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TALKING ABOUT FILMS IN ENGLISH

TALKING ABOUT FILMS by isabelcota2

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WRITING TOPICS 2 BACH

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1- Imagine that you are trying to promote volunteering amongst your peers. Write an article for the school magazine about this topic: Advantages of volunteering.

2- Write an entry in a blog about teenage life stating the following: Friendship is the most important relationship.

3-  Write an e-mail applying for a job. Options:

4- 

TOPIC: COMPLAINT EMAIL 

On your last holiday in Brighton you stayed in a flat that you booked online. Below is the ad of the flat where you stayed, but everything mentioned there was not what you found. 

One-bed balcony flat in Brighton, around 100 m from Brighton Beach. 

The property offers access to a balcony and free WiFi. There is a seating area, a dining area and a kitchen complete with a microwave, a fridge and an oven.

Popular points of interest near the flat include Brighton Pier, Victoria Gardens and Brighton Dome. Great choice for travellers interested in nightlife, pubs and bars.

Adapted from booking.com

Write an email complaining to the website ([e-mail]) about the flat. 

You must write about the following points:

• Explain the problems that you found // Ask for compensation

PRESENT PERFECT/ CONTINUOUS - PAST SIMPLE - PAST PERFECT

ADVERTISING AND SHOPPING VOCABULARY

Vocabulary

fad: something that people are interested in for only a short period of time. Craze.E.g. the latest/ current fad. A fad for physical fitness. Rap music proved to be more than just a passing fad.

Impulse: /ˈɪmpʌls/ a sudden strong wish or need to do something, without stopping to think about the results. E.g. He had a sudden impulse to stand up and sing. I resisted the impulse to laugh. Her first impulse was to run away. The door was open and on (an) impulse she went inside. He tends to act on impulse. 

strike/touch a chord (with somebody) to say or do something that makes people feel sympathy or enthusiasm. E.g. The speaker had obviously struck a chord with his audience.

by word of mouth because people tell each other and not because they read about it. E.g. The news spread by word of mouth.

pay generously/ handsomely

auction /ˈɔːkʃn/  a public event at which things are sold to the person who offers the most money for them. E.g. an auction of paintings. The house is up for auction(= will be sold at an auction ). A classic Rolls-Royce fetched (= was sold for) £25000 at auction. An Internet auction site.
 
 soar: if the value, amount or level of something soars, it rises very quickly. E.g. Unemployment has soared to 18%. 

invest foolishly/ heavily/ wisely

tire of something/somebody : to become bored with something/ somebody or begin to enjoy it/ them less. E.g. They soon tired of the beach and went for a walk. She was sure that he would soon tire of her. There are plenty of restaurants for those who tire of shopping.

stagnated stopped growing. To stop developing or making progress. E.g. Profits have stagnated. I feel I'm stagnating in this job. Businesses must adapt to change or stagnate.

give rise to something: (formal) to cause something to happen or exist. E.g. The novel's success gave rise to a number of sequels.

out of date: old-fashioned or without the most recent information and therefore no longer useful. E.g These figures are very out of date. Suddenly she felt old and out of date. An out-of-date map. Out-of-date technology.  

shift (in something) a change in position or direction. E.g. a dramatic shift in public opinion. A shift of emphasis.

Instalment: /ɪnˈstɔːlmənt/ one of a number of payments that are made regularly over a period of time until something has been paid for. Sp. Plazo, cuota. E.g. we paid for the car by/ in instalments.

in full: to the full amount due. E.g. their relocation costs would be paid in full.

Credit: an arrangement that you make, with a shop/store for example, to pay later for something you buy. E.g. we bought the dishwasher on credit.

spend freely/ extravagantly/ wisely

Frugal: /ˈfruːɡl / using only as much money or food as is necessary. Sp. Austero. E.g. a frugal existence/ life. He has always been hard-working and frugal. 

Present Perfect-Past Simple-Past Perfect SPIN THE WHEEL

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ED + Phonetic transcription

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GEOGRAPHY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Environment (vocabulary) - Click HERE: #mce_temp_url#+ The environment (Cristina Cabal’s blog) - Click HERE: #mce_temp_url# 

Listena minute - Climate change - Click HERE: #mce_temp_url#

Climate change: Why does 1.5º matter? - Click HERE: #mce_temp_url#

Reading comprehension  - Wonders of the world - Click HERE: #mce_temp_url#

DESCRIBING TOWNS - HOUSES

DESCRIBING PLACES - CLICK HERE #mce_temp_url#; AROUND TOWN - CLICK HERE:#mce_temp_url# ; HERE #mce_temp_url#(adjectives) 

