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.

 

 

Learning English from the News:   Rare solar eclipse  (BBC Learning English)  

Europe solar eclipse: millions watch rare spectacle across Spain, UK and Iceland – as it happened (The Guardian)

Once-in-a-generation solar eclipse wows millions in UK and Europe (BBC News)

Millions watch as rare solar eclipse darkens Spain and Iceland | DW News (DW)

 

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

 

SUMMER SCOREBOARD

 

 

 

Learning English from the News:   Ceuta migrant crisis  (BBC Learning English)  

‘We have no tents or blankets’: Ceuta migrants struggle to survive brutal heat and freezing nights (The Guardian)

Morocco detains dozens of migrants trying to cross into Ceuta, reports say (BBC News)

Minors living alone on Ceuta's streets at risk of abuse (DW)

 

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>>  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 

    Make these people agree with the statements.

SO or BECAUSE

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

Exercises on the SIMPLE PAST   >>>    1 

PAST CONTINUOUS

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

The Big Chop

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:

• English in a Minute:  4 meanings of NOTE  (BBC Learning English)

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  Real Easy English: Talking about SPICY FOOD  (BBC Learning English)

• The English We Speak:  Share your life story   (BBC Learning English)

• Listening exercise for you to do:   How do climate scientists make predictions?  (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English) 

 

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

 

 

English with Lucy talking about... 35 common mistakes in English  

 

  

 

 

"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!"

How well do you sleep?

 

 

How well do you sleep? Do you sleep the same amount of hours during the summer time as during the school year? Sleep is essential for our health. Have a look at the selectivity exam proposed below.

 

How Well Do You Sleep? Sleep Quiz

 

 

Do we really need eight hours sleep a night – and what happens if we don’t get it? (The Guardian)

The surprising links between what you eat and how well you sleep (BBC News)

How much sleep do you really need? (TED talk)

 

It is a well-known fact that students need to sleep well so as to have better results and that those teenagers who have got a poor quality of sleep don't do so well, academically speaking.

 

SUMMER SCOREBOARD

 

 

 

Office English:   Formal or informal?  (BBC Learning English)  

 

 

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>>  Activities for my students in 1º ESO:

- Listen to the song and check the lyrics for superlatives.  

- Can you tell me the two adjectives in the superlative form you see? 

- Now you can do these exercises to make a revision:    1   2   3   4  

 

Let's revise the difference between the PRESENT SIMPLE & the PRESENT CONTINUOUS watching these two New That's English episodes: 

MODULE 3 (NOTES)  >>>   Unit 1A          Unit 1B 

Finally do the following exercise...

Write sentences with the words below in the PRESENT SIMPLE or the PRESENT CONTINUOUS 

(Circle the key word(s) ).

 
1. Betty and Paul / not eat / lunch / at school / on Fridays / . _____________
2. you / walk / the dog / every day / ? _______________________________
3. the students / not do / a test / at the moment / . ____________________
4. Dave / write / an e-mail / now / . _____________________________
5. cakes / like / my grandmother’s / I / birthday ______________________  

 

>>  Activities for my students in 2º ESO:

 

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

....   GOING TO future   1 

....  Present Continuous with future meaning (ARRANGEMENTS) 1   2

  

>>  Activities for my students in 4º ESO:

Mixed Conditionals   >>>   Exercises     1    (Revision & Extension)

More exercises   1   2    

  

 

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

Here's another Selectivity English exam for our students:

2025_The forgotten habit of two sleeps     

 

 

 

  Here's my musical hint for today:    No more lonely nights by Paul McCartney. And here's a version with the lyrics for you to sing along.  

 

 

 

 

The Listening Room:   Developing decaffeinated coffee beans  (BBC Learning English)  

 

Here are some more activities for my students:

• English in a Minute:  Phrases with BIG  (BBC Learning English)

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  Real Easy English: Talking about PHONE HABITS  (BBC Learning English) 

• The English We Speak:  Like a moth to a flame   (BBC Learning English)

• Listening exercise for you to do:   Rude emails  (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

 

 

Some listening practice:   Victor Hugo: Exiled by France — Then Honored by Millions (Learn English naturally) 

 

 

English with Lucy talking about... 16 British Slang Insults (WITHOUT swearing!)!! 

 

 

 

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

Learn English with  Michael Jackson  

 

 

Laugh with Rowan Atkinson