2022 Summer scoreboard: ZERO so far!

 

What's the matter with our students? The month of July has passed and not a single comment or piece of homework has been reported to the teacher. A new Selectivity entry exam is about to be set and nobody seems to be worried about. JUST AMAZING!!!

I'll keep working, but it is so disappointing when you realize you are alone in the task of accomplishing a mission, which is actually not your mission, but mainly your students' mission.

SUMMER 2022 SCOREBOARD

 

Some activities for you to do: 

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  News Review: Mystery child disease: Cause found  (BBC Learning English)
  

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  Listening exercise for you to do:  Learn some more modern idioms  (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)    

• Friday phrase: When was the last time that you felt all loved up?   (BBC Learning English)

• Frankenstein (Drama story) Episode 4:  Creature meets creator  (BBC Learning English)

• English in a Minute:  Adjectives without nouns  &   IF vs WHETHER    (BBC Learning English)

  

English with Lucy: "DO NOT SAY 'I know' or 'I understand' - there are MUCH better alternatives!"

Answers to part one in the previous post...

A.     31. b   32. c  33. a    34. c   35. d    36. a   37. d  38. c   39. d  40. d 

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

Mind Your Language - Funny moments  &  Su Li       

   

So here's my musical hint for today when Earth is in real danger: I don't want to live without you by the group Foreigner. Here's a version with the lyrics for you to sing and dance along!!

 

 

 

Football:  Football’s Greatest Players - The Contenders   

 

 

Salty risk

Would you believe it? Salt can be so dangerous for our health.

News Review: Killer salt??  (BBC Learning English)

 

Some articles for you to read about the issue:

• Adding salt to food at table can cut years off your life, study finds (The Guardian)

• Is a low-salt diet as unhealthy as having too much? (BBC News)
  

 

The Dangers of Salt:
It’s More Than Just a Blood Pressure Problem (PRITIKIN)

 

 

 

Some activities for you to do: 

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  News Review: Heatwaves across the world  (BBC Learning English)
  

• Two listening exercises for you to do:  Climate change and animal evolution & Sharks vs Humans (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)    

• Quizz on  JUST, ALREADY or YET??  (BBC Learning English)

• Frankenstein (Drama story) Episode 3:  Death in the family  (BBC Learning English)

 

Something also has to be done regarding our level of English because... 

 

   

So here's my musical hint for today: Summer nights (film GREASE). Here's a version with the lyrics for you to sing and dance along!!

 

Answers to part one in the previous post...

A.     21. a   22. d  23. b    24. b   25. c   26. b   27. b  28. c   29. a  30. a 

TEST YOUR ENGLISH

A. Choose the correct option. 

31. Amanda studies simply because she enjoys studying. She does a different course ...... .    a. all the years   b. every year   c. each of the years   d. all years

32. My father was excessively strict when I was young. He prevented me ..... to discos.    a. against going    b. of going   c. from going    d. to going

33. Although he seems very hard, Joe is in fact a very ...... soul, who can be easily hurt by unkind words.    a. sensitive   b. sentimental   c. sensational   d. sensible

34. The only .....  he gave for his strange behaviour was that he was a Capricorn.     a. reasons    b. reasoning   c. explanation    d. suggestion 

35. When the tickle in his nose became unbearable Albert ......     a. yawned   b. coughed   c. sighed   d. sneezed

36. ..... you do, don't tell the truth.        a. Whatever    b. However   c. What    d. No matter if

37. The only ...... to solve this problem is by working on it together as a team.    a. course   b. solution   c. route    d. way

38. My parents ..... to study architecture.    a. made me    b. guided me   c. forced me    d. let me

39. ...... increasing on a national level.    a. Crime are   b. The crimes are   c. The crime is   d. Crime is

40. ..... you react quickly when I ask you a question, I'm still not convinced that you're really listening to me.         a. Because    b. While   c. Since    d. Even if

 

 

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

Mind Your Language - Better to have loved and lost        

 

 

 

Football:  Football’s Greatest Players - Paolo Maldini   

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reggae nights

Once upon a time, when I was in my late teens and used to hang around every summer evening with my friends, this is the kind of music we used to dance to. 

