lunes, 28 de julio de 2025

Always in the search of money, treasures...

 


 

 

Man is always chasing money, treasures, wealths... This obssession to become richer, to be more powerful, to dominate others has often brought along wars and conflicts, sometimes worlwide spread!!! 

 

However, you can't always do things for money or any kind of reward. You must carry out certain tasks because you feel like doing them such as me trying to help my students or them working during the summer time. Another example is Indiana Jones, who accomplished his researches on behalf of science and for humankind.  😁😁😁😁

 

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny | Official Trailer   


 

 

Learning English from the News:  Kumbh Mela: 400 million to attend world's largest festival  (BBC Learning English)

   

 

  

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

Solutions to the exam...

1- b  (line 8)  2- d  (lines 13-14)   

3: False (lines 1-2) “(I mean, if you’ve got bills to pay,) you could buy a 10-kilo bag of chicken flavor for $10.”

4: True (lines 7-8) “They get first-rate healthcare and visits to psychiatrists who prescribe them antidepressants.”

5: False (line 8) “They get massages and spa days ....”

6: False  (line 11) “The overwhelming majority of shelter dogs are now adopted rather than put down.”

7.1: cruelty (line 10)   7.2: wild (line 3)    8.1: prescribe (line 7)   8.2: seed (line 3)

9- c (lines 2-3)   10- b (lines 10-11)

11: True (line 6). “The Suffragists campaigned for votes for upper and middle-class women and believed in peaceful protest.” 

12: True (lines 8-9) “Many protesting Suffragettes were arrested for law breaking and most of them went to prison.”

13: True (lines 11-12) “After women’s active help during World War I, no one dared to neglect their right to vote, which was approved in Parliament in 1918.”

14: False (lines 13-15) “(There is some divided opinion over the tactics the Suffragettes used to spread their message,) but they paved the way for future generations of women, and helped us all not only advance as a modern society but also make us aware of the importance of history in our lives.”

15.1: tactic(s) (lines 8, 13)   15.2: spread (line 13)   16.1: frustrated (line 7)  16.2: protest (line 6) 

USE OF ENGLISH

17.1  to sign      17.2. had started      18.1  to     18.2 had

19. The police had already investigated the crime.

20. The boxes should be kept in the fridge.

21. How deep was the pit where you fell?

22. Henry VIII, who became king in 1509, married six times.

23. I regret not having gone by car / having taken the train.

24. they would have arrived even later.

25. In spite of the difficulty of the exam, they passed.

26. The woman must have seen the crime because she was standing next to the thief.

27. “Did you understand/Have you understood the film?” she asked.

28. My husband gave up smoking cigars four years ago.

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

  SUMMER REVISION  >>  Activities for my   students in 1º ESO !!!!

 

Solutions to the exercises in the previous post...

22My proposals: OK, See you then. - Shall we order a pizza and play some board games - What do you do?

23can play / can't    ;   can speak / can't speak   ;   I can play tennis, but I can't run very fast

24taller  ,  the most intelligent  ,  easier  , the slimmest

25. I've got the same nationality as my parents   -   My parents' house is different from President Trump's 

26. looks like ,  like   /   looks  /  like

27. Where does Mrs Wagner work - Does George like fast cars - What is that girl eating? -   What does your wife usually have for breakfast?

28. (My proposal) My father is cooking in the kitchen, my mother is reading the newspaper, my brother is writing a letter to grandma and my sister is playing computer games.

My father is going to have a siesta after lunch, my mother is going load the dishwasher, my brother is going to visit grandma and my sister is going to hang out with her friends in the park.

And remember that all the activities proposed will be compiled in my site: Summer Revision for 1º ESO 

 

NEW THAT'S ENGLISH   >>>> Here are my hints for you to watch:    1º ESO    Unit 8A    Unit 8B       3º ESO     Unit 4A    Unit 4B     

 

...and remember that if you want to watch more episodes, you can visit my site! 

 

 

 
 

SUMMER REVISION  >>  Activities for my students in 3º ESO:
 

Solutions to the exercises in the previous post...

76. TENSES. 

1. Has  your sister come , yet , still , visited , wasn't , She has been, since , still hasn't told

2. We haven't drunk

3. have you had , bought , ago , have had , since 1989


77. TENSES. 

1. will marry, will have   2. am just finishing   3. are you going to do , am going to travel   4. does your father do  ,  works   5. Don't spell

 

78. LANGUAGE IN USE. 

1. Have you ever been to the United States?    //    2. Can I help you, Sir?    //   3. I saw my little brother    //   4. By bus


79. Reply to your friend SHOWING INTEREST and then AGREEING or DISAGREEING.

1. Must you? So must my son.    2. Didn't you? I did.    3. Haven't you? And neither/nor has my sister

4. Is she? My parents aren't.


80TIRING  more tiring - Making a post is more tiring than watching the Tour de France on TV

the most tiring - The most tiring task in English is writing a comment on Albert's blog

UGLY  uglier - My sister is uglier than Beyoncé

the ugliest - My mother will never be the ugliest person for me

THIN  thinner - A Christmas Carol is thinner than Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde

thinnest - Sinbad is the thinnest book I've ever read.

  

81. Complete with an adjective or an adverb :

 1. well / fast /carefully....      2. good     3. well   4. new

                                                                                                                                            

82. Translate the following sentences into English :

1. The population in Spain is going down / decreasing and the number of soldiers is going up / increasing.

2. Have you ever driven? No, but I'd love to.

3. The exam is almost always too difficult.

4. Do you mind if I sit down. No, but stop smoking because I've got a cold.

5. All of them are taller than us, but none of them is better at basketball than us.

6. What time do you usually have lunch? Neither of them has lunch earlier than me.

7.Both of them are older than me, of course.

8. If you eat quickly/fast, we'll have time to go to the cinema.

 

 

 

 Here's my musical hint for today:  Big Money by Jon Batiste. And now here's a version with the lyrics for you to sing along. 

 




 

Here are some more activities for my students:








Mary's interview - IRELAND - #HUMAN   

 






 

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



Learn English with Wednesday -  At the airport   

 

 

...and also with Vicky the Viking Episode 22 The Treasure Chest  

  






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  2. I agree with you, but not completely. We know that doing tasks that you like to do for people is very nice, but sometimes people don't appreciate that action. Even some people take advantage of it. I know, I know, not all of people are bad, but you shouldn't do good actions for everybody, you should know which person deserves and which person doesn't.

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