B1 - F9 (third part)

Dear Students,

At the end of this post you'll find an IMPORTANT FOLDER with the KEY to all the exercises in the Book and Workbook. You can check your answers there. I have also included the audio files for both.

Today we need to start File 9B, Digital Detox. Open your books at p148. The first ex is about vocabulary. Match the words and the photos in ex b. Then listen to the recording. Check your answers. Now, ex d presents verbs that come in handy when we want to talk about technology. Do the exercise end check your answers with the recordings. Now look at the box Separable phrasal verbs. In English we use Phrasal Verbs, which are verbs composed of an infinitive plus one or more particles. Some of them are separable, that is, the object, if it is a noun, can appear before or after the particle. If it is a pronoun, then this must always take mid-position.

On p149 there is a Listening exercise. Read the text Less Time Online, make sure you understand the expression "phone stacking". In the last paragraph you'll see the verb "unplug", in Spanish, "desconectar". Now you are ready to listen to ex c. This is an introduction to ex d. Listen to both recordings twice and do ex e, True or False. Find the key in the Folder.

On p150 you'll find the Grammar: Quantifiers. Do ex a and b as a dictation. Now go to p 221 to your Grammar Bank. When we use quantifiers in English, we have to consider quantity: large or small, if the noun is countable or uncountable and if the sentence is positive, negative or interrogative. Read the examples in the boxes. Also, look at TOO and ENOUGH /ɪˈnʌf/. In the FOLDER I have included an Extra Grammar PDF with more explanations and exercises + key. Do the exercises on page 221.
For extra work and explanations, you may want to have a look at this BBC Webpage.

Now go back to p150. Look at 4 Pronunciation. The spellings -ough and -augh are tricky, as they can be pronounced in different ways and there are no rules. Classify the words in ex a and listen and repeat in ex b and c.

 Exercise 5 Reading is an interesting text entitled 11 Ways to Tidy Up our Digital Life. Read it and do ex c, d and e. The expression "at your fingertips" means "a tu disposición".

Now do the exercises on the Worksheet for 9B, Grammar. You will find it in the Folder in the Blog Entry for File 9 (first part) posted on the 30th of March. Remember that you also have the Workbook pages for 9B  (p 157-159) and the Online Practice. Access with your code and do the extra exercises that you consider you need revise File 9B. Don't forget to do the Listening Comprehension  exercise there and the part For Speakers of Spanish. Also I recommend you look at File 9B of your Pocket Book for Speakers of Spanish. 

IMPORTANT FOLDER