Are
you addicted to anything? Remember that all addictions are harmful for
your mental health because you cannot stop doing them whenever you want.
There
are many things we may like, even love doing, but we must always bear
in mind that they are always under control. And this control belongs to
you and if you decide to stop, you can stop without affecting your
anxiety, your mental health.
Learning English from the News: US Court: YouTube and Meta built addictive platforms (BBC Learning English)
Meta and YouTube designed addictive products that harmed young people, jury finds (The Guardian)
Campaigners welcome Meta and YouTube's defeat in landmark social media addiction trial (BBC News)
US: Meta, YouTube on trial over kids' social media addiction (DW News)
Social media, TikTok, YouTube... can be addictive for many teenagers and they literally waste hours and hours on them when there are so many things in life to carry out: sport, face-to-face relationships, books, homework, studying...
BREAKING NEWS ABOUT YOUR B1 EXAMS IN ENGLISH...
Remember that after Easter the time will come for you to register at the Language School in Motril for your B1 exams as a freelance student!!! I believe you can do everything on line.
Here's the link: https://eoimotril.org/modalidad-libre/
These are the dates for the exams in Malaga, which should be the same for Motril language school. Relevant information for candidates & registration forms.
You can do everything online ( Guía del candidato y modelos de pruebas anteriores )
New section in BBC Learning English... EASY ENGLISH CONVERSATIONS: Where are you from?
Learning English Grammar (a / an / the / zero article): The great outdoors (BBC Learning English)
Here's my musical hint for today: Addicted to love by Tina Turner. And here's a version with the lyrics for you to sing along.
Here are some more activities for my students:
English in a Minute: 5 phrasal verbs for WORK (BBC Learning English)
The English We Speak: Flow state (BBC Learning English)
Quick English Lessons: What's the difference...? JUST / YET / ALREADY (BBC Learning English)
Listening exercise for you to do: Are saunas good for you? (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)
Learning English from the News: Space mission breaks records >>> Artemis II takes humans further from Earth than ever before (BBC Learning English)
Here are some activities for my students:
in 1º ESO...
REVISION EXERCISES
Exercise on the MODALS: CAN , MUST & SHOULD
SOLUTIONS TO THE EXERCISES IN THE PREVIOUS POST:
1. Do we study English at school. We don't study German at school.
2. Is Tom Cruise American? He isn't from Brazil.
3. Does James like playing football? He doesn't like English at all.
4. Has my mother got a big car? She hasn't got a motorbike.
5. Are we studying English? We aren't studying German.
6. Do trains go faster than motorbikes? Trains don't go faster than a Ferrari.
7. Have we got a new French teacher? We haven't got a new English teacher.
8. Does Albert have cereals for breakfast? He doesn't have any tea.
9. Are you listening to the radio? I'm not watching TV.
10. Do they read Sinbad? They don't read Braveheart.
27. 1. Where does Mrs Wagner work? 2. Does George like fast cars? 3. What is the girl eating? 4. What does your wife usually have for breakfast?
28. My proposal: My mother is working in hospital, my father is driving to Granada and my little brother is still sleeping.
This afternoon my mother is going to buy a new folder for me, my father is going to order some pizza for dinner and my little brother is going to play with his toys.
29. 1. Penny played the guitar a lot when she was young. 2. Last summer we took lots of photos. 3. We watched a very interesting programme last night. 4. William Shakespeare wrote many famous plays.
30. 1. Beethoven didn't write drama; he wrote music. 2. We didn't see fire; we only saw some smoke. 3. Greek philosopher Socrates didn't live in Rome; he lived in Athens.
in 2º ESO... Do exercise 2 on page 95.
Possible answers:
a. Did they catch the criminal? Why were they chasing the criminal? What happened when the earthquake began?
b. What did the criminal steal? How fast could the criminal run?
c. Why did the criminal fall? Was he hurt?
d. What time did the criminal enter the house? How much did he steal from the house?
e. How much did the computers and mobile phones cost? Why did he steal their jewellery?
f. When did the witness call the police? Was the witness nervous or afraid?
in 4º ESO... Exercises on Reported Speech:
Solutions to the Reported Speech exercises in the previous post:
D. 1. My friends suggested having a picnic. 2. The little boy asked for another biscuit.
3. Her boyfriend asked her to drive. 4. The student offered to open the window.
5. My father asked me to bring him the newspaper.
60. 1. He said he was out then. 2. He said he would be home by nine.
3. Mary said her young brother wanted to be a football player.
4. My mother asked who had been using her typewriter.
5. His wife asked/warned us not to do anything dangerous.
6. The guide asked the tourists if they wanted to see the cathedral. 7. Albert to Nick to close the door.
8. The teacher asked the student to take those dictionaries to the English Department.
61. Arthur asked her what the matter was and told her not to cry. Finally he asked her if she wanted to borrow his handckerchief.
Mary apologised for being so boring / said she was sorry to be so boring, but she hadn't seen Bruce for the whole weekend and asked him if he had seen him.
Arthur answered he had.
Then Mary asked him where he had seen him.
And Arthur said he had seen him at the dentist's the previous Thursday.
Mary said he hadn't come for her on Thursday, but that there had to be quite a simple explanation.
"All work and no play makes Jack/Jill a dull boy/girl"
Learning English with movies Pirates of the Caribbean
Vintage tennis: Pioline vs Masur - US Open 1993
Football Classics: SPAIN ✦ Road to Glory in Euro 2008