What good memories! Now when we meet, in our late fifties, we laugh about it and all the nicknames we had. I hope you are enjoying your summer holidays because these are moments you will never forget.

 

   

So here's my musical hint for today: Reggae Night by Jimmy Cliff. Here's a version with the lyrics for you to sing and dance along!!

CONGRATULATIONS to Fran Toledo (3º ESO A) and José Adrián González (1º Bach A) for getting their B1 in English!!! Here are the marks in the 4 skills of a 3º ESO student, an example to follow by all the students at our school!!!

 

Some activities for you to do: 

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  News Review: Eight months' rain in 4 days  (BBC Learning English)
  

• A listening exercise for you to do:  Preserving traditional recipes (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)    

• Quizz on  FOR or SINCE??  (BBC Learning English)

• Frankenstein (Drama story) Episode 2:  It's alive!  (BBC Learning English)

 

Answers to part one in the previous post...

A.     11. b   12. b   13. d    14. c   15. c   16. b   17. c  18. d   19. a  20. a 

TEST YOUR ENGLISH

A. Choose the correct option. 

21. One of the most luxurious and expensive hotels in Europe is "The Shelbourne",  ...... located in the centre of Dublin.    a. which is   b. that is   c. where is   d. whose

22. They gave me a form and they told me to  .....     a. fill in    b. fill in it   c. filling    d. fill it in

23. My mother wants .....     a. that I study architecture   b. me to study architecture   c. me studying architecture   d. that I will study architecture

24. He entered the house as silently as possible .....     a. for not waking his parents    b. so as not to wake his parents   c. for not wake his parents    d. to not wake his parents

25. It's Saturday so I ......    a. mustn't go to the school   b. mustn't go to school   c. don't have to go to school   d. don't have to go to the school

26. Not too many people  ..... at the meeting.      a. came    b. turned up   c. put up    d. came up

27. My stomach feels strange. The food in the Indian restaurant ...... been bad.    a. must   b. must have   c. could had   d. might of

28. The time for discussing the problem is over. Now we must act.  "Discussing" in this sentence can be substituted for    a. arguing about    b. thinking about   c. talking about    d. delaying

29. The total influence of literature upon the course of human history ...... .  a. is difficult to evaluate   b. an evaluation is difficult   c. difficult to evaluate it   d. it is difficult to evaluate

30. Public transport in most of the country is getting better. ..... , people continue to prefer using the car.       a. However,     b. Consequently   c. Despite the fact    d. Although

 

 

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

Mind Your Language - What is a sextet?  & Failed but happy  (edited clips)      

 

 

 

Football:  Football’s Greatest Players - Ronaldo   

 

I just came for the strawberries & cream!

 

Yes, that's the case of many people and even of some tennis players when going to Wimbledon, but that is never the case of our Rafael Nadal and has never been!! 

 

Rafael Nadal: What Rafael Nadal did to this player should be illegal #3   Tennis most brutal performance

FULL TIE-BREAK | Rafael Nadal vs Taylor Fritz | Wimbledon 2022 (Epic victory on RTVE)

Rafael Nadal vs Taylor Fritz | Match Highlights | Wimbledon 2022 - YouTube

Prophetic commentary on young Rafa Nadal!!   

Some activities for you to do: 

• News Review: World Energy Crisis  (BBC Learning English)
  

• A listening exercise for you to do:  Restoring trust in Science (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)    

• The English We Speak: learning a phrase about determination - to have a  Game Face  (BBC Learning English)

• Frankenstein (Drama story) Episode 1:  A passion for science  (BBC Learning English)

 

   

Here's my musical hint for today: Never Forget My Love by Joss Stone. Here's a version with the lyrics for you to sing and dance along!!

 

 

Answers to part one in the previous post...

