CHALLENGE BORRADOR BELÉN 3
Posteado por: belrahi en: mayo 24, 2012
Form compound words and then fill in the gaps with them:
finger mixture
busy stop
bus bite
book stove
birth- tea
gas cat
copy case
afternoon brush
blood body
frost prints
hair pessure
cough cat
gas place
1)He asked a passerby where the nearest………………………….. was so that he could catch the number 14 home.
2) The thief was caught because he left one of his……………………………….. on the ………………………….. that had contained a valuable collection of leather-bound volumes.
3)The doctor took the old man’s ……………………………… and then prescribed some………………………….. to ease his chest.
4)Your sister is such a ………………………………. . She pokes her nose into everything.
5)Have you got a comb you could lend me? No, would a ……………………………. do?
6) He’s such a ………………………………..! He insists on doing everything I do.
7)If you’d like to put the kettle on we can have………………………….
8)Her house was so cold he thought he’d get……………………………… if he stayed there any longer.
9)He claimed the middle of the Atlantic as his………………………… because he was born on a transatlantic liner.
10)We don’t have a ………………………………….. . This house is all electric.
ANSWERS TO CHALLENGE 20
Posteado por: belrahi en: mayo 24, 2012
C-HISTORIC
A-AN UPHILL
A-BORROW
B-FORETELL
B-WALNUT
D-GAMBLING
B-DINING ROOM
A-TACTLESS
C-UNSOLVED
WINNERS OF CHALLENGE 20
Posteado por: belrahi en: mayo 24, 2012
There are no winners for challenge 20.
CHALLENGE 20
Posteado por: belrahi en: mayo 17, 2012
Vocabulary Challenge
Choose the correct answer:
1) The Conservatives won a …………………………. fourth consecutive victory.
a)historical c)historic
b)historically d)historicly
2)Bearing the top team with only 10 men was…………………………… task.
a)an uphill c)an upstairs
b)a downhill d)a downstairs
3)If you ……………………….. money from a bank, you have to pay interest on it.
a)borrow b)lend
c)spend d)cash
4)Choose a synonyme of “predict”:
My friend can predict the future
a)recall c)forestall
b)foretell d)forego
5)Which of the following is not a tree?
a)oak b)walnut
c)lumber d)teak
6)Which of the following pastimes takes place up in the air?
a)Jogging c)window-shopping
b)hang-gliding d)gambling
7)In an English house, a chest of drawers is usually found in the………………………….
a)kitchen b)dining room
c)bedroom d)garden
8) He made ……………………………….. remark to the girl’s mother.
a)a tactless c)an untactful
b)an intact d)a tact-free
9) I’ve been working on the problem all night, but it’s still…………………………..
a)resolved c)unsolved
b)dissolved d)dissolute
WINNERS OF CHALLENGE 19
Posteado por: belrahi en: mayo 17, 2012
1.-Ana Maldonado, Ana Belén Quesada y Bárbara Conejero
2.-Martina Sayago
3.-Irene y Elisa
4.-María Maldonado, Carmen Reina, Belén Rdríguez y Nacho Quesada
5.-Javier Márquez y María Vera
6.-Javier Guisado y Fernando Aragón
CHALLENGE 19
Posteado por: belrahi en: mayo 10, 2012
Click on the link and decide if the sentences below are true or false:
1)Maggie lived in the 1900s
2)She was a divorced woman
3)She never told anyone that she was having a baby
4)Maggie’s baby died soon after birth
5)She was sentenced to be hanged in public
6)Maggie was not finally hanged and was set free
7)She had a very short life after she was released
8)There’s a pub in Edinburgh whose name reminds people of her
http://www.the-grassmarket.com/history/maggie-dickson.html
Challenge 18 Answer
Posteado por: rachelquinn en: mayo 10, 2012
The clock would split between the numbers 9 and 10 and between the numbers 3 and 4
10 + 11 + 12 + 1 + 2 + 3 =39
4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 = 39
Good job!
Winners Challenge 18
Posteado por: rachelquinn en: mayo 10, 2012
Elena Alés Carmona y Ana Domínguez Pavón – 1ºEso A
Edu Garcia Luquiño
Enrique Martínez 3ºB.
Fernando Aragón and Javier Guisado
Ana Maldonado , Ana belen Quesada, Barbara Conejero
Maria Vera, Javier Marquez, Katerina
Irene Rodríguez y Elisa M. Pilar
Martina Sayago 1ºB
Maria Maldonado , Nacho Quesada, Belen Rodriguez y Carmen Reina 1ºB
Laura Carmona Gallardo 3º
Well done!
Challenge 18
Posteado por: rachelquinn en: mayo 3, 2012
Riddle
A clock on the wall falls to the floor and breaks in two perfect halves.
The numbers on both halves amount to the same amount.
Where did the clock split?
Answer for Challenge 17
Posteado por: rachelquinn en: mayo 3, 2012
There will be no lights on because in 12 hours time it will be daytime!