2nd BACH NOTEBOOK + MULTIPLE CHOICE CLOZE EXERCISES + READING TRUE- FALSE - NOT GIVEN

Estelle Darcy by isabelcota2

Click here or here (NOTEBOOK) + here (appendix to the English notebook) + HERE (new PAU sample test)

Click HERE ( MULTIPLE CHOICE CLOZE EXERCISES)- More cloze tests HERE

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GALICIA 2026 EXAM SAMPLES BU - HERE

PROBAS CERTIFICATIVAS - GALICIA + LINKS

CLICK HERE (2020) and HERE (C1) MORE C1 EXAMS GALICIA HERE - MORE B2 GALICIA HERE and HERE, MORE B2 AND C1 HERE

HERE, AS WELL (GUIDES)

HERE EEOOII scoring guides (rúbricas).

AND......USEFUL POSTS:

 

• SOME MONOLOGUES B1-GALICIAN EEOOII 

• MONOLOGUES EOI HERE

• B22 A FEW SPEAKING TASKS HERE

• EXCELLENT POST BY NATALIAZLM: WRITING - USEFUL EXPRESSIONS FOR ESSAYS + WRITING BANK

• THE GREAT GAME OF INVERSIONS BY NATALIAZLM

• CONNECTORS AND LINKING WORDS - INGLÉS PARA PEREZOSOS - Click HERE

• TALK SPEAK ENGLISH YOUTUBE CHANNEL-HERE

• USEFUL VOCABULARY (AND MORE) B2 AND C1 - B1 - ENGLISH FILE OUP + VOCABULARY B2 INGLÉS PARA PEREZOSOS HERE

• B1 - B2 - C1 VOCABULARY - CLICK HERE

• B1 - B2 - C1 USE OF ENGLISH - CLICK HERE

• SOME PRICELESS TOPIC BASED VIDEOS TO HELP YOU PREPARE FOR YOUR SPEAKING TEST (FROM CRISTINA CABAL’S WEBPAGE)

• ENGLISH FILE RESOURCES - DIFFERENT LEVELS HERE

• IMPROVING YOUR SPOKEN PRODUCTION - INTERACTION - MEDIATION

• B1-B2-C1 EJERCICIOS Y APUNTES -INGLÉS PARA PEREZOSOS HERE

• B1 GRAMMAR (FROM LAWEBDELINGLES) It includes translation exercises.

• B2 GRAMMAR ( FROM LAWEBDELINGLÉS) It includes translation exercises.

• C1 GRAMMAR (FROM LAWEBDELINGLÉS) It includes translation exercises.

• IMPROVING YOUR PRODUCTION/INTERACTION (By Nataliazlm)

• THE BEST ARTICLE FOR EEOOII C1 LEVEL. FRIENDSMILESAWAY.

• TEN TIPS TO PASS A WRITING TEST 

• TIPS FOR SPEAKING TESTS EEOOII

• CRISTINA CABAL’S EOI SPEAKING TOPICS AND MAREK CONNELL’S EOI MONOLOGUES - AN AMAZING UNIT ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT BY CRISTINA CABAL HERE 

• B2-C1 SPEAKING EEOOII GALICIA - TECHNOLOGY 

• “GRAFFITI” - SPEAKING ( MONOLOGUE) - B2-C1 EOI

• MONOLOGUE B2-C1 SHOPPING ONLINE OR NOT? 

• MONOLOGUE B2-C1 - NEIGHBOURHOODS 

• “CLIMATE CHANGE” AND “NATURAL DISASTERS” -  MONOLOGUES B2-C1

• B2-C1 MONOLOGUE - POLLUTION 

• B2-C1 MONOLOGUE - PUBLIC VS PRIVATE HEALTH CARE 

• B2-C1 MONOLOGUE - BEING THE BREADWINNER 

• B2- C1 MONOLOGUE - EMPLOYEE VS ENTREPENEUR - Transcript HERE

• MONOLOGUE - AN IMPORTANT DECISION IN MY LIFE 

• SOME USEFUL VOCABULARY FOR B1-B2 SPEAKING/WRITING TESTS 

• B2- C1 ORAL TESTS EXAMPLES - MAREK CONNELL’S WEBPAGE 

• BRINGING UP CHILDREN - B2 -C1 MONOLOGUE 

• B2-C1 MONOLOGUE(CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES, F EX UNEMPLOYMENT) AND DIALOGUE (A SHORT BREAK AT THE FALLAS)  

