12C The English File questionnaire (Workbook, pp. 80-81): Answer key

1  GRAMMAR

a

2  His flat is very big.
3  I bought a new shirt.
4  She's Ryan's girlfriend.
5  We go on holiday in August.
6  She is always late.
7  I can't sing.
8  I'm waiting for him.
9  We don't mind cleaning.
10  There aren't any plants.
11  There were a lot of guests.
12  They don't eat much sugar.
13  I'm 21. I'm older than you.
14  They're the most dangerous animals.
15  She speaks German well.
16  She's an engineer.

b

2  takes
3  Did... see
4  are not going to come
5  Have... been
6  Is... going to learn to
7  don't eat
8  are going to see
9  Have... met
10  cooked
11  is going to rain
12  do... go
13  is playing
14  didn't walk
15  is... going to do
16  have... read

2  VOCABULARY

a

2  Asia   3  expensive   4  cooker   5  brother   6  spring   7  kitchen   8  strawberries   9  bridge

b

2  thirty   3  Wednesday   4  third   5  evening/night   6  three times   7  winter   8  August   9  hour   10  month

c

2  do   3  say   4  have   5  go   6  take   7  hear   8  get   9  have   10  use

3  PRONUNCIATION

  

a

1  dirty   2  bread   3  safe   4  day   5  money   6  found   7  food   8  go   9  tired   10  eat   11  said   12  ring

c

1  hospital   2  expensive   3  magazine   4  headphones   5  administrator   6  engineer   7  Italian   8  August   9  difficult   10  musician   11  garage (BrE) / garage (AmE)   12  bananas

4  READING

1  Peter Jackson.

2  He's from New Zealand.

3  Because of the variety of different landscapes.

4  The volcanic region of Mount Ruapehu.

5  150.

6  They were National Parks or conservation sites.

7  They dug up the plants and took them to special nurseries. They also used carpets to protect them.

8  Hobbiton, Mount Doom, and Edoras.

5  LISTENING

2  6 p.m.
3  Land Rover
4  Sunday
5  picnic
6  135
7  94

12B I've never been there! (Workbook, pp. 78-79): Answer key

1  GRAMMAR

a

1  went   
2  A: did your brother buy  B: paid
3  A: Have you met   B: met
4  A: Have you been  B: went
5  A: Have your parents ever given  B: had
6  A: did he send  B: forgot

b

2  been   3  gone   4  gone   5  been   6  gone   7  been   8  been   9  been   10  gone

2  PRONUNCIATION

a

1  seen   2  found   3  heard   4  got   5  read   6  lost

3  VOCABULARY

a

2   drank / drunk
3   found / found
4   gave / given
5   had / had
6   heard / heard
7   knew / known
8   lost / lost
9   made / made
10  met / met
11  paid / paid
12  sent / sent
13  spent / spent
14  thought / thought
15  won / won

b

2  had   3  bought   4  spent   5  known   6  made   7  found   8  drunk

4 READING

a

Becky and Joanne are sisters.

b

2  a ballet   3  the Schönbrunn Palace   4  a spa   5  the beach   6  Italy or Greece

5 LISTENING

a

Speaker 1: Kenya, in 2010.
Speaker 2: Brazil, in 2006.
Speaker 3: New Zealand, in 2011.
Speaker 4: Thailand, in 2006.

b

1  Speaker 3
2  Speaker 1
3  Speaker 4
4  Speaker 2

12A Books and films (Workbook, pp. 76-77): Answer key

1  GRAMMAR

a

2  James hasn't seen this film before.
3  They've gone to the cinema tonight.
4  She's cried in a lot of films.
5  I've bought all the Harry Potter films.
6  They haven't taken any photos.
7  He's interviewed a famous actor.
8  We haven't appeared in a film.

b

3  My parents have fallen asleep.
4  Adam's appeared in a film.
5  I haven't spoken to an actor.
6  You've broken the camera.
7  Dawn hasn't cried in a film.
8  We haven't forgotten the tickets.

c

2  've read   3  have you read?   4  've read   5  Have you seen   6  's seen   7  Has he read   8  've seen the film.

2  VOCABULARY

a

2  broke / broken
3  did / done
4  ate / eaten
5  fell / fallen
6  forgot / forgotten
7  went / gone
8  left / left
9  spoke / spoken
10 sang / sung
11 took / taken
12 wore / worn

b
   
2  left   3  eaten   4  forgotten   5  worn   6  broken   7  done

3  PRONUNCIATION

A  Have you read The Millennium Trilogy?
B  No, I haven't.
A  Have you seen the films?
B  Yes, I have. I've seen all of them.

4  READING

a

They preferred the ending in the book.

b

1b   2b   3a   4b   5c

5  LISTENING

a

Charles Dickens and Michael Ondaatje.

b

2  T   3  T   4  F   5  T   6  F   7  T   8  F   9  F   10  T

9C Quiz night (Workbook, pp. 60-61): Answer key

1 GRAMMAR

a

1  cheaper, colder, higher
2  sadder, wetter, thinner
3  drier, dirtier, hungrier
4  more beautiful, more difficult, more comfortable
5  worse, further, better

b

2  Tigers are bigger than lions.
3  Italy is drier than Ireland.
4  February is shorter than January.
5  An iPod is cheaper than a laptop.
6  Mondays are worse than Fridays.
7  A fridge is colder than a cooker.
8  Russian is more difficult than Italian.

