Listening and Speaking (19 th March) Teacher: Luisina Veira Pividori Class: 2nd year

Important: Send your answers to notificacionessecundariaks@gmail.com. Use “word” and send the e-mail with all the information about your course (name of the subject, class, year,

etc). Remember you must send the activities during the same day you normally have classes.

1- Look at the photo and explain the meaning of the headlines below. Why do you think people make this kind of mistake?

2- A-Match three of the gadgets in the list with photos A-C below. Check that you understand the meaning of all the other words. Gadgets: Bluetooth headset – Bluetooth speaker – camcorder – digital radio – games console –memory stick – MP3 player – satnav – smartphone – smartwatch – tablet.

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B- Listen to five dialogues. Which gadgets from exercise 2A are mentioned in each one? (audio 2.17)

3- Listen again. Choose the correct answers (a-d) (audio 2.17)1- It is a fact,not an opinion, that the problem

a. Was caused by a childb. Cannot be solved in the shopc. Will take several days to solve

2- Where does the dialogue take place?a. Outside the man’s houseb. Outside the Victoria Hotelc. Outside the Empire Hotel

3- Why is the girl angry with the boy?a. He won’t let her use his MP3 playerb. He accused her of stealing something from a friendc. He accidentally deleted something that she wanted

4- The dialogue takes place a short while beforea. A dance performanceb. A football matchc. A social event

5- It is an opinion, not a fact, that the girl playing the gamea. Needs to cross the riverb. Does not have a high scorec. Does not have a lot of time left

4- Answer these questions. Use the phrases below to help youExpressing opinions: I believe that… - I think that … - In my opinion, … - In my view, … - As I see it, … - It seems to me that … - I’d say that …

1- Do you think people depend too much on technology? Give examples2- Do you think any of the gadgets in exercise 2 will have disappeared fifty years from now? Explain your

opinion3- Do you think it’s wrong to copy songs and films from friends rather than buying them? Why?/why not?