New season: SPRING!!!

 

 

Spring is said to be the best of seasons, as it's got the perfect temperature, neither too warm nor too cold. Birds singing, flowers blooming!!!

 

However, spring also brings allergies (especially this year), the change of the time, perpetuous drowsiness... We would be sleeping the whole doing and we don't feel like doing anything. Time for procrastinate (procrastinating) and kick the can down the road. But don't worry, that's just the first two weeks, then we begin to feel better and better!

Spring has officially sprung – reawaken your palate with zingy, zesty seasonal ingredients (The Guardian)

When does spring start? (BBC News)

Learning English from the News:   Cuba protests: Millions without power  (BBC Learning English) 

 

Learning English Grammar ('itself' , 'in itself' & 'by itself'):   Fixing problems  (BBC Learning English) 

 

  Here's my musical hint for today:    Beautiful things by Benson Boone. And here's a version with the lyrics for you to sing along.

 

 

Real Easy  English:  Talking about WEEKENDS    (BBC Learning English)

 

 

Here are some more activities for my students:

• Listening exercise for you to do:  More phrases with LOOK  (BBC Learning English)

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  The English We Speak: Kick the can down the road  (BBC Learning English) 

  
  

• Office English:  Disagreements  (BBC Learning English) 

• Listening exercise for you to do:   How do we adapt to the cold?  (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

     

 

Here are some activities for my students:

• in 4º ESO... Exercises on Reported Speech:

21. CONDITIONALS. Write the appropriate tense of the verbs in brackets:

 

1. If it (rain) ________ this afternoon, we (not have) __________  to water the flowers.

2. If it (rain) ___________ more often in Spain we (not have) __________ such serious problems with water.

3. If Rosa and Lourdes (be) __________ quiet for more than five minutes, it (be) __________ a miracle.

4. Johan Cruyff (live) ____________ much longer if he (not smoke) ___________ so much in his life.

   

   

28. Put the following sentences into REPORTED SPEECH:

 

1. Mother Teresa: "Our work brings people face to face with love".

2. Janet to Fred:"What does your father do?"

3. Jill: "Violence can influence young people"

4. The policeman told the boy: "Be careful near an open fire and do not turn any electrical equipment"

5. He asked me : "Is Jumping Jake Jones your real name?"         I answered him: : "No, it isn't"

    

29. Translate the following sentences into English :

 

    1. Sentí oir que tu madre estuviera en el hospital.

    2. Si mi primo estuviese aquí, sabría lo que hacer.

    3. No me dí cuenta de que usted estaba conduciendo hacia atrás.

    4. Estoy seguro de que Don Quijote fue escrito por Cervantes.

    5. Me sorprendió oir que el señor Solana fuera el nuevo Secretario General de la OTAN.

    6. Probablemente es verdad que Alberto juega al tenis mucho mejor que la mayoría de sus alumnos.

   

English with Lucy: Avoid VERY if you want to speak beautiful English  

 

 

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

Learning English with Disney Movies -  Cruella  

 

 

 

Vintage tennis:  Borg vs Nastase  1976