Are our teenagers' bedrooms suitable for what they have to do? Can they study properly? Can they sleep well? I'm afraid not. And that is the main cause of the problems they have nowadays to concentrate, to rest, to study... What is your bedroom like?
Work in the future: Does office design affect your work? (BBC Learning English)
Don't take my word for it and read some articles about the issue:
These teens turned their rooms into tech-free zones. This was the result (BBC News)
Teenagers' sleep quality and mental health at risk over late-night mobile phone use (The Guardian)
Teen Sleep: What Is It Good For? Absolutely Everything (TED talk)
Get out of my room! The truth about a teenager's bedroom (BBC Radio Four)
The Reading Room: Britain celebrates 200-year anniversary of passenger trains (BBC Learning English)
It's been a long day without our great master and we all hope to see him in a better place one day: See You Again by Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth. And here's a version with the lyrics for you to sing along.
Learning English Grammar (ask someone out, had been broken into, get on with someone, hit it off): First dates (BBC Learning English)
Here are some more activities for my students:
Listening exercise for you to do: Is social media dead? (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)
Real Easy English: Talking about DRINKS (BBC Learning English)
The Listening Room: Can people be freed from peanut allergy? (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: Phrases with 'grass' (BBC Learning English)
Extra activities for my students in...
....1º ESO
5.- Translate into English :
1) ¿Cómo es la señora Harrison? Es gorda y fea.
2) Tengo mucha sed.
3) Aquellos vasos están en la estantería,¿dónde está el vino?
4) Hay carne en el plato,pero no hay leche en el vaso.
5) ¿Tienes buen vino? Sí,tenemos un vino muy bueno.
19. TENSES. Put in the verbs into their correct tenses.
"I (write) ______ a book about voodoo," she (say) ________. "Everyone here (talk) ________ about you. They all (say) ______ you (be) ________ the best houngan in Haiti. They (say) _____ you (be) ______ a very strong and good houngan, and that you always (help) ________ people." he (say) ________. "(come) ______ into the house, Dr Jackson. Let me get you a drink and we can talk."
41. Make sentences in the PRESENT SIMPLE (routines) or the PRESENT CONTINUOUS (actions happening now)with the clues given:
1. How often / your brother / play / basketball ?
2. He / play / basketball / twice a week
3. you / study / English / now ? No, I / not study / English / now.
4. Teenagers / not get up / early / on Sundays.
...2º ESO
45. Fill in the gaps with the comparative forms of superiority or the superlatives of the adjectives in brackets:
1. Mike is (old) .......................... than Pete. In fact he is (old) ............................... of the four.
2. Pete is (slim) .......................... than Mike, but Kate is (slim) .............................. of the four.
3. Kate is (tall) ........................... than Pete and Trig is (short) ............................... of the four.
4. I think Kate is (intelligent) ...................................... than the boys. In fact Pete is (silly) ........................................... of the four.
5. Trig looks (happy) .............................. of the four, but it isn't (happy) ........................ than me.
22. Fill in the gaps with one of these words: dangerous, best, worse, most, than, more, longer
1. Big cities are ______________ polluted ___________ small towns.
2. Rock music is the ____________ exciting music in the world.
3. Snakes are more ______________ and ______________ than cows.
4. I think Ronaldinho is the _______________ footballer in the world.
42. Fill in the gaps with: TOO , SO , ENOUGH and then add exclamatory sentences using the information given.
1. That book is ____________ high. You are not tall _____________.
2. Mbappe is __________ fast, but he hasn't got ______________ golden balls!
3. Albert is ___________ strict and he is not kind ____________, but he plays tennis _________ well.
4. There is __________ ice-cream for all my cousins and it is ________ hot today.
5. Those trousers are _________ long for you, I need some shorter ones.
43. Complete the sentences with the comparative form or the superlative of the adjectives in brackets.
1. My mother is usually the _______________ person of my family when I don't make my bed, but I am often _________________ than her when she tidies my bedroom. (angry)
2. Asensio was not the ______________ player in the Olympics, but I’m sure I am not _______________ than him. (fast)
3. My holidays this summer are _______________ than when we went to Honolulu, but I think next year our holidays will not be the _______________ holidays in our lives.(boring)
4. Bob is ___________ than Corvax, but who is the __________________ student in your class? (brave)
5. The Queen is _______________ than the Princess, but Muzzy is ___________________ creature in this cartoon. (fat)
52. Write sentences with the words below using the COMPARATIVE OF EQUALITY and INFERIORITY.
1. Pete is 1m60 tall. Frank is 1m60 tall _____________________________
Joe is 1m55 tall _________________________________________
2. Ann got a 9 in the exam and Jane a 7.
(lazy) __________________________________________________
(hardworking) _________________________________________
53. Complete the sentences with the adverbs that come from the adjectives in brackets.
1. Did you sing (bad) _________________ ?
2. I rode my bike (careful) ___________________ because it was raining (heavy) ________________ .
3. We are doing quite (good) _______________ in the test because we studied (hard) _______________________ at the weekend.
English with Lucy: If you can understand this FAST English, your English is ADVANCED (C1-C2 Listening Test)
"All work and no play makes Jack/Jill a dull boy/girl"
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John McEnroe vs Jim Courier Iconic Full Match | 1992 US Open Round 4
Project on A Christmas Carol by Martín Toledo (4º ESO A)
