Don't miss the last train...

 

Don't miss the last train... to success!!!  You've still got some time left to revise and prepare for the coming school year. 

The more you do now, the easier it will be for you to handle with the hurdles you are going to find on the way. Some of your colleagues have done an excellent job during the summer time and are ready for the new challenges.

 

Check the SUMMER SCOREBOARD so far!!!

 

Here's my musical hint for today:  Last train from Gun Hill , which was the soundtrack of a famous western film. Here's the trailer of the film:

 

Last Train From Gun Hill (1959) Trailer

 

 

What was your summer like? What would you have done if you had been able to?

 

 

Some activities for you to do: 

• A listening exercise for you to do:   A future without doctors?   (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

• Shakespeare speaks: All that glitters is not gold (BBC Learning English) 

• Another listening exercise for you to do: Are you afraid of maths? (the fear of numbers)  (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

• Drama, Father and Son : Episode 4  &  Meet people who knew the missing man (Episode 5,1)  (BBC Learning English) 

  
  
  

 

Solutions to USE OF ENGLISH exercise in the previous post:

21.  D   22. B  23. B   24. D   25. B   26. C   27. D  28. D  29. A  30. C   31. A  32. C  33. C  34. B   35.  B   36.  B   37.  C   38.  A   39. B   40. A

REVISING FOR 2º ESO STUDENTS

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE   //   FOR & SINCE

Some exercises to practise:   1    2    3   

Some exercises to practise with the difference between FOR & SINCE:   1   2   3   

 

mmmEnglish shows us 4 Simple, Everyday Habits To Improve Your English... Every Day!  >>>>

Our students handing in some projects at the very last minute:

Project on A Foreigner in Britain by María González (1º Bachillerato)

Project on The Hound of the Baskervilles by María González (1º Bachillerato)

 

 

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

Monty Python Communist Quiz sketch

 

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Respect for everybody

We should respect each other and that is the basis for coexistence, family harmony, co-existence rules and for the world peace. 

 

RESPECT is such an important word nowadays in our world regarding other races,  or women, like in the two next instances I present you:

• Afghanistan: Taliban retake Kabul (News Review, BBC Learning English)

• The song RESPECT by Aretha Franklin (official trailer)
  

 

Jennifer Hudson brings "Respect"  

 

 

Here are some previous posts related to this incredible singer Aretha Franklin:

• Are we a chain of fools? 
  

• Covid-19 stories to tell (QUARANTINE: DAY 73)  
  

• Time to shake your body!!! 
  

• We say a little prayer for you  
  

Here's my musical hint for today:  RESPECT by Aretha Franklin (with lyrics)

 

 

 

 

mmmEnglish shows us How to show respect in English  >>>>

 

 

Some articles for you to read about the withdrawal of UN troops from Afghanistan and the Taliban regime:

• ‘We lost everything’: Afghan wheelchair basketball team captain speaks out (The Guardian)
  

• Afghanistan: Where will refugees go after Taliban takeover? (BBC News)
  

• Afghans watch nervously as Taliban regime takes shape, and US and its allies continue frantic exit (CNN)

 

HIGHWAY TO B2.....

USE OF ENGLISH. Multiple-choice exercise. Choose the appropriate option:

 

21. ".................?" one shouted to the other.   (A  Shall you come    B   Do you come   C  Come you to   D   Are you coming  )

 

22. "It's too late .................. !" the other shouted back.    (A  for running   B   to run   C  to be running   D   that we run )

 

23. "We couldn't get to the cellar ........................ we could run faster!  (A  except    B   even if   C  because   D   although ) 

 

24. He isn't young any more. His friend isn't ........  (A  also   B  neither   C too   D   either ) 

 

25. "If we .................... sooner, we might have got there."   (A  started    B   had started  C  would have started   D  start ) 

 

26. He has dug his pick into the ground ...............  blown away.   (A  to keep being    B   because he isn't   C  so as not to be   D   for not being ) 

 

27. His dungarees are ............ snatched off.     (A  being about    B   just to be   C  on the point of   D   are about to be ) 

 

28. The tornado is destroying everything .................. .     (A  in the path of it     B   in it's path   C  of its path    D  in its path ) 

 

29. The farmhouse roof is being blown ...................   (A  off    B  up   C  out   D  away from it ) 

 

30. After the storm, it ................ repaired.    (A has to be   B   has been   C  will have to be   D  is ) 

 

31. The tornado has picked up a cow as if it were ..................... a feather.        (A  as light as    B   lighter as   C  lightly like   D  the lightest as ) 

 