2 VOCABULARY

a

1  104
2  596
3  2,660
4  8,905
5  12,750
6  543,830
7  1,315,000
8  35,460,000

b

1  a / one hundred and twenty-five
2  eight hundred and ninety-five
3  four thousand five hundred
4  twelve thousand four hundred and seventy
5  thirty-three thousand nine hundred and thirty
6  five hundred and seventy-five thousand six hundred
7  six million two hundred and fifty thousand
8  thirty-four million eight hundred thousand two hundred and sixty-five

3 PRONUNCIATION

a

tree: cheaper, easier
horse: shorter, taller
bird: dirtier, worse
egg: better, healthier
phone: colder, slower
bike: drier, higher

c

1  A pencil is cheaper than a pen.
2  June is shorter than July.
3  The kitchen is dirtier than the living room.
4  An apple is healthier than a biscuit.
5  Switzerland is colder than France.
6  Everest is higher than Kilimanjaro.

4 READING

a

1  F   2  T   3  F   4  T

5 LISTENING

2  F   3  T   4  F   5  T   6  T

9B White gold (Workbook, pp. 58-59): Answer key

1 GRAMMAR

a

2  How much...? He has a lot of sugar in his tea.
3  How many...? She doesn't have many biscuits.
4  How many...? He buys quite a lot of sweets.
5  How much...? He doesn't do much exercise.
6  How many...? She doesn't drink any cups of coffee.

b

2  How many calories are there in a banana?
3  How many oranges are there in a carton of orange juice?
4  How much salt is there in a bowl of cereal?
5  How many eggs are there in a box?
6  How many grammes of jam are there in a jar? / How much jam is there in a jar?

2 VOCABULARY

a

2  box   3  carton   4  tin   5  packet   6  can   7  bottle

b

2  carton   3  jar   4  packet   5  bottle   6  tin   7  box

3 PRONUNCIATION

a

1  sugar   2  salt   3  shopping   4  centre

4 LISTENING

a

1: rice
2: peas
3: eggs
4: cheese
5: biscuits

b

1  energy   2  vitamins   3  grow   4  teeth   5  once... twice

9A What I ate yesterday (Workbook, pp. 56-57): Answer key

1 GRAMMAR

a

2  a   3  some   4  some   5  some   6  an   7  a   8  some   9  some   10  some

b

2  There aren't any strawberries in our garden.
3  I had an egg for breakfast.
4  There is some sugar in my tea.
5  I ate some snacks yesterday.
6  There were some sandwiches in the kitchen.
7  I didn't buy a pineapple at the supermarket.
8  There wasn't any bread in the cupboard.

c

2  some   3  some   4  any   5  an   6  any   7  any   8  some   9  a   10  a   11  any   12  some

2 VOCABULARY

a

Across: 4  toast   6  chicken   8  cake   9  jam   11  cereal
Down: 1  butter   3  rice   5  chips   7  coffee   10  milk

b

Vegetables: carrots, mushrooms, onions, peas, potatoes.
Snacks: chocolate, biscuits, crisps, sandwiches, sweets.
Fruit: bananas, oranges, strawberries, pineapple.

3 PRONUNCIATION

a

1  breakfast   2  ice cream   3  eat

4 READING

a

1  roast camel   2  ice lollies   3  coconut water

b

2  F   3  T   4  T   5  F   6  F

5 LISTENING

a

Speaker 1: beef
Speaker 2: chicken
Speaker 3: fish
Speaker 4: pork

b

Speaker 1: D
Speaker 2; C
Speaker 3: A
Speaker 4: B

PRESENTATION OF THE COURSE

English 2 Group: 09

• Timetable: Monday to Friday, from 05.00 to 06.00 p.m.
• Books:
• Latham-Koenig, C., Oxenden, C. and Seligson, P. English File Elementary Student's Book. Third Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Latham-Koenig, C., Oxenden, C. (et.al). English File Elementary Workbook. Third Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

CALENDAR

• Drop out due date: Wednesday, 07 March.
• Holidays: 2 and 19 March; 30 April; 01, 10, and 15 May.
• End of the course: 29 June.
• Dates of issue of academic records: 12 and 13 July.
• Easter holidays: from 25 to 31 March.

ASSESSMENT

• The final grade is the average of two midterm exams:
• 1st midterm exam (Files 7-9): from 23 to 27 April.
• 2nd midterm exam (Files 10-12): from 22 to 28 June.
• Assessment of 5 skills:
• Reading (20%)
• Writing (20%)
• Use of English (20%)
• Listening (20%)
• Speaking (20%)
• Passing grade: 8.0 and 80% of attendance (Maximum number of absences: 15, but 5 consecutive absences are cause for dismissal.)

CLASS RULES

• Come to class with your own material.
• Punctuality and use of English in class is really important!
• If you are late and there's an activity in progress, wait until it finishes to join the next one.
• Use your mobile phone, iPhone, iPad, etc. only for class activities.

OTHER ASPECTS

• A bilingual dictionary is recommended.
• The use of the Workbook is mainly at home. Be ready for your Workbook checks. Give it to the teacher on the assigned date.
• Assessment: Completion and accuracy.

USEFUL SITES

• Facebook: CELe UAEMex
• Group on Facebook: CELe209
• Blog: http://CELe209.blogspot.com
• www.oup.com/elt/englishfile

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Murphy, R. and Smalzer, W.R. (2002). Basic Grammar in Use: with answers: self-study reference and practice for students of English. Second edition. Cambridge: CUP.
• Murphy, R. (2007). Essential Grammar in Use: a self-study reference and study book for elementary students of English: with answers. Third edition. Cambridge: CUP.