SEPTEMBER 2015: CONTENTS FOR 2 BACHILLERATO

INGLÉS 2 BACHILLERATO 2015
CONTENIDOS PARA LA RECUPERACIÓN DE LA ASIGNATURA EN SEPTIEMBRE

Para que estudies y prepares el examen de septiembre, te recomendamos que repases las unidades didácticas deL libro de texto Distinction 2 y  Workbook . A continuación, te ofrecemos un resumen de los contenidos lingüísticos sobre los que versará la prueba de septiembre. El dominio de los contenidos que se especifican propiciará que superes la prueba escrita de septiembre, prueba que constará de las secciones de Grammar, Vocabulary, Reading Comprehension y Writing.
 Como ayuda adicional, te recomendamos que estudies el compendio gramatical que aparece en el libro  en las páginas 112 a 128 y todos las actividades de las fotocopias.
 También puedes consultar el blog de inglés donde encontrarás más actividades para practicar cualquier destreza. mirablogdeingles@blogspot.com 
GRAMMAR  

Grammar references pages: from 112 to 128 +mirablogdeingles

Review unit:  All verbal tenses: present tenses, past tenses, future forms

Unit 1: Relative clauses
Defining and non defining  clauses
Relatives and prepositions
Omission of the relative

Unit 2: Modal verbs
Ability and permission
Possibility, certainty and impossibility
Advice, necessity, obligation,
Lack of obligation and prohibition
Don't forget  perfect modals 

Unit 3: Complex clauses: 
Contrast: although, though, even though, despite (the fact that) , in spite of (the fact that) 
 Purpose: to , in order(not) to , so as (not) to + infinitive,so( that) + clause
Reason: as, since, because, because of,  for this reason, due to (the fact that)
Result:
a ) so… that / such … that 
b) not + adjective or adverb +enough and too+ adjective or adverb+ to infinitive 
c)too much, so much, so little / too many,so many, so few. 
d) as a result, as a consequence, consequently, for that reason, therefore, thus, so, this means that...

Unit 4: Reported speech
 Statements
 Questions (yes/ no questions and wh questions)
Requests and commands
Suggestions 
Use of say and tell. 
Changes in time and place expressions.
Reporting verbs: verb paterns( that clause, to infinitive, ing form)

Unit 5: Passives

Be careful with the omission of the agent

Passive with two objects.

Passive with reporting verbs (it is said that../ he is said to...)

Have/ get something done

 Unit 6: Conditionals
Three types. 
Modal verbs in conditionals
Don't forget variants in the if clause and in the main clause. ( mirablogdeingles. blogspot.com)
Conditional linkers: if/ whether/ unless/ even if/in case/ provided that/ on condition that/ as long as ...

I wish/ if only for wishes (+ simple past), regrets ( + past perfect) or complaints ( + would + infinitive)

VOCABULARY 
Vocabulary reference pages:138, 139, 140, 141, 142
Synonyms, opposites, definitions, false friends , phrasal verbs, translation of words or sentences. 
Irregular verbs pages 143, 144

Unit 1: Vocabulary about education 
Unit 1: Word building: prefixes (page 14 )
Unit 1: Adjectives +prepositions (page 14)
Unit 1: False friends (page 15)
Unit 1:  Linkers of addition (page 18)

Unit 2: Vocabulary about relationships.
Unit 2: Word building: negative  prefixes( page 26) 
Unit 2: Extreme adjectives (page 26)
Unit 2: Phrasal verbs related to relationships (page 27)

Unit 3. Vocabulary about adventure, travel  and survival 
Unit 3: Word building: noun suffixes (page 36)
Unit 3: Verb collocations: get, lose, take  (page 36)
Unit 3: Phrasal verbs related to travel( page 39)

Unit 4: Vocabulary about crime  and justice 
Unit 4 : Word building: compound nouns( page 50)
Unit 4: Prepositions + noun phrases (page 50 )
Unit 4: Vocabulary about crimes and criminals (page 51)

Unit 5: Vocabulary related to environment (pages 58, 59 )
Unit 5: Collocations: the environment (page 62 )
Unit 5: Adjective  suffixes ( page 62)

Unit 5: Phrasal verbs: problems and solutions( page 63)

Unit 6: Vocabulary related to food and health:  pages 70, 71

Unit 6: Nouns+ prepositions(page 74)

Unit 7: Compound adjectives  (page 86)
Unit 7: Nouns formed from phrasal verbs (page 86 )
Unit 7 : Gerunds and infinitives ( with or without "to").

Theory: pages 127, 128 (textbook grammar reference)
Activities:Textbook:  pages 84, 85 and Workbook pages 59,60

Ing form  uses. As a noun, after preposition and after certain verbs
Infinitive uses. After nouns, after adjectives and adverbs, after question words and after certain verbs.
Let, make, see, hear + bare infinitive

Forget, remember, regret, stop, try + gerund or to infinitive

 WRITING ( 120- 150 words)

Try to use a variety of vocabulary.
Organise your ideas in paragraphs using the appropiate linkers
Check always your punctuation and capitalisation is correct.

READING COMPREHENSION

1. True/ false (words from the text in inverted commas)

2. Multiple choice exercise.
   

SUBJECTS FOR READING AND WRITING

Education
Relationships ( love, friends, family...)
Travel and adventure,  survival, natural disasters, overcoming difficult situations, overcoming disability.
Crime and justice, law, moral dilemmas
Environment, waste
Health
Food and diet