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.
Here's my musical hint for today: Have you ever seen the rain? by Creedence Clearwater Revival. And here's a version with the lyrics for you to sing along.
Students, teenagers... deserve attention, respect!!! Yes, they also have to give something back, that is to say, they have to show respect, pay attention... to their teachers, elderly people and even their peers!!!!
When the music or bell rings is just a kind of signal for the person speaking that he must come to an end with his explanations or whatever. What would students think if the teacher left the classroom as soon as the bell rings or the music starts when doing an exam??
So there's no need to shoot off when your teacher is finishing, or maybe one day YOU WILL BE SHOT!!!😠😠😠😠😠😡😡😡😡
41. TENSES. Put the verbs in brackets into their correct past tense, and fill in the gaps (...) with the following words: now, anywhere, never , still , last, ago, yet (note there are three too many)
1. (see) __________ you _____________ my watch? I can't find it .........................
No, I ___________ . When (see) __________ you ................... _______________ it?
2. (speak) _________ you ____________ to your teacher about your homework?
No, I (not speak) ___________________ to her ................... .
3. She (want) ___________ .................... __________________ to play Strip-poker with me.
42. TENSES. Put the verbs in brackets into their correct tense, and fill in the gaps (...) with the following words: if , when , until
1. The doctor (not let) _________________ him get up ................. he (get) ___________ better.
2. Albert said: "................... we (finish) _______________ Unit 10, we (begin) ______________ the final exams.
3. ................. I (pass) ______________ English and all the other subjects, I (go) ____________ to the beach every day.
"All work and no play makes Jack/Jill a dull boy/girl"
Spanish students are said not to speak foreign languages very well and that is absolutely false, as I have had the chance of meeting Spaniards all over the world being able to speak even four languages fluently and without the need of having learned them at school. It was just the need to communicate what forced them to make the effort.
Here's a new section in BBC Learning English which deals with the issue:
Listening exercise for you to do: Scared to speak English? (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)
And this is true as I could come to the conclusion when carrying out all my researches for my PhD, which you can download from one of the banners on the right of this page. That is why I encourage my students to make their own video sketches at home to reduce their anxiety to speak. Here are two examples of students from Mediterranean Sea Secondary School who made two excellent video sketches long ago (actually, it was in the late 20th century)...
43. Complete the sentences with the comparative form or the superlative of the adjectives in brackets.
1.
My mother is usually the _______________ person of my family when I
don't make my bed, but I am often _________________ than her when she
tidies my bedroom. (angry)
2. Asensio was not the ______________ player in the Olympics, but I’m sure I am not _______________ than him. (fast)
3.
My holidays this summer are _______________ than when we went to
Honolulu, but I think next year our holidays will not be the
_______________ holidays in our lives.(boring)
4. Bob is ___________ than Corvax, but who is the __________________ student in your class? (brave)
5. The Queen is _______________ than the Princess, but Muzzy is ___________________ creature in this cartoon. (fat)
44. Complete the negative and interrogative sentences with the verbs in brackets using the PAST SIMPLE:
How (students, get) ____________________________ to school before?
They (not take) __________________________ the train.
(your grandparents, watch) _____________________ the news on TV?
No,
they (not watch) _________________ them because there were no
television sets in the kitchen and they (not have) ____________________
lunch in the dining-room.
....4º ESO
19. Translate the following sentences into English:
1. Roberto es el de los vaqueros y la camisa celeste.
2. ¿Cómo es tu novio? El es muy divertido, pero es bastante tímido.
3. ¿Quién es la chica que se está quitando el abrigo?
4. Tenemos exámenes en el instituto tres veces al año.
5. ¿Con qué frecuencia hace tu madre la colada? Dos veces a la semana.
20. TENSES. Put the verbs in brackets into their correct tense, be careful with the position of the other words in brackets:
1. I (like/go)________________ out tonight with Michelle Pfeiffer.
2. Most bread in England (now/produce) _______________ by large industrial bakeries.
3. How many students (pass) _____________ the last English exam?
4. We (do)_____________ anything until we (hear)________ from you.
5. Where (stamps/sell) __________________________ in your country?
6. Look at my agenda, Mary! We (not/have) ____________________ any more English classes this week.
7. Paul (go) __________ into the bathroom just when Julia Roberts (have) _______________ a shower.
