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READING & VOCABULARY

1. Read the text.

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2. Find answers in the text to the following questions.

a) What is the name of the festival?

b) When does it take place?
c) How long does it go on for?
d) What do you know about its history?
e) How do people celebrate?
f) How does the festival end?

3. Now think of another festival you know and answer the same questions.

Festival: _______________________________________
a) What is the name of the festival?
b) When does it take place?
c) How long does it go on for?
d) What do you know about its history?
e) How do people celebrate?
f) How does the festival end?

4. Complete this description of Las Fallas with the following words:

bonfires / firecrackers / fireworks / procession / statues / traditional dress

The main feature of Las Fallas is the enormous lifelike (1)____________________

which are burnt in huge (2)_________________________ on the last day. The incredibly
loud (3) _______________________ that go off every lunchtime in the city centre make
Las Fallas the noisiest festival in the world. There is also a spectacular display of (4)
_________________________ in the park at midnight. One of the highlights of the
festival is the (5) _____________________ of girls and boys in (6)
_____________________________.

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5. Label the pictures with the words in the box.

6. Complete the following text with words from exercise 5.

The April festival in our town begins with a (1) _______________________ of

women in (2) _______________________. Early in the evening, people light a large (3)
_______________________ in the town square. Then there is a fantastic display of (4)
_____________________________ and children run around the streets throwing noisy (5)
__________________________. The evening ends with a silent procession around the town
walls when we carry an enormous (6) _____________________________ of the Virgin
Mary.

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LISTENING
1. Think about last New Year's Eve (December 31st). Answer these questions:

- Where were you?

- Who were you with?
- What did you do?

2. Listen this interview to Hua about Chinese New Year. Decide if the following
sentences are true (T) or false (F) and change the false ones. (Track 1)

a) They are in China.

b) New Year takes place in early January.

c) Just before New Year, people clean their houses to sweep away bad luck.

d) Some people also put up red decorations to frighten away bad luck.

e) The traditional New Year's Eve dinner is Pecking duck.

f) People usually spend New Year's Eve with their friends.

g) On New Year's Eve people stay in and watch television.

h) At midnight on New Year's Eve people set off fireworks and firecrackers.

i) The celebrations last 5 days.

j) They make New Year's resolutions.

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GRAMMAR – Formas de futuro

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¿Qué vas a hacer mañana? ¿Quién crees que ganará el próximo Mundial de fútbol? Para
responder a preguntas como estas en inglés usamos predicciones para el futuro. Hay varias
estructuras que puedes utilizar para ello. Por ejemplo:

a. Tomorrow, I’m having a barbecue with some friends (Mañana voy a hacer una barbacoa con
algunos amigos).

b. I think Brazil will win the next World Cup (Creo que Brasil ganará el próximo Mundial de
fútbol).

En inglés existen distintas maneras de expresar el futuro. El factor principal para decidir
qué estructura debes usar es el grado de certeza de que lo que afirmas va a ocurrir. En los
ejemplos anteriores, la frase a. indica un plan concreto. Para transmitir ese hecho del que
estamos muy seguros, usamos el Present Continuous. Por otra parte, la frase b. es una
predicción basada en una opinión personal. Para indicar esta menor certeza usamos el Future
Simple, con el verbo modal “will”.

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La tabla siguiente muestra algunas de las estructuras más habituales para hablar del
futuro, y cómo hay que utilizarlas.

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El Future Simple con will puede desempeñar también otras funciones:

1. Read the conversations and underline the most appropriate future form.

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2. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct future form (Present Continuous, ‘going
to’ or Future simple with ‘will’). Sometimes more than one answer is possible.

3. Choose an appropriate future form (Present Continuous, ‘going to’ or Future

simple with ‘will’) to complete these sentences. More than one answer is possible.

a) When I'm older I (travel) _______________________________around the world.

b) I (play) _________________________ football this weekend. It's an important game.
c) My friend (get married) __________________ in July. It (probably be)
________________ really hot.
d) I've got no plans this evening. I think I (just stay in) ____________________.
e) I (do) _______________ some shopping after the lesson. I need to get some food.
f) I (not pass) _______________ my exam because I haven't studied enough.

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4. Now read the sentences and choose the correct answer.

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5. More revision! Choose an appropriate future form

(Present Continuous, ‘going to’ or Future simple with
‘will’) to complete these sentences. Sometimes more than
one answer is possible.

