SECOND YEAR BASIC LEVEL NOTICEBOARD
2nd year-Pre-intermediate. EOI CHICLANA
SUMMARY OF CONTENTS OF YOUR TEXTBOOK
Some of these contents might change or be reduced during the year.
Unit 1: Word order in Questions. Present Simple/present continuous. Describing people´s appearance. Clothes, Prepositions of place.
Unit 2: Past simple, regular and irregular verbs. Past Continuous. Time sequencers and connectors. Prepositions of time and place. Verb phrases. 10A Expressing movement Unit 3: be going to (plans and predictions). Present continuous (future arrangements). Defining relative clauses. Unit 4: Present Perfect. (yet, just and already. Present Perfect vs Past simple (1). Shopping. Something, anything, nothing. Adjectives ending in -ed and -ing. |
9B Present perfect with for and since.
9C Present Perfect vs Past simple. (2) Unit 5: Comparative adjectives and adverbs. Superlatives (ever + Present Perfect. Quantifiers. unit 6: will/won't. Shall. Review of tenses: present, past and future. Unit 7: Uses of the infinitive with "to". Gerunds. Have to, don´t have to, must/mustn´t. Unit 8: should, If present+ will- First conditional. Possessive pronouns. |
LINK TO OUR JOURNAL AND WORKSHEETS USED IN THE CLASSROOM (pasword protected)
Find our journal and the worksheets we worked on the classroom in our Drive.

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School's documents Teacher's details and evaluation criteria (password needed)
NEW!- December 2024. There's a new document containing a summary of our evaluation criteria.
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DIAGNOSTIC TEST
Please, find the diagnostic test we did in the classsroom on DRIVE/TESTS AND MOCK EXAMS. If you couldn´t attend that class, please download it, do the listening test (listen only twice each track)

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TESTS
Next week, 17th- 19th February, we will have a reading and listening test in the classroom. You can practise both on https://test-english.com/listening/a2/ or https://test-english.com/reading/a2/
Also, on https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening/a2-listening and https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/reading/a2-reading
Also, on https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening/a2-listening and https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/reading/a2-reading
HAVE YOU MISSED YOUR TEST IN THE CLASSROOM? LAST CHANCE TO DO IT IN 48 HOURS (RULES)
From now on in this second term, you will have the opportunity to do tests we did in the classroom, but you missed, at home. In case you couldn´t attend to one of the tests we did in the classroom, you will have 48 hours to send it to me by email ([email protected]) or hand it in in the classroom. For example, you couldn´t attend classes on Monday and we did a reading test that you missed, you will be able to access our "2nd year journal, tests and worksheets/tests 2nd year" folder in our Drive before Wednesday at 23.59 and send it to me by email or just hand it in in the classroom that very same day.
Do this only if you are missing some tests and you know that you don´t have enough marks for that language skill. These tests are only valid for the continuous assessment, not for the proficiency tests (certificación) and your marks in June cannot be based on only online marks (check the assessment rules above in school´s documents).
Rules- depending on the different 4 skills tests:
Do this only if you are missing some tests and you know that you don´t have enough marks for that language skill. These tests are only valid for the continuous assessment, not for the proficiency tests (certificación) and your marks in June cannot be based on only online marks (check the assessment rules above in school´s documents).
Rules- depending on the different 4 skills tests:
Reading test: Do it in a maximum of 15 minutes per text/activity.
Listening test: Listen twice (3 times, only if it is allowed) for each activity. Approximately 10 minutes per activity |
Writing test. Production or Coproduction/mediation. Do it in 25 minutes maximum per activity
Oral test. Monologue: Record a 3-minute audio (maximum, 2.45 minimum) Oral mediation (record a 2.30 minutes audio maximum 2.15 minimum). Dialogue: Record a 5-minute audio maximum of a given conversation with a partner (4.30 minimum). |
Homework
Grammar, Reading, Vocabulary, etc.
TIP: Remember to do the activities in your Workbook (included in your textbook) after finishing every unit. The keys are in our Drive.
Practical English. In this section we will always do the most important section in the classroom. The rest of activities, you should do them at home. Find the audio/video and the answers in our Drive: Pre-intermediate files/Listening/English File
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Revise and Check section. Always do all the activities except for Can you understand these people? and Can you say this English? Check the answers on Drive/Pre-intermedite files/ Grammar and Vocabulary Corner/student's book keys.
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HOMEWORK
4B Grammar bank 4B on page 218. 5 Reading on page 57, activities a-e.
4C Reading on page 58. Activities a-c. 2. Vocabulary on page 58, activities a and b. Grammar bank on page 218. Video listening on page 59 The history of the Weekend. We won´t do this listening activity in the classroom. Find the answers and the video in our Drive. Video: Listening/English file/EFpre-videolistening. Answers: Vocabulary and grammar/Student´s answers/student book answers (look for 4C Video listening)
9B Page 130. Reading, activities a-d. Grammar bank 9B on page 228.
9C Reading on page 132. Activities a and b. Grammar bank 9C on page 228.
4C Reading on page 58. Activities a-c. 2. Vocabulary on page 58, activities a and b. Grammar bank on page 218. Video listening on page 59 The history of the Weekend. We won´t do this listening activity in the classroom. Find the answers and the video in our Drive. Video: Listening/English file/EFpre-videolistening. Answers: Vocabulary and grammar/Student´s answers/student book answers (look for 4C Video listening)
9B Page 130. Reading, activities a-d. Grammar bank 9B on page 228.
9C Reading on page 132. Activities a and b. Grammar bank 9C on page 228.
GRAMMAR CONSOLIDATION
There are some extra activities with answers that you can print after every unit to consolidate your learning. Find them on our Drive: Pre-intermediate files/Vocabulary and Grammar Corner/grammar |
Now everything is in our Drive
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EXTRA LISTENING HOMEWORK: Remember to revise your extra listening activities of the Practical English section after every unit.
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Are you studying the irregular verb lists? Go to http://www.manythings.org/repeat or get the files in our Drive/Vocabulary and grammar corner- past_1.zip
COMPOSITIONS
FOR GENERAL COMMENTS ON PREVIOUS COMPOSITIONS GO TO
COMPOSITION 4. Describing where you live. Page 202. Do all the previous activities at home and check the answers to them in the Teacher's Guide or Student´s book keys. Write your composition following the instructions of activities c- e, but do not hand it in in the classroom (do not give it to me!). We will do a similar text as a test in the classroom after the deadline.
Deadline (To practise it at home): 26th February 2025. 100-125 words
Deadline (To practise it at home): 26th February 2025. 100-125 words
Writing correction codes and advice to write compositions

