01/06/2008
Key to LIKE versus AS
4 people like him
5 OK
6 like most of his friends
7 like talking to the wall
8 OK
9 OK
10 OK
11 like a bomb exploding
12 like a fish
2 2 like blocks of cie
3 like a beginner
4 as a tourist gudie
5 like a church
6 as a birthday present
7 like winter
8 like a child
3 2 like 3 as 4 like 5 like 6 as/like 7 like 8 as 9 as 10 like 11 like 12 as 13 as
14 like 15 as 16 as 17 like 18 as/like
26/05/2008
PHRASAL VERBS
Also, you should revise:
- the vocabulary builder on Phrasal Verbs at the end of your Student's Book, page 127;
- the Remember phrasal verbs in context box at the end of File C in each unit in your SB;
- also, please note that there is an exercise on the most common phrasal verbs at the end of the photocopy pack .
GERUND OR INFINITIVE (WITH /WITHOUT TO)
1 to ride, to do, coming, to come
2 spending, earning
3 being, to apologize
4 to eat (adj + to infinitive)
5 working, spending
6 looking (keep = continue), being (prep + gerund)
7 posting (past action)
8 to lock (future action), go (had better + bare infinitive), do
9 to learn, saying
10 trying, to interrupt (attempt), to wait, talking (stop + gerund = cease)
11 doing, to move (think right) / moving (in a general sense)
12 to leave (think right), to go
13 to drink
14 being, to wait
15 trying, to make, adding (experiment)
16 going, stay (would rather + bare infinitive)
17 to look (tell + obj + to infinitive), (to) take, to look, to do
18 getting, walking
19 listening (enjoy it), listening
20 to make / making (no difference), to see (purpose)
21 doing
22 to put, to prevent (purpose), climbing (prevent + gerund)
23 taking, to eat (purpose)
24 ringing up (keep = continue), asking, to do (wh- word + to infinitive)
25 waiting, to clear, to set out
26 repeat (make + obj + bare infinitive), to make (purpose), to do
27 leaving, sending, to tow
28 borrowing, asking, to do
29 to offend (mean + to infinitive = intention), annoying
30 to be able, to tell, gazing
31 gobbling
32 to see
21/05/2008
KEY TEST 4 Files 1 to 7
BEFORE the test, you should revise the Grammar Summaries, the Build your Vocabulary sections, the Vocabulary Builders and the pronunciations exercises throughout files 1 to 7.
The marks for each part are indicated under the heading. The test has a total of 100 marks. You should do it individually for homework but pretend you are doing it "under exam conditions".
Below you can find the tapescript of the LISTENING part together with the KEY to ALL parts of the test.

File 7C
FILE 7 Check your Progress
You should do Check your Progress 7 on page 117 in your Student's Book as a mini-test for homework and self-correct it with the key below. Find out your score out of 50 and see which areas are still causing problems. Then go back and revise.
20/05/2008
More listening practice
http://www.elllo.org/
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