House Prices in the UK - Listening Activity

This week we have been studying vocabulary on flats and houses. 
Listen to the following extract and fill in the gaps. Please, correct your answers! The answer key is part of one of the comments.

 

U.K. house prices are (1) ___________________ that a third of British people will never buy their own home. A report from the Halifax Bank said home ownership and getting on the (2) ___________________ ladder was no longer an achievable (3) ___________________ many Britons. A (4)___________________ of twentysomethings have no plans to buy. The report suggested the desire to own a home is being replaced by the (5) ___________________to  live in one. It added: "It seems that people are now beginning to accept a lifetime of (6) ___________________." 

Britain's Office for (7) ___________________ said U.K. house prices rose by 10.5% last year, with London prices (8) ___________________ by 18%. It said there were "runaway train" house prices. The (9) ___________________ was valued at $425,000 nationwide and at $610,000 in London. The report (10) ___________________of possible long-term social problems because of the haves and have-nots. It said without (11) ___________________, "the market will (12) ___________________to a standstill ". If this happens, prices will come down.

Happy World Book Day! - Listening

  Do you love reading? Why? Why not? Please, share your ideas!

World Book Day & the Escuelas Oficiales de Idiomas de la Comunidad de Madrid

This is the information concerning the activities organised for tomorrow, World Book Day, by the Escuelas Oficiales de Idiomas in Madrid. I know many of you have to work but here you have it in case anyone can go!    

Novelist Gabriel García Márquez dies - Listening activity

Listen to the following piece of news and fill in the gaps. (Your browser should be Google Chrome)

Post them as a comment. The answer key has been posted as a comment.

   

Gabriel García Márquez, one of the world's greatest (1) ____________, has died, aged 87. He (2) ____________ away at his home in Mexico. The official cause of death was a lung (3) ____________. The Colombian writer won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982, among many more top literary awards. The Colombian government has announced three days of national (4) ____________. A spokesperson said García Márquez was, "a writer who changed the lives of his (5) ____________ ". His novel ''Love in the Time of Cholera" is the best selling book written in Spanish of all (6) ____________. He also wrote many more (7) ____________. Many critics place García Márquez among the most important writers ever. He helped develop a (8) ____________ of writing called "magical realism". U.S. President Barack Obama paid a (9) ____________ to Márquez, saying: "The world has lost one of its greatest (10) ____________ writers." Former President Bill Clinton said: "I was always amazed by his (11) ____________ gifts of imagination, clarity of thought, and emotional honesty. He captured the pain and joy of our common (12) ____________ in settings both real and magical." García Márquez once said he was a (13) ____________ from a young age. He told an interviewer: "I have often been told by the family that I started (14) ____________ things, stories and so on, almost since I was born - ever (15) ____________ I could speak." Peruvian Nobel prize-winning author Mario Vargas Llosa said: "His novels will (16) ____________ and will continue to find new readers everywhere."

The Devil Wears Prada - Listening Activity

Watch the video that we have been watching in class again and try to understand everything! You can see the correction as a comment.

Here you can watch it in high definition if you prefer so:

http://skymovies.sky.com/the-devil-wears-prada/trailer-the-devil-wears-prada

Superman & Batman - Reading

This week we have been talking about film in class.

Read the following text and fill in the gaps with the words provided: 

Superman and Batman will be in the same film (1) ____________ for the first time ever. The movie will be in cinemas in the summer of 2015. Zack Snyder, the director of the (2) ____________ Superman movie "Man Of Steel," told reporters the news on Saturday. He said many (3) ____________ of the two superheroes would be happy that the two characters are going to (4) ____________ up. Henry Cavill, who starred in "Man Of Steel," will (5) ____________ Superman again in the new film. The producers don't yet know which actor will play Batman. Moviegoers are (6) ____________ an action-packed adventure that will be like no other superhero film. Mr Snyder said he could not give away any (7) ____________ about the story because the script hasn't been written (8) ____________. 

The movie company Warner Bros. (9) ____________ the Superman-Batman duo will be as successful as the 2012 film "The Avengers". That movie made $1.5 billion (10) ____________ and successfully brought together the main characters owned by Marvel Comics. Warner Bros. and DC Comics (the (11) ____________ of Superman and Batman) have spent many years trying to (12) ____________ to the new film. Snyder told reporters just how great he thought the new movie would be, saying: "Let's face it, it's (13) ____________ mythological to have Superman and our new Batman facing off, since they are the greatest superheroes in the world." However, some fans are (14) ____________ about the new movie. They think the (15) ____________ needs to be extra-(16) ____________ to be successful. 

owners/ expecting/ secrets/ fans/ yet/ together/ team/ latest/ play/ agree/ worldwide/ story/ worried/ hopes/ special/ beyond 

Post your answers as a comment! 

The answer key has been posted as a comment so that you can try again and correct yourselves! 

Good try! Keep practising!

Intermediate 1 & Advanced 1 (Revision) - Interaction