We all have a dream that one day this pandemic will be over and that everybody is sensible enough to comply with the rules.
Martin Luther King also had a dream, which is the main topic of this selectivity exam:
2020 >> OPTION A: I have a dream & OPTION B: Alternative diets
Here are some posts in this blog and labels related to the issue which will remind you both semantic fields:
RACISM: Black lives DO matter!!!
"No meat on Mondays!!!", claim activists in France.
Labels: racism , diet , flexiterianism , Veganism
And talking about the SELECTIVITY exam, you may think it is impossible to get to this level (notas de corte 2021):
but it is possible, please read this article from the newspaper EL IDEAL
HIGHWAY TO B2.....
USE OF ENGLISH. Multiple-choice exercise. Choose the appropriate option:
1. Harriet was very ................... by Madam Zamzam's invitation. (A
exciting B excitable
C excites D excited)
2. She .................. asked to go to a seance. (A would be
B was to be C
had been D will have been)
3. A seance is a meeting ........................ people.
(A about B
of C among
D through)
4. They try to speak to people who are no longer ............ (A
with life B live
C alive D a life)
5. Madame Zamzam was a woman .................... work was to organize seances. (A who B who's C which D whose)
6. Harriet wanted ............... her brother Percy. (A
to speak to B speaking to
C speak to D she spoke to)
7. He ............ the year before. (A
was died B was to have died
C had died D was being dead)
8. Mr Bing .................. had told Harriet about Madame Zamzam. (A
, who was Harriet's neighbour, B , who was the neighbour of Harriet,
C who was Harriet's neighbour D who was the neighbour of Harriet )
9. They went ................... to her house. (A with the other
B together C altogether D the both )
10. When they got there, Madam Zamzam ................ them at a round table. (A sat B set C sit D sits )
11. She asked them to hold .......................... hands. (A the others B each other's C
the other D each one's )
12. They did this .................... make a closed circle.
(A in order to B so that to C because they D so that they)
13. "I'm terribly nervous, .............. ?" Harriet asked Mr Bing. (A am I B aren't you C isn't it D are you)
14. "................... be nervous," Mr Bing said. (A Do not you B You don't C Don't D Not you)
15. "There is ........ to be," he added. (A not need B needn't C no need D any need )
16. Poor Harriet was ...........
nervous she nearly fainted. (A all
B as C so D more )
17. Madame Zamzam began .............. (A to be singing
B to sing C to have sung D having sung )
18. .................... then she had been very quiet. (A Since B
During C As to
D Until )
19. "What ...................... ?" Harriet asked Mr Bing. (A she is doing
B does he do C is she doing D she doing )
20. The table began ................ (A to raise
B raising itself C to rise D rising itself )
REVISING FOR 2º ESO STUDENTS
Make the sentences interrogative and complete the following sentences in the negative:
1. My mum likes eating doughnuts in bed. ______________________________
________________________________ for lunch.
2. We are writing in English. _____________________________________
__________________________________ in Chinese.
3. My cousins have got an MP3 player. _______________________________
__________________________________ an English dictionary.
4. Laura and I study English and French at school. ___________________________
________________________German at school.
Some activities for you to do:
British chat: What is the best advice you've ever received? (BBC Learning English)
News Review: Italy win Euro 20 (BBC Learning English)
A listening exercise for you to do: Hypnotism (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)
English in the News : Euro 2020 final: England focus turns to Italy (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)
And now some revision for you: LEARN 176 EASILY CONFUSED ENGLISH WORDS in 70 minutes!!!
Pay attention to the Guide to video >>>>
00:00 Have an appointment vs. Meet someone
00:45 For vs. Since
01:32 So vs. Such
02:12 Fun vs. Funny
03:01 Notify vs. Let someone know
03:39 Both vs. Either vs. Neither
04:40 History vs. Story
05:53 Stop to do vs. Stop doing
06:37 Must vs. Have to
07:25 Too & Very
08:23 Person vs. Persons vs. People vs. Peoples
09:22 Mustn’t vs. Don’t have to
10:08 Come back vs. Go back
11:03 Raise vs. Rise
11:58 Steal vs. Rob
12:54 Every time vs. All the time
13:48 Sports: play, do or go?
14:43 No vs. Not any vs. None
15:45 Especially vs. Specially
16:49 Be going to vs. Present continuous
17:53 Even though vs. Even if
18:57 Been vs. gone
20:01 Remember to do vs. Remember doing
21:02 Prevent vs. Avoid
22:00 What vs. Which
23:03 While vs. During
24:11 Lay vs. Lie
25:17 Affect vs. Effect
26:19 Remember vs. Remind
27:22 Actually vs. At the moment
28:26 Until vs. By
29:35 Don’t mind vs. Doesn’t mind
30:37 Everyone vs. Anyone
31:38 Still, Already & Yet
32:41 Very vs. Really vs. Absolutely
33:44 Wish vs. Hope
34:44 Whoever, Whatever, Whenever and Wherever
35:49 Like & As
36:51 In case vs. If
37:55 Less vs. Fewer
38:56 In the end vs. at the end
39:56 Bored vs. Boring
40:55 Go on doing vs. Go on to do
41:56 Maybe vs. May be
42:58 See & Hear
43:59 Unless vs. As long as
45:00 Good vs. Well
46:02 Little vs. A little
47:05 Lend vs. Borrow
48:07 Too & Enough
48:59 See, Watch & Look
50:01 Each vs. Every
51:01 Fine vs. Finely
51:57 To match, To fit & To suit
52:59 On time vs. In time
54:02 Continuously vs. Continually
55:03 Sensible vs. Sensitive
56:00 Hear vs. Listen
57:03 All vs. Every vs. Whole
57:58 Hire vs. Rent vs. Let
59:00 All vs. Everybody vs. Everyone
01:00:02 Last vs. For the last vs. In the last
01:01:06 Soon vs. Early vs. Quickly
01:02:07 Needn’t vs. Not need to
01:03:08 Could vs. Was able to
01:04:11 Peep vs. Peer vs. Glimpse
01:05:12 Whisper vs. Murmur vs. Mumble
01:06:14 Also vs. As well vs. Too
01:07:15 When vs. If
01:08:18 As if vs. As though
01:09:19 Beside vs. Besides
01:10:22 Next vs. The next vs. Nearest
01:11:15 So vs. Neither
