Kissing July '23 goodbye

 

 

We are kissing July goodbye, as it is about to come to an end and we have to check what we have done so far. Your English teacher has already posted 6 blog entries so far this month, what about you?

 

SUMMER SCOREBOARD

 

Very few of my students are doing something!! So it is high time to put your mind in gear!

 

Climate crisis:  The Mediterranean on fire!!!

 

‘Like a blowtorch’: Mediterranean gripped by wildfires as blazes spread in Croatia and Portugal (The Guardian)

 

GREECE: Rhodes fires: Thousands forced to flee 'disaster film' wildfires (BBC News)

 

 

DAY NINE

SUMMER REVISION  >>  Activities for my students in 1º ESO:

• PRESENT CONTINUOUS (Agenda Web) - another exercise to do!  (Perfect English Grammar)

  

• Watch these New That's English episodes to revise the PRESENT CONTINUOUS:     

  MODULE 1 (NOTES)   Unit 9A    Unit 9B

• Then do these activities related to the two episodes you have just seen :

  1) Tell me what you are wearing right now.

  2) What do these words mean in Spanish: tracksuit bottoms, cardigan & pullover?

  3) Let's suppose you want to go to a summer party. Describe the clothes you would wear talking about colours, style, price, opinion/like, size...

  4) My friend likes wearing casual loose clothes during the summer time. Give me the opposites of 'casual' and 'loose'.

  5) Translate:  El jefe lleva puesto un traje a rayas. La camarera lleva una camiseta de colores brillantes. ¿De qué está hecha? Está hecha de algodón. Yo estoy buscando una blusa hecha de seda.
  

 

And remember that all the activities proposed will be compiled in my site: Summer Revision for 1º ESO

Here are some activities for you to do: 

• 

  The English We Speak: What does 'to kiss something goodbye' mean?  (BBC Learning English)
  

• Watch these New That's English episodes and learn about a new future tense (TO BE ABOUT TO DO SOMETHING):   MODULE 5 (NOTES) Unit 5A    Unit 5B

• English in a Minute: How to use THIS  (BBC Learning English)

• Learn how to speak naturally:  How to be sarcastic  (BBC Learning English)

Was That Sarcasm? | The Big Bang Theory

 

 

HIGHWAY TO B2.....

TEST YOUR ENGLISH

A. Choose the correct option.

1. Grandmother is always ......  her glasses.    a. misusing   b. misplacing   c. mistaking   d. mislaying    e. mishandling 

2. Add the grated ..... of two lemons to the cake mixture in the bowl.    a. skin    b. bark   c. rind    d. crust     e. pod  

3. Who told you John was ......  for that job?     a. putting in   b. putting off   c. putting about   d. putting down    e. putting over   

4. I hate to hear a clock .....  when I'm trying to go to sleep.     a. clicking     b. sounding   c. humming    d. ticking   e. ringing 

5. The hijackers were wearing stocking  ...... over their faces.    a. scarves   b. masks   c. disguises   d. veils    e. blinds  

6. .....  for the job should write to the Personnel Manager.      a. attendants    b. entrants   c. applicants    d. contenders    e. competitors  

7. I don't think this medicine ...... with me.  a. goes   b. suits   c. accords  d. fits    e. agrees   

8. If you'd like to go fishing, you can borrow my .....        a. stick    b. rod   c. pole     d. club     e. bat   

9. That tree was ...... by lightning in the recent storm.   a. hit   b. dented   c. hurt   d. flashed  e. struck   

10. The car stopped because  the driver had forgotten to ..... the petrol tank.   a. turn up     b. fill up   c. draw up    d. take up    e. put up   

mmmEnglish wants to know: What's your English vocabulary level?   Take this test and find out!

 

 

   

Here's my musical hint for today: Cool for the summer by Demi Lovato. You can have a look at the lyrics in this version with lyrics.

 

 

 

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

 Learn English with SHREK  - Ogres are Like Onions

 

 

 

 

Vintage tennis:  Nadal III 

Rafael Nadal vs Roger Federer - 2007 Final - Highlights / Roland Garros Classic Match (Eurosport summary). Here are also the highlights of the match against Djokovic. and against Juan Martín Del Potro.

   The film....