Wednesday, August 27, 2008

ESall - Task 1 (term 1) - Grammar - Present Simple II ( 10/10 )

1. doesn't drink

2. do the banks open

3. doesn't do

4. does Marisa come

5. plays

6. doesn't play

7. takes

8. does it take

9. does this word mean

10. do you do

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

ESall - Task 1 (term 1) - Grammar - Present Simple I ( 17/18 )

1. speaks

2. drinks

3. opens

4. closes

5. visit

6. live

7. takes

8. look

9. causes

10. come

11. rises

12. flows

13. make

14. believe

15. do not

16. translates

17. doesn't

18. get

ESall - Task 1 (term 1) - Reading - HOLLYWOOD STAR III (10/10)

1.Late Night with David Letterman was famous among young television viewers.

2.Late Night with David Letterman won 2 Emmy Awards.

3.A talk show host

4.Celebrities

5.A late- night movie

6.Various

7.The life of David Letterman

8.Stock boy

9.Well-known

10.He wanted to be a comedy writer.

ESall - Task 1 (term 1) - Reading - HOLLYWOOD STAR II (10/10)

1. Pamela moved to Vancouver in 1988.

2. Star is a movie about Pamela's romantic life.

3. Started

4. Gave

5. Fitness instructor

6. Playboy's

7. Comox

8. The life of Pamela Anderson

9. Sending

10. C.J

Sunday, August 24, 2008

ESall - Task 1 (term 1) - Reading - HOLLYWOOD STAR I (10/10)

1. Another World was one of the movies Pitt starred in the late 1980s.

2. 3

3 .The Dark Side of the Sun

4. Success

5. Participating

6. The life and success of Brad Pitt

7. In 1999

8. He did not like music when he was in high school.

9. Get

10. Noticeable

Saturday, August 23, 2008

ESall - Task 1 (term 1) - Reading - The Wig Legend ( 9/10 )

1. she was the founder of MTL

2. to have a bad effect on somebody

3. works as an employee to learn the particular skills

4. showed

5. wigs ???

6. in old France, wig makers had much…

7. the history of wig

8. Wig making craft is dying out

9. She cannot find a successor to …

10. The MTL caters for only the theatre and…

Friday, August 22, 2008

ESall - Task 1 (term 1) - Reading - The Fast and The Furious ( 7/10 )

1. heartthrob and …

2. money

3. separately

4. delirious female fans

5. A potential actor and a devoted father

6. old school qualities ???

7. tall, blond-haired…???

8. charming and adventurous

9. The Fast and The Furious

10. He graduated in marine biology…

ESall - Task 1 (term 1) - Reading - Larry King ( 10/10 )

1. He was deeply in debt and ...

2. people

3. a career in radio

4. disc jockey

5. In the 1992 election, the show...

6. the life of Larry King

7. receive government aid becuase of poverty...

8. visited often

9. immediate

10. Ross Perot

ESall - Task 1 (term 1) - Reading - Jamie Oliver ( 9/10 )

1. 15 disadvantaged young people

2. it's a charity which Oliver set up to provide...

3. He recruited many students to be his...

4. the life of a famous chef, Jamie Oliver ???

5. stimulus

6. provide food for

7. advising

8. his parent's pub...

9. Monte's in Knightsbridge

10. Jamie Oliver

Thursday, August 21, 2008

ESall - Task 1 (term 1) - Listening Task - Simple Past Tense Pronunciation ( 6/10 )

1. t

2. d

3. t

4. ld

5. d

6. t

7. d ??

8. d

9. d ??

10. t

11. d

12. t

13. d

14. d

15. t

16. d

17. d ??

18. d

19. t

20. d

ESall - Task 1 (term 1) - Listening Task - World Cup Experience ( 7/9 )

1. the second half

2. control the crowd

3. True

4. False

5. some players stay on the field

6. Bulgaria won 2-1

7. Germany

8. They defeated the teams in which….

9. Uruguay is a colonial… ???

ESall - Task 1 (term 1) - Listening Task - UFO Encounter

1. the alien jumped out in front of his car

2. threatened him / It stared blankly at him

3. she didn't believe him

4. False

5. The man should seek counseling

6. He was carried to a spaceship

7. Round

8. a hairy alien

9. 5:00 AM

10. He was returning home from a party

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

ESall - Task 1 (term 1) - Listening Task - Japanese Public Bath

1. True

2. socialize with their neighbors

3. America

4. drink sopmething, like tea

5. sometimes

6. nothing

7. take off your shoes

8. the attendant could see him undressing

9. on a small stool

10. not stated

ESall - Task 1 (term 1) -ed pronunciation exercise

1. t

2. d

3. d

4. d

5. d

6. t

7. d

8. d

9. t

10. d

11. d

12. ld

13. d

14. d

15. d

16. t

17. d

18. d

19. d

20. d

ESall - Task 1 (term 1) - Listening Exercise I

1. He goes with a group of students

2. He stands and bows to the teacher

3. between 2.00 PM and 3.00PM

4. in his classroom

5. school hat