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In this blog you will find different taks or exercises. These activities correspond to the homework of the course.

All of the tasks should be completed per week or all at once. I will be checking them per week. 

Task 1

Task 1


The video below is about how crazy English can be.

Watch the video as a reference.
Find 10 confusing words in English.
Write sentences using all the words you found. 


http://9gag.tv/p/9MdBy/a-poem-about-how-the-english-language-is-crazy

Task 2

Task 2


Listen to the podcast "Dogs must be carried on the escalator" and answers the questions below. 

http://www.listen-to-english.com/index.php?id=582




 Where did the first underground railway in the world run?

 How did the railway company build the railway?

Building the railway was controversial.  Why?

The first trains on the underground were pulled by…

Traveling on the new underground railway was popular with people…

How did we celebrate the 150th birthday of the Underground?

If I want to travel on the Underground from a station in north London to the centre of the city, I  need to a train that is…

When you get on an Underground train, you should…

When you travel on an escalator you should…

What does "dogs must be carried on the escalator" really mean?

Task 3

Task 3

Read the following article 

http://www.ticotimes.net/2014/04/08/bank-of-america-intel-announce-thousands-of-layoffs-in-costa-rica








Then:

Write 10 keywords related to the article. Look the words up in the dictionary if you do not know their meanings fully. Next to each word, write the part of speech (adjective, verb, noun, adverb, preposition, etc). 

And:

In a 25 lined comment give oyur personal opinion about this current situation and the different positive and negative implications to our country.

Task 4

Task 4 


Watch the video below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkcXbx5rSzw


Then answer the following questions:

Why do we age?
What factors contribute to our aging?
What happens to DNA duplication? How does it influence in our aging?
What are telomeres?

Task 5

Task 5


Picture short story.


For this task you have to take 6 creative photos and write a 100 lined short story. 

This task should be sent by email on May 15th.