Unit 11, advertisements

Watch the following advertisements. What are they trying to emphasise? What images do they portray or epitomise? Which one do you like best? Which is funniest? Why? Comments are welcome. We´ll discuss this tomorrow in class







Here is a humorous clip from the BBC about the roles portrayed in advertisement. Do you agree?

Practice

Practise reading and writing. Click here, click "inglés" and choose the first exam (June), which is entitled "Mobile phones in social life". Do the activities. Possible answers can be downloaded here.
For passive voice exercises click here or here

the constitution

Read the following text about the American constitution and the bill of rights (just click on the words to access the information!).
1. Who were the leaders who met to make a consitution and where did they come from?
2. What is the main motto of the first draft? When was it signed?
3. Some people disagreed with the constitution because it lacked a bill of rights. What does it consist of? Do you remember any of these amendments?

grammar

To have more practice on all types of conditionals click here
rewrite these conditional sentences. here!

reported speech:
commands
negative commands
questions
questions 2
statements
mixed exercise
mixed exercise 2

narrative tenses. Click here
future perfect and future continuous: explanation and exercises

speed dating

(2nd term) History

Check out the following sources. Just click in the names below.

Brief history of the UK


Hadriam´s wall and King Arthur
Old English




The reformation
Henry VIII ´s wives
Medieval England:
Consider: the roles of women in Medieval England (Eve Vs Mary) and the duties of a lady (manor, herbs to cure sick people...)Vs a peasant. What is a manor?

Unit 4 Grammar Practice (Conditional sentences)

For further practice, check out this web site
Also: click here