A.     1. b   2. b   3. d    4. b   5. b   6. d   7. a   8. a   9. b  10. c. 

 

TEST YOUR ENGLISH

A. Choose the correct option.

11. Susan ...... that she was Australian.    a. said us   b. told us   c. told   d. said to we

12. If I go to Egypt, I ..... the pyramids.    a. visit    b. will visit   c. would visit    d. visited

13. Who ...... James to the party?    a. invite   b. did invite   c. do invite   d. invited

14. Frank is used to .....   in a big city.     a. being living    b. live   c. living    d. have lived

15. Next January workers ...... an increase in pay.    a. will give   b. will given   c. will be given   d. will to give

16. He ..... for them for three hours before they finally arrived.     a. had waiting    b. had been waiting   c. had been waited    d. has waited

17. I ...... with you. I think we should paint the room blue.  a. agreed   b. am agree   c. agree  d. are agree

18. If she had read the book, she ..... about his life.       a. knew    b. had known   c. would had known    d. would have known

19. I want ...... to the cinema with me tonight.   a. you to go   b. you go   c. that you go   d. that you went

20. I wish you ..... to the party with me.    a. had gone    b. did went   c. did go    d. go

 

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

Mind Your Language - International Day  & Talking about phonetics III         

My offspring to come

What does 'offspring' mean? Offspring means "all a person's descendants". In the case of a teacher like me, it is all the generations of students that pass and pass through secondary education and that I try to teach English the best I can.

TEST YOUR ENGLISH   part one

A. Choose the correct option.

1. Where ...... from?    a. you come   b. do you come   c. do you   d. you came

2. When is she ..... Dublin?    a. leave    b. leaving   c. be leaving    d. left

3. How ...... ?    a. many years are you   b. many years have you   c. much age have you   d. old are you

4. Peter is looking for .....     a. we    b. us   c. our    d. they

5. You really should ...... your mother.    a. to phone   b. phone   c. phoned   d. have to phone

6. ..... you see that film last night? No, I haven't seen any film recently. 

   a. Do    b. Have   c. Had    d. Did

7. She has lived here ...... three years.    a. for   b. since   c. during   d. ago

8. He is the ..... man in the world.    a. richest    b. most richest   c. richer    d. more richer

9. I ...... a bath when the doorbell rang.    a. had   b. was having   c. were having   d. have

10. They went to Granada and enjoyed ..... very much?    

    a. himself    b. theirself   c. themselves    d. theirselves

 

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

A. COMPREHENSION. Answer the questions using your own words.

1. Why was Stuart Pike alone on the plane? He was alone because he was the only passenger to wait until the plane was fixed.

2. Why was it the best trip in his life?  It was the best trip in his life because he was offered a first class seat and he had all he wanted during the flight.

3. Did Stuart Pike watch any films? Justify your answer.     No, he didn't since he accepted the invitation to sit next to the captain in his cabin so as to watch the landing.

B. LEXICON. 

4. finish, do, accomplish

5. takeoff, take-off

6. to fulfil  (line 2)

7. to upgrade

C. GRAMMAR. 

8. Mr Pike said that it was the most pleasant flight he had ever had.

9. "Would you like to sit with me and watch the landing?"

10. He was given everything he wanted by the flight attendants. //  Everthing he wanted was given to him by the flight attendants.       

11. go

Some activities for you to do: 

• Learning a phrase: Have a frog in your throat  (Friday phrase, BBC Learning English)
  

• A listening exercise about the invention of the atomic bomb for you to do:  The Manhattan Project (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)   

   

• Mind your language: knockout competition  (BBC Learning English)

• News Review:  Prices rise across the world  (BBC Learning English)

 

 

 

Learn English with Lucy:

Replace those BASIC phrases with these ADVANCED alternatives!

 

 

 

 

Football:  Football’s Greatest Players - Iker Casillas   

 

 

 

 

Rafael Nadal: What Rafael Nadal did to this player should be illegal #2   Humiliation before his home crowd

 

Nadal's offspring >>>>> Carlos Alcaraz vs Oscar Otte | Match Highlights | Wimbledon 2022