• AMIGOS INGLESES: IMPROVE YOUR WRITING USING MORE ADVANCED VOCABULARY 

• ADVANCED LINKING WORDS 

• SIX TIPS TO PASS THE EOI B2C1 WRITING/SPEAKING EXAM SAMPLE MEDIATION IN WRITING AND SPEAKING 

• SAMPLE MEDIATION IN WRITING AND SPEAKING 

• OPINION ESSAY, FOR/AGAINST ESSAY, COMPLAINT LETTER BY MÓNICA REDONDO

• WRITING AN INFORMAL E-MAIL 

• WRITING: USEFUL EXPRESSIONS AND ESSAY ABOUT MOBILE PHONES 

• WRITING A FORMAL EMAIL 

• FORMAL LETTER-EMAIL ASKING FOR INFORMATION - COVER LETTER - COMPLAINT LETTER (+ COVER LETTER INGLÉS PARA PEREZOSOS) + FORMAL EMAILS DONE IN OUR LESSONS->HERE - COMPLAINT - USEFUL PHRASES- HERE (another complaint e-mail HERE and HERE - Bullying)- REQUEST EMAIL(GALICIA  C1 LIBRES 21) HERE - Complaint letter by Cristina Cabal HERE - EMAILS TO WELCOME VOLUNTEERS HERE and HERE

• EEOOII EXAMS 

• SPEAKING AND WRITING ABOUT CHARTS, GRAPHS, DIAGRAMS...IN ENGLISH  + GRAPHS, CHARTS DONE DURING THE LESSONS HERE - USEFUL VIDEO HERE - MORE GRAPHS EXERCISES HERE - BAR CHARTS AND GRAPHS IELTS + IELTS (with videos) - TWO BAR CHART LESSONS HERE - TWO LINE GRAPHS (JOBS-CRIME)HERE

• USEFUL VOCABULARY FOR WRITING A GRAPH ESSAY 

• OPINION ESSAYS AND FOR-AGAINST ESSAYS  B1- B2-C1 OPINION ESSAYS HERE + C1 WRITING MODELS - HERE + HOW TO WRITE A PROPOSAL C1 ( FOUR-DAY WORK WEEK PROPOSAL + IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LANGUAGE CLASSES - HERE+ MULTIFUNCTION WRITING - HERE + C1 article Galicia 2020 ( ELDERLY PEOPLE’S FREE TIME ACTIVITIES)

• B2 - C1 ESSAYS - HERE

• WRITING ( FROM THE AMAZING WEBPAGE BY CRISTINA CABAL)

• EXCELLENT CHART WITH LINKERS BY NATALIALZAM.WORDPRESS.COM 

•  A FEW LINKERS + B1-B2-C1 USEFUL VOCABULARY

• TO THE POINT ENGLISH WITH BEN (VOCABULARY...C1-C2) It includes translation activities-Advanced and proficiency verbs.

• EXPRESSIONS WITH NO - TRANSLATION

• 7 C1 VERBS - LEARN AND TRANSLATE

• SOME B2-C1 PHRASAL VERBS
• SAMPLE EOI TESTS
• BRITISH MEDIA ONLINE
• MEDIATION (BY PAULA GÓMEZ CERNADAS)

