The CEO of posts in English for learners

 

Who is the CEO? He is the boss. Actually, he is the boss of the bosses!! 

He is "the highest-ranking executive in a company or organization, responsible for its overall direction and success. The CEO makes key strategic decisions, manages operations, allocates resources, and acts as the primary communicator between the board of directors and the company."  

 

The English We Speak:  The CEO of  (BBC Learning English)

 

Nevertheless, this expression can also be used to refer to a person who can be considered very good at doing something.

  

 

  

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

• 2022_JAQuisocala_Garum 

Some articles for you to read about the two issues dealt in the exam and that you should read before doing the exam:

• Pfand Bottle Return System in Germany 

• Deposit Return Scheme: Government announce plans to boost recycling (BBC News)

• Has Germany hit the jackpot of recycling? The jury's still out (The Guardian)

• A look at Germany's bottle deposit scheme  (DW) 

• Recycling Bottles in Germany [Understanding Pfand]

 

• Garum sauce: ancient Rome's 'ketchup' becomes a modern-day secret ingredient (The Guardian)

• The ancient condiment that came back from the dead (BBC News)

• Lying down and vomiting between courses: This is how Ancient Romans would feast (CNN)

• Israelis find rare Roman fish sauce factory (BBC News)

• What the Mesopotamians had for dinner (BBC News)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

Some exercises for you to do...

• THERE IS / ARE (OUP) - More exercises:   1 ,  2  

• THERE IS / ARE + SOME, ANY... (Oxford Univ Press)   1   2    

• Translate these sentences into English :
  
  1. ¿Cuántos libros tienes en la cartera? _______________________________
  2. No hay mucho queso en el plato. _____________________________
  3. ¿Hay dinero en mi cartera? No. ________________________________
  4. Los hermanos de Andy no están trabajando en una oficina. _________________

 

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! 

NEW THAT'S ENGLISH - albertomeditutor

 

 

 

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

 

Some exercises for you to do...

 

POLITE OFFERS AND POLITE REQUESTS

•   Mixed past tenses   and more

•   SUBJECT and OBJECT questions   and more

 

 

 

 Here's my musical hint for today:  APT. by Rosé & Bruno Mars. And now here's a version with the lyrics for you to sing along. 

 

 

 

Here are some more activities for my students:

• Listening exercise for you to do:   What is the manosphere?  (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)
  

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  English in a MINUTE: Phrases with HAT  (BBC Learning English)

• Real Easy English: Talking about YOUR BRAIN  (BBC Learning English)

• The English We Speak: Thailand-Cambodia conflict  (BBC Learning English)  

Awa's interview - BURKINA FASO - #HUMAN  

 

 

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

Learn English with movies -  Matilda   (full movie)

 

 

...and also with Vicky the Viking Episode 23 The Revenge of the Swordfish 

  

 

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.....

• 2022_Good day to be a dog_Women's right to vote in the UK  

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...

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

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

24. taller  ,  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! 

 

NEW THAT'S ENGLISH - albertomeditutor

 

 

 

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.

80. TIRING  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:

• Listening exercise for you to do:   What is degrowth?  (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English) 
  

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  English in a MINUTE: Phrases with FACE  (BBC Learning English)  

• Real Easy English: Talking about dream jobs  (BBC Learning English) 

• The English We Speak: The name of the game  (BBC Learning English)   

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  

  

Pets, a real problem during the summer time

 

 

 

 

Our lovely pets become a real problem during the summer time!!! Puppies, kittens, birds, goldfish... What can we do with them if we can't take them with us? 

 

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

• 2022_Good day to be a dog_Women's right to vote in the UK  

Some articles for you to read about the two issues dealt in the exam and that you should read before doing the exam:

• Owners urged to keep pets healthy in hot weather (BBC News)

• ‘You feel sorry for the person as well’: why are so many pet cats being abandoned? (The Guardian)

• Alarming rise in abandoned pets sparks 'crisis point' (BBC News)

• Women's suffrage - February 1918, first women gain right to vote in parliamentary elections (The Guardian)

• How women's rights evolved in Germany (DW)

• The black and Asian women who fought for a vote (BBC News) 

• Suffragettes: 100 years since women won the right to vote - BBC News

 

 

 

Learning English from the News:  War in Gaza 'must end now', 28 countries say  (BBC Learning English)

   

 

  

 

 

 

HIGHWAY TO B2.....

Solutions to VOCABULARY exercises in the previous post.

