2nd Bachiller A, Monday 26th March 2012

TODAY YOU HAVE TO FINISH THE EXERCISES OF THE PREVIOUS SESSION AND THEN, DO  THESE ACTIVITIES:

1) ATTENTION: ACTIVITY TO DO AND GIVE TO THE TEACHER AT THE END OF THE CLASS:
 --REPHRASING. ( REVISION FOR THE EXAM OF APRIL)
    a) You were told to finish your work as soon as possible. ( Change to active)
    b) My doctor has advised me not to smoke. ( Use a modal verb)
    c) He isn't old enough to get the driving license ( Use `TOO)
    d) The painters are going to paint my living room next Monday. ( Use `have something done´)
    e)  If the weather gets better we will be able to go to the beach ( Use Unless)
    f)  I wish I had passed all the subjects this evaluation! ( Use `If only´)
   g)  Last time I travelled abroad was two years ago ( Change the verbal tense but not the meaning)
   h)  Some teachers think we are very hard-working students ( Use a passive form)
   i)   A girl is talking to Tom. Do you know the girl? ( Use a relative to join both sentences)
   j)  Although he had some fever, he went to school. ( Use `In spite of´)

Practice with MODAL VERBS : ( if you don't finish these exercises, you can do them at home during the holidays if you want)

• 1 ( here you have 4 exercises on modal verbs and other exercises for you to practise)
• 2 ( 10 rephrasing sentences on modal verbs for 2nd Bachillerato students)
• 3 ( theory and exercises)

 OPTIONAL EXERCISE TO GIVE TO THE TEACHER. READING COMPREHENSION:

Click here. Do the cloze exercise and these exercises:

1. True or false? Find evidence in the text or explain it using your own words:
  a) More than 45% of Americans have consumed alcohol during the last months.
  b) In 1999 300.000 people were injured in car accidents due to alcohol consumption.
  c) Coffee is believed to avoid the effects of alcohol in our bodies and brain.
  d) Ecstasy is no a very consumed drug according to the text.

2. Find synonyms in the text for these words. They are in order of appearance:
   a) Middle of              b) drink (sust.)              c) hurt                 d) nearly

3. What do you think of drugs consumption? Discuss it ( 5 lines minimum)