      There is a time limit of 10 minutes.

      You have got two attempts.

      Not available unless: The activity Exercise 2 - EGIU - Unit 93 is marked complete
  • Week 12 - 06-05-2020 - Relative Clauses

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      There are two parts of this exercise.

      In Part 1 (ex.95.2) you need to write in your answers - read the information and complete each sentence, use a relative clause Type 1 (restrictive) or Type 2 (non-restrictive), use commas where necessary.

      In Part 2 (ex.95.3) you need to complete the sentences with either who/which or who/which with commas, nothing or just a comma.

      There is a time limit of 15 minutes.

      You have got two attempts.

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      There are two parts in this exercise.

      In Part 1 (ex. 96.2) you need to write in your answers - use the information from the first sentence to complete the second sentence. (short answer)

      In Part 2 (ex. 96.3) you need to match beginnings and endings of sentences so that it makes sence. (matching)

      There is a time limit of 15 minutes.

      You have got two attempts.

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      There is only one part (ex.97.3) in which you need to comlete the sentences with the given words in either -ing or -ed forms. (drag and drop)

      There is a time limit of 5 minutes.

      You have got two attempts.

  • A substitute Lesson for the Cancelled One - Only Online

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      Complete the texts with the given prepositions.

      There is a time limit of 30 minutes.

      You have got two attempts.

    • This is a similar test (tests the same issues) to the test you took at the beginning of the semester. You should have your results. Take this test, compare the results from the first test and see if you made progress. Hopefully, you did. :-)

      There are 50 multiple-choice (3 choices) questions. There is always one correct answer. The questions are mixed, which means that it does not have to start with the esiest issues or that the questions are not ordered according to what issue they test (e.g. tenses do not need to follow each other).

      There is a time limit of 30 minutes.

      You have got two attempts, just in case you need the other one.

      There are no minimal requirements.

  • Week 13 - 13-05-2020 - Final Lesson

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      This is the final test closing this course.

      here are four exercises (3 short-answer ones, 1 drag and drop), altogether there are 40 tasks.

      You need 60% of correct answers to pass (it is 24 points).

      There is a time limit of 60 minutes.

      You have got 3 attempts.