Lesson 50 – Using the 1 minute preparation time

Lesson 50 – Using your 1-minute preparation time       Make sure you use your 1-minute preparation time well         Let’s begin with some tips and advice   Use the information on your card as the ‘plan’ for your ‘talk’ Write just two word prompts for each point – you need…

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The People’s Theatre – key

Part 1 a17 b6 c2 d12 e19 f10 g4 h15 i20 j9 k3 l18 m5 n13 o7 p16 q11 r8 s14 t11t 2c 3k 4g 5m 6b 7o 8r 9j 10f 11q 12d 13n 14s 15h 16p 17a 18l 19e 20i Note: It would be understandable to have a17 and l18 (17a and 18l) the…

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The People’s Theatre – vocabulary

aspirations – hopes or ambitionsbackstage – adv – to or in the area behind the stage in a theatre – eg the backstage crew = the people responsible for the set, lighting etcfront of house – the business of a theatre that concerns the audience, such as ticket salesNotice the use of the word ‘house‘…

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The People’s Theatre

The People’s Theatre a prestigious e tribute i packed m costume q Merry b stage f first j Proposal n Soldier r further c standards g from all walks of life k front-of-house o auditorium s royalty fees d première h playwright l pioneering p translation t run Can you read the information below about…

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Sport for Leisure – exercise A – key

1 The long-awaited opening of Boxton’s new Leisure Centre finally took place this week. ‘Await‘ is a rather formal verb, meaning ‘wait for’. You may hear a station announcement saying ‘passengers awaiting the London train on platform 3……" We need an adjective here, and could not use ‘wait for’ here without naming a subject who…

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Audio buoy helps blind swimmers – answers

correct the sentences A dip in the ocean is a simple pleasure for blind swimmers. this is often denied to the visually impaired The audio aid can be found on beaches across the South of France. on one beach in the South of France The boys can be found every fifty metres. buoys The man…

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Diary of a 21st Century Nobody – Woodland hazards

We own a dog: I’m sure I’ve mentioned that fact (in fact, I think he has featured in at least one Diary episode!). One of the best things about having a dog is the pleasure to be gleaned from walking him every day: it has enabled us to explore further the environment around us, get…

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Free exercises – May 2012

  Welcome to the May edition of the Free Exercises Newsletter. So, did we intrigue you with our announcement last month of changes to this part of the site??? Well, perhaps we should keep you in suspense just a little longer………;-)) In the meantime, here’s what we are offering in the Free Exercises area this…

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