Greater London??

 

 

What is the difference between Greater London and London? For instance, the well-known tennis tournament, Wimbledon, is not played in London, but in Greater London!!!

 

 

City of London vs Greater London | What Are the Differences?

 

 

Is there any other example in England? Yes, and that is Greater Manchester! Anyway, we're just scratching the surface, it's up to you to learn more about Britain reading books such as England or All about Ireland.

 

The English We Speak:  Scratch the surface  (BBC Learning English)

 

 

 

 

Learning English from the News:  Deadly heatwave hits Europe  (BBC Learning English)

 

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

• 2024_Daylight saving time_juneteenth  

Here are some articles for you to read about both issues:

• Hours of fun: what’s the point of daylight savings? (The Guardian)

• When do the clocks go forward? And Why? (BBC News)

• The daylight savings debate misses the point: let’s make work hours flexible (The Guardian)

• Europe goes into daylight saving time despite controversy (DW)

• Juneteenth is the most widely known US emancipation celebration... (The Guardian)

• Juneteenth: How the US holiday is being celebrated (BBC News) 

• Juneteenth National Independence Day | History | ClickView (interesting facts for students)

 

 

 

 

 

 

  SUMMER REVISION  >>  Activities for my   students in 1º ESO on the PRESENT   SIMPLE/CONTINUOUS for my   students.....

•  ACTIVITIES  

• more  ACTIVITIES

And remember that all the activities proposed will be compiled in my site: Summer Revision for 1º ESO 

 

SUMMER REVISION  >>  Activities for my students in 3º ESO: 

Welcome Unit / Unit 1

Expressing wishes and preferences (VIDEO TO WATCH).....  

EXPRESSING WISHES AND PREFERENCES

WISHES  >>>>   I wish my students studied every day.

                               If only my students studied every day.    

PREFERENCES  >>>>  I'd rather do my homework before going to school than go to my football practice.

                                            I'd rather not got to school without my homework done.

                                            I'd rather students worked every day.

                                            I'd prefer to do my homework before going to school.

wishing (regretting and complaining) exercise     

Exercises to do. Fill in the gaps with PREFER / 'D PREFER / 'D RATHER

1. My cousin __________ playing football to watching it on TV.

2. I ____________ my mother cooked rice pudding for me every day. 

3. We _____________ to go on holiday to Greece rather than staying here in Salobreña.

4. I __________ buy a car which doesn't pollute much, but they are so expensive.

5. Children used to _______________ playing in the streets to stayin indoors.

6. We __________ keep everything tidy in case your parents come.

7. We ___________ Albert wasn't so hard on us! 

8. My parents ________ to travel with daylight than at night.

 

 

 

 

Write sentences with  'D RATHER for the situations given

9. You don't help much with the housework.   >>>  I ..........................

10. I don't like fizzy drinks.   >>>>  I...........................

11. She loves going shopping.    >>>   She ............. not ......................

12. They feel so uncomfortable sleeping in a tent.    >>>  They...........................than................

 

 

 

 Here's my musical hint for today:  Freedom by Jon Batiste. And now here's a version with the lyrics for you to sing along.

 

 

Here are some more activities for my students:

• Ask BBC Learning English:   How to pronounce 'th' sounds  (BBC Learning English) 
  

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  English in a MINUTE: Phrases with ICE  (BBC Learning English)  

• Listening exercise for you to do: How do you say sorry?  (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English) 

• Office English: Cold calls  (BBC Learning English)   

Runa's interview - CANADA - #HUMAN  

 

English with Lucy providing us with 12 confusing phrasal verbs  

 

 

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

Learn English with Taylor Swift    

 

 

Let's watch    The Incredibles   

  

Alcaraz pushed in five set THRILLER | Fabio Fognini vs Carlos Alcaraz | Highlights | Wimbledon 2025

 

Old stories about Nadal: 

This Arrogant Kid DISRESPECTED Nadal | What Happens Next is SHOCKING! 

 

 

Covid-19 stories to tell (QUARANTINE: DAY 73)

Can you tell a story that has happened to you during this quarantine? 

