We should respect each other and that is the basis for coexistence, family harmony, co-existence rules and for the world peace.
RESPECT is such an important word nowadays in our world regarding other races, or women, like in the two next instances I present you:
Afghanistan: Taliban retake Kabul (News Review, BBC Learning English)
The song RESPECT by Aretha Franklin (official trailer)
Jennifer Hudson brings "Respect"
Here are some previous posts related to this incredible singer Aretha Franklin:
Are we a chain of fools?
Covid-19 stories to tell (QUARANTINE: DAY 73)
Time to shake your body!!!
We say a little prayer for you
Here's my musical hint for today: RESPECT by Aretha Franklin (with lyrics)
mmmEnglish shows us How to show respect in English >>>>
Some articles for you to read about the withdrawal of UN troops from Afghanistan and the Taliban regime:
‘We lost everything’: Afghan wheelchair basketball team captain speaks out (The Guardian)
Afghanistan: Where will refugees go after Taliban takeover? (BBC News)
Afghans watch nervously as Taliban regime takes shape, and US and its allies continue frantic exit (CNN)
HIGHWAY TO B2.....
USE OF ENGLISH. Multiple-choice exercise. Choose the appropriate option:
21. ".................?" one shouted to the other. (A
Shall you come B Do you come
C Come you to D Are you coming )
22. "It's too late .................. !" the other shouted back. (A for running
B to run C
to be running D that we run )
23. "We couldn't get to the cellar ........................ we could run faster!
(A except B
even if C because
D although ) 24. He isn't young any more. His friend isn't ........ (A
also B neither
C too D either ) 25. "If we .................... sooner, we might have got there." (A started B had started C would have started D start ) 26. He has dug his pick into the ground ............... blown away. (A
to keep being B because he isn't
C so as not to be D for not being ) 27. His dungarees are ............ snatched off. (A
being about B just to be
C on the point of D are about to be ) 28. The tornado is destroying everything .................. . (A
in the path of it B in it's path
C of its path D in its path ) 29. The farmhouse roof is being blown ................... (A off
B up C out D away from it ) 30. After the storm, it ................ repaired. (A has to be B has been C will have to be D is ) 31. The tornado has picked up a cow as if it were ..................... a feather. (A as light as B lighter as C
lightly like D the lightest as ) 32. The woman .................... the cow never stopped.
(A what milked B which milked C who was milking D that is milking ) 33. She had no idea she was sailing through the air, ............. ? (A didn't she B hadn't she C had she D wasn't she ) 34. It is possible she ............... into another state. (A is blown B will be blown C blew D will blow ) 35. The two farmers will be lucky ........ they don't join her. (A unless B if C supposing D whether ) 36. One is clutching a post to keep from ...........
pulled up into the sky. (A himself
B being C his being D he was ) 37. He ........... about the storm until it came. (A wouldn't be worrying B wasn't worrying C hadn't worried D shouldn't worry ) 38. The two were too busy .................... the fence. (A mending B
to mend C by mending
D to have mended ) 39. Now they only hope it ...................... carry them away. (A didn't
B doesn't C wouldn't D might not ) 40. They will be happy when it ............. over. (A is B will be C is to be D can be )
Solutions to USE OF ENGLISH exercise in the previous post:
1. A 2. C 3. C 4. B 5. D 6. A 7. C 8. B 9. B 10. D 11. D 12. A 13. B 14. A 15. D 16. B 17. B 18. C 19. A 20. C
Some activities for you to do:
A listening exercise for you to do: Concussion in sport (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: 3 ways to use 'pick up' (BBC Learning English)
Another listening exercise for you to do: Intimacy on Screen (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)
Drama, Father and Son : Episode 3 (BBC Learning English)
REVISING FOR 2º ESO STUDENTS
50. Write questions for these answers.
1. ______________________________? Our father plays basketball with us.
2. _______________________________ ? Sara is walking around with her boyfriend.
3. ________________________________? They met my mother at school.
4. _____________________________? My mum told me what happened.
5. ______________________________? Albert plays tennis a lot because he loves it.
51. Complete the sentences with the comparative form or the superlative of the adjectives
and adverbs in brackets. Fill in the dotted gaps with ‘than’ or ‘the’.
1. Carreño was ___________ ............... Djokovic at the Olympic Games in Tokyo,
but he is ............... ________________ player of the season. (good)
2. It snows ________________ (heavily) in the north of Spain .................... in the south,
so you cannot drive ______________ (well) in Bilbao ................... in Malaga.
3. De Jong is ______________ .................. Haaland, but I’m sure
Di María is one of ....................... ________________ players in the world. (slim)
4. People say Sabio brothers are ____________________ ..................... Oliver,
but who is ..................... __________________ student in class? (hardworking)
5. My English teacher is not ................. ______________ man at school,
but he is surely _______________ ................ Stephen Hawking. (silly)
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) _________________________________________
Project about A Foreigner in New York by José Corzo (2º Bach A)
ject about Jane Eyre by Francisco González (2º Bach A)
LINGOHACK >>>
Episode 210818 / 18 August 2021 >>> The Quantum Revolution - Language related to 'experiments'.
Need-to-know language: cusps, defects, harness, inextricably & grasp.
Tennis: The Big Three fighting to be the G.O.A.T.
