Homework
Objectives
After this lesson, you can …
• acquire vocabulary about directions and preposition of place, time and movement.
• identify strategies to complete table completion and labelling a map or plan.
A. Listening
I. You are going to hear a college head teacher giving information to some students about a
college event. Before you listen, look at the table. What kind of information do you need for
each gap?
Natural History day: morning events
All events begin at 9.30. You must attend one of these.
Name of the event Theme or topic Type of event Location
Dogs might fly Animal 1.……………… Lecture and 2. Room 37
.………………
Flowers talk How plants might 3. Video presentation 4.………………
.………………
A world in your Local animal and plant life 6.……………… Local park
5.………………
I’m not touching that Snakes and other 7. Workshop 8.………………
.……………… lab
Gap 1: .………………………………
Gap 2: .………………………………
Gap 3: .………………………………
Gap 4: .………………………………
Gap 5: .………………………………
Gap 6: .………………………………
Gap 7: .………………………………
Gap 8: .………………………………
II. (Track 12) Complete the test task.
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III. How you get to room F from the main hail. Complete these directions with words from
the box. There is one word you do not need, and there is one word you will need to use
twice.
end first follow leave left
opposite pass right second turn
1. ………………… the main hall by the door 2. ………………… reception and 3.
………………… left. 4. ………………… the corridor until you 5. ………………… Room J, and
turn 6. ………………… At the 7. ………………… of the corridor, turn 8. …………………
Room F is through the 9. ………………… door on your 10. …………………
IV. (Track 13) Now listen and label the plan. Write the correct letter, A – K, next to Questions
1 – 5.
1 Administration office ……………………
2 Café ……………………
3. Student common room ……………………
4. Lockers ……………………
5. Library ……………………
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B. Vocabulary
I. Choose the correct options in italics to complete the student’ response.
Examiner: Can you tell me about a part of your town that a tourist might like?
Candidate: A great part of my town which tourists might like is 1. at / in the centre, 2. near /
between the river. There is an area called South Bank and it is 3. between / opposite the city, 4.
over / next the river. There is a path 5. along / between the river for people to walk, jog or cycle
and 6. over / behind this is a man-made beach area. It's a really popular place because 7. next to /
in the beach is a big children's playground and 8. above / at all of this sits a big wheel. You can
pay to go 9. on / under the wheel and see the city sights. 10. Below / On the wheel there are bikes
to rent. You can cycle to the museum and art galleries which are very close by. 11. Between / Over
the beach area and the museum is a bus station, so it's a really convenient place to get to.
II. 1. There is one incorrect word/phrase in each column. Find and write them in their
correct columns.
On At In
4 September 5 o’clock my birthday
night the weekend 2016
Sunday breakfast spring
morning the morning May
Friday night New Year the 19th
Thursday century
………………… ………………… …………………
2. Look at the table in Exercise II.1 and complete the rules with on, at or in.
a. Use …………… with months, seasons, years, centuries and parts of the day.
b. Use …………… with days and dates.
c. Use …………… with clock times, exact times (e.g meal times), periods of time and festivals.
III. Choose the correct options in italics to complete the text about a driving holiday.
Great Ocean Road driving tour, 664 km, 9.5 hours Starting your route from Melbourne, it's an easy
drive 1. through / across cliff tops. Stop at the top of the cliffs and look 2. down / away on beautiful
surf beaches below. Along the way, stop again and look up 3. into / over the branches of eucalyptus
trees to try to spot koalas. You may even see kangaroos resting in the trees out of the sun or walking
4. into / along the branches to find new eucalyptus leaves to eat. From the beautiful town of Apollo
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Bay near the ocean, take the road that turns 5. towards / back Cape Otway lighthouse. Then
continue your journey 6. through / back to Apollo Bay for your first dinner of the trip.
