Goodbye to analogical formats?

 

 

It is said that it is no longer the time for analogical formats!!!  Will we one day become virtual, too? I hope not, but we already have virtual relationships that never meet physically.

 

 

Learning English from the News:   No more Playstation discs  (BBC Learning English)  

In the old days we used to have vinyl records, magetic tapes, CDs, photographs in paper, books... with record players, tape recorders, CD players, albums, bookshelves to keep all our books... Now everything is virtual. It is a bit sad, especially when you have lived both worlds. The good thing is that virtual formats cannot be damaged by a fire, floods, earthquake...

 

 

 

It is also true that you tend to have too many photographs, songs, films... and that they are easily forgotten. They are just kept alive as long as they have some importance to you.

However, here are some articles for you to read about the issue that don't agree with this trend...

The Guardian view on the analogue resurgence: the shock of the old (The Guardian)

Revolutionary new format puts an end to the analog vs. digital war (LondonJazzCollector)

The return of analog (DW) 

BBC axes several popular TV shows as part of major cuts  (Sky News)

 

 

SUMMER SCOREBOARD

 

 

 

 

The Listening Room:   A longer daily walk could be better for your heart than short strolls   (BBC Learning English)  

  

Visit Albertomeditutor site  for SUMMER REVISION  

 

>>  Activities for my students in 1º ESO:

• Possessive pronouns (Agenda Web) - Different exercises to do

• Describing rooms in the house (English exercises)

  
  

Fill in the blanks with the verbs TO BE & TO HAVE either in the affirmative or the negative. Write the contracted forms in brackets if possible :

1) You __________ short, but you __________ fat.

2) __________ the cat here? No,it isn't. 

3) We __________ hungry; __________ you got any food? 

4) I __________ got some food in the fridge. 

5) She __________ hungry too, but she __________ got any food. 

6) Arthur __________ a teacher, he __________ a student. 

7) We __________ students. 

8) They __________ got a book. 

9) __________ it got any milk? 

10) _______ she a doctor? No, she ________; she ________ a nurse.

   

>>  Activities for my students in 2º ESO:

 

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

Suitable prepositions for ADVERBIALS OF TIME

NO PREPOSITION....

• today, tomorrow, yesterday

• yesterday evening, tomorrow morning

• last night

• this morning

AT.....

• times   (at  one o'clock)

• at midnight/midday

• at Easter, Christmas

• at night

ON.....

• days  (on Thursday)

• dates (on 23rd February)

• days + parts of  the day  (on Monday mornings)

IN.....

• years   (in 2008)

• months  (in January)

• seasons of the year (in winter)

• parts of the day ( in the evening)

Some exercises to do >>>   1     2     3  

  

>>  Activities for my students in 4º ESO:

Unit 4

MODALS & SEMI-MODALS

 Some exercises for you to do... 

Simple introduction and exercise       

Modal Verbs (B1)     

Modals rephrasing    <<<<<

Verbs followed by...  

ING forms, TO-infinitives, base form??

Some exercises to practise      

 

 

 

 

  Here's my musical hint for today:    Over My Shoulder by Mike + the Mechanics. And here's a version with the lyrics for you to sing along.  

 

 

 

 

Office English:   Describing your job  (BBC Learning English)  

 

Here are some more activities for my students:

• English in a Minute:  4 Phrases with ICE  (BBC Learning English)

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  Real Easy English: Talking about OLD FRIENDS  (BBC Learning English)

• The English We Speak:  Gatekeep   (BBC Learning English)

• Listening exercise for you to do:   The power of pepper  (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English) 

 

 

The Entire History of....   WW1 Explained In 12 Minutes     

 

 

English with Lucy talking about... If you know these 75 words and phrases, your English is OUTSTANDING  

 

 

 

 

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

Learn English with Tangled -   Rapunzel Visits the Tavern    

 

 

 

Practise British English Through Stories - The Model Millionaire by Oscar Wilde - Classic Stories

 

 

We all need each other

 

 

 

We all need each other!! As English poet John Donne said, "No man is an island".

 

 

 

 

 

 

Students need teachers, but teachers also need students to teach. Men need women, but women need men to form a family because we all "need a shoulder to cry on". So "let's all pull together" to reach our goals in life, as our Spanish national team did in the last world cup.

