B1

Listen to the teacher giving students advice for exams and do the exercises to practise and improve your listening skills. 

Preparation Match the vocabulary with the correct definition and write a–h next to the numbers 1–8.          RESULTS 90%

1…….. advice        e                                        a. nervous and worried

2…….. last but not least    h                           b. to be strongly attracted to doing something

3…….. to be tempted    b                                c. a good or full amount

4…….. anxious   a                                              d. the act of doing something again

5…….. plenty     c                                            e.an opinion or recommendation about what someone should do

6…….. repetition   d                                      f. a short walk around your local area

7….. a stroll around the block    f             g. to put something over something so that you can’t see it

8…….. to cover something up   g                   h. an expression used before the last thing in a list, to say that it is  equally as important

1. Check your understanding: multiple choice  Circle the best option to complete these sentences.           RESULTS 90%

1. The teacher wants the students to …   take notes while she is speaking.

2. The teacher suggests eating …  fruit and cereals. 

3. The teacher suggests finding a  study place with a lot of …  light. 

4. If students feel stressed they should …. go out for a walk.

5. Students are advised to … select the important things to learn

6. The teacher understands that repeating things can be …. uninteresting.  

7. Students can do past exam papers … . at home if they take photocopies.

8. The teacher recommends a break of five minutes every … thirty minutes.

9. It’s important to … keep hydrated.

10. The teacher is sure that the students will …. do their best.

2) Check your understanding: grouping Write the advice in the correct group. 

 Do

b. Read your notes again and again.

f. Take regular breaks.

h. Photocopy past exam papers.

g. Start by choosing the important things to study. 

Don’t

a. Get very comfortable.

c. Try to learn everything.

d. Eat sugary food while you are studying.

e. Focus on the details

 -Discussion 

Does any of this advice surprise you? 

Yes, the advice that surprise me more is that to keep hydratated and eat cereal and fruit. I dind’t think that water anf foods can help you to stady and don’t be stressed.

Have you got any good advice to share about studying for exams?

You should start studying some days before your exams,so that is really difficult study for your exam in only one day

B2

Listen to the radio interview about boy bands and do the exercises to practise and improve your listening skills.

1. Check your understanding: gap fill .Do this exercise before you listen. Complete the gaps with a word from the box.

Reality            -            music      -         ‘look’       -        feel-good           -          record          -       good-looking

1) How to create a boy band      RESULTS 80%

1. Find four or five good looking boys. 2. Check they have at least some musical  ability. 3. Decide on  look for the band. 4. Write them some songs with safe, feel-good lyrics. 5. Ideally, get them on a feel-good  TV show. 6. Make as much money as possible from record sales, concerts and merchandising.

2)  Check your understanding: true or false  Do this exercise while you listen. Circle True or False for these sentences.     RESULTS 90%

1. Many boy bands are not successful.     True  

2. In the past, boy band members dressed differently but had similar personalities.     False

3. Having different types of boy in the group is supposed to appeal to different girls.   True

4. One Direction first became famous on YouTube.     False

5. One Direction lyrics are written for girls who like rebellious boys.   False

6. One Direction's stylists try to give each band member an individual look.    True

7. One Direction became famous in the US by clever use of social media.        True

8. One Direction have not tried to make money from merchandising.     False

3)  Check your understanding: multiple choice  Do this exercise while you listen.                 RESULTS 90%

Circle the best phrase to complete these sentences.   

1. The most important thing for boy bands in the past was that they had different personality

2. Things have changed because  both of above

3. Starting on a reality show like X Factor is great for a band because the many viewers who vote every week became loyal fans

4. The words to One Direction songs are designed to make teenage girls feel good about themselves.

5. One Direction's clothes create a clean-cut, safe and non-threatening image.

6. Lots of people said One Direction wouldn't get famouse in the US  as well as in the UK

7. One Direction were the first British band have their first album go to number one in US.

8. The boys have also made money from selling One Direction products like dolls and phones