INTERMEDIATE B1
Basic documents for students to check on
Council of Europe The European Language Portfolio or clicking on EOI SAN ROQUEGuía para el alumnado de Idiomas
- https://www.thoughtco.com/telling-stories-sequencing-your-ideas-1210770
- https://dictionary.cambridge.org/es/gramatica/gramatica-britanica/discourse-markers/discourse-markers-so-right-okay
- https://busyteacher.org/21353-7-secret-pronunciation-rules.html
- http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/grammar/intermediate-grammar/passive-forms
- https://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/collocations.htm
- https://www.english-4u.de/en/grammar/adjectives-prepositions.html
- https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/about-nouns/nouns-and-prepositions
- https://www.englishgrammar.org/verb-prepositions-exercise-2/
Reading Activities
Open Gap Fill
Silent Letters in English
Forum comments
Word Formation Word Formation 2
English and Communication Skills
A blog entry
-ED SOUND -ed interactive activities
The importance of household chores
Chores Daily routines
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2-So what can you do about any of those things, you ask? The answer: You can volunteer.
3-Volunteering gives you an opportunity to change people's lives, including your own. If you'd like to support a cause but can't afford to donate money, you can donate your time instead.
4-Volunteering isn't like school: Instead of having the choices made for you about where to go and what subjects to learn, you get to pick. You can choose what really interests you.
5-If you have a friend or relative who has or had a medical problem (like cancer, HIV, or diabetes, for example), you might be inspired to donate your time to help an organization that raises money for research, delivers meals, or offers other help to people with the illness. You can also:
- serve food at a homeless shelter
- volunteer to spend time at a retirement community
- organize campaigns against littering
- take part in a park cleanup day
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Imagen de hikinartist en Flickr bajo licencia CC | Ask some of your classmates the following questions:
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| Reading task: Volunteering |
There are currently more than 22 million people in Britain who work as volunteers for many different organisations. Many employers nowadays favour job applicants who have some experience of voluntary work and many young people appreciate this. Having some form of voluntary work on your CV can often improve your chances of getting a job. Some young people in the UK who take a ‘gap year’ before starting University use part of their time to do some voluntary work, whether in the UK or abroad. There is a week dedicated to all volunteers in the UK every year.
Read the following text about volunteering in the UK and choose the correct phrase for each paragraph.
Do you come here often?What's in it for me?Volunteering – for love?Benefit the communityWorking as a volunteer can help you to meet new friends or even find romance in unexpected circumstances.
Do you come here often?What's in it for me?Volunteering – for love?Benefit the communityDoing some form of voluntary work has never been more popular with British people. Over 20 million people were engaged in voluntary activities in 2013. Volunteering means giving up time to do work of benefit to the community. It can be based in the UK or overseas. Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) has long recruited people in the UK to fill usually professional roles in developing countries.
Volunteering can take many forms, from working with children with learning difficulties, in an animal hospital, or planting trees. When London won its bid to host the 2012 Olympics, up to 70,000 volunteers were needed to help ensure the games were a success.
Do you come here often?What's in it for me?Volunteering – for love?Benefit the communityVolunteers can be anyone of any age. Students and full-time workers often manage to squeeze in some volunteer work. But what motivates volunteers? Some do it out of a sense of altruism while others find they have free time available. But in this selfish age more are asking what they can get out of it. Some mention self-awareness. As Pukul, 28, who works in communications in Manchester, says, 'you're no longer doing it for yourself but for someone else'. Many mention the opportunity to get to know people they would not normally meet.
Do you come here often?What's in it for me?Volunteering – for love?Benefit the communityA relatively new phenomenon is the hope of meeting new friends or even a life partner through volunteering. In a recent survey 20% of 18-24 year-olds and 8% of over-65s said their love lives had improved since they began volunteering. ‘Volunteering is what speed-dating promises but never fulfils -a way of seeing a lot of truth about someone you've just met in a short a time as possible,’ says Mukta Das. The same poll found that nearly half of volunteers enjoyed improved health and fitness, a quarter had lost weight -especially those working with children or doing conservation projects -and two-thirds felt less stressed. So it seems volunteering may improve your life – you may even find the person of your dreams.
Written by Magnus of the British Council’s TrenUK team.
Source: www.teachingenglish.org.uk/sites/teacheng/files/Volunteering%20Student%20worksheet.pdf
==The three R's==
Imagen de Colliefan en Flickr bajo licencia CC | How much do you know about environmental issues? Can you give a definition for the following words and expressions?
