B1: Advice for exams

PREPARATION EXERCISES

an opinion or recommendation about what someone should do: ADVICE

to be strongly attracted to doing something: TO BE TEMPTED

a good or full amount: PLENTY

the act of doing something again: REPETITION

nervous and worried: ANXIOUS

a short walk around your local area: A STROLL AROUND THE BLOCK

to put something over something so that you can't see it: TO COVER SOMETHING UP

an expression used before the last thing in a list, to say that it is equally as important: LAST BUT NOT LEAST

FEEDBACK: Total score is 8 out of 8 (100%)

CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING: MULTIPLE CHOICE

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.

FEEDBACK: Total score is 10 out of 10 (100%)

PREPARATION EXERCISES CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING: GROUPING  

 Do

Read your notes again and again.

Take regular breaks.

Photocopy past exam papers.

Start by choosing the important things to study.

Don’t

Get very comfortable.

Try to learn everything.

Eat sugary food while you are studying.

Focus on the details

Total score is 8 out of 8 (100%)

B2: Boy bands 

PREPARATION EXERCISES

1. good-looking

2. musical

3. ‘look’

4. feel-good

5. reality

6. record

FEEDBACK: Total score is 6 out of 6 (100%)

CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING: TRUE OR FALSE

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

FEEDBACK: Total score is 8 out of 8 (100%)

CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING: MULTIPLE CHOICE

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

FEEDBACK: Total score is 7 out of 8 (88%)