32. The woman .................... the cow never stopped.  (A  what milked   B  which milked   C  who was milking   D  that is milking ) 

 

33. She had no idea she was sailing through the air, ............. ?   (A didn't she   B  hadn't she  C  had she    D  wasn't she ) 

 

34. It is possible she ............... into another state.     (A  is blown    B   will be blown   C  blew  D  will blow ) 

 

35. The two farmers will be lucky  ........ they don't join her.   (A unless   B  if   C supposing  D  whether ) 

 

36.  One is clutching a post to keep from ........... pulled up into the sky.   (A  himself    B   being   C  his being   D  he was ) 

 

37. He ........... about the storm until it came.   (A  wouldn't be worrying  B  wasn't worrying   C  hadn't worried   D  shouldn't worry ) 

 

38.  The two were too busy .................... the fence.   (A  mending    B   to mend   C  by mending   D   to have mended ) 

 

39. Now they only hope it ...................... carry them away.    (A  didn't    B  doesn't   C  wouldn't   D   might not ) 

 

40.  They will be happy when it ............. over.   (A  is   B  will be  C  is to be  D  can be )

 

Solutions to USE OF ENGLISH exercise in the previous post:

1.  A   2. C  3. C   4. B   5. D   6. A   7. C  8. B  9. B  10. D   11. D  12. A  13. B  14. A   15.  D   16.  B   17.  B   18.  C   19. A   20. C

 

 

Some activities for you to do: 

• A listening exercise for you to do:   Concussion in sport   (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

• English in a Minute: 3 ways to use 'pick up' (BBC Learning English) 

• Another listening exercise for you to do: Intimacy on Screen  (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

• Drama, Father and Son : Episode 3  (BBC Learning English) 

  
  

  
  

 

  

REVISING FOR 2º ESO STUDENTS

 

 

 

 

50. Write questions for these answers.

1. ______________________________? Our father plays basketball with us.

2. _______________________________ ? Sara is walking around with her boyfriend.

3. ________________________________? They met my mother at school.

4. _____________________________? My mum told me what happened.

5. ______________________________? Albert plays tennis a lot because he loves it.            

51. Complete the sentences with the comparative form or the superlative of the adjectives

and adverbs in brackets. Fill in the dotted gaps with ‘than’ or ‘the’.

 

1. Carreño was ___________ ............... Djokovic at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, 

but he is ............... ________________  player of the season.   (good)

2. It snows ________________ (heavily) in the north of Spain .................... in the south, 

 so you cannot drive ______________ (well) in Bilbao ................... in Malaga.

3. De Jong is ______________ .................. Haaland, but I’m sure 

Di María is one of  ....................... ________________ players in the world. (slim)

4. People say Sabio brothers are ____________________ ..................... Oliver, 

but who is  ..................... __________________  student in class?  (hardworking)

5. My English teacher is not ................. ______________ man at school, 

but he is surely _______________ ................ Stephen Hawking. (silly)                                              

52. Write sentences with the words below using the COMPARATIVE OF EQUALITY and INFERIORITY.

1. Pete is 1m60 tall. Frank is 1m60 tall  _____________________________

Joe is 1m55 tall   _________________________________________

2. Ann got a 9 in the exam and Jane a 7.

(lazy) __________________________________________________

(hardworking)   _________________________________________          

 

 

 

 

Project about A Foreigner in New York by José Corzo (2º Bach A)

 

 

 

 

 

ject about Jane Eyre  by Francisco González (2º Bach A)

 

 

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  Tennis: The Big Three fighting to be the G.O.A.T.

  
  

  
  

A dino bird, an example of a devoted dad

 

Beware of Cassowaries, these dino birds!!! However, males are an example of devoted dads.

Here's my musical hint for today about this amazing bird: Supertramp - Cassowary Song 

 

 

And now let's learn about Cassowaries...

Giant Cassowaries are Modern-day Dinosaurs | Seven Worlds, One Planet | BBC Earth

 

 

Is this Bird a Living Dinosaur?   (Breaking Trail)

 

Cassowary, among the most dangerous birds on the planet. Look it up in this article in the Britannica enciclopedia.

Why Cassowaries Are the Most Dangerous Bird on the Planet??   &
When Cassowaries Attack 

 

 

HIGHWAY TO B2.....

