Heading for the new school year

 In less than a month we will be starting our new school year. How do you feel? Eager or anxious?

First, let's check the different meanings of HEAD (English in a Minute, BBC Learning English). Can you tell me the exact meaning of 'head' in the title of this blog post?

Secondly, can you tell me the difference between 'eager' and 'anxious'? Watch this video and check!

A listening exercise for you to do: Do you have eco-anxiety?  (BBC Learning English)

Teacher wellbeing: how to mentally prepare for a new school year (The Guardian)

Back to school: Pupils head back to class (BBC News)

 

DAY ELEVEN

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

• MODAL VERBS (ToLearnEnglish) - Can, Must or Should?
  
• Adverbs of manner (Test-English)
  
• Who says these questions? A ticket seller at a bus station or a passenger? 

  a) How much does a ticket cost?    b) Can I help you?     c) Where's the bus stop?    d) When's the next bus?     e) How often does the bus run?    f) Woud you like a ticket?    g) Which bus do I take?

 Complete the dialogue with the previous questions?  

A: ____     B: Yes, please. I'd like to go to the beach.  _____    A: Bus 345 goes to the beach.   B: ____    A: Every twenty minutes.    B: I see.  ____     A: In ten minutes.    B: ___     A: It's £5 ____    B: Yes, please. _____   A. It's right over there. Have a good trip!

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: 

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  News Review: Green flights? IMPOSSIBLE  (BBC Learning English)
  

• A listening exercise for you to do: Finding your way in space  (BBC Learning English)

• English in a Minute: Learn the different uses of the preposition FOR  (BBC Learning English)

• Learn how to speak naturally:  How to tell a story  (BBC Learning English)

The English We Speak Be in with a shout (BBC Learning English)

 

HIGHWAY TO B2.....

 

TEST YOUR ENGLISH

A. Choose the correct option.

21. Just as the violinist began to play, one of the ......  on his violin broke     a. cords   b. tapes   c. strings   d. wires    e. cords

22. The little girl woke up screaming because she had had a  .....     a. daydream    b. nightmare  c. fantasy    d. vision     e. reverie  

23. John is going to ......   his examination in December.     a. make   b. prepare   c. take   d. enter    e. present   

24. Have you any .....  where you left your car keys?     a. knowledge     b. information   c. notion    d. idea   e. thought 

25. If you want to change the colour of these walls, they will need at least two ...... of paint.    a. layers   b. coverings   c. coats   d. sheets     e. covers  

26. The magistrate .....  the parents for not exercising proper control over the delinquent boy.    a. blamed    b. faulted   c. judged     d. accused     e. exposed  

27. I'dlike to  ...... the holiday arrangement once more before we leave  tomorrow.  a. go for   b. go over   c. go round  d. go about    e. go by   

28. Mr Brown always ..... his letters to his secretary as soon as he has opened his post.       a. answers    b. writes   c. copies     d. dictates     e. replies   

29. He made a note of the appointment in his ......    a. journal    b. diary   c. ledger   d. register  e. directory   

30. How ..... is your house from the station?    a. long      b. distant   c. near    d. far    e. close    

Answers to part one in the previous post...

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

 

   

Here's my musical hint for today: Back to School Again in the film Grease 2. 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 Michael Jackson's Beat It!