 

I can tell you mine. Right at the beginning of the quarantine when you could not use your car to move around, I had to drive to Malaga airport to pick up my younger son, who was coming from Cardiff (Wales). I was not able to get any permission from the authorities and there was no taxi available for the time when he was going to land in Malaga, so I had to take the risks.

 

Fortunately, nobody was on the roads as it was raining cats and dogs, and we were able to get back home safe and sound. What a challenging adventure!!!  What about you?

News Review - Onion for $25? An ‘eye-watering’ story  (BBC Learning English)  

What does a toddler mean? and 'eye-watering'?

Here are some articles for you to read about the issue:

• Counting the human cost of Covid-19: 'Numbers tell a story words can't' (The Guardian)

• What I'm telling my kids about Covid-19 (CNN News)

• Revealed: the inside story of the UK's Covid-19 crisis (The Guardian)

• Recovering from coronavirus: Three harrowing stories of surviving Covid-19 (BBC News)

Do We Really Have Freedom Of Choice? (Conspiracy Documentary) | Real Stories

 

 

Quarantine Scoreboard

Posts uploaded:  46

Students participating:  about 85 out of 110 (77%) at least once during the quarantine, but only 40% of them are really working!!!!

Comments written and corrected:    more than 750

Emails exchanged: nearly 4000

PASEN announcements & messages:   more than 2600

Things handed in and corrected: more than 2000

 

Visits to blog and site during quarantine: almost 21,000 (Average of 250 visits per day)

Video lectures (ONLINE CLASSES):    21  (+ 6 Dictations on line, 4 verb exams and 7 online exams) and several individual online tutorials

 

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE QUARANTINE

 Wednesday, 27^th May

Homework for today:

 

• Do exercise 5 on page 95 (Unit 7) and write sentences using these phrases (= sintagmas, expresiones):  last Sunday, a week ago, on Tuesday, yesterday, in January, in 2010.

• Read and translate the model on page 96: My sister's Wedding   

 

Smart Planet Digital books

 

Today's homework:

• Unit 9 (Smart Planet 4), page 100   

• Keep handing in writing exercises, readers' activities and so on because in June I don't assure you I will correct it.

• Keep studying and revising as there may be a possibility of having an on-site final exam at school when we enter PHASE 2.

Here are other songs connected with FREEDOM:

Robbie Williams - Freedom    

Oh Freedom! - The Golden Gospel Singers (Lyrics in Description)

Aretha Franklin - Think (Freedom) - official music version.mp4  

 Which one is your favourite? Do you know any other song connected with the issue?

Books can help us (QUARANTINE: DAY 71)

Books are always a good remedy for everything since they give you the knowledge to overcome difficulties in life and we are going to need loads of courage and knowledge in the near future!!!

Listening exercise  >>>> How can 'bibliotherapy' help us? (The soothing power of books)  (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

Good news for those taking B1 or B2 exams as freelance students at the Official Language Schools (EOI)  >>>>   I have just learned that if you fail the exams in Septemper or any part, there will be another possibility in October (this piece of news has been confirmed, although I haven't any document so far to show you, but I've been told that at the Official Language School).

 

Click here for further information about the Official Language School in Motril (EOI)

 

Here are some useful links to prepare for the exams: 

• In my site  Getting ready for the B2 

• Pruebas terminales de certificación (general)  //   INGLÉS   

• Ejemplos de pruebas realizadas   (EOI Málaga)    todos los idiomas     

  

Quarantine Scoreboard

Posts uploaded:  44

Students participating:  about 85 out of 110 (77%) at least once during the quarantine, but only 40% of them are really working!!!!

Comments written and corrected:    more than 700

Emails exchanged: more than 3700

PASEN announcements & messages:   almost 2600

Things handed in and corrected: almost 2000

 

Visits to blog and site during quarantine: almost 20,000 (Average of 250 visits per day)

Video lectures (ONLINE CLASSES):    20  (+ 6 Dictations on line, 4 verb exams and 7 online exams) and several individual online tutorials

 

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE QUARANTINE

 Monday, 25^th May

1º ESO

Tasks for today:

• Unit 7 (page 94) >> Do all the exercises on the page and send me the answers to exercises 5, 6 and 7.

