Who is your September song?

I mean who has been your summer love. Apart from this, have you got any special song for the month of September? It should be a mixture of feelings between summer memories and the new school year challenges ahead.

 

September is a turning point in our students' lives, but it is usually for the better. It will probably be more demanding, but more rewarding at the same time.

 

Learning English Grammar - Preferences (BBC Learning English)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  SUMMER REVISION  >>  Activities on the SIMPLE PAST for my   students in 1º ESO !!!!

 

• Comparison of equality (Practising English) - Different exercises to do, and more:  1  2  3  

• Watch this New That's English episode related to the comparison of equality (and also of inferiority):
  
  MODULE 3 (NOTES) Unit 7A

• Translate these sentences into English :
  1) Este té está tan bueno como de costumbre.
  2) Mi hermano es casi tan bueno como tú.
  3) Él es tan silencioso como un ratoncillo.
  4) El crucigrama de hoy es menos difícil que el de ayer.

 

Transform these sentences into the PRESENT CONTINUOUS:

1. He visits his grandmother. Now _________________________________________

2. I run with my friends. Now ___________________________________

3. They don’t eat lunch at home. Now ________________________________

4. Does your teacher play tennis? ________________________________ now ?

 

  

Learning English from the News:  Heatwaves speed up ageing process, study says  (BBC Learning English)   

 

 

 

 

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

 

78. Using the compound words formed with SOME/ANY/EVERY/NO + thing, one/body, where >>> complete the following dialogue (But first do this exercise on line).

Dad- Oh, my God! The meal is ruined. I put too much salt in it. Is there ____________ else to eat?

Mum- There's ____________ in the fridge, but have you looked  ____________ else?

Dad- I've looked in all the cupboards in the kitchen. There's  ____________ else to look.

Mum- If you've looked ____________ and found ____________ , then we'll have to eat  ____________ else or order a pizza.

Dad- We could buy some fish and chips or go to a Chinese restaurant.

Mum- No, let's go  ____________ else.

Dad- But  ____________ else is more expensive.

Mum- Last month we had dinner at Mario's and  ____________ has such good food.

Dad- Did we go with your parents?

Mum- No, I think we went with  ____________ else, but I can't remember who.

Dad- Was it expensive?

Mum- I'm sure  ____________ else is worse and the prices were reasonable.

Dad- But we had pasta yesterday.

Mum- You can order  ____________ else.

Dad- But  ____________ else is not so good as the lasagne.

Mum- You can go ____________ else, but I'm going there with the children.

Dad- No, I don't like eating alone.  ____________ else will come with me, but I won't have  ____________ but the lasagne.

Mum- As you wish.

79. RELATIVE CLAUSES. Rewrite the following sentences by means of CLEFT SENTENCES emphasizing the object, as in the example (My cousin wrote that letter  >>>  That's the letter (that/which) my cousin wrote).

1. Mary doesn't like that dress.

2. We saw that woman at the party.

3. John talked to that girl at the party.

4. My father made these cucumber sandwiches.

5. You sold me that old car.

6. Bruce gave her girlfriend that diamond ring.

7. My sister fancies that young man.

8. I was reading that book.

80. RELATIVE CLAUSES. Write sentences using the clues given and appropriate relative pronouns as in the example (My cousin / work / in a hospital  >>>  My cousin is the relative who works in a hospital).

1. Leo / live / in Lobres         

2. This key / open / the front door of my house.

3. That shop / sell / the best custard apples in Salobreña.

4. Jessica / make / the speech at school

5. Nerea / sit / at the corner

6. These oranges / come / from Swaziland

7. Aday / go out with Carmen's sister

8. Albert / write the English exams

9. This bus / go to Molvizar

10. Charles Dickens / write A Christmas Carol

The English We Speak:  Muddle along  (BBC Learning English)

 

 

 

 Here's my musical hint for today:  September song by JP Cooper. Here's a version with lyrics included for you to sing along.  

 

 

 

 

 

Here are some more activities for my students:

• Listening exercise for you to do:   What's it like to be a twin?  (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English) 
  

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

  
  

  

• Real Easy English: Talking about MEETINGS  (BBC Learning English) 

• The pronunciation lounge: Intonation for question tags  (BBC Learning English)  

Stories from M'bera - MAURITANIA - #HUMAN 

 

 

 

English with Lucy: Are you mispronouncing these common English words?      

