BEING A TEACHER....

BEING A TEACHER IS A DIFFICULT TASK NOWADAYS, SO I DECIDED TO FOLLOW THIS PIECE OF ADVICE BY BRUCE LEE:

Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.

by Bruce Lee

Mostrando entradas con la etiqueta John McEnroe. Mostrar todas las entradas
Mostrando entradas con la etiqueta John McEnroe. Mostrar todas las entradas

sábado, 17 de enero de 2026

Teenagers' bedrooms: the key to success?

 

 

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:

 




Learning English from the News:   Iran protesters killed  (BBC Learning English)  

 

 



 

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:

     

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"



Learn English with    Zootopia   

 


 



John McEnroe vs Jim Courier  Iconic Full Match | 1992 US Open Round 4  

 

 

 

Project on A Christmas Carol by Martín Toledo (4º ESO A)

 



 

The Australian Open has just started!!! 

And here's Álcaraz winning his first match.

Carlos Alcaraz vs Adam Walton | Round One | Australian Open 2026 Extended Highlights 🇦🇺



martes, 30 de diciembre de 2025

Was Christmas the icing on the cake or was it better in the past?

 

 

Very often people tend to consider anything related to the old times better than anything you have nowadays. 

 

Why is that? First, I reckon humans usually remember only the good part of  past experience and forget about the bad moments. Secondly, Christmas used to represent a unique time to have delicious meals that we hardly ever had during the year, such as a roasted chicken, cakes or candy. And that is not the case nowadays, since we have everything at any time of the year.

 



 

 

 

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


Japan introduces rules to put outlandish baby names to bed (The Guardian)

Why do some countries regulate baby names? (BBC News)

Sayonara, Pikachu! Japan Is Banning ‘Glittery’ Baby Names (Today)

 

 

Work in the future:   Does office design impact our work?  (BBC Learning English)


 


 

 

 Here's my musical hint for today:  Cry to me by Solomon Burke. And here's a version with the lyrics for you to sing along.

 



 

The Reading Room:   What happens when your job is just too boring?  (BBC Learning English)

 

 


 

  

 


Learning English Grammar (TALKING ABOUT QUANTITY: 'loads and loads', 'some' & 'just a few'...):   Things we collect  (BBC Learning English) 







Here are some more activities for my students:

    

 




 
English with Lucy: C1 + C2 English vocabulary in 1 hour    

   





 

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



Learn English with    STRANGER THINGS    



 

 

Football legend Johan Cruyff  | FIFA Classic player  


 


 

 

 

 



At 66, John McEnroe Reveals the 5 Tennis Players He Admires Most   

 

 



jueves, 27 de febrero de 2025

Who in the hell do you think you are?






Here's a rough expression you should not really use unless you get so furious that you are about to explode. Anyway, this is a colloquial expression to be used in the context of a bar or among friends.


 

 

Sometimes you've got to take the rough way to make your students do what you think it is the best for them and the way you say it not because you are smarter than anyone, but because you have gone through these situations a thousand times. 


 

Don't worry! A time to chill out (let loose) will come soon but after achieving our goals. Here's a nice expression to learn regarding this. Tell me people, animals or other things you can let loose.


    

The English We Speak: Let loose (BBC Learning English)

 

 

 


 

 


Here are some activities for my students:

in 1º ESO on Comparatives and superlatives:   3  ,    4    ,   5  (as....as)

in 3º ESO on   FOR vs SINCE:   1  2   3 


 

 

 Here's my musical hint for today:  Ain't no mountain high enough by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrel. And now a version with the lyrics for you to sing along. 

 

 

And here's a movie clip from a famous film...

Stepmom (1998) - Ain't No Mountain High Enough Scene (6/10) | Movieclips







Road towards success in the new PAU (Selectivity exam)

 

Rephrase/Rewrite these sentences by using another suitable structure:

 

111.The meat was better than the fish.  - The fish

112.You can make green paint by mixing blue and yellow.   - Green paint

113.I have been playing the piano for twenty years.   - I started

114.I have English classes three times a week .   - ?

115.Sharon is going to marry a man. He is Eric’s brother.   - The man

116.“Why don’t we have dinner out tonight?” said Martin.   - Martin suggested

117.I didn’t open the door because I didn’t know it was you.   - If I

118.If you want my advice, go to the dentist!    - You

119.I forgot to post the letter.   - I didn’t remember

120.They say this tree is over 400 years old.   - This tree

 

Solution to the exercises in the previous post

 

Rephrasing

101. (Reported Speech) - The trainer told her to come back to the team.

102. (Question)  - Who drives 200 miles every day?

103. (Reported Speech)  - He asked where the robbery took place.

104. (Passive)  - Penicillin was discovered in 1928 by Fleming.

105. (Modal Verbs)  - You are not allowed to have a bicycle.

106. (Conditionals)  - If I knew her address, I would be able to write to her / I could write to her.

107.  There is a new magazine on the hall table.

108. (Question)  - Who lives next door?

109. (Reported Speech)  - She asked Sheila where her brothers were.

110. (Modal Verb)  - They may only open the museum in the morning.


 



Here are some activities for you to do:

 
 
 

 Some articles for you to read about the issue of vaping: 

 
 

 

English with Lucy teaching us...

100 Small Talk Questions and Answers - Real English Conversation

 







 

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




Learn English with Disnwy movie UP   1   2    






Rafael Nadal: John McEnroe looks back at the story of Rafael Nadal / Groundbreakers / Eurosport Tennis (Epic)


Roger Federer vs Rafael Nadal | Wimbledon 2008 | The Final in full


 

Leo Gómez (3º ESO B) presents his project on Ireland    



Tourist broucher de Leogomez