EXTRA FILE TO

PASS ENGLISH
OF THIRD OF ESO

Deadline to deliver it to your English teacher:

Here you have a file with activities that will help you practice items
worked during the school year, 3rd ESO. All these activities are
compulsory if you have failed English in June and optional in the case
you passed the course. You will have to hand it in complete to the
teacher in September, the day you attend the exam.

Remember there are also complementary activities in the Moodle

platform as well as a ‘Grammar Appendix’ before the units start which
will help you understand the exercises.

You can also practise online using webs such as:

https://agendaweb.org/

http://a4esl.org/

Have a great summer!
READING U n i t 1
The people below would like to volunteer at places that work with animals. Read their descriptions and the
descriptions of eight places that accept volunteers. Decide which place would be the most suitable for each
person.
1
Hugh doesn’t want to go far from home. He works during the day but can volunteer in the evenings
or at weekends.
He prefers pets because wild animals terrify him.
2
Denise would like an exotic travel experience, with different types of wildlife. She enjoys learning
about local cultures. She can’t take more than two weeks’ holiday from her job.
3
Rick is looking for an experience that involves wild animals. He prefers to work with healthy animals
since it upsets
him to see mistreated or injured animals. He studies at night school, so he can’t travel.
4
Claudia enjoys travelling, but doesn’t have much money. She doesn’t mind primitive living conditions,
but would like
to be near a beach. According to Claudia, she is very sociable and wants to meet new people.
5
Alex is interested in the wildlife of Britain. He would like to learn as much as he can, because he eventually
wants to get a job working with animals. He’s quite shy and he doesn’t want to work with the public.
Places to Volunteer
A Shoreline Sanctuary
Help us care for mistreated or neglected wild animals at our Florida sanctuary. Learn all about wildlife and make a real
difference! In the evenings, get together with friends round the campfire. You’ll be staying in comfortable rooms with
electricity, water and air conditioning. Cost: $1,960 for 4 weeks, $2,595 for 6 weeks.
B Harriet’s Animal Home
Volunteering at our local animal shelter is a good way to make a difference. Dogs need exercise, and volunteers help
by walking them. It doesn’t take more than an hour at any time of day.
C Sea Turtle Preservation Camp
At our camp in Mexico, volunteers work mainly at night, collecting eggs from nests and releasing baby turtles into the
sea. It’s an extraordinary experience and a lot of work, but you’ll have time to relax and make new friends. Volunteers
are asked to donate $4 a day. Our cabins have no electricity.
D Otjikoto Wildlife Project
Our Namibia sanctuary works to protect wildlife populations, including lions, giraffes, cheetahs and baboons. You’ll
be feeding, cleaning and playing with these wonderful creatures, working together with Africans whose villages are in
the sanctuary. We may ask you to help care for sick or injured animals. Cost for 2 weeks: £595, cost for 4 weeks:
£945.
E City Zoo
Work with exotic wild animals right here in town! We’re looking for people who enjoy learning new things and
talking to the public. You’ll give presentations and answer visitors’ questions about tigers, turtles, penguins and polar
bears.
F Elephant Nature Park
Whether it’s helping to take care of our rescued elephants, building them a new house or preparing fruit for them, no
two days will be the same when you volunteer at our park in the mountains of northern Thailand. You’ll be tired at the
end of each day, but satisfied that you’re making a difference. Our programme is low cost: pay only for your food.
Minimum stay: one month.
G Town Animal Refuge
We need volunteers to spend time with the cats in our shelter. Be prepared for some physical work, such as cleaning.
Meet other cat lovers – we’re a friendly group! Half days required, 3-4 times a week.
H Operation Rescue
Every year, over five million wild animals and birds are injured by cars and people in Britain. We rescue foxes, deer
and even snakes. Our volunteers become experts in caring for these creatures. While you work, you can get a diploma
in Animal Care courses at our training centre.
READING Unit 2
You are going to read an article about what three teenagers say about their shopping habits. For questions 1-10,
choose from the three teenagers (A-C). The teenagers may be chosen more than once.

Shopping for Clothes

A ANN PETERS
I used to buy all my clothes online, but then a year ago I started making my own clothes. I get a lot of ideas
from what I see in magazines and on TV, but it took me a while to figure out which designs were best for me. I
started out by making things I saw that were perfect on models or actresses and I didn’t understand why they
looked ridiculous on me. I still see that lots of my friends wear things that look terrible on them, but I don’t do
that any more. I must be doing something right because when people see my clothes, they think they’re great.
My art teacher told me that I should study fashion design after I finish school, and I think she might be right.
B SEAN O’HARA
The fact is that I don’t really like shopping for clothes. I can never decide what to buy – there is just so much
to choose from! And then there are my friends. They’re always saying silly things, like “Oh, you really need to
get those cool black jeans – everyone is wearing them this year.” In the end, I’m glad that my mum does most
of my clothes shopping. It’s a lot less trouble. She buys me nice things too, and my friends are always telling
me that I look good. But I wouldn’t want them to find out who really chooses my things because they’d all
probably laugh at me.
C CARLA MORELLI
I really hate going from shop to shop looking for something I like. That’s why the Internet is so great. When I
want to buy something – like a new shirt or a pair of shoes – I look on the Internet first. Lots of shops have
catalogues on the Internet and I can look through those and see if there’s anything I want to buy. In some
catalogues, you can also look at how much things cost. That can make a real difference to me because I have a
job at the weekend and I use the money I make to buy my own clothes! I don’t mind spending hours online to
find exactly what I want before going to the shops. In the end, it really saves a lot of time.

