A2 17/18-10-18

Initial evaluation: listening

2^nd November 2003

I got up at about a quarter to nine (8.45)

Unemployed

I bought some trousers and a skirt for my girlfriend.

I called an old friend and we met for lunch (Jack Olson)

I came home and I sent a few emails and then I went swimming (to the local sports centre)

Janice, my girlfriend, and her brother, Kevin

We chatted; we were looking at his holiday photos

PRESENT / PAST STRUCTURES: COMPARISON

Do you work on Sunday?

Did you work on Sunday?

What do you do on Sunday?

What did you do on Sunday?

I saw a film

I didn’t see a film

I like films

I don’t like films

We went to three places

Walk the streets

a) To walk around the streets in a town or city

- It was not safe to walk the streets at night.

b) old-fashioned to be a prostitute

GRAMMAR: Comparison

Travel

• You use travel to talk in general about the activity of travelling:

Long-distance travel has become much cheaper.

My interests are travel and photography.

• Travel is only used as an uncountable noun. 

✗Don’t say: a travel | the travel

Travels

• Someone’s travels are their journeys to many different places:

On her travels, she visited Egypt, Jordan, and South Africa.

I’ll call you when I get back from my travels.

• Travels is always used as a plural noun in this meaning. 

✗Don’t say: her travel | my travel

Trip

• You use trip to talk about an occasion when someone travels somewhere:

He has gone to New York on a business trip.

They have made several trips to Europe.

• Trip is a countable noun and can be used in the singular with ‘a’ or in the plural. Don’t use travel in this meaning. You say:

Have a nice trip!

✗Don’t say: Have a nice travel!

WRITING PART: CORRECT THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES

He study engineer

He is musician

He study school

I holidays village Cazorla

I like the weather in the summer isn’t hot

My friends and his childrens

It was the birthday of my sister

I played which my friends

My mother cook your best paella

Answer:

He studies engineering / to become an engineer

He is a musician /mjuːˈzɪʃən/ but He is unemployed / retired

He studies at school

I went on holiday to a village in Cazorla // to Cazorla park // to Cazorla village

I like the weather in the summer when it isn’t hot // because (there) it isn’t hot

My friends and their children

It was my sister’s birthday

I played with my friends

My mother cooked her best paella