viernes, 16 de agosto de 2024

Solid as a rock!!

Although my students are doing hardly anything, as far as I know, I have to keep as solid as a rock a go on working for them, regarding the commitment we all reached to achieve our goals.

Here are some activities for you to do:

The English We Speak: Shook (BBC Learning English)
Learning English from the News: Ukraine fights back inside Russia (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: Different meanings of COMPANY (BBC Learning English)
A listening exercise for you to do: What do kids think about climate change? (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

What are the most important things kids can do to prevent global warming? (American Museum of Natural History)

Children’s voices must be heard on climate crisis, says UN rights body (The Guardian)

What children want us to know about climate change | BBC Ideas

Road towards success in the Selectivity exam.....

2023_How King Tut conquered pop culture // Buzzing for life

Answers to to the Selectivity exam included in the previous post.

Text A 1. c (line 2) "became an instant media sensation" 2. d (line 4) "without accomplishing much in life"

3. FALSE (line 3) “As Carter carefully removed and calogued the contents...”

4. TRUE (lines 12-13) “Fighting his way to the throne, Tut encounters many obstacles, such as...”

5. TRUE (line 15) “The idea for the plot arose from the series of strange deaths that occurred....”

6. FALSE (line 16) “Lord Carnavon's, the excavation's aristocratic sponsor"

7.1 wealth 7.2 untouched 8.1 link 8.2 case

Text B 9. c (line 10) 10. b (lines 6-7)

11. FALSE (lines 2-3) “The latest pepetrator... recently reapproved by the Environmental Protection Agency”

12. TRUE (line 6) "eradicating entire harmeless species"

13. TRUE (lines 8-9) "bees fertilize other crops.....chocolate"

14. FALSE (line 16) "If bees disappeared quickly, plants wouldn't have time to adjust."

15.1 harmless 15.2 hunger 16.1 collapse 16.2 survival

17.1 to pay 17.2 has known 18.1 by 18.2 into

19. People asked the writer to sign books after her lecture.

20. It is said that he the .... / He is said to be the party's candidate for the general election

21. When are you going to phone Richard back?

22. The typical houses in Amsterdam, which have a narrow façade, were / , which were cheap..., have

23. Jane may have worked at that hotel last summer.

24. Don't take the car unless you can drive / if you can't drive / if you haven't got a driving license

25. He is the most famous person we have ever met.

26. I would rather to work from home than ~~coming~~ come to the office.

27. Let's order some pizza. / Shall we....? / Why don't we....? / How about ordering....? / What about..?

28. It is not possible to remember everything we read.

Some other interesting aspects to note in the exam:

Text A

In late 1922 As Carter carefully removed (took away) to line their eyer - eyeliner a youthful king such as (= for example)

Text B

The latest victim (the most recent) unintended (< to intend, intention) harmless (harmful) goods (mercancías) food supply (suministro) it's estimated that (= people estimate) evolved (< to evolve, evolution)