sábado, 2 de julio de 2022

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)