domingo, 2 de agosto de 2026

We all need each other

We all need each other!! As English poet John Donne said, "No man is an island".

Students need teachers, but teachers also need students to teach. Men need women, but women need men to form a family because we all "need a shoulder to cry on". So "let's all pull together" to reach our goals in life, as our Spanish national team did in the last world cup.

SUMMER SCOREBOARD

Learning English from the News: Trump shooting attempt (BBC Learning English)

Visit Albertomeditutor site for SUMMER REVISION

>> Activities for my students in 1º ESO:

Exercise on the Saxon Genitive (Practising English) & Saxon Genitive exercises (Agenda Web)
HOUSE - PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE (English exercises)
Some sentences for you to translate into English:

- Ella no tiene una nariz ancha.

- ¿Es tu tía una persona amable? Sí.

- Sus ojos son azules, pero no muy grandes.

- Bob el jardinero es muy valiente.

- Nosotros no tenemos un instituto muy viejo.

>> Activities for my students in 2º ESO:

You can do this exercise on the PAST CONTINUOUS >>>> EXERCISE ON THE PAST CONTINUOUS

Make these people agree with the statements.

SO or BECAUSE

Revision: SIMPLE PAST CROSSWORDS >>> 1 2 3 4

Exercises on the SIMPLE PAST >>> 1

>> Activities for my students in 4º ESO:
Unit 3

Future tenses (REVISING THE FUTURE TENSES.....): exercise , 1 , 2 , 3

Rewrite the following sentences using the suitable future tense:

1. I have decided to write a comment every two weeks.

2. We have already bought the flights to New York for August.

3. Our English teacher has a dream about his students working regularly one day.

4. The tour guide announced the visit to the Alhambra in the morning and the lunch for 2 pm.

5. Granada FC against Betis next 5th November.

6. She is about to have another baby next winter.

7. "The phone is ringing. Don't move! I can pick it up and answer it for you, Dad."

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

Another exam for our students to practise: 2026_A flash Chinese speaker

Answers to the exam in the previous post....

A1- c (line 12) A2- d (line 3)

A3: TRUE. (line 4): "For two weeks he moved in and out of consciousness"

A4: FALSE (line 7): “At first Ben had no idea that anything was unusual.”

A5: TRUE (lines 14-15) “He gradually began to speak English with his parents and brother but could still use Chinese with hospital staff.”

A6: FALSE (lines 19-20) “(One contestant gave him a ‘super-like,’ and) though she and Ben dated briefly, they soon realized they weren’t a match.”

A7.1: awake (line 5) A7.2: joy (line 6) A8.1: contestant (line 19) A8.2: rush (line 5)

USE OF ENGLISH

B1: I didn’t watch the second season of Stranger Things as fast as (I did/watched) the first (one).
B2: The janitor warned the students to be careful on the slippery floor.
B3: Although Jason didn’t feel like going out that day, he met his mates at the pub.
B4: You’d better not use your phone before going to bed at night.
B5: Sarah is really keen on sitting outside and sunbathing.
B6: I’ve had my laptop fixed by a friend who knows a lot about computers.

B7: Every participant in the contest has to sign this form.
B8: The new climate report will have been completed (by the team) by the end of the month (by the team).
B9: She is confident enough to speak in public.
B10: Nobody is allowed to/is to/can enter the lab without an identification badge.
B11: The match was cancelled because it rained/was raining heavily / because of the heavy rain.
B12: If she doesn’t train hard, she won’t win the swimming competition.

Brainstorming >>> You can give me ideas to include in your composition about either of the topics proposed.

WRITING (3 points)
C. WRITE A COMPOSITION OF 140–180 WORDS ABOUT ONE OF THE TOPICS PROPOSED AND FOCUS ON IT. CHOOSE ONE TOPIC ONLY:
C1. Why is speaking foreign languages important today? Explain.
C2. Would you like to be on a reality show? Give reasons.

Here's my musical hint for today: My Oh My by Slade. And here's a version with the lyrics for you to sing along.

Office English: Career development (BBC Learning English)

Here are some more activities for my students:

English in a Minute: 4 meanings of POST (BBC Learning English)
Real Easy English: Talking about DIY (BBC Learning English)
The English We Speak: One size fits all (BBC Learning English)
Listening exercise for you to do: Searching for life on other planets (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

BEING A TEACHER....

domingo, 2 de agosto de 2026