Solutions to How To Deal With ...

1.
a. False - The text says: ”no amount of warning to the audiences seems to work"
b. False - This is irony as the text says: " WIll you please stop breathing? ........, it is likely to result in a custodial sentence.

2. They get even more nervous and they take more time to find or turn off their mobile phones

3. 1. nuisance     2.  to work      3. sympathy      4. worth

4
4.1 A did / meet
      B was studying

4.2 That is the man who spent all the evening talking

4.3 a using
      b. to play
4.4 If I were you I wouldswitch off the phone

5  5.1 are     5.2 we     5.3 respected   5.4 dear

Solutions to House Swap Holidays

House swap holidays: Cheap holidays in other people's luxury.

2n Batxillerat. Prova d'accés a la Universitat (2012). Setembre. Model 2. Opció B.

ANSWER KEY

Activity 1:
a) False (lines 4-5) because the text says "The property has the peace and space you would expect at a five-star hotel or villa. But what is the price? Nothing."
b) True (lines 22-23) because the text says "has some basic advice on its website for anyone considering letting out or taking up a house-sitting holiday."

Activity 2:
Possible answer.
Because he had experienced the difficulty of finding good matches between homeowners and house sitters. So, he created the website to make it easier.

Activity 3:
1) to run (line 6)
2) classic (line 1)
3) confident (line 25)
4) to run over (line 27)

Activity 4:
4.1. A: Have you chosen / B: I am flying / I am going to fly
4.2. Sometimes IT takes a while TO find the right place.
4.3. The house MAY / MIGHT be right for me and my family.
4.4. I went back to the small town in West Sussex WHERE I used to spend my holidays.

Activity 5:
5.1. B) lips
5.2. B) seven
5.3. A) cat
5.4. B) discovered

Rewritings-- 2nd batxillerat end of term 3

 Here you have a lot of rewriting sentences for you to practice: Click on the link, download and print the file. Finally, do the exercises

Once you finish, here you have the solutions.