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Rellenar huecos
Read the following texts about environmental issues and fill in the gaps using words from the chart below. Write the words in the spaces provided:
| damage | atmosphere | unleaded | cut | win | aerosol | coal | holes | extinct | poisonous |
| desert | greenhouse | warming | solar | earth | fertilizers | acid | water | polluted | friendly |
| The Ozone Layer The ozone layer is a layer of gas high above the surface of the that helps to protect it from the sun’s ultraviolet radiation, which can our skins and cause cancer. Scientists have recently discovered in the ozone layer, caused by substances called CFCs (clorofluorocarbons). CFCs are used in refrigerators, cans and in the manufacture of some plastic products. Some companies now make aerosols that do not contain CFCs, and these are often marked “Ozone " | |||||||||
| Deforestation Rainforests help to control global because they absorb carbon dioxide. In recent years, large areas have been destroyed, as the trees are down for wood or burned to clear the land for farming. The burning releases large amounts of carbon dioxide into the . Many rainforests grow on poor soils, and when they are cut down or burned, the soil is washed away in the tropical rains, so that the area may turn to . Many plants and animal species that live there could become . | |||||||||
| Pollution Factories, power stations and motor vehicles pump large quantities of carbon dioxide and other gases into the air. This is a major cause of the effect. A lot of petrol contains lead, which is very and can cause brain damage in children. Most cars use petrol today and hybrid cars use batteries and petrol to use less petrol. Some poisonous gases dissolve in water in the atmosphere and then fall to the earth as rain. Acid rain also damages trees and buildings, and can kill fish in lakes and rivers. Rivers can also be by industrial waste from factories and chemical and pesticides used by farmers. | |||||||||
| Alternative Energy Most of the energy we use today comes from , oil and gas. But these will not last forever, and burning them is slowly harming the atmosphere. We need to look for other ways of supplying energy. power is a way of using the sun’s energy to heat or to make electricity. We can also use power by building modern windmills that spin in the wind. There are several types of power: river water in mountainous areas can be used to generate hydroelectric power, and we can also create electricity from sea water flowing in and out with the tides. |
Time clauses Time conjunction
Imagen de AJC1 en Flickr bajo licencia CC | Now, it's time to share your ideas with your partners. Take it in turns and make hypotheses about our environment using the following conjunctions: - If.... - Unless... - As soon as... - When... - While... - Until... - By the time... |
Online OXFORD Collocation Dictionary
contamination noun
ADJ. massive, serious, widespread | cross- Chopping boards can be a source of cross-contamination. | environmental, food | bacterial, radioactive
QUANT. level There is already a high level of environmental contamination.
VERB + CONTAMINATION avoid, prevent | reduce
PREP. ~ by Always keep food covered to prevent contamination by flies. | ~ fromThere is a danger of serious contamination from radioactive waste. | ~ withWash everything thoroughly to avoid contamination with bacteria.
PHRASES a source of contamination
=Online OXFORD Collocation Dictionary=
pollution noun
ADJ. air, atmospheric, environmental, marine, river, water | chemical, industrial, nuclear | lead, nitrate, noise, oil, ozone, sewage, vehicle, etc. | airborne
VERB + POLLUTION cause | avoid, prevent | combat, control, fight, tackle a convention on combating atmospheric pollution | cut, limit, minimize, reduceThe summit ended with a joint pledge to limit pollution. | monitor
POLLUTION + NOUN level | abatement, control, prevention, reduction | limits | standards a tightening of water pollution standards | monitoring | inspectorate, watchdog a survey by the government's water pollution watchdog| incident, problem | laws, legislation, regulations | offence | sources The computer model assesses the likely impact of new pollution sources.
PHRASES the cost of pollution the cost of air pollution in health and other terms | a risk of pollution Environmentalists say there is a high risk of pollution from the landfill site. | a source of pollution
Caso práctico
Which environmental problems can you see in these pictures?
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Imagen de grebo guru en Flickr bajo licencia CC |
Imagen de shinobu fugiyama en Flickr bajo licencia CC |
Write the following solutions under the correct heading:
| LITTER | DOG FOULING | POLLUTION |
b. Car-pool
c. Provide more litter bins
d. Walk or cycle to work or school
e. Fine people who don't pay attention to dog fouling
f. Put out bins on the right day
g. Buy hybrid or electric cars
h. Fully close bin lids
i. Move factories out of the city
j. Carry extra dog waste bags
k. Avoid leaving extra bags beside your bin
l. Make people aware of the dangers of not picking up after their dogs
Practise your writing on British Council
New Year's Resolutions
Merry Christmas
Christmas Food and Drink 'The flatmates' Listening test
Halloween Linguaspectrum Video
Conversationexchange
Vocabulary Brainstorming
British Council
Pruebas de Certificación de Nivel Intermedio
English Communication Skills Word Families and Collocations
Online dictation
Dicourse Markers
Spelling and Silent Letters Try also
Silent letter words
Duolingo
This is the way natives learn English - Phonics Stories
Trinity College B1 Resources
Adjectivos para definir sabores en inglés
Slogan in English
NO violencia de género el 25 noviembre
Oxford New English File Intermediate Student's Book
Daily routines
Phonetics. Have a go
Present continuous and the going to form or
"going to" future vs. present continuous for future
EFL and ESL community
English Syllabus
World News for Students of English
Are you in need of being informed? News in Levels helps you to do so. News in Levels
Today's Talking Topics
Are you getting ready for your Certificate Exams?
Your attitude towards reading
Eat to live or live to eat?
Forms of public Transport in Málaga in Spain
Getting around Malaga city will offer you the info you were looking for
Dictation
Use thisLinkto practise your ability to listen and write
Going Shopping
Try on Tesco
Oxford Practice Grammar
Listen and Speak, Read and Write, Do some practice exercises on line by clicking on Oxford Practice GrammarSelf-assessment sheet
A basic tool to know if you are progressing adequately is a self-assessment sheet that's why it is convenient that students evaluate themselves each term. Following this recommendation students can click on Self-assessment sheet and choose the skill to be checked particularly.Grammar and composition
Writing a composition is not easy at all so maybe if you practise some activities to get up to date before that you'll be more successful in the future. Click then on Grammar and composition .Checking your spelling when writing
This is a new website you can use when writing your letters, emails or compositions. It can also give you some options Checking your spelling mistakesLa mansion del ingles La mansión del inglés : Revise and check
BASIC GRAMMAR
USEFUL SITES for Intermediate Level
PRONUNCIATION CORRECT -ED SOUND
CORRECT VOWEL?
You can also click on English practice b-books to guess the vocabulary proposed and practise some other skills.
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