What if we were self-sustaining regarding our electricity supply?

 We complain so much about electricity bills, but could we have the solution in the European country of the sun right there in the sky? Do this listening exercise and pay attention to the solution found in the UK...

 

A listening exercise for you to do: Space-saving solar hacks  (BBC Learning English)

So it is high time for us to make a move.

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  Cost of living: The people using solar panels and turbines to reduce bills (BBC News)
• Solar panels: how to fix your energy bills while the sun shines (The Guardian)
• Saving solar energy for a rainy day (DW)
• The big business of solar energy in Spain | Focus on Europe (DW)

 

Here are some activities for you to do: 

 

• News Review: Banning 'steak'  (BBC Learning English)

• The English We Speak: Drip feed

  

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

• Learn how to speak naturally:  How to respond to good news  (BBC Learning English)

 

mmmEnglish:  Silent B in common English words     

 

Getting ready for Bachillerato.....

180. GRAMMAR

 

A. Transform the active sentences into the PASSIVE form of the present or the past:

1. Some people buy things on the Internet. Things_________________ on the Internet.

2. My mother made a delicious cake on Saturday. A delicious cake _______________on Saturday by my mother.

                                                                                                                                          

B. Complete the sentences using the PRESENT PERFECT or PAST SIMPLE, and fill in the gaps (…) with these words:  yesterday,   in October, since ,    for

1. Ricky (have)__________________ his bike ………….. two years.

2. I (have) _________________ an argument with my friend ………………...

3. Annie (not play) ______________  tennis ……………… she broke her arm.

4. ‘How long (they be) _________________ at this school?’ ‘They (start) __________ ……………             

C. Put the verbs in brackets into the SIMPLE PAST or the PAST CONTINUOUS:

1. I (cook) _________________ dinner when my father (come) ____________ into the kitchen.

2. Where (you, go) ___________________ yesterday when I (see) ____________ you.

                                                                                                                                          

D. Put the verbs in brackets into the SIMPLE PRESENT or PRESENT CONTINUOUS:

1. What (you, do) ________________ ? I (write) ________________ an exam.

2. The English class (start) ______________ at 8.30 and (finish) ______________ at 9.25.

                                                                                                                                          

E. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs:

1. If your girlfriend (see) ______________ you with another girl, she (kill) _____________ you.

2. Who (you, phone) __________________ if you (have) ___________________ any problems?

 

Answers to exercises in previous post.....

 

177. 1. How are you?    2. How often does your father go to the cinema?     3. Where were you born? 

178.   To  ,  only  ,   in   ,  because  ,   in   ,   so  ,   teeth  ,   at  ,   for  ,   as  ,   for  ,  about  

179. 1. I used to smoke when I was younger, but I don't smoke any longer because it is healthier.     2. Finding a hotel in Salobreña is quite easy.    3. My mother doesn't want me to go back home late.    4. You should get used to getting up earlier.   5. She didn't to bed until her son had arrived.

 

 

By the way, the new school year is about to start and if you have a look at the most popular posts in my blog, you will notice that 10 years ago Anna Rodríguez Pohlein got one of the best marks in the Selectivity exam ( Congratulations to Anna!!!!  ). These were the good old days of our school because we had this award three years in a row with two other students: Bernard Grell ( CONGRATS, HERR GRELL!!!! ) and Clara Prados ( Congratulations to Clara Prados ).

 

So it is time for our students to warm up to do their best and perhaps become 'workaholics' . What does this word mean? Check here.

  

Rare phenomena:   This is not lightning, it's a rare phenomenon called St Elmo's fire.  (BBC News) 

 

 

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

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