B2 - Midterm revision - grammar

B2 - Midterm revision - grammar

by Young Travelers

Remember:

a) you work as a team

b) you have a time limit and

c) before presenting, PRACTICE!

​Let's start!

​Episode 1: The Amazon forest

In the following video you can see the lost tribe of the Amazon.

Compare them to us. Use:

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• ​(not) as .........as

• ​less / the least

• ​the same as

• ​twice/ 3 times/ half as ...... as

• ​much /far

• ​a bit / slightly / a little

• ​by far

Open Ended

Compare the Amazon Tribe to us using:

(not)as……as, less, the least, the same as, twice/three times/etc/half as …………as, much, far, a bit/slightly/a little, by far.

​Episode 2: Australia

This is Katie! You met her on couchsurfing.com and she’ll put you up tonight. It’s her birthday tomorrow and she’ll turn 30!! She feels that her life is kind of different now.

• ​I used to have fun with my friends, but now I have too much work to do.

• ​I would drink lots of coffee, but now I'm trying not to.

• ​I used to be angry at my family, but now that I don't see them very often I miss them.

• ​I would eat fast food almost every day, but now I have a healthy diet and exercise regularly.

Open Ended

What about you? Has anything changed since you were young?

Tip: both would/used to should be used

​Episode 3: The USA

Everyone loves you here!! So, you were asked to give an interview that will be aired on the US TV. Choose a player from the other team. Prepare questions about his/her future (e.g. arrangements for tonight or tomorrow, his/her plans for Easter or summer, his/her life in ten years, his/her achievements by 2050, this time next year).

Tip: future tenses should be used!!

​10 mins.

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​Episode 4: Brazil

As you were traveling to Brazil, you came across a video on Youtube and it really inspired you to create a unique episode about your trip there.

Open Ended

Write about your trip to Brazil:

Tip: use a wide variety of past tenses!!! (words to be used: yet, already, last….., yesterday, while, when, before, after, all ……., for, since)

​​Episode 5: Alaska

The Inuit, commonly known as “Eskimos”, are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic regions of Greenland, Canada and Alaska. You spent more than six days with them and today is your last day in their village. They decided to prepare something special for you.

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Open Ended

Do some research and find out what the Inuit do every day.

Say what they usually do in the evenings and what they’re doing at the moment

(as a special surprise for you)

​Episode 6: Budapest, Hungary

Budapest is the capital and most populous city of Hungary, one of the largest cities in the European Union and the place where Escape Rooms were originally created. Your next episode will set in one of the most challenging rooms worldwide. You have ….. minutes to solve the mystery and break out. Let’s see which team will escape first.

You are in Frederic’s James bedroom, a forensic photographer working for the FBI. He took pictures of a crime committed by a corrupted politician. All you need to do is to destroy the evidence. In order to find the evidence you need to use the following clues and make deductions. In the room there is a computer, a safe (a key required), a box with a 6 digit lock (numbers), a drawer with a 4 digit lock, a tour guide of India and a painting on the wall.

​·         Facebook:

o   there’s a picture of him in Taj Mahal (date: 24/01/17)

o   there’s a comment congratulations, guys!

o   he just posted “Traveling back home”

·         Tour guide: four numbers are circled on the first page

·         Drawer (4 digit lock): there are pretty expensive watches and a kid’s drawing.

·         Painting: various letters like I, V, X are depicted

·         Box (6 digit lock): a key

·         Safe (key?): photos

• ​ computer

​Final episode: Rewind (BTS)

It’s time for a flashback. You are given names of people, things, places, etc. you have met throughout this season and you’ll have 10 seconds to respond using who, which, where, whose.

B2 midterm grammar revision- final task - Random wheel

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