Which person …
1 has a hard time making up his / her mind?
2 didn’t understand what looked good on him / her at first?
3 doesn’t do all his / her shopping on the Internet any more?
4 tries to find out prices before buying?
5 is worried about what other people might think?
6 pays for his / her own clothes?
7 is thinking about taking someone’s advice?
8 thinks technology has made shopping easier for him / her?
9 doesn’t always like the way others dress?

10 prefers having someone else buy his / her clothes?

READING Unit 3
Read the text and questions below. For each question, mark the correct letter, A, B, C or D.

THE BLOG BOOK TOUR

A new publishing tool is changing the way books are promoted. The traditional reading and signing tour, in which
authors travelled around the globe making appearances at bookstores, is gradually becoming a thing of the past.
Today, the blog book tour is taking its place.
In a blog book tour, the author enters blogs that are related to the experiences that are described in the book. He or
she writes guest posts, answers questions from the host or sits for a video interview or a live chat. The readers of
the blog are then able to follow links to the author’s website and to online bookstores such as Amazon.

Publishers are very keen for writers to promote themselves online since this is an inexpensive way to reach many
potential readers. The Internet exposes authors to more readers than most bookstore readings and saves time,
money and embarrassment, when people don’t show up to the readings.
Although the publishing industry was slow at welcoming the Internet at first, today most authors have got
websites or appear on sites which broadcast short videos about them. In addition, many publishers have hired blog
tour “producers”. These producers sometimes pay bloggers to review an author’s book, or sometimes try to
persuade bloggers who want to post a negative review not to do so.

Although authors say that the virtual tours have increased the number of people visiting their websites and that
their online sales have increased, it is difficult to tell how much blog book tours actually increase sales. Yet in this
respect they do not differ from traditional real-life author tours. Just as a blogger may not necessarily buy a book
that he hears of on the Internet, many of the people who go to traditional events held at bookstores do not end up
buying the book being promoted. Either way, it would appear that virtual book tours are here to stay.

1. Traditional reading tours 4. Blog tour producers

A are cheap. A attempt to influence what bloggers write.
B no longer exist. B hire authors.
C are becoming less popular. C review books on blogs.
D have been replaced. D invite people to bookstore readings.
2. In blog book tours, authors 5. What is the writer’s opinion?
A pay bloggers to review their books.
A Authors do C There is a similarity between
B discuss their books online. not like blog blog book tours and traditional
C travel around the world. book tours. real-life author tours.
D visit bookstores in many towns and cities.
3. According to the writer, bookstore readings B Blog book D There is no evidence to
A save time. tours will soon suggest that blog book
disappear. tours are successful.
B are very effective.
C can be embarrassing.
D are inexpensive.
READING Unit 4
Read the text and questions below. For each question, mark the correct letter, A, B, C or D.

A NEW LAW
In many European countries, children leave school at the age of 16. Until recently, this was true in Britain, too.
But now, a new law has raised the minimum age at which young people can leave school to 18. Whether you
think this makes sense or not, you should keep in mind that a good education will help you get a better job.
People haven’t always seen the value of education. In fact, it wasn’t until 1870 that Britian decided to make
children go to school – but only from ages 5 to 10. In those days, many poor families were unhappy about this.
They believed their children should work so there would be more money to help take care of the family. But they
had no choice. They had to send their children to school. From then on, the school-leaving age was raised every
few years, to 11, 12, 14 and 15. And every time the school-leaving age was raised, lots of people were upset –
both parents and children. But in the end, everyone got used to the idea that young children should be in school
and not working at a job!
In 1972, the age for leaving school was raised to 16. When students turned 16, they had two choices: they could
either continue studying or they could get a job. At the time, about 25% of 16-year-olds chose to stop studying.
However, today there are fewer and fewer jobs for workers with no skills, and many teenagers who leave school
at 16 are not able to find jobs.
The new law is designed to change this situation. Under the new law, there are three choices: students can
continue at school and prepare for university, they can go to another school where they can learn a skill, like
mechanics, that will help them at a job, or they can get a job which also trains them. The big question is, of
course, how can you make 18-year-olds go to school if they don’t want to? One suggestion is to punish students
who miss lessons. For example, there could be a law that says that teenagers younger than 18 years old must show
that they are still studying in order to get a driving licence. This method was successful in Canada. Another
possibility might be to give rewards, such as money, to students who stay in school and don’t miss lessons. What
kind of solution will work with British teens? Many education experts believe that these problems can be solved.
They believe the new system will help the teenagers of the future to have the education they need to find the jobs
they want.