 

 

English with Lucy talks about 60 confusing English words      (minute 14)

12 Confusing verbs

Pair 1: get vs go        Pair 2: notice vs realise     Pair 3: rob vs steal

Pair 4: win vs beat      Pair 5: affect vs effect              Pair 6: wake vs wake up

 

Quiz  (minute 26.30)

 

US Open 2025: Álcaraz vs Rinderkneck (Round 4) ....

 

 

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

Learn English with  -  The idea of you  

 

British Accent Shadowing | Wuthering Heights | RP Pronunciation Practice – Part 1 (by Emily Brontë)  - Animated Story

 

 

Football Legends:  Sir Bobby Charlton   | FIFA Classic Player   

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'd rather go... than to see you...

 

"I'd rather go ______ than to see you ______ ______________" >>  Can you complete the sentence listening to the song?

 

I'd rather my students listened to me and followed my advice, but unfortunately they don't and they let the problems grow bigger as snowballs. Sometimes it is too late and they can't cope with the burden they've got on their backs. I wish they behaved differently!

 

Important link for my 3º ESO students:   United Nations Sustainable Development Goals   

 

 

Here's a writing exercise our students had to do in the exam

 

Wr08. Mediation   "Act of kindness"

 

D. Imagine you have decided to do kind acts for 2025. Before starting, you are going to write a short post on social media about it in English. Using the information from the podcast on page 1, explain in your own words:

 

·         what the project ‘A Year of Kindness’ is about and why you want to do it

·         the benefits of this project

 

So the first thing we have to think about is the format, which is going to be A POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA, that is to say, it is going to be written in an informal style using the ideas given in previous exercises and the structures seen in Unit 3: hypothetical conditionals, I wish, I'd rather..., among others.

Here's a proposal written by your teacher:

Hi, everybody!

Excellent news! We have decided in our class at school that we are going to organize a "month of kindness". What does that mean? It means that every single day during a month we are going to try to carry out an act of kindness. So, surely, everybody will much happier by the end of the month.

What can we do to be kind? Our acts of kindness don't have to be big things. One day, for instance, if our neighbour was too old, we could help our neighbour to take the rubbish out or do the gardening. Another day we can babysit our little cousin while the parents have a night out. Finally, we can also make higher plans, and decide to help two or three classmates with their homework. For example, I'm going to help Pablo pass his 1º ESO exams by teaching him English two days a week instead of playing video games with him.

I wish you could join us and try to be as kind as possible during a month. What do you think?

Albert

 

Learning English from the News North Korea hypersonic missile claims (BBC Learning English)

 

 

 

 Here's my musical hint for today: I'd rather go blind by Etta James and here are the lyrics for you to sing along.

 

Road towards success in the new PAU (Selectivity exam)

 

Rephrase/Rewrite these sentences by using another suitable structure:

 

31. I would like to have more free time these days. (Wish)

32. I met that famous writer a year ago. (Verbal Tenses)

33. Wendy didn’t study for her test. Therefore, she failed. (Conditionals)

34. “Don’t speak so loud, please”, she said to the students. (Reported Speech)

35. We won’t buy that house because we don’t have enough money. (Causal Connectors)

36. That man’s brother is my new English teacher. (Relative Clauses)

37. Steve advised me to tell Paul about it. (Gerund/Infinitive)

38. I didn’t make a note of it in my diary, so I forgot about it. (Conditional Clauses)

39. She lost the race in spite of running well. (Contrast Clauses)

40. It’s possible that her boyfriend is coming to the wedding. (Modal Verbs)

 

 

Solution to the exercises in the previous post

 

Rephrasing

 

21. Tim asked me what time the banks closed that day.

22. Sharon stopped eating junk food ...  23. I am having my kitchen redecorated .....

24. She might be his girlfriend.   25. Gerard’s drawing is better than Albert’s drawing.

26. Michael suggested playing computer games.

27. She asked him if he was coming to the party on Friday.

28. They have been living in New York for two years.

29. You mustn’t smoke in hospitals.     30. In spite of the horrible weather, we went skiing.

 

Here are some activities for you to do:

• Real Easy English:   Talking about FOOD SHOPPING  (BBC Learning English)
  

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  The English We Speak: Stir the pot  (BBC Learning English)

• Christmas stories: How to tell a story  (BBC Learning English)

• A listening exercise for you to do:   Eating 50-year-old stew  (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

   

   

 

 

Quizz:   Fill the gap    (BBC Learning English)

 

 

 

Lucy trains your brain to THINK AND SPEAK IN ENGLISH  - 4 METHODS 

 

 

 

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

Learn English with Home Alone - Defending the house!  

 

 

 

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