Today is grandparents' day. The role of grandparents has changed along the years. When I was a kid (that was a long time ago) most parents (especially mothers) would take care of children, and grandparents would be those who would cook your favourite meal or tell you a funny story of the past.
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: Telling Our Stories
Some other examples: 1 2 3 4
However, as both parents began to work outside home, grandparents started to take over and be in charge of their grandchildren with tasks such as taking them to school, and collecting them, spending the afternoons doing homework with them, having them at home for holidays and so on...
Here are some related articles for you to read about the issue:
Poll reveals crucial role of grandparents in childcare | Society | The Guardian
Grandparents step up, save families - CNN
BBC NEWS | UK | Wales | Grandparents 'vital' to family life
The impact of a 'grandparent deficit' on older parents - CNN
Nonetheless, all that glitters is not gold, as children's education used to be a responsability of the parents, or they would even learn from other peers playing in the streets. Now this is no longer like that in many cases and here's the problem:
Indulgent grandparents 'bad for children's health' - BBC News
Is grandparents' old-school parenting putting kids at risk? - CNN
What are your grandparents like? Do they help your parents at home? Do they take care of you?
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REVISION FOR 1º Bachillerato
Stop Making Mistakes with Relative Clauses! [Which & That]
143. TENSES
and VERB FORMS. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense. Some
verbs are passive, and there are also
examples of the conditionals, indirect speech, infinitives and gerunds (-ing form):
An interview with
Sarah Jenkins
Sarah Jenkins is an
English teacher. She (work) 1. ____________________ in a language school
in London. She (teach) 2. ____________________ since she (leave)
3. ____________________ university
five years ago. I asked her first if she (enjoy) 4. ____________________ teaching English.
'Yes, I do,' she
replied. 'It's hard work, but it's very rewarding.'
'(ever, work) 5.
________________________________________
abroad?'
'Yes,' replied
Sarah, 'I (spend) 6.
____________________ two years in Madrid. But the school soon closed
and I (make) 7. ____________________ redundant.
Luckily, some of my students asked me if I (continue) 8. ____________________ to teach them
privately, so I stayed in Madrid'.
'Well, a funny thing
(happen) 9. ____________________ while
I (work) 10. ____________________ at
the school in Madrid. I had a student called Gloria. On some days she was the
best student in the class. But on other days she performed really badly. I
tried very hard (help) 11.
____________________ her, but things got worse. Then, one day, I (meet)
12. ____________________ Gloria in
the street and asked her about her boyfriend. (The day before she (tell)
13. ____________________ me a sad
story about him.) She was surprised and told me that her name (be) 14. ____________________ Victoria, not her
twin sister Gloria.'
Then I asked her
about her plans for the future and she said: 'Well, I (begin) 15. ____________________ a teacher training
course next September'. I told her: 'I'm sure you (become) 16. ____________________ an excellent
teacher'. However, she had a problem because she and her boyfriend had already
arranged something for the summer. I asked her what it was and she replied: 'We
(get) 17. ____________________ married
on the 3rd August!!'
'I don't really know what I (do)
18. ____________________ if I (have)
19. ____________________ to take
such a decision, but it seems everything turned out to be wonderful because
they got married, had three children and she (run) 20. ____________________ a private academy in
Toledo at the moment'.
144. Insert the second sentences into the first
ones by means of a RELATIVE CLAUSE.
1. Real Madrid have won the Champions League
Cup thirteen times. This doesn't please Barcelona supporters.
2. Leonardo DiCaprio played an important role
in the film Titanic. He began his
career as an actor working with Robert DeNiro.
3. I was in the cinema. Your father sometimes
works there.
4. The chair was not very stable. I was
sitting on this chair.
5. Albert guessed the result of the
match. His talent to predict the future is similar to Rappel's.
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SOLUTIONS to the exercises in the previous post /for further exercises of this level go to Mock exams (1º Bach)/:
141. READING &
COMPREHENSION.
1. Vodka and tequila
2. Free T-shirts, caps, posters, free vodka for a whole term
3. a.
TARGET b. BRAND c. TO ENCOURAGE d. TO BE UNAWARE e. TO BE CONCERNED
ABOUT
4.
a. TRUE, because "This means that they spend a lot of time in pubs,
bars, discotheques and clubs"
b. FALSE, because "Therefore, young people are a natural target for
advertisers, especially the advertisers who work for liquor companies."
c. TRUE, because "Companies
advertise drinks at cheaper prices together with free T-shirts, caps and
posters in order to encourage teenagers to try..."
d. FALSE, because "Companies
advertise drinks at cheaper prices together with free T-shirts, caps and
posters in order to encourage teenagers to try..."
e. TRUE, because "The main danger,
they say, is the serious risk to life when young people drink large amounts of
liquor and then try to drive home."
f. TRUE, because "young people are unaware of how drinking affects their judgement and
reaction time."
g. TRUE, because "Liquor companies only care about making a profit on alcohol."
5.
Advertising (l. 3) the activity companies carry out in order to sell their commercial products or services better.
Prize (l. 7) the thing that you get when you win a competition or a contest
Expert (l. 9) people who know a lot about a certain area of knowledge
142. COMPOSITION. >>> You can send me your compositions and I will correct them
"All work and no play makes Jack/Jill a dull boy/girl"
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