1. From the first paragraph we can understand 4. According to the writer, what is the problem
that the writer with the new law?
A doesn’t see the value of the new law. A It rewards students who stay in school.
B is against the new law. B It’s hard to make it work.
C is probably in favour of the new law. C It doesn’t prepare students for university.
D can’t make sense of the new law. D It punishes the parents.
2. What was one of the results of the new law in 1870? 5. Which best describes the new law?
A Young children got an education.
A It has potential, but C It’s a bad law
B Poor families got extra money. some problems need for poor
C The school-leaving age was raised to 16. to be solved. families.
D Children had to work more hours.
3. In paragraph three we learn that in the 70s, about
25% of the 16-year-olds in Britain
A continued studying. B It is a good law, but D It’s a bad law
B wanted to go to university. it won’t solve any that will soon
problems. be changed.
C couldn’t find a job.
D left school.
READING Unit 5
Look at the sentences below about environmentally friendly solutions. Then read the text to decide if
each
sentence is correct or incorrect. If it is correct, tick (✓) A. If it is incorrect, tick (✓) B.

A B
YES NO
1. The McDonald’s chain recycles most of its cooking oil. ...... ......
2. Most of McDonald’s delivery lorries run on petrol. ...... ......
3. McDonald’s has improved the lives of farmers in the rainforests. ...... ......
4. The Freedom Ship is a city that will be built under water. ...... ......
5. More than two million people will be able to live on the Freedom Ship. ...... ......
6. Flats at the Freedom Ship will have different prices. ...... ......
7. Mitchell Joachim and Javier Arbona are designing an eco-friendly home. ...... ......
8. The Fab Tree Hab will recycle rainwater. ...... ......
9. It will take about five years to grow the Fab Tree Hab. ...... ......
10. A full-grown Fab Tree Hab cannot be moved to a different location. ...... ......

Green Solutions
Fast Food Cleans Up
The global fast-food chain McDonald’s is working hard to change its image. Tired of being constantly
criticised, McDonald’s has begun to take environmental issues to heart. The chain’s first major decision was to
turn its used cooking oil into biodiesel – an environmentally friendly transport fuel. As a result of this decision,
McDonald’s restaurants now recycle about 90% of their cooking oil and use the biodiesel to run more than half
of their delivery lorries. In addition, McDonald’s has decided to buy its coffee and soya beans only from
companies that do not destroy the rainforests. This decision is good for the environment and for the farmers,
who now get better pay, medical care and education for themselves and their families.
The Freedom Ship: A Floating City
Experts predict that overcrowding will force Earth’s inhabitants to search for new lifestyles. Living in outer
space is one option; living on a ship is another. Plans for the construction of the first oceanic community – a
floating city of up to 40,000 people – are already in progress. Called the Freedom Ship, it is going to be 1,317
metres long and 221 metres wide, and will weigh 2.4 million tonnes. Norman Nixon, who developed the idea,
says that within three years, shipbuilders will have completed the ship. During this time, they will be adding
schools, shops, banks, restaurants, a hospital and a library to the ship. According to Nixon, the Freedom Ship
is going to be an environmentally friendly community, with compulsory recycling of glass, paper and metal.
Are you interested? Flats will cost from $180,000 to $2.5 million.
Grow a Home
Architects Mitchell Joachim and Javier Arbona are busy developing a house they say will grow from a few
seeds into a two-storey, water-recycling, energy-saving home. Called the Fab Tree Hab, it is a combination of
ancient and ultra-modern technology. The architects’ plan is to create the walls of the Fab Tree Hab from the
roots of a tree. They will be packing the walls with clay and then plastering them to keep out the rain. If the
plan works, the water supply will come from rainwater collected on the roof. The architects predict that each
house will take five years to grow. Once grown, customers can replant their house wherever they like.
However, there are still a few problems to be worked out. For example, how are the neighbours going to feel
about a house that keeps growing?
Following the writing guides, you need to write 5 different pieces of writing:

1- Write an article about the eldest member in your family. In your article,
include information on the following:

o His / her interests and free-time activities
o His / her personality

2- This is part of an email you have received from Diana, a friend who lives in
another city. Write a reply. (80 words)


Guess what! I can come to Susan’s surprise birthday party. Can
you suggest a present she might like? What kind of clothes
should I bring? Will I be able to sleep over at your House?

Write soon.
Diana


3- Which do you prefer – reading books or watching films?
o Say which you prefer and why.
o Give facts and examples to support your opinion.
Write an opinion essay (60-90 words).

4- Write a short story using around 80 words. Your story must begin with the
sentence:
I was watching TV at home on when I heard a strange noise coming
from the kitchen...
5- Write a report about environmental problems in your town or village or
school. Describe the problems and suggest ways of solving them. (60 words)