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COMPOSITIONS PROCEDURE
Please, do not ask me if I can correct your composition after the deadline. The answer will always be "NO" under any circumstances!
You can always write down the next composition or you can also compare your composition with your classmates.
I do not double-check compositions either. Once the composition is corrected, it is your responsibility to check your copy of your composition, give me the original corrected and try to improve next time.
Remember that I prefer your compositions handwritten for your own interest.
After every composition I will make some comments in the classroom that you can download from the downloads section of your level.
VERY IMPORTANT: I will not mark any compositions which were partially or completely copied from the internet, articles , magazines, etc.
Please, do not ask me if I can correct your composition after the deadline. The answer will always be "NO" under any circumstances!
You can always write down the next composition or you can also compare your composition with your classmates.
I do not double-check compositions either. Once the composition is corrected, it is your responsibility to check your copy of your composition, give me the original corrected and try to improve next time.
Remember that I prefer your compositions handwritten for your own interest.
After every composition I will make some comments in the classroom that you can download from the downloads section of your level.
VERY IMPORTANT: I will not mark any compositions which were partially or completely copied from the internet, articles , magazines, etc.
READERS
Free readers for you to download. You will need to register if you are not registered yet: https://english-e-reader.net/ , freegradedreaders.com/wordpress/a2/, https://aj3000.com/wp/free-graded-readers/
You can also search pre-intermediate and intermediate audiobooks on Youtube. Here are some suggestions: The train journey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rg-ir7RznM Learn English through stories: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSvdL27Kuzg, Forrest Gump: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_5O2NyrDmg
LISTENING ACTIVITIES FROM AUDIOBOOKS (NOT THE WHOLE BOOK): www.blackcat-cideb.com/en/free-listening-activities
You can also search pre-intermediate and intermediate audiobooks on Youtube. Here are some suggestions: The train journey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rg-ir7RznM Learn English through stories: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSvdL27Kuzg, Forrest Gump: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_5O2NyrDmg
LISTENING ACTIVITIES FROM AUDIOBOOKS (NOT THE WHOLE BOOK): www.blackcat-cideb.com/en/free-listening-activities
What else can I do?
Apart from all the material you can get on downloads and the rest of pages of my website, Facebook is a very good tool to get material to improve your English as well. It is difficult to divide Facebook pages into the 4 skills as their posts are normally about any of them. I did my best to collect some of them for you but consider that these pages are in general about anything concerning English learning at any level. Here are some examples taken from Facebook...
4 skills: British Council, BBC Learning English, Grammarly, English Language Teaching, English Learn Sites, English Online Resources
Listening: Multimedia English
Speaking: How to practise speaking outside the classroom
Grammar/Vocabulary: Daily English Grammar, Learn English Grammar, Learn English Through Pictures
Writing/Speaking: English Fluency
Reading: The Guardian, Graded Reading British Council
TV and Radio in English (No subtitles): From Google Play: UK radio
Tv series and films: Use the service of your choice with subtitles. Netflix, HBO, etc.
Visit Cultura Colectiva to get 25 links to watch movies and TV series for free.
Free English Toolkits from British Council, Suscribe to EnglishwithKristine on englishwithkristine.com and get a .pdf file with more free English Toolkits.
4 skills: British Council, BBC Learning English, Grammarly, English Language Teaching, English Learn Sites, English Online Resources
Listening: Multimedia English
Speaking: How to practise speaking outside the classroom
Grammar/Vocabulary: Daily English Grammar, Learn English Grammar, Learn English Through Pictures
Writing/Speaking: English Fluency
Reading: The Guardian, Graded Reading British Council
TV and Radio in English (No subtitles): From Google Play: UK radio
Tv series and films: Use the service of your choice with subtitles. Netflix, HBO, etc.
Visit Cultura Colectiva to get 25 links to watch movies and TV series for free.
Free English Toolkits from British Council, Suscribe to EnglishwithKristine on englishwithkristine.com and get a .pdf file with more free English Toolkits.