• TWO C1 ORAL MEDIATION EXAMPLES
• ESSAY WRITING C1
• ARTICLES, GRAPHS, COMPLAINT EMAILS
• INVERSION
• RECURSOS LISTENING C1 - C2 - FRIENDS MILES AWAY
• C1- C2 LISTENING PRACTICE
• FOLDERS WITH EEOOII "PRUEBAS CERTIFICATIVAS" B1-B2-C1 - HERE
• B2-C1 USEFUL LINKERS + B2-C1 PHRASAL VERBS + B2- C1 USEFUL IDIOMS + B2-C1 OTHER USEFUL EXPRESSIONS 
• ENGLISH FILE GRADED VOCABULARY
• UPPER-INTERMEDIATE VOCABULARY AND  INTERMEDIATE VOCABULARY 
• NEF ADVANCED VOCABULARY
• C1 ORAL MEDIATION TASKS
• HEALTH VOCABULARY ACTIVITY BY CRISTINA CABAL 
• THE WORLD OF WORK - HERE - WORK B2-C1
• HEALTH - HERE - HEALTH B2-C1
• SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH - HERE
• THE ENVIRONMENT - HERE
•  ADVANCED LISTENING PRACTICE 
• testenglish.com - HERE
• WORKBOOK C1 USE OF ENGLISH HERE
• WORKBOOK B2 USE OF ENGLISH HERE
• INGLÉS PARA PEREZOSOS EXERCISES - HERE
• SPEAKING LEVEL TEST - HERE
• YOU’RE DEFINITELY FLUENT IF YOU CAN CHANGE THESE (ADVANCED C1-C2 GRAMMAR) - HERE
• THAT’S JANUARY (B11 - B21 - B23 - C11) SPEAKING TESTS 
• TWO C1 ORAL MEDIATION TASKS - HERE
• NEF Preint GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY - HERE
• NEF Int GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY - HERE
• SERENA’S BLOG HERE
• CHATBOTS BY CRISTINA CABAL TO IMPROVE YOUR WRITING AND SPEAKING HERE
• C1 READING: Tom Standage’s ten trends to watch in 2025. A letter from the editor of The World Ahead - HERE:  #mce_temp_url#
• MEDIATION ACTIVITIES C1 HERE: #mce_temp_url# 
• WRITING GUIDE (B2) INPARPER - HERE: #mce_temp_url#
• VOCABULARY INPARPER - HERE: #mce_temp_url#
• PROBS THAT’S JAN HERE: #mce_temp_url#
• COMPLAINT EMAIL EXERCISES HERE: #mce_temp_url#- FOR AND AGAINST ESSAY EXERCISES HERE: #mce_temp_url#- FORMAL EMAIL ASKING FOR INFORMATION HERE: #mce_temp_url#
• DESCRIBING TOWNS / HOUSES B1 - HERE: #mce_temp_url#
• GEOGRAPHY AND THE ENVIRONMENT - HERE: #mce_temp_url#
• GRAMMAR OUTLOOK 1 BAC HERE:#mce_temp_url# - TENSES UNITS 1-2 TRANSLATION HERE#mce_temp_url#
• WHAT’S A SYNONYM FOR... Click HERE: #mce_temp_url#
• CLOZE TEST ON PERFORMANCE ENHANCING DRUGS (1º B2 - UNIT 2 ) - HERE
• ADVANCED C1 GRAMMAR WITH DRACULA HERE: #mce_temp_url# // -> INVERSION HERE #mce_temp_url# // -> CLEFT SENTENCES HERE #mce_temp_url# // -> POSSESSIVE + ING HERE#mce_temp_url#  // -> C1 INVERSION / CLEFT - EMPHASIS HERE #mce_temp_url#
• TABLAS CORRECCIÓN THAT’S 
• B1 ORAL MEDIATION/PRODUCTION/COPRODUCTION - HERE: #mce_temp_url#

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA - 2 BACH

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PAU EXAMS 2025

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2026 - HERE - Cloze tests HERE: #mce_temp_url# (Breaking English News) and HERE: #mce_temp_url# (That’s English!)

SIX CLOZE TESTS FOR THE 2 BACH NOTEBOOK - HERE: #mce_temp_url#

SPELLING BEE - CONTEST

REPORTING VERBS

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CRIME - CRIMINALS - VOCABULARY

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CRISTINA CABAL'S AMAZING LESSON PLAN HERE: #mce_temp_url#

SILENT LETTERS

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Video: HOW WOULD ENGLISH LANGUAGE SOUND IF SILENT LETTERS WEREN’T SILENT: CLICK HERE#mce_temp_url#

2Bach- Colors of the Wind Pocahontas) - Translate into Galician

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Translate this fragment of the song into Galician so that in can be sung (take the METRICS into account) in our language:

Voluntary homework to raise up to 0.5 in the final mark this term.(2 Bach B and C). Deadline: Monday THE WEEK BEFORE the 2nd term exams start.

You think I’m an ignorant savage - 9 Beats 
And you’ve been so many places - 8
I guess it must be so -6
But still, I cannot see -6
If the savage one is me - 7
How can there be so much that you don’t know?- 10
You don’t know-3

You think you own whatever land you land on-11
The Earth is just a dead thing you can claim-10
But I know every rock and tree and creature- 11
Has a life, has a spirit, has a name- 10

You think the only people who are people-11
Are the people who look and think like you-10
But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger-11
You’ll learn things you never knew, you never knew-11

Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon?- 13
Or asked the grinning bobcat why he grinned?- 10
Can you sing with all the voices of the mountain?- 12
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?-11
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?-11

C1 READING /LISTENING COMPREHENSION: Tom Standage's ten trends to watch in 2025. A letter from the editor of The World Ahead

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EXERCISE + KEY + VOCABULARY HERE:  #mce_temp_url#

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

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CHRISTMAS CRACKERS - CLICK HERE: #mce_temp_url# 

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LAST CHRISTMAS : SONG- CLICK HERE: #mce_temp_url# AND EXERCISE HERE: #mce_temp_url#