BEING A TEACHER IS A DIFFICULT TASK NOWADAYS, SO I DECIDED TO FOLLOW THIS PIECE OF ADVICE BY BRUCE LEE:
Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
We have been watching on the news this environmental catastrophe in Brazil: the Amazon rainforest on fire!!! and we have seen how everybody was talking about. Why? Because this is an issue that not only affects Brazil, but the whole planet.
Here are some articles for you to read and a piece of news to watch about the issue:
Episode 190828 / 28 August 2019 >>> The Amazon rainforest and climate change: Language related to
'climate change'. Need-to-know language: carbon dioxide, heating up, global warming, deforestation & fossil fuels.
USE OF ENGLISH.Multiple-choice exercise. Choose the appropriate option:
31. A photographer ........... was taking photos of the group. (A
worked for the local paper B which worked for the local paper
C has worked for the local paper D
who works for the local paper)
32. "Get closer together," the photographer ............. them. (A said
B told C
informed D explained)
33. "Now, ............. all smile, please?", he asked.
(A may you B
do you C shall you
D can you)
34. The vicar was standing ............... the bridegroom. (A
after B behind
C back from D behind of)
35. He thought, "............... Harry from the time he was a boy." (A I've known B
I'd know C I knew
D I'd have known)
36. He was happy Harry .............. such a nice girl.(A
married B has married
C did marry D had married)
37. Some guests ............ for the reception. (A
left already B had been left already
C had already left D having already left)
38. They felt the sooner they got there, .............. they could eat and drink. (A the more B the most C more D more than)
39. They were ............ the others.(A greedy than
B more greedier than C more greedy than D so greedy as)
40. If they had stayed, they
.................. in the photograph.(A
should be B were to have been
C could have been D had been)
SOLUTIONS to the B2 exercise in the previous post:21.
D22. B23. C24. A25. B 26. C 27. C 28. D 29. D 30. B
We have been watching on the news this environmental catastrophe in Brazil: the Amazon rainforest on fire!!! and we have seen how everybody was talking about. Why? Because this is an issue that not only affects Brazil, but the whole planet.
31. A photographer ........... was taking photos of the group. (A
worked for the local paper B which worked for the local paper
C has worked for the local paper D
who works for the local paper)
