NB2 SEMI PRESENCIAL




Material de trabajo 'English File 3rd Edition Pre-intermediate' Ed. OUP
student's book + workbook

FILE 3C

1. LISTENING

1a. Possible answers:
BRING. GREAT. DISH. CLEAN. SHINE. BLOND.

1b.  (script in Student’s Book on p.119)
Answer these questions:
1. How many contestants are there? (two-Lola and Martin)
2. How many words can Martin see on the TV screen? (six)
3. Who is going to give definitions, the presenter or Martin? (Martin)
4. Who is going to guess the word? (Lola / the contestant)
5. Which words can’t Martin use? (the words on the TV screen)

1c.  (script in Student’s Book on p.119)

1d.
1.A nurse 2. A supermarket 3. A mobile 4. Blond(e) 5. Clever 6. Turn off

2. GRAMMAR defining relative clauses

2a.
1.which 2. where 3. who
1= A mobile 2=A supermarket 3=A nurse

2b.
We use who with people, which with things, and where with places.

2c.
Grammar notes
In conversation and informal writing native speakers often use that instead of who and which,        e.g. A waiter is somebody that works in a restaurant.
The relative pronoun can be omitted in sentences like This is the book I told you about, where the subject of the relative clause changes, but this is not focused on at this level.

P. 131 Grammar Bank

a) 1.which 3. who       5. who       7. where
   2.which 4. where    6. wich

b)
1. That’s the dog which always barks at night.
2. That’s the shop where I bought my wedding dress.
3. That’s the actor who was in Glee.
4. They’re the children who live next door to me.
5. This is the restaurant where they make great pizza.
6. That’s the switch which controls the air conditioning.
7. He’s the teacher who teaches my sister.
8. That’s the room where we have our meetings.
9. This is the light which is broken.

3. VOCABULARY paraphrasing

3a. Your own answers.
(The word to describe option c is paraphrasing)

3b.
1. somebody
2. something
3. somewhere
4. kind
5. opposite
6. like
7. similar
8. example

3c. Possible answers:
1. It’s somebody who plays music on the radio or in a club.
2. It’s somewhere where you see paintings.
3. It’s something which you use to take photos.
4. It’s a kind of machine which you use to go from one floor of a building to another.
5. For example, you do this when you are on the beach.
6. It’s the opposite of straight.

4. SPEAKING
Communication what’s the word?
A on p.101, B on p.107
A starts by defining his/her first word and B guesses and writes it down. When A has finishes defining all six words, you swap roles.

5. READING

5a. The article mentions four ways of creating new words:
1. by combining two words.
2. by changing nouns into verbs.
3. by adopting foreign words.
4. from the names of brands or companies.

5b.
1. toy boy
2. to text
3. barista
4. road rage
5. latte
6. gastropub
c. Possible answers:
Emoticon: A symbol which expresses or shows a feeling, e.g. happy or sad.
To tweet: to write something on Twitter.
Ipod / ˈaɪpɒd/ : Something people use to listen to music which they download
from the internet.
To google: To look for information on the Internet using Google.
Wi-fi /‘waifai/: A way of getting the Internet without cables.
Ringtone: the sound a mobile makes when it rings.
Smartphone: A mobile phone which also has Internet.

5. PRONUNCIATION pronunciation in a dictionary

5a.
1. verb
2. adjective
3. somebody
4. something.

5b. The word search doesn’t have a stress mark in it because it only has one syllable.

5c.  Use the Sound Bank on pp.166-167 to help you with phonetic symbols.