 

 

SUMMER SCOREBOARD

 

 

 

 

Learning English from the News:   Trump shooting attempt  (BBC Learning English)  

 

  

 

 

Visit Albertomeditutor site  for SUMMER REVISION  

 

>>  Activities for my students in 1º ESO:

• Exercise on the Saxon Genitive (Practising English) & Saxon Genitive exercises (Agenda Web) 

• HOUSE - PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE (English exercises)

• Some sentences for you to translate into English:

 - Ella no tiene una nariz ancha.

- ¿Es tu tía una persona amable? Sí.

- Sus ojos son azules, pero no muy grandes.

- Bob el jardinero es muy valiente.

- Nosotros no tenemos un instituto muy viejo.

   

>>  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 

 

 

>>  Activities for my students in 4º ESO:

Unit 3

Future tenses (REVISING THE FUTURE TENSES.....):   exercise   ,  1  ,  2   ,  3   

 

Rewrite the following sentences using the suitable future tense:  

1. I have decided to write a comment every two weeks. 

2. We have already bought the flights to New York for August.

3. Our English teacher has a dream about his students working regularly one day.

4. The tour guide announced the visit to the Alhambra in the morning and the lunch for 2 pm.

5. Granada FC against Betis next 5th November.

6. She is about to have another baby next winter. 

7. "The phone is ringing. Don't move! I can pick it up and answer it for you, Dad." 

        

 

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

Another exam for our students to practise:   2026_A flash Chinese speaker    

Answers to the exam in the previous post....

A1- c  (line 12)  A2- d  (line 3)   

A3: TRUE. (line 4): "For two weeks he moved in and out of consciousness"   

A4: FALSE (line 7): “At first Ben had no idea that anything was unusual.” 

A5: TRUE (lines 14-15) “He gradually began to speak English with his parents and brother but could still use Chinese with hospital staff.”

A6: FALSE (lines 19-20) “(One contestant gave him a ‘super-like,’ and) though she and Ben dated briefly, they soon realized they weren’t a match.”

A7.1: awake (line 5)   A7.2: joy (line 6)    A8.1: contestant (line 19)   A8.2: rush (line 5) 

USE OF ENGLISH

B1: I didn’t watch the second season of Stranger Things as fast as (I did/watched) the first (one).
B2: The janitor warned the students to be careful on the slippery floor.
B3: Although Jason didn’t feel like going out that day, he met his mates at the pub.
B4: You’d better not use your phone before going to bed at night.
B5: Sarah is really keen on sitting outside and sunbathing.
B6: I’ve had my laptop fixed by a friend who knows a lot about computers.

B7: Every participant in the contest has to sign this form.
B8: The new climate report will have been completed (by the team) by the end of the month (by the team).
B9: She is confident enough to speak in public.
B10: Nobody is allowed to/is to/can enter the lab without an identification badge.
B11: The match was cancelled because it rained/was raining heavily  /  because of the heavy rain.
B12: If she doesn’t train hard, she won’t win the swimming competition. 

 

Brainstorming   >>>  You can give me ideas to include in your composition about either of the topics proposed. 

 WRITING (3 points)
C. WRITE A COMPOSITION OF 140–180 WORDS ABOUT ONE OF THE TOPICS PROPOSED AND FOCUS ON IT. CHOOSE ONE TOPIC ONLY:
C1. Why is speaking foreign languages important today? Explain.
C2. Would you like to be on a reality show? Give reasons.

 

 

  Here's my musical hint for today:    My Oh My by Slade. And here's a version with the lyrics for you to sing along.  

 

 

 

 

Office English:   Career development  (BBC Learning English)  

 

Here are some more activities for my students:

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

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  Real Easy English: Talking about DIY  (BBC Learning English)

• The English We Speak:  One size fits all   (BBC Learning English)

• Listening exercise for you to do:   Searching for life on other planets  (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English) 

 

Some articles for you to read about the issue...

Are we alone? New discovery raises hopes of finding alien life (The Guardian)

Will we one day find intelligent life beyond our planet? (DW)

Scientists find 'strongest evidence yet' of life on distant planet  (BBC News)

The Entire History of....   Spain    

 

 

 

40 min of C1–C2 English Listening for IELTS Band 9 | Real Native Speed

 

 

 

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

Learn English with Ryan Gosling movie -   Project Hail Mary