Watching the news is just a matter of watching how politicians, peoples, generations, parties, teams... never stop facing off and it seems they are never fed up. Well, I am and, surely, so are most sensible people!
Face/Off (1997) - Original Trailer
There are also times to bury the hatchet (look up words and idioms related to friendship) and accept the rules of competitions and who the winner is and who deserves the best of farewells, as it is the case of these two legends of football.
Two great legends say goodbye: Carlo Ancelotti (as a footballer) and Luka Modric (tribute) La Décima
Sometimes a friendship is for ever, like the one between the Sundance Kid and Butch Cassidy...
Paul Newman , Robert Redford - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | "The Money stays, you go"
Office English: Asking for and offering help at work (BBC Learning English)
3º ESO Unit 8 REPORTED SPEECH
Describe these two objects. Which 3 questions do you have to answer to write a proper description?
A torch and some goggles.
Rewrite the following requests, offers, instructions and suggestions:
1. Albert told his students to write 25 comments on his blog. >>> "...."
2. My father asked me to bring him a glass of milk. >>> "...."
3. The students suggested having a barbecue at the beach. >>> "..."
4. My uncle offered to buy me a strawberry ice-cream. >>> "....."
5. The police officer told us not to park there in front of the gate. >>> "..."
6. My mother suggested not taking that bus again. >>> "...."
7. She asked me to answer the phone for her. >>> "...."
Road towards success in the new PAU (Selectivity exam)
Solution to the exercises in the previous post:
8. Fill in the blanks with SO, SUCH or SUCH A,and then put the verb in brackets in the correct tense:
The apples were such good ones that we ate them all. >> What good apples we ate!
I had so many things to do that I slept in my office. >>> How many things I had to do!
It was such a rainy day that I didn't go out. >>> What a rainy day it was!
George was such a liar that we paid no attention to his words. >>> What a liar George was!
How would you rephrase these sentences? Using exclamatory sentences.
9. RELATIVE CLAUSES . Insert the second clauses into the first ones :
The milkman who got married last week comes at ten o'clock every day.
I went to that supermarket where your sister works.
Mr Smith works with that man, who I saw at your house.
She works with John, whose sister is my neighbour.
I've just bought the horse which won the Grand National eight months ago.
10. Put the following sentences into Indirect Speech :
He said he was going out then, but that he would be there by nine.
My mother asked me who had been using her typewriter.
The student asked the teacher if he wanted him/her to study that lesson.
We asked her not to come/go the next Tuesday.
She told you she was leaving the next day because her parents and yours would arrive that evening.
11. Put the following sentences into the ACTIVE VOICE :
1. People called out his name. 2. Nobody had delivered the message. 3. People will sing some songs.
Here are some more activities for my students:
Prepositions with Georgie: Prepositions for TRANSPORT (BBC Learning English)
English in a MINUTE: Verbs to use with GOAL (BBC Learning English)
Listening exercise for you to do: Foods that go crunch (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)
Learn English from the News: Human consciousness. Where is it in the brain? (BBC Learning English)
"All work and no play makes Jack/Jill a dull boy/girl"
Learn English with The Handmaid's Tale