• Watch these New That's English episodes >>>

MODULE 2  (NOTES)        Unit 9A            Unit 9B           

 

4º ESO    CLASS    (<<<Click here)

Very good morning, ladies and gentlemen!!

 

I hope you are all well, safe and sound. Today we will be correcting the exams in our session: https://eu.bbcollab.com/guest/55c766d756b946bd8cf62f7443269e0b

  

Smart Planet Digital books

 

HOMEWORK for tomorrow and the weekend  >>>

• Let's go on revising REPORTED SPEECH by watching some other videos:      reference words   &    changing verbs    (Anglo-Link lessons) 

• Do exercises 1-3 on page 97 (Unit 9).

 

 

Describing an experience/experiment at our Science Week (Writing Exercise 15). An inphograph made by Francisco González (4º ESO A) about the robot EIRO >>>>

 

Fake news: Fact and fiction  >>>> How can 'bibliotherapy' help us? (The soothing power of books)  (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

 

 

1º Bach     CLASS      (<<<Click here)

Very good morning, ladies and gentlemen!!

 

I hope you are all well, safe and sound.

 

Today we will start revising from 11 a.m. to 13 a.m. RELATIVE CLAUSES & REPORTED SPEECH, apart from finishing the PASSIVE VOICE & CONDITIONAL SENTENCES in our session, whose link is, just in case: https://eu.bbcollab.com/guest/c32436f87fda4ceea41aa7897f70a93b

 

Solutions to exercises in previous post  >>>>

Answers provided by Mihail Livaditis 1ºA Bach

154. TENSES. Put the verb in brackets into their appropriate form:

1. She went to the optician and (her eyes / tested) had her eyes tested.

2. These shoes need (clean) to be cleaned, because they are rather dirty.

3. I won't know the answer until I (see) see him.

4. She (play) has been playing volleyball for two hours.

5. When he was younger he (play) used to play football, but now he doesn't play anymore.

6. When I (get) got home, smoke (come) was coming out of one of the upstairs windows.

7. My grandfather can remember (go) going to the cinema with my grandmother.

8. Would you like (come) to come to a party on Saturday evening?

9. I'm looking forward (meet) to meeting you again next summer.

10. I (not take) am not going to take that bus because I have a meeting in Granada at 14.00 and I'm afraid I (not arrive) won´t arrive in time if I take that one.

155. Put the following sentences into the PASSIVE VOICE:

1. They are cleaning your house at the moment.

Your house is being cleaned at the moment.

2. We call Lieutenant Columbus only on special occasions.

Lieutenant Columbus is called by us only on special moments.

3. Someone stole all the jewels last night.

All the jewels were stolen last night.

4. Nobody will serve refreshments until the match is over.

Refreshments won´t be served until the match is over.

5. People think they make these artificial flowers of silk.

It is thought that these artificial flowers are made of silk /// These flowers are thought to be made of silk.

156. Put the following sentences into INDIRECT SPEECH:

1. "Bring me the newspaper, please", the father to the son.

The father asked his son politely to bring him the newspaper.

2. "Who put salt in my coffee?", he asked.

He asked who had put in his coffee.

3. "I'm going fishing with my mother this afternoon", said the small boy.

The small boy said that he was going fishing with his mother that afternoon.

4. "What was she wearing when you saw her last?”, the policeman asked me.

The policeman asked me what she was wearing when I last saw her.

5. "I'll sit up till she comes in, but I hope she won't be late", said Mrs Pitt.

Mrs Pitt said that she would sit up until she came in, but Mrs Pitt hoped that she wouldn't be late.

157. Give a piece of advice to each problem:

1. I find it really difficult to get up in the mornings.

You should go to bed earlier /// How about having some hot milk before you go to bed? /// You shouldn´t stay up so late in the night.

2. My car is not going very well lately.

You should take it to the garage, so that you can have it repaired /// Why don´t you buy a new one?

 

INSANE Trick Shots In Tennis 

 

Here's the third song connected with FREEDOM I present you. This one is by Anthony Hamilton & Elayna Boynton:

Freedom by Anthony Hamilton & Elayna Boynton OFFICIAL LYRICS VIDEO