Just small potatoes!!

"Why was she crying?" "Oh, nothing. Her business was just small potatoes!"  What does this expression mean?

   

Listen to this song by Mark Knopfler and you'll find out: Small potatoes . You can have a look at the lyrics to try to understand it better.

 

Here are some activities for you to do:

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

• Listening exercise for you to do: How green is your money?   (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

• This is not small potatoes at all!!  News Review: Amazon water levels at record low  (BBC Learning English)

• Learn how to speak naturally:  How to show annoyance  (BBC Learning English)

 

 

Activities for my students.....

 

in 2º ESO:  SIMPLE PAST - REGULAR VERBS  

in 3º ESO:  Exercises on 'USED TO'  

 

in Bachillerato:

 

184. A. READING AND COMPREHENSION. Read and then answer the questions:

"Death will come to those who disturb the peace of Pharaohs..." These were the words found inscribed in the tomb of the Egyptian boy King Tutankhamun at Luxor, when it was opened in February, 1923 - for the first time in 3,000 thousand years.

 

The man who led the expedition to Egypt to excavate Tutankhamun's tomb was an Englishman, 57 year old Lord Carnarvon. And the Curse of Pharaohs was well known to him. He knew what had happened to the man who, in the late 19th century, had brought another Pharaoh's coffin  back to England. Arthur Weigall, one of the men in Carnavon's expedition, had told Carnarvon all about the owner of the coffin. "No sooner had he obtained the coffin than he lost his gun when his gun exploded. The ship in which the coffin was sent home was wrecked. The house in which it was kept was burnt down. The photographer who took a picture of it shot himself. A lady friend of whom the owner was very fond was lost at sea."  The list of tragedies was of enormous length.

 

1. What do you think the words found in the tomb of Tutankhamun mean?  ______________________

2. Who was Tutankhamun?   ______________________________________________________

3. What happened in February, 1923?   ______________________________________________

4. Who was Lord Carnarvon?  ________________________________________________

5. What had happened when someone else had taken another Pharaoh's coffin to England in the late 19th century?

 

Now define the following words from the text (you can also give synonyms):

 

6. coffin   _____________________________________________________________________

7. enormous   __________________________________________________________________

8. Pharaohs    __________________________________________________________________

185. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions:

I  want  to  tell you something ..........  Arthur. He  lives ..........  21  Gladstone Avenue,.......... Mrs Harrison  and  Mr Smithers.  He  works .......... the library ..........  Middleford High  Street. The Sunny Snack Bar is quite ......... the  library ..........  the other side .......... the road. Sometimes he  goes there .......... a cup .......... coffee.

  

186. PRODUCTION. Write about your childhood (remember how to express habits in the past and REMEMBER + V-ing) and the changes in your life since then.

Small Potatoes - Love is in the Air | Songs for Kids

 

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