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READING & LISTENING

(Track 2)

2. WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL HAPPEN NEXT? Zöe Sandy

(Track 2)

5. Do you think is
there a future for
Sandy and David?
Listen and check.
(Track 3)
(Track 2)
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VOCABULARY & READING

1. Match the words (1-19) with the pictures. Can you think of more party
vocabulary?

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2. When and why people have the following types of party?

3.

4.

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LISTENING

1. Listen to a description of a festival and number the events in the order in which they
took place. (Track 4)

2. Where does this festival take place? How is it called?

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GRAMMAR – Pronombres indefinidos

1. Complete the table.

Se llaman pronombres indefinidos (indefinite pronouns) porque los usamos para hacer
referencia a personas, cosas, lugares… de una manera poco concreta o definida.

Van con el verbo en singular.

Los de ‘body’ y ‘one’ significan lo mismo y puedes usar uno u otro.

Everybody / everyone, everything y everywhere: Solemos traducirlos como “todo”.

Everybody/everyone has problems. – Todo el mundo tiene problemas.

Did everyone/everybody attend the meeting? – ¿Todo el mundo asistió a la reunión?
It’s impossible to know everything. – Es imposible saberlo todo.
I looked everywhere but I couldn’t find my keys. – Miré en todas partes pero no encontré
mis llaves.

Somebody / someone, something y somewhere: Usamos estos pronombres indefinidos

normalmente en frases afirmativas y los traducimos como ‘algo’, ‘alguien’…Ejemplos:

There’s somebody/someone at the door. – Hay alguien en la puerta.

Something was wrong with the car. – Algo iba mal con el coche.
They are going somewhere in Italy, I don’t remember the name. – Van a algún lugar de
Italia, no recuerdo el nombre.

A veces usamos estos pronombres en preguntas cuando esperamos que la respuesta sea
positiva, como en los siguientes ejemplos:

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Are you looking for someone/somebody? – ¿Estás buscando a alguien?

Have you lost something? – ¿Has perdido algo?
Are you going somewhere? – ¿Vas a alguna parte?

Anybody / anyone, anything y anywhere: Usamos estos pronombres indefinidos en frases

negativas. El verbo debe ir en su forma negativa:

You can’t say this to anyone/anybody. – No puedes decirle esto a nadie.

I didn’t understand anything. – No entendí nada.
She is not going anywhere today. – Ella no va a ir a ningún sitio hoy.

También los usamos en preguntas:

Does anybody/anyone speak Chinese? – ¿Alguien habla chino?

Did he say anything important? – ¿Dijo él algo importante?
Will you go anywhere next holiday? – ¿Irás a algún sitio las próximas vacaciones?

Además, podemos usar estos pronombres indefinidos en frases afirmativas; nuestra

traducción es diferente, ya que decimos “cualquiera”, sin especificar. Ejemplos:

He makes friends with anybody/anyone. – Él se hace amigo de cualquiera.

You can eat anything you wish. – Puedes comer lo que quieras/cualquier cosa que quieras.
I like travelling. I would travel anywhere. – Me gusta viajar. Viajaría a cualquier lugar.

Nobody / no one, nothing y nowhere: Al contarior que los pronombres anteriores, usamos
estos indefinidos en frases afirmativas. Aunque el sentido sea negativo la construcción de la
frase no es negativa porque no añadimos not.

Nobody/no one understands me. – Nadie me entiende.

I can do nothing about it. – No puedo hacer nada.
I don’t like this town. There’s nowhere to go. – No me gusta esta ciudad, no hay ningún
sitio al que ir.

En la mayoría de los casos podemos decir exactamente lo mismo usando not … any-.

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I can do nothing about it or I can’t do anything about it.

There’s nowhere to go or There is anywhere to go.

2. Underline the correct indefinite pronoun to complete the conversation.

3. Underline the correct indefinite pronoun.

4. Complete the text with the correct indefinite pronoun.

The party was terrible. (1) ____________________ about it was terrible. It was (2)
____________________ out of town and it took me ages to find it. When I arrived, there
wasn't (3) ____________________ to eat and there was (4) ____________________ to
drink that I liked. (5) ____________________ enjoyed it and (6) ____________________
went home early. For me, the worst thing was that I lost my mobile phone. I looked (7)
____________________ for it, but with no luck. (8) ____________________ said that there
were thieves at the party, so maybe they stole it.

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5. Choose the correct indefinite pronoun.

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