A   1. to take someone in/to deceive; 2. a crook; 3. to pass yourself off as; 4. to cheat; 5. cunning; 6. a trick; 7. to deceive

B   1. crooks; 2. been deceiving; 3. pass himself off as; 4. cunning; 5. cheats; 6. take you in; 7. betrayed; 8. tricks

 

C    1. on; 2. for; 3. in, out of; 4. by; 5. on; 6. at; 7. by/at; 8. of; 9. on
 

 

 

 

 

 

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

        

22. LANGUAGE IN USE. Complete these conversational exchanges.

"See you at about two o'clock"  ______________________________

"I don't want to go out tonight."  ______________________________

__________________________ ? "I'm an English student."

23. Say what these people "saben" or "no saben hacer".

1. Lebron James _______________ basketball very well, but he ___________ sing.

2. Vinicius jr ____________ Portuguese, but he _____________ Chinese.

3. I ______________________ , but I _____________________   

24. Put the adjectives in brackets into the COMPARATIVE or SUPERLATIVE form.

1. My sister's much (tall) ____________ than me.

2. She's (intelligent) ______________ person in our family.

3. English is (easy) ___________ than German.

4. He's (slim) _________________ person in the class, he only weighs 30 kg. 

25. Write sentences with "el mismo" or "diferente".

(your nationality and your parents' nationality)  ______________________________

(your parents' house and President Trump's house)  __________________________

26. Fill in the gaps with "look(s)", "look(s) like" or "like".

1. Alice ___________ her mother, but he isn't at all _________ her in personality.

2. Your cousin ___________ very happy.

3. What's your job _________ ? Boring.

27. Rewrite these sentences in their right order.

1. does Wagner work where Mrs?  ______________________________

2. fast does George like cars? ________________________

3. eating girl that what is? ____________________

4. for does what wife breakfast have your usually?  ______________________________

28. Tell a friend what the members of your family "están haciendo" now and what they "van a hacer" this afternoon.

______________________________

______________________________

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

 

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

 

76. TENSES. Put the verbs in brackets either in the PRESENT PERFECT or the SIMPLE PAST. Then fill in the dotted blanks with: SINCE , FOR , AGO , STILL , YET , ALREADY:

1. ______________ your sister ___________ (COME) out of hospital .......................... ? No, she is ................... there. I __________ (VISIT) her yesterday and she __________ (NOT BE) very well. She __________ (BE) in hospital ................. May and the doctor ....................... ___________________ (NOT TELL) her when she is going to go home.

2. We _______________ (NOT DRINK) whisky in our lives.

3. How long ________________________ (YOU, HAVE) that watch? I __________________ (BUY) it five years .................... in Andorra, so I ______________ (HAVE) it ........................ 1989.

77. TENSES. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate tense of the verbs given in brackets:

1. The fortune teller told me: "You ______________ (MARRY) a beautiful woman and you ___________ (HAVE) many children.

2. Wait a second! I _____ just _________ (FINISH) this exercise.

3. What _________________ (YOU, DO) this summer? I ___________ (TRAVEL) around the world.

4. What _____________________ (YOUR FATHER, DO) ? He __________ (WORK) in a factory.

5. _____________ (NOT SPELL) children with an 's' at the end.

78. LANGUAGE IN USE. Write the missing questions and answers.

1. ___________________? Yes, I've been to the United States twice.

2. ___________________? I'm just looking.

3. Who did you see at school this morning? __________________

4. How do you usually come to school? ______________

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

1. "I must study"   >>>   "___________? And ___________ my son."

2. "I didn't buy a Christmas tree."   >>>>   "__________ ? I ______________"

3. "We haven't finished the exam."   >>>>  " __________? And ______________ my sister."

4. "My mother is cooking paella on Sunday."   >>>>  "___________? My parents ____________"

80. Write the comparative and superlative forms of the following adjectives. Then make a sentence with each one.

TIRING  ______________    ______________________________________________

  ______________    ______________________________________________

UGLY  ______________    ______________________________________________

  ______________    ______________________________________________

THIN  ______________    ______________________________________________

  ______________    ______________________________________________

 

81. Complete with an adjective or an adverb :

 1. He drives very ___________________.      2. You speak very __________ English.

 3. Paco de Lucía played the guitar very ______________   4. My __________ car is parked outside.

                                                                                                                                            

82. Translate the following sentences into English :

1. La población en España está bajando y el número de soldados está aumentando.

2. ¿Has conducido alguna vez? No, pero me encantaría.

3. Casi siempre el examen es demasiado difícil.

4. ¿Le importa si me siento? No, pero deje de fumar porque estoy resfriado.

5. Todos ellos son más altos que nosotros, pero ninguno es mejor al baloncesto que nosotros.

6. ¿A qué hora suelen tus padres almorzar? Ninguno de los dos almuerza más temprano que yo.

7. Ambos son mayores que yo, por supuesto.

8. Si comes rápido, tendremos tiempo de ir al cine.

 

 

 

 Here's my musical hint for today:  Azizam by Ed Sheeran. And now here's a version with the lyrics for you to sing along.  

 

 

Here are some more activities for my students:

• Listening exercise for you to do:   How can we help wild bees?  (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English) 
  

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  English in a MINUTE: How to use DURING  (BBC Learning English)  

• Real Easy English: Talking about summer plans  (BBC Learning English) 

• The English We Speak: Up to my eyes in  (BBC Learning English)   

Philippe's interview - FRANCE - #HUMAN

 

 

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

Learn English with How I met your mother -  The best burger ever     

 

 

...and also with MIND YOUR LANGUAGE Teaching vowels