BEING A TEACHER....

BEING A TEACHER IS A DIFFICULT TASK NOWADAYS, SO I DECIDED TO FOLLOW THIS PIECE OF ADVICE BY BRUCE LEE:

Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.

by Bruce Lee

domingo, 23 de agosto de 2026

Social media: Public enemy number 1?

 


Are social media becoming the real public enemy number 1? Probably, and it may be due to the fact that the society has reacted too late when the problem and menace for entire generations has already affected millions of teenagers. 
 
 

In this blog you can have many examples of all the side effects the use of social media have brought to our younger generations, and pertaps to the entire society. Critical analysis is the key ability we have to develop among our youngsters, and even the rest of the society. I believe every statement or piece of news said or heard must be watched as there is only one reality. Remember all the times I said I told you!   as teachers are so much in contact with the reality and come across the new problems that distress students.

 




SUMMER SCOREBOARD

 

 


 





Visit Albertomeditutor site  for SUMMER REVISION  

 

>>  Activities for my students in 1º ESO:


  

>>  Activities for my students in 2º ESO: 

  

Future tenses  >>>>   Future Simple   1  2  3    and some extra-exercises: 1 



>>  Activities for my students in 4º ESO:

Unit 7

Some exercises on the PASSIVE VOICE:     1  ,  2  ,   3     

CAUSATIVE HAVE  >>>  an exercise to revise    

 





 

  Here's my musical hint for today:    Ain't no sunshine , version by Bill Withers (original). And here's a version with the lyrics for you to sing along.  

 



 

mmmEnglish.... English Speaking Practice (Shadowing) on Brain Health & Turning 40!

 



 

Office English:   Cold calls  (BBC Learning English) 



 

Here are some more activities for my students:


 

 

"All work and no play makes Jack/Jill a dull boy/girl"



Learn English with the LION KING -   Simba & Mufasa    


 

  

 

miércoles, 19 de agosto de 2026

Don't share your life story with me!

 

How would you say that in Spanish? Read about it below and then check your answer at the bottom of this post. Read the article below. It is no fake news.
 

 
Could you see the eclipse? Have you ever witnessed anything spectacular or rare? What was it? How did you feel?
 



SUMMER SCOREBOARD

 

 




Visit Albertomeditutor site  for SUMMER REVISION  

 

>>  Activities for my students in 1º ESO:


 THERE IS / ARE (OUP) - More exercises:   1 ,  2  

THERE IS / ARE + SOME, ANY... (Oxford Univ Press)   1   2    

Translate these sentences into English :

1. ¿Cuántos libros tienes en la cartera? _______________________________
2. No hay mucho queso en el plato._____________________________
3. ¿Hay dinero en mi cartera? No. ________________________________
 4. Los hermanos de Andy no están trabajando en una oficina. _________________

  

>>  Activities for my students in 2º ESO: 

  

You can do this exercise on the PAST CONTINUOUS >>>>     EXERCISE ON THE PAST CONTINUOUS 


SO or BECAUSE


Revision: SIMPLE PAST CROSSWORDS  >>>   1   2   3   4  

Exercises on the SIMPLE PAST   >>>    1 


And now pay attention to the difference between:  Simple Past vs Past continuous  1  2  3  



Make people agree >>>>   1  2  3

>>  Activities for my students in 4º ESO:

Unit 6

First, revise all we had in the main page of 4º ESO in this site about the REPORTED SPEECH:   Unit 6

REPORTED SPEECH


Secondly, do some more exercises:     1  ,  2  ,   3     

Finally, revise      EXPRESSING QUANTITY IN ENGLISH + some exercises:  1  ,  2  ,  3    

 



 

  Here's my musical hint for today:    Total Eclipse of the Heart (Turn Around) by Bonnie Tyler. And here's a version with the lyrics for you to sing along.  

 



 

Road towards success in the Selectivity exam.....

Here's another Selectivity English exam for our students:

2025_The forgotten habit of two sleeps     

Here are the answers to the exam:


A1- b  (line 3)  A2- d  (lines 6-7)   

A3: False. Lines 4-5: "“This story struck historian Roger Ekirch when he discovered Jane’s testimony in the judicial archives in the early 1990s, (where she casually referenced her ‘first sleep’)”   

A4: True. Lines 10- 11: "For example,) Christian monks adopted it for prayers in the 6th century.”   

A5: False. Lines 12-13: “Then, they would naturally wake up for a period known as the watch, (which lasted until about 1:00 am).”

A6: False. Lines 13-14: “The watch was used for various activities, including household chores, socializing, and even sexual intimacy.”

A7.1: whisper (line 3)   A7.2: companion (line 15)    A8.1: testimony (line 4)   A8.2: chat (line 15) 

USE OF ENGLISH

B1: The most interesting city I've ever been to is London.
B2: Unless he wears a hat, he will get sunburned.
B3: In spite of having a good job, / In spite of the fact that he had a good job, / In spite of his good job, he wasn’t happy.
B4: You needn’t speak a / any foreign language / foreign languages for this job.
B5: Dancing flamenco makes me (feel) happy.
B6: They are showing Vince’s photographs at the exhibition.


B7: You had better eat healthier food.
B8: It was such an expensive engagement ring that the groom didn’t / couldn’t buy it.
B9: 2021 was the year (in which / when / that) I was promoted.
B10: ‘Can I borrow $50 until next Friday?’ my brother asked me. // ‘Can you lend me $50 until next Friday?’ my brother asked me.
B11: By the end of the year, my parents will have celebrated their twenty-fifth anniversary // will have been married for twenty-five years.
B12:  It’s a pity (that) you haven’t met / didn’t meet my Erasmus mates.


 

 

Office English:   Talk about your work future - Plans and strategies  (BBC Learning English) 



 

Here are some more activities for my students:



 



The Entire History of....   The entire history of WW2 explained    

 

 



 

 
 




 

 

"All work and no play makes Jack/Jill a dull boy/girl"



Best music to learn English -   10 Great Songs for English Fluency    


 

  

I would traslate it by saying: "¡No me cuentes tu vida!"