USE OF ENGLISH. Multiple-choice exercise. Choose the appropriate option:

1. Kansas is ................... states in America's mid-west.   (A  one of the flattest    B   the flattest   C  as flatter as   D   flattest of the  )

 

2. When spring comes to Kansas,  ..................  do the tornadoes.    (A  then    B   also   C  so   D   and )

 

3. A tornado ........................ by its whirling, funnel-shaped cloud.  (A  has recognized    B   recognized   C  is recognized   D   recognizes)

 

4. It is extremely ..........    (A  destructable   B  destructive   C destroyed   D   destroying)

 

5. .................... people in Kansas know when a tornado is coming.   (A  More    B   The most  C  Much   D  Most )

 

6. The afternoon grows hot and the skies ...............   (A  darken    B   darkened   C  are darkening   D   have darkened )

 

7. When this ............ people go into their storm cellars.     (A  is happening    B   will happen   C  happens   D   has happened )

 

8. Although people in Kansas live with tornadoes, they never .................. .     (A  getting used to them     B   get used to them   C  used to get them    D  get them used to )

 

9. The two farmers in the picture were too busy ................... the storm coming.   (A  seeing    B  to see   C  having seen   D   by seeing )

 

10. The fence they were working on needed ................    (A mended   B   to mend   C  to have mended   D   mending )

 

11. Fences .......................... regularly.        (A  have farmers to mend    B   are having to be mended   C  have mended   D  have to be mended )

 

12. If they aren't, animals .................... into the cornfields.  (A  will wander   B  will have wandered   C  are wandering   D  will be wandering )

 

13. They .............. the young corn.   (A would like eating   B  like to eat  C  liked to eat    D  are liking )

 

14. The two men were helping ...............     (A  each other    B   themselves   C  the other  D  oneself )

 

15. One man dug holes  ........ the other put in the posts.   (A when   B  since   C then  D  while )

 

16.  ........... they stretched wire between the posts.   (A  As    B   Then   C  When   D  After )

 

17. As they worked, the sky grew ............   (A  darkly  B  dark   C darkened   D  darken )

 

18.  Suddenly, they heard ....................   (A  the roar from the wind.    B   the windroar.   C  the roar of the wind.   D   the winds roar. )

 

19. It was ...................... a jet plane taking off.    (A  louder than    B  as loudly as   C  as louder than   D   louder as )

 

20.  The two farmers were taken ............... surprise.    (A  from    B   with  C  by   D   in )

 

Some activities for you to do: 

• English in a Minute:   Five ways to use 'in' with time expressions   (BBC Learning English)

• News Review: Climate crisis: Last warning for humanity? (BBC Learning English) 

  

• A listening exercise for you to do: Inside the head of Jeff Bezos  (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

• Drama, Episode 2 : An important discovery  (BBC Learning English) 

   

  
  

  

REVISING FOR 2º ESO STUDENTS

46. Complete Evelyn’s postcard with the verbs in brackets in the PRESENT CONTINUOUS 

or the PRESENT SIMPLE.

Dear Mum and Dad,

I (1)  ______________ (write) to you from the terrace of my hotel. 

I (2) _____________ (have) my breakfast out here every morning. 

Right now I(3) ____________(look) at the sea and palm trees. 

The sun (4) ______________(shine) and the birds (5) _____________ (sing)! 

They (6) _____________(greet)  me like this every morning. Costa Rica is fantastic!

Evelyn                                                                                                          

47. Translate these sentences:

1. El tío de Peter es menos inteligente que su mujer.

_________________________________________________________

2. Madonna no es la chica más sosa de la fiesta. _____________________________

3. Escuchame. El libro es lo suficientemente interesante para que te lo leas.

________________________________________________________

4. Mis primos solían jugar al fútbol conmigo.

_________________________________________________________

5. No había demasiado comida para todo el mundo, pero había suficiente agua para 2 días.

_______________________________________________________       

48. Complete the letter with appropriate OBJECT PRONOUNS.

 

1. I hardly ever tell my sister anything. I don’t trust  ____________.

2. We buy newspapers everyday and my father reads _____________ after lunch.

3. Send ___________ a WhatsApp when you arrive. We are a bit worried.

4. This is the book. We have to write a summary of ___________.

5. I can’t hear ___________. Can you speak more loudly?          

49. Complete the sentences with the SIMPLE PAST form of the verbs.

 

1. (your father, read) ____________________ the newspaper this morning? 

No, he _____________. I (buy) __________________ it before going to school.

2. Many students (sing) _________________ Happy Birthday to their teacher.

3. We (have) _____________________ English yesterday.

4. The aliens (not shout) ____________________ angrily at me.                       

 

Project about A Foreigner in New York by Lucía Espinosa (2º Bach A)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Episode 210811 / 11 August 2021    >>>  Piano artificial intelligence   -    Language related to 'music'.  

Need-to-know language: improvising, composing, original, innovative & showcasing.