We've got two-season years!!! There is no longer a transition between the winter and the summer, or between the summer and winter. Where are our springs and winters? So here we go again with the first heat wave.
And our 2º Bachillerato students have been studying, working, preparing... for the Selectivity exams that start to day around the clock!!! I wish them all the best of lucks!!
The English We Speak: Around the clock (BBC Learning English)
Here's the English exam they have done: June2025_Dollar princesses
These are my proposed answers, although I haven't double-checked them....
A1- d (lines 9-10) A2- b (line 14- who led....) A3: True. Lines 6-7: "However,... mansions"
A4: False. Lines 10-11: "Since the American ... nobility."
A5: False. Lines 13-14: "Very often... heiresses,"
A6: True. Lines 21-22: "her great-granddaughter ... the British throne. "
A7.1: roots (line 17) A7.2: mocked (line 16) A8.1: remodeled (line 16) A8.2: gambling (line 19)
USE OF ENGLISH
B1: If I had been sure, I would have told you.
B2: The laundry isn’t dry enough to be taken off the clothesline.
B3: I’d/ I would rather not go on the field trip.
B4: They aren’t allowed to leave the class without the teacher ́s permission.
B5: I think it’s time they went home/ I think it ́s time for them to go home
B6: Manuel is considered to be an expert on manga.
B8: How about going to Scotland next summer for a vacation?
B9: Alice gave up smoking three months ago.
B10: Anna sometimes gets gardenia bouquets delivered by Urban Flora.
B11: Dimitri speaks/ can speak English better than Alina
B12: Unless Masha gets top marks in the exam, she will be disappointed.
Here's my musical hint for today: The heat is on by Glenn Frey. And now here's a version with the lyrics for you to sing along.
Here are some activities for my students:
1º ESO Simple Past IRREGULAR VERBS
3º ESO Exercises on Reported Speech
Solution to the exercises in the previous post:
1. Jane may/might visit Switzerland next year. 2. I may/might take Spanish lessons.
3. They must be home by now. 4. James can't be eighteen yet!
5. The weather may/might be sunny tomorrow. 6. She must be at home.
7. It can't be Janet - She's in America. 8. She must think I'm stupid.
9. I must look silly in this coat.
10. They're always buying new cars. They must have a lot of money.
Here are some more activities for my students:
Learning English from the News: North Korean secrets revealed by phone (BBC Learning English)
English in a MINUTE: Verbs to use with RESOURCE (BBC Learning English)
Listening exercise for you to do: The male brain, the female brain (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)
Office English: How to deal with demanding clients (BBC Learning English)
English with Lucy providing us with some 25 Advanced English Grammar Test Practice Questions With Answers & Explanations
"All work and no play makes Jack/Jill a dull boy/girl"
Learn English with Spongebob - Best Scenes
Roland Garros 2025 - Jannik Sinner vs Andrey Rublev / vs Bublik and Carlos Álcaraz vs Tommy Paul / Ben Shelton
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